Technology & Choice, and SAFE Crossroads podcasts: Recent Episodes
John Ferguson
Welcome to the Crossroads of Project SAFE, and Technology and Choice podcasts. Safecrossroads covers the technology, applications, ideas and people of SAFE Network, where SAFE stands for Secure Access For Everyone, with the keynote of Privacy, Security and Freedom for all.
Technology and Choice covers almost anything viewed through the lens created by the concepts of technology and choice, taken together.
Your host is John Ferguson, the Simpleton of the Project SAFE, because sometimes it takes a simpleton to ask the right questions. After all, we can't all be geeks.
Visit www.safecrossroads.net and technologyandchoice.com for additional blog posts and articles.
It is a delight to have back two previous guests, Nikita Baksalyar and Lionel Faber, for a wide-ranging conversation that touches on many advances in SAFE Network development. Centering around the recently released Vault program library, we explore the implications of other advances, including new data types, how they relate to each other, safecoin integration, and a lot more.
The concept of the Perpetual Web--private, secure and free--takes on much greater clarity.
Enjoy.
Music
Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
New Release: Phase 1 Vaults -- Medium article
safenetwork.tech -- The best place to start to get an understand of the SAFE Network as a whole
SAFE Network Forum -- SAFE Network community forum
safecrossroads.net -- Home site for this podcast
The SAFE Network is a project of such large scope, doing things that have never been done, it can be hard to wrap one's head around the whole thing without a lot of work. But in the end it is for people to use. It needs to be easily adopted and made to work by everyone.
As core development progresses rapidly towards beta launch, tracking the evolution of the user experience (UX) development can help everyone understand the potentialities for this vast project from a practical, people-empowering perspective.
To help us with that we talk to Jim Collinson, a UX Designer at MaidSafe. He walks us through some of the approaches and priorities of UX design in general, and shares insights about the process of evolving UX in parallel to the core team putting final form to the networks basic functionality.
MUSIC
Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
https://maidsafe.net
https://safenetwork.tech -- The best place to start to get an understand of the SAFE Network as a whole
Designing the New Internet: SAFE Network UX Roadmap --https://safenetforum.org/t/designing-the-new-internet-safe-network-ux-roadmap/29089 -- Article under discussion, part one
Designing the New Internet: How We’ll Get There -- https://safenetforum.org/t/designing-the-new-internet-how-well-get-there/29095 -- Article under discussion, part two
Safecoin: The best thing to do is just forget about it --https://safecrossroads.net/articles/safecoin-the-best-thing-to-do-is-just-forget-about-it/ -- Previous article about Safecoin not being the primary focus of the SAFE Network project
https://safenetforum.org -- SAFE Network community forum https://safecrossroads.net -- Home site for this podcast
MaidSafe's Crust (Connections in Rust) program library was necessary due to lack of existing tech to do what was needed for the SAFE Network.
The QUIC protocol has evolved and now provides a connection solution which the whole internet will likely be moving to--really great for the internet at large, and really handy for the SAFE Network's development. The SAFE project will be an early adopter, because the protocol already contains the needed functionality to make further development of Crust unnecessary.
We talk about this move, the nature of both Crust and QUIC, and more, with MaidSafe's back-end lead, Spandan Shamar. As usual Spandan is very helpful in breaking this all down for us simple folks, but hopefully being informative to dev types, as well.
MUSIC Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS safenetwork.tech - https://safenetwork.tech
SAFE Crossroads Podcast #22 SAFE School, Class V, Connecting All - https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/safe-crossroads-podcast-22-safe-school-class-v-connecting-all/
SAFE Crossroads #46, Connection Needs of an Autonomous Network, with Spandan Sharma - https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/safe-crossroads-46-connection-needs-of-an-autonomous-network-with-spandan-sharma
QUIC, Quinn and Crust: an Update - https://safenetforum.org/t/quic-quinn-crust-an-update/28455
Post re SAFE Network Project Plan/Roadmap - https://safenetforum.org/t/the-2019-safe-network-roadmap-project-plan/28533
This is part 2 of a wide ranging discussion about the SAFE Network, with the two people most familiar with all aspects of it, MaidSAFE's Founder and CEO, David Irvine and CTO, Viv Rajkumar.
To guide our discussion we focused on the 21 Fundamentals of the SAFE Network as linked below. Amongst many other great insights, in this section David goes briefly over each fundamental and summarizes where each stands -- i.e., what's done and what is yet to be done.
Music
Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
The Fundamentals of the SAFE Network
All the encryption layers for SAFEnet -- Very useful forum post
SAFE Network School -- A SAFE Crossroads Series
I had the honor of a 2+ hour conversation with the two people most familiar with all aspects of the SAFE Network, MaidSAFE's Founder and CEO, David Irvine and CTO, Viv Rajkumar.
To guide our discussion we focused on the 21 Fundamentals of the SAFE Network as linked below. We had a very far-ranging discussion from high to medium altitude, touching on all aspects of the whats and whys that make this project so unique and far-reaching.
Music
Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
The Fundamentals of the SAFE Network
Safecoin: The Best Think to Do is Just Forget About It --Article
SAFE Network School --A SAFE Crossroads Series
We last talked with Jim McCanney back in March 2018 when he had recently been selected as one of five international finalists in the Water Abundance Xprize. In this episode we follow up to find out what happened.
In addition to that we do a good coverage of the technologies he's developed to efficiently extract water from the air and, more importantly, how to power the process with his Wing Generator, his game-changing development in using the wind to generate power for any (and almost all) uses. If you are not familiar with his Wing Generator Project, I guarantee that you have seen nothing quite like this. It's brilliant, and when you get the picture you're certain to agree.
Then the question is, What are we going to do about it?
If you are interested in pursuing one of the approaches we discuss, contact Jim at his website below, or contact your host at simpleton@safecrossroads.net
Music
Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
TC 30 - https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/technology-choice-30-decentralizing-energy-for-real-plus-a-big-crypto-easter-egg-with-jim-mccanney) -- Previous episode with Jim McCanne
Jim McCanney Science, main site - https://jmccsci.com [Scroll down left-hand column for Wing Generator data.]
Wing Generator and Water Generator video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ozm1CoXzCg [See the Wing Generator in action.]
As the various parts of SAFE Network development come together, facility for mobile access to and use of the network becomes a greater priority. Most individuals now use mobile devices for a large part, if not all, of their internet access.
Our guest is Lionel Faber, a front-end developer with MaidSafe's remote office in Chennai, India.
We talk about mobile development for SAFE in general and the new developer tools for native Android apps in particular. The SAFE Network offers something unique: the opportunity to make truly decentralized apps that interact directly with the network rather than requiring for servers to be maintained.
MUSIC
Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
safenetwork.tech - https://safenetwork.tech
SAFE Developer Hub - https://hub.safedev.org
SAFE Developer Forum - https://forum.safedev.org
Forum post: Release of Platform Development for Android -- https://safenetforum.org/t/release-of-platform-development-for-android/27086
John and Robert probe questions regarding the level of technology appropriate to different situations, and we try to isolate some touchstones for selecting the right type, level and amount technology to employ.
As fodder we talk a lot about Robert's different situations as simple farmer on the one hand, and as a writer, publisher and internet marketer on the other.
We'd really like the input from the listeners on what you think about and how you find the balance. Email at simpleton@safecrossroads.net.
MUSIC
Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod.
LINKS
The Decentalization Itch - https://technologyandchoice.com/articles/2015/07/the-decentralization-itch/ Text
The Decentalization Itch - https://soundcloud.com/safecrossroads/the-decentralization-itch Audio version
Our regular guest/co-host, Robert Worstell, and I talk about the year-long project he just completed to train himself in fiction writing, and documenting the process for others who are interested in writing, especially professionally.
We go over what he set out to do, what he did, his statistics, and what he learned. There is so much here that is applicable to learning any subject or technology professionally that it is useful to anyone.
Enjoy.
See the notes below for some free material from Robert, especially for listeners, as well a links to a distillation of the important lessons he learned in the process of doing his project.
MUSIC
Bumper music: Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod.
LINKS
Robert’s free stuff for listeners of this episode - https://livesensical.com/following-dr-robert-c-worstell-firehose-fresh-content/https://livesensical.com/following-dr-robert-c-worstell-firehose-fresh-content/
Main link - https://calm.li/LiveSensicalLibrary
9 Key Lessons From A Year of Pulp System Fiction Writing - https://livesensical.com/9-key-lessons-year-pulp-method-fiction-writing/
Fiction Books by Robert C. Worstell - under pen names - https://livesensical.com/book-series/fiction/
Non-Fiction Books by Robert C. Worstell about writing and publishing - https://livesensical.com/book-series/publishing-and-writing/
Is the Content Inc. Model a Good Fit for Author-Publishers? - https://livesensical.com/podcast/selling-books-online/content-inc-model-good-fit-author-publishers/)
Get Notified of New Releases by Email - https://www.subscribepage.com/NewBookReleases
Previous Technology & Choice episodes with Robert Worstell
TC 36 - Creator and Created, a Converstation - https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/technology-choice-36-creator-and-created-a-converstation/
TC 34 - On Writing and Research, with Robert Worstell - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2018/06/episode-34-on-writing-and-research-with-robert-worstell/
TC 1 - Virtual Reality - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2016/03/episode-1-virtual-reality/
TC 2 - Revenge of the Social Media Zombies - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2016/04/episode-2-revenge-of-the-social-media-zombies/
TC 3 - The Resounding Duh! - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2016/04/episode-3-the-resounding-duh/
TC 4 - A Talk with Paul Rosenburg - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2016/04/episode-4-a-talk-with-paul-rosenburg/
TC 5 - Scam Tech 101 - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2016/05/episode-5-scam-tech-101/)
TC 7 - Some Loose Ends - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2016/05/episode-7-some-loose-ends/
TC 12 - Influence Says It All - https://technologyandchoice.com/podcasts/2017/01/episode-12-influence-says-it-all/
MaidSafe just released a completely in-house version of the SAFE Browser with some very cutting-edge features and toggles to explore experimental features. It's still rough-cut,as browser experiences go, but it opens the door to some very advanced development options as the SAFE Network matures toward readiness for launch.
