Digital Cash Network
356 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDocumenting the global digital cash revolution. Podcasts, news videos, interviews, and more about the exciting world of cryptocurrency and blockchain tech, and guides on how to start living on crypto today. From the perspective of living on crypto since 2015.
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Digital Cash Rundown 33 with Eric Olson: Institutions Buying BTC, Malaysia Bans Binance and More!
July 31, 2021 03:15 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBEric Olson comes on the Digital Cash Rundown to talk about the state of the crypto world today, including institutions gobbling up Bitcoin and other cryptos faster than small players can get at them, and what implications that has for the future and decentralization of the space. We also mention Binance being banned by Malaysia, and where the cryptospace giant goes from here after so many legal and regulatory troubles in recent years. We also cover MasterCard's CEO saying the company has to ...
Digital Cash Rundown 32 with Spencer Kuzara: THORChain Exploits, Bitcoin Twitter Tipping and More!
July 24, 2021 14:04 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBSpencer Kuzara comes back on the Rundown to talk the latest happenings, including of course the high-profile THORChain exploits/hacks resulting in the loss of millions of dollars, and their path forward with the "Chaosnet" approach to mainnet testing and the associated risks. We also go over Twitter's plan to include Bitcoin tipping on the platform, and the technical means by which that may be achieved, most likely by the Lightning network. We also go over central bank digital currencies, in...
Jeremy Kauffman on the LBRY Blockchain's Future and Odysee's New Features
July 21, 2021 03:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBLBRY and Odysee CEO Jeremy Kauffman comes back on the podcast to talk about the recent progress both have had, but also to address some concerns as to the future, particularly in the age of the SEC's lawsuit against LBRY, which Kauffman believes may be looking shakier by the day. We talk about Odysee's move to facilitate credit card payments on the platform without using the native token, as well as what that means for the token itself's viability moving forward. We also talk about the LBRY ...
Dash Podcast 176 with Mark Mason: DashDirect, Dash Marketing Hub and More!
July 17, 2021 15:13 - 2 hours - 114 MBThe incomparable Mark Mason comes on the Dash Podcast to talk, for once, about everything wrong with, and holding back, Dash. At the risk of controversy, we cover all the issues with leadership, missed opportunities, and more, that have affected the project over the years. And finally, we turn towards solutions: the Dash Incubator, which funds decentralized development, the Incubator model, and the upcoming Dash Marketing Hub, which seeks to take the Incubator model on to new heights in prom...
Digital Cash Rundown 31 with Eléonore Blanc: THORchain Exploit, Doge Founder Hates Crypto, and More!
July 17, 2021 13:56 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBThe great Eléonore Blanc comes on the Digital Cash Rundown to rant about all kinds of awesome things, foremost among them being THORchain, what it means for the future of decentralized finance, and (unfortunately) the recent exploits that cost millions of dollars and what that means for the "Chaosnet" approach the project is taking. We also talk about Dogecoin's co-founder and his current cynicism on crypto. Finally, we talk Erik Voorhees, ShapeShift's founder, and his decision to move the c...
Digital Cash Rundown 30 with Paul Puey: Digital Yuan, SEC Settles with Bitconnect and More!
July 10, 2021 14:52 - 49 minutes - 46 MBPaul Puey, CEO of Edge Wallet, comes on the Rundown to talk all things crypto, including the SEC's ongoing Bitconnect settlement where years later some of cryptocurrency's biggest scammers are finally paying fines, and what that means for the rest of the space. We also covered CBDCs, central bank digital currencies, and what they offer vs. other traditional currencies and cryptocurrencies. Finally we talked a lot of stablecoins and market rankings, and how much they make sense right now. Th...
Dash Podcast 175 with Dash Core Head of Marketing Arden Goldstein
July 04, 2021 16:59 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBDash Core Group's new head of marketing Arden Goldstein joins the Dash Podcast for a grand intro into the community. She details her background on Dash, and her quest to define the role and marketing opportunities now. We cover the marketing deficiencies of Dash in the past and the challenges of the future, including website SEO issues, and reaching new users, including regular non-technical people, particularly women. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip i...
