You, Me, And Btc: Liberty & Bitcoin

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e160This is episode 160 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Today’s episode is all about an absolutely amazing message we received from one of our biggest fans. We called for feedback last week (http://ymb.tc/e159), and Mathew O’Keefe came in clutch. He asked three specific questions that will guide this entire episode.First up, we’ll chat about Satoshi Nakamoto. Way, way back in episode 98 (http://ymb.tc/e98), we considered the possibility that Satoshi could win a Nobel Prize in Economics. Mathew wants to know if Bitcoin’s creator gets enough credit, so we’ll share our thoughts.Then after that, we’ll discuss Andreas Antonopoulos, an extremely respected man in the Bitcoin space. He’s one of our biggest role models, but should we worry that he’ll one day use his influence to negatively affect Bitcoin?And to wrap things up, we’ll get to one of the most important topics in YMB history: the government. Mathew is from Australia and says that his neighbors resp

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e159This is episode 159 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We have all kinds of fun planned for today’s show. First up, we’ll reconsider the age-old debate, Bitcoin vs. gold. We’ve covered this topic numerous times (originally way back in http://ymb.tc/e10), but today we’ll specifically refer to an article from Zerohedge. The piece claims that the Bitcoin price cannot be compared to the gold price. That might be true in some ways, but we’ll also cover some serious points that the article seems to miss.Then after that, we’ll chat about some comments on one of our recent episodes. If you want to share your own thoughts and have a chance to get them on the show, make sure you drop us a note right now!And to wrap things up, we’ll cover high frequency Bitcoin traders in China. Apparently, there are quite a few people who don’t believe in Bitcoin but trade it regularly for profit. Is this bad? Will the price eventually crash if people are trading Bitcoin for t

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e158This is episode 158 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Today’s episode is extra special. We decided at the last minute that we’d record live on YouTube and release it with zero editing, so this week you get to hear us completely uncut.The topic? Plantoids. Apparently, some people want to use smart contracts to create blockchain-based DAOs (distributed autonomous organizations) that manifest themselves as real life sculptures. Some even suggest that such entities would be artificial life forms.This sounds pretty darn cool, but is it really life? Is it even art? What makes art art? We’ll take on these questions and more over the next hour. And as our resident artist, John will have an especially unique take.Your hosts this week are Daniel Brown, Tim Baker, and John Stuart. Tune in for our thoughts on art, life, artificial intelligence, and smart contracts!Leave a comment and tell us if you think plantoids will take over the world!Every click helps. If

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e157This is episode 157 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we’ll cover Bitcoin’s giant crash over the past few days. According to one report, Bitcoin is getting demolished. That may be true on paper (if you just look at recent weeks), but we wouldn’t have recorded 157 episodes of YMB if we really thought that Bitcoin could be demolished.Most people say the crash happened because Chinese officials announced that they were going to investigate some Bitcoin exchanges. We’re not sure if that’s just rhetoric or a serious threat, but regardless, we’re certainly not worried about good old Bitcoin.Then to wrap things up, we’ll chat about what we expect for Bitcoin under DJ Trump’s imminent reign. Supposedly, the budget chief he selected, Mick Mulvaney, supports Bitcoin. The Republican representative claims that Bitcoin cannot be manipulated by the government, which sounds smart, but will he really leave crypto alone?Your hosts this week are Danie

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e156This is episode 156 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Some people just have to complain about everything, and Bitcoin is certainly an easy target. So today’s show is all about Bitcoin haters.It all started with a tweet about how Bitcoin naysayers will have to change their strategy in 2017. It’s becoming harder and harder for them to say that Bitcoin is dead, so they’ll have to find other ways to harass us. The Bitcoin Rat outlined some possible attack vectors that we’ll cover in the show.As part of the discussion, we’ll express some concern about Bitcoin worshipers too. Some people are obsessed with Bitcoin’s potential and constantly claim that the price will never stop rising. But unfortunately, such talk can easily detract from Bitcoin’s real value.Your hosts this week are Daniel Brown, John Stuart, and Zack Voell. Tune in if you want to help hate on the haters!Leave a comment and tell us if you think it’s bad to praise Bitcoin too much!We’d also

