Darkside of the HODL Moon

We have been 51% committed to the blockchain and, after a bit of a hiatus, we are throwing a friend into the deep end of the liquidity pool. This is what happens when a newbie enters the crypto orbit with more questions than answers. We take the chance to go through some basics, like investing using crypto, securing your assets, how to find reliable information regarding projects to invest in as well as services such as exchanges and wallets

Finally we do a bit of banter about the political situation in Spain. Is it really on the way of becoming the European Venezuela? Will Crypto be the alternative against invasive taxes and new communist-like policies?

Estás orbitando en el lado oscuro de la HODLuna!

On Lunar Mission 43, ₿locKade is asked by Josh about George Floyd and the protests and riots in his hometown of MPLS. We also talk Crypto Art NFTs, an American currency collapse, a Pentagon war game where domestic rebels are paid in Bitcoin, and more Satoshi clues. We also talk about BTC being the best investment of the past 1,200 years, donating Crypto taxes to charity, and hyperinflation craziness in Venezuela. Lastly, we talk Cardano and Charles Hoskinson. Crank the volume to 256 to maintain geosynchronous orbit over the Darkside of the HODL Moon.

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On this Lunar Mission, we talk to Thomas Pratter, CEO of AutoWhale GmbH. We hear about his interesting backstory playing extremely competitive chess and table tennis. We get into why he’s not a BTC maximalist, and why he’s a big fan of Monero. We discuss transparency issues w/ Crypto exchanges and what he’s working on to make exchanges more forthcoming. We also discuss why he likes atomic swaps and the business climate in Austria. He tells us why he sees big things in the future for atomic swaps and why he pays so much attention to what’s happening in the US. Hit play to launch your rocket towards the Darkside of the HODL Moon.

Thomas is a skilled software engineer, which led him to become the founder of AutoWhale. AutoWhale specializes in market making and as such, they understand liquidity as the lifeblood of the crypto markets, additionally, he runs u4.ai which is a new take on the way we perceive coin rankings with an important emphasis on liquidity as the key factor in rankings. Find out more about him and his projects here:

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http://u4.ai

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On this lunar mission, we hear about Christof’s backstory: how he hated school, competed in track, and joined the military. We hear how he got into Crypto through a professor and jumped right into Crypto and the Venture Capital world. We talk about his involvement w/ Coinstruction which is trying to solve some pain points in the Crypto space.  We discuss Crypto exchanges ethics, or the lack of,  and he calls out some of the more dishonest ones. If you want to hear about the “Darkside” of Crypto exchanges, this one is a must play. We are in Crypto Lockdown on the Darkside of the HODL Moon.

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The Halving, Hong Kong, and Holdex w/ Vadim Zolotokrylin

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On this Lunar Mission, we talk to Vadim. He hear about his roots in the former Soviet Union and why he decided to go to Hong Kong. We discuss Hong Kong business culture and opportunities and the CoronaVirus response there. We get his thoughts on the BTC halving and hear why he’s a big fan of ETH and DeFi. We discuss his Business Development background and what he’s trying to achieve w/ his new venture, Holdex, a burgeoning community-curated Crypto knowledge market.

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On this Lunar-focused Crypto Currently, BlocKade and Josh discuss:

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Show Notes and Source Materials:

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/64784/vitalik-buterin-says-eth-2-0-is-still-on-track-touting-crucial-multi-client-testnet?utm_source=cryptopanic&utm_medium=rss

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/64784/vitalik-buterin-says-eth-2-0-is-still-on-track-touting-crucial-multi-client-testnet?utm_source=cryptopanic&utm_medium=rss

https://www.coindesk.com/cambridge-university-releases-new-tool-for-tracking-global-bitcoin-mining-power

https://www.coindesk.com/hedge-fund-pioneer-paul-tudor-jones-says-he-holds-1-2-of-assets-in-bitcoin

https://cointelegraph.com/news/buffett-killed-his-reputation-by-being-stupid-about-btc-says-max-keiser

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-gains-ground-on-gold-bolsters-claim-as-the-asset-of-tomorrow?fbclid=IwAR12OcB1a0Q67vsu-GdtL1tNAdUKWWuY9jDJU92KE_YOaQP0k9B7AO5mBEE

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-stock-to-flow-creator-will-go-dark-if-btc-price-hits-6-figures

https://coinspice.io/news/april-in-australia/0/

https://medium.com/@paintedfrog/craig-wright-plagiarized-significant-portions-of-his-phd-thesis-and-tried-to-hide-it-80cd8f01459

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-in-space-blockstreams-satellite-network-now-25x-faster”

On this Lunar Mission, we talk to Forbes Crypto and Blockchain contributor, writer, and precious metals expert Justin O’Connell. We get his take on the CoronaVirus Pandemic and the Govt. responses. We also take a deep dive into precious metals and talk about his foray into Crypto and what he’s hot on now. We talk about the MSM and what it’s like to be a writer in 2020. He had some really interesting insights on this mission and we really appreciated his positive, humanistic vibe. That’s something we all could use these days.

