The Bitcoin Game

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 credit card, except maybe to pay for already-tracked air travel. After our meal, he used his Trezor to sign a Bitcoin payment on his laptop, via the cafe's Wi-Fi. There's nothing in particular Maurice is trying to hide, he simply wants to live his life free from surveillance of his location and financial activities.

Also known as Wiz, J. Maurice was part of the WizSec team that performed an in-depth analysis of the Bitcoins missing from Mt. Gox. He's also been called Roger Ver's go-to guy when it comes to personal defense from hackers. Maurice has many financial clients too, but as they often turn to him after they've experienced a breach, this work is usually confidential. While Maurice calls Tokyo home, I spoke to him in Los Angeles, as he was just finishing a project here.

SHOW LINKS

The Missing Mt. Gox Bitcoins (WizSec's info-packed second report)

WizSec's Kim Nilsson gives a thorough explanation about Mt. Gox (YouTube)

How Roger Ver Got Hacked, and What He Did to Stop it (Coindesk)

Zcash (Zerocash)

J. Maurice @Wiz (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. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time on February 12, 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.

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 entrepreneurship at a very young age, with a focus on gaming, an activity he excelled at. As he reached his mid-twenties, Brock's companies were doing $100,000,000 in business. By the time Bitcoin was released, Brock had become a veteran in the business of digital currency. Brock was primed to recognize the innovation that Bitcoin introduced, and he quickly became one of the most involved venture capitalists in the Bitcoin space. The first half of this episode focuses on Brock's background.

In the second half of my interview, I ask Brock to speak about various aspects of the Bitcoin Foundation, which has faced its share of criticism in the past several years.

SHOW LINKS

Mike Hearn Exits Bitcoin

L.A. Bitcoin Meetup (August 21, 2013)

Sanctum

Ultima Online

Everquest

Asheron's Call

IGE

GoCoin

Blockchain Capital

Stampery

Bitcoin Foundation

Brock Pierce 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. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on January 22, 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

MUSIC

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

STAY IN TOUCH

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Thanks for listening!

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

Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 1G8HDg5EsPQpamKYS2bDya9Riv9xv1nVo5

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 I was. Valerian has taken his experience in mainstream television production, and combined it with his passion for Bitcoin, to create several online Bitcoin video services, with his partner, payment channels developer James Poole. I hope you enjoy our discussion.

SHOW LINKS

• L.A. Bitcoin Meetup with Andreas Antonopoulos (YouTube Playlist)
• PopChest
• TheProtocol.TV
• James Poole: Http Based Bitcoin Micropayment Channel Demo (not very technical)
• James Poole: Walkthrough for bitcoinj micropayment channels (more technical)
• Adam Draper on TheProtocol.TV
• Streamium.io
• WatchMyBit
• Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It
• Laura Lopez – SuchWow.TV
• The Mental Accounting Barrier to Micropayments by Nick Szabo
• ProTip
• AutoTip
• ZeroClick
• Think Different About Bitcoin (Valerian's Winning Entry)

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 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time on December 26, 2015.

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MUSIC

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

STAY IN TOUCH

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Thanks for listening!

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

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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 was released? And what if I told you they are now a highly profitable company, doing large amounts of business with government, the world's largest defense contractor, and a multinational communication technology company?

I only found out about Guardtime, thanks to Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen. I was blown away as I learned about the company, because it appears my understanding of the landscape and history of blockchain technology had been flawed.

I immediately requested an interview, and Guardtime's founder and CEO Mike Gault responded promptly. We set up an interview with Jamie Steiner, Guardtime's director of business development. I hope you enjoy this interview.

SHOW LINKS

• Guardtime
• 2007 Cyber-Attacks on Estonia
• e-Estonia
• Guardtime's KSI and Black Lantern technologies
• "How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden"
• Estonia's Electronic ID Card
• Linked Timestamping Wiki shows Guardtime's Blockchain Hash in 2009 Newspaper
• Lockheed Martin's Press Release about Guardtime Partnership
• "Ericsson Teams With Guardtime in $69 Billion Data-Safety Market"
• Guardtime's Materials on WorldBank.org
• Hyperledger
• R3 CEV

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 5:00 a.m. Pacific time on November 26, 2015.

SPONSOR

Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You've seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it's about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great holiday gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You'll find a list of retailers at Bkeychain.com. Our newest retailers are Nakamoto's and Bitcoin Not Bombs.

MUSIC

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

STAY IN TOUCH

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Thanks for listening!

