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The episode is sponsored byeToro.comandThe Internet of Money Vol. 3On today's show we're going back to basics.While bitcoin and digital bearer assets in general are an incredibly important technology, the reason they're likely to be important to the future has little to do with the token and everything to do with the context surrounding them: The world we live in every day, where government controlled money is abused for the benefit of the few and to the detriment of the many.* * *"Bitcoin is a way of achieving consensus. And consensus is a way for a bunch of people who may disagree on things to agree to a singular fact that they then execute, so imagine if Congress actually had bipartisan support to unilaterally pass a bill every ten minutes... That's basically what's occurring in Bitcoin.There's nothing more political than money because money affects everything else, and yet Bitcoin works. I think there's a lot of people looking at trying to reform the governance structures of the places that they're in, what they really should be doing is looking at things like Bitcoin and frameworks using blockchains to say "OK, how can we come to consensus over this or that governance issue of which money would be one... But I think the most transformative and phenomenal thing it'll do is, Nakamoto Consensus and then just blockchain governance writ large is a phenomenal way to have self governance.We see these breakdowns and these desires to federate cities and the way decisions are made, [but] maybe rather than turning to a government based political solution, a community based solution using something like a blockchain would be something with a lot greater staying power and impact."- Jonathan MohanTopics:Who is the economy still working for, and who is it not serving?What's wrong with money that makes alternatives attractive?Why and how is Bitcoin disconnected from the current system?What's the value in the US and western Europe compared to the value in less developed parts of the world?What role does speculation play in the story of bitcoin?Bitcoin's been around now for more than ten years.Are we on track to make a difference?What's the normal adoption curve for disruptive or revolutionary technologies?What IS a disruptive or revolutionary technology? Who is bitcoin potentially disrupting?Does being part of the bitcoin community make you politically affiliated, or represent a distinct political viewpoint?Selected excerpts from this week's discussion:"Money, because it's central to markets, which are central to the ways we organize societies is on of the most powerful technological tools that exists. If you then put the control of that technological tool in the hands of a monopolistic entity of any kind, whether that's facebook libra or the US dollar under the federal reserve or whatever else it is, what happens is that that tool can be used to exert power on the way society is governed and on the way resources are allocated in a non-transparent way that is not subject to political correction or adjustment by democratic means.And when you take a tool that's that powerful and take it out of the oversight and control of democratic institutions, then it attracts the kinds of sociopaths who want to control that lever of power and they use it to distort the market in their favor. And that's the really dangerous aspect of money, because it's not simply neutral fuel for an economy or some forms of it are not neutral fuel for the economy. I've talked about this in the past as 'Money is a system of control in addition to its function of medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value.And when it can be used more effectively as a system of control, then it starts losing it's utility as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value because it's power as a system of control is so intoxicating and so overpowering that it erases all other uses of it.And that's exactly what we see. Centralized money is no longer offering useful

"ION will decentralize the way that messages and application data is encrypted and exchanged." - ION Announcement With the help of Casa and a number of other partners, Microsoft finally releases the beta of their new decentralized ID system, anchored to the Bitcoin mainnet. A potential solution to security and privacy in our increasingly digital future. By Peter Chawaga, and published at the amazing resource that is Bitcoin Magazine, we read and discuss "ION, Microsoft's Decentralized Identity System, Launches Beta On Bitcoin Mainnet."The days of usernames and passwords may be behind us. Check out the original article at the link below, plus a number of other great recent articles at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ion-microsofts-decentralized-identity-system-launches-beta-on-bitcoin-mainnet A huge thanks to The Let's Talk Bitcoin Network and the amazing shows they produce for the Bitcoin space! Don't forget to setup your auto-buy Bitcoin Savings Plan at the lowest cost, and simplest service of Swan Bitcoin! SwanBitcoin.com/guy will get you some free sats for signing up, and also help support the longevity of Bitcoin Audible! IF YOUR ARE GOING TO BITBLOCKBOOM!! Don't forget offer code CC for 30% off! Come to the true Bitcoin Maximalist conference and lets hang out and talk about Bitcoin

