CRYPTO 101

** this is not financial or legal advice***
 Unstoppable Domains: Brad became interested in cryptocurrency in 2013 after moving into 20mission, a hacker house in San Francisco where many early cryptocurrency companies were based. He spent the past 6 years running Talkable, a Ycombinator backed marketing software company. He is now Cofounder & Head of Biz Dev at Unstoppable Domains. He firmly b...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** In this episode Matthew chat with two projects in the crypto space; Zcoin & IOTex. 

Reuben Yap of Zcoin has been a corporate lawyer for a decade, specializing in institutional frameworks. He has played a pivotal role in shaping Zcoin's strategy and vision. He is well versed in the inner workings of privacy protocols like Cryptonote, Mimblewimble...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Earlier in 2018 Matthew had Zilliqa and Streamr on the show to get 101’s on their teams and their projects. Now CRYPTO 101 met up with them in person to get updates on both of these projects and to see if our old friends are doing well. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock,...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** How is it to transfer from marketing in traditional business to the crypto space? What is it like to create a blockchain conference? With all of the different conferences in the space, how do you differentiate yourself? These are some of the questions Matthew asks Amanda Gutterman, CMO of ConsenSys and co-founder of Ethereal. Amanda Gutterman is CMO at C...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** In this episode Matthew chats with Jimmy Zhong CEO of IOST for a 101 on their project which is a blockchain network powering the next generation of Internet services. An entrepreneur at heart, Jimmy started his first business while still at high school in Beijing. Moving to the United States shortly after, he co-founded several technology startups while...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Today we have 101’s on two projects in the space. The first one is a decentralized open source social media platform, Minds.com. The second is bounties network; a place where you can open source projects to get done and set a bounty on it. For example, you need a new logo for you podcast, put it on bounties network with a bounty of 0.4 ETH and watch diff...

Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Our Sponsors: * Check...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Are your Pokemon Safe? Or, is someone from across the world going to steal them by spoofing their GPS? This is the danger of unreliable GPS location data. Someone could spoof your location. But worse, what if they spoof companies, businesses, or government locations?

With GPS, spoofing a location and making someone think you are somewhere else totally p...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Matthew was in Denver for the ETH Denver hackathon and got to sit and chat with over a dozen projects. This is another installment of those chats. 

In this episode we chat with MakerDAO and Nori. For MakerDAO, we heard from their founder Rune in a previous episode. In this episode we hear from their head of oracles. Also, in previous episodes of CRYPTO...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** I need some cash like really bad. But, all I have is crypto. I really do not want to sell my crypto. I am a HODLer! 

Rune Christensen understands your pain so he made MakerDAO. A platform that you can collateralize your crypto and take out a loan. He also made DAI stable coin to help manage the volatility of crypto. Listen to this episode for a 101 on M...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Today we sit down with three projects to give 101’s on what they are up to on the blockchain. Recorded from ETH Denver, Celer, Rhombus, and TrueBit walk us through their team, projects, 101 terminology specific to their projects, and, of course, their projects. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** In the wake of hacks and operational mishaps, new exchanges keep popping up. Why? Is it really that lucrative that people will take the chance to create something that deal with so many security issues? Are they purposely trying to create a platform for fraud? Or, are they trying to create a better exchange learning from the mistake of the past? The real...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** The CEO of JP Morgan has been a very outspoken critic of bitcoin. It has been said, and seems a pretty reasonable conclusion, that he was purposely manipulating the price of bitcoin and other crypto currencies for either personal or professional gain. At the same time making sure to let everyone know that he feels bitcoin is a scam. Then we find out the...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Caitlin Long is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. She has been leading the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 13 blockchain-enabling laws in 2018 and 2019. From 2016-18 she jointly spearheaded a blockchain project for...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** National Geographic is a 131 year old company, with fellows the likes of Jacque Cousteau, Jane Goodall and many more. Marcus East joins CRYPTO 101 to tell the history and goals of NatGeo to make the world a better place, and how blockchain technology can help in the process. Marcus is a customer-focused product and technology executive, non-executive dir...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Richard Heart is creating Bitcoin HEX and is of the opinion that Bitcoin has failed as a currency. He argues that it is a great store value, however. Listen to Richard’s reasoning and also get a 101 on Bitcoin HEX. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.c...

** this is not financial or legal advice*** Mt. GOX lost approximately 850,000 bitcoins in the biggest and most costly hack in crypto history. One of those people who lost their bitcoin in the hack was Kim Nilsson. After the hack, Kim took it upon himself to research all aspects of the Mt. GOX hack, making himself one of the leading authorities on the facts behind the case. Listen to Kim Nilsson t...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Mt. GOX lost approximately 850,000 bitcoins in the biggest and most costly hack in crypto history. Now, Brock Pierce wants to bring the exchange back as a way to rise the stain on the crypto space from the ashes. Listen to Brock tell us about he history, the operations, the hack, and the hope of reviving Mt. GOX. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** This is a BAD Podcast. With Joel Comm and Travis Wright of the BAD Crypto Podcast. Matthew loves hanging out with other people in the industry to see what they are up to and get their perspectives on all things crypto and content creation. 
 Joel Comm is New York Times bestselling author, blockchain enthusiast, professional keynote speaker, social media...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** TOKEN2049 is one of the biggest crypto conferences in Asia. Yet, it is only on its second year. How did Christopher Strauch, Managing Partner of Alice Capital and Co-host of the event, create the successful event? Chris hangs out with Matthew Aaron to tell CRYPTO 101 exactly how and why he did it. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.co...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Great ideas don’t always come in ICO or blockchain form. Sometimes, it is just the ability to connect the old world to the new world that makes for a great project. Meet Brave New Coin and its CEO/Founder Fran Strajnar. Fran is a multi-disciplined entrepreneur and blockchain evangelist, Fran co-founded Brave New Coin in 2014 and has been deeply involved...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Jace Cohen, GOT Miner, Ken (@livelife724), & Arseni Temirov, listeners of CRYPTO 101, spend more than an hour hanging out with Matthew to chat many topics in the crypto space. This is an amazing episode because we get 4 different perspectives of a variety of questions from the average consumer in the crypto space. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Pa...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** One of the biggest buzz words in the crypto space is decentralization/decentralized. But, does ‘decentralization’ only refer to the network? Does it refer to the community? How about the governance of a coin? And if it refers to all of the above, then to what extent? In this episode Allen Hena formally of Stake and Nodes and founder of DARC Network join...

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** In this Episode Matthew has a chat with the CEO of Ledger; one of the most popular hardware wallets in the crypto space. We expand on his recent interviews as well as asked listener and user questions. In 2013, Eric discovered Bitcoin and the blockchain technology that struck him as the fourth industrial revolution. He then opened La Maison du Bitcoin,...