The Bitcoin Game

The Bitcoin Game episodes:

• 03.30.2020

  The Bitcoin Game #76: Andrew "Cybergibbons" Tierney

  Welcome to episode 76 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell. Today's interview is with Andrew Tierney, otherwise known online as Cybergibbons. Andrew hacks everything from oil rigs at his day job, to Cryptocurrency hardware wallets and smart...

  
• 02.28.2020

  The Bitcoin Game #75: 2014 Interview with Dr. Jochen "Johoe" Hoenicke

  Welcome to episode 75 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. I'm Rob Mitchell. I started podcasting in late 2014, and one of the greatest things to happen in those early episodes was landing an exclusive longform interview with Dr. Jochen...

  
• 02.01.2020

  The Bitcoin Game #74: David Jevans of CipherTrace

  Welcome to episode 74 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. The Bitcoin Game has been a featured podcast on the LTB Network since 2014! A few facts about David Jevans: In the late '90s, David attended monthly Cypherpunk meetups in Palo Alto....

  
• 12.25.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #73: Tim Pastoor, P2P Identity

  Welcome to episode 73 of The Bitcoin Game, sponsored by eToro. When I started paying attention to Bitcoin Twitter in 2013, I noticed a guy named Tim Pastoor, who seemed pretty well-respected by the Bitcoin Twitter community. He and I eventually...

  
• 11.28.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #72: eToro's Guy Hirsch

  Welcome to episode 72 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode came about in an unexpected way. I had the opportunity to speak with Guy Hirsch (USA Managing Director for eToro) at the CIS conference in Los Angeles. My...

  
• 10.25.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #71: Brian Lockhart

  Welcome to episode 71 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I met Brian Lockhart while having lunch at Bitcoin 2019 this summer. Brian recently joined the team at Casa, which happened to have just released details on the Node 2....

  
• 09.08.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #70: Michael Flaxman, Securing Bitcoin

  Welcome to episode 70 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm always wanting to learn things via my podcast, and hopefully it helps others learn too. So when I heard Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera's podcast, I thought he was...

  
• 08.05.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #69: Doug Scribner's Smart ATM

    Welcome to episode 69 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I attended Bitcoin 2019 in June and recorded a bunch of great interviews. But only one interview was with someone I kind of knew, and that was Doug...

  
• 07.18.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #68: Paul Sztorc

  Welcome to episode 68 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I introduced myself to Paul Sztorc at Bitcoin 2019and asked him if he'd be up for an interview. I was thrilled that he gave me an unqualified "yes." This...

  
• 07.12.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #67: Eric Martindale and Fabric

  Welcome to episode 67 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Eric Martindale is a hardcore cypherpunk hacker. We get some details about Eric's past and present, including the well-known Bitcoin companies Eric has worked for, and Fabric, a decentralized,...

  
• 07.02.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #66: Jeremy Rubin

  Welcome to episode 66 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. My second interview at the recent Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco was with Jeremy Rubin, a fascinating guy who has contributed a ton to Bitcoin. We review Jeremy's...

  
• 06.29.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #65: Jimmy Song

  Welcome to episode 65 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and I just got back from the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. I'm really glad I decided to attend after taking a long break from conferences, as I...

  
• 06.15.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #64: Farbood Nivi of Coinmine

  The other day, an interesting post crossed my path on "Crypto Twitter." This guy was super excited about receiving his Coinmine, a device I was not familiar with. It appeared to be a plug-and-play multi-purpose GPU miner and Bitcoin/Lightning Network...

  
• 05.03.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #63: John Carvalho

  Welcome to episode 63 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. John Carvalho has been making waves in Bitcoin for a number of years, never afraid to mix it up regarding cryptocurrency topics. From content creator to entrepreneur to chief communications...

  
• 04.12.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #62: Michel Rauchs of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

  Welcome to episode 62 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Michel Rauchs is the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain lead at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). For the past few years, Michel has devoted his life to studying the space,...

  
• 03.04.2019

  The Bitcoin Game #61: Journalist Leigh Cuen

  Welcome to episode 61 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In less than two years in the space, Leigh Cuen has become a mainstay in cryptocurrency journalism, as well as a highly elite user of GIFs on Crypto-Twitter. It was...

  
• 11.04.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #60: Dr. Adam Back Part 2 - Liquid

  Welcome to episode 60 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part two of my interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. In this episode, we take a deep dive into Liquid,...

  
• 10.25.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #59: Dr. Adam Back

  Welcome to episode 59 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part one of an interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. Dr. Back talks about topics such as his first computers,...