Location: Zoom Date: Wednesday 27th May Project: Guns N' Bitcoin Role: Chief Range Officer Bitcoin's immune system has evolved from years of defeating threats, staving off bad actors and protecting the core principles of the network. Many Bitcoiners consider Bitcoin as gold 2.0, threatening the corrupt practices of central banking. As such, small blocks, the fee market and hodling are essential components of defeating fiat. With such staunch views from within the community, even just opening up these topics for debate can see a backlash from Bitcoiners. Why has spending Bitcoin become such a contentious issue for some? It was the Silk Road and Wikipedia, which proved the importance of censorship resistance, enabling people to circumvent oppressive government rules. Developers working on Bitcoin are held to the highest levels of scrutiny, and rightly so, but why aren't the ideas around Bitcoin usage equally scrutinised? In this interview, I talk to Ragnar Lifthrasir from Guns N' Bitcoin. We discuss the Bitcoiner narratives, why spending Bitcoin is as important as hodling, libertarianism, guns and the 2nd amendment

Alessandro Cecere is CEO at Coinspree, a leading LATAM Bitcoin business based in Caracas, Venezuela. Coinspree provides custodial solutions to institutional investors and merchants. Coinspree has also launched the PandoraBox - a beautiful full node solution. El Sultan Bitcoin made waves on Bitcoin Twitter recently with his cypherpunk satellite setup. Alessandro is incredibly passionate and this episode is insanely bullish. Get yourself ready to get hyped - prep some fiat in case you need to smash that buy button during this ep. @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

Living in gratitude is being aware and appreciative of what we have and the world around us. While the world is more connected than ever, it is also sicker than ever: We use our connectivity to lament about our sick economies, our sick policies, and our sick relationships. What if we connected over love, giving, and gratitude, instead? What if we saw our way over and around roadblocks to solutions and what if we saw what we all have to be grateful for and what we have in common, rather than what divides us, each day? Hospice nurse, author, and entrepreneur Alyze Sam joins Tatiana and Lauren on Proof of Love to share her journey from life-shattering injury, illness, and loss to a life lived full of love and gratitude. Her inspiring story of saving her own life by turning her daily suffering into daily gratitude and all that led to is one that everyone should hear. Alyze, Tatiana, and Lauren share their "coming to gratitude" processes and daily habits, how living with gratitude can help during the current COVID-19 crisis, along with Tatiana and Alyze's latest project, Proof of Gratitude, in hopes of helping others connect over what is precious in life. Alyze also shares how she got into blockchain and crypto while stuck in bed recovering from multiple major surgeries and her wonderful insight as to how to inspire more women to pursue interests and careers in STEM fields and her passion about being a mother and about providing education, security and tons of love for children. Tune in and share the love ' and don't forget to share your #ProofOfGratitude on social media! About the Guest: Alyze Sam is a refreshing blockchain strategist, a novel educator, and vehemently driven advocate. First, dedicating her life to her patients in hospice nursing, Sam passionately embraced the world of financial technology after nearly losing her own life, not once, but twice! Sam feels her destiny lies within serving her community and assisting other 'underdogs' with love and education. She's achieving these dreams with roles as; Co-Founder and Chief Executive Assistant for GIVE Nation, a non-profit children's financial literacy AI/blockchain project which rewards altruistic behaviors. She's a Founder and Community Director of Women in Blockchain International and sits as an 'Social Impact Advisor' for blockchain nonprofits; Blockchance.eu & Women in Blockchain Foundation. Sam is a stakeholder and former Director at the 'World Ethical Data Forum'. Her advisory positions include; JustiFire, where they digitally track ammunition, PAC Global, a masternode payment system Sam is also PAC's Chief Communications Officer. She just joined NewLife.Ai, a high-end fashion and Tumblr- like social media app with A.I. functions which generate digital rewards, and the Liberland Foundation Aide, a country based on the blockchain. Alyze works closely with The Illumnine Society, and Team McAfee concentrating on media intelligence, partnerships and tech events. In her free time, Sam writes for 15+ Tech Magazines, while humbly sitting at the top 1% of the Blockchain industry as a FemSTEM mentor and influencer. She's a proud Alliance of Blockchain Professionals member, since 2018. Sam wrote the first book on Stablecoins in 2017. The unbiased text takes complex practices and simplifies concepts for most audiences. In February 2020 Sam and her partners 'Complete 2020 Guide to Stablecoins' sat as the #1 New Release in Business and Money on Amazon Books. *Visuals and self publishing done by a 16 year old Sam personally mentors: Koosha Azim, Silicon Valley, CA. Sam's second book, 'Stablecoin Economy,' a university text, released May 14th 2020. Do you have a burning question, or a show idea for us? Please email us at tatiana@proofoflovecast.com! More Info: Tatiana Moroz Proof of Gratitude Man's Search for Meaning Give Nation PAC Global PorcFest AnarchoVegas CryptoVegas Friends and Sponsors of the Show: Let's Talk Bitcoin The Tatiana Show Crypto Media Hub Remember, this is a

