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My name is Adam B. Levine, and today we’re talking about the issues of now. Money made of stone might not seem like a modern topic but turns out it’s one of the best allegories for not only why bitcoin is valuable but the very nature of how they’re transacted. LTB Contributing editor George Ettinger tells us all about in The Island of Stone Money Then, the price is going nuts and the frenzy in china may be to blame - We wrap up today’s show talking numbers, ATMs, the yuan and the upcoming congressional hearings But first, I’m joined by Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos to talk the recent Inputs.io Wallet hack, Web Wallet safety (as if that exists) 2 factor authentication and wonder what it would take to see insured, reputable online wallets?

Daniel Larimer is the driving force behind Project Keyhotee, Bitshares futures markets and the Protoshares decentralized, CPU minable currency that he hopes will power it all. Our talk on episode 44 (https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/e44-ive-seen-better-days-lets) about Project Keyhotee, the secure Identity/Money/Communications platform was one of the most popular we’ve ever run, and I caught up with Daniel a few days ago about what happens next. Then, you might have heard it. Bitcoin is broken, and selfish mining (http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7953/selfish-mining-a-25-attack-against-the-bitcoin-network/) is to blame. Hair-on-fire headlines aside, Andreas’s got a bee in his bonnet on this one, and we not only break down the problem but get a great example of how the core Dev team has fewer, but better options for dealing with things like this than your standard currency. Stephanie, Andreas and I really dig into this one and there’s meat on those bones.

Shownotes for Episode 56 - Progress and the Payment Protocol On episode 55 of Let’s Talk Bitcoin we got through digesting the first half of the major upcoming Bitcoin 0.9 update. Today we kick right back into it, talking new, smarter mining fees and then getting into the meaty topic and major upcoming change generically called “The Payment Protocol”. Are you one of the nearly all of us that find alphanumeric Bitcoin addresses really difficult to use much less remember? That’s one of the problems the Payment Protocol aims to fix, and it’s a pretty big deal. This discussion, Q&A and explanation occupies most of todays show, and I’m joined for the topic by Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos. On October 5th, in the wake of the Silk Road arrest, I spoke at the Crypto Currency Conference about the maturation of the bitcoin landscape as I see it, why the things that used to mean everything hardly matter at all any more and where we go from here. Wrapping up the episode, I’ve been thinking a lot about some of the memes surrounding the Ripple project and how it compares to Bitcoin, and in a LTB first I tell you what I think without any guests or co-hosts. Am I coming out of my shell? Did we just only have forty minute long interviews and not enough time to do any of them justice? Really who can know? Either way, enjoy The Problem of Ripple & The Liabilities of Legitimacy. Episode 56 Tip Address Bitcoin: General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 55 - Happy Birthday Bitcoin As teased on episode 54, Alan Reiner, founder and CEO of Armory Technologies and lead developer on the open source Armory Wallet project joins me today for an in-depth interview. Never heard of Armory? After this episode that won’t be the case. We talk paper backups, fragmented secrets, life as a funded open source project, features on the horizon, and much more. That interview occupies the middle of todays show and is almost exactly 30 minutes long. For the rest of the episode, Bitcoin 0.9 is coming soon and it’s packed with material that on its face might be a little tough to understand. Have no fear, Andreas is here - We start going through the list (to be completed on episode 56) and making sense of it all. Spoiler alert, things are going to get easier. Episode 55 Tip Address Bitcoin: General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 54 - Towards a Bitcoin Future On Today's All-Interviews episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, here's the lineup Jordan Kelley, Founder and CEO of RoboCoin Kiosks (http://robocoinkiosks.com) Charles Hoskinson, Director of the Bitcoin Education Project (http://btcedproject.org/) Stephanie Interviews Jaden Shelton, aka the Bitcoin Kid (http://btckid.com/) Anthony Di Iorio, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada (http://bitcoinalliance.ca) Episode 54 Tip Address Bitcoin: 1HqzsZagCXWeKawSwrEdRAu9cgAJCaUNYF General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 53 - Monetary Darwinism Libertarians and Bitcoin seems like a peanut butter and jelly situation, natural allies at a core level - Yet many prominent minds have been silent or scornful of the upstart currency - Daniel Krawisz joins me for a wide ranging interview that spans from the origins of money to dishonest altcoins. Later, When Software can have its own bank account, well see an ecosystem of independent virus-like service providers looking to fill holes in the market and pay for their hosting. we get evolutionary and talk survival of the solvent. But first, Dwolla and Bitcoin grew up along side each other, but if the latest announcement out of the private Dwolla system is an indication the honeymoons over, and the compliance cost is to blame. Episode 53 Tip Address Bitcoin: 1HF6dtqCU79ALpV5W7CuR3wA9FPibBGdNE General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 52 - Life on Bitcoin The Silk Road is dead, long live the silk road. Im joined by the other hosts of LTB to catch up on the apparent demise of one of Bitcoins early economic milestones, what we know, probably more importantly what we dont know, and what it means in the big picture. Then, we head back to Georgia for a long interview with Beccy and Austin Craig, Utah-based newlyweds whove been living in the future and using only Bitcoin for the first three months of their marraige. We caught up about two months into their experiment in what was one of the more surprising interviews of our trip. But first, BitInstants got a problem - A legal problem. Ever since they got legal as a money-transmitter, they cant find a bank willing to do business with them. I want to know whats up with this counterintuitive situation, Stephanie and Andreas help set me straight. Episode 52 Tip Address Bitcoin: General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 51 - Moneys We Believe In Andreas tells us about his recent discovery that not all dollars are created equal either, how he found a wallet full of paper, and what we can each do to avoid a similar fate. Then, we head back to Georgia for a long interview with Peter Surda, the quintessential Bitcoin Economist. This wide ranging discussion covers a lot of ground, and occupies the middle of the show. Then, Stephanie has been watching Litecoin for a while now and doesnt like what she sees, we talk utility, the market as a forward looking pricing mechanism (basically everybody trying to be the smartest guy in the room), and more. Episode 51 Tip Address Bitcoin: General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 50 - Georgia in October We start and finish the episode with a large roundtable show including Peter Surda, Jason King, The Life on Bitcoins couple on the morning after Jeffrey Tuckers Crypto Currency conference. A mix of speakers and attendees, this conversation goes all the heck over the place. Sandwiched in the middle of the roundtable, we dig into my interview with Cathy Reisenwitz one of the speakers and roundtable participants in the first of our conference interview series. Video Conference Passes are now available with the introduction and keynote by Jeffrey Tucker and the first hour long panel available for free. For nearly six hours of conference talks, lectures and speakers visit BitcoinVideoPass.com Episode 50 Tip Address Bitcoin: 1MAWhq6fk8vzgp81Wd48akj8Qn6CW7LHQF General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 49 - Disruptive People Adam interviews Nathanial Castro on a cryptocurrency-backed sustainable fuel system (http://openalcohol.org/) Adam interviews Elizabeth Ploshay on the foundation, the middle east, and the next group to reach out to. Amir Taaki shares his perspective with us on Bitcoin, what should or shouldn't be allowed, and the opportunity that lies before us. Episode 48 Tip Address Bitcoin: General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for E48 - Cypherpunks & Globetrotting Adam interviews Richard Boase (www.letstalkbitcoin.com/punk), author of a recent article discussing the history of the Cypherpunk movement. Stephanie interviews Loren Infeld of Travel Pangea (www.travelpangea.com)on cryptocurrency and adventure. Were back from another great conference, this time in Atlanta. Weve got lots of conference interviews coming up, and video pass pre-orders are still available with an expected release date of late October 9th, 2013. Due to your support, we were able to upgrade our coverage to two angles and operators which made for a bit more editing time. If youd like to be the first to experience October 5ths Crypto Currency Conference without actually attending, visit bitcoinvideopass.com. For everyone else, all conference talks will be available for free 45 days after release. Thanks for supporting our experiment, well be offering more like it in the months to come. Episode 48 Tip Address Bitcoin: 1B1KJkiCKpFqkzCgfzzjmEp6M4VwYZPT5p Due to very low donations in Litecoin, we've discontinued per-episode Litecoin addresses - Please donate Litecoin via the General Show Support address below General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 47 - Gli.ph, with Rob Banagale In a wide-ranging interview, I recently sat down with the Founder and CEO of www.Gli.ph at the San Jose Convention