  
• 09.12.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #58: Jennifer Zhu Scott

  Welcome to episode 58 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In January of this year, I saw lots of talk about the World Economic Forum’s speeches and panels in Davos. Even Donald Trump spoke at this event. But the panel...

  
• 08.02.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #57: BCH Lead Dev Amaury Séchet

  Welcome to episode 57 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I’m someone who feels a bit like a Bitcoin Maximalist, yet I still really wanted to learn about Amaury Séchet, lead developer of Bitcoin Cash (EDIT: note it's been pointed...

  
• 07.04.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll

  Welcome to episode 56 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I met Peter Kroll at a Bitcoin conference about a year ago. When I asked Peter what his involvement was with Bitcoin, he told me he created the original Bitcoin...

  
• 06.16.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #55: Cryptograffiti

  Welcome to episode 55 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, I'm happy to present an interview with one of the most well-known fine artists in the cryptocurrency space, Cryptograffiti. I'm a huge fan of his work, and...

  
• 05.16.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #54: The Current State of Cryptocurrency Panel from SODM18

  Welcome to episode 54 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Back in 2015, I had been waiting and waiting for a Bitcoin conference to be held here in Los Angeles. I finally gave up and booked a trip to...

  
• 03.24.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #53: Advanced Crypto Taxes with Zac McClure

  Hello, welcome to episode 53 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In this episode I speak to Zac McClure of TokenTax, in what I feel is one of the most in-depth cryptocurrency tax discussions I’ve ever heard on a podcast....

  
• 02.28.2018

  The Bitcoin Game #52: Mike In Space

  Hello, welcome to episode 52 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode I speak with Mike In Space, longtime creator of Bitcoin memes, and more recently, the host of the comedy series, Bitcoin Car Talk. I’ve never heard Mike...

  
• 11.13.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #51: Jonas Schnelli, The Bitcoin Core Project Explained

  Hello, welcome to episode 51 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Since my last episode, we’ve seen the Bitcoin 2X fork called off, and just when it seemed everyone could relax for five minutes, the Bitcoin Cash fork went on...

  
• 10.06.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #50: Jeremy Allaire

  Hello, welcome to episode 50 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode also marks three years since I started this podcast. Back in 2013, when I was first getting into Bitcoin, Jeremy Allaire's interest in the space was...

  
• 08.25.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #49: Digging Deeper (Part Two) - Eric Lombrozo

  Hello, welcome to episode 49 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. After moderating a Bitcoin scaling panel at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles, I followed up by arranging back-to-back interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric...

  
• 08.22.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #48: Digging Deeper (Part One) - Ryan X. Charles

  Hello, welcome to episode 48 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In episode 47 you heard the Bitcoin Scaling panel I moderated at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles. While I loved being part of that panel,...

  
• 08.03.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #47: Scaling Bitcoin with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo

  Hello, welcome to episode 47 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. We recently had the State Of Digital Money, the first big Bitcoin conference in Los Angeles since 2015. Actually, I'm unsure if I should call it a Bitcoin...

  
• 07.08.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #46: Jameson Lopp - The Benefits of Coopetition in Adversarial Environments

  Hello, welcome to episode 46 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In these times of uncertainty and division, Bitcoin could use some fence menders. Especially if they have technical chops and experience in the space. Jameson Lopp is just that...

  
• 06.06.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #45: Pamela Morgan, Crypto Estate Planning & Key Management

  Hello, welcome to episode 45 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Sometimes it’s pretty cool being a Bitcoin podcaster. For instance, I was really curious about estate planning in terms of cryptocurrency and key management. So I reached out to...

  
• 04.24.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #44: Ryan Shea, Blockstack for Beginners

  Hello, welcome to episode 44 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, Blockstack co-founder Ryan Shea helps me understand what Blockstack is doing to create a decentralized web with local apps, secure DNS, identity anchored to the Blockchain,...

  
• 03.29.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #43: Monero's 'FluffyPony' Part 2

  Hello, welcome to episode 43 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. This is part two of my interview with Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero. In part one, we focused on Riccardo's past and the early days of Monero. In...

  
• 02.25.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #42: Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni

  Hello, welcome to episode 42 of The Bitcoin Game,I'm Rob Mitchell. My guest today is Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero, a cryptocurrency focusing on user privacy. Perhaps the best way to keep an eye on Riccardo (and his trolling antics)...