Helping us get a feel for this step forward are two of the MaidSafe front-end developers most responsible for this new step: Gabriel Viganotti and Josh Wilson.
Understanding where the SAFE Browser has come from, where it is and where it's going can give one new insight and a real feel for why SAFE Network development is really in a field of its own.
MUSIC
"Safe Crossroads Beta", an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
Dynamic Membership https://safenetforum.org/t/new-video-blog-post-dynamic-membership/26724%20- Text and Video
The Article the Internet Doesn't Want You to Read - https://safenetforum.org/t/new-medium-article-published-the-article-the-internet-doesn-t-want-you-to-read/26786/ - Link to Medium article and Forum discussion
New SAFE Browser release post - https://safenetforum.org/t/safe-browser-v0-11-0-release/26792
safenetwork.tech - https://safenetwork.tech
Is Economics an ideology or a technology, a science or a religion? Is there some foundational principle of Economics upon which everyone can agree? Why is the subject of Economics so contentious?
We explore these and other questions with our guest, Bob Murphy. Bob is a bona fide professional economist with tons of academic credentials and a lot of experience breaking the subject down for "the rest of us."
To help anchor the subject we talk quite a bit about his fabulous book, Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise and Human Action.
Followers of this show will recognize immediately, he had me at Choice!
Anyway, we had a lot of fun and hope it is a useful conversation for you.
LINKS
Bob Murphy Show podcast - https://www.bobmurphyshow.com/
Bob's most excellent book, CHOICE, COOPERATION AND HUMAN ACTION - https://www.amazon.com/Ayurveda-Simplified-Dr-Nisha-Manikantan-ebook/dp/B01MT66D39/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1544080544&sr=8-3&keywords=ayurveda+simplified
Bob's Consulting site- https://consultingbyrpm.com/
Free pdf of ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON, by Henry Hazlet - https://mises.org/system/tdf/Henry%20Hazlitt%20Economics%20in%20One%20Lesson.pdf?file=1&type=document
MUSIC
Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod.
I've been wanting to do an overview of the SAFE Network for some time, as a sort of new introduction, an update on where the project has currently gotten to, and a view of what's ahead.
Dug Campbell from MaidSafe helps me try to accomplish this, because I found it really hard to do by myself! Dug has gained a lot of experience talking about the SAFE Network with a wide variety of different people in varying circumstances. He also, being based there in MaidSafe headquarters, has continual access to the heart of the team.
I hope a broad variety of listeners will find this episode interesting and useful, from those with little tech experience, to developers.
MUSIC
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
safenetwork.tech h- ttps://safenetwork.tech
SAFE Developers' Forum - https://forum.safedev.org/
SAFE Network Forum- https://safenetforum.org
SAFE Network Primer - https://safenetworkprimer.com/
MaidSafe - http://maidsafe.net
Ayurveda is a practice for maintaining and restoring health with origins dating back 10,000 years. It has been practiced consistently since. Might there be something to learn here? Might it offer choices for health and healing which are not available in the modes and institutions which most of us are used to?
I recently had the privilege of meeting and interviewing a Vaidya (practitioner/doctor) of Ayurveda, Lokesh Rathuri. He presents the basic understandings on which Ayurveda is built, in a way that opens the subject for a beginning understanding. It is a different view than most in the West are used to. You get to decide where there is merit there to warrant further exploration. We also discuss the interface of eastern and western practices and how they can inform each other's understanding and practice.
LINKS
Art of Living Retreat Cente - https://artoflivingretreatcenter.org/
Ayurveda Department phone # - (828) 278-8112 - Mary Walker
Ayurveda Simplified, by Dr. Nisha Manikantan - https://www.amazon.com/Ayurveda-Simplified-Dr-Nisha-Manikantan-ebook/dp/B01MT66D39/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1544080544&sr=8-3&keywords=ayurveda+simplified
Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide - https://www.amazon.com/Ayurveda-Science-Healing-Practical-Guide-ebook/dp/B001TH78SK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1544080718&sr=8-3&keywords=Dr+Vasant+Lad
Ayurvedic Healing: A Comprehensive Guide https://www.amazon.com/Ayurvedic-Healing-Comprehensive-David-Frawley-ebook/dp/B003TO5EF0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1544080827&sr=8-2&keywords=Dr+David+Frawley
MUSIC
Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod.
Simpleton says, "We go a bit geeky on this one, but in a way that should be very accessible to most anyone."
Our guests on this episode are Josh Wilson and Gabriel Viganotti. Both are front-end developers for MaidSafe, working with Resource Description Framework (RDF) in a number of forms, to enhance the uses of the SAFE Network.
We really get down to what RDF is, how it relates to Linked Data and the Socially Linked Data (SOLID) project, and other use cases that are creating a real revolution in how we manage data, making it both more useful as well as returning control of users' data to users.
Your host learned a lot. Hope you find it useful.
MUSIC
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
safenetwork.tech - https://safenetwork.tech
MaidSafe - http://maidsafe.net
SAFE Network School series - https://safecrossroads.net/safe-network-school/
SAFE Network Forum - https://safenetforum.org
Proposal for Public Name System using RDF on the SAFE Network - https://github.com/joshuef/rfcs/blob/PnsAndResolveableMap/text/0000-RDF-for-public-name-resolution/0000-RDF-for-public-name-resolution.md
Paul Rosenburg is a man of many interests and talents, with a lot of real-world technical experience. A principal author of fiberoptic installations standards and a founder of CryptoHippie (industrial grade internet privacy solutions), he is also the author of Freeman's Perspective, with both free and subscription newsletters.
In our conversation, we cover a lot of ground, both technical and philosophical, surrounding the strategy of advancing human progress, not by fighting what doesn't work in the status quo, but by leveraging technology to create parallel societies which can grow up to replace it.
LINKS
Freeman's Perspective (https://www.freemansperspective.com)
CryptoHippie (https://secure.cryptohippie.com/)
BUMPER MUSIC
PHANTOM FROM SPACE by Kevin MacLeod.
Our guest today is Spandan Sharma from MaidSafe. We go over the results of the second community testing of Crust, the automated peer-to-peer connection library being developed by MaidSafe for the SAFE Network, and available for open source use by other P2P projects as they find useful.
In looking at all that the upper network layer needs the Crust connection level to do, we take a peek into the Routing level, which is the heart of the SAFE Network structure.
Enjoy.
MUSIC
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
Medium article: Why the Internet Needs Evolution (Again)
Proposal for Public Name System using RDF on the SAFE Network
A rather historical event in the United States gives us an interesting opportunity to examine a bunch important dynamics through the lens (or "Looking Glass") of Technology and Choice as a tool.
There may never have been a time, not only in the United States but the rest of the world, when we have been so connected and yet so polarized at the same time. Whether you hold to the old Chinese curse ("May you live in Interesting Times") or not, there is no question that we do live in interesting times.
While a listener may be able to guess the co-hosts' political inclinations, this episode is not about that. It's actually much more about what we all have in common, and how the interplay of technology and choice can help us understand what's happening and effectively use technology to magnify our individual and collective influence.
LINKS
Robert's Free Satire Collection Wikipedia excerpt Infogalactic excerpt Q - The Plan to Change the World
MUSIC: "Phantom from Space" by Kevin MacLeod.
In this episode we catch up on some of the things that have been going on in SAFE Network development, where it's been and what's coming down the line now, including the roll out of public testing of the automated peer-to-peer connection library, Crust (standing for "Connected" "Rust").
How do you ensure all the nodes of an amorphous P2P network get and stay connected, even past firewalls and routers? How do you do it when most nodes are being run by non-technical people using their spare computer resources? The demands are high. Will Crust be up to the job?
MUSIC
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Music
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
Medium article -- "SAFE-Fleming: Our Next Major Milestone"
SAFE Crossroads Podcast #22 SAFE School, Class V, Connecting All
MaidSafe Dev Update release of PARSEC
SAFE Crossroads #43, PARSEC - Efficient, Provable Consensus Has Arrived, with Pierre Chevalier
SAFE Crossroads #44, PARSEC Consensus Code Release, with Bartłomiej Kamiński
Semantics has to do with meaning. What if we could tie information together on the web my meaning, rather than by webpage? In this conversation we find out a bit about how this is beginning to be achieved, and how it is creating vast new horizons for how the internet will soon be used. Music Bumper music: Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod. Links Solid Box site Prior episode with Jonas Technology & Choice Subscription page
As the creator of something, do you give it life? As a fiction writer, does a story acquire a life of its own? As a software programmer, do you sometimes feel that what you're creating has something to teach you? Is your creation of any sort just something you do and have done, or do you nurture it and query it about what it needs to succeed?
I recently had the pleasure of visiting my old friend, Robert Worstell, on his farm in Missouri, after 20 years of not seeing each other in person, but 15 years of regular communication and collaboration.
This was a very meaningful and useful time for us both, and I hope our conversation conveys some fraction of meaning and usefulness to the listener. We mine a vein of gold here, not just about writing, but about the relationship of anyone with the subject of what he or she is creating. It's a perspective that applies across the board, whether one is a writer, a programmer, a salesperson or carpenter, etc. We hit on something very interesting regarding the intersection of technology and choice which I, personally at least, found quite profound. Enjoy. And consider how the mechanics discussed here might apply to what you do and what you create.
MUSIC
"Phantom from Space" by Kevin MacLeod.