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e155This is episode 155 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Happy New Year, Bitcoiners! Despite the expectations of countless media and so-called economists, Bitcoin survived 2016. In fact, it seems like it did far more than just survive. So as we often do this time of year, we’ll take an episode to assess the past year in Bitcoin and predict the future.To recap 2016, we’ll consider Mike Hearn’s exit (http://ymb.tc/e108), SegWit (http://ymb.tc/e142), the presidential election (http://ymb.tc/e125), and more. Then after that, we’ll make some Bitcoin predictions for 2017 and chat about some goals for the YMB podcast itself.Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Tune in for the great celebration!Leave a comment and tell us what you expect for Bitcoin in 2017!If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, or anything else, use the share buttons to let others know that it exists! Every click helps.Or to support YMB more directly, subscribe on Patreo

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e154This is episode 154 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!You’re about to hear us try something we’ve never recorded before. In today’s episode, we’ll dial up another radio show, Free Talk Live (http://ymb.tc/e132), during their live broadcast. That’s right. On a whim, we’ll call in to national radio and ask about Bitcoin. The hosts do like Bitcoin and will share their thoughts on its recent rally.Then after that, we’ll discuss some of the crazy things that people constantly freak out about. Whether it’s terrorism, economic doom, or unprecedented elections, people are always scared of something and such fear affects the price of Bitcoin. But how much does it impact Bitcoin and how long will the effects last?Tune in for an absolutely crazy show! Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us what you think drives the price of Bitcoin!If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, or anything else, use the share butto

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e153This is episode 153 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we’ll cover Bitcoin, oil, and volatility. According to CryptoCoinsNews, Bitcoin was actually less volatile than oil over the past year. This might seem crazy because many people used to bash Bitcoin for having too many price swings, but it’s probably a good sign.Then after that, we’ll jump into a related discussion about OPEC and market manipulation. The organization is famous for trying to raise oil prices by cutting production. And even though it seems so backwards to interfere like that, the group actually seems to profit from it. Theoretically, that kind of cooperation and manipulation could happen in a truly free market, so we’ll chat about ways to avoid such dangers.Tune in for an exciting economic discussion! Your hosts are Daniel Brown, Tim Baker, and John Stuart. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us how you think a free market should handle successful manipulators!If this Bi

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e152This is episode 152 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Today we have two marvelous guests with us, Michael W. Dean and Derrick Slopey. Both gents are behind numerous Bitcoin- and liberty-friendly projects, so today’s show is chalk full of things they’re working on.We’ll kick off the show with a discussion about BipCoin and Dot-Bip. The former is an extra anonymous cryptocurrency based on the CryptoNote technology. The latter is a Namecoin-like DNS system that will resist censorship with ease.Also on the list for today: FeenPhone, the BipCot No-Government License, cats, and tons more.Tune in for a wild ride with two masterminds! Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us which project you think brings the most freedom to the world!If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, or anything else, use the share buttons to let others know that it exists! Every click helps.Or to support YMB more directly, subscribe

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e151This is episode 151 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Today’s show is all about three economies struggling to maintain their fiat currencies. We covered one, Zimbabwe, a few weeks ago (http://ymb.tc/e149), where they use foreign currency. The other two are India and Venezuela.In India, the government recently banned 500 and 1,000 rupee bills. This caused a huge cash shortage and significant interest in Bitcoin. In Venezuela, the government is printing so much money that it’s easier for merchants to weigh it rather than count it. The inflation rate is hundreds of percent and ATMs are often refilled multiple times per day.How does this happen to economies? How can avoid the traps of printing money, capitals controls, and debt? Tune in to this shorter show for our take! Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us which of those three countries/economies you think would be the worst to live in!If this Bitcoin podcast was

