Epicenter Bitcoin

From May 15 to 17, we attended the Bitcoin 2014 conference in Amsterdam. We had the opportunity to interview many speakers and attendees and talk about their projects and perspectives. In this series of interviews, we talked to: - Bobby Lee, CEO of BTC China - twitter.com/btcchina - Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin and software engineer at Coinbase - twitter.com/litecoin - Philippe Rodriguez, President of Bitcoin France - twitter.com/philrod - Filip Roose, co-founder of Orillia and...

On episode 22 we had Wendell Davis on, who is CEO of two Bitcoin startups. The first one is Hive, a popular and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet targeted at Mac Users (and Android). His second startup, Humint, aims to help companies and brands issue their own cryptocurrencies - think loyalty points. Our discussion of Hive covered wallet business models, usability and the payment protocol. After we talked about the crazy future awaiting us when everyone from a hot dog stand to your grandmother...

From May 15 to 17, we attended the Bitcoin 2014 in Amsterdam. We had the opportunity to interview many speakers and attendees and talk about their projects and perspectives. In this series of interviews, we talked to: - Jon Matonis, Executive Director and board member of the Bitcoin Foundation - https://twitter.com/jonmatonis - Marc Barach, CMO of Jumio - https://twitter.com/MarcBarach - Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong - Radoslav Albrecht, Founder of...

For episode 21 we had Asher Tan on CEO of CoinJar, a very successful Australian Bitcoin startup that offers similar services to Coinbase. We talked about the plans with CoinJar, what we think of Circle’s new product and the recent price increase. Levin Keller, who is a board member of the German Bitcoin foundation, joined us to talk about a recent statement by the German Finance ministry on Bitcoin. He has been warning about a possible sales tax on Bitcoin for months and that seems to be...

From May 15 to 17, we attended the Bitcoin 2014 in Amsterdam. We had the opportunity to interview many speakers and attendees and talk about their projects and perspectives. To start off our coverage of the event, we have the keynote presentation by Patrick Byrne (https://twitter.com/OverstockCEO), CEO of Overstock.com. Mr Byrne talked about the history of liberalism and the upcomming crypto revolution. Please support the show by tipping us at http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips. Subscribe at...

We recorded episode 20 in Amsterdam the morning after the Bitcoin 2014 conference organized by the Bitcoin Foundation. It was a great event and we'll be releasing many interviews from that event over the coming weeks. Our two guests for the post-conference sit-down were Jorge Timon (http://twitter.com/timoncc) and Mark Friedenbach (http://twitter.com/MarkFriedenbach). Jorge is the founder of Freicoin, which is, from an economic perspective, one of the most innovative altcoins. They are also...

For episode 19, we had David El Achkar on as our guest host. He is a Bitcoin entrepreneur in Beirut and the founder of the Bitcoin Lebanon group. We covered the following topics: The broken payment system in the Middle East His startup Yellow Pay BitPay raising $30m Moolah wallet provider allows audit of funds The possible consequences of Dark Wallet Are you going to be at the Bitcoin 2014 conference in Amsterdam this week? We’ll be there. Get in touch if you want to meet up. Links: Yellow...

For episode 18, Meinhard Benn was on as our guest host, while Sebastien was enjoying a few days off. Meinhard is the lead software developer for Bitcoin Brothers, a Bitcoin mining startup based in Berlin. We covered the following topics: Dark Wallet: Features, privacy and is this good or bad for Bitcoin? Every MIT undergrad will receive $100 in BTC Can Bitcoin scale? Blocksize, bandwidth, etc. Bitcoin Brothers’ ambitious mining project Links: Dark Wallet: http://darkwallet.is/ Bitcoin...

After having guests on for our last few episodes, it was back to the original cast of Brian and Sebastien for an episode. Here is what we discussed: - Spin-Offs: An Altcoin Bootstrapping Method - Is BitUndo a MAJOR threat to Bitcoin? (Brian: Looks like it. Sebastien: Don’t think so) - Xapo’s cool Bitcoin Debit Card - Cold Storage with Bit-Card and BIP38 Links: Spin-offs: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=563972.msg6148897#msg6148897 BitUndo: No link for that one! Xapo Debit Card:...

There wasn’t a lot of news to cover this week, so we took most of the episode to dive deep into the topic of Ethereum and decentralized application. We had two excellent guests on: Stephan Tual is the Chief Communications Officer for the Ethereum project, founder of the London Ethereum meetup and has played a crucial role in building out the Ethereum community. Max Kaye is a Australia-based developer focused on decentralized applications and the developer of Cryptonet, a library to build...