LINKS
Robert's Writers Challenge Accountability page
Help on becoming a writer -- FREE for now
Free stuff from Robert for listeners of this episode
Package of three free courses on writing FREE
Go Thunk Yourself, Again -- A great book containing an outline of Roberts approach to researching subjects.
Becoming a Writer, by Dorothea Brand
Previous Technology & Choice episodes with Robert Worstell
TC 34 - On Writing and Research, with Robert Worstell
TC 2 - Revenge of the Social Media Zombies
Jonas Smedegaard has been part of the central team that maintains the Debian operating system for many years. Debian is a very important part of the open source ecosystem with a core team of about a thousand, with tens of thousands of contributors. Many other projects benefit from the work done by the Debian community. In this conversation, we discuss open source in general and a lot about Debian and where it fits into the landscape. We also explore the FreedomBox project. FreedomBox was envisioned about eight years ago by Eben Moglen, a hero in the battle to liberate public encryption as part of the of the Free and Open Source Software Foundation. Music Bumper music: Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod. Links Debian's home site FreedomBox site FreedomBox Foundation freeopensourcesoftware.org
In late May, MaidSafe released the whitepaper for PARSEC (Protocol for Asynchronous, Reliable, Secure and Efficient Consensus). This week MaidSafe published the open source code for implementing PARSEC so that it can be used by any other projects which would find it suits their needs. This episode, we talk to Bartłomiej Kamiński, a developer who works on the MaidSafe team in the Routing section, and a co-author of the whitepaper. We cover a lot of relevant concepts that should allow most anyone to get a deeper idea of how PARSEC works and how the SAFE Network uses it--without putting developers to sleep, either! We also talk some about how other projects may find PARSEC useful and wish to use and contribute to it. #### Music Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes #### Links Medium article about the PARSEC code release, with link to a GREAT youtube video by Dug Campbell Safenet forum thread on the Release PARSEC explainer video Medium article about SAFE and PARSEC MaidSafe Dev Update release of PARSEC PARSEC whitepaper PARSEC github RFC MaidSafe Links to all things SAFE SAFE Crossroads subscription links
My old friend and sometimes co-host, Robert Worstell, returns and we explore the topic of research, especially from the angle of learning how to write fiction, and writing in general.
Over the years Robert has rolled up his sleeves and plunged into many subject areas to establish for himself what the underlying principles are that allow one to master the subject or action, used what he learned to be effective in the field, and then shared what he learned with others. In the process he has published an impressive volume of books, articles and stories, and learned to make a reasonable living doing so, sharing what he has learned so that others can benefit from what he finds.
In our discussion we also get in pretty close to the essence of what makes the pair of concepts "technology" and "choice" such a powerful tool to examine how to do things.
Music
Bumper music: Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
Free stuff from Robert for listeners of this episode
Package of three free courses on writing FREE
Go Thunk Yourself, Again -- A great book containing an outline of Roberts approach to researching subjects.
Becoming a Writer, by Dorothea Brand
Previous Technology & Choice episodes with Robert Worstell
TC 2 - Revenge of the Social Media Zombies
On Thursday evening, May 24th, 2018, MaidSafe released publically the PARSEC consensus protocol. PARSEC stands for Protocol for Asynchronous, Reliable, Secure and Efficient Consensus. It is being released under very permissive, open-source GPL and MIT licensing for potential use in a wide variety of circumstances by a wide variety of projects quite aside from the SAFE Network.
For the MaidSafe, the release of PARSEC puts the final major research barrier behind it, opening the door for a straightforward path to releasing the SAFE Network. More accurate timelines should now become possible.
Our guest is Pierre Chevalier, a software engineer with MaidSafe, who is one of the authors of the PARSEC protocol whitepaper.
We make an attempt to help listeners who lack a technical background to grasp the meaning and importance of PARSEC, as well as many aspects of the SAFE Network and consensus challenges in related projects. We also try to include enough to appeal to the more technically savvy.
Enjoy.
MUSIC
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
PARSEC explainer video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKagaPUrDsY Medium article about SAFE and PARSEC - https://medium.com/safenetwork/parsec-a-paradigm-shift-for-asynchronous-and-permissionless-consensus-e312d721f9d8
MaidSafe Dev Update release of PARSEC - https://safenetforum.org/t/maidsafe-dev-update-may-24-2018-introducing-parsec/23647
PARSEC whitepaper - http://docs.maidsafe.net/Whitepapers/pdf/PARSEC.pdf
PARSEC github RFC - https://github.com/maidsafe/rfcs/blob/master/text/0049-parsec/0049-parsec.md
MaidSafe site - http://maidsafe.net
Links to all things SAFE - https://safenetwork.org/
SAFE Crossroads subscription links - https://safecrossroads.net/subscribe/
The Meritocracy Chronicle will be a regularly recurring segment, dedicated to discussing and documenting the evolution of the game SFEOS and the principles of crowd founding. See links below for more details on both SFEOS and Crowd Founding.
The term meritocracy can have a variety of connotations and meaning, depending upon users and context. Here it is used only to indicate that the levers of control and influence within a group or activity are best and most justly yielded by those with "skin in the game," i.e., those who have invested time, energy, heart and effort to the creation and sustenance of the activity.
The advent of cryptocurrencies, crypto tokens, smart contracts, and other such tools offer a lot of possibilities that are worth exploring in terms of creation and maintenance of social activities, groups and economies. Building SFEOS is a project to implement and evolve those tools in an environment that is interesting, engaging and desirable, but where catastrophic events have less catastrophic real-world consequences. In other words, we want SFEOS to be a big, beautiful, inviting sandbox which will, hopefully, grow to be a potentially lucrative economic and social reality.
Having fun, sharing experience and learning are the keynotes.
The Meirtocracy Chronicle is your touchstone on how and where it's all going.
Enjoy!
Music
Bumper music: Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
TC #31, SFEOS -- Game World, Real World, Life, with Chadrick Mahaffey
TC #6, Chadrick Mahaffee on Crowd Founding Principles
"Agile is Dead" talk on YouTube
Chadrick's contact email -- sfeos@legacygameworks.com
Join the discussion on Discord -- "@SFEOS"
April 23rd brought core and app developers for the SAFE Network from all over the world to Ayr, Scotland for SAFE Dev Con 2018.
In this episode we hit the highpoints with Dug Campbell, head of Marketing and Outreach with MaidSafe.
The full video of the event is linked below, and the different speakers should soon be available as individual videos on MaidSafe's YouTube channel soon, if not be time of this podcast going live. (See channel link below.)
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Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
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As promised in the last episode, Chadrick Mahaffey shares his presentation about EOS, the history behind it, the value proposition and why he is bullish on its mass adoption.
This is far from an exhaustive and authoritative treatise. It maybe even leaves one with more questions than answers. But it is a good foothold about the EOS platform as it is developing, and why an enterprise developer such as Chadrick could be excited about the possibilities of what should be enabled by it.
If you haven't listened to episode #31, about SFEOS, don't miss it. It highlights some of the uses to which Chadrick and others are looking to put EOS to work doing.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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EOS main site -- http://www.eos.io
EOS Cafe -- http://www.eos.cafe
Blocktivity blockchain stats -- http://blocktivity.info/
SFEOS Steemit channel -- https://www.steemit.com/@sfeos)
Chadrick's contact email -- sfeos@legacygameworks.com
TC #31, SFEOS -- Game World, Real World, Life, with Chadrick Mahaffey https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/technology-and-choice-31-sfeos-game-world-real-world-life-with-chadrick-mahaffey
Technology & Choice Subscription page -- https://technologyandchoice.com/subscribe/
Chadrick Mahaffey and I introduce you to SFEOS, a project that he originated and is shepherding, that I and others are helping along.
SFEOS is a lot of things at once:
It's a game that is fun, that engages players in adventure and economics and social organization in the game universe.
It's a project that is developed, advanced and governed solely by players with real skin in the game, those who contribute value.
It's a distributed autonomous organization/community with an economic system that acts both in the game and outside the game to incentivize and reward all participants.
It's a tool to painlessly drive adoption of cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets and integrate them into day-to-day experience.
It's a learning tool and testing ground in the realms of crypto asset, social and political organization, economics, etc.
It's all these and more.
Mostly it's designed to be FUN!
Want to play?
Listen in and see what's afoot.
Music
Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
SFEOS email -- sfeos@legacygameworks.com
TC #6 Chadrick Mahaffey on Crowd Founding Fundamentals
NOTE: There is an explosive Easter Egg of revelation in the body of this episode regarding cryptography. It is likely you haven't heard about it before, so keep hands on your bonnet.
"Alternative Energy" as we've known it has been a disaster for the most part. Everybody wants to "be green," do it right, be efficient, be really smart, but billions in government subsidies have mainly resulted in no progress except to line a lot of pockets and increase central control.
Professor Jim McCanney is an almost unicorn-level oddity amongst scientists: a truly independent scientist who has funded his own research and never signed non-disclosure agreements or other intellectual chains to any government, corporation or other institution. He's gone his own way and applied his genius where he thought it was needed.
Scientists and their institutions either love him or hate him. He's made many discoveries that contradict "main stream" scientists. You'll have to judge for yourself whether he connects with truth or not. Just remember to use objective rather than authoritarian standards in your analysis.
Prof. McCanney's Wing Generator and Water Project is a monumental effort to break the chains of centralized control of power and water, and give choice back to individuals and smaller groups. Real science and independent action are the road. Government subsidies? Not so much.
How about cheap, plentiful power that is available almost anywhere? Can real science do that? Can WE do that? Might Bitcoin miners profit from using this resource? You decide. It's sure worth giving a listen to someone with his track record.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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Professor McCanney’s Bio--http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/Bio.HTM
Wing Generator and Water Project video--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ozm1CoXzCg
Professor McCanney’s main site--http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/
Prof. McCanney's Weekly Radio Show Archive--(http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/WeeklyRadioShowArchivesSubPage.HTM)
Technology & Choice Subscription page--https://technologyandchoice.com/subscribe/
With the SAFE Alpha 2 Network running for some months now, providing a stable, improving interface for developers to interface with and learn to use the SAFE APIs, a lot of development activity is taking place by independant App Developers.