Digital Cash Rundown 29 with Chris Pacia: Porcfest, Bitcoin Maximalism, El Salvador and More!
July 03, 2021 13:23 - 50 minutes - 47 MBDeveloper and Bitcoin Cash advocate Chris Pacia comes on the podcast to mostly rant about Bitcoin maximalism. We rant about the Lightning network, and the difficulties in onboarding hundreds of thousands of people, as well as Chris and his early days with Mike Hearn criticizing the abilities of Lightning to solve on-chain scaling. We also go over PorcFest, and the Bitcoin maximalist debates and their shrinking share of the pro-liberty movement over time. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much...
Digital Cash Rundown 28 PorcFest Edition with Hilawe and Eric
June 30, 2021 14:57 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBOn this special episode of the Digital Cash Rundown, Hilawe and Eric join us live from PorcFest, the Porcupine Freedom Festival, an annual gathering of thousands of liberty lovers from around the world. We cover what makes this festival and movement so special to the cryptocurrency world, from its humble beginnings to now the place of legend. We of course also cover the actual commercial scene where almost all merchants take cryptocurrency payments, including which ones they take, and how th...
Dash Podcast 174 with Dash Core CFO Glenn Austin
June 18, 2021 20:23 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBGlenn Austin, CFO of Dash Core Group, comes on the Dash Podcast to discuss all things finance and regulation surrounding Dash. We go into deep discussion into DCG's budgetary considerations, including their long-term sustainability over not only the bull market but the coming bear market, and their perceived ability to finishing hiring outstanding positions and maintain them for the foreseeable future. We also talked a lot about regulation, including process on Dash's regulatory issues, as w...
Is Salvador's Merchants Accepting Bitcoin Going to Be a Disaster?
June 17, 2021 02:58 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBEl Salvador recently recognized Bitcoin as legal tender, which is huge news for global cryptocurrency adoption! Some of the details of what the law entails, however, may make it a tricky proposition for merchants seeking to become compliant with the new law and accept Bitcoin. Here I break downt he various challenges facing the onboarding of an entire nation to the Lightning Network. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip if you enjoy the content, either here...
Digital Cash Rundown 27 with Eléonore Blanc: El Salvador and Twitter to Use Bitcoin and More!
June 12, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 103 MBEléonore comes back on the Digital Cash Rundown for a particularly long and comprehensive episode where we go into the the adoption and regulatory issues facing cryptocurrency today, including of course the Salvadoran adoption experiment, where Bitcoin has been declared legal tender by the government, potentially moving the cryptospace forward but posing some interesting and daunting onboarding problems. We also cover Twitter announcing Lightning payments, and Dutch officials recommending ba...
Dash Podcast 173 with Mike Lewis of the Dash Investment Foundation
June 06, 2021 16:42 - 1 hour - 90 MBMike Lewis, Dash Investment Foundation supervisor, comes on the podcast to talk about the DIF in-depth and answer some questions. We go over the mission of the world's first decentralized hedge fund, and how it plans to both help the Dash ecosystem and obtain a return on investment. We talk about the types of investments that are pursued, including legal agreements with companies, something that wasn't there for the big 2017 Dash bull run. We also go into detail about certain companies, inve...
Digital Cash Rundown 26 with Lorenzo Rey: Bitcoin Miami Conference Scaling, Elon Breakup and More!
June 06, 2021 03:01 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBLorenzo Rey comes on the Digital Cash Rundown to talk about the latest cray happenings in crypto, including of course the big Bitcoin conference in Miami and all the scaling problems and maximalism it displayed. We also talked about Elon Musk's influence over the crypto prices, and the ongoing Dogecoin saga. We also spent quite a bit talking about the major Bitcoin forks, Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV, speculating on their future and if they can survive in the new crypto age. Donate - Sponsor...
Why Have Dogecoin and Bitcoin Cash Lost Transaction Volume Recently?