My guest in this episode is Tim Akinbo. He comes from Nigeria and is involved in the Bitcoin space since 2014. I got to know Tim when I asked for bitcoin donations for a school in Harare, Zimbabwe. He contacted me on Twitter and offered to setup a BTCpayserver so that we can receive lightning payments, too. That was of great help. I looked him up and realized that Tim is also a Bitcoin Core contributor, Software developer and has a lot of experience with e-commerce and international payments. "I think from an individual perspective, Bitcoin will make it possible for people to really, really save, on the African continent." - Tim Akinbo Our topics: How he learned about BitcoinHis contribution to Bitcoin CoreThe use-cases for Bitcoin in Nigeria and GhanaMethods of payments in NigeriaHow Bitcoin is traded in AfricaWhy the trading volume in Africa increased during the Corona pandemicHis perspective on zimbo.cashUse-cases for Altcoins The deprecation of the Naira and other African currenciesBitcoin as a store of value for African peopleHis new project to make full nodes in Africa visible Full transcript on the episode page

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: we are gone! But we still have an episode for you all. Our very own Ruben Somsen sat down with Guy Swann (founder of Swan Bitcoin) over at Bitcoin Audible to discuss Statechains and Bitcoin tech. Guy asks some great questions and he happens to be a supporter of the show, so show him some love and subscribe to his podcast!

In this episode, Kevin Kelly sits down with Luke Gromen, founder of Forest for the Trees (FFTT), a macro/thematic research firm, to discuss the growing risks within sovereign bond markets, the end game of major central bank intervention, consequences of fiat currency debasement, and the outlook for various asset classes under such conditions. Visit FFTT: https://fftt-llc.com/index.php 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.

Location: Zoom Date: Thursday 28th May Project: Abra Role: Founder & CEO This week, Goldman Sachs held an investment advisory call for its clients during which it slammed Bitcoin as an investment and refused to accept it as an asset class. Goldman's take on Bitcoin was in equal parts bearish and ignorant, with the investment bank listing five reasons for not classing Bitcoin as an asset or a suitable investment: Bitcoin does not generate cash flow like bonds. Bitcoin does not generate any earnings through exposure to global economic growth. Bitcoin does not provide consistent diversification benefits given its unstable correlations. Bitcoin does not dampen volatility given historical volatility of 76%. Goldman points to March 12 when bitcoin fell 37%. Bitcoin does not show evidence of hedging against inflation. Goldman raised numerous regularly debunked points as a negative, from scarcity to hard forks to illicit use cases, and compared Bitcoin to the Tulip mania of the 17th century. Godman's investor call is not Bitcoin's first time Wall Street has challenged Bitcoin. In 2017 Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan called Bitcoin a fraud and Warren Buffet has called all cryptocurrencies worthless. So why do some on Wall Street refuse to accept Bitcoin? Is it down to ignorance or does Bitcoin threaten their business model? In this interview, I am joined by Bill Barhydt, the CEO and Founder of Abra. We discuss and debunk Goldman Sachs' arguments against Bitcoin as well as the reasons behind their lazy research.

Polkadot is live! Joe Petrowski (@joepetrowski), research analyst at Parity Technologies, joins us in discussing what this means for the ever competitive layer 1 space. What's actually build on Polkadot today?How does Polkadot plan to compete with Ethereum?Polkadot's go-to-developer strategyWhat is the "meme" for Polkadot? 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.

Josh and Tatiana are spending this episode of The Tatiana Show focused on privacy and they welcome Isabela Bagueros, Executive Director of the Tor Project to explain why privacy on the internet is important. Isabela recounts how she first came to use the Tor browser and then began working for the Tor Project, eventually becoming its Executive Director. She also, very simply, likens the layers of encryption applied when connected to Tor to the layers of an onion' hence, the Onion Router. Previously, Tor users were able to use the browser to visit the web anonymously. The latest Tor project, the open-source OnionShare, now allows users to offer and exchange content with the same encrypted protection. Isabela also addresses the term "dark web," and explains that there is no such thing'at least, not as it exists in the imagination of people who are not familiar with how internet infrastructure works. What most people think of is the "dark web" is really just the "unindexed web." What Tor offers is not a doorway to some secret part of the internet, but privacy, security, and a way to circumvent censorship across the entire public internet and the network of unindexed sites and Onion servers. This is a must-hear episode for a concise explanation of how Tor works, why you need it, and how far it has come in providing security and privacy and where it goes from here. Remember: there is no dark web. There is only Tor. About the Guest: Isabela Bagueros is the Executive Director of the Tor Project since November 2018. She joined the Tor Project as Project Manager in 2015, after working as Product Manager for International and Growth at Twitter for four years. Isabela has been part of the free software community since the late 90s, and in 2007 she co-founded and worked as LatinAmerica Project Manager for North by South, a startup from San Francisco focused on free software projects. Isabela was also part of Brazil's Federal Government Free Software initiative, working in 2005 on the Ministry of Communications digital inclusion project and participating in 2006 on a project to migrate the IT of the Presidential Palace of Brazil to free software. More Info: Tor ProjectOnionShareNew Tor Browser ReleaseTatiana Moroz Vaultoro Friends and Sponsors of the Show: Proof of LoveCrypto Media Hub *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.

