Bitcoin & Markets

Host: Ansel Lindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner In this episode I discuss a topic that comes up quite often for me, a Gold Standard vs a Bitcoin Standard. I recorded the morning after the Brexit vote, and the best performing assets during the last 24 hours were bitcoin followed by gold. It's a bit of a stretch at this point to talk about a bitcoin standard, but if people think a gold standard is likely, a bitcoin standard is better in almost every way, so maybe we should start talking about it.

Host: Ansel Lindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner This is an update on the DAO and Ethereum situation. It's a continuation from my EP5, from several weeks ago where I correctly pointed out its game theoretical flaws. Coded democracy still escapes us. Sources https://twitter.com/WhalePanda/status/744118586126499840 Ethereum chat logs: http://pastebin.com/aMKwQcHR Nakamoto Institute: http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/ethereum-is-doomed/ White hat hack: http://qz.com/713078/the-developers-behind-ethereum-are-hacking-the-hacker-that-hacked-it/ Charles Hoskinson was the insider slamming Tual. He deleted the tweet I saw, but here is a related one. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/725345188609052673 Ethereum has lost all credibility as their counter hack has been infiltrated by the hacker. They look so silly. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4p9z93/it_seems_attacker_just_targeted_the_whitehatdaos/

Bitcoin and Markets E7: "The Power of Bitcoin" - 6/11/2016 bitcoinandmarket.com twitter.com/AnselLindner Sorry guys, no Lisk today. Their whitepaper is MIA, undergoing revision. I asked for a copy, but no luck. I'll get to that as soon as it's available. Today, I rant about some headlines including, cryptolocker or ransomware, planting the flag for bitcoin with "bitcoin is the technology behind blockchain", and finally Spain, the Brexit, and the EU. Cryptolocker forcing stockpiling of bitcoin https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601643/companies-are-stockpiling-bitcoin-to-pay-off-cybercriminals Bitcoin power narrative https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4n6995/blockchain_technology_is_dead_study_shows/ BeautyOn Medium https://goo.gl/0KaCLw Spain and Europe http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-08/next-banking-scandal-explodes-spain That's it. Thanks for listening. Please share and let's push this podcast to 500 listens per episode.

bitcoinandmarkets.com twitter.com/AnselLindner Thanks for listening. This episode gets into conspiracy land about oil and lessons the bitcoin community can learn from that situation. But first I update a few running stories from previous episodes and hit some relevant news items. Update section: Abe at the G7 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-31/japan-first-panic-won%E2%80%99t-be-last Brexit and steel https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/30/would-brexit-help-britain-steel-industry http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/01/defiant-china-slaps-steel-tariffs-on-britain-as-trade-war-looms/ Antpool won't run segwit http://www.nasdaq.com/article/antpool-will-not-run-segwit-without-block-size-increase-hard-fork-cm625094 http://bitcoinist.net/antpool-hashrate-drops-while-f2pool-gains-close-to-30/ Mycelium crowdsale https://crowdsale.mycelium.com/#/ DAO dao.report Stratfor article about Niger Delta Avengers https://www.stratfor.com/image/niger-delta-avengers-motives-are-mystery Fires http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-arson-1.3574486 http://www.therebel.media/watch_notley_ndp_cancelled_water_bomber_tenders_after_anticipating_very_busy_fire_season Music: Eruku-Tatakai

Bitcoin and Markets EP5: DAO Cluster, Regulation as a Prison, and Elite Confusion and Contempt bitcoinandmarkets.com https://twitter.com/AnselLindner In this episode, I give you a few updates on the developing DAO situation, discuss a great comment by the Renegade Investor on twitter, and then dissect Former Chief Asia-Pacific Economist at Morgan Stanley's recent op-ed where he railed against the current dysfunction of the global financial system, as well as giving his warning for the future. Links Vlad's Moratorium https://twitter.com/VladZamfir/status/736271904919715840?s=03 Stephan Tual's Proposal to pay slock.it https://blog.slock.it/dao-security-a-proposal-to-guarantee-the-integrity-of-the-dao-3473899ace9d#.z1optlvcn Zeit Online http://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2016-05/blockchain-dao-crowdfunding-rekord-ethereum Renegade Investor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOFGqVIQdDfRzVsvPcznq9A https://twitter.com/sharkybits Andy Xie http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1919092/dont-listen-ruling-elite-world-economy-real-trouble http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-28/dont-listen-ruling-elite-world-economy-real-trouble

