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Let's Talk Bitcoin!
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'Let’s Talk Bitcoin!' is the longest-running English language talk show on the ideas, people and projects surrounding the Bitcoin movement and Cryptocurrency phenomenon. Featuring analysis and discourse by hosts Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Dr. Stephanie Murphy, Adam B. Levine, and Jonathan Mohan, episodes feature friendly, in-depth discussions and even-handed interviews.
Episodes
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #441 Paypal, Banks and Real Life Infrastructure Inversion
Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for another wide-ranging discussion on the messy reality in which bitcoin and blockchains intersect real life. Note: We're changing up our distribution as we get ready for our next marathon of growth! subscribe to…
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LTB! E440 Bitcoin, Decentralization and the Twitpocolypse
In the aftermath of a major Twitter compromise that impacted a broad swathe of the largest, most influential accounts, join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine for a dive into the crazy series of events, what impact it has on bitcoin, decentralization and more. This…
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LTB! #437 Be Your Own Bank and the Luxury of Apathy
On today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! you're invited to join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Jonathan Mohan and Stephanie Murpy for an in-depth discussion about the ups and downs, the good and the bad about being your own bank in the modern world of Bitcoin. The episode is sponsored…
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #436 'We Need 30 Different Words for Different Kinds of Censorship'
The rallying cry of the totalitarian is "He farted first", but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference? Inspired by a recent article in the Atlantic, in today's wide-ranging discussion the hosts of Let's Talk Bitcoin! dig deeply into the questions of...
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LTB! #435: Bitcoin Miners, US Energy Producers and Moores Law
Although some believe bitcoin mining is a wasteful activity, on today's show we dig into the relative world of constant fuel production, lumpy demand and bitcoin based load balancing. After years of bitcoin mining domination by china-based miners, some US power producers, both professional and...
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LTB #434 Lightning Network Messaging, Political Expediency and What Crisis Has Revealed
On today's show we've got a pair of interviews for you. First we speak with John Cantrell, the author of Juggernaut, a new messaging layer 3 application being built on top of layer 2 lightning network, which is itself built on top of layer one bitcoin. It's a lot of layers, but as a technological...
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LTB! #433 Coronavirus Second Order Effects and Improving on Bitcoin With BitTorrent Creator Bram Cohen
In Today's discussion we'll briefly talk about some of the knock-on, or second order affects which the coronavirus disruption is having on our world today, and which may continue into the future. Then for the meat of the show we'll dig into specific areas where bitcoin could, or perhaps is being...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin #432 How MakerDAO’s Stablecoin Survived the Crash, Smart Contract Bugs and Full Decentralization
In the aftermath of the so-called "Black Thursday" crash from several weeks ago, MakerDAO's "DAI" ethereum backed dollar pegged stablecoin came untethered and was, for a time at least, functionally insolvent. In the aftermath, holders of the MKR token which allows holders to participate in...
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LTB! #431 Bailouts, Bitcoin, Disruption, Failures and Hope
From Boeing to bitcoin in this week's discussion we're talking about our disrupted reality, the politically expedient path forward, why it almost certainly won't work, the alternatives to it, what this means for bitcoin and what you can do to help. This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin is sponsored…
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LTB!: 'Anything That Can Be Decentralized Will Be Decentralized' 6 Years Later
On today's podcast we're joined by early investor and entrepreneur David Johnston to discuss: A new "consensus based" alternative to "reserve based", "game theory based", or trusted oracle based Stablecoins The growing relevance of DeFi even for those who aren't using it Johnston's Law six years...
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LTB! #429 Coronavirus Impacts on Bitcoin (And the IRS's Dumb Singularity)
Earlier this week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss Coronavirus and its potential impacts or disruptions to the decentralized world of bitcoin. On today's podcast we discuss Coronavirus and: The bitcoin mining industry and the slowing rate of hash-rate increases in the run-up to…
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LTB!: Decentralization Philosophy Part 2 - Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts?
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss catalysts and CEOS in the world of blockchain projects, the organizational and organic structures of decentralization and to wonder whether crypto even needs Satoshi-like...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #427 Mainstream Moments and the CompuServe of Crypto
With the price of bitcoin headed up again, the idea of blockchains and digital currencies has never been more palatable to the mainstream. We've seen this cycle before, but could this time be different? This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by Brave.com and eToro.com. Today's…
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LTB! #426 Bitcoin Taxes and Real World Scams
Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss the US tax treatment of "Virtual Currencies" and how scams find a home wherever opportunity exists, at least for a while. This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by Brave.com, eToro.com and Purse.io. During our first...
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LTB! E425 Libre Not Libra – Thinking Critically About Facebook’s Blockchain Project
In “Libre Not Libra: Facebook’s Blockchain Project,” Andreas answers the burning question… Has he tried haggis? Just kidding… He shares his thoughts on the recently released Libra whitepaper, as part of a permissioned blockchain project spearheaded by Facebook. This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!...
