The Bitcoin Game

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) is to follow him on Twitter at @FluffyPonyZA. Learn more about Monero at getmonero.org.

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game! Did you notice a lot less show notes than usual? In an effort to decrease the number of hours put into each episode, I decided to drop the in-depth show notes.

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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.

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CREDITS

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 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. Gox in Japan, or go to the local 7-Eleven to send cash to BitInstant. It's not hard to see why BitInstant became one of the biggest Bitcoin companies in the U.S., until it stopped doing business in 2013.

Charlie Shrem was BitInstant's CEO and Co-Founder, he was very active in the community, and I would guess most Bitcoiners see him as someone who took one for the team. Charlie served a two-year sentence for activities related to money laundering, lack of proper licensing, and not filing suspicious activity reports. Of course, many feel he was doing nothing morally wrong, and some argue the legal case wasn't that strong. Surely his prison sentence was an early warning shot to those running Bitcoin businesses.

Now that Charlie Shrem has served his time, he's become active in the community again. In today's episode, Charlie and I discuss his early days in Bitcoin, BitInstant, his new Mainstreet.ky venture, Steemit.com, the People's Bank of China's effect on Bitcoin, and more.

SHOW LINKS

Charlie Shrem's Site

Charlie Shrem's BitcoinTalk Profile

BitInstant Wiki

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 1

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 2

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 3

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 4

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 5

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 6

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 7

A Geek in Prison by Charlie Shrem - Part 8

Mainstreet.ky

Rootstock

Needham & Co.

People's Bank of China

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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.

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CREDITS

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.

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 out to Adam B. Levine early on, and worked with the LTB Network in various capacities. During that time, I recorded a number of interviews that weren't quite publishable, for one reason or another. But after attending a Bitcoin Job Fair, I eventually collected enough solid content to release my first episode of The Bitcoin Game on October 15, 2014. A bit under 20 episodes per year isn't so bad, is it?

Regular listeners are aware that my releases have been less frequent in 2016. So I felt extra pressure to do something special for my year-end, 40th episode. I sent messages to over 100 cryptocurrency enthusiasts, inviting them to record a holiday or new year greeting. I made suggestions, such as reviewing 2016 or making predictions for 2017, but I tried to make it open-ended. I ended up with submissions from 26 people who in some cases represent very divergent viewpoints. It's a jam packed, ad-free show; I hope you enjoy!

Oh, before I forget…

I want to propose that on January 3rd, the 8th anniversary of Bitcoin's genesis block, every cryptocurrency aficionado take a day to chill on the arguing, so we get a sense of what it's like to be a huge, cohesive group. Can you go so far as to find someone you typically take issue with, and compliment them on something you genuinely value about that person? I'm just asking for one day a year. Who's with me?

Guest Order Of Appearance

Greetings are in order from shortest to longest. Each guest's Twitter handle and relevant website are listed below.

Charlie Shrem

@CharlieShrem intellisys.ai

Matt Corallo

@TheBlueMatt bluematt.bitcoin.ninja

Emin Gün Sirer

@el33th4xor HackingDistributed.com

Jonas Schnelli

@jonasschnelli github.com/jonasschnelli

Marc Hochstein

@MarcHochstein AmericanBanker.com

Rodolfo Novak

@nvk opendime.com

John Light

@lightcoin lightco.in

The Crypto Show

@TheCryptoShow TheCryptoShow.com

Tatiana Moroz

@tatianacoin TatianaMoroz.com

Amanda B. Johnson

@DASHdetailed youtube.com/dashorg

Brian Cohen

@inthepixels BitOfThis.com

Riccardo Spagni

@fluffyponyza getmonero.org

David Bailey

@HardBTC evinceit.com

Zooko Wilcox

@zooko z.cash

Paul Boyer

@MadMoneyMachine MadMoneyMachine.com

Bruce Fenton

@brucefenton facebook.com/bruce.fenton.page

Joseph VaughnPerling

@haq4good coldhardca.sh

Tuur Demeester

@TuurDemeester AdamantResearch.com

Pepe Cash (forwarded courtesy Joe Looney)

@myrarepepe rarepepedirectory.com

Bitcoin Uncensored

@junseth soundcloud.com/bitcoinuncensored

Kyle Torpey

@kyletorpey kyletorpey.neocities.org

Tim Tayshun

@ezcoinaccess ezCoinAccess.com

John Ferguson

@SAFEcrossroads SafeCrossroads.net

Pamela Morgan

@pamelawjd thirdkey.solutions

Arthur Falls

@ArthurFalls etherreview.info

John Barrett

@BitcoinsNGravy bitcoinsandgravy.com

"It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin" by John Barrett

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Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

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All participants in this episode are hereby offered their choice of a Bitcoin Keychainor a Bitcoin Fork Pen. In lieu of taking physical possession, a Counterparty token, redeemable for either product, may be requested. Simply contact Rob with a physical mailing address or Counterparty address.

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CREDITS

The Bitcoin Gamebox art is based on an illustration by Rock Barcellos.

Non-holiday music by Rob Mitchell

Holiday Music Credits:

"It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin" by John Barrett

"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies", "We Wish you a Merry Christmas", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Angels We Have Heard on High (Piano)", "Jingle Bells (Calm)", and "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Silent Night Piano" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" courtesy of www.freexmasmp3.com

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 Bitcoin's maximum block size as soon as possible. But he's not just talking about it, he's taking action, as you'll hear.