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https://www.goldsilverbitcoin.com

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On this special episode we talk to Crypto OG and owner of Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver. We take a deep dive into his pre-Crypto backstory. Then, we cover his Crypto journey from the early days up to the present. Along the way, we discuss his thoughts on the CoronaVirus Lockdown, Govt. Regulations, Govt. Schools, his passion for free market economics and freethinking, the Bitcoin scaling debate, what’s happening in the Crypto Space now, why he gave up his US citizenship, and a bunch of surprises. If you want to hear about the early days of Crypto or want to learn some new stuff about Bitcoin Jesus (or both), this is a must listen. Hit play to enter Lunar Orbit over the Darkside of the Hodl Moon.

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https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transactions?q=input_count(20..),output_count(2..),fee_usd(1000..)&s=fee_usd(desc)#

https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transactions?q=input_count(20..),output_count(2..),fee_usd(100..)&s=fee_usd(desc)#

https://medium.com/@johnblocke/a-brief-and-incomplete-history-of-censorship-in-r-bitcoin-c85a290fe43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNFJK1ZpVg

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On this episode, we talk about the CryptoSpace innovating when it comes to dealing w/ the CoronaVirus. We also spend a good chunk of time covering the latest ETH news: Vitalik calling for Trustless Bridges, the search for ETH scalability, the DeFi hacks, and a big boom in Smart Contract Deployment. We talk about US banks being sued for shutting out small-business access to the stimulus money and what the negative oil prices mean for the petrodollar. We discuss a new Crypto ATM and big news for CryptoAdoption from Bittrex and CoinMarketCap. We hear about Microsoft’s creepy crypto patent and discuss Ross Ulbricht’s wild BTC price prediction.

https://cryptoiq.co/there-is-now-a-crypto-based-decentralized-prediction-market-for-betting-on-the-outcome-of-the-coronavirus/”

https://www.trustnodes.com/2020/04/23/three-months-now-turns-into-a-year-while-france-burns

https://www.coindesk.com/new-app-lets-coronavirus-hit-businesses-take-crypto-payments-for-zoom-calls

https://bitcoinist.com/this-golden-pocket-could-wipeout-ethereums-momentum/

https://www.newsbtc.com/press-releases/vitalik-calls-for-trustless-bridges-between-eth-and-other-crypto/

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-developers-roll-up-their-sleeves-in-hunt-for-scalability-cure

https://cryptopotato.com/china-court-says-that-ethereum-is-property-and-has-economic-value/

https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-platform-suffers-51-attack-from-its-top-miners-or-does-it

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-smart-contracts-up-75-to-almost-2m-in-march

https://news.bitcoin.com/jpmorgan-bank-of-america-wells-fargo-sued-paycheck-protection-program/

https://news.bitcoin.com/petro-dollar-system-crumbles-us-dollar-could-collapse-from-the-worlds-oil-wars/

https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-to-be-digital-gold-in-2020-says-bloomberg-report/

https://coinspice.io/news/bitcoin-cash-dev-chris-troutner-fights-us-lawmakers-attempt-to-weaken-end-to-end-encryption/

https://news.bitcoin.com/general-bytes-atm-developers-add-two-way-support-for-bitcoin-cash-based-slp-tokens/

https://coinspice.io/news/the-near-3-year-btc-maximalist-doom-gloom-bitcoin-cash-narrative-reaches-fever-pitch/

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bittrex-global-extends-visa-credit-debit-onramps-to-another-125-countries

https://btcmanager.com/coinmarketcap-gilded-automated-crypto-invoicing/?q=/coinmarketcap-gilded-automated-crypto-invoicing/

https://www.cryptotapas.com/microsofts-patent-666/

https://u.today/333000000-insane-bitcoin-btc-price-target-named-by-silk-road-founder

On this Shelter-In-Place Episode, we talk to Alex Gluchowski, co-founder of Matter Labs. We talk about his parents fleeing European HyperInflation and how cash (dollars) was king there. We hear about his political introduction to Libertarianism and why it makes sense to him. We discuss his Crypto awakening, and whether or not he hodled. We also talk about Matter Labs and their roadmap for increasing scalability while remaining secure and private with ZKproofs (Zero-Knowledge Proofs) and other tools they’ve developed. We learn about some other projects he’s excited about and get his take on MakerDAO’s Black Thursday/Swan Event. Hit Play to hear all this, off-chain, supported by DSOTHM’s LFCKproof protocol (Lunar-Full-CryptoKnowledge).

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