LTB E152 - Towards Innovation and Progress

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*Subscribe to the [LTBn All Podcasts feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDailyBitcoinShow)or the [Let's Talk Bitcoin! show only feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/ltb/ltb) and never miss an episode again. ##On Todays Show **Andreas** speaks with the Canadian Senates' Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Todays episode is [the entire two hour session](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUNGFZDO8mM&feature=youtu.be), the 11th in their series entitled "Study on the Use of Digital Currency" *Background on the “Study on the use of digital currency”: *In Canada, the public debate surrounding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is currently being formalized as the official “Study on the use of digital currency”, a consultative exercise conducted at the initiative of the Senate of Canada’s Banking, Trade and Commerce committee. *Although the Senate of Canada exerts less authority than the House of Commons, its standing committees have proven to be an influential source of expertise and opinion. It also enjoys considerable international attention: according to Stuart Hoegner, general counsel at the Bitcoin Alliance, “no other parliamentary body in the world has publicly canvassed the breadth of materials and opinion that this committee has”. ##Sponsors for Episode 151 2014 Sponsor - [KryptoKit](http://kryptokit.com) If you'd like to learn more about Sponsoring an upcoming episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, [click here](http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/sponsor-advertise-contest). LTB is also brought to you by.... ##YOU! Donations for the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show may be sent to >**1JDQ5KSqUTBo5M3GUPx8vm9134eJRosLoH** ##Credits for Episode 152 This episode was edited by **Adam Levine** Music for todays show was provided by **[Jared Rubens](http://soundcloud.com/jaredarubens)** and [General Fuzz](http://soundcloud.com/generalfuzz) If you're a developer, you might be interested in our Coins-for-Commits program. As the platform goes open source in the coming weeks we'd like as much help as possible and you'll earn 10,000LTBc per commit that is accepted. You can find the [github repository here](https://github.com/cryptonaut420/tokenly), and the current to-do workboard [here](https://trello.com/b/sU2rcKen/ltb-platform-support)

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