This is another special interview from the Bitcoin in the Beltway conference. This time, we are speaking with Paige Peterson, a representative from MaidSafe. While the project has been around for much longer than Bitcoin, it has only recently become very popular among the cryptocurrency community. Paige will explain what the network really is and how it is different than Bitcoin. We will also chat about the conference in general for a bit. Your …
Bitcoin in the Beltway was a huge success in so many ways and we are so honored that we could be a part of it. This week's episode was recorded during our travels to and from the conference in Washington, D.C. We had tons of fun explaining what we expected the conference would be like on our way there and then sharing our experiences on the way home. In this show we will chat about …
The YMB team has returned! We had an amazing time at Bitcoin in the Beltway and we were able to get lots of exciting interviews.
This chat with Jason King is the first and we'll release several more over the next week or two. King is affiliated with Sean's Outpost and recently ran across America to raise money for charity. He also co-chaired this very conference. We loved getting to know him and want to …
We have an awesome episode lined up this week for the You, Me, and BTC Podcast. We are joined by Edward Castronova, a professor at Indiana University and author of an amazing new book, Wildcat Currency. In the book, he explains the history of virtual money, everything from World of Warcraft gold to Facebook credits to the US Dollar, and how the economy might adjust to this virtual revolution. Today, we will touch …
The United States Marshals Service announced recently that it would be auctioning off the nearly 30,000 Bitcoins that it stole from the Silk Road, a Bitcoin marketplace that used to exist on the dark web. The feds acquired those funds last October when they finally shut down the black market and captured its leader, Dread Pirate Roberts, a.k.a. Ross William Ulbricht.
According to the announcement, the sale of the coins will consist of three …
For this week's episode of the You, Me, and BTC Podcast, we decided to take on some questions that we may never really know the answers to. We asked the community to come up with some hypothetical questions related to Bitcoin and you all certainly made things interesting. Some propositions were quite serious, like, "What would happen if Satoshi started moving around some of the millions of coins that he originally mined?" Others were more …
Your three favorite hosts are back together again this week to talk about a new service and some interesting concepts. MoneGraph is that new service and it allows you to create digital deeds for online art. These deeds are Namecoin records that can be traded but not duplicated, meaning digital artists can actually retain or sell "original copies" of their work. This concept is definitely exciting, but we are not entirely sure it will be …
This week in the You, Me, and BTC Podcast, we will chat with two people who have contributed significantly in the cryptocurrency space. First, we will speak with Sai, the president of Make Your Laws, an organization that works to give the people more influence in their government. Sai played an important part in getting the FEC to allow Bitcoin donations to political candidates. We spoke about that recently, but Sai will explain things much …
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