Podcast: Bitcoin Audible

CryptoQuikRead_178 – Shelling Out – The Origins of Money [Part 3 – Nick Szabo]

Part 3! of our journey through Nick Szabo’s incredible work, Shelling Out: The Origins of Money.  A critical piece to understanding money, its rich history, and key properties through the eyes of the cypherpunks who revolutionized it. Before you do anything else, drop everything a follow @NickSzabo4 on Twitter. And don’t forget to check out his other amazing work…

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CryptoQuikRead_177 – Shelling Out – The Origins of Money [Part 2 – Nick Szabo]

Part 2! of our journey through Nick Szabo’s incredible work, Shelling Out: The Origins of Money.  A critical piece to understanding money, its rich history, and key properties through the eyes of the cypherpunks who revolutionized it. Before you do anything else, drop everything a follow @NickSzabo4 on Twitter. And don’t forget to check out his other amazing work…

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CryptoQuikRead_176 – Shelling Out – The Origins of Money [Part 1 – Nick Szabo]

Today we begin our journey through Nick Szabo’s incredible work, Shelling Out: The Origins of Money.  A critical piece to understanding money, its rich history, and key properties through the eyes of the cypherpunks who revolutionized it. Before you do anything else, drop everything a follow @NickSzabo4 on Twitter. And don’t forget to check out…

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CryptoQuikRead_175 – Open Sourcing Subzero [Alok Menghrajani @CashApp]

Alok Menghrajani, security engineer at Square, details their Multisig & Hardware key management system for the cold storage of customer’s Cash app Bitcoin balances. Plus their decision to embrace the principles of the Bitcoin culture and open source their efforts to the benefit of the whole industry.    Check out the blog to applaud the…

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CryptoQuikRead_174 – How Cypherpunks Changed Economics for the Digital Age [Vijay Boyapati]

Vijay Boyapati details in a Twitter thread, the brilliant but subtle shift that cypherpunks discovered in the economic concept of scarcity that made the revolutionary technology of #Bitcoin possible.  Follow Vijay on Twitter and share this thread below:Twitter.com/real_vijayTwitter.com/real_vijay/scarcity_seems_like_a_simple… Support the show:Shop.Trezor.io Affiliate LinkThe Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our LivesMastering Bitcoin Or Donate To:3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 —…

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CryptoQuikRead_173 – Reimagining Trusted Intermediaries [Avichal Garg]

We are in the midst of a global collapse in trusted institutions. #Bitcoin and blockchain tech enable networks & economies that mitigate dependence on these intermediaries in the world’s largest market for trust: Money. In today’s episode, hear @avichal’s great piece detailing the trends and cultural shifts that have primed the world for a technological…

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CryptoQuikRead_172 – Bitcoin’s Distribution Was Fair [Dan Held]

As Bitcoin continues to succeed against all odds, there are more and more claims of how its “unfair” that early investors have profited.  Dan Held argues in an excellent summary that Bitcoin was, and still is, the fairest distribution possible. Today’s CryptoQuikRead! Don’t forget to check out Dan Held on Twitter and his other work:Twitter…

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CryptoChat_007 – The One and Only @Real_Vijay

Today we chat with @Real_Vijay about Bitcoin maximalism, growing internet censorship, standing up to Google, the troubles of BCH, the fall of Bitmain, and much more! Don’t miss today’s chat with Vijay Boyapati! Follow him on Twitter so you don’t miss the epic Tweet threads and check out his other work:Twitter @real_vijayMedium.com/@vijayboyapatiMises.org Vijay Boyapati Support…

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CryptoQuikRead_171 – Mr Fantastic, A Response to Nouriel Roubini’s Senate Testimony [Daniel Goldman]

“It’s a shame, then, given all the things he was saying that indeed needed saying, that the useful shade Roubini throws is sullied by a number of misrepresentations, exaggerations, and outright falsehoods”  -Daniel Goldman Don’t miss the awesome work by @DZack23 and others at the Abacus Crypto Journal:The Abacus Crypto Journal The other episodes/work mentioned…

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CryptoQuikRead_170 – If Games Drive Crypto Mass Adoption, Then it Will be Grassroots [Tony Sheng]

There seems to be something inherently complementary between scarce digital goods in the video game world, and the systems that ensure the scarcity of cryptocurrency tokens. But do games like Fortnite and other incumbents have any incentive to adopt a crypto model? Today we read Tony Sheng’s article exploring the ins and outs of scarce…

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