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Welcome to episode 76 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell.

Today's interview is with Andrew Tierney, otherwise known online as Cybergibbons. Andrew hacks everything from oil rigs at his day job, to Cryptocurrency hardware wallets and smart locks in his free time. We conducted this interview a bit before COVID-19 had taken over the planet, back in the good old days (a few weeks ago), when we were more worried about malware than going to the grocery store without an N95 mask. Andrew and I discuss hacking hardware wallets, general security, IoT devices, home routers, his day job as a hacker for hire, and other stuff too. I hope you enjoy!

EPISODE LINKS Andrew's Twitter
https://twitter.com/cybergibbons

Andrew's Blog
https://cybergibbons.com

Pen Test Partners
https://www.pentestpartners.com

Bitfi Hardware Wallet Hack Article
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/30/john-mcafees-unhackable-bitfi-wallet-got-hacked-again

Abe Snowman
https://twitter.com/AbeSnowman

Oversoft
https://twitter.com/oversoftnl

Saleem
https://twitter.com/saleemrash1d

Shadow Ops
https://twitter.com/Shadow0pz

Trezor
https://trezor.io

Ledger
https://www.ledger.com

BC Vault
https://bc-vault.com/shop/bc-vault

Multisig
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature

Shamir's Secret Sharing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Secure Element (blog post)
https://www.intrinsic-id.com/pros-cons-secure-elements

Pen Test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetration_test

Caravan Multisig (Unchained Capital)
https://unchained-capital.com/blog/the-caravan-arrives

Rubber Ducky
https://latesthackingnews.com/2017/06/16/20456

OpenWrt
https://openwrt.org

Tomato
https://advancedtomato.com

Ubiquiti Routers
https://www.ui.com/products/#edgemax

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Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Lightning Network tips:
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Welcome to episode 75 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell.

I started podcasting in late 2014, and one of the greatest things to happen in those early episodes was landing an exclusive longform interview with Dr. Jochen "Johoe" Hoenicke, the 2014 Bitcoin Hero. Badass white hat Bitcoin hacker Johoe (at least that's what I call him) rescued insecure Bitcoin UTXOs from Blockchain.info wallets before they could be taken by less-scrupulous hackers. This was after his contributions to understanding the RNG issues with Android Bitcoin wallets in 2013. He also rescued insecure Bitcoin from one other platform, which he admits for the first time in this interview. Some months after this interview, Johoe responsibly published a side-channel attack on a TREZOR, which eventually led to Satoshi Labs hiring him as a TREZOR Cryptographer. Johoe's Bitcoin mempool stats site is yet another contribution he's made to the space.

This is the only audio (or video) interview with Johoe that I'm aware of, and it's worth a listen if you didn't catch it the first time. It's even educational, as Johoe explains concepts like how Bitcoin signatures work and what specifically went wrong with various wallets, in a way that's accessible for non-technical people like myself.

Hope you enjoy my first "rebroadcast" to celebrate 75!

EPISODE LINKS Johoe first addresses repeating R value issue due to 2013 Android RNG bug https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=251743.msg2890179#msg2890179

Counterparty Bug first addressed by Johoe on BitcoinTalk.org
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg6354731#msg6354731

Johoe discovers the recently compromised Blockchain.info addresses
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg9774894#msg9774894

Blockchain.info Wallet
https://blockchain.info/wallet

Coinbase
https://www.coinbase.com

Counterparty Wallet
https://counterwallet.io

Johoe demonstrates TREZOR side channel attack (April 2015)
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/crypto/trezor-power-analysis

Satoshi Labs announces hiring Johoe as TREZOR Cryptographer
https://blog.trezor.io/ethical-hacker-and-bitcoin-hero-johoe-joins-satoshilabs-as-trezor-cryptographer-36c9a6b10d52

Johoe's Bitcoin Mempool Statistics site
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#0,all

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Lightning Network tips:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Bitcoin tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

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Welcome to episode 74 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. The Bitcoin Game has been a featured podcast on the LTB Network since 2014!

A few facts about David Jevans: In the late '90s, David attended monthly Cypherpunk meetups in Palo Alto. David hired Nick Szabo to help with IronKey (David's previous business, a secure USB product). And David is currently the founder and CEO of CipherTrace, one of the big three "blockchain analysis" companies.

David's past and present positions give him a uniquely informed perspective, and I was fascinated to hear his takes. We discuss a wide range of topics, from details about CipherTrace's work, to hardware wallets, supply-chain security, CryptoCapital, Quadriga, BTC-E, CoinJoin, OPSEC, and tons more.