Our guest for this episode is Shane Armstrong, an experienced and successful software engineer who recently discovered the SAFE Network and has jumped right in and started developing and implementing important apps for the network.
We discuss his perspective as an experienced engineer approaching the SAFE development process and the network as a whole, the tools in place to speed developers' interface and exploitation of the network, and why he sees the network's implementation as so important.
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Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
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SAFE CMS post on the SAFE Network forum
The main problems in talking about the SAFE Network are understanding (1) the enormous scope of the project, (2) the various specific innovations it represents, (3) how those innovations interrelate in the overall system, and (4) why the approach is fundamentally different than pretty much anything else that is being attempted.
Regardless of the technical level of the enquirer, Project SAFE has lacked a really good landing place to begin exploration into it.
In this episode we interview the originators and main contributors to the recently released SAFE Network Primer and give some very good insights to what the SAFE Network is about, why it's important and how to more easily approach and understanding of how it is designed.
Music
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
I start off this episode sharing a bit about why I'm doing this series on festivals in general and the One Love Festival in particular, and why it's important. Part of this is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of abandoning existing systems and technologies prematurely, in an effort to use new social systems and technologies to improve on or fix existing ones. There's a balance to be struck. Food for thought.
Then I share a delightful interview with Melanie Davenport and her husband, Nick. Melanie and Nick are avid festival goers and share why. They also are vendors at festivals, where Melanie shares her custom clothing creations, Gypsy Spirit Apparel, designed especially for the needs and wants of other enthusiasts. There are specific needs and her adaptation of the technologies she uses is interesting.
We also talk about their introduction to cryptocurrencies and the appeal to this community, and how it can help it evolve in desirable directions.
It was a great pleasure to visit them in their home and get to see Melanie's operation. See the links below to get access to what she's about. Nick, too.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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Christopher Jackson has been making unique and special events happen for a long time and understands the components. We talk about what he's done, why he changed from being a promoter and producer of hip Hollywood parties attended by the likes of Hugh Hefner and his entourage, and others, to producing a different kind of experience that allows for people to connect on a whole different and more satisfying level.
We also talk about his part in last year's One Love Festival, and how his technical application will be helping transform it even more as it goes forward. Only hints so far about cryptocurrency integration, but that's coming.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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"I Am" is a technology stack that is evolving to incorporate high tech, to aide a process of personal and social improvement and connection.
Our guest, Lucien Vattel, has years of experience in developing technologies to assist in learning and general education. His company (We Are) is partnering with the One Love Festival (see Technology & Choice #26) to evolve the festival experience while working as a proving/learning ground for evolving the I Am tech in a unique social environment.
This is a really special episode, as it goes straight in on the Technology & Choice theme.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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Modern technology has enabled us to do so many things that were never possible in history. People move more, farther and faster than ever in history. The internet has allowed us to communicate and form relationships with others from almost anywhere.
But the impulse for in-person connection with others, the forming of personal bonds, is strong and too often unfulfilled.
Festivals of all sorts are exploding in popularity all around the world. These events take many forms, for many reasons. What they hold in common is that they are gatherings of people of common interest, in person, to celebrate community in their preferred forms.
In this episode, we talk with Ken Schwenker, a motion picture producer who has gone on to produce a series of powerful events and festivals to help meet that need for true community reconnection. We talk about the rational and technology for putting on such a festival, what the six-year-running One Love Festival is about, and drop hints about other technological innovations to be forthcoming surrounding this year's festival.
Music
Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
Soundcloud feed for Technology & Choice and SAFE Crossroads podcasts
Subscribe on iTunes under SAFE Crossroads--John Ferguson
It was an absolute pleasure to have a long talk with Adam B. Levine about the concept of Value, its core meaning, how we exchange with each other with Value in mind, and how new tools of cryptocurrencies and cryptographic tokens give us options that have never existed before--and, of course, some speculation on the possibilities!
There's a lot here, folks. Enjoy!
Music
Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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Soundcloud feed for Technology & Choice and SAFE Crossroads podcasts
Subscribe on iTunes under SAFE Crossroads--John Ferguson
Some more interesting folks at the recent Texas Bitcoin Conference shared some more very interesting projects and activities.
This episode we explore:
Spectiv -- Nick Ravanbakhsh
Grid + -- Karl Kreder
Cryptoart -- Troy Ferno
Cryptopods -- Eric Hoffenbach
Decred -- Marco Peereboom
Once again, huge thanks to Paul and Linda Snow, and all who made the Texas Bitcoin Conference possible.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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I had some great talks with folks at the Texas Bitcoin Conference in late October.
This episode:
Paul Puey, CEO of Airbitz and the new Edge wallet, on taking the core concepts and success of Airbitz and taking it to a new level of reach and implementation, rebranding as Edge, and making it much more than just a wallet, but a real tool for security.
Julian Smith, Pres. and CEO of Blockfreight, about integrating blockchain tech into the vastly important movement of freight round the world.
Dhruv Bansal, Co-founder and CSO, Unchained Capital, about why "friends don't let friends sell Bitcoin" and the advantages of borrowing rather than selling an appreciating asset.
John Bushe, Pres. and Permaculture Designer for ZeroWaste, about the vast resources squandered in wasteage, the opportunities and benefits of exploiting them, and how blockchain tech is being targeted for integration to improve outcomes.
Ernest Hancock, Editor and Chief of the publishing and activist site Freedoms Phoenix, and host of the broadly popular radio show, Declare Your Independence. Ernie was at the conference to network and share the collaborative project called "Pirates Without Borders."
Thanks to Paul and Linda Snow, and all who made the Texas Bitcoin Conference possible.
Music
Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
At the recent Texas Bitcoin Conference I had a chance to have a long talk with Eric Anderson (hacker-named "Eijah") about his new project, Promether.
We cover his history, including a good delve into Demonsaw (a very effective, proven means of anonymous, secure and private communication and file sharing) which has been in use for the last four years.
With the experience gained on securing privacy with Demonsaw, Eric is launching a much more ambitious project to deliver privacy and anonymity to the mainstream, making it easy and rewarding to do so.
Along for the ride in the interview, with his own questions and perspectives on privacy, is Ernest Hancock of FreedomsPhoenix.com, and the Declare Your Independence radio show.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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Twitter : @endsurveillance
Email -- contact@promether.com
The SAFE Network is a huge software infrastructure project which is currently in Alpha 2, a network of distributed nodes, hosted on cloud servers for MaidSafe as the many intricacies of the architecture are fine tuned. A future iteration will return to nodes hosted by external participants at home, but Alpha 2 exposes a stable set of interfaces which developers can use learn how the network functions and how to build applications for it.
Today we talk with Gabriel Viganotti of Cordoba, Argentina, who is both an independent developer working on apps to run on the SAFE Network, and also a contractor with MaidSafe, working on front-end development.
Music
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads Beta, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
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Safenet Forum thread on Gabriel's wallet app
With the SAFE Network Alpha 2 release progressing forward with interfaces stablizing, and a stable network to test against, application developers are starting to see and begin exploiting what is possible with such a network when it is ultimately in place.
Today we have a very interesting talk with Edward Holst, Software Architect and Lead Developer for a small fintech firm in Sweden. In his spare time he has begun to explore the guts of the SAFE Network and see the huge advantages SAFE will have for hosting the type of Event-Sourced databases he is familiar with.
We explore that area of tech, as well as getting a feel for where SAFE is at currently from the perspective of a seasoned developer.
Music
Music for this episode: Arrival, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
Safenet Forum thread on Edward's EventStore project
Nick Lambert joins us with to talk about the new Alpha 2 network just released by MaidSafe, as well as other aspects of the network development and what differentiates what MaidSafe is developing from all other existing projects.
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Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
New MaidSafe website--https://maidsafe.net -- with links for Alpha 2 info
referenced Juan Bennet interview--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUVLuXjPAfg
David Irvine interview--https://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3017991/blockchains-killer-app-is-bitcoin-the-rest-is-mostly-pure-marketing-says-maidsafes-david-irvine
SAFE Network Community Forum--https://safenetforum.org
MaidSafe youtube channel==https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDck5R_C9i6XTrS66tbwOw
SAFE Network School--https://safecrossroads.net/safe-network-school/
David Irvines blog--https://metaquestions.me
Our guest this episode is Joe Urgo, Co-Founder of district0x.
district0x is an open source platform for the deployment of decentralized organizations, markets and limitless other means of organizational interactions, including the means to describe and execute governance models as agreed by the participants.
This seems to be a great step forward in the evolution of decentralized organization. Listen in and you decide where it fits.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
In this fourth installment of The Hemp Corner, we set out to better understand the amazing biochemical relationship between the human species and the cannabis plant. To get very far we have to break out some understanding of biochemical interactions in general and how they influence the human experience.
Our guest, Dr. Jim Laurenzano, is a medical doctor who not only has a deep technical knowledge, but his 35 years of striving to engage his patient's understanding and full participation in their own treatment has given him an excellent ability to help others grasp a useful picture of what's going on, in terms they can understand. We use that skill to uncover some fascinating insights into not only cannabis, but the way life works on a biochemical level.
Those who are into cryptographic and networking technology will find some deep, and perhaps useful, parallels.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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A Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World Recommended book about interactive relationships between various plant species and humans
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs Recommended book about the roots and progression, and damage of the "War on Drugs", and prohibition in general
In wrapping up my discussion of Tezos with CTO Arthur Breitman, the theme of "Trust: where and how much to bestow it" is central enough to make it the theme of the episode, though we cover a lot of other aspects of Tezos and blockchain tech in general with a bit more technical depth than the last episode.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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Governance - the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something -- Merriam-Webster.com
Those wary of the complexity, inequities and corruption of govern-ment tend to also be wary of the idea of govern-ance. But there's no way around it: Governance (by the above definition) happens one way or the other, because otherwise stuff just happens. Not an optimum scene, for sure.