June 04, 2021 14:35 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBBoth Dogecoin and Bitcoin Cash have had interesting years during the bull market and have each captured their own sort of attention. But despite this, daily transactions for both have actually gone down recently! Why is this? Two very different reasons. I break down what the data actually says and the possible reasons for this. Hopefully you learn something from this! Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip if you enjoy the content, either here or via any of t...
Digital Cash Rundown 25 with Chuck Williams: Musk Madness, SEC Regulating Exchanges and More!
May 29, 2021 18:04 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBThe one and only Chuck Williams comes back on the podcast to talk the latest crypto happenings! In this installment we go deep into regulation, not just the SEC seeking to regulate crypto exchanges, but on the long-term game plan of regulators as they face a world which is slowly slipping from their fingers. We go into Elon Musk and the Bitcoin energy expenditure conundrum, as well as its origins in the struggles of geopolitics. We also go way deep down the rabbit hole on what to expect from...
Chad Barraford on the THORchain Cross-Chain Decentralized Exchange
May 25, 2021 20:19 - 1 hour - 56 MBChad Barraford, technical lead for THORchain, comes on the podcast to discuss the project from start-to-finish: what THORchain is, how it manages to enable cross-chain decentralized exchange trading without custodial solutions or requiring the end user to interact directly with the RUNE token. We go into detail on how the system works, how one goes about running a THOR node, how one provides liquidity, and more. Finally, we go into the game theory and security measures behind the protocol wh...
Dash Podcast 172 With Dash Core Developer Pasta on Version 0.17 Release
May 24, 2021 15:11 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBDash Core developer Pasta comes on the Dash Podcast immediately following the version 0.17 release to explain everything that's in it, and a whole lot more. We cover some of the basic improvements, as well as the rebranding of the mixing function to CoinJoin, and the numerous Bitcoin backports. We go deep into BLS signatures and compare them to Schnorr, and go into the various signature schemes and tradeoffs. We also go into the structure of Dash development, and on its lateral rather than t...
Digital Cash Rundown 24 With Scott Cunningham: Crypto Crash, Bitcoin China FUD, Energy and More!
May 22, 2021 19:45 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBScott Cunningham comes back on the Rundown to talk about the current state of the crypto markets, including the epic crypto crash, which may or may not have ended the bull run. We talk the effects of China FUD about new crypto bans coming on the markets, but mostly we talk about Elon Musk and the energy issues highlighted on Bitcoin, and whether or not it's an issue for proof-of-work cryptocurrencies moving forward, especially when compared with other large polluters like the banking system,...
Pomp Starts Bitcoin Pizza Company... But Doesn't Take Bitcoin?!
May 18, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBBitcoin perma-bull Anthony Pompliano, a.k.a. Pomp, recently came out with a new pizza company, Bitcoin Pizza, to sell junk food and raise some money for Bitcoin protocol development while he's at it. But the company, in a bizarre twist of fate, doesn't even take Bitcoin! Why is this? Here's my thoughts. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip if you enjoy the content, either here or via any of the cryptocurrency addresses in my CoinTree link. You can also send...
Digital Cash Rundown 23 With Kurt Wuckert Jr.: Elon Dump, Bitcoin Energy, Doge Devs and More!
May 15, 2021 18:39 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBKurt Wuckert Jr. comes on the Digital Cash Rundown once again to talk the latest crypto happenings, mostly about Bitcoin and Elon Musk, of course. We discuss Musk's Bitcoin-manipulating antics, which of course launches a discussion into the energy efficienty of proof-of-work mining, and comparisons to proof-of-stake. We also talk Dogecoin, and whether or not there will ever be any significant development. And of course a lot of extra stuff. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening...
How Did Bitcoin's Clunky User Experience Get the Way It Is?
May 13, 2021 01:58 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBAnyone who has actually used Bitcoin recently knows that the user experience for the average user isn't so great: transactions can take a long time, fees are crazy, addresses are confusing, and plenty of network disruptions can happen. But how did it actually get this way, and why is it that way? I break down the real technical limitations that lead to this end result, as well as the design choices, both politically-motivated an otherwise, that led to this current state of affairs. Donate -...
