EPISODE · Feb 14, 2018 · 1H 8M
#8: Interview w/ Adrian Chen, the first journalist to write about Silk Road and Bitcoin
from CoinTalk™️ · host Aaron Lammer & Jay Kang
Adrian Chen wrote the first article about the darknet marketplace Silk Road and Bitcoin, causing the price of BTC to go from $10 to $14. Adrian discusses: why he never has owned a single Bitcoin his investigation into Satoshi Nakamoto's identity the misperception that Bitcoin is anonymous *whether crypto has scrambled Jay’s brain Plus, Aaron shills his bags HARD. 7:30 Bitgrail hacked 7:33 Nano (XRB) 14:03 "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable" (Adrian Chen, Gawker 2011) 17:33 BitcoinTalk forum 24:41 @AdamBack / Wei Dai 25:16 @JiaTolentino 28:28 @NickSzabo4 31:42 Bitmex 45:02 Tor 48:30 "Suspected AlphaBay founder dies in Bangkok jail after shutdown of online black market" (Washington Post, July 2017) 55:01 Bail Bloc 56:29 The New Inquiry 1:04:53 [Dogecoin (DOGE)] 15 1:05:36 Catbreading
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Adrian Chen wrote the first article about the darknet marketplace Silk Road and Bitcoin, causing the price of BTC to go from $10 to $14. Aaron & Jay ask Adrian why he never bought a single Bitcoin, discuss his investigation into Satoshi's identity, and try to understand why Bitcoin is not anonymous, despite most people thinking it is.
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