The Unhashed Podcast

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Bitcoin2020 is cancelled! Will the entire cast of Unhashed ever be in the same room or is the universe conspiring against us? Frances Coppola has finally produced something of value other than a mediocre bottle of wine and a classic mafia film. Is she starting to finally make sense on Blockchain? And...India removed its restrictions on buying crypto, citing it as unconstitutional. Does this mean Bitcoin can replace black money?

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: The steem blockchain was just subject to a hostile takeover by Justin Sun of Tron. Can Jeff Bridges save the old validators now? Scammers have been impersonating coindesk staff in order to extract money out of unsuspecting merchants. Have you ever been curious how we would use this evil super power were we given the chance? And...Trace Mayer is getting the brunt of Bitcoin hate for shilling MimbleWimbleCoin, a discount version of the Grin chain. Whos grinning now?

On this week’s episode of The Unhashed Podcast: We had technical difficulties with a guest this week, which sort of ate up all our time to record. We are pushing that episode to next week. However, we haven’t left you hanging. This week we bring you Bryan’s interview on Vlad Costea’s podcast Bitcoin Takeover. They discuss wallet security, metal backups, way’s that value can be added without changing design, and more.

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: The price of Popcorn is up 5% this week as news hits of another imminent BCH split. Who will get the last laugh in the ongoing drama of Bitcoin chain splits? Iota paused its chain this week after a hack was revealed. Is this a clever way to exit scam or do these functions actually serve some limited purpose? And...Microsoft is developing digital identity on a second layer of Bitcoin. Will someone finally do this right, or this use case just inherently a dud?

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Researchers at MIT think they have invented the lightning network again. When will they find out they are a few years too late? Mastercard stabs Facebook’s back, calling Libra stupid. Can this project be any more dead? And...Mario is missing this week as he is taking avoiding address re-use to a whole new level. Is Mario actually the king of OpSec?

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Ragnar Lifthrasir is on the show to talk unsubstantiated claims. Can Bitcoin cure inequality or is it fueling it? Are there too many mops in Bitcoin for the community to really think clearly? And...is Saifedeen Amous good or bad for Bitcoin?

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Jihan Wu and Roger Ver attempt to form a cartel to divert money away from the bcash block reward to a Hong Kong entity, but can the cartel last amid concerns of a chain split? Taproot has been assigned BIP numbers! Does this mean my hopes of forming a metal band with the same name will now be outranked in google? And...Bitcoin Gold experienced a double-spend; Does this give a whole new meaning to alchemy?

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Peter Schiff’s wallet corrupted! Or at least thats what he thinks happened. Will Schiff ever get behind Bitcoin or will the Gold Bug King always be destined to shill his bag of rocks? Fidelity is expanding its mining operations, which it started in 2017. Which makes us wonder: what commodity will it go into mining next? And...Square Crypto is not just handing out grants to third party Bitcoin devs anymore. Instead they are throwing some money at releasing their own “lightning dev kit”. But will this just be re-inventing the wheel when others have done it better?

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Craig Wright’s bonded courier never showed up to deliver the missing multi-sig keys to his alleged fortune. Did he go the way of Jeff Epstein at the hands of Blockstream or was Craig just lying? It turns out that crypto was less volatile than both the S&P500 and Gold in 2019. But will it keep this stability up or go on another run like 2017? And...Bryan Armstrong is doubling down on shitcoins, but does he really believe in the decentralize everything mission or is he just shilling his own bag?

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast: Mario is out sick! Wish him well. In other news, why is South America going coocoo for Bitcoin? Has math proved that 6 confirmations are far too many to be safe? And…is Lightning Network totally inefficient?