Ian and Jesse discuss blockchain technology, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Will the currencies of the future be based on distributed, decentralized computational algorithms that don't rely on putting all of our trust in governments and banking institutions?
Links to topics discussed:
"Verbal confirmation" for Hyperloop
Solar batteries for Australia
Tesla roof tiles sold out
What is the Blockchain?
Bitcoin
Satoshi Nakamoto - Inventor of Blockchain
Ethereum
Radiolab episode - The Ceremony
Bitcoin block real time explorer
"19 Industries the Blockchain Will Disrupt"
Kanye Cryptocurrency - Coinye
"Bitcoin Security: Bubble Boy and the Sewer Rat"
Theme music, used with permission, by Jonathan Coulton.