The Bitcoin Game

Welcome to episode 57 of  The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm someone who feels a bit like a Bitcoin Maximalist, yet I still really wanted to learn about Amaury Séchet, lead developer of Bitcoin Cash (EDIT: note it's been pointed out that Amaury is the lead dev of Bitcoin ABC, the main client used for BCH, but he isn't technically the lead dev for BCH - apologies for the inaccurate wording)....

Welcome to episode 56 of  The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. I met Peter Kroll at a Bitcoin conference about a year ago. When I asked Peter what his involvement was with Bitcoin, he told me he created the original Bitcoin paper wallet at BitAddress.org. I was pretty impressed, having used his tool often! Peter had kept it a secret that he was behind BitAddress.org until late 2014, and even since...

Welcome to episode 55 of  The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, I'm happy to present an interview with one of the most well-known fine artists in the cryptocurrency space, Cryptograffiti. I'm a huge fan of his work, and was happy to get to learn a bit more about him. Check out his art in the links below. SHOW LINKS Cryptograffiti's Site https://cryptograffiti.com Twitter @Crypto...

Welcome to episode 54 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Back in 2015, I had been waiting and waiting for a Bitcoin conference to be held here in Los Angeles. I finally gave up and booked a trip to the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference. Of course, shortly after making arrangements to go to Austin, LA's first Bitcoin conference, The State of Digital Money, was announced. 2018 marks the third year I...

Hello, welcome to episode 53 of  The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. In this episode I speak to Zac McClure of TokenTax, in what I feel is one of the most in-depth cryptocurrency tax discussions I've ever heard on a podcast. We discuss everything from like-kind cryptocurrency exchanges to the idea of selecting specific cost-basis cryptocurrency when giving a gift. We also cover some of the featur...

Hello, welcome to episode 52 of  The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode I speak with Mike In Space, longtime creator of Bitcoin memes, and more recently, the host of the comedy series, Bitcoin Car Talk . I've never heard Mike interviewed, so I thought it would be fun to learn a bit more about him. I enjoy Mike's unique sense of humor enough that you'll hear me laugh just hearing his voi...

Hello, welcome to episode 51 of  The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. Since my last episode, we've seen the Bitcoin 2X fork called off, and just when it seemed everyone could relax for five minutes, the Bitcoin Cash fork went on a full scale blitz. Bitcoin never disappoints in providing interesting times. In October, the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup featured a talk with Bitcoin Core developer Jonas...

Hello, welcome to episode 50 of The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode also marks three years since I started this podcast. Back in 2013, when I was first getting into Bitcoin, Jeremy Allaire's interest in the space was a big validation of Bitcoin's importance as a disruptive technology. So I was pretty excited when Brian Cohen introduced me to Jeremy to arrange this interview. In today...

Hello, welcome to episode 49 of The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. After moderating a Bitcoin scaling panel at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles, I followed up by arranging back-to-back interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo. I wanted to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. Last episode was my interview with Ryan, and now the yin to Ryan's yang,...

Hello, welcome to episode 48 of The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. In episode 47 you heard the Bitcoin Scaling panel I moderated at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles. While I loved being part of that panel, I really didn't get to ask many questions. The time allotted to that panel went by so quickly that I really wanted more! So, I was able to arrange interviews with Ryan X. Charles and...

Hello, welcome to episode 47 of The Bitcoin Game , I'm Rob Mitchell. We recently had the State Of Digital Money, the first big Bitcoin conference in Los Angeles since 2015. Actually, I'm unsure if I should call it a Bitcoin conference, since the majority of the presentations were not directly related to Bitcoin. Luckily for me, I got to moderate a panel on scaling Bitcoin with notable Bitcoiners:...

Hello, welcome to episode 46 of The Bitcoin Game,  I'm Rob Mitchell. In these times of uncertainty and division, Bitcoin could use some fence menders. Especially if they have technical chops and experience in the space. Jameson Lopp is just that kind of person. This episode contains his entire talk from The Future Of Bitcoin, the recent Bitcoin conference held in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The confe...

Hello, welcome to episode 45 of The Bitcoin Game,  I'm Rob Mitchell. Sometimes it's pretty cool being a Bitcoin podcaster. For instance, I was really curious about estate planning in terms of cryptocurrency and key management. So I reached out to expert Pamela Morgan, and she agreed to come on the show. Pamela has a law practice called Empowered Law, and she's the CEO of Third Key Solutions. If yo...

