The Bitcoin Podcast

Piotr Janiuk is CEO of Golem a worldwide, decentralized supercomputer that combines the computing power of every machine on its network. In the Golem ecosystem, you can loan out your computer’s spare resources to others who need the additional power to perform complex computations and tasks.

Dee and Corey talk about quarantine life, and it is treating them each this week. Then Dee makes the most fabulous heel turn in Cryptocurrency history, and Corey not quite filling his role as hype-man for Dee. Henry Bitmod is a Crypto-Enthusiast and Evangelist in Nigeria.

Alex is part of MetaCartel, a group of developers seeking to make Dapps decentralize as possible, beginning with their developers. Alex is also part of Rocket NFT, a company that aims to create Defi loans using NTFs as collateral.

Dee and Corey have a discussion that goes deep into the DeFi ecosystem and how decentralizing of all the  things is a bit of a lie. Our guest Camila Russo who is the creator of The Defiant, a DeFi newsletter and  is also a freelance Journalist in the tech industry. Camila has written a book on Ethereum coming out July 2020- The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum.

Certora provides security analysis tools for Smart Contracts. Certora has unique technology called Certora Prover capable of checking at compile-time that all executions of a Smart Contract fulfill a set of security rules.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee, and Dr. Petty have a well-rounded chat with Ayo Akinyele of Bolt Labs. His firm is pioneering greater privacy for layer 2 technology (think Lightning) but with a support for multiple different public chains. He imagines an interoperable future of interconnectivity, with a privacy first mindset. We go in-depth on his background and how he got here, and how he sees layer 2 technology to evolve, while building a sustainable business outside of academia. Come check it out, there’s plenty to learn.

**Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.**

On this Host-only episode, Dee and Corey each share a story of their interactions with the cryptocurrency community this week. Dee's story leads into a lengthy discussion on the four pillars of money and which parts of these pillars best relates to bitcoin. Corey's story is about his insight on the attempt to enact a US Digital Dollar in the recent Stimulus Act.

Sunny, Brent, and Chjango of Tendermint breakdown the components of the Cosmos Network from the IBC, Cosmos SDK, and the Cosmos Hub. Sunny covers what the future of Cosmos will be within the coming year. Chjango talks about Cosmos test network named Game of Zones which launches May 1 2020.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dee have a conversation on the history of creating a P2P bitcoin merchant exchange with Chris Maurice. He’s been boots on the group helping to establish bitcoin dominance in Africa with his firm YellowCard. He breaks down what it takes to build a crypto business in Africa as a humble man from Alabama, his thoughts on growing Handshake in Africa, and how his firm helps to aid in crypto adoption.

**Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.**

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Lucian and Evan Van Ness discuss the new round of GitCoin Grants, their incentive structure and how they deal with sybil attacks. We admire the development effort that has allowed Geth to reduce bandwidth consumption by 75%. Aztec implemented a rollup. Eth 2 phase 0 spec got a security audit. You can now run a Eth node on a Pi4!