Roger is certainly a doer, and besides all the Bitcoin companies Roger is involved with, he's done things like donate over $150,000 to Ross Ulbrect's legal defense fund, and offer $250,000 to the charity of Bernie Sanders' choosing, in exchange for debating Adam Kokesh (for the ultimate socialist vs. voluntaryist debate). Aside from hearing Roger's take on scaling Bitcoin, we cover a number of subjects, including how much Roger earned from his first Steemit post (it's a lot!). Roger even lets us in on his Bitcoin gut check a few weeks ago, when he sold some of his Bitcoin and bought a prominent privacy-oriented cryptocurrency (listen to find out which one). It was a real treat to have him on the show.

Stay tuned to the very end of the podcast for a blessing from Bitcoin Jesus.

I will be giving away a Bitcoin Keychain to someone who comments on the show notes page for this episode: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/the-bitcoin-game-39-roger-ver

SHOW LINKS

Bitcoin.com

Roger's Twitter

RogerVer.com

Free Talk Live

Blockchain.info

Gavin Andresen

Monero

Dash

Zcash

Roger's first post on Steemit

Coincap.io

Eric Voorhees

Trace Mayer

Ira Miller

Charlie Shrem

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

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 Keychain or 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

STAY IN TOUCH

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Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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

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.

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 early days, which started with a Blockchain explorer, custom Bitcoin payment terminals, a widely-used wallet hosting service, and a backend that utilizes hardware security modules of Coinkite's own design. And now, with Opendime, they've moved on to a fascinating new type of Bitcoin hardware that's best use cases are still to be determined.

Rodolfo was also happy to give his opinions on the $70 million Bitfinex theft, the Ethereum fork, the scaling debate, and more. Note that Coinkite's co-founder and CTO is Peter D. Gray (and Peter Todd serves as an advisor to Coinkite).

SHOW LINKS

Opendime.com Coinkite.com Beautyon on Opendime Opendime Review (posted after our interview) @Opendime on Twitter

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

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 Keychain or 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

STAY IN TOUCH

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Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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

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.

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 of really interesting local Bitcoin traders I've tried to interview, but surprisingly, sometimes it's easier to get a Bitcoin core developer on the show, than many of the lesser-known people who also have Bitcoin-centric lives.

I met Christopher Camp at my first Bitcoin meetup, but I'd only spoken to him for a few minutes. Now, over three years later, I finally got to sit down with Chris and find out a bit more about him and his interest in Bitcoin. Christoper started an organization called Restart Democracy, he worked for Coinbase, and he currently works for Blockchain.info. For perspective, this was recorded a few weeks ago, before the halving, and when the price of Bitcoin was on a strong upward trajectory, breaching 52-week highs.

SHOW LINKS

Christopher Camp on Internet Voting – YouTube

Nick Bostrom

Lawrence Lessig

Coinbase

Blockchain.info

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit.

SPONSOR

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 Keychain.

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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

STAY IN TOUCH

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

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.

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 Ether surpassed one billion dollars, about a sixth of Bitcoin's market cap. The price has come down a bit since then, but seeing the high valuation made me realize I'd better get caught up on Ethereum, now that it's the second biggest cryptocurrency. And who better to help me than Ethereum's golden-voiced Podcaster, Arthur Falls.

SHOW LINKS

Beyond Bitcoin

An Architecture For The Internet Of Money by Meher Roy

Beyond Bitcoin #28, The Final Episode

Consensys

EtherReview on Twitter

Arthur Falls on Twitter

Media on Consensys

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 10am Pacific Time on April 1, 2016.

SPONSOR

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 Keychain or 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

STAY IN TOUCH

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

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 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 Keychain or 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

== STAY IN TOUCH ==

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TheBitcoinGame.com

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 2016 Satoshi Roundtable.

And at the end of the show, I put together a little something based on Samson's dramatic tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable. Please let me know if you enjoy it.

SHOW LINKS

BTCC

Bitcoin Roundtable

Samson's Dramatic Tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable

Cyberport

Pixelmatic

BTCC's BlockPriority

Great Firewall

Pindar Wong

Satoshi Roundtable

Chatham house Rules

Joseph VaughnPerling on The Bitcoin Game #3

Joseph's 2014 Max Block Size Article

Bitcoin Specie Project

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 5am Pacific Time on March 13, 2016.

SPONSOR

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 Keychain or 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

STAY IN TOUCH

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

Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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

CREDITS

All music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by Rob Mitchell (yep, that Rob Mitchell).

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

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 mistakes he made in his early days working with Bitcoin Core, and a dozen topics in between. A lot of Peter's focus was on explaining what he feels are the differences between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Classic, and why he believes Core is the path to follow at this juncture. Additionally, we touch on Peter's Coinbase double-spend, perceived issues with Replace By Fee, and private blockchains.

SHOW LINKS

Freenet

Distributed hash table

Hash Cash, by Adam Back

Peter Todd communicating with Adam Back and Hal Finney in 2001

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Classic

Segregated Witnesses (hey, Peter says it this way!)

IBLTs (Invertible Bloom Lookup Tables)

Bitcoinocracy.com

Replace-By-Fee

Mastercoin (now Omni)

Tree Chains

Proof Chains

21

PeterTodd.org

MAGIC WORD

Stay tuned for the magic word in this episode, and submit it to your LTB Network account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBCoin. Listeners have one week from the release date to claim the magic word credit. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 24, 2016.

SPONSOR

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 Classic Bitcoin Keychain or the newer Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

BITCOIN HISTORIC PRICE LOOKUP

Sometimes I'm doing accounting and I wish there was a quick tool to help look up the U.S. dollar value of a past Bitcoin transaction. So I asked Joe Looney to build it for me, and I'm sharing this tool with listeners. Nothing amazing here, it just looks up a historic Bitcoin price (in USD) then multiplies that rate by the Bitcoin amount you enter. Please let me know if you have any feedback on this price lookup tool. BitcoinHistoricPrice.com

MUSIC

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

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Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to The Bitcoin Game, see you next time!

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

Bitcoin tipping address: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5