It's been a year in the making and we are finally here -- EOS launch day! Despite being massive Bitcoin fanatics, Josh and Mike spend some time to explore the EOS experiment to try and understand how the architecture, design, and governance model effects the user and the network as a whole.

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Even in a bear market there's always something new and exciting to discuss. This week Josh and Mike share their thoughts on --

• Participation in the open source community

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… ask what you can do for Bitcoin. Now that the Consensus nonsense is over with we can get back to more important topics such as —

• Setting up a Lightning Network node

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Josh and Mike step away from the more traditional Bitcoin conversation and take a stroll into the abstract -- it's always amazing the places Bitcoin will take you. Note: Josh is hiding in an undisclosed bunker this week so his audio quality is less than ideal.

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• Class action lawsuit against Ripple

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Back from another week vacation, Josh and Mike discuss the strange state of media and journalism in the crypto space. Topics include —

• Vitalik’s “on the record” war with Coindesk

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Given the rise of distrust in centralized platforms, Josh and Mike discuss the power of smart contract platforms and their potential to disrupt the centralized business world. They share their observations on the similarities and differences between Ethereum and EOS -- the two largest platforms out there -- and the competition heating up between them.

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From religion to blockchain, humans have created some of the most remarkable tools to overcome their limitations of building trust in society. This week, Josh and Mike explore:

• The concept of social scalability through the lens of blockchains

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Despite a slower week of news in the Bitcoin space, Josh and Mike find plenty to talk about:

• The flawed design of the Internet and the importance of decentralizing it

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Up. Down. Up. Down... Watching the price couldn’t be more boring which is why this week Josh and Mike found a handful of exciting developments to discuss, including:

• John Oliver’s HBO segment devoted entirely to Bitcoin

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After a week hiatus, Josh and Mike are back to discuss some more macro events in the Bitcoin space — they follow up with the Venezeula Petro Coin news as well as dissecting Jihan Wu’s vision of free markets for private central banks.

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