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Pretty much all of you will know Guy, he's the creator and host of Bitcoin Audible, one of the most valuable educational resources in Bitcoin. He's also a buddy of mine and it's always fun to chill and chat with him for a couple hours. We go all over the place in this one - we talk open source software, privacy, our post-truth society, go pretty deep on Taproot and why it's such an important soft-fork upgrade, the emerging bitcoin-only industry and at the end we get bullish on price and the official beginning of the next bull run. [@CitizenBitcoin](https://twitter.com/CitizenBitcoin) on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collection Bitcoiner's Best Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the episode: Swan Signal Podcast Swan Bitcoin - The Best Way to Buy Bitcoin

On this week's episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Golden Sachs predicts a dollar dump, Ledger let's customer data slip, and big tech is coming for you! Weekly News Wrap Up:This week Goldman Sachs Group Inc. put a spotlight on the suddenly growing concern over inflation in the U.S. by issuing a bold warning Tuesday that the dollar is in danger of losing its status as the world's reserve currency. 'œGold is the currency of last resort, particularly in an environment like the current one where governments are debasing their fiat currencies and pushing real interest rates to all-time lows,' and 'œ[There are now] real concerns around the longevity of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency.' It's interesting that we're seeing this type of commentary from a stalwart (and gold bear) like Goldman. In an email to customers sent early Wednesday morning, Ledger stated that 'œOn the 14th of July 2020, a computer researcher ... notified us of a potential data breach on the Ledger website.... [W]e discovered an unauthorized third party had gained access to customer information. Contact and order details were involved. This is mostly the email address of our customers. Further to investigating the situation we have also been able to establish that, for a subset of customers were also exposed: first and last name, postal address, phone number and ordered products. Due to the scope of this breach and our commitment to our customers, we have decided to inform all of our customers about this situation. Payment information, credentials (passwords) or crypto funds are not impacted by this data breach. This data breach has no link nor impact on our hardware wallets and the Ledger Live application. Your crypto assets are safe and are not in peril.' General discussion on censorship in the online world - https://twitter.com/mikeinspace/status/1288256735149465600 First Cloudflare came for the Nazis, but I didn't care because I'm not a Nazi, then Twitter came for Alex Jones, but I didn't care cuz I wasn't a UFO nut, then Squarespace came for the doctors with a different opinion than the WHO... Squarespace, a leading drag-and-drop website creation service and hosting provider, took down the website of americasfrontlinedoctors.com . Bitcoin Mailing list - Ruben, what is it that you say you do here? Bitcoin Optech writes: Bitcoin Core is adding support for witness txid announcements. Prior to this, all Bitcoin nodes announced new unconfirmed transactions to their peers by the transaction's txid. However, txids don't commit to the witness data in segwit transactions, so a node that downloads an invalid or unwanted segwit transaction can't safely assume that any transaction with that same txid is also invalid or unwanted. That means nodes may waste bandwidth by downloading the same bad transaction over and over from each peer announcing that transaction. So far this hasn't been an issue '" honest peers usually don't announce transactions they wouldn't accept themselves, so only a disruptive peer that wanted to waste its own upload bandwidth would advertise invalid or unwanted transactions. However, one type of unwanted transaction today are the type that taproot plans to use. Each time a taproot-unaware nodes receives a taproot-spending transaction, it will download it, realize it is unwanted, and throw it away. This could be very wasteful of network bandwidth, both for older taproot-unaware nodes and newer taproot-aware nodes. The implemented solution is to announce transactions by their witness txid '" which includes a commitment to the witness data for segwit transactions. A taproot implementation in Bitcoin Core could then only relay transactions by their witness txid to prevent newer nodes from accidentally spamming older nodes. Price Analysis:Number go WAY up One Final Note:Firstly, Support us on Patreon. Make sure you are storing your crypto on something secure like a Ledger and backing it up on something sturdy like a Billfodl. If you b

My guest today is Andy Edstrom from Los Angeles. Andy spent 17 years in the investment world on Wall Street, working for Goldman Sachs and is now a wealth manager at his familiy's firm West Cap Group. In the course of his consulting work, more and more people asked him about Bitcoin, that's why he wrote a book about it called "Why Buy Bitcoin - Investing Today in the Money of Tomorrow". Andy Edstrom recently took on the role of "Head of Institutional at Swan Bitcoin" and as always this interview is no financial advice, please do your own research."The banking industry has paid more penalties to regulators than any other industry and by a wide margin, right? It's I think the figure in the book I have is something like $300 billion in fines paid within the last, I don't know, a couple of decades, this is a staggering number." - Andy EdstromOur topics: The problem with moneyCentral banks manipulating moneyCentral banks manipulating moneyPaper claims against BitcoinPrice prediction for BitcoinCan Bitcoin fall to ZeroWhat nobody is talking about in Bitcoin Full transcript on the episode page