Arthur Breitman, CT0 and lead developer of Tezos, started thinking about this years ago, and started developing Tezos as a way to account for the inevitable need to adapt the means of decision-making and action within a decentralized cryptocurrency environment.
In this episode we try to take a simpleton's approach to examining Bitcoin and related currencies in a way most anyone can follow, and then examine the factors that need to be managed in any decentralized cryptocurrency system, and start to examine how Tezos deals with these points.
I say "start," because we could only get so far in one hour. There's more to come, but you don't want to miss this one, for sure.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
Links
IN THIS EPISODE
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, fiber, and land reclamation. -- Wikipedia
Co-host Michael Bright and I present the third in the Hemp Corner series. Those used to hearing mostly about internet and cryptocurrency tech may wonder why we're exploring such a mundane and seemingly distant subject of agriculture.
As this series goes forward, we will definitely be exploring the direct interfaces between internet tech, cryptocurrency and the agronomy of hemp, but to start, we explore how the nature of hemp works towards a common goal: Decentralization.
Starting from the acquisition and handling of seeds, a whole set of new agricultural, social and industrial options open around hemp, options which are largely unique to this fascinating
Who should be interested?
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Those who want to see "green" solutions.
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Those concerned with building community.
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Those who wish to prosper and see others prosper.
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Those who wish to empower individuals, families and communities.
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Those who want to see undue control move away from huge corporations.
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Those wishing to increase individual freedom of economics and finance.
MUSIC
Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
LINKS
Hemp Bound -- Great book on hemp
IN THIS EPISODE
Nick Lambert joins us with an update on development progress and the milestones recently passed, and expectations for the near future, as well as MaidSafe activities around the world.
MUSIC
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads Beta and Arrival are original pieces composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
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IN THIS EPISODE
This is the second of what we're calling The Hemp Corner of Technology & Choice. After doing a high-altitude overview of hemp and cannabis in the first Hemp Corner, we thought it would be a good idea to work at straightening out all the scrambled thinking about cannabis and hemp that has been brought about by nearly eight decades of prohibition and contradictory propaganda.
To do that we called in the big guns. Joy Beckerman-Maher is a 25 year veteran of laboring for hemp. As we discover in the interview, that's a much more literal statement than it might at first appear.
Joy will (and did) call one down for calling her an "expert" because she has been in the trenches, dealing with the governmental and legal sides of the industry as well as all the production and educational sides. However we decide to label her, SHE KNOWS HER STUFF.
This interview was a blast, and took some turns that caught me by surprise. I think we achieved what we set out to do, though. And we had fun getting there. Hope you do, too.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
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Hemp Ace International Find more about Joy
Hemp for Victory, pro hemp propaganda film
Reefer Madness anti-marijuana propaganda film
The Emperor Wears No Clothes, 1990's expose on hemp's value and its prohibition
The Botany of Desire, by Michael Poullan. A fabulous examination of several plants, including cannabis, that have co-evolved and interacted with Man is fascinating ways.
Kentucky Department of Agriculture, letters regarding hemp
IN THIS EPISODE
The hope of Bitcoin enabling fast, frictionless micropayments is one of the promises of the technology that has excited us all. But it's been a long time coming and, especially in Bitcoin, it has seemed a long way off.
Enter Ryan X. Charles and "Yours." Yours is a social media platform that will enable true micropayments that can get everyone that contributes value to the platform to get paid, proportional to the value given. Not a new idea, but Yours is about to prove it will happen. Ryan says the tech is solid and will allow Bitcoin micropayments within the Yours ecosystem without changing the Bitcoin core code, and is soon going into public testing on the TestBitcoin network.
There are a lot of ins and outs. Listen and enjoy. And be encouraged.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
LINKS
https://www.yours.org
Recent, thorough presentation at Triangle Bitcoin meetup--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsqZY5ETGn0&t=1135s
Integrating Micropayments Into the Social Product -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vluZsQ1lTOE
IN THIS EPISODE
Recently caught up to Jeremy Kauffman, Founder and CEO of LBRY, a protocol and platform for sharing digital content, with incentives for all.
The first part of the show is a replay of an earlier interview form July 2016, because it's hard to improve on for a clear idea of how LBRY is supposed to work.
The last part is the recent interview, where we catch up on how things are going, some of the bumps in the road since July, and projections for the future.
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Bumper music: "Technology and Choice Theme," but Nicholas Kotesky of Two Faced Heros
LINKS
An "Intimate" is someone or something that is not quite Self, but does not have the feel of Other.
IN THIS EPISODE
We're very, very jazzed to be introducing a new series within the Technology and Choice podcast, dedicated to the technology and choices of Cannabis, a plant species which encompasses so very much more than just its psychoactive variety, marijuana.
Co-Host Michael Bright of The Hemp Connoisseur Magazine joins John for this periodic series, to assist in exposing the intimate relationship that this plant has had with Mankind for millennia, how that relationship has been broken, and the technical and social aspects of reunification on into the future.
We just get cranking here by doing a whirlwind romp through a small fraction of the plant's uses and benefits in such areas as agriculture, medicine, manufacturing, and oh so much more.
Future episodes will track innumerable aspects of the biology and technology of all things cannabis. It's almost not at all about getting high--not to lessen the importance of that aspect, mind you (we'll definitely go there in due course).
Be prepared for ongoing fascination . . . and an up-swelling of your own enthusiasm, we're betting.
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Bumper music: Rocket Power by Kevin MacLeod.
LINKS
The Hemp Connoisseur Magazine -- www.thcmag.com
Other ways to view The Hemp Connoisseur:
http://issuu.com
www.magzter.com
HempSweet -- www.hempsweet.net
IN THIS EPISODE
Viv Rajkumar is CTO of MaidSafe in Troon, Scotland.
We go into depth about the development process in general, the development experience at MaidSafe, and then catch up on what's been going on with the forward motion of SAFE Network development.
There's quite a lot here, but very accessible.
One thing discussed is the new test net in which community members are back to testing vaults at home, as well as user side experiment. This test network went live between the time the interview was recorded and publication, so go to safenetforum.org and see if you can participate!
MUSIC
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads is an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
Safenetwork.org--index to everything
Technology & Choice #6, Chadrick Mahaffey on Crowd Founding Principles
IN THIS EPISODE
What is the most basic action in the universe? Influence.
Technology is all about better directing influence, whether it be influence on the environment, the materials at hand, electronics, software, or people. And there is a lot of technology on the nature of influence and persuasion amongst people.
In this episode, we look at how influence is the most fundamental action of life, and why it's a good idea to not be ignorant of the technologies of personal and social influence. After all, who really wants to be a dupe? Answer? Those who remain ignorant of the nature and mechanics of personal influence.
MAGIC WORD
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MUSIC
Music for this episode: SafeProject an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS (in order of discussion)
Scam Tech 10 -- http://technologyandchoice.com/2016/05/episode-5-scam-tech-101/ -- Worth a listen, and there are great additional references in the show notes of this episode.
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini -- https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484550989&sr=1-1&keywords=influence
Pre-suasion, by Robert Cialdini -- https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Suasion-Revolutionary-Way-Influence-Persuade/dp/1501109790/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484551043&sr=1-1&keywords=pre+suasion
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, by Scott Adams -- https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/1591847745/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484551150&sr=1-1&keywords=scott+adams+-+how+to+fail+at+almost+everything+and+still+win+big
MAGA Mindset, by Mike Cernovich -- https://www.amazon.com/Maga-Mindset-Making-America-Great/dp/9527065925/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484551349&sr=1-1&keywords=maga+mindset
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie -- https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/8175993480/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1484551646&sr=8-6&keywords=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people
Rebellin Linux distribution -- (https://therebellin.com/), highly recommended.
Make Yourself Great Again, by Dr. Robert Worstell -- free, plus other exclusive content --(http://livesensical.com/mygajoin/)
Great talk with Shawn Wilkinson, CEO/CTO of Storj Labs, about the Storj network which is about to go live in a very big way in headon competition with Amazon Web Services and the like. Hey, AWS, et al, you will be absorbed. Resistance is futile. App developers, as well as anyone who has some spare hard drive space they'd like to make some money with, should find this an entertaining and informative listen.
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Music
Music for this episode: SafeProject an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
In this Episode
While visiting my friend and associate, Travis Remington, in his home in Utah, we recorded this conversation to give some background on where we are going with our specific business idea, but more broadly, we wanted to open-source our ideas (at least partially for now) on expanding the implementations of cryptocurrency-related tech into the broader environment. In a short phrase? "Tie it all together."
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Music
Music for this episode: SafeProject an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
OpenLedger decentralized exchange
In this Episode
Today we have an in-depth visit with Nick Lambert, COO of MaidSafe, covering a lot about where MaidSafe has been, where it's gotten to and where it's going. With the Bank to the Future equity crowd funding pitch in play, we dig in to find out how MaidSafe, as an open source, very altruistically oriented company, is likely to be profitable enough to invest in. This is a very well rounded, very informative coverage of MaidSafe and the SAFE Network, accessible to most anyone whether they are very familiar with the SAFE Network or not. Whether you're looking to be directly involved on an equity level or not, frank questions are asked and answered, and you may get a very new view of this project.
Magic Word
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrival is an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
Safenetwork.org--index to everything
In this Episode
We have a chat with Francis Brunelle, a returning guest, about the recent Alpha Release of the MaidSafe Client, and a lot more about the state and progress of the SAFE Network project.