Hello, welcome to episode 44 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, Blockstack co-founder Ryan Shea helps me understand what Blockstack is doing to create a decentralized web with local apps, secure DNS, identity anchored to the Blockchain, and more. SHOW LINKS Blockstack - blockstack.org Ryan on Twitter - @ryaneshea Blockstack on GitHub - Github.com/blockstack Ryan on GitHub -...

Hello, welcome to episode 43 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This is part two of my interview with Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero. In part one , we focused on Riccardo's past and the early days of Monero. In today's episode, Riccardo gives his views on topics like Ethereum, Proof of Work, Monero's regular hard forks, Barry Silbert's love of Ethereum Classic, tinfoil hat theories abo...

Hello, welcome to episode 42 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. My guest today is Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni of Monero, a cryptocurrency focusing on user privacy. Perhaps the best way to keep an eye on Riccardo (and his trolling antics) is to follow him on Twitter at @FluffyPonyZA . Learn more about Monero at getmonero.org . STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame....

Hello, welcome to episode 41 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest today is Charlie Shrem. When I got into Bitcoin, the two ways I was most familiar with to buy Bitcoin were to wire money to Mt. Gox in Japan, or go to the local 7-Eleven to send cash to BitInstant. It's not hard to see why BitInstant became one of the biggest Bitcoin companies in the U.S., until it stopped doing busin...

My name is Rob Mitchell, and it's hard to believe this is my 40th episode of The Bitcoin Game . I was a fan of Let's Talk Bitcoin from day one, since it launched right after I got into Bitcoin. I reached out to Adam B. Levine early on, and worked with the LTB Network in various capacities. During that time, I recorded a number of interviews that weren't quite publishable, for one reason or another...

Hello, welcome to episode 39 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Odds are, if you are into Bitcoin, then you know Roger Ver, a.k.a. Bitcoin Jesus. And you possibly are aware that Roger is a huge proponent of increasing Bitcoin's maximum block size as soon as possible. But he's not just talking about it, he's taking action, as you'll hear. Roger is certainly a doer, and besides all the Bitcoin c...

Hello, welcome to episode 38 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. It's always great interviewing a knowledgeable person who's not afraid to give an opinion, and Rodolfo Novak is that sort of guest. In this interview, we discuss Coinkite's early days, which started with a Blockchain explorer, custom Bitcoin payment terminals, a widely-used wallet hosting service, and a backend that utilizes hardw...

Hello, welcome to episode 37 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. Everyone has a unique story. When I started this podcast, I really wanted to talk to Bitcoiners who hadn't been exposed in Bitcoin media. There are a couple of really interesting local Bitcoin traders I've tried to interview, but surprisingly, sometimes it's easier to get a Bitcoin core developer on the show, than many of the less...

Hello, welcome to episode 36 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. I have to admit, as cool as Ethereum has always sounded to me, I haven't kept up on it. Then, earlier this month, the market cap of Ether surpassed one billion dollars, about a sixth of Bitcoin's market cap. The price has come down a bit since then, but seeing the high valuation made me realize I'd better get caught up on Ethereum...

This is an excerpt from episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game with Samson Mow and Joseph VaughnPerling: The-bitcoin-game – The-bitcoin-game-035-tales-from-two-roundtables == LINKS == Bitcoin Roundtable medium.com/@bitcoinroundtable Samson's Dramatic Tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable twitter.com/Excellion/status/700855910269214720 == SPONSOR == While much of Bitcoiners' time is spent in the world of digi...

Hello, welcome to episode 35 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode I speak with BTCC 's COO Samson Mow, who attended the Bitcoin Roundtable in Hong Kong. Then I speak with Joseph VaughnPerling, who attended the 2016 Satoshi Roundtable . And at the end of the show, I put together a little something based on Samson's dramatic tweets from the Bitcoin Roundtable. Please let me know...

Hello, welcome to episode 34 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell, and my guest is Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd. Peter was really open in this interview, and we talked about everything from his relationship with Gavin Andresen, to mistakes he made in his early days working with Bitcoin Core, and a dozen topics in between. A lot of Peter's focus was on explaining what he feels are the differe...