'œhardness': Any unit of said good should not significantly lose its ability to provide utility if stored over some period of time.' - Giacomo Zucco Beginning an excellent introductory series into the ideas behind Bitcoin from the broadest spectrum available, taking us through the history of value from Cavemen all the way to the Lightning Network. Today we cover the introduction and part 1 of Discovering Bitcoin by Giacomo Zucco Check out the original articles at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/discovering-bitcoin-a-brief-overview-from-cavemen-to-the-lightning-network https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/discovering-bitcoin-part-1-timeDon't forget to start your long term Bitcoin savings at SwanBitcoin.com/Guy For more great shows from the Let's Talk Bitcoin Network, check it out below:https://letstalkbitcoin.com/

With the DeFi yield farming craze in full swing, Balancer Labs founder Fernando Martinelli (@fcmartinelli) joins us in discussing one of the hottest projects in the crypto space. We discuss: Balancer's originsWhat are "automated market makers"?How does Balancer differ from Uniswap?Will aggregators destroy value capture for decentralized exchanges?Do new AMMs like Thorchain & Bancor work?Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E Resources: Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.ioSubscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com Musical credits: Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

After discussing some important information regarding purchasing Bitcoin, CoinDesk editor, Adam B. Levine discusses the advent of the Tatiana Coin and intention behind tokens in modern commerce. Referencing many projects Adam and Tatiana Moroz participated in, the discussion leads to real world examples of where token technology and blockchain technologies can improve the quality of life and commerce' when used correctly. Adam also discussed the many use cases explored at Tokenly.com including e-commerce, NFTs, and the advantages of various blockchains. About the Guest(s): Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as editor of their new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos. Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full news desk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he went on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation, was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017. With the network launched and growing, in late 2014, Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. More Info: Tatiana Moroz Crypto Media Hub Vaultoro coindesk.com/ tokenly.com/#/ Friends and Sponsors of the Show: Proof of Love *You have been listening to the Tatiana Show. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that's not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on The Tatiana Show is intended as financial advice, legal advice, or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you're hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

The global economy is in a precarious position. With the coronavirus enforced lockdowns closing down businesses around the world, central banks have been printing money at unprecedented levels to prevent economies from collapsing. While this has eased the pressure in Western nations, some smaller countries are starting to experience the impact. The currency in Lebanon has all but collapsed, and inflation in Zimbabwe has nearly reached 800%. Could high inflation be coming to the UK, Europe and the US? While the implication of a global economic meltdown may not be known for years, it is precisely this sort of situation that many Bitcoiners have highlighted as the perfect environment for Bitcoin to thrive. So, what comes next for Bitcoin? This interview is from a panel I recently hosted for Real Vision's The Crypto Gathering event, with Nic Carter, Tuur Demeester, Robert Breedlove & Alex Leishman. We discuss the current state of the economy, Bitcoin as a peaceful protest and what comes next.

iframe: Host Jose Maria Macedo sits down with economist Laurence Kotlikoff, professor of economics at Boston University, president of Economic Security Planning, New York Times best-selling author and 2x presidential candidate. We discuss the US's fiscal state, $200T in off balance sheet liabilities, MMT as well as Laurence's solutions to the problems facing the US. We also spend some time discussing digital assets and the role they may play in this. Thank you to our sponsor Crypto.com for making this happen! Visit bit.ly/cryptodelphi for more information! Support The Show To sponsor this top crypto research podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, BTC, STX, SNX, RUNE, sUSD and HNT. Let's Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Guest host Kevin Kelly holds tokens in BTC, ETH, RUNE, and LEO.

Host Piers Kicks sits down with Ryan Gill the Founder and CEO of Crucible for Episode 02 of Metaverse Musings. Both Ryan and his Co-Founder Toby Tremayne have been hard at work laying the foundations for an exciting chapter in the evolution metaverse. Keep an eye on Crucible as more information comes online in the coming weeks as the company officially moves out of stealth. We talk through Ryan's White Mirror philosophy, their blueprints for the open metaverse, and the worlds of tomorrow. Stay tuned for Part 2 which will feature Toby for a more granular technical exploration of the themes covered. https://crucible.network/ Support The ShowAltoIRA With an Alto CryptoIRA, just open and fund a Traditional, Roth, or SEP CryptoIRA account, then get ready to invest. To sponsor this top crypto research podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, BTC, STX, SNX, RUNE, sUSD and HNT. Let's Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Guest host Kevin Kelly holds tokens in BTC, ETH, RUNE, and LEO.