Magic Word
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads is an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
MaidSafe blog post re Alpha Release
David Irvine's blog post on Data Chains
IN THIS EPISODE
When I was at The Porcupine Freedom Festive in New Hampshire, I had the chance to sit down with Ernest Hancock of Freedom's Phoenix, along with the hosts of another podcast, Liberty Cafe. We had fun. Hope you enjoy it.
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MUSIC
Music for this episode: SafeProject an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
Freedom's Phoenix -- http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/
Liberty Cafe -- http://libertycafe.us
The Choice Eaters -- https://technologyandchoice.com/2016/06/the-choice-eaters/
IN THIS EPISODE
A few days at the Porcupine Freedom Festival in New Hampshire netted a load of wonderful connections, some very interesting insights and a few very relevant interviews, from the perspective of the technology and choice pair.
First up in this episode is Sam Patterson, Chief Operating Officer of OB1, the company developing the Open Bazaar protocol and ecosystem. Sam shares some insights about the ideals of peer-to-peer commerce, shares some very encouraging news about the current real-world successes of the platform, and shares exciting news about the near future, which will make the ecosystem tons better still.
Next we spend some quality time with Larken Rose discussing his very ambitious and fabulously important project, The Mirror. This could be one of the most important projects in existence for opening human potential, so listen up and consider pitching in.
Finally, we speak with Jeremy Kauffman of LBRY (pronounced "library"). With their imminent launch of the LBRY platform, listeners are in a unique position to get in on the ground floor of what I found to be one of the most exciting practical applications of blockchain technology to come along recently. Content distribution is about to get a really great tool that everyone can use, even the "big guys." Listen for how to get an inside track on the launch for listening to this podcast. MAGIC WORDS
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MUSIC
Music for this episode: SafeProject an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
IN THIS EPISODE
David Irvine, Founder and lead developer of MaidSafe has faced a huge workload over the last couple of years, moving the SAFE Network towards launch. So much so that he hasn't recorded an in-depth interview in over two years. That changed today.
In this episode he finally speaks--quite a lot, actually. Our two hour interview covers much of what has been going forward with the SAFE Network, the technical barriers, some of the huge breakthroughs, the community, and a lot more.
Most of the second half of the interview deals with matters relating to a blog post being published at about the same time as this podcast (linked below), making full community disclosure about planned actions to reinforce capital availability to accelerate development and community outreach, a likely source of lively discussion on the SAFE Network Forum.
Aside from all the wonderful data, perspectives and strategy disclosures, the interview is a great dose of David Irvine in person.
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MUSIC
Music for this episode: Arrival, and "Magic Words" are original pieces composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
MaidSafe Blog post re MaidSafeCoins usage--http://blog.maidsafe.net/2016/05/31/maidsafecoin-announcement/
[AFE Network Release Cycle--https://blog.maidsafe.net/2016/05/06/the-safe-network-release-cycle/
Stable Droplet Network--https://blog.maidsafe.net/2016/05/26/stable-droplet-network/
Forum post with links about Datachains--https://forum.safenetwork.io/t/safe-datachain-work-in-progress/
IN THIS EPISODE
This week Robert and John do a bit of house cleaning. A number of loose ends demanded attention, so we had a blast just batting them around.
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MUSIC
Music for this episode: SafeProject and Magic Words, original pieces composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
William Walker Atkinson - Thought Vibration --free print edition
William Walker Atkinson - Thought Vibration -- paid print editions
William Walker Atkinson - Thought Vibration --Audiobook edition
Genetic options -
50% of Scientific findings are wrong -- 1
50% of Scientific findings are wrong -- 2
Being led by the nose - nose rings
James Allen - Byways of Blessedness
There is no crying in baseball
Lottery winnings statistics -- 1
Lottery winnings statistics -- 2
“I’m from Missouri and you’ll just have show me.”
Sources of Releasing info
In this Episode
Chadrick Mahaffey is a software developer and fan of the SAFE Network. For years he's been working to understand organization principles so as to evolve a way that people can "Labor in Freedom."
In this interview, we go into the background of how he arrived at what he now calls The Crowd Found Hub, a system using smart contracts and crypto tokens to allow for a very open and fruitful way to organize group activities in a completely voluntary way, but with a way of rewarding value created by participants.
Could change a lot of the way we think about how we "have to" do things.
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Music
Music for this episode: SafeProject, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
Extreme Programming Explained by Kent Beck
Maverick (1995) and The Seven Day Weekend (2004) by Ricardo Semler
IN THIS EPISODE
Finally, Robert and John get to really start exploring scams. What is a scam? Why is it so important to understand the mechanics that make something a scam, or not? What does this all have to do with technology and choice?
We dig in on a scam that Robert himself got snared by, and what he did about it. The image of throwing a ragdoll to a puppy is invoked. Listen to see how it came out.
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MUSIC
Music for this episode: SafeProject, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
Free -- Robert's book, Get Yourself Scam Free -- http://livesensical.com/scamfree// (This page includes links to all the material discussed in this episode.)
Anatomy of a Scam -- Planet Money podcast -- http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/01/29/464859624/episode-680-anatomy-of-a-scam
Technology and Choice website -- http://technologyandchoice.com
IN THIS EPISODE
John and Robert have a great time with Paul Rosenburg, a true renaissance man and scholar, about technology and choice--past, present and future. Should we be optimistic, pessimistic, or simply mystic? You get to choose.
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Music for this episode: SafeProject, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
Freeman's Perspective -- http://www.freemansperspective.com/
Review of The Breaking Dawn -- http://www.freemansperspective.com/the-breaking-dawn-a-book-review-by-jim-davidson/
Cryptohippie privacy service -- https://secure.cryptohippie.com/
[Technology and Choice website -- http://technologyandchoice.com
IN THIS EPISODE
Be sure to read and/or listen to the article "Technology and Choice (What's in a Name?) on the LTB front page. The title of this episode will make more sense once you've read the article or listened to this episode.
We discuss the substance of that article from some different angles. We have some fun, and even start bleeding into next episode's topic.
MUSIC
Music for this episode: SafeProject, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
[Technology and Choice (What's in a Name?) article]
The Decentralization Itch article
This is a reading by the author of the article:
Technology and Choice (What's in a Name?)
The article can be read at Letstalkbitcoin.com.
In this Episode
We're back again with Harmen Klink, talking about further innovations on the Decorum decentralized forum and social connection protocol. We talk about a web of trust function which will make the protocol very handy at evaluating one's connections and resisting unwanted connections. Also we talk about the Project Decorum crowdsale, and the value proposition behind it. And much more.
The design of the SAFE Network presents challenges due to its security model, but it also presents opportunities to view things differently and accomplish things which are brand new.
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Music
Music for this episode: Safe Crossroads, Magic Words and She, original pieces composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
SAFE Network forum thread on Decorum Project
Harmen's handle on the SAFE Network Forum is @Seneca. Contact him there find his direct email in the Purchase Agreement for the Project Decorum Crowdsale
IN THIS EPISODE
What's up with social media and what does it have to do with zombies? You'll just have to listen.
MUSIC
Music for this episode: SafeProject, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
LINKS
Midwest Journal Press -- http://selfhelpbook.midwestjournalpress.com/
Crossroads of Project SAFE -- http://safecrossroads.net
Revenge of the Social Media Zombies article -- http://livesensical.com/podcast/selling-books-online/revenge-social-media-zombies/
Facebook is a growing and unstoppable digital graveyard -- http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160313-the-unstoppable-rise-of-the-facebook-dead
Facebook becoming lurkers - 66% report not posting in three months -- http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2015/11/content-creation-facebook-podcast/
The truth about Facebook and Millenials --http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246777
Google allowing celebrities and businesses post directly to keywords -- http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2016/03/social-media-content-podcast/ --minute 8:30
&
[Google evangelist Avniash Kaushik asks people to subscribe to his newsletter as Google is restricting organic content](http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2016/03/social-media-content-podcast/ --minute 29:13
Instagram updated newsfeed to limit organic reach - in favor of ads. (Facebook owns.) -- http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/20/the-death-of-instagram-for-brands/?ncid=rss
Fake twitter followers--> Obama - 53% fake --http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/09/24/53-of-obama-twitter-followers-are-fake-accounts/
Presidential candidates -- http://www.vocativ.com/news/239402/which-presidential-candidates-have-the-most-fake-twitter-followers/
Celebrity fakes--Twitter -- http://gizmodo.com/5994621/which-celebrities-have-the-most-fake-twitter-followers
Celebrity fakes--Facebook -- http://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-with-the-most-fake-facebook-likes-2012-9
IFTTT--If This Then That -- https://ifttt.com/
Amazon’s DIrty Laundry of Reviews -- https://gigaom.com/2011/06/24/419-what-shoppers-dont-realize-about-amazons-reviews/
Only 1.5% naturally write reviews, 1 in 15 reviewers never bought that product -- http://nautil.us/issue/12/feedback/one-percenters-control-online-reviews
5% make it -- http://livesensical.com/podcast/live-sensical/revenge-bucket-crabs-become-follow/
Author-preneur on Flipboard -- https://flipboard.com/@robertworst2015/author-preneur-55nhr5lqy
Why does decentralization as a concept motivate so many people so powerfully and often so irrationally? I wrote this article as part of the process of dissecting the anatomy of my own itch regarding decentralization.
Enjoy this recording and visit the written article at http://www.safecrossroads.net/articles/the-decentralization-itch-3/.
Thanks to Adam B. Levine and the Let's Talk Bitcoin network for original encouragement to record this. The track you hear was edited by Adam and was released as part of Episode 233 (https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-233-recursive-iterations) of the Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast.
