Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

Introducing the Bitcoin Happy Hour, where Bitcoin Magazine staff members digest the week's top news in crypto with easy uncensored conversation and local brews.  In this pilot episode, Colin, Christian, Cass and Michael take a look at Bakkt's first week in futures trading, the Crypto Ratings Council and news of Block.One's $24 million settlement with the SEC. Resources: Evaluating Bakkt's First Week And Its Future Potential The Crypto Ratings Council Is Here, But Does It Hold Any Weight? Key Takeaways From Block.one's $24M Settlement with the SEC Twitter: Colin Cass Christian Michael DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.

In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Nathan Hadley a.k.a. Bitcoin Schmitcoin, to hear what it's like to be a Bitcoin price analyst. Nathan discusses how he uses technical analysis to gauge the Bitcoin price, why it works better than fundamental analysis in this market, what will need to be seen in the market before Bitcoin takes a bigger bull run. Nathan also explains why many self-proclaimed "traders" are full of it and some of the craziest days in cryptocurrency price action that has ever seen. Resources: Bitcoin Schmitcoin Twitter: Bitcoin Schmitcoin (@BTC_Schmitcoin) Dave Hollerith (@DsHollers) Grahm Petersen (Grahmbo1stBlood) Sponsors:  Haven DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.

In this episode, Bitcoin Magazine catches up with  Aleksandar Svetski, CEO of the Bitcoin company, Amber. Aleksandar argues why now more than ever, Bitcoin not Blockchain is the best direction for the crypto industry to grow. He also considers himself a contrarian and explains how Bitcoin is the ultimate contrarian bet. Interview Resources:   Aleksander Svetski on Medium Amber   Twitter:    Aleksandar Svetski (@AleksSvetski) Grahm (@Grahmbo1stBlood)  Dave (@DsHollers)   Sponsors:   Haven   DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.

On the first day of the 2019 Baltic Honeybadger conference, prominent bitcoiner and Bull Bitcoin CEO Francis Pouliot spoke with Bitcoin Magazine just a few hours after Bull Bitcoin announced it would be joining Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain federation.  Resources Bitcoin Magazine Article Video Interview Social Vlad on Twitter Francis on Twitter Bitcoin Magazine on Twitter

In this episode, the guys talk about some of the bigger stories in the Bitcoin Magazine headlines (FATF Travel Rule, Bitmain’s Antminer 17 SOLD OUT, and NFL left tackle trying to get paid in Bitcoin) then interview Robert Allen, executive producer of the animated adult web series, Bitcoin & Friends. They talk about some of the references behind the characters and jokes, how funny people are usually brought up religious and of course, Bitcoin.   News:   Netki Adapts TransactID Into Fits-All Solution for FATF Travel Rule Guidance CipherTrace Unveils Travel Rule Protocol for Cryptocurrency Businesses Bitmain’s Antminer 17 Sold Out in Minutes. Will the Bitcoin Hash Rate Rise? The NFL’s Russell Okung Won’t Stop Until He’s Paid in Bitcoin   Interview Resources:   Bitcoin and Friends: Website Sponsorship Deck Youtube Twitter: @btcandfriends Grahm Dave     Sick Animation   Sponsors:   Haven Coinmine   DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.

Welcome to the first ever Bitcoin Magazine Podcast's "Wingin' It", a light, off-the-cuff, sometimes humorous approach to all things happening around bitcoin and more importantly, everything else. In this episode, the guys bring on Brandon Green, another Bitcoin Magazine staffer, to talk about a spicy op-ed he recently wrote about the Bitcoin mining energy consumption problem. Brandon flips the problem on its head by asking, why more energy companies aren’t seeing the business opportunity in servicing cryptocurrency mining companies. The conversation meanders into the territory of universal basic income, the cost of printing money and even candy bars. Interview Op Ed: Bitcoin Uses a Lot of Energy, So Where Are the Energy Companies? Sponsors:   Coinmine Haven Twitter BitcoinMagazine Brandon Green Dave Hollerith Grahm Petersen   ------ DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.

