The Bitcoin Podcast Network

Today's episode Corey and Collin bring on Andrew Poelstra, a mathematician and Director of Research at Blockstream. The guys dive straight into ECDSA vs Schnorr signatures, its history, and their future in crypto systems. They talk about Mimble Wimble, and how it bled into upcoming massive improvements of the Bitcoin protocol. Lots of great stuff to sink your teeth into this episode so we go a bit longer than usual. Enjoy the show!

This week Collin and Lucian discuss two pertinent security concerns that hit Ethereum this week. Synthetix was hit by a bug in an oracle on the value to the South Korean Won that netted one trader a billion dollars in an hour (trades were later rolled back). Edgeware's Lockdrop smart contract had an error that put the $290 million in Ether locked in at risk.

Collin and Lucian discuss the Ethereum gateway announced by Cloudflare this week. While it works in a similar way to Infura, this shows how the large developer community is attracting established players. Oxfam rolled out a pilot program that give South Pacific Islanders access to Dai tokens in short notice in case of a natural disaster. Lastly we talk about a EthSites which encodes data directly into the Ethereum blockchain for censorship resistance.

Welcome back, Dr. Sirer on our 50th episode! The Avalanche consensus protocol was released last year by a pseudonymous team of researches "Team Rocket" (no relation to Pokemon, our sources say). Dr. Emin Gün Sirer has been a strong proponent of the protocol and has developed an implementation under his company AVA Labs. With test TPS of 6500 on a realistic test environment, AVA is already showing speeds rivaling VISA on Black Friday. We re-hash Avalanche for the audience and then explain how the AVA implementation works, learning more about open questions such as smart contracts on AVA.

This episode, the boys kick back and discuss topics of interest. No interview this time but we are joined by members of the community and we dive into the HODL+ strategy, Facebook's Libra (a.k.a. ZuckBucks), the very concept of what trading is and whether it's good for the ecosystem, what virtue signaling is and if influencers are taking advantage of it, you know we're talking about the price, and much much more. Enjoy the show!

We read Cyrptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.

With great pleasure, we present to you, Austin Griffith. You've seen this man all over YouTube, often rockin' a bowtie, and showing some amazing and dynamic live demonstrations of his creative process in designing new user experiences for Ethereum. Author of the xDAI burner wallet, expert in meta transactions, and dapp development pioneer, Austin's energy and knowledge is palpable. This episode is a lot of fun and highly educational.

In Episode 40 of The Bull Pen Podcast, The Crypto Bully steps into the Bull Pen with an individual who goes by the pseudonym AnonOne aka AO. AO was both a business strategist and technical developer for BitConnect back in its starting days and came to Lyndon with quite a perspective and some insider information on how the business operated up until its exit from the market. AO also speaks on Bitcoin not staying #1 forever, quantum proof coins, India’s new law proposal that could result in a crypto ban and offense punishable by up to 10 years in jail, and another scam project that he contributed to in its early days known as MCAP. The validity of this information cannot be publicly verified due to the protection of AO’s identity but comes from a highly trusted source.

This week Lucian and Collin talk about Meta Transaction, a process allowing the offloading of gas costs for Ethereum smart contracts. They go over Maker xDAI and the Burner Wallet work by Austin Griffith. Finally there's a long talk on Libra, because why not?

This week the 3 Amigos of Crypto have on a guest! It's been a while since interviews were on TBP, but they figured it'd be a great time to bring them back! Lolli is the guest, they promise any GPP the opportunity to get some Bitcoin for shopping at leading retailers online. If your Momma shops at Walmeezy, then she can earn some bitcoin...easy! The crew hit a litany of topics this week: Facebook, Adoption, Price, and Transparency in one's holdings. It's a helluva show this week and we're happy that you tuned in. Also...#TheymosIsBitchmade.

We read Cyrptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.

In Episode 39 of The Bull Pen Podcast, The Crypto Bully steps into the Bull Pen with Matthias Jakisch. Matthias is a serial entrepreneur with a background in software engineering as well as owning and running a software company. This experience combined with his knowledge and enthusiasm for blockchain and cryptocurrency is what set the stage for the launching of MarkNetwork, a blockchain solutions enterprise. Matthias speaks with Lyndon about the many big things MarkNetwork has in the works and isn’t shy about letting his compassion be heard as you’ll be able to tell throughout this interview.

In this week's episode of the flagship show on The Bitcoin Podcast Network. The 3 amigos discuss why they so heavily say #NotInvestmentAdvice, and then they proceed to give investment advice. Some of it good, some of it bad... Also, the amigos give 9 tips to securing yourself and your crypto when participating in this crypto life. Enjoy! Logos Press Engine includes Logos Podcast and Hashing It Out. Hashing it Out dives into the mechanisms and hardware of the technology that aid in making sovereign communities. 

We read Cyrptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.

We interview Nik Kunkel of MakerDAO on the technology behind their DAI stable token and the MKR token.

In Episode 38 of The Bull Pen Podcast, The Crypto Bully steps into the Bull Pen with a unique individual who goes by Vicious aka Bitcoin Stoner. Discovering crypto early on and having the opportunity to invest in the Ethereum ICO based on a hunch proved to be one the best decisions ever made after checking in on Ethereum’s prices a few years later. This then started a roller coaster ride of emotions and a learning lesson that Vicious would never forget. After experiencing tremendous gains, unbelievable losses and moments of deep depression, Vicious made it through the market’s ups and downs coming out with a sharper mind, stronger emotional IQ and most importantly...a game plan for the next alt coin season.

MakerDAO has built a token that is reasonably stable with the USD. We have the great pleasure of interviewing Nik Kunkel, Head of Backend Services at Maker. In this Part 1 of 2 on Maker, we talk about the cryptoeconomics behind creating a stable token pegged to the USD. It's essential to understand this before getting into the technicals found in Part 2 of 2 (next episode, #48). This is compelling work, and truly amazing how well it's standing against the throes of the fluctuating markets.

The 3 Amigos of Crypto dive into more of the depth that you're used to with them. They go into discuss some scaling issues and what potential affects they can have on cyrptocurrency in general. Also...Coinstar is expanding, is this a sign that adoption to non-crypto GPPs is starting to take hold. Fergulati gets on his high horse about the failure to launch approach to trying to make a blockchain that can do "all the things". Ray Redacted swings by to discuss a perfect opportunity to HODL+, a 120% gain on the BTC price on a 90-day roll! Enjoy!

Lucian covers Avalanche, Homomorphic Hashing, the steps in Eth 2.0, and Parity's work with light clients.

We read Cyrptocurrency headlines. It used to be kind of serious...but only kind of. Now, we mainly try to take the news seriously because it is kind of redundant and have fun in that attempt. Welcome to the best crypto show you're going to hear for the rest of your life. You're welcome.