Following it the postscript to the written article:
Postscript: I’ve been podcasting and writing about the SAFE Network for a few months now, and the inspiration for this article kept eating away at the back of my brain the whole time, till I finally put it on the page and worked with it till it was done. It was only after I’d finished it up and I was telling a friend about the subject matter that a further revelation hit me: The inspiration driving me (and others, I think) to bring the SAFE Network to fruition is my understanding that the technology underlying the network’s design is built from the inside out with respect for Self granted to the individual user by default. That in itself is an immensely powerful thing. Add to it the fact that the technology promises to be superior in so many other ways in terms of speed, efficiency, scalability and more, and it’s hard to contemplate the effect it will have on humanity. As I say, this is an afterthought to the article, which easily stands on its own. But I take this opportunity to encourage you to explore Project SAFE for yourself. The ramifications of the SAFE Network, and the open source technology it makes available to mankind for other applications, are more significant than I know how to communicate. Visit safecrossroads.net, Maidsafe.net, safenetwork.wiki, SAFE Crossroads Podcast feed on LetsTalkBitcoin and find out what it’s all about. JF
Welcome to the first episode of Technology and Choice, the podcast where we're likely to talk about almost anything, as long as it centers around these two concepts.
In this episode, we introduce ourselves (John and Robert) and lay the groundwork for the ongoing podcast. Then we take up the subject of Virtual Reality technology, how it's starting to take its place in the world, and what the choices it makes possible, and necessary.
LINKS: The Crossroads of Project SAFE -- http://safecrossroads.net Midwest Journal Press -- http://selfhelpbook.midwestjournalpress.com/ Live Sensical -- http://livesensical.com
Recommended novels by Neal Stephenson (best in audiobook) "The Diamond Age" and "Snow Crash"
In this Episode
Great news about the progress of the SAFE Network and imminent release of a Minimum Viable Product, then an interview with Harmen Klink, the developer of the Decorum (Decentralized forum) protocol, which will enable fully functional and flexible implementations for comments sections, forums, and so forth, on the decentralized SAFE Network.
And in this interview, Harmen reveals the secret of fully secure, fully functional, mine-able tokens on SAFE. This is way beyond "just another way to make altcoins." This is truly a game-changing innovation you'll want to find out about.
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrivals, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
In this Episode
Come one, come all, to the last planned class of the SAFE Network School.
We do a high-level overview of what we know about the SAFE Network in a way that even parents, friends and family of the proud graduates will be warmed with what they learn, and be proud of those who have worked so hard to get closer to the bare metal of this elegant technology.
Graduates will be reminded of all that they have learned by noting the intricate details that have been artfully avoided in this presentation for broad consumption. This is your graduation test, students.
This is not just rah-rah, either. We take up a few important points which didn't get proper attention in the class series proper, but should be of interest to everyone.
Thanks to all for attending.
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
grok-- [Martian] literally meaning "to drink" but taken to mean "to understand at a deep, intuitive level." (from the novel Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein, a story about a human raised by Martians)
In this Episode
Having explored the SAFE Network from end to end through our School series so far, in this Class we are finally ready let safecoin help spread our senses out through the SAFE Network as a whole. We can now begin to grok SAFE in fullness.
Now can we embrace some key aspects of the network that we've not yet been able to fully appreciate. We clarify and break down the types of data on the SAFE Network and start of get a grip on what can be done with them. We follow the life cycle of a safecoin and define clearly what a safecoin actually IS.
We revisit part of an earlier interview with Benjamin Bollen, who helps us understand the handling of data types in network as a whole, and what the connection and routing software libraries make available to other distributed network developers.
And finally we hear (indirectly) from David Irvine about the developments discussed in this class and what they let developers start working with, to take the SAFE Network (and other projects it will surely spawn) up to and then beyond what the current internet allows--except decentralized, economical and truly secure from the start. Very stimulating stuff.
We've hacked through lots of details. Now let the big picture settle in.
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Music
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RFC -- Unified Structured Data
In this Episode
First off its some Simpleton perspective on the Safe Exchange, followed by answering some listener questions.
Then it's full bore into Class VIII of the SAFE Network School, examining the key persona types and functions in the Vaults that form the heart of the SAFE Network. This one may be a bit of brain work, but it's worth it.
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In this Episode
History in the making. Exaggeration? You be the judge. This last week Daniel DaBek announced the release of the whitepaper on the new Safe Exchange. More than just a protocol, it is the core tool kit necessary to establish a decentralized contract marketplace, via which anyone will be capable of exchanging with anyone, anywhere, according to prearranged contractual conditions.
We discuss the current crowdsale, designed to raise the modest capital needed to finish development, but also to distribute governance of the exchange a much as possible amongst the future users of it.
This is one you really don't want to miss. It will change your vision of how things can be when "Free Trade" is more than just a political buzzword.
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrivals and Magic Word, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
In this Episode
We take an aside from the SAFE Network School this week due to time constraints. But we do take a bit of time to visit with Francis Brunelle from the Montreal SAFE Pod and get some insights about app development on the SAFE Network. The doors are open to those who are ready to start making meaningful apps for the network.
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads, an original piece, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
In this Episode
Class VII of the School of the SAFE Network takes us to the realm of Self-Authentication, something else new to the world which will first appear with the SAFE Network, but will certainly become a standard for those who wish to have true control over their data and electronic relationships.
It is all about you and the network. That's all. No "trusted" authority or administrator required. No fine print user agreements, wherein you agree to give the service provider access or privileges regarding your private data.
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In this Episode
In Class VI of SAFE Network School, we round out a deeper view of the remaining component factors necessary to establishing and maintaining the SAFE Network as an autonomous entity.
We've come far pilgrims, and through the heaviest going--hopefully--but there is more to come. So take time to really let everything we've covered so far sink in. Put in some time going over it all a time or two more, if you can. It will help as you go forward.
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Links
In this Episode
Class V of the School of the SAFE Network brings clarity on another component of the SAFE Network configuration which is critical to the autonomous functioning of the network.
We explore some of the problems and solutions of peer-to-peer networking, and explore some of the key terminology necessary to communicating about it.
We really only scratch the surface enough to better understand what the SAFE Network needs to accomplish to operate properly, but the miracles regularly performed all the time in providing us all with the connectivity we've come to expect become more appreciated in view of an understanding of the wild and amorphous Internet environment.
We have a talk with Peter Jankuliak, lead maintainer of the SAFE Network connection library, on topics related to today's class, and progress on the current technical sprint.
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrivals, and Magic Words original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Show Notes
In this Episode
In Class IV of the SAFE Network School we get down to bedrock on one of the most important aspects of the SAFE Network. We have loads of fun, actually. It's back to school for sure, but also has a bright gem of entertainment to help bring the lesson home.
With this material we are able to get our feet on solid ground on not only how the network organizes and administers so many intricate actions, but we see the foundations of the very different, but very powerful method of establishing consensus and truth within the SAFE Network.
Please understand that the data dealt with here may lack the full clarity it should if you have not become quite familiar with the material in the previous SAFE Network School Classes. Going over the relevant sections of the SAFE Network Wiki and these podcasts and referenced material more than once is recommended for best comprehension. The technology underlying the SAFE Network contains a number of new innovations/discoveries, all in play at once. Understanding does not yield well to snapshots.
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads, an original piece, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Show Notes
The SAFE Network from First Principles
In this Episode
In Class III of the SAFE Network School we break down some of the underlying computer technology needed to get a better grip on why the SAFE Network can do what it is designed to do. We take a closer look at the Vault structure and get an understanding of what a distributed hash table is about, and much more. Find out what David Irvine has to say about how to share understanding the technology of the SAFE Network, from his years of experience telling others about it.
Come along as we start to peel apart the "secrets" of how the SAFE Network is designed and why it is so powerful. There are no secrets, actually. It just takes a little patience, perhaps some repetition. But it's worth it!
Unless you are already quite familiar with the SAFE Network, technically, it is recommended that you listen to the other Classes in this series first. Reading and following along with the SAFE Network Wiki (linked below) is also a great idea.
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrival, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Show Notes
In this Episode
Class Two of the SAFE Network School takes us deeper. We probe down and start to pull apart the great intricacy of the SAFE Network by closely examining the key elements that make it work. But not too fast or overwhelmingly. You'll be surprised how understandable it is when guided by a Simpleton who has already done most of the brain-warping exploration, so that you don't have to warp YOUR head so much.
Come along as we start to peel apart the "secrets" of how the SAFE Network is designed and why it is so powerful. There are no secrets, actually. It just takes a little patience, perhaps some repetition. But it's worth it!
Since the SAFE Network is being built on a very different combination of fundamentals than has ever been used before and because it is so intricate, it's not possible to just wade in and get a full picture of it without some work. This is especially true because the network is still in development and so can't be used and learned by experience, either.
Your host and others have been expending a lot of effort behind the scenes to improve the documentation and make it more accessible to everyone. That project is very far from satisfactorily complete, but good progress has been made.
I am also aware that there are a lot of people like myself who have the time to listen, but not to sit down and study. Also a lot of people learn best be audio input.
As we go forward, these School podcasts will not stand alone very well. Understanding of later ones will depend on earlier information and insights. But that's okay. It's the only way to go deeper.
I also see this approach making listener participation much more inviting. I look forward to feedback, questions and other input, and will do my best to integrate everything into a great experience for all.
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Show Notes
In this Episode
We're happy to announce the opening of the Simpleton's School of the SAFE Network.
Since the SAFE Network is being built on a very different combination of fundamentals than has ever been used before and because it is so intricate, it's not possible to just wade in and get a full picture of it without some work. This is especially true because the network is still in development and so can't be used and learned by experience, either.
Therefore, the effort of this podcast up to this point has been to share and create interest in the SAFE Network, hopefully enough to inspire folks to take the time to dig in and study the subject more closely. That's been a fine approach, as far as it goes. Looking at various functions and news, and exploring the people of the network has been valuable, but after a while it's not enough.