EPISODE LINKS CipherTrace
https://ciphertrace.com

David on Twitter
https://twitter.com/davejevans

Cypherpunk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk

Nick Szabo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo

IronKey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronKey

ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography

2000 Financial Cryptography Conference
https://ifca.ai/fc00/program.html

David Chaum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chaum

DigiCash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash

Mt. Gox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

CoinJoin
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CoinJoin

Wasabi Wallet
https://wasabiwallet.io

OPSEC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s "Travel Rule"
https://ciphertrace.com/fatf-crypto-travel-rule

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Lightning Network tips:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

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Welcome to episode 73 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. When I started paying attention to Bitcoin Twitter in 2013, I noticed a guy named Tim Pastoor, who seemed pretty well-respected by the Bitcoin Twitter community. He and I eventually became good friends on Twitter, so much so that we hung out for a long afternoon when I visited Amsterdam a few years ago. Tim has been focused on peer-to-peer identity and reputation systems for the past five years, supporting Martti Malmi's work in the space (Martti was the first coder to work with Satoshi on Bitcoin). Twitter's Jack Dorsey recently garnered a ton of attention promoting the goal of decentralized social media, and P2P identity may well be the base layer for such projects. Hope you enjoy our talk!

Oh, and a correction Tim gave me after our interview - Microsoft's Distributed ID project is now called Ion.

EPISODE LINKS Tim Pastoor on Twitter
https://twitter.com/timpastoor

Jack Dorsey's Tweet about Decentralized Social Media
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

Complementary Currencies (LETS, Brixton Pound, etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency

Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

Martti Malmi (article)
https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/10/8751933/the-shy-college-student-who-helped-build-bitcoin-into-a-global

Identifi (now Iris)
https://identifi.github.io/

Microsoft Decentralized Identity
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/technology/own-your-identity

W3C Decentralized Identifiers
https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core

Carsten Keutmann's Digital Trust Protocol
https://medium.com/@carstenkeutmann_96497/digital-trust-protocol-c37e17eeca20

Sovrin
https://sovrin.org

Urbit ID
https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/urbit-id

Sockpuppet Account
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)

Sybil Swarm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

Six Degrees of Separation Principle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

Metcalfe's Law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law

Network Effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

Microsoft's Ion (Decentralized Identity)
https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ion

Anchoring into the Blockchain
https://medium.com/@edhonour/how-anchors-help-ensure-authenticity-on-the-blockchain-3359051a181

TJ Miller on The Adam Carolla Show (see part two)
https://adamcarolla.com/tj-miller-and-mark-geragos

Switchboard Operator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchboard_operator

Bell Labs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs

Iris GitHub
https://github.com/irislib

Iris Proof-of-Concept
https://iris.to

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode was created by me, or is from a jam with me, Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (SegWit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

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Welcome to episode 72 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode came about in an unexpected way. I had the opportunity to speak with Guy Hirsch (USA Managing Director for eToro) at the CIS conference in Los Angeles. My plan was to grab some sound bites from Guy to use in podcast episodes as part of eToro's sponsorship. But I'm such a curious person that I couldn't help but ask a bunch of genuine questions I had about the platform. Turned out, the brief interview was interesting and informative enough that I decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. So, if you've wondered about eToro after seeing them practically everywhere in the crypto space (not to mention the snazzy eToro commercial with Alec Baldwin), this episode will get you up to speed!

EPISODE LINKS Guy Hirsch on Twitter
https://twitter.com/GuyHirsch

Alec Baldwin's eToro ad
https://youtu.be/GBBuFuHAxoY

Our eToro Affiliate Link
https://b.tc/etorogame

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Join now at b.tc/etorogame.

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

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Welcome to episode 71 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I met Brian Lockhart while having lunch at Bitcoin 2019 this summer. Brian recently joined the team at Casa, which happened to have just released details on the Node 2. So this seemed like the perfect time to have Brian as a guest.

I learned a lot from Brian, including how Bitcoin got on his radar (hint: it's the tech), his five-year Bitcoin Rip Van Winkle experience, and the Casa Node 2. We even review some recently highlighted security trade-offs with the Node, as well as my own case of Lightning fever.

If you've ever wanted to know more about Brian Lockhart or the Casa Node, this episode is for you!