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

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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 some fairly serious Bitcoin journalism. Soon after I launched this podcast, I reached out to Brian for an interview. It took a year for us to finally connect, but I finally spoke to the man who digs up a lot of the breaking stories that make Bitcoin news.

Right after our interview, Brian reached out to me to say he was remiss for not thanking the "great" editors he's worked with, in particular, Adam B. Levine, Cheryl Hulseapple, Ruben Alexander, Corinne Dashjr, Denise Levine, and Ina Steiner.

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 2:00 p.m. Pacific time on November 12, 2015.

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 new Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

SHOW LINKS

All articles authored by Brian Cohen

Journalism portal for Brian Cohen

Brian's first article on a Bitcoin media platform: "User's Bitcoins Seized by DEA"

The PayPal Wars, by Eric M. Jackson

Chronicling America

Library of Congress

United States Patent and Trademark Office - PAIR

"US Government Bans Professor for Mining Bitcoin with A Supercomputer"

"Bank of America's and Coinbase's Bitcoin Patents Revealed"

"PayPal Proposes Reputation Cryptocurrency & Blacklist in Patent Applications"

Coin Fire

MUSIC

Music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me, except the piece with yodeling and guitar, which Rick Marshall and I created while fooling around at a party. That's the way we roll.

STAY IN TOUCH

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

Bitcoin tipping address for this episode: 133qWZE3FJRDEA7tUTfycYZUNyg87sSeFs

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 on steroids. I wondered, would this interview be my first exposé? Would my "gotcha" questions be too difficult for Robert to field? Listen to find out!

7/19/16 UPDATE: For the sake of being informative, the gains in my CoinCube-traded account to date are about 50% of the gains had I simply bought and hold Bitcoin in this account. CoinCube's Wave algorithm attempts to avoid bear markets by selling BTC, but my sense is it frequently misses price spikes this way. So, this first experimentation with a Bitcoin trading bot has been a disappontment so far. Of course, past performance is never a guarantee of future results (or everyone would be rich).

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 3:00 p.m. Pacific time on October 29, 2015.

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 new Bitcoin Fork Pen.

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

SHOW LINKS

CoinCube http://coincube.io

CoinCube Performance History Chart https://coincube.io/performance

Gold Rehypothecation (article) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-24/rehypothecation-gold-and-why-it-matters

Naked Shorting (Naked Short Selling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_short_selling

Trend Following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trend_following

Moving Average https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average

Whipsaw Effect http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/whipsaw.asp

Efficient-Market Hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hypothesis

Edward Thorp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp

Market Maker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_maker

Fooled By Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb http://amzn.to/1Mc9suV

Monte Carlo Simulator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

STAY IN TOUCH

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

Hello, welcome to episode 27 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

I've been a podcast listener for many years now, so when I got interested in Bitcoin, listening to Bitcoin podcasts was a natural. I think Adam B. Levine launched The Daily Bitcoin the same day I first searched for Bitcoin podcasts. And I've been hooked on Bitcoin podcasts ever since.

Bitcoins and Gravy has always been a hugely influential show for me. In a sea of podcasts with poor audio quality and barely existent production values, Bitcoins and Gravy sounded as well-produced as any podcast I'd ever heard. Even the short musical pieces between segments were done to perfection. John also experimented with characters and fictional entertainment on some episodes, which really helped Bitcoins and Gravy stand out as something a bit different.

Even after spending time with John at the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference, I still find he reverts back to a larger-than-life persona when I listen to him podcast. When I realized John Barrett missed releasing the August 9, 2015, episode of Bitcoins and Gravy, I really took notice. I checked in with John, wanting to make sure he was okay. He said he was, but that he was moving to every other week. But then a couple more weeks went by, and still no new episodes appeared. It was clear something was up, and I was happy he agreed to be on my show.

We spoke for almost two and a half hours, everything from light-hearted talk to John's very strong views about various subjects. While I thought we'd be bantering more, John really takes a subject and runs with it. Fans of John Barrett and Bitcoins and Gravy won't want to miss this episode.

John in Turicato, Mexico, circa 1993 (photo courtesy of John Barrett)

The rejected Bitcoins and Gravy cover art Rob designed back in January 2014

MAGIC WORD

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 9:50am Pacific Time on October 16, 2015.

