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DigiByte and Friends

8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

Join Josiah from DigiByte as he makes new friends and interviews them to learn more about all things Crypto.

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Episodes

DigiByte and Friends - 07 - Growing economies, urban mobility, UBI's with Geoff Simmons

December 05, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MB

Geoff Simmons and I caught up to talk about why people put their money in to property / gold / cryptocurrency, addressing poverty, getting around changing cities, unconditional basic incomes and the impacts of an automation society. You can learn more about Geoff Simmons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Simmons And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/geoffsimmonz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeoffSimmonsNZ/ Geoff is the leader of The Opportunities Party in New Zealand...

DigiByte and Friends - 06 - Best advice to help take Crypto as a method of payment with Jon Moore.mp3

December 04, 2019 09:04 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB

This episode of DigiByte and Friends looks at utilizing cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin and DigiByte as a method of payment, the ups and downs of talking with companies, security of different payment methods (Credit card / Paypal etc), helping people to take crypto as payments, advice to use to get people interested, the benefits of crypto vs traditional credit cards, helpful analogies for customers and so much more! You can reach Jon at https://www.LitecoinTechSupport.com Or on...

DigiByte and Friends - 05 - Education & Meet-ups with Laura Taylor

October 25, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MB

In the 4th episode of DigiByte and Friends, we hear from Laura Taylor. She's lead a Blockchain course at a college, as well as running many different meet-ups. We talk about DigiByte in the education system, how you can "plant a seed" to get people interested in blockchain, alcohol and cryptocurrency, starting a meet-up in your area and so much more! You can reach Laura on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LTLovesDigi

DigiByte and Friends - 04 - ASICs vs GPUs, ProgPOW with Kristy-Leigh Minehan

October 18, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

In this episode of DigiByte and Friends, we discuss ProgPOW with Kristy-Leigh Minehan, one of the authors of ProgPOW. We also look at general blockchain mining, ASIC vs GPU vs CPU, user-engagement /participation in mining, decentralization of a blockchain, optimizing for hardware and more You can reach Kristy-Leigh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohgodagirl/ Or Twitter: https://twitter.com/OhGodAGirl You can also read more about ProgPOW: https://medium.com/@ifdefelse/understan...

DigiByte and Friends - 03 - Big blocks, scaling and SPV wallets with Kurt Wuckert Jr from BitcoinSV

October 14, 2019 01:59 - 1 hour - 85.4 MB

In this 3rd episode of DigiByte and Friends, we have a great dive in to scaling Bitcoin, scaling DigiByte, roles played on the network, what a node is, SPV ("lite") wallets, incentivizing people to give you cryptocurrency, and did something *actually* happen if it wasn't on-chain? You can find out more about Kurt on Crypto Traders Pro: https://cryptotraderspro.com He's also available on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kurtwuckertjr And Twetch: https://twetch.app/u/292

DigiByte and Friends - 02 - What makes a good dApp with Forrest (Hashoshi4) from Crypto YouTube

October 14, 2019 01:21 - 37 minutes - 52.8 MB

In Episode #2 of DigiByte and Friends, I have Forrest (Hashoshi4) on to talk about dApps.  We talk about building on Ethereum, DigiAssets for DigiByte, what can / shouldn't be a dApp, challenges, costs, and building for the future.  You should definitely check his YouTube channel out, he does a ton of great educational and informative content that's well worth giving him a subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Hashoshi4?sub_confirmation=1

DigiByte and Friends - 01 - Staking, on-chain governance & DAOs with Navcoin's Craig MacGregor

October 13, 2019 20:52 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

In this first episode of DigiByte and Friends, we look at Navcoin NOTE: this was recorded in-person in a cafe, apologies for the less than ideal audio Navcoin are doing some really cool things with their on-chain governance The Navcoin DAO is also a really interesting aspect of how they are looking after certain aspects of their blockchain too We look in to privacy pitfalls and benefits, code commits, getting people involved, exchanges staking, game-theory behind coin value and so much m...

DigiByte and Friends - 00 - Introducing DigiByte and Friends

October 13, 2019 09:48 - 42 seconds - 672 KB

This is an introduction to DigiByte and Friends, so you know what to expect from future episodes

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@top_nz 1 Episode
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