Katherine Noall (mbtc’s favourite RMIT University lecturer) dropped into the studio to catch Peter, Dale and Warwick up on her European bitcoin blockchain tour. A rich conversation with many questions, we talked about why bitcoin vending machines (BTMs) are disappearing, and touched on some of the projects taking their place. It sounds like letting go of the machines has allowed for some ingenuity to shine through.

Stepping into negative interest rates is a first for the world and we discussed some of the implications and why major corporations would still trust banks with holding their hard earned untransparent digital cash.

Is that glee you hear when she shares her disappointment with London’s blockchain conference? Listen in and decide for yourself :)

We touched on a few major headlines to conclude this episode, and agreed that the safenetwork, openbazaar and augur are humming along quite nicely with their new releases.

THANK YOU to these musicians for contributing your creations and making us sound rather funky:

https://www.propellerheads.se/s/mY83zGWT

I Got RhythMowo! fargiy

https://www.propellerheads.se/s/zVk0IBVz

Sockerchock allihooper

https://www.propellerheads.se/s/6WR42cqU

Gradiaoa housemanscost

https://www.propellerheads.se/s/ziGPAC9W

Imagination lordondrums

https://www.propellerheads.se/s/rtC2ALC4

Jojysu by sliipii

LINKS

The chairman of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has encouraged regulators around the world to embrace blockchain innovation, the technology that underpins bitcoin. https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/asic-chairman-to-regulators-worldwide-dont-be-afraid-of-blockchain-innovation/

MAIDSAFE and the Safenetwork

http://maidsafe.net/

Safenetwork Beta Code Download and Discussion

https://forum.safenetwork.io/t/safe-network-client-testing-commences/7373

Open Bazaar

https://openbazaar.org/

Auger Prediction Market

http://augur.strikingly.com/

London Blockchain Conference

https://blockchainlondon.com/