EP4: Everything I know about the DAO I brake down everything I can about the DAO, from definitions to politics, including some interesting critiques that I hope can settle any confusion listeners have. I'm not an expert so please tell me where I got it wrong, or where I got it right. Thanks. bitcoinandmarkets.com https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Definitions I talk about: Tokens/Token Holders - create tokens by staking ether in the smart contract, each token has proportional voting rights, and ownership/equity rights. Curators - person or group of people that perform centralized roles for the DAO, they maintain the whitelist of contractors, vet proposals, and identifies proposal authors. Contractors - a third party that can receive ether from the DAO and/or is funded by or owes money to the DAO. Proposal - A smart contract that is voted on. Two types: "regular proposal" and "newCurator" proposal. Quorum - Voter participation rate needed to make a vote binding. 20% for a "regular proposal", none for a "newCurator" proposal. Split - If people don't like a proposal they can split from the DAO by forming a new DAO. Meant to be a way to update the curator and to protect the minority from a majority attack. Links: https://daohub.org https://forum.daohub.org/c/theDAO Reinvent.Money YouTube https://youtu.be/mJiMD0VibmY Dan Larimer Post about the DAO https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@dan/is-the-dao-going-to-be-doa DAO Whitepaper http://www.bitcoinandmarkets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WhitePaper.pdf Book of Qi - 36 Stratagems - "Kill with a borrowed sword" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems Music: Choys - 3rd Floor

EP3: R3CEV Raises Money, Banks Don't Get It, and Steel Trade Wars bitcoinandmarkets.com https://twitter.com/AnselLindner In this episode I talk about "blockchain no bitcoin" in regards to R3CEV's new funding round. I also, dissect the Morgan Stanley blockchain paper from last month. They just don't get blockchain and I find a lot of enlightening things in there. Lastly, I talk about the trade war heating up in the steel industry. The US just place up to a 522% tariff on Chinese steel. What's going on, and how does it involve Europe and the UK? BitcoinErrorLog's blog: http://www.bitcoinerrorlog.com/2016/05/13/r3cev-articles-mysteriously-disappear/ Morgan Stanley's blockchain paper: http://www.bitcoinandmarkets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Morgan-Stanley-blockchain-report.pdf Steel Trade Wars: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/18/uk-and-eu-urged-to-act-on-chinese-steel-dumping-after-us-hikes-duty-on-imports https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/01/chinese-imposes-tariff-on-eu-steel-imports-tata http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/05/18/americas-mistake-over-chinese-steel-imposing-tariffs-just-makes-americans-poorer/#4afc0731cb12 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-12/about-surge-baltic-dry-index Music: Choys - 3rd Floor Thanks for listening!

EP2: Bitcoin and Markets – Demographics and the Rise of the Millenials http://www.bitcoinandmarkets.com/ https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Debt and Demographics https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=4qt7&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SM&utm_term=fiscal&utm_content=data&utm_campaign=5572_1 http://www.tradingeconomics.com/japan/government-debt-to-gdp http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.DPND.OL?order=wbapi_data_value_2014+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc Why can’t japan shake it’s economic malaise? Two words: old people. http://theweek.com/articles/589197/why-cant-japan-shake-economic-malaise-two-words-old-people TECHBUREAU RAISES $6.2 MLN, FORMS PARTNERSHIPS FOR BITCOIN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT http://smnweekly.com/2016/05/11/techbureau-raises-6-2-mln-forms-partnerships-for-bitcoin-services-development/ Japan's Demographic Crisis: Any Way Out? http://thediplomat.com/2014/03/japans-demographic-crisis-any-way-out/ Japan, Bitcoin and Tokenization https://medium.com/indiesquare-official-blog/rise-of-bitcoin-and-the-token-economy-in-japan-32471d9a8b0c#.93kdtebk8 Italy’s Debt Trap—-Survival Or The Euro http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/italys-debt-trap-survival-or-the-euro/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost Music by Choys - 3rd Floor

Hello World. In episode one I cover Liberty Reserve founder going to prison, my favorite quote from Consensus 2016, the rise of USDJPY trading volume, and the Gavin Andresen situation.