The Bitcoin Game

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 interviewed, so I thought it would be fun to learn a bit more about him. I enjoy Mike's unique sense of humor enough that you'll hear me laugh just hearing his voice at the beginning of our conversation.

Bitcoin Car Talk http://bitcoincartalk.com

Mike In Space on Twitter https://twitter.com/mikeinspace

Info on Mike's older Twitter Avatar https://news.artnet.com/art-world/botched-restoration-of-jesus-fresco-miraculously-saves-spanish-town-197057

Brian Hoffman's comedic YouTube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZZFJLp77OHDlyxQSqov89Qko_hBYpU8

Bitcoin Uncensored, early podcasts https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

Bitcoin Uncensored, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/cderose36/videos

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

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Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

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, the growingly popular Litecoin Keychain, or even your own Bitcoin Fork - Pen.

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 Litecoin Keychains - LKeychain.com Bitcoin Fork Pens - BitcoinForks.com All of the above on Amazon - BitcoinNovelties.com

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, except the Bitcoin Car Talktheme was covered by Brian Hoffman.

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

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 a full scale blitz. Bitcoin never disappoints in providing interesting times.

In October, the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup featured a talk with Bitcoin Core developer Jonas Schnelli. Jonas gave a presentation called The Bitcoin Core project explained: What is Bitcoin Core and who is behind it. I learned a lot, hope you do too.

Photo courtesy BitcoinMom.

Los Angeles BItcoin Meetup with Jonas Schnelli https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Bitcoin/events/244021004

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org

Chaincode Labs http://chaincode.com

Blockstream https://blockstream.com

Bitmain https://www.bitmain.com

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

Digital Bitbox https://digitalbitbox.com

Jonas Twitter https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli

Jonas GitHub https://github.com/jonasschnelli

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

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Bitcoin (Segwit) tipping address: 3AYvXZseExRn3Dum8z9tFUk9jtQK6KMU4g

Litecoin tipping address: MCszxWfm4y4Ke39vJZLXwULLRgVmBfJy8z

Bitcoin Cash tipping address: 1EXYkuuQ49uEioTpHY4ZY99edJczbUqQfu

Ethereum tipping address: 0xB8b169192A74746050806671710aeB72F01F6ED1

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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com

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

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

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 a big validation of Bitcoin's importance as a disruptive technology. So I was pretty excited when Brian Cohen introduced me to Jeremy to arrange this interview. In today's podcast, you'll hear Jeremy talk about his early days exploring the Internet, then building companies based on innovative content delivery tools, and eventually, his decision to create Circle, a payment company built on Bitcoin. Jeremy also talks about his brand new open-source project, CENTRE.

How many billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency did Circle trade in August? Listen and find out!

Circle https://circle.com

Three years of Circle blog posts https://blog.circle.com

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

Brightcove https://www.brightcove.com

Circle's OTC Trade Desk https://circletrading.com

The new CENTRE project https://CENTRE.io

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Should I make 50 more episodes, or was 50 enough? Let me know!

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Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com

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

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

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 Lombrozo. I wanted to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. Last episode was my interview with Ryan, and now the yin to Ryan's yang, Eric Lombrozo.

The Bitcoin Game #48: Digging Deeper (Part One) - Ryan X. Charleshttps://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-48-digging-deeper-part-one-ryan-x-charles

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org

Bitcoin Cash https://www.bitcoincash.org

SegWit2x https://segwit2x.github.io

Ciphrex https://ciphrex.com

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

Eric on Medium https://medium.com/@elombrozo

Bitcoin Core's Github https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin

Scaling Bitcoin panel with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-47-scaling-bitcoin-with-paul-puey-tone-vays-ryan-x-charles-eric-lombrozo

Hanging with Eric after the Scaling Bitcoin panel at SODM 2017

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

Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com

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

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

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, I really didn't get to ask many questions. The time allotted to that panel went by so quickly that I really wanted more! So, I was able to arrange interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. In this episode I talk to Ryan; you'll hear Eric in episode 49.

