Bitcoins & Gravy

On today’s show I am speaking with Hubert, the host of Mad Potcoins. Hubert lives in Denver where he enjoys legally growing a small crop of Marijuana plants for his own enjoyment. Hubert I and talk about everything under the sun including organic growing versus using chemicals and pesticides, the difficulties growers, head shops and dispensaries are having in procuring and keeping bank accounts an...

On today’s show I speak with Vadim Telyatnikov, the CEO of Alpha Point. Alpha Point is powerful software that allows you to launch an exchange in days not months. Alpha Point supports multiple languages, interfaces and protocols. It also supports any and all fiat and cryptocurrencies. Throughout the interview we talk about Hedge funds and exchanges, how Alpha Point is different from its competitor...

Episode #56: Michael Connell – Bitcoin Comedian! On today’s show I travel to Australia’s Gold Coast, the Miami beach down under where beer does flow and men do indeed chunder – all except my special guest Bitcoin Comedian Michael Connell. Michael talks to us about how he got into comedy and how he got into bitcoin. And throughout this episode we get to hear Michael’s classic and hilarious bit abou...

On today’s show I travel down under to Adelaide, Australia to speak with Simon Edhouse, the CEO of BitTunes. BitTunes is reinventing global music distribution by creating a people powered platform. Simon talks to us about how this platform allows P2P file sharing to achieve its full potential as the optimal internet distribution mechanism and how he aims to monetize the exchange of digital data. S...

Episode #54: David Schwartz explains Ripple On today’s show I speak with David Schwartz, the Chief Cryptographer at Ripple Labs and one of the architects of the Ripple protocol. David was developing encrypted cloud storage and messaging systems for organizations like CNN and the NSA when he discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and soon became active in the Bitcoin community as "JoelKatz". In late 2011, he w...

Episode #53 Patrick Byrne Speaks! On today’s show I am honored to be speaking with a modern day American patriot, Mr. Patrick Byrne – the CEO of overstock.com. Patrick teaches us about public education in the United States and how it is sadly broken on many levels - with more money often going to administration than to our teachers and our students. Patrick also tells us the truth about the SEC. H...

Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #52: Fool’s Gold & Dolphin Tanks! On today’s show I am honored to be speaking with Dr. Charles Evans, Professor of Finance and Economics at Barry University in beautiful Miami Shores, Florida. Dr. Evans talks to us today about fool’s Gold, Dolphin tanks that replace shark tanks, the Lighthouse project by Mike Hearn and how a lot of people may be unknowingly stepping over...

Episode #51: Bitcoins in Bali! On today’s show I interview Gary Dykstra a Detroit transplant living in Indonesia on the beautiful island of Bali. Gary tells us about Bitcoin in Bali and how it’s now possible to vacation in Bali and spend only Bitcoins. We get an update on the Ubud weekly meetup and we learn about the BitIslands.com social experiment going on right now. Gary also tells us about lat...

Episode #50: Max Hernandez: The Badlands ARE The Future! On today’s show I am fortunate to have back at The Tree House Studio one of my favorite authors, Max Hernandez. Max talks to us about his novel, Thieves Emporium, a compelling journey into a dystopian future where the innocent and the not so innocent live, work and play on the dark side of the internet. Throughout this interview Max shares w...

Episode #49 Coinffeine - The Distributed Bitcoin Exchange! On today’s show I fly all the way to Madrid, Spain where I meet up with Alberto Gomez Toribio, the CEO of Coinffeine, an open source peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin exchange platform. Imagine Bitcoin jacked up on caffeine and that’s Coinffeine. When Coinffeine launches you’ll be able to buy and sell bitcoins securely and anonymously without hav...

On today’s show I ask my good listeners to forgive me as I replay a previous episode. With the holidays upon us, traveling out of town to visit family and friends has made it impossible for me to schedule an new interview and do all the associated editing and compiling necessary for a new show. But the good news is that the interview I had with Andreas Antonopoulos a few weeks back is here reprodu...

Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #47: Mathew Bivins Bitcoin Renaissance Man! On today’s who I’m very happy to be speaking with Matthew Bivins of Chicago, Illinois. Mathew is Web Developer, an Actor and a former member of the totally Crypto band, “Jump, Little Children”. Mathew and I talk about everything under the sun including traffic in Chicago, helping kids learn how to read better, tipping content c...