Tatiana & Laren are joined by Dr. Tiffany Graham to help listeners gain an understanding of holistic wellness and how her practices approach to healthcare incorporates the best parts of traditional medicine with those of natural medicine and chiropractic care. The trio touch on topics ranging from the impact of hormones and eating habits on fertility to increasing food sensitivities in the world today to antibodies and how vaccines work. Did you know there is no single hormone responsible for estrogen levels? Or that estrogen levels impact how your body handles fat cells? Listen to the entire episode to hear why plant-based meat replacements such as Beyond Meat may not be good for everyone, how the growing number of additives in food today can do damage to your gut lining, and what Dr. Graham thinks about efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Don't worry, guys, the ladies plan to have Dr. Graham back for a future episode of Proof of Love to cover more on men's health! About the Guest: Even though she is not a native of Colorado Springs, Dr. Graham has always felt like this is home. Growing up across the country, summers were spent visiting family in Colorado Springs and adventuring in the nearby mountains. That is why, when the opportunity to move here and open up a practice in 2013 presented itself, she jumped on it immediately. Dr. Graham's journey and commitment to health started as a young athlete. Her commitment to pursuing excellence eventually led her to accept a scholarship and play collegiate volleyball at Minnesota State, Mankato. In 2005/6 she was awarded with All-Region honors and even Minnesota State's "Top Female Athlete of the Year". Following college, she accepted an offer to play volleyball professionally in Spain for 2006-07. Her passion for athletics eventually turned into a passion for health and a calling to help people live to their God-given potential. Chiropractic became the obvious choice to live out that calling, as she had been adjusted regularly since 5 years old, experiencing the benefits of having a healthy spine and nervous system, recovering quickly from injuries and sickness. She hopes to lead families, especially women, to lead and enjoy healthier lives through chiropractic and addressing the three T's (trauma, toxins, and thoughts). Do you have a burning question, or a show idea for us? Please email us at tatiana@proofoflovecast.com! More Info: Tatiana Moroz Follow Dr. Graham on Twitter Spring Integrated Health Friends and Sponsors of the Show: Global Crypto Advisors Let's Talk Bitcoin The Tatiana Show Crypto Media Hub Remember, this is a new show, so if you like it, please be sure to tell 3 friends! Leave a good review on Itunes, and be sure to follow us on our socials! *You have been listening to Proof of Love. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that's not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on Proof of Love is intended as financial advice, legal advice, therapy or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you're hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show, are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

In 2017, Bret Weinstein was thrust into the public limelight, when he objected to a change in the college's tradition of observing a "Day of Absence". Bret stating that "there is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space in order to highlight their vital and under-appreciated roles, and a group or coalition encouraging another group to go away." It led to widespread protests and claims that Bret was "a racist" and the college was forced to close for two days. Following the Evergreen College protests, Bret outlined the threat of behaviour like this spilling over into the outside world. His concerns were proven correct after the death of George Floyd. In the days following Floyd's death, people took to the streets across the US and then across the world. What originated as a Black Lives Matter movement, quickly became infiltrated by far-left groups. In this interview, I talk to Bret Weinstein, a biologist and evolutionary theorist, who was at the center of the Evergreen College controversy. We discuss the US protests, bipartisan politics, inequality, and where Bitcoin fits into this and #Unity2020.

Today we sit down with Vake. He's been around for a long time. In this one we go back in history and talk about bitcoin in the 2013-2016 era, a lot of fun to dive back and will be some new stuff to a lot of you who, like me came in 2017 or later. We then talk about bitcoin in the here and now and move on to some speculation about the coming decade. This is good stuff - I know all you bitcoiners will enjoy! @CitizenBitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collection Bitcoiner's Best Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the episode: Swan Signal Podcast Swan Bitcoin - The Best Way to Buy Bitcoin