On this week’s show we have Joel Hampton on as a guest host. He’s a rather nomadic entrepreneur, currently based in Sydney, but about to head back to San Francisco. His startup Spendr.io is building a site to help people find high-quality, bitcoin-accepting businesses. The topics we cover include - The Neo & Bee disaster (i.e. another one bites the dust) - Spendr.io’s plans and importance of reputation - The importance of having a backup plan in case of phone theft, laptop damage, etc - The...

Brian’s away on vacation this week so joining us as a guest host is Jaron Lukasiewicz, CEO of Coinsetter. We talk about IRS guidelines and what impact they may have on everyday Bitcoin use, China’s “crackdown” on Bitcoin and the effect on price, a new startup brings wallets to iPhones and Jaron tells us about Inside Bitcoins New York were we will be taking part in a panel about the future of exchanges. Please support the show by tipping us at http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips. Subscribe at...

On today's show we have Sian Jones as a guest host. Sian is a consultant at Coinsult and specialized in cryptocurrency regulation. She helps us get to the bottom of recent rulings and guidances about Bitcoin. The topics we cover are: - The IRS guidance on Bitcoin taxation and what it means - The recent statement by HMRC, the UK’s tax authorities, on Bitcoin taxation - Will the Isle of Man become a hub for Bitcoin exchanges? - The UK Digital Currency Association and the need for European...

On Today's show, we talk about: - The new update of the core Bitcoin client to version 0.9 - Strange rumors about a Bitcoin ban in China - OKCoin and Bitstamp raising $10m each and the business of Bitcoin exchanges - KnCMiners' first Scrypt mining product the Titan goes on preorders - The proposal for a new Bitcoin symbol Please support the show by tipping us! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and anywhere fine podcasts at aggregated. Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian...

On February 12 and 13th we attended the Inside Bitcoins Conference in Berlin. After two months of podcasting together, it was the first time we met in person. We had lots of fun interviewing many people from the bitcoin community, attending interesting talks and capturing bitcoin at this unique moment in its history. This is one of a series of episodes about this conference. This episodes features two talks with different perspectives on Bitcoin exchanges. In the first segment, Jaron...

On today's show we have Jonathan Levin on as a guest host. He's an economist at Oxford University and co-founder of Coinometrics. The topics are: - Our meetups in Berlin and Lille - Jonathan’s thoughts on the vibrant London Bitcoin scene - The latest updates on the MtGox story - The future of Bitcoin exchanges - Xapo's $20m funding round - Whether altcoins will inflate the money supply? Please support the show by tipping us at http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips. Subscribe at...

On February 12 and 13th we attended the Inside Bitcoins Conference in Berlin. After two months of podcasting together, it was the first time we met in person. We had lots of fun interviewing many people from the bitcoin community, attending interesting talks and capturing bitcoin at this unique moment in its history. This is one of a series of episodes about this conference. This episode features two inspiring talks on Bitcoin its potential as a tool for change. We kick off with Oliver...

On today's show we'll talk about: - The curious story of Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto - Recent transactions indicating MtGox may still possess large amounts of bitcoin - Mark Karpeles' shady Past - Blockchain.info's acquisition of RTBTC - The new VAT guidance on Bitcoin in the UK Please support the show by tipping us at http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips. Subscribe at http://podcast.epicenterbitcoin.com/feed, also on iTunes, Stitcher and anywhere fine podcasts at aggregated. Epicenter Bitcoin is...

On February 12 and 13th we attended the Inside Bitcoins Conference in Berlin. After two months of podcasting together, it was the first time we met in person. We had lots of fun interviewing many people from the bitcoin community, attending interesting talks and capturing bitcoin at this unique moment in its history. This is one of a series of episodes about this conference. In this episode, we bring you feature interviews we did with five people bringing innovation to the Bitcoin space....

On today's show we'll talk about the Mt. Gox situation, covering : the history of recent events, the Crisis Strategy Document and what it means, theories on what really could have happened as well as the outlook for Mt. Gox, Bitcoin exchanges and Bitcoin in general. In addition, we'll talk about Neo & Bee's opening in Cyprus and the new decrease in transaction fees. Please support the show by tipping us at http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips. Subscribe at...