The Bad Crypto Podcast

Fully Redundant NFT Storage with Jonathan Victor With NFTs getting close to going mainstream, it’s more important than ever that creators and consumers feel confident that their NFT is secure on the blockchain. Nothing would be worse than owning an image and having it disappear one day in the future. Today we have the opportunity to talk with Jonathan Victor, head of Web3 and NFTs at Protoco...

Crypto Roulette with Travis and Joel Did you know there are currently 13,297 coins listed on CoinGecko.com? We’ve never heard of the majority of them. In episode 597, we are going to fire off the randomizer and see which coins come up. We’ll go to their website and attempt to figure out what they are doing in real-time. So spin the wheel with us and let’s go down the rabbit hole...

Own Your DNA Sequencing with Aldo de Pape of Genomes.io We can’t change our skin color. It’s in our DNA. We can’t change how tall we will be. It’s in our DNA. And we can’t not make fart jokes on our podcast. It’s in our DNA. You can tell a lot about someone from their DNA, but the mainstream sequencing services don’t treat your data with the respect you de...

Tax Time 2022 with Clinton Donnelly Gather round all ye citizens of these United States of America. Once again, the taxman is about to come calling on you to render under Caesar that which is Caesar’s even if it is at the point of a gun.  That’s right, April 15th is looming and it’s time to pay your taxes… or file your extensions. Today we are pleased to welcome CPA C...

Celebrating International Women's Day with Natalie Brunell Natalie Brunell is a former network journalist who is all in on Bitcoin, and now seeks to educate the masses on the power of decentralization and sound money.  Full show notes: Badco.in/594 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: iTunes: http://badco.in/itunes Spotify: http://badco.in/spotify Stitcher: http://badco.in/stitcher Google Play: htt...

Is Avalanche the World’s Fastest Smart Contract Blockchain? Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, VP Marketing, Ava Labs Continuing our series of exploring other blockchains, we stick to the beginning of the alphabet to check out one of the newer players on the scene, Avalanche. And while still relatively new, the AVAX token has broken into the Coin Gecko Top 10.  In episode 593, we visit with Jay Kurah...

Is Algorand the Future of Finance? With many new blockchain solutions now finding an audience, we’re learning more and more about the different ways these chains work.  The next two episodes take us down the rabbit hole of a couple chains that some of you have been asking about, Algorand and Avalanche. In episode 592, we will start with Algorand, a chain that claims to be the future of...

Cybersecurity with Joseph Steinberg Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me., But beware ye landlubbers… there be nasty scoundrels on the high seas and they be seeking to seize your booty. Not that booty… yer cryptos and NFTs.  And ye don’t be wanting to lose your treasures to thieves and scallywags. In episode 591. we welcomed cybersecurity expert, Joseph Steinberg, to the sh...

They say history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.  According to today’s guest, we are in the midst of the greatest Renaissance, since the, well, The Renaissance.  Welcome to the Crypto Renaissance.  It parallels the original Renaissance in many ways… NFTs are the new masterpieces and NFT collectors are the new Medici family of patreons.  In episode...

Jayden Sage in the Land of Infinity Ground control to Major Tom. Ground control to Major Tom. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. And while you’re at it, eat a few ears of corn. It’s awesome space food. In episode 589, we discuss deep space ventures and their connection to blockchain. Jayden Sage is one who knows about these things. As usual, our questions are unprepared an...

Art on the Blockchain Revisited with Vesa As we rapidly approach the fifth anniversary of this podcast, it’s amazing to us how quickly time has flown by. We thought it was a great time to invite Vesa back to see what’s changed and what has stayed the same. We get into some deep stuff about the nature of art and how NFTs are changing the game. One pill makes you larger and one pill make...

 Why We Need Bitcoin with Joshua Scigala, Vaultoro Let’s get ready to REEEEE!!!! This episode has it all… Journeys down conspiracy rabbit holes, discussions about Joe Rogan, cancel culture, why CBDCs are very bad, and it has Travis rants.  Oh yes, does it have ranting.  Oh, and we talk crypto privacy with Joshua Scigala. If you are an NPC, you probably shouldn’t l...

