Episode #12 - The Lovely Corrine

Community Announcement: No marriages were destroyed in the making of this recording.

This episode we talk with "The Lovely Corrine" a Sex Worker / Escort who uses and promotes bitcoin to her clients. Corrine takes us into her world and talks freely about a number of aspects of her industry, social, legal, and of course, commercial. We learn about how Corrine is educating her clients in the use of bitcoin to enable private, safe transactions. We also touch on the astounding case where the major credit card companies have withdrawn their merchant services from the classified advertising publication, BackPage, which is where many sex workers publicise their services. Thank you financial establishment, for creating yet another opportunity for crypto currencies!

Oh, and for all those wondering, yes, Corrine IS lovely and she’s also smart, tech-savvy, a strong advocate for privacy, and an all-round damn nice person.

CORRECTION: In this episode, we incorrectly report than the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull purchased shares in BitcoinGroup at a public event. This is incorrect, Mr Turnbull demonstrated a mobile application for purchasing shares and used Bitcoin Group for demonstration purposes only.

Hosts: Dale Dickens, Peter Robertson, Warwick Greville

A big thanks to Leo Treasure for editing and adding the music for the show.

00:00 The recent headlines

3:03 We talk with thelovelcorrine.com

The different services and rates Corrine provides

10:45 Are her colleagues in the biz using bitcoin?

11:35 her blog article about using Bitcoin for her clients https://aboutcorrine.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/bitcoin-for-clients/

12:03 All about advertising as an Escort and the weird legalities

http://www.backpage.com http://www.cracker.com

Tom Dart - anti-sex working sheriff who helped shut down the Visa MC support

http://www.cookcountysheriff.com/sheriffs_bio/sheriff_bio.html

18:00 Vegas ? Mostly Illegal in the USA, and legal in all states in Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahrump,_Nevada

Getting around the laws and loopholes

20:30 paypal and sex workers don't get along

21:15 some bitcoin wallets blockchain.info and coincafe.com don't allow sex workers to use them.

22:18 new business name for private appointments and private money exchange for sex workers

aprivatebit.com and or myprivatebits.com

screening different by each sex worker and each country

Corrine Twitter https://twitter.com/lovelycorrine

getting paid - no merchant account

high risk are 10% to 14%

costs involved in taking money

29:50 privacy

new meta data laws in Australia started OCT 1st 2015

31:36 Craig Thompson affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Services_Union_expenses_affair

burner phones

travelling overseas - information database - governments talk to one another

43:07 Ashley Madison - what could they have done to protect their clients?

47:02 Corrine and Decentralized services

48:25 Women vs. Girls