SHOW LINKS

Bitcoins and Gravy http://bitcoinsandgravy.com

The Toy Box Studio http://www.thetoyboxstudio.com

Nashville Bitcoin Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Bitcoin-Meetup

KCAA-AM Loma Linda http://www.kcaaradio.com

Andreas Antonopoulos on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/episode-41-andreas-the-teacher

Patrick Byrne on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/bitcoins-and-gravy-53-patrick-byrne-speaks

Andreas Antonopoulos speaks to the L.A. Bitcoin Meetup https://youtu.be/bTPQKyAq-DM

Mad Money Machine http://madmoneymachine.com

Ed & Ethan http://edandethan.com

Bitcoins and Gravy Song Archives http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive

Bitcoin Keychain http://bkeychain.com

Casascius Physical Bitcoin https://www.casascius.com

Satoshi Roundtable http://satoshiroundtable.org

Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com

Bitcoin Foundation http://bitcoinfoundation.org

Four Horsemen (documentary on YouTube) https://youtu.be/5fbvquHSPJU

Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It (the documentary John voiced) https://theendofmoneyasweknowit.wordpress.com

East Nashville Now (John's new podcast) http://eastnashvillenow.com

Lipscomb University Institute for Conflict Management http://www.lipscomb.edu/icm

Bread and Circuses (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

Pamela Morgan on Bitcoins and Gravy https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/ep-66-pamela-morgan-third-key-solutions-is-here

Mad Bitcoins http://www.madbitcoins.com

Purse https://purse.io

Contact John Barrett [email protected]

MUSIC

I created the intro and outro music, but the rest is by John Barrett. Be sure to check out John's complete songs, along with lyrics and more at the Bitcoins and Gravy song archives: http://bitcoinsandgravy.com/bitcoins-and-gravy-song-lyrics-archive

STAY IN TOUCH

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Thanks for listening!

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

Hello, welcome to episode 26 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

Back some months ago, Los Angeles had its first Bitcoin conference called The State Of Digital Money. Jeff Garzik (Bitcoin Core Developer for BitPay and CEO of Dunvegan Space Systems) was the featured speaker, and he gave a presentation called The Future of Bitcoin. I originally believed the presentation needed the accompanying visual slides, but after giving the audio of Jeff's presentation a fresh listen, I realized the audio is really good on its own. I even found it refreshing to hear a core developer speak on a variety of Bitcoin topics, without having to weigh in on the current contentious block size debate. So relax and enjoy this presentation by Jeff Garzik.

Jeff's The Future of Bitcoin slides http://www.slideshare.net/jgarzik/the-future-of-bitcoin-state-of-digital-money-2015-conference

TWITTER GIVEAWAY

Follow me on twitter at theBTCgame, because I'll be asking questions related to this episode. The first person to tweet the correct answer wins their choice of either a classic Bitcoin keychain or a Bitcoin Fork Pen. I just ask that you follow me, and if you win, you're not allowed to enter another giveaway for 90 days.

For more information about the Bitcoin Fork Pen, go to BitcoinForks.com For more information about the classic Bitcoin Keychain, go to Bkeychain.com

Note: I will send a Bitcoin Fork Pen to Core Devs upon request. Offer valid while supplies last.

MAGIC WORD

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 2am Pacific Time on October 1, 2015.

SHOW LINKS

Dunvegan Space Systems http://www.dunveganspace.com

BitPay https://bitpay.com

State Of Digital Money http://www.cureativ.com/sodm/#digitalmoney

Linux projects by Jeff Garzik http://linux.yyz.us/projects.html

Headers First Synchronization https://bitcoin.org/en/glossary/headers-first-sync

Pay to script hash (P2SH) https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Pay_to_script_hash

Payment Channels in BitcoinJ https://bitcoinj.github.io/working-with-micropayments

Lightning Network (implementation of Payment Channels) https://lightning.network

Impulse Protocol (implementation of Payment Channels) http://impulse.is

BIP 65 - CheckLockTimeVerify https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki

Mike Hearn - Turing Festival 2013 - Tradenet (YouTube) https://youtu.be/Pu4PAMFPo5Y

BitPay's ChainDB whitepaper https://bitpay.com/chaindb.pdf

Sidechains whitepaper https://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf

Rusty Russell on Lightning Network http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=450

Here's the link to the YouTube video of Jeff's presentation at The State Of Digital Money 2015: https://youtu.be/oRG0nzSUpSU

The videographer who captured this content works relentlessly on the front lines, recording cryptocurrency and P2P content from all over the country. Check out all his videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw/feed?activity_view=3.

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me, with some funky vocal noises on one clip by Michael Coleman.

