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- #079 Rodolfo Novak: Coinkite and the Feature FactoryStarted in May 2013, Coinkite has by now almost advanced to senior citizen status in the short-lived Bitcoin startup space. CEO Rodolfo Novak joined us for a discussion about what drove their initial interest in Bitcoin, why they initially focused on providing ‘bank-like’ services and how they’ve transitioned to powering the infrastructure of countless Bitcoin … Continued12 hr 57 min
- Trent McConaghy: Ascribe – The Internet of Ownership
The idea of using the Bitcoin blockchain to represent and track the ownership of off-chain assets is almost as old as Bitcoin itself. One of the startups that is pursuing this vision is Berlin-based Ascribe, which allows creators to register (‘ascribe’), transfer and archive digital art.
Ascribe CTO joined us for a fascinating discussion of their ambitious goals to enable a so-far elusive secondary market for digital art, help creators monetize their work and ultimately retrofit an entire ownership layer to the internet.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Why ownership in the internet is broken
- How Ascribe wants to realize the vision of Project Xanadu of an internet with bi-directional links and baked-in copyrights
- How the SPOOL (Secure Public Online Ownership Ledger) protocol works
- The components of the Ascribe tech stack
- How Ascribe will crawl and similarity-match the entire internet to retrofit an internet of ownership
- Why Ascribe focuses first on the digital art market
Episode links:
- Ascribe
- SPOOL Protocol
- Cointemporary
- Project Xanadu Wikipedia
- Rewiring the Internet for Ownership with Big Data and Blockchains
- Slides
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/078
1 hr 6 min - EB78 – Trent McConaghy: Ascribe And The Internet Of OwnershipSupport the show, consider donating: 3L1PitPnkVd7yWd69EnumxyJ24ajvVuJN3 (http://bit.ly/1QBM5JS)The idea of using the Bitcoin blockchain to represent and track the ownership of off-chain assets is almost as old as Bitcoin itself. One of the startups that is pursuing this vision is Berlin-based Ascribe, which allows creators to register ('ascribe'), transfer and archive digital art.Ascribe CTO Trent McConaghy joined us for a fascinating discussion of their ambitious goals to enable a so-far elusive secondary market for digital art, help creators monetize their work and ultimately retrofit an entire ownership layer to the internet.Topics covered included:- Why ownership in the internet is broken- How Ascribe wants to realize the vision of Project Xanadu of an internet with bi-directional links and baked-in copyrights- How the SPOOL (Secure Public Online Ownership Ledger) protocol works- The components of the Ascribe tech stack- How Ascribe will crawl and similarity-match the entire internet to retrofit an internet of ownership- Why Ascribe focuses first on the digital art marketLinks mentioned in this episode:- Ascribe: http://bit.ly/1IqTzxY- SPOOL Protocol: http://bit.ly/1AOPQCw- Cointemporary: http://bit.ly/1Kxscjc- Project Xanadu Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/1Rri9kQ- Rewiring the Internet for Ownership with Big Data and Blockchains: http://bit.ly/1FrMes1- Slides: http://bit.ly/1BHm9E1Sponsors:- Shapeshift: Buy and sell alt coins instantly at http://ShapeShift.ioShow notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/078YouTube: http://youtu.be/j33pnGFuoiUEpicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture.- Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter- Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc1 hr 6 min
- #078 Trent McConaghy: Ascribe – The Internet of OwnershipThe idea of using the Bitcoin blockchain to represent and track the ownership of off-chain assets is almost as old as Bitcoin itself. One of the startups that is pursuing this vision is Berlin-based Ascribe, which allows creators to register (‘ascribe’), transfer and archive digital art. Ascribe CTO joined us for a fascinating discussion of … Continued1 hr 6 min
- Andreas Antonopoulos: Mastering Bitcoin
Few question that educating people about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is one of the most important and challenging tasks to achieve mass adoption. And perhaps even fewer disagree that there is no one more gifted at communicating the revolutionary potential of Bitcoin than Andreas M. Antonopoulos. A technologist, entrepreneur, LTB host and author, he has been speaking, writing and educating about Bitcoin for years and become one of the most popular people in the Bitcoin space.