  
• 01.14.2017

  The Bitcoin Game #41 - Charlie Shrem

  Hello, welcome to episode 41 of The Bitcoin Game.I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest today is Charlie Shrem. When I got into Bitcoin, the two ways I was most familiar with to buy Bitcoin were to wire money to Mt....

  
• 12.30.2016

  The Bitcoin Game #40: 2016 Year End Special!

  My name is Rob Mitchell, and it's hard to believe this is my 40th episode of The Bitcoin Game. I was a fan of Let's Talk Bitcoinfrom day one, since it launched right after I got into Bitcoin. I reached...

  
• 09.05.2016

  The Bitcoin Game #39: Roger Ver

  Hello, welcome to episode 39 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Odds are, if you are into Bitcoin, then you know Roger Ver, a.k.a. Bitcoin Jesus. And you possibly are aware that Roger is a huge proponent of increasing...

  
• 08.21.2016

  The Bitcoin Game #38: Rodolfo Novak of Coinkite & Opendime

  Hello, welcome to episode 38 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. It's always great interviewing a knowledgeable person who's not afraid to give an opinion, and Rodolfo Novak is that sort of guest. In this interview, we discuss Coinkite's...

  
• 07.15.2016

  The Bitcoin Game #37: Back In The Saddle With Christopher Camp

  Hello, welcome to episode 37 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Everyone has a unique story. When I started this podcast, I really wanted to talk to Bitcoiners who hadn’t been exposed in Bitcoin media. There are a couple...

  
• 03.25.2016

  The Bitcoin Game #36: The Ethereum Perspective With Arthur Falls

  Hello, welcome to episode 36 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I have to admit, as cool as Ethereum has always sounded to me, I haven’t kept up on it. Then, earlier this month, the market cap of...

  
• 03.06.2016

  Dramatic Reading Of Samson Mow's Tweets

  This is an excerpt from episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game with Samson Mow and Joseph VaughnPerling: The-bitcoin-game – The-bitcoin-game-035-tales-from-two-roundtables == LINKS == Bitcoin Roundtable medium.com/@bitcoinroundtable Samson's Dramatic Tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable twitter.com/Excellion/status/700855910269214720 == SPONSOR == While much...

  
• 03.06.2016

  The Bitcoin Game #35: Tales from Two Roundtables

  Hello, welcome to episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode I speak with BTCC's COO Samson Mow, who attended the Bitcoin Roundtable in Hong Kong. Then I speak with Joseph VaughnPerling, who attended the...

  
• 02.18.2016

  The Bitcoin Game #34: Bitcoin Core Dev Peter Todd

  Hello, welcome to episode 34 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest is Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd. Peter was really open in this interview, and we talked about everything from his relationship with Gavin Andresen, to...

  
• 02.05.2016

  The Bitcoin Game 33 - Hacker J. Maurice (Wiz)

  Hello, welcome to episode 33 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. J. Maurice is everything you’d expect in a crypto-anarchist hacker. When I had lunch with him before our interview, Maurice kept his phone powered off and explained he wouldn’t use a...

  
• 01.12.2016

  The Bitcoin Game 32 - Brock Pierce

  Hello, welcome to episode 32 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Today's interview is with Brock Pierce, chairman of the board of The Bitcoin Foundation, and a highly-accomplished VC in digital currency. Brock got involved in digital token...

  
• 12.20.2015

  The Bitcoin Game 31 - Bitcoin Micropayments Action With Vallerian - Bennett

  Hello, welcome to episode 31 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I used to run into Valerian Bennett frequently at Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetups in 2014. I thought he’d disappeared from the Bitcoin scene, only to realize how wrong...

  
• 11.17.2015

  The Bitcoin Game 30 - The Biggest Blockchain Company You've Never Heard Of

  Hello, welcome to episode 30 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. What’s the oldest blockchain company you can think of? What if I told you a Blockchain company in Estonia called Guardtime was founded before the Bitcoin white paper...

  
• 11.05.2015

  The Bitcoin Game 29 - Bitcoin Journalist Brian Cohen

  Hello, welcome to episode 29 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I first became acquainted with Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen in mid-2014, as we were both active on the then-new Let’s Talk Bitcoin platform. I saw he was doing...

  
• 10.22.2015

  The Bitcoin Game 28 - Would You Trust A Bitcoin Trading Bot?

  Hello, welcome to episode 28 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. When I scheduled an interview with CoinCube CEO Robert Allen, I felt pretty skeptical. My gut told me a cloud-based Bitcoin-trading-bot would be something like a cloud-mining Ponzi-scheme...