Dash Podcast 171 With Dash Core Group Front End Product Owner Brian Foster
May 08, 2021 22:11 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBFront End Product Owner for Dash Core Group Brian Foster comes on the podcast to introduce himself and talk about his role in Dash. We go into a deep dive on Dash Core Group's product strategy, which products are areas of focus, as well as which ones are not but that the community could have a hand in helping with. We also go over the various new integrations into the main wallets, including extra fiat on-ramps, which of course prompts a discussion into KYC and its friction point in onboardi...
Digital Cash Rundown 22 with Ben Nitschke: Alt Season, IRS Kraken Crackdown, Taproot and More!
May 08, 2021 15:20 - 55 minutes - 51.4 MBBen Nitschke of DeltaEngine comes on the Rundown to talk the latest crypto happenings, particularly the surge in cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin in the "alt season" people expect as the bull market comes into full swing. We also talked how the largest payment processor in Latin America is buying Bitcoin, yet doesn't accept it for payments for most products, in a move very similar to companies such as Tesla. We also talk the legal issues surrounding taxing digital assets, the problems tra...
Should You Run Your Own Bitcoin Lightning Network Node?
May 07, 2021 03:13 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBThe Lightning Network is Bitcoin's premier off-chain scaling solution, and is basically the only way you can make small transactions these days without paying insane fees. You're supposed to run your own node to enjoy a truly decentralized process. But how important is it to run your own node? And, more importantly, how feasible is it? Here I quickly break down all you really need to know. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip if you enjoy the content, eithe...
Digital Cash Rundown 21 with Chris Pacia: Tether Backing, Ripple Going Public and More!
May 01, 2021 15:35 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBChris Pacia joins the podcast to talk all things crypto as per usual, including of course Bitcoin's persistent price pumping, which prompts an in-depth discussion as to the value of the network in the modern age, and how much speculation may or may not play into it. We also go into the recent-ish network issues caused by hashrate fluctuations from China, and any effects they may have rippling down across layer-two solutions like Lightning. We also touch on the SEC case against Ripple, as wel...
Dash Podcast 170 With Dash Platform Developer Ivan Shumkov
April 25, 2021 16:17 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBDash Platform developer Ivan Shumkov comes on the podcast to give a comprehensive overview of Dash Platform development up until the present time, from Evonet launch at the end of 2019 to testnet launch at the end of 2020. We went over what still needs to be done on testnet this year before mainnet launch at the end of the year, including paying off technical debt and getting everything stable. We also went into "post-MVP" with a lot of future-seeking questions answered including migrating S...
Digital Cash Rundown 20 with Crypto Blood: Crypto Dip, Bitcoin Dominance Slip and More!
April 24, 2021 16:31 - 49 minutes - 46.1 MBCrypto Blood comes back on the Rundown to talk all things crypto, especially the market crash that we've had to deal with after such a great price run-up previous to that. We also talked Bitcoin's dominance slipping below 50% again, as well as the sky-high fees resulting from the hashrate dip, and speculated about its future as the king of the space. We also cover the impending onset of regulations, as well as the energy consumption costs of proof-of-work, and how serious of an issue they ar...
Bitcoin Roller Coaster Guy Marcus Connor on Crypto Art, NFTs, and Hal Finney Fundraiser
April 22, 2021 18:37 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBMarcus Connor, the artist behind the legendary Bitcoin Roller Coaster Guy, comes on the podcast to talk about his story of Bitcoin involvement and contributions to the culture of the space. We go over the initial design and its reception, and the life it has since taken, as well as recent works and iterations of the original design. We also cover the NFT space and how far the cryptospace has come for artists. Finally, or "Finney-ly", we cover Marcus's "Running Bitcoin" sculpture and its upco...
Digital Cash Rundown 19 with Spencer Kuzara: Doge Pump, ShapeShift THORChain Swaps, and More!