Hosts Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Peter Mauric the Head of Public Affairs at Parity who is helping to deliver the vision of Polkadot and Kusama. The two discuss Polkadot's viability as a layer-1 blockchain, its potential competitive advantages and much more. This podcast is timely as Polkadot's first iteration just went live. Dive in! 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.

Robert Breedlove comes to POV crypto to discuss his analogy of "Bitcoin is the number 0". Robert claims that, before humans understood the concept of '0', their lives were limited and dull, but after understanding 0, a new world of possibility opened up. Does Bitcoin offer the same? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Robert on Twitter: @breedlove22 SponsorsAlto IRA - The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit www.altoira.com/povcrypto for more information. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us‚@POVCryptopod‚on Twitter.‚ David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium‚@TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter‚@ck_SNARKs Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

On today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! you're invited to join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murpy and special guest Richard Myers for an in-depth look at the past, present and future of 'Mobile Mesh Networking' technology and the open source LOT49 protocol built on top of lightning. Just as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin don't rely on static infrastructure and professional providers, mobile mesh networking allows the creation of inexpensive, high range, low bandwidth and power consumption ad-hoc networks that'll let your phone send text messages or even bitcoin lightning network micro-transactions, even in areas with no coverage. According to Richard, Bitcoin's Lightning is a what's needed to make mobile mesh networks catch on by bootstrapping on top of the payment routing infrastructure. "'the Lightning network currently sends payments from A to B to C and then all those intermediate nodes can connect a small fee if the payment is delivered at the end. All we're doing is saying 'Not only [can you send] a payment, but [you can send] a small message. In our case it'd be a SMS message. So you're sending an SMS message along with a Lightning payment from A to B to C to D, and when D receives that message they return proof that it was delivered and that's what flows back through the network. In the Lightning sense, that's your pre-image. It's computed from the message, that's how the nodes are able to collect payment even if they lose touch with the original person who sent it." But the way the Lightning network uses data natively isn't ideal for mobile mesh. The open sourceLot49 protocolis another layer on top of lightning that Richard says is necessary to make it work at scale while using mesh devices as an extremely low-bandwidth TOR-like privacy layer. "In many ways we're not making a new protocol, we're literally using lightning.Lot49is custom communication protocol that's optimized for mesh. For example, right now there's a 1300 byte onion that's used to route messages over the internet and that's very important because you lose a lot of privacy' you lose all your privacy' if you were to just send messages over the internet without onion routing. We're sending over more or less a physical TOR network since it's going from node to node, not through a central ISP who can associate who you're trying to pay. We're also doing it over a low bandwidth network, so if you were sending 1300 bytes it may not sound like much in the age of the internet but we're talking about devices that [have a maximum data transmission capacity of] about a kilobyte a minute so that's a significant amount of the bandwidth that you have [tied up just in the web's onion routing] So for example with LOT49, we take out the onion and we use the native routing at the mesh device [level] which is optimized for mesh communications. And there's a few other little changes we make like that in order to reduce the bandwidth by chunking up messages' the ultimate goal is to minimize the lightning protocol overhead so that there is more bandwidth available for data' For things like sending an SMS and as bandwidth increases there may be things like internet protocol'" Credits This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin features Stephanie Murphy, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine and Richard Myers. Music provided by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats, with editing by Jonas. Photo by Josep Castells on Unsplash

Hosts Tom Shaughnessy sits down with John McAfee, the Founder of McAfee AntiVirus and Privacy Coin GHOST. John details his views on Bitcoin, Monero, GHOST and other cryptos, the state of the world and the government and much more. We thank John for joining us on this episode. View The Video Version of This Episode: https://tinyurl.com/y96xo3e8 Checkout Ghost Here: https://www.ghostbymcafee.com/ 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.