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e150This is episode 150 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Happy Thanksgiving! Today’s show is all about two massive Bitcoin battles: Coinbase versus the IRS and ViaBTC versus SegWit.First up, we’ll cover the IRS’s request for millions of customer records from Coinbase. Supposedly, some Bitcoin users cheated on their taxes, so the IRS wants everything from transaction records to physical addresses to device history and more. This is obviously an invasion of privacy, but how far will Coinbase go to protect their customers?Then after that, we’ll chat about ViaBTC’s plan to block Segregated Witness. ViaBTC is a mining pool whose operator, Haipo Yang, hopes to get enough hashing power to run the network on Bitcoin Unlimited, which has no block size limit. We’ll read an interview from Bitcoin Magazine to help us understand the debate better.Tune in to learn all about the great SegWit debate! Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Enjoy!Leave a comment and

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e149This is episode 149 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we cover one economist’s serious theory that Bitcoin could save Zimbabwe from another currency disaster. The country has used a variety of foreign cash for several years and now has a shortage. Apparently, it’s not so easy to stay afloat when you can’t just print more of your own money.We’ll dive into the details and share some thoughts on the news. Why do people even need a national currency? Why can’t they just use whatever money the choose? How can we support private currency competition?Then later in the show, we’ll chat about a little Twitter debate that began after last week’s episode (http://ymb.tc/e148). Some people bugged BCoin for making a different Bitcoin implementation, while others say we need the competition.And to wrap things up, we’ll touch on an education sale over at Udemy (http://ymb.tc/learn). For the next few days, every single course (on coding, animation, c

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e148This is episode 148 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Could Bitcoin Core really go away some day? Andrew Lee, the CEO of Purse (http://ymb.tc/purse-savings), joins us today to help answer that question. We first interviewed him ages ago (http://ymb.tc/e18) to ask how Purse saves Bitcoiners money on Amazon, and now he’s back with a new project, BCoin.BCoin is quite new, but it’s already one of the most popular fullnode implementations of Bitcoin. That means it can do everything that Bitcoin Core does, but it’s faster, cleaner, and more powerful. Mr. Lee will explain why Purse decided to take on such a project and how it could displace Bitcoin Core.Tune in to learn how Purse and BCoin are pushing the limits of Bitcoin! Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us if you think Bitcoin Core could ever disappear!If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, or anything else, use the share buttons to let others kno

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e147This is episode 147 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, Daniel sits down with Paul Puey, the CEO and Co-founder of Airbitz. We had him on the show (http://ymb.tc/e40) two years ago to chat about his user-friendly Bitcoin wallet, and now he’s back to reveal his new plans for the project.One essential part of Airbitz’s future is their equity crowdfunding campaign that is currently running on Wefunder. The platform allows anyone to invest in the company with as little as $100. Mr. Puey will also cover some of the other companies that he’s working with to develop and use decentalized crypto security tools.Then after that, Tim joins in to chat about Theo Chino’s war against the BitLicense. Chino is a businessman who saw that regulations were ruining Bitcoin entreprenuership, so now he’s suing the state. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have much support, but he does hope to encourage a meaningful conversation about the issue.Tune in to learn how A

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e146This is episode 146 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!We all know Tor is cool for anonymous browsing. Adblock is cool for, well, blocking ads. And ProTip is cool for tipping our favorite publishers with Bitcoin. But what if we could have all of the above in one fast, safe, and secure browser? Supposedly, such a product is in the works over at Brave.So today’s show is all about that browser, which uses a protocol called Anonize. It seems like a great idea, but it might have some serious flaws. For one thing, it doesn’t seem to be very decentralized. The company even has to collect tax forms from publishers. Is this a deal breaker?Tune in to learn all about the pros and cons of Brave! Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us if you would use the Brave browser!We’d also like to thank this episode’s sponsor, Satoshi Dice. Head to http://ymb.tc/satoshidice to play the original and best Bitcoin dice game!If this Bitcoin