LINKS Brian on Twitter
https://twitter.com/BrianLockhart

Casa on Twitter
https://twitter.com/casahodl

Casa
https://keys.casa

Bitcoin 2019
https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/bitcoin-2019

BitBlockBoom!
https://bitblockboom.com

Latin American Bitcoin Conference
https://www.labitconf.com

Quant
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financialcareers/08/quants-quantitative-analyst.asp

Black–Scholes Model
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Scholes_model

Trace Mayer on Stephan Livera Podcast
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/115

Microsoft Xbox
https://www.xbox.com

Bitcoin White Paper
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Tableau Software
https://www.tableau.com

Altcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/what-altcoin

Ethereum
https://www.ethereum.org

Seattle Bitcoin Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/seabtc

ICO
https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-ico

Lightning Network
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network

Michael Flaxman on The Bitcoin Game
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-70-michael-flaxman-securing-bitcoin

Bryan Bishop on Stephan Livera Podcast
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/108

Casa Keymaster
https://keys.casa/keymaster

Casa Node 2
https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-casa-node-2

Casa Gold
https://blog.keys.casa/casa-gold-membership-overview-casa-node

Nodl
https://www.nodl.it

Lightning in a Box
https://lightninginabox.co

RaspiBlitz
https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz

My Node
http://mynodebtc.com

BTCPay
https://btcpayserver.org

Electrum
https://electrum.org

Block Explorer
https://wiki.trezor.io/Blockchain_explorer

Addressing Security Concerns about Casa Node
https://blog.keys.casa/addressing-security-concerns-about-casa-node/

Electrum Will Support Lightning Payments (coded in Python)
https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-590 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5192855.0

Lightning Labs
https://lightning.engineering

Lightning Network Trust Torch
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightning-torchs-bitcoin-payment-is-running-a-worldwide-marathon

Zap Wallet
https://zap.jackmallers.com

Casa Sats App
https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback

What are “Sats”?
https://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/what-are-sats

Peter Todd on The Bitcoin Game
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-34-bitcoin-core-dev-peter-todd

Dr. Adam Back on The Bitcoin Game (Part 1)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or from a jam.

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 70 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm always wanting to learn things via my podcast, and hopefully it helps others learn too. So when I heard Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera's podcast, I thought he was such a compelling guest that I just had to have him on The Bitcoin Game. In this episode we dive into details about Bitcoin, security, and multisig.

LINKS

Michael Flaxman on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mflaxman

Michael Flaxman's Website
https://www.michaelflaxman.com

Michael Flaxman's Bitcoin Multisig Hardware Wallet Comparison
https://bitcoin-hardware-wallet.github.io

Michael's In-Depth Article on Multisig
Coming Soon!

Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera Podcast (Hardware Wallets)
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97

Mt. Gox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

2014 Proof of Reserves article
https://www.coindesk.com/krakens-audit-proves-holds-100-bitcoins-reserve

PyCoin (Open Source Library)
https://pypi.org/project/pycoin/0.51

Shamir's Shared Secret
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Coldcard Hardware Wallet
https://coldcardwallet.com

Trezor Hardware Wallet
https://trezor.io

Ledger Hardware Wallet
https://www.ledger.com

Hardware Wallet Passphrase (Trezor guide)
https://blog.trezor.io/passphrase-the-ultimate-protection-for-your-accounts-3a311990925b

Hardware Wallet Mnemonic Seed Phrase / BIP 39
https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Mnemonic_phrase

Ian Coleman's BIP 39 Tool
https://iancoleman.io/bip39

BIP 174 / Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) Github
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0174.mediawiki

Crypto Steel (One of several Seed Backup Solutions)
https://cryptosteel.com

Multisig
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature

Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
https://electrum.org

Electrum Personal Server Github
https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server

Secure Element (Gemalto site - supplier to Ledger)
https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-is-a-secure-element

HD Wallet Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet)
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deterministic_wallet

Random Number Generator (RNG)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation

Segwit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit

Bitcoin Core
https://bitcoin.org/en/download

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface

Bitcoin Testnet
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet

Nonce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce

Tails OS
https://tails.boum.org

If you liked this episode, I bet you'll like my fairly exclusive interviews with Peter Kroll, the creator of the paper wallet, and white-hat hacker Johoe, who recovered Bitcoin during the 2013 Android RNG issue.

The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-56-paper-wallet-inventor-peter-kroll

The Bitcoin Game #7: Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe

SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 69 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I attended Bitcoin 2019 in June and recorded a bunch of great interviews. But only one interview was with someone I kind of knew, and that was Doug Scribner. He's been in the scene a long time, and recalls buying Bitcoin at Porcfest from Charlie Shrem, Erik Voorhees, and Roger Ver. His first major project, WatchMyBit, was a bit ahead of its time (pun unintended). Now he's focused on Vault Logic, a multi-purpose, Bitcoin-capable, "Smart ATM" hardware and software platform.