Joining me is Elena Tonoyan, she is the Chief Operating Officer at LocalBitcoins, the peer to peer bitcoin exchange that was founded as early as in 2012. We are looking into the history of LocalBitcoins, it's growth, and optimistic outlook for the years to come. You will also learn about the values and usecases of Bitcoin that Elena finds important, because they solve real problems and have a positive impact on peoples lives. Our topics: history and growth of LocalBitcoinsfinancial inclusion esp. for womenbitcoin demand in Africa, India, Latin Americasupporting altcoinsfraud in tradingintegration of the Lightning networkthe future of BitcoinExpanding businessP2P exchanges vs. centralized exchanges "Bitcoin provides financial inclusion. It is solving real world problems for many under-banked people across the globe, people who have limited access to a modern economy and empowering women is another big aspect for me. There are unfortunately still countries where women don't have free access they are not allowed to open bank accounts without permission of, for example, a family member. And Bitcoin is obviously solving that problem. And I'm personally very happy about that." - Elena Tonoyan "I'm sure that during the coming years and decades, we will see several booms and busts in Bitcoin. However, what is important and what we believe is that the Bitcoin usage and adoption will continue to increase til unforeseeable future." - Elena Tonoyan Full transcript on the episode page

iframe: On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Paypal may integrate buying and selling Bitcoin soon, The Canadian Government wants you to use glory holes to social distance while having sex, and soft forks, soft forks, SOFT FORKS GALORE! Weekly News Wrap Up:In a twitter thread that got a large amount of interest, there was a challenge laid down on twitter to trace a shielded transaction on Zcash. A user quickly identified the source transaction and then chaos ensued. How is this possible? Have ZK-Snarks been broken? In a CoinDesk Article earlier this month, the CENTRE consortium, run by Circle, the Poloniex exchange parent company and USDC creator, announced that it was going to freeze $100,000 worth of USDC at the behest of US law enforcement. Are we going to see more of this happening going forward? Could this happen on Liquid? The dumpster fire that is Etherium turns 5 years old this week. Happy birthday ETH! It looks like the rumors from a month ago that PayPal was getting into crypto have some merit to them. Coindesk is reporting that PayPal will be using Paxos as its brokerage for crypto buys. This begs real questions though: What will PayPals crypto experience be like? What will the impact be on the broader bitcoin ecosystem? Will this change PayPals strict stance on where you can and cannot send money? As we talked about a few weeks ago, according to theBlock, Coinbase was hawking its analytic wears to the DEA. But this past week, the Block found that there was an active 4 year contract with the Secret Service. While this is not surprising the price tag is' $250,000 over 4 years, or $62,500 per year. So, what is Coinbase's street cred worth to Brian Armstrong? Not much apparently. Aaron van Wirdum of Bitcoin Magazine summarized a number of soft fork activation proposals. Taproot, a proposed protocol upgrade that would improve Bitcoin's privacy and flexibility, is in its late stages of development. Bitcoin Core contributors agree that the upgrade would benefit Bitcoin, and so far it generally appears to be welcomed by the wider Bitcoin ecosystem as well. It's therefore likely that Taproot will make its way into a Bitcoin Core release, with other Bitcoin implementations possibly to follow. But one question remains: how should the Bitcoin network itself upgrade? Taproot is a consensus protocol change, which means that Bitcoin nodes must somehow switch from the old rules to the new rules without splitting the network into factions enforcing different rules. For various reasons, this has in the past sometimes proven to be a challenge. Improved strategies to activate protocol upgrades are now being contemplated. Price Analysis:Number go up (barely) One Final Note:Firstly, Support us on Patreon. Make sure you are storing your crypto on something secure like a Ledger and backing it up on something sturdy like a Billfodl. If you buy these items through the links above, we do take a cut of the profits but it also helps support the show - a win/win for all involved. And also...thanks for stopping by and listening. If you want to help us grow, there are several ways you can help out. You can donate bitcoin to us at the address on the donate page on our website unhashedpodcast.com, you can also sponsor our show by getting in touch with us at mailbag@unhashedpodcast.com, or there are a few other things you can do that will cost you nothing but a little time - you can rate our show on itunes or wherever you are listening to this, you can tell a friend about us, or most easily, you can retweet our tweets announcing each episode and follow us @unhashedpodcast or join our telegram channel at t.me/unhashedpodcast. Again thanks for listening and helping us grow. See you on the other side. Producers of the Show:It's time to thank the people who are making this show happen: A big thank you to our VIP patrons: Scott Offord from Crypto Mining Tools MKUltra07 And Peter McCormack from the What Bitcoin Did Podcast Thanks so much for your cont

Ben Forman is the Founder and Managing Partner at DeFi focused fund ParaFi, backed by billionaire Henry Kravis among other well known investors. Ben makes his podcast debut and joins us in discussing: Is DeFi in a bubble? How can we tell?What areas of DeFi are under-invested? What's overhyped?Specific projects and verticals Ben is trackingThoughts on yield miningAre institutions looking at DeFi?Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice. BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E Resources: Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.ioSubscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com Musical credits: Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34 Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.