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e145This is episode 145 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!First up today, we’re chatting about The 21 Marketplace. 21 Inc. made waves awhile back (http://ymb.tc/e73) when they announced their Bitcoin Computer, but at the time no one really knew what they were up to. Turns out one of their main projects was this API marketplace, which allows people to buy and sell computing power (API calls) with Bitcoin. Could something like this be a killer app for Bitcoin?We’ll also spend some time investigating GlobeSpotter, a new service that claims to be the first one built entirely on top of 21’s grid computing network. It uses nodes on the 21 network to monitor websites and servers at a much lower cost than traditional services.Then to wrap things up, we’ll cover Bcoin, a new JavaScript library for Bitcoin built by Purse (http://ymb.tc/purse-savings). Bitcoin Core is complicated software that can be incredibly hard to work with, but a library like this should mak

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e144This is episode 144 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Happy National Coming Out Day! In celebration of this magnificent holiday, today’s show is all about coming out. It’s never easy to tell your friends and family that you love Bitcoin, but we believe in you and we know you can do it.But seriously, how has coming out as a Bitcoin user changed over the years? Bitcoiners used to get all kinds of slack for using this crazy magic Internet money called cryptocurrency. Does that still happen? Do people even care if you use Bitcoin anymore? Perhaps they show less interest because crypto is old news?Tune in to learn all about the history of coming out! Your hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us what your parents said when you came out as a Bitcoiner!We’d also like to thank this episode’s sponsor, Satoshi Dice. Head to http://ymb.tc/satoshidice to play the original and best Bitcoin dice game!If this Bitcoin podcast was inte

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e143This is episode 143 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Sheeple waste countless hours these days arguing about which presidential candidate will create more jobs or protect us from the evil Muslims and Mexicans. Slightly smarter sheeple argue instead about which candidate is less crooked than the other. But you and I know much better.This is a liberty podcast for Pete’s sake. We all know that neither Trump nor Hillary will do anything better than the last 44 presidents. So we’re asking a much more interesting question: Who is better for Bitcoin?Both candidates have the potential to run this country into the ground. Both will continue to amass debt and kill people. And both will continue to devalue the dollar (http://ymb.tc/e138), which could send Bitcoin soaring. But who will do it faster?Will Trump’s tongue piss people off and start the demise? Or will Hillary’s pet hawk start World War 3?Tune in for a real presidential debate! Your hosts are Daniel

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e142This is episode 142 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!True Bitcoiners know all about price spikes. We were there for all the bubbles and we’ve seen the price move tens of percentage points in a matter of hours. But over the past several months, Bitcoin has actually been relatively stable. It made some sudden shifts during the halvening (http://ymb.tc/e131) and Brexit (http://ymb.tc/e129), but those were tiny compared to the old days.So what’s going on? When will we finally blast off towards the moon again? We have some ideas. In today’s show, we’ll cover four upcoming events that could easily get Bitcoin going again.One of the most important events is scaling Bitcoin. Segregated Witness is coming very soon and the Lightning Network recently passed a test with flying colors. If it becomes easier for more people to use Bitcoin for more stuff, should the price start soaring?Tune in to find out how and when we might all become filthy rich! Your hosts ar

MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e141This is episode 141 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!A recent episode of USA’s Mr. Robot featured a tense battle between two dystopian crypto theologies. On one side, there was Bitcoin, with its privacy- and freedom-loving followers. And on the other side, corporate tycoons aimed to create a predatory cryptocurrency, eCoin.The TV show is fictional, of course, but could this scenario really happen? Today’s podcast is all about that possibility.We already know that giant corporations like Google (http://ymb.tc/e65) and Facebook (http://ymb.tc/e130) are watching our every move. And they’re probably in bed with the government too. So are we worried that they might make some sort of faux-crypto? Will they get the sheeple hooked on their own digital currency so they can watch us even more? Has this already happened?Tune in to learn about these crypto-apocalyptic ideas! Your hosts are Daniel Brown, Tim Baker, and John Stuart. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tel