EPISODE LINKS Doug Scribner on Twitter
https://twitter.com/dougscrib

VaultLogic
https://vaultlogic.com

VaultLogic on Twitter
https://twitter.com/realvaultlogic

Early article on Robocoin (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/2013/10/bitcoin-atm-gallery

Quorum (JP Morgan)
https://www.goquorum.com

Cryptospace
https://www.cryptospaceus.com

Article on Overstock's Patrick Byrne and Ravencoin
https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/06/ravencoin-rvn-overstock-ceos-favorite-altcoin-is-up-497-year-to-date

Medici Ventures (subsidiary of Overstock)
https://www.mediciventures.com

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Welcome to episode 68 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I introduced myself to Paul Sztorc at Bitcoin 2019and asked him if he'd be up for an interview. I was thrilled that he gave me an unqualified "yes." This ended up being, by far, my longest interview of the conference, and I appreciate that Paul was willing to hang out with me for a big chunk of the second day of the event. I really feel like I got to know Paul in this longest episode I've released in awhile. Hope you enjoy it!

EPISODE LINKS Paul Sztorc on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Truthcoin

Truthcoin
https://www.truthcoin.info

Bitcoin Hivemind
http://bitcoinhivemind.com

Drivechain
https://www.drivechain.info

Link to Paul's Bitcoin 2019 Panel
https://youtu.be/gCtwg7Qecc4

Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, and Liquid on Let's Talk Bitcoin
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store

Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193004

Bill Nordhaus
https://economics.yale.edu/people/william-d-nordhaus

Buzzfeed's Intrade Article
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrice/the-fall-of-intrade-and-the-business-of-betting-on-real-life

Howard Dean's Yell
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/17/the-battle-cry-that-backfired

Election Betting Odds
https://electionbettingodds.com

Cassandra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

R
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)

My episode with Adam Back focusing on Liquid (we discuss Paul Sztorc at 50:47)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-60-dr-adam-back-part-2-liquid

Futarchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarchy

The Wisdom of Crowds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds

My 2015 Interview with Joey Krug (starts at 32:40)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-15-fun-interviews-at-the-texas-bitcoin-conference-kickoff-party

Augur
https://www.augur.net

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 67 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Eric Martindale is a hardcore cypherpunk hacker. We get some details about Eric's past and present, including the well-known Bitcoin companies Eric has worked for, and Fabric, a decentralized, peer-to-peer protocol, created with the goal of replacing our current broken internet.

EPISODE LINKS Eric on Twitter
https://twitter.com/martindale

Fabric
https://fabric.pub

Fabric on Twitter
https://twitter.com/FabricProtocol

BitPay (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitPay

Schildbach Wallet (Github)
https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet

Airbitz (Wiki)
https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Airbitz

Blockstream (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockstream

Adam Back (The Bitcoin Game)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

Elements Sidechain
https://elementsproject.org

Liquid Sidechain
https://blockstream.com/liquid

The Halting Problem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem

Byzantine Generals Problem (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault

Homomorphic Encryption (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption

RPG games
https://www.roleplaygateway.com

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 66 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. My second interview at the recent Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco was with Jeremy Rubin, a fascinating guy who has contributed a ton to Bitcoin. We review Jeremy's background, discuss his current project (a BIP intended to aid with scaling pressures), and we revisit his controversial idea of a Bitcoin reorg in the wake of the recent Binance hack. And a lot more! Jeremy provides some pretty compelling content; I bet you'll enjoy this interview.

EPISODE LINKS Jeremy's Website
https://rubin.io

Jeremy on Twitter
https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin

Tidbit Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidbit

Coinhive (similar to Tidbit, more recent)
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive

MIT Bitcoin $100 Giveaway (Coindesk article)
https://www.coindesk.com/time-we-gave-500000-bitcoin-college-kids

Period of Exclusivity Encourages Early Adopters, by Christian Catalini http://news.mit.edu/2017/bitcoin-study-period-exclusivity-encourages-early-adopters-0713

MIT Digital Currency Initiative
https://dci.mit.edu

Bitcoin Core
https://bitcoin.org

OP_SECURETHEBAG
https://github.com/JeremyRubin/bips/blob/op-secure-the-bag/bip-secure-the-bag.mediawiki

Article on Jeremy's BIP from The Block
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/05/24/proof-of-work-a-bitcoin-covenant-proposal

BIP - Bitcoin Improvement Proposal
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters

HTLC - Hash Time Locked Contracts Wiki
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hash_Time_Locked_Contracts

Jeremy's Initial Tweet about Binance Hack Reorg
https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin/status/1125919526485254144

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 65 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and I just got back from the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. I'm really glad I decided to attend after taking a long break from conferences, as I had a great time and got some really good interviews. I'm going to release them in the order I recorded them, so up first is Jimmy Song.