STAY IN TOUCH

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

Hello, welcome to episode 25 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

If I were to meet Marco Streng on the street, I'd never guess he hands-on controls perhaps the largest amount of hashing power in the world. Marco is the CEO and cofounder of Genesis mining, a company that mines for profit, and also offers cloud mining. I met Marco back at the State Of Digital Money conference in Los Angeles earlier this year, as he was one of the speakers.

I've always been skeptical about cloud mining. At worst, you're simply putting money into a ponzi scheme. At best, you have to trust that even a legit company doesn't get hacked, go broke, or have another issue that can beset any company. Yet Marco was able to restore my trust that there are legitimate companies providing cloud-mining services. Of course, there's always the unknown variables of future price and future difficulty, which can render a net loss, to even the best-laid cloud-mining plans.

Stepping back from profitability concerns, cloud-mining services enable smaller players to help secure the network. So I think anyone who supports the security of Bitcoin can see the benefit of legitimate cloud-mining services, which reduces the friction for eager miners to contribute hash power to the network.

TWITTER GIVEAWAY

I will be posting a question or two about the podcast on Twitter. First to tweet back the correct answer will win either a Bitcoin Keychain or the brand-new Bitcoin Fork Pen (both pictured below). So follow me at this URL: https://twitter.com/theBTCgame

Order the brand new Bitcoin Fork Pen and the well-known Bitcoin Keychain together, for only $12 (includes shipping within USA). http://BitcoinForks.com/deal

MAGIC WORD

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 5am Pacific Time on September 17, 2015.

SHOW LINKS

Genesis Mining https://www.genesis-mining.com

New York's BitLicense http://www.dfs.ny.gov/legal/regulations/adoptions/dfsp200t.pdf

BitcoinXT https://bitcoinxt.software/#sec-hardfork

SideChains White Paper https://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf

Lightning Network https://lightning.network

BIP-100 https://github.com/jgarzik/bip100/blob/master/bip-0100.mediawiki#Abstract

BIP-101 https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0101.mediawiki#Abstract

BIP-102 https://github.com/jgarzik/bips/blob/2015_2mb_blocksize/bip-0102.mediawiki#Abstract

Bitcoin Wisdom - Mining Calculator https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator

Bitcoin Wisdom - Difficulty https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Bitcoin Magazine - Possible $500,000 Bitcoin Cloud Mining Ponzi Scheme Uncoveredhttps://bitcoinmagazine.com/20702/exclusive-possible-500000-bitcoin-cloud-mining-ponzi-scheme-uncovered

Life Inside A Bitcoin Mine (streaming video from Genesis Mining's Iceland facility) http://www.lifeinsideabitcoinmine.com

Here's a YouTube video of Marco's presentation at the The State Of Digital Money 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAXtTftPTkI

The videographer who captured this content works relentlessly on the front lines, recording cryptocurrency and P2P content from all over the country. Check out all his videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxfh-2aOR5hZUjxJLQ2CIHw/feed?activity_view=3.

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

STAY IN TOUCH

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Thanks for listening!

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

Hello, welcome to episode 24 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.

Earlier this month I got to speak with Andrew Lee from Purse, a company that allows people to use Bitcoin to buy stuff on Amazon, and at pretty large discounts. My own first thought about Purse was that it was some strange company trying to shoehorn its way between Bitcoiners and Amazon. But after talking to Andrew, I now see Purse as a company that is helping to spread the use and adoption of Bitcoin throughout the world. There's a lot more to Purse than I realized! Hope you enjoy this interview.

TWITTER GIVEAWAY

I will be posting a question or two about the podcast on Twitter. First to tweet back the correct answer will win either a Bitcoin Keychain or the brand new Bitcoin Fork Pen (both pictured below). So follow me at this URL: https://twitter.com/theBTCgame

MAGIC WORD

Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 5am Pacific Time on September 2, 2015.

SHOW LINKS

Purse https://purse.io

LG http://www.lg.com

Mad Bitcoins http://www.madbitcoins.com

Stripe https://stripe.com

Lids http://www.lids.com

Merrill Lynch https://www.ml.com

Dwolla https://www.dwolla.com

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

Amazon http://www.amazon.com

Plug & Play http://plugandplaytechcenter.com

Andreas Antonopoulos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Antonopoulos

Blog post on Purse's new Non-Custodial Multisig Wallet https://blog.purse.io/new-multisignature-wallets-to-improve-security-and-privacy

Coinbase https://www.coinbase.com

Amazon Mechanical Turk https://www.mturk.com

Roger Ver http://rogerver.com

Reddit Discussion about Purse Pros & Cons https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3f36s5

MUSIC

All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.

STAY IN TOUCH

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Thanks for listening!

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