Epicenter – Podcast on Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Summary: Epicenter is a podcast about the technologies, projects & people driving decentralization and the global blockchain revolution. Every week, hosts Brian Fabian Crain, Sebastien Couture and Meher Roy find the most interesting people in the industry for in-depth discussions about their projects, ideas and stories. Epicenter is part of the Let's Talk Bitcoin Network.
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Guest Joel Dietz talks about his new company Swarm, a very exciting cryptocurrency-based fundraising platform. Their idea is to provide a more efficient, decentralized and versatile version of Kickstarter. In the future, they also hope to allow companies to sell shares or share-like coins to raise funding. Our conversation took place just a day before the start of the commencement of their own coin SwarmCoin, which will finance the development of the platform.
This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. In this series of interviews, we talked to David Schwartz, Chief Cryptographer at Ripple Labs, Jon Peters, CEO of Cambrian, Edward Karatov, responsible for business development at Cryptonit.net, Eiso Vaandrager, VC with Green Gateway Fund and Richard Caetano & Matt Tuzzolo developers of BTC Report app
This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. In this series of interviews, we talked to: - David Schwartz, Chief Cryptographer at Ripple Labs - Jon Peters, CEO of Cambrian - Edward Karatov, responsible for business development at Cryptonit.net - Eiso Vaandrager, VC with Green Gateway Fund - Richard Caetano & Matt Tuzzolo developers of BTC Report app Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips
Support the show, consider donating: 3BT2KMXQUKV8SWNwCHkT6Bqo9XpsVqv5vH (http://bit.ly/1zdPQdn) On today's show, we have Eddy Travia who joins us from Hong Kong. Eddy is co-founder and Chief Startup Officer at Seedcoin, a seed-stage virtual incubator for Bitcoin startups. He is also the founder of the Bitcoin Institute, a platform to facilitate research into different aspects of cryptocurrencies such as trading, market making, and entrepreneurship. Eddy along with Seedcoin also organised the first Bitcoin conference in Asia in November 2014. Links: - Apple Policy Update May Open Door for Bitcoin Transactions: http://twi.tl/1igJdQg - CoinJar back in the App Store: http://twi.tl/1kXLQLf - Fred Ehrsam on CNBC (Coinbase Co-Founder): http://twi.tl/1hB2rVH - CoinJar on iTunes: http://twi.tl/1qitvZH - App Store Review Guidelines: http://twi.tl/1igJfYn - Seedcoin: http://twi.tl/1kXOUXE - Havelock Investments: http://twi.tl/1hK5ET3 - Bitcoin Institute: http://twi.tl/1pwjvMA Seedcoin Incubated Startups: - Crypotopay: http://cryptopay.me - BTC.sx: http://btc.sx - Coin Simple: http://coinsimple.com - Hive Wallet: http://hivewallet.com - MEXBT: http://mexbt.com - DealCoin: http://dealco.in - zSIM: no URL Episode 23 shownotes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-023 Running time: 1:00:23 Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips
On today’s show, we have Eddy Travia who joins us from Hong Kong. Eddy is co-founder and Chief Startup Officer at Seedcoin, a seed-stage virtual incubator for Bitcoin startups. He is also the founder of the Bitcoin Institute, a platform to facilitate research into different aspects of cryptocurrencies such as trading, market making, and entrepreneurship. Eddy along with Seedcoin also organised the first Bitcoin conference in Asia in November 2014.
*Bitcoin 2014 Amsterdam Conference Series - May 15 to 17, 2014* In this series of interviews, we talked to: - Bobby Lee, CEO of BTC China - twitter.com/btcchina - Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin and software engineer at Coinbase - twitter.com/litecoin - Philippe Rodriguez, President of Bitcoin France - twitter.com/philrod - Filip Roose, co-founder of Orillia and co-founder of the Belgian Bitcoin Association - twitter.com/filiproose Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips
This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. In this series of interviews, we talked to: Bobby Lee, CEO of BTC China, Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin and software engineer at Coinbase, Philippe Rodriguez, President of Bitcoin France and Filip Roose, co-founder of Orillia and co-founder of the Belgian Bitcoin Association.
On episode 22 we had Wendell Davis on, who is CEO of two Bitcoin startups. The first one is Hive, a popular and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet targeted at Mac Users (and Android). His second startup, Humint, aims to help companies and brands issue their own cryptocurrencies - think loyalty points. Our discussion of Hive covered wallet business models, usability and the payment protocol. After we talked about the crazy future awaiting us when everyone from a hot dog stand to your grandmother starts issuing their own currency. Finally, we covered some news topics such as the announcement by DISH to start accepting bitcoin and Bitex.la raising $2m to build Bitcoin exchanges in South America. Links: - Hive: https://hivewallet.com - Hive’s Payment Protocol Implementation: http://www.inkpad.io/gy-6F5a0A - Humint: http://humint.is - DISH: http://about.dish.com/press-release/products-and-services/dish-accept-bitcoin - Bitex.la: https://bitex.la Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips
On episode 22 we had Wendell Davis on, who is CEO of two Bitcoin startups. The first one is Hive, a popular and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet targeted at Mac Users (and Android). His second startup, Humint, aims to help companies and brands issue their own cryptocurrencies - think loyalty points.
*Bitcoin 2014 Amsterdam Conference Series - May 15 to 17, 2014* In this series of interviews, we talked to: - Jon Matonis, Executive Director and board member of the Bitcoin Foundation - https://twitter.com/jonmatonis - Marc Barach, CMO of Jumio - https://twitter.com/MarcBarach - Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong - Radoslav Albrecht, Founder of Bitbond - https://twitter.com/RadkoAlbrecht - JF Gallas, Chairman of the Board of the German Bitcoin Foundation - https://twitter.com/jfgallas Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips
This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014.
For episode 21 we had Asher Tan on CEO of CoinJar, a very successful Australian Bitcoin startup that offers similar services to Coinbase. Levin Keller, who is a board member of the German Bitcoin foundation, joined us to talk about a recent statement by the German Finance ministry on Bitcoin.
For episode 21 we had Asher Tan on CEO of CoinJar, a very successful Australian Bitcoin startup that offers similar services to Coinbase. We talked about the plans with CoinJar, what we think of Circle’s new product and the recent price increase. Levin Keller, who is a board member of the German Bitcoin foundation, joined us to talk about a recent statement by the German Finance ministry on Bitcoin. He has been warning about a possible sales tax on Bitcoin for months and that seems to be happening now. We talked through what the recent announcement means for businesses and where we’re likely to go in the future. Links: - CoinJar: https://www.coinjar.com - CoinJar Stories: https://www.coinjar.com/stories - Circle: https://www.circle.com - Circle Product Video: http://bcove.me/8g2e9yuy - Bitstamp requiring proof of source before withdrawal: http://bit.ly/1nnUNhB - Statement by Bundesverband Bitcoin on sales tax: http://bit.ly/1oyRBPD Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips
*Bitcoin 2014 Amsterdam Conference Series - May 15 to 17, 2014* To start off our coverage of the event, we have the keynote presentation by Patrick Byrne (https://twitter.com/OverstockCEO), CEO of Overstock.com. Mr Byrne talked about the history of liberalism and the upcoming crypto revolution. Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips
This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. To start off our coverage of the event, we have the keynote presentation by Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com. Mr Byrne talked about the history of liberalism and the upcoming crypto revolution.