Oh, I also want listener feedback. This interview is unedited, whereas my typical episodes are heavily edited, with the goal of delivering the most listenable and content-dense experience possible. And I really love editing out dumb things I say! But all that editing takes a lot of time, and it really reduces the amount of content I release. Just comment on this episode's show notes page, or I'm theBTCgame on Twitter. I've got some cool Bitcoin stuff to give away to a few people who give me feedback, in case you need additional incentive.

EPISODE LINKS Jimmy's Website
https://programmingbitcoin.com

Jimmy on Twitter
https://twitter.com/@JimmySong

Colored Coins Wiki
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Colored_Coins

Monetas
http://opentransactions.org/wiki/Monetas

Amory Wiki
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Armory

Paxos Wiki
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Paxos_(company)

Jimmy's Early 2017 Blog Post
https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-bitcoin-will-get-scaling-without-segwit-or-large-blocks-772799fab021

RubenSomsen's Blind Statechains presentation at Breaking Bitcoin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhxPWsJFZE&t=17935s

Statechains White Paper
https://github.com/RubenSomsen/rubensomsen.github.io/blob/master/img/statechains.pdf

The Bitcoin spinner I designed, 3D-printed, and gave to Jimmy. You might win one if you give feedback on this episode!

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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The other day, an interesting post crossed my path on "Crypto Twitter." This guy was super excited about receiving his Coinmine, a device I was not familiar with. It appeared to be a plug-and-play multi-purpose GPU miner and Bitcoin/Lightning Network full node. And it looked pretty. I was intrigued. I started investigating the product, and quickly discovered that Coinminer's headquarters is right here in Los Angeles. And that's how my interview with Farbood Nivi, CEO and co-founder of Coinmine, was conceived.

I hadn't really considered multi-purpose devices such as a Coinmine, which currently can mine Ethereum, Monero, Zcash and Grin. It's not hard to imagine that future incarnations of this product could bring full Bitcoin/Lightning nodes and speculative Cryptocurrency mining to many new mainstream people who are willing to pay a premium for this level of simplicity. Could cloud-controlled plug-and-play devices theoretically give a centralized party too much control over a lot of miners? Please comment below if you have thoughts!

After arranging this interview, Coinmine offered me a $50 discount for listeners, which can be claimed using the discount code BitcoinGame at checkout, or going to this URL: https://coinmine.com/bitcoingame. The Bitcoin Game will receive a referral fee for purchases using this code, however, that did not influence the content of this episode. Before purchasing, please consider electricity usage in addition to the cost of the miner itself, and note that Bitcoin and Lightning Network features are not active yet.

EPISODE LINKS Coinmine
https://coinmine.com

Farbood on Twitter
https://twitter.com/farbood

Coinmine co-founder Justin Lambert
http://www.justlambert.com

Radeon RX580
https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-580

Casa Node
https://keys.casa/lightning-bitcoin-node

Grin
https://grin-tech.org

Handshake
https://handshake.org

Monero
https://www.getmonero.org

Farb's mining article on Hacker Noon
https://hackernoon.com/how-at-home-crypto-mining-outperforms-buying-crypto-8f30d87d2348

Compound Finance
https://compound.finance

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSOR The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of, literally, some of the biggest names in Bitcoin. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25.

Bitcoin2019Conference.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 63 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. John Carvalho has been making waves in Bitcoin for a number of years, never afraid to mix it up regarding cryptocurrency topics. From content creator to entrepreneur to chief communications officer at Bitrefill, John is a very active player in the world of Bitcoin. We cover a wide range of topics in this interview.

EPISODE LINKS John on Twitter
https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog

Bitrefill
https://www.bitrefill.com

John's BTC Merch (includes #LNTrustchain & #WeAreAllHodlonaut)
https://bitcointel.pro

John's (Old) Blog
http://bitcoinerrorlog.com

Bitcoin Uncensored
https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

John Carvalho debates Roger Ver
https://youtu.be/OJT2CbfHTpo

John's CV Tweet
https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1062108829142388737

Bitrefill's Thor Turbo
https://www.bitrefill.com/thor-turbo-channels

Bitrefill: 2% Discount on Lightning Payments
https://blog.bitrefill.com/lightning-network-discounts-at-bitrefill-a3a0e94c4f48

Lightning Network Wiki
https://bitcoin.it/wiki/Lightning_Network

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSORS The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25.

