Ethan calls from LA into the Austin city limits and connects with Martin Floreani the founder and CEO of Rokfin. Rokfin is a creator-first subscription media company and a (live) digital platform that rewards content creators for the full value they generate.

• How to Make the “Network Effect” Work for Creators?

• Addressing the disparity in work-to-reward ratio for creators vs. platforms

• Structuring an Ecosystem that Fosters Collaboration over Competition: when one wins, we all win

• Why ICO's are a dirty word

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Trump takes to Twitter to bash Libra and bitcoin. Steve and Ethan expand on the ever present question, what is money?

PayFast unhappens bitcoin support.

Steve gives a brief history of Lite coin and how it stacks up to the main 3.

Links mentioned in the show:

PayFast ends support for bitcoin

You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real

Ramak J. Sedigh, CEO of Plouton Mining, has been a life-long entrepreneur across many industries who is bringing his multi-disciplinary talents and track record of success to building N. America’s largest solar-powered bitcoin mining operation in Western Mojave California. Ramak began his professional life in the real estate industry by building a 1900-unit apartment portfolio in the late 1980s. Later, he started, built and sold a successful online tenant screening service with one of the early nationwide criminal databases in the US. Ramak has a BS in Political Science from the University of Houston.

Steve and Ethan talk about Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency

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Ethan reads listener mail about credit on blockchain before calling co-host Steve who introduces the concept of self-sovereign identity on blockchain. What it is and what it would take to implement.

Ethan reads a few articles (0:26) concerning some recent developments in the mysterious world of Facebook's "Global Coin" (4:40) and Mozilla's new "Crypto Blocker" privacy setting on their Firefox browser.

Presenting Ian Collin's new podcast (12:22) "SunBlock" debuting here first showcasing Florida's growing Blockchain community and businesses.

Blockchain Show OG's Steve and Ethan get into rumors surrounding Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity...

Also, Whole Foods “accepts” bitcoin, and a follow up on Purse.io years later. 

Steve breaks down the recent Binance debacle and what that means for crypto-kind. Some more reflections on Tether not really being tied to the dollar, as well as other common myths about exchanges and traditional banks. For complete show notes and links mentioned in the show, please visit TBCS website

*The Silk Road Episode mentioned in last week's update has been postponed. Please check back soon.