Podcast Episodes

Tim Swanson: The Bitcoin Hype Buster

Episode 63

When it comes to Bitcoin, Tim Swanson is known to many as the man who sees the glass half empty. Whether or not that’s true, it’s fair to say that Tim has critical opinions about Bitcoin and question…

Published on 10 years, 11 months ago

Preston Byrne & Siân Jones: Eris Industries – The Distributed Application Software Stack

Episode 62

Eris Industries spawned when three people got together to come up with a solution to Olivier Janssens’ £100K bounty to replace the Bitcoin Foundation with software. Their proposal, initially called P…

Published on 10 years, 11 months ago

Garrick Hileman: CoinDesk’s State of Bitcoin 2015 – Ecosystem Grows Despite Price Decline

Episode 61

Every quarter, CoinDesk releases its excellent State of Bitcoin Report proving an accurate benchmark of where the Bitcoin ecosystem stands. We were very fortunate to be joined by the man who compiles…

Published on 10 years, 11 months ago

Robert Sams: Bitcoin, Volatility and the Search for a Stable Cryptocurrency

Episode 60

That the bitcoin price is highly volatile is no secret. Opinions differ on whether that is just an inevitable roadblock to be passed on the way to world domination or whether it represents a fundamen…

Published on 10 years, 11 months ago

Fireside Chat – A Fascinating Year in Retrospect and Exciting Times Ahead

Episode 59

As we wrap up 2014, Brian and Sebastien have a fireside chat and look back on some of the areas of Bitcoin they thought were the most defining. They also look out to 2015 and give their thoughts abou…

Published on 11 years ago

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Proof-of-Stake, The Future of Bitcoin

Episode 58

At just 20-years young, Vitalik Buterin is one of the most brilliant minds in the cryptocurrency space. Previously, a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine, he has conceptualized Ethereum, the most radical …

Published on 11 years ago

Allen Scott & Ian DeMartino: CoinTelegraph and the Rise of Crypto-Powered Independent Media

Episode 57

CoinTelegraph Chief Editor, Allen Scott, and writer, Ian DeMartino join Sebastien (Brian is away) for a conversation about the independent Bitcoin media. Cryptocurrencies enable new business models a…

Published on 11 years ago

Daniel Krawisz: Nakamoto Institute – Bitcoin, Libertarianism and the Problem with Appcoins

Episode 56

We are joined by Daniel Krawisz, the Director of Research at the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute. Daniel co-founded that organization last year with Michael Goldstein and Pierre Rochard to educate the Bit…

Published on 11 years ago

Daniel Gallancy: SolidX – Bridging the Gap Between Bitcoin and Institutional Investors

Episode 55

SolidX Partners CEO Daniel Gallancy joined us for a discussion of Bitcoin, institutional investors and how his company is working on creating a bridge between the two. While there is no question that…

Published on 11 years, 1 month ago

Daniel Peled & Tom Kysar: Gems – The Social Messaging App That Pays You for Your Attention

Episode 54

Daniel Peled, CEO of Gems, and Tom Kysar, Marketing Lead at Koinify, join us to talk about a project that aims to revolutionize social messaging.

As one of the first decentralized social networks bui…

Published on 11 years, 1 month ago