Bitcoin2019Conference.com

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 62 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Michel Rauchs is the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain lead at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). For the past few years, Michel has devoted his life to studying the space, and he's been a big part of several comprehensive studies that dig into many aspects of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You'll see Michel and his reports cited in tons of articles, particularly those that focus on Bitcoin's energy use. I hope you enjoy Michel as my guest on today's episode.

EPISODE LINKS Michel Rauchs on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mrauchs

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/ccaf

CCAF (2017) - Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/global-cryptocurrency

CCAF (December 2018) - 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study (Section 7 has mining stats and map)
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/2nd-global-cryptoasset-benchmark-study

CCAF (August 2018) - Distributed Ledger Technology Systems
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems

Marc Bevand (2017) - Electricity consumption of Bitcoin
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-systems

Michel's 2018 Blog post, "A note on censorship resistance"
https://mrauchs.com/2018/10/a-note-on-censorship-resistance

Michel Rauchs, Xmas Lecture (December 2017)
https://youtu.be/BTp3o60xcEI

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSORS The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25-percent discount with promo code BG25.

Bitcoin2019Conference.com

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 61 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In less than two years in the space, Leigh Cuen has become a mainstay in cryptocurrency journalism, as well as a highly elite user of GIFs on Crypto-Twitter. It was interesting to learn more about this prolific writer's background, thoughts about cryptocurrency, and even some basics about the business of journalism.

EPISODE LINKS Leigh on Twitter
https://twitter.com/la__cuen

Leigh's Coindesk Articles
https://www.coindesk.com/author/lcuen

Poet takes revolution from Facebook to the world, by Leigh Cuen
https://www.salon.com/2013/06/30/poet_takes_revolution_from_facebook_to_the_world

A 'new poetry' emerges from Syria's civil war, by Leigh Cuenhttps://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/20139784442125773.html

How Fintech Plays Into The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by Leigh Cuen
https://www.ibtimes.com/how-fintech-plays-israeli-palestinian-conflict-2592984

How Iranian Women Became the Queens of Online Shopping, by Leigh Cuen
https://www.racked.com/2017/5/10/15450318/iran-online-shopping-women-tech

Trump Lies About the Status of the Economy, by Leigh Cuen
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-lies-about-the-status-of-the-economy

Pete Rizzo
https://twitter.com/pete_rizzo_

Marc Hochstein
https://twitter.com/MarcHochstein

Zack Seward
https://twitter.com/zackseward

The Bitcoin Standard, by Saifedean Ammous
https://amzn.to/2EGjGV9

There’s No Crypto Winter in Argentina..., by Leigh Cuen
https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-startups-in-argentina-inflation-bitcoin

Bitcoin’s Warrior Queen: Lightning’s Elizabeth Stark..., by Leigh Cuen
https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-most-influential-blockchain-2018-elizabeth-stark

KPI (key performance indicator)
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-popular-KPIs-for-the-online-media-industry

Mastering Bitcoin, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
https://bitcoinbook.info

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame
http://TheBitcoinGame.com
Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSORS The upcoming Bitcoin2019 conference is taking place on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. There's an amazing line-up of speakers, and it's one of the most affordable Bitcoin conferences around. Go to Bitcoin2019Conference.com now and claim a 25 percent discount with promo code BG25.

Bitcoin2019Conference.com

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping:
https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 60 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part two of my interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. In this episode, we take a deep dive into Liquid, Blockstream's new federated sidechain. There's a lot more to Liquid than I realized, and it's fascinating to hear tons of details about the protocol. I lead us astray with some of my questions, but Dr. Back never fails to drop tons of crypto-knowledge.

And if you missed the first part of my interview, give episode 59 a listen to hear a great Cypherpunk history lesson.