He joined us to talk about his new book, his journey in the Bitcoin space, educating lawmakers about Bitcoin and the exciting future awaiting us.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Why he wrote ‘Mastering Bitcoin’ and how the reception has been so far
- What he currently spends him time on
- How he introduces new people to Bitcoin
- What NOT to do when telling someone new about Bitcoin
- His experiences speaking in front of the Canadian and Australian Senate
- Why he believes in the community’s ability to keep evolving Bitcoin
Episode links:
- University of Nicosia Digital Currency MOOC
- Canada Senate Hearing
- Disrupt Athens Talk
- Personal Website
- Mastering Bitcoin on github
- Mastering Bitcoin on Amazon
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/077
1 hr 24 min - EB77 – Andreas M. Antonopoulos: Mastering BitcoinSupport the show, consider donating: 35YN8J3B2WwLTGiUcc3xy9QVTd6MenW8p5 (http://bit.ly/1DyuKrM)Few question that educating people about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is one of the most important and challenging tasks to achieve mass adoption. And perhaps even fewer disagree that there is no one more gifted at communicating the revolutionary potential of Bitcoin than Andreas M. Antonopoulos. A technologist, entrepreneur, LTB host and author, he has been speaking, writing and educating about Bitcoin for years and become one of the most popular people in the Bitcoin space.He joined us to talk about his new book, his journey in the Bitcoin space, educating lawmakers about Bitcoin and the exciting future awaiting us.Topics covered included:- Why he wrote 'Mastering Bitcoin' and how the reception has been so far- What he currently spends him time on- How he introduces new people to Bitcoin- What NOT to do when telling someone new about Bitcoin- His experiences speaking in front of the Canadian and Australian Senate- Why he believes in the community's ability to keep evolving BitcoinLinks mentioned in this episode:- University of Nicosia Digital Currency MOOC: http://bit.ly/1R4MPZf- Canada Senate Hearing: http://bit.ly/1I9tEL6- Disrupt Athens Talk: http://bit.ly/1EQGT0L- Personal Website: http://bit.ly/1KGiR9r- Mastering Bitcoin on github: http://bit.ly/1cckH6F- Mastering Bitcoin on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1JkpNbgSponsors:- Shapeshift: Buy and sell alt coins instantly at http://ShapeShift.io- Ledger Nano: Smart card security for your Bitcoins - Get 10% off your first order when you use the code EB09 at http://ledgerwallet.com (valid until 09/30/15)- Vaultoro: Trade gold to Bitcoin instantly and securely starting at just 1mg at http://vaultoro.comShow notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/077YouTube: http://youtu.be/hEpNDK3q__QEpicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture.- Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter- Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc1 hr 24 min
- #077 Andreas Antonopoulos: Mastering BitcoinFew question that educating people about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is one of the most important and challenging tasks to achieve mass adoption. And perhaps even fewer disagree that there is no one more gifted at communicating the revolutionary potential of Bitcoin than Andreas M. Antonopoulos. A technologist, entrepreneur, LTB host and author, he has been … Continued1 hr 27 min
- Emin Gün Sirer & Ittay Eyal: From Selfish Miners to The Miner’s Dilemma
Bitcoin’s approach to solving the double spending problem is to make a collusion and attack on the network prohibitively expensive. One of the main factors that will determine Bitcoin’s chance of survival in the long-term is whether the behavior that maximizes the profits of miners contributes to or sabotages the health of the network.
The game theory that determines this is complex and our understanding of it still incomplete. But research is increasing and two people who have been at the forefront of this work are , a professor in computer science at Cornell University, and Ittay Eyal, a post-doc at the same department.
They joined us for a fascinating discussion of their work on ‘selfish mining’, the incetive structure that underlies Bitcoin and their recent positive conclusions from the Miner’s Dilemma.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Emin Gün Sirer’s early interest in cryptocurrencies and work on a cryptocurrency to incentivize bittorrent users in 2004
- What selfish mining is and how miners could profit from withholding blocks
- How an attacker would execute a selfish mining attack
- Why the miner’s dilemma implies that the equilibrium might be small mining pools
- Why the lack of security of clients and servers is holding back adoption
Episode links:
- Selfish Mining paper (PDF)
- Miner's Dilemma blog post
- Miner's Dilemma paper (PDF)
- Hacking, Distributed
- Meni Rosenfeld's paper on mining pool reward systems (PDF)
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/076
1 hr 11 min - EB76 – Emin Gün Sirer & Ittay Eyal: From Selfish Miners To The Miner's DilemmaSupport the show, consider donating: 36QwTNb3fmpRwAVkTEf2f8mYsWVsxEffyS (http://bit.ly/1A4aX3f)Bitcoin's approach to solving the double spending problem is to make a collusion and attack on the network prohibitively expensive. One of the main factors that will determine Bitcoin's chance of survival in the long-term is whether the behavior that maximizes the profits of miners contributes to or sabotages the health of the network.The game theory that determines this is complex and our understanding of it still incomplete. But research is increasing and two people who have been at the forefront of this work are Emin Gün Sirer, a professor in computer science at Cornell University, and Ittay Eyal, a post-doc at the same department.They joined us for a fascinating discussion of their work on 'selfish mining', the incentive structure that underlies Bitcoin and their recent positive conclusions from the Miner's Dilemma.Topics covered included:- Emin Gün Sirer's early interest in cryptocurrencies and work on a cryptocurrency to incentivize bittorrent users in 2004- What selfish mining is and how miners could profit from withholding blocks- How an attacker would execute a selfish mining attack- Why the miner's dilemma implies that the equilibrium might be small mining pools- Why the lack of security of clients and servers is holding back adoptionLinks mentioned in this episode:- Selfish Mining paper (PDF): http://bit.ly/1DsCgEK- Miner's Dilemma blog post: http://bit.ly/1EcdbSe- Miner's Dilemma paper (PDF): http://bit.ly/1djBsgj- Hacking, Distributed: http://bit.ly/1A4YTyJ- Meni Rosenfeld's paper on mining pool reward systems (PDF): http://bit.ly/1djBFQLSponsors:- Buy and sell alt coins instantly with http://ShapeShift.ioShow notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/076Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture.- Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter- Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc1 hr 11 min
- #076 Emin Gün Sirer & Ittay Eyal: From Selfish Miners to The Miner’s DilemmaBitcoin’s approach to solving the double spending problem is to make a collusion and attack on the network prohibitively expensive. One of the main factors that will determine Bitcoin’s chance of survival in the long-term is whether the behavior that maximizes the profits of miners contributes to or sabotages the health of the network. The … Continued1 hr 10 min
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Epicenter brings you in-depth conversations about the technical, economic and social implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Every week, we interview business leaders, engineers academics and entrepreneurs, and bring you a diverse spectrum of opinions and points of view.
Epicenter is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy and Felix Lutsch. Since 2014, our episodes have been downloaded over 8 million times.
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