In this episode, Bitcoin Magazine staff writer, Vlad Costea talks with Dr Maxim Orlovsky, a neuroscientist turned Bitcoin researcher, engineer and entrepreneur, whose has published the concept for a new 2nd layer Bitcoin Protocol called Storm. After revealing the project’s GitHub repository and starting an interesting conversation on Reddit, Orlovsky has quickly turned to Bitcoin developers for advice and constructive criticism: More specifically, his proposal was included in the bitcoin-dev mailing list on August 19, 2019, and reputed users like ZmnSCPxj and Stefan Richter have already provided their feedback. In a nutshell, Storm is about creating a framework which resembles the BitTorrent technology but with the financial incentives of Bitcoin’s second layer. As in the token project, regular node operators don’t have to store any of the data on their hard drives, as participation is voluntary and ad-hoc. Also, according to Orlovsky, the data that gets sent for storage gets divided into multiple pieces for greater security, so that no single entity that offers disk space is able to access the contents. However, those who store data are required to run full Bitcoin and Lightning nodes as a way of guaranteeing the seamless transfer of satoshis. Interview Resources: Orlovsky’s post on Storm [bitcoin-dev] Storm on Github VladCostea on Twitter @TheVladCostea

Bitcoin is the best performing asset in the last ten years, but behind the price, there's a lot going on. In this episode, we cover the top news stories over the past two weeks then feature two interviews from the Bitcoin 2019 conference. The first is with Sean Rach, CMO of Crypto.com, and the second is with Jenny Shaver, COO of Salt Lending.  News: Miniscript: How Blockstream Engineers Are Making Bitcoin Programming Easy(er) Academic Paper Touts Bitcoin as “Hedge Asset,” Skeptical of Central Bank Coins U.S. Secretary of State Wants to Subject Cryptocurrencies to Existing Regulations Major Flooding Disrupts Chinese Hydro Power, Bitcoin Mining Satoshi Freeathlon Raises Awareness Through Sport Interview: Crypto.com Salt Lending Bitcoin 2020 Conference Sponsor: Get $50 Off A Coinmine One! Coinmine Unboxing Video

Sure, bitcoin is a store of value and a hedge against global debt and inflation. But what is it actually like for a merchant to transact with it day to day — to pay taxes, to cover exchange rates and properly manage multiple wallets? Today's guest is Denet Lewis, owner of Beans N Barbels, who accepted bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at his coffee kiosk at the Bitcoin 2019 conference. Lewis helps paint a picture of the pros and cons of accepting bitcoin as a small business owner and offers a glimpse into the hurdles that lie ahead for broader merchant adoption. News: Blockstream Mining: A Grassroots Vision for Redistributing Hashrate China’s State Cryptocurrency Coming Soon, Featuring Two-Layer Structure Bitcoin Is Now a Legal Form of Payment in New Zealand In Israel’s Crypto Banking War, Lawsuits Lead the Charge (For Now) Interview: Beans N Barbells Bitcoin 2020 Conference Sponsor: www.coinmine.com/bitmag  

We've all seen it: Our social media feeds suddenly inundated with ads related to products or services we had just been browsing for. In an increasingly cashless society, our everyday payments are being tracked and monitored by third parties in an attempt to learn our habits so they can advertise to us more effectively. Tracking our shopping habits to market to us might not be that nefarious, but in some parts of the world this same technology is used to suppress free speech or even effect one's "social credit score," as in China. While more free societies haven't gotten there yet, it could become a very slippery slope, and Lightning Network payments may just be the way to curtail such activity. This episode features Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation discussing his recent essay "The Moral Case for Lightning." We also discuss surveillance capitalism, the Hong Kong protests and how the world might evolve if Lightning payments are adopted by the masses.