EPISODE LINKS First half of our interview (The Bitcoin Game #59)
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter
https://twitter.com/adam3us

Dr. Back's Info Page
http://www.cypherspace.org/adam

Blockstream
https://blockstream.com

Lightning Network White Paper by Joseph Poon & Thaddeus Dryja
https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf

Duplex Micropayment Channels by Christian Decker & Roger Wattenhofer
https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/716b955c130e6c703fac336ea17b1670/duplex-micropayment-channels.pdf

ETHZ (where Christian Decker earned his Bitcoin PhD)
https://www.ethz.ch/de.html

Rusty Russell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Russell

C-Lightning
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning

Liquid
https://blockstream.com/liquid

Liquid Assets
https://blockstream.com/2018/07/02/liquid-issued-assets

Confidential Transactions
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/confidential-transactions-how-hiding-transaction-amounts-increases-bitcoin-privacy-1464892525

ERC-20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERC-20

Counterparty
https://counterparty.io/docs/faq-xcp

UTXO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unspent_transaction_output

Bulletproofs
https://crypto.stanford.edu/bulletproofs https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1066.pdf

Tether
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_(cryptocurrency)

Proof of Burn
https://www.coinbureau.com/education/proof-of-burn-explained

Public Key vs. Public Address
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3filud/whats_the_difference_between_public_key_and

Lamport Signatures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamport_signature

The Byzantine Generals Problem
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~luca/cs174/byzantine.pdf

Schnorr Signatures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorr_signature

ECDSA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm

Denial-of-Service Attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Tor
https://www.torproject.org

Liquid Block Explorer
https://blockstream.com/2018/08/02/accelerating-liquid-adoption-liquid-block-explorer

NBitcoin by Nicolas Dorier
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/768412/NBitcoin-The-most-complete-Bitcoin-port-Part-Crypt

Green Address Wallet
https://greenaddress.it

KYC Compliance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer

Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, Liquid
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store

RootStock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RootStock

Spark Lightning Wallet by Nadav Ivgi
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/spark-new-gui-lightning-wallet-bitcoin-now-available-download

Lightning Splice-In, Splice Out (and more)
https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/day-2-of-the-chaincode-labs-lightning-residency-669aecab5f16

SPV Wallet
https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Simplified_Payment_Verification

Neutrino Lite Bitcoin Client
https://github.com/lightninglabs/neutrino/blob/master/README.md

Lightning Watchtower
https://www.coindesk.com/laolu-building-watchtower-fight-bitcoin-lightning-fraud/

ABCore by Lawrence Nahum (BTC full node on Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenaddress.abcore

Hardware Wallet
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardware_wallet

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SPONSORS BTC Inc is excited to announce its upcoming conference, Distributed Health, November 5 & 6 in Nashville, TN. This is the first conference to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and the healthcare industry. Now in its third year, this two-day event is an opportunity for all members of the ecosystem, including payers, providers, law makers, retailers, investors and innovators, to reshape the future of healthcare.

For more information, visit: health.distributed.com and use the promo code: BTCGAME20 to secure a 20% discount!

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

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Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
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Welcome to episode 59 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part one of an interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. Dr. Back talks about topics such as his first computers, his early privacy-oriented work, Hashcash vs. other proof-of-work, various early electronic money systems, and his work on Bitcoin Confidential Transactions. Get ready to soak in some history from one of the people whose "work" became an integral part of Bitcoin.

EPISODE LINKS Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter
https://twitter.com/adam3us

Dr. Back's Info Page
http://www.cypherspace.org/adam

Blockstream
https://blockstream.com

Malta (Crypto-friendly)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/how-malta-became-a-hub-of-the-cryptocurrency-world-quicktake

Dr. Back's First Computers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

PGP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

Cypherpunks Mailing List
https://cryptoanarchy.wiki/getting-started/what-is-the-cypherpunks-mailing-list

Adam's Credential Library for Ecash & DigiCash
http://cypherspace.org/credlib

David Chaum's Ecash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecash

Stefan Brands' DigiCash
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash

Adam Back's Eternity
http://www.cypherspace.org/eternity

Usenet News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

Pseudonymous Remailers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonymous_remailer

Hal Finney (integrated PGP into remailers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)

Adam Back's Hashcash
 http://www.hashcash.org

Spam Assassin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_SpamAssassin

Microsoft Digital Postmarks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Postmarks

SYN Cookies, by Dan Bernstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYN_cookies

Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail (PDF)
http://www.hashcash.org/papers/pvp.pdf

Old communication between Peter Todd, Adam Back and Hal Finney
https://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/bluesky/2001-March.txt

Wei Dai's B-Money
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/B-money

Nick Szabo's Bit Gold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo#Bit_gold

Hal Finney's RPOW - Reusable Proof of Work
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html

TPM - Trusted Platform Module
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module

Confidential Transactions
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/confidential-transactions-how-hiding-transaction-amounts-increases-bitcoin-privacy-1464892525

Elements (Sidechain)
https://elementsproject.org

Liquid (Sidechain)
https://blockstream.com/liquid

STAY IN TOUCH Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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Rob@TheBitcoinGame.com

SPONSORS BTC Inc is excited to announce its upcoming conference, Distributed Health, November 5 & 6 in Nashville, TN. This is the first conference to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and the healthcare industry. Now in its third year, this two-day event is an opportunity for all members of the ecosystem, including payers, providers, law makers, retailers, investors and innovators, to reshape the future of healthcare.