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LTB! #424 What Are Lightning Wallets Doing to Help Onboard New Users?
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss Lightning Network technology and two innovative approaches at the wallet level which simplify the new-user experience at a tangible, but seemingly minimal cost. This...
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LTB! #423n Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the Conquistadors
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects, the historical context of decentralized organizations, the robustness it conveys but also the difficulties it engenders. On...
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LTB #422 ‘The Internet Was Illegal’ and Other Early Stories With Zooko Wilcox
Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show enlisted CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen and early cypherpunk Zooko Wilcox for a conversation on the history, challenges and long term development path of early, formative technologies. which we often hear modern blockchain movements compared against....
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LTB #421 Stone Bitcoin and Echoes of the Past
On Today's episode of let's talk bitcoin, we're listening to echoes of the past. In the midst of the biggest bubble yet, finding ourselves in the "then they laugh at you" phase, and with the china narrative rising for the first time as trade volumes overtook the rest of the world, I was joined by...
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LTB #420 How Can Public Blockchains Have Privacy?
On today's show, we discuss the idea of true privacy on public, transparent blockchains and some of the ways it's working (or not) in Bitcoin or related projects right now. How can public blockchains have privacy? The decreasing cost of passive surveillance MimbleWimble research Attack, Developer...
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LTB! #419 Altcoins and Ancient History with Charlie Lee
On this week's episode…. The hosts are talking “Altcoins and Ancient History" with Early Bitcoin Developer and Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee Selected Topics: Token Age and Network Effect Testnet game theory Founder Anonymity, then and now Ad-hoc audits in the wake of MtGox's Collapse Schnorr...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #418 Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money
On this week's episode…. Segment 1 “Long Bitcoin, Short the World? Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money” CoinDesks’ Nolan hosts a fascinating Discussion with Eric Weinstein at Invest2019(https://www.coindesk.com/events/invest-2019) They talk about embedded growth obligations and the...
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LTB # 417 Adoption and Mimicry on the Blockchain
In today's episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!, we’re jumping back into the deep end with a wide-ranging conversation about Mass Adoption, Cargo Cults, Synthetic Shorts and more.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! Update and Season 2
LTB! editor-in-chief Adam B. Levine provides a brief update.
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LTB#416 Why?
“It just keeps getting kicked up to the next level and at some point it'll be the dollar. That's the last thing that got us out of the last emergency and then people will finally realize they got nothing left.” Dr. Robert Murphy, LTB#416 On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine,...
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LTB #415 A Domino Effect
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Adam B. Levine sits down with William K. Santiago to discuss Blockchains, Reserve Assets, Regional Central Banks and more. Credits Thanks for listening to this episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Today's episode featured William K. Santiago and Adam B. Levine,...
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LTB #414 Let's Talk Bitcoin! Live Q&A
On Today's Episode, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine are back with part two of our recent live show recorded at BTC2019 in front of a live studio audience. This time, we've got nearly an hour of audience Q&A. Enjoy the show! This episode was sponsored…
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #413 Origin Stories and Earned Experience
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! We'll meet Jason, Chris, and Nicholas, all relatively new bitcoin users for a look at the value proposition and paths in for more recent converts. After the break, Edge.app's Paul Puey and I sit down to discuss what's changed with time in Cryptocurrency,...
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LTB #412 Let's Talk Bitcoin Live!
On today's episode we're jumping into a mostly un-edited live show, which we recorded live, on-stage in Aurora Colorado during the Blockchain Training Conference a few weeks ago... Big thanks for Purse.io for sponsoring today's episode of the show. After the break, we go boldly towards a...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #411 Grow To Fit
Hey folks, we recently returned from the Blockchain Training Conference, where aside from teaching classes and doing a couple of live shows, we set up a Let's Talk Bitcoin! table, where I camped out for two of the three days and interviewed about a dozen people, some new to Cryptocurrency and…
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LTB #410 Before the Flood
Hey folks, Adam B. Levine here, just returned from the Blockchain Training Conference in Aurora Colorado. For the first time since spring of last year, the other hosts and I found ourselves face to face for three days of classes, shows and interviews which we'll be sharing with you over the month...
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LTB #409 Another Perspective on India
This week Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan are joined by Vignesh for a more local perspective on the realities in India and the recently proposed Indian Cryptocurrency Ban. This is a follow-up episode to our India's Catch-22 segment from LTB#407 --- LTB #409 was sponsored by...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #408 Bitcoin Game Theory for Countries
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for a discussion on China, and recent signs of official sentiments thawing towards Bitcoin. We talk incentives, possible end-games, and a 72-hour coffee solution. This episode...
