Adrian Chen wrote the first article about the darknet marketplace Silk Road and Bitcoin, causing the price of BTC to go from $10 to $14. Adrian discusses:

why he never has owned a single Bitcoin

his investigation into Satoshi Nakamoto's identity

the misperception that Bitcoin is anonymous

*whether crypto has scrambled Jay’s brain


Plus, Aaron shills his bags HARD.


7:30 Bitgrail hacked


7:33 Nano (XRB)


14:03 "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable" (Adrian Chen, Gawker 2011)


17:33 BitcoinTalk forum


24:41 @AdamBack / Wei Dai


25:16 @JiaTolentino


28:28 @NickSzabo4


31:42 Bitmex


45:02 Tor


48:30 "Suspected AlphaBay founder dies in Bangkok jail after shutdown of online black market" (Washington Post, July 2017)


55:01 Bail Bloc


56:29 The New Inquiry


1:04:53 [Dogecoin (DOGE)] 15


1:05:36 Catbreading

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