The Bitcoin Game

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 plan was to grab some sound bites from Guy to use in podcast episodes as part of eToro's sponsorship. But I'm such a curious person that I couldn't help but ask a bunch of genuine questions I had about the platform. Turned out, the brief interview was interesting and informative enough that I decided to release it as a stand-alone episode. So, if you've wondered about eToro after seeing them practically everywhere in the crypto space (not to mention the snazzy eToro commercial with Alec Baldwin), this episode will get you up to speed!

EPISODE LINKS

Guy Hirsch on Twitter https://twitter.com/GuyHirsch

Alec Baldwin's eToro ad https://youtu.be/GBBuFuHAxoY

Our eToro Affiliate Link https://b.tc/etorogame

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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. So this seemed like the perfect time to have Brian as a guest.

I learned a lot from Brian, including how Bitcoin got on his radar (hint: it's the tech), his five-year Bitcoin Rip Van Winkle experience, and the Casa Node 2. We even review some recently highlighted security trade-offs with the Node, as well as my own case of Lightning fever.

If you've ever wanted to know more about Brian Lockhart or the Casa Node, this episode is for you!

LINKS

Brian on Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianLockhart

Casa on Twitter https://twitter.com/casahodl

Casa https://keys.casa

Bitcoin 2019 https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/bitcoin-2019

BitBlockBoom! https://bitblockboom.com

Latin American Bitcoin Conference https://www.labitconf.com

Quant https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financialcareers/08/quants-quantitative-analyst.asp

Black–Scholes Model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Scholes_model

Trace Mayer on Stephan Livera Podcast https://stephanlivera.com/episode/115

Microsoft Xbox https://www.xbox.com

Bitcoin White Paper https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Tableau Software https://www.tableau.com

Altcoin https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/what-altcoin

Ethereum https://www.ethereum.org

Seattle Bitcoin Meetup https://www.meetup.com/seabtc

ICO https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-ico

Lightning Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network

Michael Flaxman on The Bitcoin Game https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-70-michael-flaxman-securing-bitcoin

Bryan Bishop on Stephan Livera Podcast https://stephanlivera.com/episode/108

Casa Keymaster https://keys.casa/keymaster

Casa Node 2 https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-casa-node-2

Casa Gold https://blog.keys.casa/casa-gold-membership-overview-casa-node

Nodl https://www.nodl.it

Lightning in a Box https://lightninginabox.co

RaspiBlitz https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz

My Node http://mynodebtc.com

BTCPay https://btcpayserver.org

Electrum https://electrum.org

Block Explorer https://wiki.trezor.io/Blockchain_explorer

Addressing Security Concerns about Casa Node https://blog.keys.casa/addressing-security-concerns-about-casa-node/

Electrum Will Support Lightning Payments (coded in Python) https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-590 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5192855.0

Lightning Labs https://lightning.engineering

Lightning Network Trust Torch https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightning-torchs-bitcoin-payment-is-running-a-worldwide-marathon

Zap Wallet https://zap.jackmallers.com

Casa Sats App https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback

What are "Sats"? https://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/what-are-sats

Peter Todd on The Bitcoin Game https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-34-bitcoin-core-dev-peter-todd

Dr. Adam Back on The Bitcoin Game (Part 1) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or from a jam.

All music in this episode was created by me, or is from jamming with Mike Coleman and Steve Lunn.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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 such a compelling guest that I just had to have him on The Bitcoin Game. In this episode we dive into details about Bitcoin, security, and multisig.

LINKS

Michael Flaxman on Twitter https://twitter.com/mflaxman

Michael Flaxman's Website https://www.michaelflaxman.com

Michael Flaxman's Bitcoin Multisig Hardware Wallet Comparison https://bitcoin-hardware-wallet.github.io

Michael's In-Depth Article on Multisig Coming Soon!

Michael Flaxman on Stephan Livera Podcast (Hardware Wallets) https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97

Mt. Gox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox

2014 Proof of Reserves article https://www.coindesk.com/krakens-audit-proves-holds-100-bitcoins-reserve

PyCoin (Open Source Library) https://pypi.org/project/pycoin/0.51

Shamir's Shared Secret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Coldcard Hardware Wallet https://coldcardwallet.com

Trezor Hardware Wallet https://trezor.io

Ledger Hardware Wallet https://www.ledger.com

Hardware Wallet Passphrase (Trezor guide) https://blog.trezor.io/passphrase-the-ultimate-protection-for-your-accounts-3a311990925b

Hardware Wallet Mnemonic Seed Phrase / BIP 39 https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Mnemonic_phrase

Ian Coleman's BIP 39 Tool https://iancoleman.io/bip39

BIP 174 / Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0174.mediawiki

Crypto Steel (One of several Seed Backup Solutions) https://cryptosteel.com

Multisig https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature

Electrum Bitcoin Wallet https://electrum.org

Electrum Personal Server Github https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server

Secure Element (Gemalto site - supplier to Ledger) https://www.justaskgemalto.com/us/what-is-a-secure-element

HD Wallet Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deterministic_wallet

Random Number Generator (RNG) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation

Segwit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org/en/download

Graphical User Interface (GUI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface

Bitcoin Testnet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet

Nonce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce

Tails OS https://tails.boum.org

If you liked this episode, I bet you'll like my fairly exclusive interviews with Peter Kroll, the creator of the paper wallet, and white-hat hacker Johoe, who recovered Bitcoin during the 2013 Android RNG issue.