For more information, visit: health.distributed.com and use the promo code: BTCGAME20 to secure a 20% discount!

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

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Welcome to episode 58 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In January of this year, I saw lots of talk about the World Economic Forum’s speeches and panels in Davos. Even Donald Trump spoke at this event. But the panel I was most interested in was called The Crypto Asset Bubble, and it featured Nobel Prize Laureate Robert Shiller. I didn’t know any of the other panelists, but the one who stuck out to me the most was Jennifer Zhu Scott. She seemed very pro-Bitcoin and was a very eloquent speaker. I wondered why I'd never heard of her before. I immediately invited Jen to be a guest on my podcast, and we finally connected just a bit ago, thanks to Twitter. We cover many topics including the World Economic Forum, her favorite project, China, and her involvement in the hit HBO series, Silicon Valley.

EPISODE LINKS “The Crypto-Asset Bubble” - Davos 2018, World Economic Forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZv9fLLfa4

World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org

Radian Partners
http://www.radian.partners

Otoy Octane
https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render

Viral Fake Robot Video
https://youtu.be/bA21AhgYwHM

Adam Series
https://youtu.be/GXI0l3yqBrA

Render Token
https://rendertoken.com

HBO's Silicon Valley - "Initial Coin Offering"
https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley/season-5/7-initial-coin-offering/synopsis

Jen Zhu Scott on Twitter
https://twitter.com/jenzhuscott

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SPONSOR While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world famous Bitcoin Keychain, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

As Seen On
The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics
Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat
PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com
Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com
Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com
All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

Here are some tipping addresses (Lightning tipping, coming soon!)

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address:
3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address:
MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address:
1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address:
0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

CREDITS All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Note: We've recently migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you notice the Soundcloud numbers have dropped off recently, that's the reason.

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Welcome to episode 57 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I’m someone who feels a bit like a Bitcoin Maximalist, yet I still really wanted to learn about Amaury Séchet, lead developer of Bitcoin Cash (EDIT: note it's been pointed out that Amaury is the lead dev of Bitcoin ABC, the main client used for BCH, but he isn't technically the lead dev for BCH - apologies for the inaccurate wording). I like that many of Amaury's opinions seem fairly independent, rather than sticking to a party line. In this long-form interview, we talk about Amaury's initial interest in Bitcoin, why he started Bitcoin ABC, the software behind Bitcoin Cash, and what he saw as three critical mistakes he believed would prevent a big block fork from becoming the majority chain at launch. So BCH haters, put down the pitchforks for a second and give this a listen to better understand the French Bitcoiner known as Deadalnix.

EPISODE LINKS Amaury on Twitter
https://twitter.com/deadalnix

Thomson M05 (School Computer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_MO5

HACK (Facebook Programming Langauge)
https://hacklang.org/

D (Programming Language)
https://dlang.org

Cypress Financial Crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Cypriot_financial_crisis

Bitcoin ABC
https://www.bitcoinabc.org

Extension Blocks
https://www.coindesk.com/purse-proposal-touts-extension-blocks-bitcoin-scaling-solution

ViaBTC
https://www.viabtc.com

Segwit Is Not Great, by Amaury Séchet
https://www.deadalnix.me/2016/10/17/segwit-is-not-great

Emergency Difficulty Adjustment (EDA) https://news.bitcoin.com/the-bitcoin-cash-community-debates-future-difficulty-adjustments

Free Trader’s Github Blog
https://ftrader.github.io

Emergent Consensus
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-bitcoin-unlimiteds-emergent-consensus-gamble

The Cathedral and the Bazaar (musings on Linux and Open Source...)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar

Tokens on Bitcoin Cash
https://www.yours.org/content/overview-of-tokens-for-bitcoin-cash--bch--d2f928455dca

Cash Shuffle (BCH mixing protocol for fungibility)
https://cashshuffle.com

Grin (Nimble Wimble implementation)
https://grin-tech.org