YMB: Your Liberty & Bitcoin Podcast

This is episode 69 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! This week, we're chatting about privacy. As liberty-oriented people, we know that it's important to keep some things secret, especially from the government. But is it possible that some people take privacy too far? If we commit our lives to hiding from the authorities, does that mean we've already lost the battle for freedom? Today, John will explain why he ...

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This is episode 68 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! This week is all about keeping secrets. First up, Tim and John will chat about the government and encryption. Some law enforcement officers have proposed that they should be given guaranteed access to encrypted data on smartphones. As you can probably guess, we think that's absurd. Tim and John will explain why they think a system like that would cause ...

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This is episode 67 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! This week, we're touching on two topics that might not be as different as some people think: politics and games. For starters, we'll chat about Rand Paul, America's first presidential candidate to accept Bitcoin donations. Many liberty-oriented people laugh at the idea of a libertarian running for office, but we'll see if we can spot any benefits. Then later in ...

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This is episode 66 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! This week, we're discussing a DEA agent gone rogue. His name is Carl Mark Force IV, and he was allegedly able to scam Ross Ulbricht from the Silk Road, a cryptocurrency exchange called CoinMkt, and even his own employer, the US government. We'll chat about how he pulled everything off, how he got caught, and much more. Also in today's ...

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This is episode 65 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! We're joined by two very special guests today, Angela Keaton from Antiwar.com and Drew Phillips from Bitcoin Not Bombs. Angela Keaton: Google Drops Antiwar.com First up today, Angela Keaton will share her story about Google's decision to disable AdSense ads on Antiwar.com. Google cited some decade-old, horrific - but honest - photos from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad as the ...

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This is episode 64 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! Evolution Market Collapses Evolution is one of the many Bitcoin dark markets that sprang up after the Silk Road was shut down. Unfortunately, the platform vanished just days ago. Many suspect that the market's administrators decided to run off with their users' funds, but no one is certain. The following recording took place just hours after collapse was discovered. We'll ...

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This is episode 63 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! We're kicking things off this week with some discussion about the Isle of Man. The small, self-governed island has long been an attractive center for tech and finance startups because of low taxes and a healthy digital infrastructure. It will soon have a regulatory framework for digital currencies, so some expect it to become a Bitcoin paradise, but we're not ...

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This is episode 62 of You, Me, and BTC, the planet's most entertaining Bitcoin podcast! Cody Wilson is a Bitcoin lover and cryptoanarchist with a number of well-known projects. He recently tried to become a board member of the Bitcoin Foundation and promised to completely dissolve the organization if he succeeded. He didn't win the election in the end, but we'll chat today about what might have fueled his attitude and whether or not we ...

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