The Bitcoin Game #56: Paper Wallet Inventor Peter Kroll https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-56-paper-wallet-inventor-peter-kroll

The Bitcoin Game #7: Bitcoin Hero Jochen AKA Johoe https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-7-bitcoin-hero-jochen-aka-johoe

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from SoundCloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the SoundCloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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 Scribner. He's been in the scene a long time, and recalls buying Bitcoin at Porcfest from Charlie Shrem, Erik Voorhees, and Roger Ver. His first major project, WatchMyBit, was a bit ahead of its time (pun unintended). Now he's focused on Vault Logic, a multi-purpose, Bitcoin-capable, "Smart ATM" hardware and software platform.

EPISODE LINKS

Doug Scribner on Twitter https://twitter.com/dougscrib

VaultLogic https://vaultlogic.com

VaultLogic on Twitter https://twitter.com/realvaultlogic

Early article on Robocoin (Wired) https://www.wired.com/2013/10/bitcoin-atm-gallery

Quorum (JP Morgan) https://www.goquorum.com

Cryptospace https://www.cryptospaceus.com

Article on Overstock's Patrick Byrne and Ravencoin https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/06/ravencoin-rvn-overstock-ceos-favorite-altcoin-is-up-497-year-to-date

Medici Ventures (subsidiary of Overstock) https://www.mediciventures.com

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 ended up being, by far, my longest interview of the conference, and I appreciate that Paul was willing to hang out with me for a big chunk of the second day of the event. I really feel like I got to know Paul in this longest episode I've released in awhile. Hope you enjoy it!

EPISODE LINKS

Paul Sztorc on Twitter https://twitter.com/Truthcoin

Truthcoin https://www.truthcoin.info

Bitcoin Hivemind http://bitcoinhivemind.com

Drivechain https://www.drivechain.info

Link to Paul's Bitcoin 2019 Panel https://youtu.be/gCtwg7Qecc4

Paul Sztorc talks about Sidechains, Drivechain, and Liquid on Let's Talk Bitcoin https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-377-sidechains-drivechains-and-the-apple-store

Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193004

Bill Nordhaus https://economics.yale.edu/people/william-d-nordhaus

Buzzfeed's Intrade Article https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrice/the-fall-of-intrade-and-the-business-of-betting-on-real-life

Howard Dean's Yell https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/17/the-battle-cry-that-backfired

Election Betting Odds https://electionbettingodds.com

Cassandra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

R https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)

My episode with Adam Back focusing on Liquid (we discuss Paul Sztorc at 50:47) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-60-dr-adam-back-part-2-liquid

Futarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarchy

The Wisdom of Crowds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds

My 2015 Interview with Joey Krug (starts at 32:40) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-15-fun-interviews-at-the-texas-bitcoin-conference-kickoff-party

Augur https://www.augur.net

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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, peer-to-peer protocol, created with the goal of replacing our current broken internet. EPISODE LINKS

Eric on Twitter https://twitter.com/martindale

Fabric https://fabric.pub

Fabric on Twitter https://twitter.com/FabricProtocol

BitPay (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitPay

Schildbach Wallet (Github) https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet

Airbitz (Wiki) https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Airbitz

Blockstream (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockstream

Adam Back (The Bitcoin Game) https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-59-dr-adam-back

Elements Sidechain https://elementsproject.org

Liquid Sidechain https://blockstream.com/liquid

The Halting Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem

Byzantine Generals Problem (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault

Homomorphic Encryption (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption

RPG games https://www.roleplaygateway.com

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BTCKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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 background, discuss his current project (a BIP intended to aid with scaling pressures), and we revisit his controversial idea of a Bitcoin reorg in the wake of the recent Binance hack. And a lot more! Jeremy provides some pretty compelling content; I bet you'll enjoy this interview.

EPISODE LINKS

Jeremy's Website https://rubin.io

Jeremy on Twitter https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin

Tidbit Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidbit

Coinhive (similar to Tidbit, more recent) https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive

MIT Bitcoin $100 Giveaway (Coindesk article) https://www.coindesk.com/time-we-gave-500000-bitcoin-college-kids

Period of Exclusivity Encourages Early Adopters, by Christian Catalini http://news.mit.edu/2017/bitcoin-study-period-exclusivity-encourages-early-adopters-0713

MIT Digital Currency Initiative https://dci.mit.edu

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoin.org

OP_SECURETHEBAG https://github.com/JeremyRubin/bips/blob/op-secure-the-bag/bip-secure-the-bag.mediawiki

Article on Jeremy's BIP from The Block https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/05/24/proof-of-work-a-bitcoin-covenant-proposal

BIP - Bitcoin Improvement Proposal https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters

HTLC - Hash Time Locked Contracts Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hash_Time_Locked_Contracts

Jeremy's Initial Tweet about Binance Hack Reorg https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin/status/1125919526485254144

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com [email protected]

SPONSOR

While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Infowars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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 had a great time and got some really good interviews. I'm going to release them in the order I recorded them, so up first is Jimmy Song.