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LTB #407 India's Catch-22 & How to Work With Money when Money Doesn't Work
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a first-look at a particularly draconian law that's been proposed in India. Later, HRF.org director Alex Gladstein joins Adam B. Levine for the latest in the Global…
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LTB #406 Hyperinflation, Official, and HODL Currencies (or, "Incentives are Destiny")
"If ever those two facts diverge, where the agreement is still that it's a reserve currency but the market truth is that it's no longer a good HODL currency... If those diverge... it doesn't matter if you keep calling it a reserve currency, people aren't willing to HODL it. " - Andreas…
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #405 It's All Bitcoin
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin!... Adam B. Levine and LTB Global Voices segment host Alex Gladstein are talking Bitcoin in the Philippines with Luis Buenaventura. Later, having now heard perspectives from bitcoin users in Iran, India, Shanghai, Nigeria, the Philippines and with…
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LTB #404 Crypto Plastic & Bitcoin's 90/10 in India
On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... In our first segment, we'll join Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, and Adam B. Levine for a look at the varied approaches being used to connect your Bitcoin to credit card style ease-of-use. After the break, guest host Alex…
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LTB #403 Efficiency and Timing
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for an early look at the newly proposed "Erlay" and "Dandelion" transaction relay protocols. Later, Adam and HRF.org's Alex Gladstein sit down with Hong Kong Bitcoin Users...
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LTB# 402 The Whole Crypto Game Just Changed
##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for an in-depth discussion on the realities, implications and possible speculative motive behind Facebook's recently revealed Libra Protocol. Bonus Episode: Stephanie and...
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LTB #401 The Tools and the Work (Part 2)
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Andreas M. Antonopoulos for part two of our two-part discussion ([listen to part 1 here](https://anchor.fm/letstalkbitcoin/episodes/LTB400-The-Tools-and-the-Work-e49o42)) with bitcoin developers Sipa (Dr. Pieter...
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LTB #400 The Tools and the Work
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Andreas M. Antonopoulos for part one of our two-part discussion with bitcoin developers Sipa (Dr. Pieter Wuille) and Jonas Nick on Schnorr Signatures, Tapscript, Taproot and more. Later, Adam and HRF.org's Alex...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #399 A Few Billion Bitcoins
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy & Andreas M. Antonopoulos for a deep dive into what it would take, both in theory and in practice, adversarially or with full community consensus, to pull off a bitcoin blockchain rollback. --- Support the Show!...
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LTB #398 You Can't Cram For It
##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Stephanie Murphy & Adam B. Levine for an in-depth discussion on Cryptocurrency & Taxes with CPA, Author and long-time friend of the show [Kirk Phillips](https://thebitcoincpa.com). The Ultimate Bitcoin Business Guide (Kirk's Book) is available in...
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LTB#397 - Money is Funny
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine for a discussion on the realities of base-layer-bitcoin fungibility. --- Support the Show! Sponsored by: www.Edge.app Tip LTB:1FZGD64BA7B9GdwDhGGGF92amt9X6VH38K or Via the Lightning Network…
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LTB# 396 Ma Freeze Peach!
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for an exploration of new lightning channel rebalancing service "Loop Out", followed by a round-about discussion of centralized risks within and surrounding decentralized...
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LTB#395 Do You Accept Petros?
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine for a discussion on Stablecoins, Government Dysfunction, and Cryptocurrency Adoption. After the break, we'll share an update from Christian out of Venezuela. --- Tip LTB...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #394 Functional Trumps Theoretical
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Caitlin Long, Jonathan Mohan, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine for a discussion on the Supernegotiability alternative to the Bitlicense and other recent progress out of Wyoming LTB Episode T-shirts now available at LTBSHOW.COM Join Caitlin Long,...
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LTB#393 - Open, Neutral, Decentralized & Borderless
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a full episode of listener questions. LTB Episode T-shirts now available at LTBSHOW.COM --- Tip LTB:1FZGD64BA7B9GdwDhGGGF92amt9X6VH38K or Via the Lightning Network at...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin #392 That's Not a Blockchain, That's a Sequence of Poor Engineering Decisions!
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a look at the latest Coinbase privacy kerfluffle, JPM's tepid jump into the Stablecoin market, and the still unannounced but inevitably coming "Facebook Coin" and what it...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #391 Exploring California's Crypto-Legislation
On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Adam B. Levine explores AB1489 or "The California Bitlicense" and AB953 "or The California Stablecoin Cannabis Taxation Bill" through a series of short interviews on various sides of the issues. First, we speak to Colin Gallagher, a longtime community...
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'Let’s Talk Bitcoin!' is the longest-running English language talk show on the ideas, people and projects surrounding the Bitcoin movement and Cryptocurrency phenomenon. Featuring analysis and discourse by hosts Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Dr. Stephanie Murphy, Adam B. Levine, and Jonathan Mohan, episodes feature friendly, in-depth discussions and even-handed interviews.
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