On today’s show and thanks to one of our loyal listeners, I was able to finally meet up with Elizabeth Rossiello. Elizabeth is an American living and working in Kenya. She has worked as a microfinance analyst and investment associate since 2009. She is an expert in East African financial product development and she is the CEO and Co-Founder of BitPesa. BitPesa is the next logical step after mpesa...

Reverend Johnny preaches: there's a great battle raging in the world that will test the fortitude of every man, woman and child . . . put your love of each other above your love of money."

I wrote The Bitcoin Blues as a way to express all the regrets I have since entering into the crazy world of Bitcoining! But of course I have had more great times and more important learning experiences than at any other time in my life - except those years on the playground in elementary school . . . THOSE are where we learn the real truths about life that stick with us forever. I performed this s...

On today’s show I stay right here in Nashville where I am privileged to be speaking with Tennessee’s top banking official, Commissioner Greg Gonzales. Commissioner Gonzales is the man responsible for overseeing the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions. Commissioner Gonzales talks to us about how he is working to bring state legislators together, with payment experts and users, to examine...

On today’s show I travel all the way to Cyprus the island country of about 1 million people basking in the sun and surrounded on all sides by the Mediteranean Sea. I have the pleasure of speaking with Mario Neocleous about the bright future of my all time favorite altcoin, Solarcoin. I also speak with Ivana Mladenovic Neocleous about her Luxury natural Soy Wax Candles and her retail business Candl...

On today’s show I travel out West for a lively conversation with America’s own Southern Rockin musician Shooter Jennings. Shooter is the President of Black Country Rock Media, a fair and intelligently managed music label out of Southern California. Shooter talks to us about the future of music, how Bitcoin is going to play a part in that future and of course we talk a bit about good old Nashville,...

On today’s show I travel out West to the great state of Utah to speak with Mark Hilgenberg the Co-Founder of WatchMyBit.com. WatchMyBit is an amazing new Platform for musicians, comedians, actors, entertainers, educators and content creators of all kinds to express themselves and make some real money doing so. And by real money, of course I’m referring to Bitcoin, the currency of the internet. Ima...

Today I feel so very fortunate to have on the show my good friend Mr. Andreas Antonopoulos. Mr. Antonpoulos is a passionate teacher who talks to us today about the University of Nicosia in Cypress and the exciting news that they have launched the very first Master of Science degree in Digital Currency. This Masters Degree is now offered to students worldwide through an online format. Listeners don...

On today’s show I am privileged to have back on the show Jonathan Chester the Co-founder, Chief Strategic Officer and Compliance Officer with BitWage. BitWage offers a future for Payroll that has never been seen in the history of the world! Jonathan explains to us the details of how with BitWage, employees can now get paid in Bitcoin whether or not their employers even know or care about Bitcoin!...

Happy Halloween everyone! On today’s show I am thrilled to finally be interviewing Bitcoins and Gravy’s biggest fan, Adairia. Adairia is a modern day renaissance woman, a writer, an artist, and a veritable think tank of creative ideas. She talks to us about art and dance and music, the importance of community and how to be truly excellent to one another. Adairia shares with us her well thought out...

On today’s show I am pleased to have back on the show Cedric Cobban and Eddie Corral of the Bitshares Music Foundation. Cedric and Eddie talk to me about the music business – past, present and future. And indeed the future looks bright for the music business as we prepare to move away from our old paradigms that keep the power in the hands of music business fat cats and put the power where it belo...

On today’s show I travel to New York City to speak with Kevin Cruz. Kevin is a storyteller, a musician, a linguist, a writer, a blogger and an artist who was lucky enough to be contacted by Brawker and offered the chance of a lifetime – to live on Bitcoin for a month in New York City – all expenses paid! Kevin’s adventure takes him to the dentist for sparkling clean and shiny teeth, to a fancy res...

Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #36: Airbitz.co & OpenBazaar.org On today’s show I travel to San Diego to speak with Paul Puey, the CEO and co-founder of Airbitz.co, a mobile and web app company soon to be launching a Bitcoin wallet on iOS and Android. Airbitz is also a business directory that helps you find merchants in 14 different countries where bitcoin is accepted. Paul talks to us about the launc...