Oh, I also want listener feedback. This interview is unedited, whereas my typical episodes are heavily edited, with the goal of delivering the most listenable and content-dense experience possible. And I really love editing out dumb things I say! But all that editing takes a lot of time, and it really reduces the amount of content I release. Just comment on this episode's show notes page, or I'm theBTCgame on Twitter. I've got some cool Bitcoin stuff to give away to a few people who give me feedback, in case you need additional incentive.

EPISODE LINKS

Jimmy's Website https://programmingbitcoin.com

Jimmy on Twitter https://twitter.com/@JimmySong

Colored Coins Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Colored_Coins

Monetas http://opentransactions.org/wiki/Monetas

Amory Wiki https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Armory

Paxos Wiki https://en.everybodywiki.com/Paxos_(company)

Jimmy's Early 2017 Blog Post https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-bitcoin-will-get-scaling-without-segwit-or-large-blocks-772799fab021

RubenSomsen's Blind Statechains presentation at Breaking Bitcoin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhxPWsJFZE&t=17935s

Statechains White Paper https://github.com/RubenSomsen/rubensomsen.github.io/blob/master/img/statechains.pdf

The Bitcoin spinner I designed, 3D-printed, and gave to Jimmy. You might win one if you give feedback on this episode!

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game!

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While much of a Bitcoiner's time is spent in the world of digital assets, sometimes it's nice to own a physical representation of the virtual things you care about. For just the price of a cup of coffee or two (at Starbucks), you can own the world-famous Bitcoin Keychain.

As Seen On The Guardian • TechCrunch • Engadget • Ars Technica • Popular Mechanics Inforwars • Maxim • Inc. • Vice • RT • Bitcoin Magazine • VentureBeat PRI • CoinDesk • Washington Post • Forbes • Fast Company

Bitcoin Keychains - BKeychain.com

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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 full node. And it looked pretty. I was intrigued. I started investigating the product, and quickly discovered that Coinminer's headquarters is right here in Los Angeles. And that's how my interview with Farbood Nivi, CEO and co-founder of Coinmine, was conceived.

I hadn't really considered multi-purpose devices such as a Coinmine, which currently can mine Ethereum, Monero, Zcash and Grin. It's not hard to imagine that future incarnations of this product could bring full Bitcoin/Lightning nodes and speculative Cryptocurrency mining to many new mainstream people who are willing to pay a premium for this level of simplicity. Could cloud-controlled plug-and-play devices theoretically give a centralized party too much control over a lot of miners? Please comment below if you have thoughts!

After arranging this interview, Coinmine offered me a $50 discount for listeners, which can be claimed using the discount code BitcoinGame at checkout, or going to this URL: https://coinmine.com/bitcoingame. The Bitcoin Game will receive a referral fee for purchases using this code, however, that did not influence the content of this episode. Before purchasing, please consider electricity usage in addition to the cost of the miner itself, and note that Bitcoin and Lightning Network features are not active yet.

EPISODE LINKS

Coinmine https://coinmine.com

Farbood on Twitter https://twitter.com/farbood

Coinmine co-founder Justin Lambert http://www.justlambert.com

Radeon RX580 https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-580

Casa Node https://keys.casa/lightning-bitcoin-node

Grin https://grin-tech.org

Handshake https://handshake.org

Monero https://www.getmonero.org

Farb's mining article on Hacker Noon https://hackernoon.com/how-at-home-crypto-mining-outperforms-buying-crypto-8f30d87d2348

Compound Finance https://compound.finance

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Lightning Network tipping: https://tippin.me/@TheBTCGame

Note: We've migrated our RSS feed (and primary content host) from Soundcloud to Libsyn. So if you noticed the Soundcloud numbers aren't nearly as high as they used to be, that's the reason.

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 officer at Bitrefill, John is a very active player in the world of Bitcoin. We cover a wide range of topics in this interview.

EPISODE LINKS

John on Twitter https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog

Bitrefill https://www.bitrefill.com

John's BTC Merch (includes #LNTrustchain & #WeAreAllHodlonaut) https://bitcointel.pro

John's (Old) Blog http://bitcoinerrorlog.com

Bitcoin Uncensored https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

John Carvalho debates Roger Ver https://youtu.be/OJT2CbfHTpo

John's CV Tweet https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1062108829142388737

Bitrefill's Thor Turbo https://www.bitrefill.com/thor-turbo-channels

Bitrefill: 2% Discount on Lightning Payments https://blog.bitrefill.com/lightning-network-discounts-at-bitrefill-a3a0e94c4f48

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CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell.

The Bitcoin Game box art was created from an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

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