Your host and others have been expending a lot of effort behind the scenes to improve the documentation and make it more accessible to everyone. That project is very far from satisfactorily complete, but good progress has been made.
I am also aware that there are a lot of people like myself who have the time to listen, but not to sit down and study. Also a lot of people learn best be audio input.
So here is what we are going to do: The SAFE Crossroads Podcast hereby opens its own SAFE Network School. We'll see where all it goes but, to start, the SAFE Network Wiki is a great basic overview of the network, with a lot of detail that will help. The other facility is the Simpleton himself, who is not a geek but has spent many, many hours interfacing data about the network directly, on the SAFE Network community forum, etc., and has accumulated insights which others should find useful.
Your host will be reading the wiki aloud, stopping to comment, cross-reference, look up glossary and other definitions, and generally working through the basics of the SAFE Network making them as accessible as possible. You'll get to see where the Simpleton has outstanding question, too, because I'll be open as we explore this together.
As we go forward, these School podcasts will not stand alone very well. Understanding of later ones will depend on earlier information and insights. But that's okay. It's the only way to go deeper.
I also see this approach making listener participation much more inviting. I look forward to feedback, questions and other input, and will do my best to integrate everything into a great experience for all.
We'll still be doing other types of podcasts as appropriate. But if you see the distinctive SAFE Network School logo, you'll know you're back in class.
So, let's see how this goes!
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrivals, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Show Notes
In this Episode
Another interview on The Crypto Show, talking more basics about the SAFE Network and an interview with Will Gallo, member of ths San Francisco SAFE Pod, regarding application--proposed as well as well developed--to run on top of the SAFE Network. The field for creation is wide open and waiting for talented coders to get busy.
Magic Word
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads and Magic Words, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Show Notes
The Crypto Show == thecryptoshow.com Will's Apps Page == tiny.cc/appsite
In this Episode
René De Polder is very involved in a number of projects in the crypto space, most especially the SAFE Network. He shares his thoughts and experiences as a participant in various projects and his experiences as a forum moderator. He also has some great insights as to the expansion of technical progress and the SAFE Network in particular.
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrivals and Magic Words, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
This is the first in a series special edition SAFE Crossroads podcasts. Specials will contain content not formally part of the main series which play on the Let's Talk Bitcoin Network, but which may yet be of interest to SAFE Crossroads followers.
In this episode
Your host recently had the opportunity to appear live on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock. The interview is presented here, lightly edited, pretty much as you'd have heard it live on the air.
In this Episode
Things are rocking at MaidSafe in Troon, and around the world, with the initial SAFE Network software installers just released. We talk with MaidSafe core developer Ben Bollen about the release and what it means (and what it doesn't mean), then go on to get technical about some very important improvements in the network architecture that are enabling incredible innovation as the project moves forward.
The ants advance!
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads and Magic Words, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links:
MaidSafe Dev Update 31st August 2015
Video walk-through for installing vault--By community memeber David Yamanaka
In this Episode
Your host and Max Hernandez, author of Thieves Emporium, take time to explore the new frontier, the electronic frontier, where people have new choices. We cover aspect of this gripping and educational tale, and then turn to utilize Max's knowledge and experience to examine the potential effects of the SAFE Network and similar technologies on the shape and form of civilization, and the experiences of individuals faced with different choices and new possibilities for navigating their way through life.
You'll also find out how to read the book for free, or purchase it if you wish to contribute to Max's work.
This is a definite no miss episode.
Thanks to John Barrett, host of Bitcoins and Gravy, for breaking ground for this with his previous interviews with Max. His episodes, linked below, are well worth listening to again, or for the first time, because we cover a lot of different ground here.
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrival and Magic Words, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links:
Read Thieves Emporium in serial form (and find out where to buy it) at The Daily Bell == http://thedailybell.com
Max on Bitcoins and Gravy, Episode #34 == https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoins-and-gravy-episode-34-enter-the-thieves-emporium7
Max on Bitcoins and Gravy, Episode #50 == https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoins-and-gravy-50-max-hernandez-the-badlands-are-the-future7)
Max's email: maxhernandez@protonmail.com
In this Episode
This week chronicles a mini adventure I had trying to connect with others in the south Texas area who might want to form a meet-up regarding the SAFE Network.
It started with a post on the SAFE Network Community Forum (https://forum.safenetwork.io), on to connecting with and appearing on The Crypto Show(www.thecryptoshow.com), and back to an interview with the Project SAFE member who suggested The Crypto Show connection, Rich Beer. All in all, it was an interesting adventure and I hope you'll enjoy some of the results.
I haven't given up the quest to connect with others in my general area who are interested in and want to know more and perhaps get involved in Project SAFE. Only just started, in fact. The adventure continues!
Magic Word
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Music
Music for this episode: Arrival SAFE Crossroads and *Magic Words, * original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links:
The Crossroads of Project SAFE--(http://safecrossroads.net)
ProjectSAFE.community--https://projectsafe.community)
The Crypto Show--(www.thecryptoshow.com)
LIFE IS PEOPLE youtube channel--(https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=life+is+people+channel)
N99 Site--(http://www.n99.co/about.html)
N99 Non-Technical White Paper--(https://weadvancelivefree.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/n99-the-non%C2%ADtechnical-white-paper/)
In this Episode
We have the pleasure of talking with David Yamanaka, a consumer experience specialist and avid supporter and pursuer of that which empowers the individual. He has been a very active member in the Project SAFE community and is great at doing all manner of quantitative analyses regarding any system you might throw at him.
The installers are coming!!
Music
Music for this episode: Arrival and *Magic Words, * original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links:
[ProjectSAFE.community] (https://projectsafe.community)
[MaidSafe Dev Update 11 Aug 2015] (https://forum.safenetwork.io/t/maidsafe-dev-update-11th-august-2015/4718/7)
In this Episode
First off we start this episode with several pieces very encouraging news from the MaidSafe development team.
Then we have a chat with one of the most active Project SAFE community members, Francis Brunelle, from Montreal, Canada. Francis hosts the largest SAFE Network meet-up in the world and is extremely active pursuing various projects related to forwarding the SAFE Network, before and after launch. He also has other interests which he is working on, including helping the Bitcoin community in Montreal. He's been of immense help to your host and to countless others, in and out of Project SAFE. He definitely exemplifies an individual who puts community in action.
Things are starting to rock, folks!
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Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads and *Magic Words, * original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links:
MaidSafe Dev Update for Aug 3rd, 2015
ProjectSAFE.community (Most recommended resources)
Project SAFE Chatroom (the Slack channel)
MaidSafe issue tracker (JIRA)
MaidSafe repositories (GitHub)
Today we're delighted to speak with Paige Peterson, community and developer outreach person for MaidSafe.
--Music-- Music for this episode: Arrivals and *Magic Words, * original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links: - The Bill Hicks clip mentioned in the interview - [MaidSafe Code Bounty Program] (http://blog.maidsafe.net/) - Project SAFE Newsletter - SAFE Network Wiki - The Crossroads of Project SAFE - maidsafe.net - SAFE Network Community Forum
In this Episode
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with two Project SAFE members, James Lindsey and David McCaultey, about their involvement in the project and why.
Music
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads and *Magic Words, * original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links:
- http://safecrossroads.net
- http://www.maidsafe.net
- https://forum.safenetwork.io
In March of this year, an unexpected type of post appeared on the SAFE Network community forum.(https://forum.safenetwork.io/t/a-different-perspective/3232). It was from a teacher with a very unique take on what is being undertaken in Project SAFE, and the effect it was having on a lot of students. This is a very refreshing look to the future, and a shining example of a teacher who knows how to make a difference.
Music for this episode: SAFE Crossroads and Magic Words, original pieces, composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Today we're excited to share an interview and update from Nick Lambert, Chief Operating Officer of MaidSafe. A whole lot has been happening in the last few months, and it's exciting. This is the first "official update" from the MaidSafe team in a long while.
We are delighted to present a recap of important aspects of the SAFE Network ecosystem and why they are important, followed by a great interview with Tim Coomber of Scotland, one of the hosts of the LIFE IS PEOPLE videocast on Google Hangouts/Youtube. We explore the subject of how the SAFE Network--through the application N99 (Network 99)--will allow content creators to be compensated by the network itself, whether consumers pay for their content or not! This is a game changer for creative people, especially artist, musicians, writers, gamers, news publishers, and many other types of people who create content that people find valuable.
News
The SAFE Crossroads Podcast is now accepting submissions for intro/outro and bridge music for use on a rotating basis on the podcast. If used, the artist(s) will receive attribution both verbally on the podcast and in all show notes. Additionally, proportional to the use, when music is used on a podcast, the artist will receive a percentage of the LTBcoin distribution awarded by the LTB network for that episode.
Music
Music for this episode: "Arrival" and "Magic Words" provided by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links:
- safecrossroads.net
- maidsafe.net
- forum.safenetwork.io
- LIFE IS PEOPLE youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=life+is+people+channel
- N99 Site http://www.n99.co/about.html
- N99 Non-Technical White Paper https://weadvancelivefree.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/n99-the-non%C2%ADtechnical-white-paper/
Today we meet Benjamin Bollen, a Core Developer with the MaidSafe team in Troon, Scotland. He helps get down to basics on some of the technology underlying the Internet and how it all relates to the SAFE Network, including some recent developments in programming, especially the Rust programming language.
The Simpleton of Project SAFE appears on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock. Includes an extra hour of off-air overtime discussion in the after-show.
Today we have the privilege of visiting with Daniel DaBek, Co-Founder and CEO of Infinity Algorithms, the first company created to exploit the SAFE Network commercially. This is an IMPORTANT show. Give it a listen to the end.
Follow the Crossroads blog and podcast and find out more at www.safecrossroads.net
Music Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/