UPDATE: Things move fast in Bitcoin! Five days after this interview, Ryan announced Yours will be moving to Bitcoin Cash: https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles/status/900083785726910465

The Bitcoin Game #47: Scaling Bitcoin with Paul Puey, Tone Vays, Ryan X. Charles, and Eric Lombrozo https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-47-scaling-bitcoin-with-paul-puey-tone-vays-ryan-x-charles-eric-lombrozo

Ryan X. Charles Twitter https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles

Yours https://www.yours.org

Bitcoin Cash https://www.bitcoincash.org

SegWit2x https://segwit2x.github.io

Bitcoin Core https://bitcoincore.org

Ryan X. Charles: Could Yours adopt Bitcoin Cash? https://www.yours.org/content/80d01701980a5490bd1984f589b82c2bf92b95e045634b6b35bf87f3c48b3d90

The Original "Ripple" company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(company)

That time I met Ryan X. Charles in The Netherlands (The Future Of Bitcoin presentation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhJxZ6VHDkU

Hanging with the Big Blockers in The Netherlands

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

Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

BKeychain.com BitcoinForks.com

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, except "Entry of the Gladiators" was written by Julius Fucik, and performed by an unknown midi transcriber, via Garageband.

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

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 conference, since the majority of the presentations were not directly related to Bitcoin. Luckily for me, I got to moderate a panel on scaling Bitcoin with notable Bitcoiners: Core developer Eric Lombrozo, longtime Bitcoin developer Ryan X. Charles, vocal trader and personality Tone Vays, and Airbitz Wallet's Paul Puey. You'll hear the discussion in its entirety on this episode.

State Of Digital Money

Paul Puey Twitter Airbitz

Tone Vays Twitter Liberty-Life-Trail

Ryan X. Charles Twitter Yours

Eric Lombrozo Twitter Ciphrex

Periscope live stream from audience member Vivek Kasarabada

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

Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com

Episode photo courtesy of Valerian Bennett.

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

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

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 kind of person. This episode contains his entire talk from The Future Of Bitcoin, the recent Bitcoin conference held in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The conference audio includes an extended intro from me as the MC of this event, and you'll hear just a bit of my perspective.

Keep scrolling down for an embedded YouTube video of Jameson's talk, photos from the event, and more. Note I received that shirt at a meetup, I am not associated with BitPay beyond being a user.

Post a comment on this page and you'll be entered to win a free Bitcoin keychain!You're welcome to ask me questions about the event, but please listen to the episode first (or watch the embedded video).

The Future Of Bitcoin A Cypherpunk's Manifesto BitGo Jameson Lopp on Twitter

The Future Of Bitcoin - YouTube Channel

I will be moderating a Scaling Bitcoin panel at State Of Digital Moneywith Eric Lombrozo, Paul Puey, Ryan X Charles, and Tone Vays on July 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. stateofdigitalmoney.com

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

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

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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell, or was recorded at a jam, with the likes of Michael "Squidman" Coleman.

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

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 expert Pamela Morgan, and she agreed to come on the show. Pamela has a law practice called Empowered Law, and she's the CEO of Third Key Solutions. If you've pondered about best practices in key management and estate planning, please give this a listen. You might want to ask your lawyer to listen, too!

For those who love free stuff, listen to the entire episode to learn how you can enter to win one of three free Bitcoin Keychains.

Empowered Law Third Key Solutions Estate Planning for Crypto in 7 Steps Trezor Bitcoin Wallet Letter to Loved Ones: a template for your crypto estate planning (New!) Bitgive's GiveTrack Pamela on Twitter

I will be Master of Ceremonies at The Future Of Bitcoin. June 30 - July 1, 2017 / Arnhem, The Netherlands www.thefutureofbitcoin.com

I will be moderating a Scaling Bitcoin panel at State Of Digital Money. July 22, 2017 / Los Angeles, California stateofdigitalmoney.com

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Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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

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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com

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

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

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, and more.

Blockstack - blockstack.org Ryan on Twitter - @ryaneshea Blockstack on GitHub - Github.com/blockstack Ryan on GitHub - shea256 Ryan's Blog posts - medium.com/@ryanshea

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Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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

While much of Bitcoiners' 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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com

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

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

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 today's episode, Riccardo gives his views on topics like Ethereum, Proof of Work, Monero's regular hard forks, Barry Silbert's love of Ethereum Classic, tinfoil hat theories about Gavin Andresen, Riccardo's CEO title, and much more.

Monero - getmonero.org Monero Contributors - openhub.net/p/monero Sia vs. Storj vs. Maidsafe - forum.sia.tech/topic/21/sia-vs-storj-vs-maidsafe Riccardo on Twitter - @FluffyPonyZA

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Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

I set up a Monero wallet, if you prefer tipping that way:4AKF3sqUsLvLPXH6KEVHb6QYV2pQWfnkyJwnTYBZUcHA36iFHJgvhEr6X2yo6aysGTMpMwWmK2fWhjXsiQmfenpzPDPjNFP

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

While much of Bitcoiners' 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 your own Bitcoin Keychainor the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

http://bkeychain.com http://bitcoinforks.com

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Gamewas created by Rob Mitchell, or recorded at jams with friends (like Mike Coleman).

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