How to Keep Your Ethereum Wallet Private with Alan Scott, Railgun Privacy is something all humans instinctively value. It is a well-recognized human right, and even those who deny it to others expect it for themselves. Privacy and anonymity should be the default, not the exception. Your consent should be needed before your personal or financial details are revealed to any would-be voyeur.  Th...

A Fireside Chat with Eryka Gemma Remember a couple of episodes back when Eryka Gemma moderated a fireside chat with us at The North American Bitcoin Conference, and we said words about things? Well, we just couldn’t stay away and we’ve invited her to this show to say more words. In episode 585, we discuss Eryka Gemma's journey down the crypto rabbit hole, how she founded the first Bitc...

Hacking the World with Mohsan Farid Are you secure in your cryptos?  How do you know?  The world is a crazy place full of hackers and ne’er do wells just looming in the shadows trying to take your cryptos and take all your crypto treasure, while trying to avoid jail.  Sometimes, the black hat hackers turn into good white hat hackers who help look for vulnerabilities in various...

The Future of Web 3.0 from Bitcoin Miami 2022 In case you weren’t aware, Travis and I are from the future.  It’s our job as futurists to get there before you do so we can warn you about what’s coming next. Well, we’ve been there. And there still aren’t flying cars. But what we HAVE seen there is fascinating, and we were recently invited to the keynote stage at Th...

A Heart to Heart with Richard Heart Here at the Republic of Bad Cryptopia, we have interviewed hundreds of people from the crypto world. There are just so many different opinions and takes on the space and we like to cover it all. It’s kind of like we’re the Baskin Robbins of Blockchain.  Some guests could be considered vanilla, like Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, giving th...

NFTs as the Key to Everything with Tom Bilyeu What can you do with an NFT? After all, there’s way more to it than a piece of art. NFTs unlock experiences. And as more creative entrepreneurs find their way into the NFT space, you can count on the available experiences and deliverables leveling up. In episode 581, we are pleased to welcome Tom Bilyeu, founder of Quest Nutrition to the show. Af...

Relocating to Puerto Rico  As listeners of this show, you know by now that both Travis and I relocated our bad selves and our businesses to the tropical island of Puerto Rico. Many of you are asking why we made the move and what our experience has been like so far. In episode 580, we are lounging poolside at the Travilla to share with you the financial and personal benefits of moving to Puert...

HODLing with Dan Held In episode 579, we are pleased to welcome Dan Held to the show to do more held puns and discuss the past decade of Bitcoin and crypto. We also might be pouring out a little Ice T for all y’all. So hodl someone close on as we hedl our way through episode #579 of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full show notes: Badco.in/579 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast:  http...

From Alpha to Zeta with Theo Agranat Here on the beautiful tropical paradise of Puerto Rico we have had the opportunity to meet many amazing people.  One such individual is Theo Agranat.  A Bitcoin OG, Theo has been in the space for a very long time, and is now the co-founder of AlphaCrypto. Capital, a firm focused on investing in and advising early-stage blockchain projects. We go down...

Cryptokitties Revisited It’s hard to believe that we’ve been tracking the NFT world for more than four years. In fact, it started with hilarity in December of 2017 when we first discovered the Cryptokitties. We may have been the very first podcast to cover the subject, and four years later not only have we spoken with hundreds of projects on this podcast and The Nifty Show, but we&rsqu...

Privacy Stable Coins with Haven Protocol Many in the crypto world are big fans of privacy coins. Many are also fans of stable coins.  But if you are a fan of both, it’s difficult to find solutions that accommodate both privacy and stability.  Until now.  We’ve discovered Haven Protocol, which claims to be the world’s only network of private stable assets.  In...

Monster Bull Move On the Way? - Bad News For Wednesday, Dec 15th Bitcoin lingers below $50,000 again and people are beginning to question if we have seen the highs for this cycle. Kraken CEO says Bitcoin is a solid buy below $40,000. Elon Musk is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, and he says Dogecoin is better for buying stuff than Bitcoin. Nike looks at the NFT world and says “let&r...

Is Telos EOS Done Right? In episode 574, we have Douglas Horn, former movie director, writer, game creator and all-around good guy turned blockchain badass, whitepaper writer, and creator of Telos to Telos all about it, here on Episode 574… [royal trumpet sound] of the Bad Crypto Podcast. Full show notes: Badco.in/574 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast:  http://badco.in/itune...