The Crypto Show

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Scrooge McAltCoin, a.k.a., Stash's Daniel Krawisz, comes on the show to discuss his opinion of the Bitcoin fork and Bitcoin Cash, and several people call in to comment on or disagree with Daniel's assessments, including our good friend Dima Murshik.

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," We interview Stan Larimer and Dylan Howard of Bitshares, as they describe and explain the marvelous versatility, functionality, and success of their platform. We also discuss the charitable possibilities that BitShares offers as well.

In the second hour, we interview frequent guest Lynn Ulbricht, mother of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts of The Silk Road. She updates us on Ross's transfer to a Colorado maximum security prison, as well as on the prospects still for his potential release after losing his appeal. We delve into some of the more egregious aspects of his case concerning the government's corruption and violation of its own rules. We also discuss the upcoming event in Ross's honor at the Central Market north here in Austin on September 5th at 7pm, as well as the Nexus Conference in Aspen, Colorado, on September 21-23.

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On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," lawyer Jeffrey D. Welsh, partner at Frontera Law Group ([email protected]) discusses with us the legal and regulatory environment for cannabis in California and other cannabis-legal states as well as the reasons why most cannabis businesses are forced to use cash and unable to use banks (and how California is largely an exception). We talk about the corporatization of the industry, why the Feds sometimes raid grow operations in legal states, and outlines some strategies that other states have used to get legalization passed that activists in Texas could use.

In the second hour, or guest is Heather Fazio of the Marijuana Policy Project. She recaps some of the hard work and successes already achieved by groups like hers at the Texas legislature prior to the most recent session, as well as some of the achievements from this most recent session. She then talks about the important strategy shift of promoting and increasing activism when the legislature is not in session, the sort of "off-season" tactics in the struggle for our cannabis rights. http://TexasMarijuanaPolicy.org

MAPS Cruise & Ft. Galt With Matt McKibbin, Gabriel Schear, Kevin McKernan & Terry SF BTM by The Crypto Show

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," we talk to Kevin McKernan of Medicinal Genomics about some of their upcoming product rollouts. We also discuss the upcoming Raise Awareness Cruise for MAPS, the MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy group that focuses primarily on helping those with PTSD using MDMA. We also discuss the psychotherapeutic benefits of cannabis and psylocibin.

In the second hour we talk to Nuno and Dave, Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director, respectively, of Power Ledger, at https://powerledger.io. Power Ledger is a company that allows peer-to-peer buying and selling of power using blockchain technology, eliminating the power-industry middlemen. There is so much more to it though, so check out the show!

Paul Snow on The Texas Bitcoin Conference & Bitcoin Cash by The Crypto Show

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Jonathan Mohan and The Dollar Vigilante's Jeff Berwick join us to discuss the recent Bitcoin Cash hard fork and its ramifications. We discuss the moral validity of the decision by some of the exchanges NOT to disburse Bitcoin Cash to their customers; Jonathan explores the possiblity of Bitcoin "endlessly" forking through every contentious soft fork becoming a hard fork; Jeff expresses his concerns about Segwit2x but also his admiration for the free market and how it has made current circumstances probably better than could have been expected; we compare the Ethereum fork to this recent fork; and we also speculate on the long-term outcome for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and the the other cryptos. We get Jeff to give us a quick update on the upcoming Anarchapulco conference, and Danny gives us a brief update on the Texas Bitcoin Conference in October. Both Jonathan and Jeff, as to be expected, give some very cogent answers to some difficult questions and also offer some brilliant and profound insights into the crypto space above and beyond.

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," our guests in studio include "Dances With Bitcoin" (a.k.a., Brian Deary, CSO of Factom) and Jimmy Song, veteran crypto developer with Paxos. We discuss the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hardfork, its history, and its diverse implications. We also briefly touch upon the Segwit2x fork coming in November. Complex but fascinating theoretical discussions about the future of Bitcoin

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," we talk with Eric J. Anderson, a.k.a., "Eijah," about his ongoing "Demonsaw" project that he has made open-source and is retiring. We talk about his latest project Titan, and the launch party he is cohosting during Defcon on July 27th. (Additional Eijah audio from that launch party will be attached to the show, so listen all the way to the end.) We also talk about his desire to take on encrypted-messaging app "Signal", which he says isn't nearly as secure or private as it should or could be, and he wants to create a truly secure alternative.

Trace Mayer joins the discussion as we talk about ICO's (Initial Coin Offerings) and the Ethereum hack, and Trace makes some very insightful points about the events surrounding that hack and whether certain facts indicate incompetence or malfeasance on the part of those behind the Pulse wallets that got compromised. We also briefly discuss the implementation of BIP91 and Segwit2X, and whether a Bitcoin hard or soft work is still a possibility. Danny, Eijah, and Trace are all in Las Vegas getting ready for DefCon.

On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show" Matthew Carano of SwarmCity joins us to fill us in on what SwarmCity is all about for listeners who may have joined the show since we last talked about SwarmCity a while ago, and he tells us about some new developments that are in the works concerning SwarmCity as well. He always gives us a breakdown of the recent Ethereum hack to the tune of $32 million, of which SwarmCity was one of the victims. We also discuss the Bitcoin block-size issue and Matthew's rather minority perspective on Bitcoin, one which caused him to put his money where his mouth is.