Center to discuss bitcoin, secure messaging, identity, growth strategies, life as a funded startup, the open source question, the password paradox, if biometrics can fix it and a bunch more. If youd like to talk to me on Gliph, Im Controller-Tree-Pencil-Heart. Thanks to those of you who have purchased Video Conference Passes, were very excited to provide this service and have another way to raise the funds that power the show. If you havent already pre-ordered your pass in Bitcoins, visit BitcoinVideoPass.com and see how easy buying in Bitcoin can be. Episode 46 Tip Address Bitcoin: Due to very low donations in Litecoin, we've discontinued per-episode Litecoin addresses - Please donate Litecoin via the General Show Support address below General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 46 - I've Seen Better Days Falkevinge (falkevinge.net), controversial author of swarmwise and founder of the pirate party has done the math and thinks the price of bitcoin is off. Way off. Orders of magnitude off. Andreas explains his logic, and we talk about how value is relative, and determined by what you want to get from your money. Then, I interview Benny and Emmanuel of CloudHashing (cloudhashing.com), a hosted mining service that aims to give would-be miners instant gratification and positive ROI for a nominal fee. In our continual quest to discover if mini ng is really suitable for anyone without at least five figures to invest, these guys hope you think theyre the answer. Some of you love Altcoins, some of you hate them, but the fact is that lots of different coins are offered up as Donations to Lets Talk Bitcoin! and we wrap up todays show with a discussion about how we pick which ones to take vs not. But first, LocalBitcoins (localbitcoins.com) for better or worse is a high traffic and influential source of in-person bitcoin sales. Stephanie shares a recent story about what Andreas calls a cross-site scripting attack that drains your LocalBitcoins account of funds! Thanks to those of you who have purchased Video Conference Passes, were very excited to provide this service and have another way to raise the funds that power the show. If you havent already pre-ordered your pass in Bitcoins, visit BitcoinVideoPass.com and see how easy buying in Bitcoin can be. Episode 46 Tip Address Bitcoin: Due to very low donations in Litecoin, we've discontinued per-episode Litecoin addresses - Please donate Litecoin via the General Show Support address below General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 45 - Perspective Counts The recent show about Entrepreneurs and Idealists really seemed to strike a nerve, so I wanted to offer some of the interviews that helped me form my thoughts on the matter. Kicking things off, Joerg Platzer is a cryptoeconomics expert, one of the earliest brick-and-mortar Bitcoin Businesses and one of the top contenders for the Bitcoin Foundations individual board seat. Later, I catch up with Jaron - Founder and CEO of the recently out-of-beta Coinsetter (https://www.coinsetter.com/) platform, dig into his background and what he thinks the future of Cryptocurrency might hold. And finally we wind things up with Sam Cole from KNC miner (https://www.kncminer.com) in the last of our on-the-floor conference interviews from the Inside Bitcoins conference. Thanks to those of you who have purchased Video Conference Passes, were very excited to provide this service and have another way to raise the funds that power the show. If you haven't already pre-ordered your pass in Bitcoins, visit www.BitcoinVideoPass.com and see how easy buying in Bitcoin can be. Early Bird Prices End Soon! Episode 45 Tip Address Bitcoin: 1DVZ8cdpeRtjG4XSvXpvH1GBGN4G8jCCqt Due to very low donations in Litecoin, we've discontinued per-episode Litecoin addresses - Please donate Litecoin via the General Show Support address below General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp

Shownotes for Episode 44 - I've Seen Better Days *Chargebacks for Better or Worse, and the looting of BFL's Paypal account by irate customers. *Entrepeneurs vs. Idealists (vs. Kardashians?) *Daniel Larimer on Project Keyhotee(http://invictus-innovations.com/keyhotee/) *Mt.Gox Back in the News, fighting back against CoinLab with the six day gotcha. Is this a sane environment to do business or sign contracts in? Probably not. Thanks to those of you who have purchased Video Conference Passes, were very excited to provide this service and have another way to raise the funds that power the show. If you havent already pre-ordered your pass in Bitcoins, visit BitcoinVideoPass.com and see how easy buying in Bitcoin can be. Early Bird Prices End Soon! Episode 44 Tip Address Bitcoin: 1HmVqq6iLhkGSmuPmjQcoxaWhhXRU4EeBP Due to very low donations in Litecoin, we've discontinued per-episode Litecoin addresses - Please donate Litecoin via the General Show Support address below General Support Addresses: Bitcoin: 1LTBShowv5nZ2fgZ4hWU7ieeDRNKSAxtov Litecoin: LZxkcspyUj3LnMjukTzcSSPkDvLu1uudZp