In today's show, ShapeShift.io founder Erik Voorhees tells us about his libertarian roots, path to being a Bitcoin entrepreneur, his vision for ShapeShift, and cryptocurrency venture capitalism. How do we fix the global monetary system, how has the ShapeShift's exchange volume evolved over time, and what responsibilities does ShapeShift have in vetting coins added to the platform? Find out with us today!   Music featured in the show is "The Grind" by Justin Maher and used under a Creative Commons License. https://musopen.org/music/1652/justin-mahar/the-grind/    Enjoy the show? Please consider donating: 47SMPWHYcn5AfKzYF3c6cX94dCNcijKfdMgkCBTEmMtG4q9u9GdN7YdAmP777hfkmg52xntkDyxwh3nKcdGa2eApFAe5oZx 

E04 - Cryptocurrencies and capitalism, a shape-shifting landscape - with Erik Voorhees.

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In July 2016, an unknown developer going by the name "Tom Elvis Jedusor" dropped a link to a Tor hidden service on the bitcoin-wizards IRC channel. In it, he revealed a new protocol dubbed "Mimblewimble" after the tongue-tying curse in Harry Potter, because "it is used to prevent the blockchain from talking about all user's information". In the time since, multiple researchers and developers have continued to flesh out and build on Jedusor's innovation, in many respects led by Andrew Poelstra, a Bitcoin developer and mathematician at Blockstream. This deep dive with Andrew covers the technical details of Mimblewimble's scaling and privacy-enhancing features, discusses the real world logistics of using the protocol, and looks at some of the coolest features enabled by the technology. We discuss how Bulletproofs can help both Mimblewimble and Monero better scale, and also touch on how ValueShuffle might further improve privacy in Mimblewimble. If you enjoy the show and want to learn more about Mimblewimble, check out www.mimblewimble.cash. Be sure to also check out our transcript of today's show! --- Support the show by donating today on our website! --- Music featured in the show is "The Grind" by Justin Maher and used under a Creative Commons License. https://musopen.org/music/1652/justin-mahar/the-grind/

E16 - Mimblewimble with Andrew Poelstra

We're back! Riccardo "fluffypony" Spagni (CEO), Raymond Prince (Operations Manager), and Patrizio Spitalieri (Support Manager) join the show to talk about their online payments startup GloBee.com. We discuss the hows and whys of GloBee's service, their position in the greater Monero ecosystem, and touch on the Super Secret GloBee Project on the horizon! If you're interested in learning more about GloBee, check them out at GloBee.com or @GloBeeCom on Twitter. Or tweet Ric (@fluffypony), Ray (@RayPrinceVII), or Pat (@Patrizio23) directly! Today's episode also begins a scaling back of the podcast for a little while. We love the show, but other commitments (touched on in this episode!) are limiting our ability to produce bi-weekly episodes. Look for about one episode per month moving forward; if and when we can scale back up to bi-weekly shows, we will! Thanks for all the support!   Support the show by donating XMR today: 47SMPWHYcn5AfKzYF3c6cX94dCNcijKfdMgkCBTEmMtG4q9u9GdN7YdAmP777hfkmg52xntkDyxwh3nKcdGa2eApFAe5oZx   Music featured in the show is "The Grind" by Justin Maher and used under a Creative Commons License. https://musopen.org/music/1652/justin-mahar/the-grind/

E15 - GloBee with Ric Spagni, Ray Prince, and Pat Spitalieri

This week's episode is a two-parter! First up, I talk with John Tromp, inventor of the Cuckoo Cycle Proof of Work algorithm. We discuss what it means to be an egalitarian proof of work and how Cuckoo Cycle targets consumer hardware rather than industrial ASICs. We talk about the puzzle being solved by the algorithm itself, and also discuss what types of performance we should expect with optimized CPU and GPU mining software. After that, I'm very excited to share a short conversation I had with John McAfee about Monero. He's been mentioning Monero on a number of TV networks lately, and we talk about why he likes the project.   Related Links:  John Tromp's blog is https://tromp.github.io/ The Cuckoo Cycle project can be found at https://github.com/tromp/cuckoo/ An interesting article on Cuckoo Cycle is at  http://cryptorials.io/beyond-hashcash-proof-work-theres-mining-hashing/     Support the show by donating XMR today: 47SMPWHYcn5AfKzYF3c6cX94dCNcijKfdMgkCBTEmMtG4q9u9GdN7YdAmP777hfkmg52xntkDyxwh3nKcdGa2eApFAe5oZx   Music featured in the show is "The Grind" by Justin Maher and used under a Creative Commons License. https://musopen.org/music/1652/justin-mahar/the-grind/

E14 - John Tromp on Cuckoo Cycle PoW & John McAfee on Monero

On this week's episode, I talk with LocalMonero.co co-founder Alex about the launch of their new platform, how the service works, whether we can trust them, and a bit about who they are. We talk about why they are for now choosing to stay anonymous and the complications that can cause, and we talk about the Monero community's response to their service so far. We also get into why they chose to locate in Hong Kong, as well as a bit about Hong Kong's place in the cryptocurrency space. Listen in and then reach out to Alex about the service and me about the episode!   Music featured in the show is "The Grind" by Justin Maher and used under a Creative Commons License. https://musopen.org/music/1652/justin-mahar/the-grind/   Support the show by donating XMR: 47SMPWHYcn5AfKzYF3c6cX94dCNcijKfdMgkCBTEmMtG4q9u9GdN7YdAmP777hfkmg52xntkDyxwh3nKcdGa2eApFAe5oZx

E13 - Over-the-counter Monero trading with LocalMonero.co

The past week has been quite eventful for Monero and Bitcoin. I'm rejoined by my friend who talked with us in Episode 7 about the Satoshi white paper and we try to make sense of it all. Join us as we talk about Bithumb adding Monero to their exchange, the debut of LocalMonero.co, Globee's ninja launch, RuffCT, the IRS tracing 50% of all Bitcoin transactions, Taylor Swift's new single, and lots more. Also get an inside scoop on what to expect from some of our upcoming episodes.

E04 - Cryptocurrencies and capitalism, a shape-shifting landscape - with Erik Voorhees.

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