April 17, 2021 20:21 - 1 hour - 77 MBSpencer Kuzara a.k.a. Kodaxx comes on the Digital Cash Rundown to talk all things crypto, including the absolutely ridiculous Dogecoin pump, and what it can tell us about the crypto markets' maturity at this point. We also cover Binance's BNB burn, and the shifting of influence away from the US as crypto regulations persist. Finally, go all things DeFi with THORchain and ShapeShift's shift away from centralized infrastructure, as well as how DeFi will shift the world away from centralized gr...
Max Hillebrand on Second Generation Bitcoin Lightning Network Wallets
April 14, 2021 00:15 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBMax Hillebrand joins the podcast to give a very detailed and in-depth rundown of the Bitcoin Lightning network as it works today. Particularly, we go into detail about second-generation Lightning wallets such as Breez and Phoenix, which leverage Lightning Service Providers (LSPs) to provide much of the functionality while still allowing customers to maintain control over their own funds. We also go into the current state of the network, and the challenges it still faces and must overcome bef...
Dash Podcast 169: Albert Castellana of StakeHound
April 11, 2021 16:57 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBAlbert Castellana of StakeHound joins the Dash podcast to talk all things DeFi, particularly as it pertains to Dash. We first cover StakeHound, and its custodial approach to issuing token wrapping of assets that can then be used to participate in DeFi such as providing liquidity and gaining transaction fees. We talk about how stDash allows Dash users to get several layers of returns off of their investment, including masternode rewards on top of the DeFi applications. We also talk more gener...
Digital Cash Rundown 18 with Jeremy Kauffman: Bitcoin Gold Pumps, Stellar Down, LBRY and More!
April 10, 2021 17:36 - 53 minutes - 50 MBJeremy Kauffman, CEO of LBRY, comes on the podcast to talk the latest crypto headlines, including Bitcoin Gold pumping for no apparent reason, and coins like Ethereum Classic doing oddly well despite technical deficiencies. We also cover the Stellar network going down and no one really noticing, and just how early to the crypto game we all still are. Finally, we touch on the SEC enforcement cases against Ripple and LBRY, including LBRY's future prospects if the worst were to happen. Donate ...
Dan Simerman on IOTA's Evolution Since 2017 and Coordicide
April 06, 2021 21:17 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBDan Simerman, Head of Financial Relations for IOTA, comes on the podcast to give an update on where IOTA is today compared to when it hit the ground running during the 2017 bull market. We cover the basics of its feeless structure, and why such a thing is necessary for internet-of-things (IoT) applications. We also cover the challenges the project faced in the past, and the future plans on overcoming those challenges, including "Coordicide" to remove the central coordinator node, and move to...
Digital Cash Rundown 17 with Scott Cunningham: BTC Breakout, ETH Fees, LBRY Sued and More!
April 03, 2021 02:49 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBScott Cunningham a.k.a. ScottCBusiness comes on the Rundown to chat about the latest happenings in crypto, including the impending Bitcoin price breakout as mass adoption comes on thanks to the Coinbase IPO and more. We also covered the Ethereum explosion, in price and in fees, and the prospects of "Ethereum killers" in trying to upset the king of the smart contract. Finally, we delved into the LBRY lawsuit by the SEC, and what implications it has for the entire crypto ecosystem. Donate - S...
Jeremy Kauffman on LBRY Being Sued by the SEC and How It Hurts All Crypto
April 01, 2021 21:09 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBJeremy Kauffman, CEO of the company behind the development of the decentralized content protocol LBRY, comes on to talk about the unfortunate recent news that the US Securites and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing LBRY. We cover why the suit doesn't make sense, all the protocols and due diligence LBRY did to avoid such a situation, attempts to settle the suit, the path moving forward, and more. Most importantly, we cover the dangerous precedent this case could set for crypto, making almost ...
Dash Podcast 168: Mark Mason on What's New and Exciting in Dash
March 30, 2021 14:52 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBThe incomparable Mark Mason comes back on the Dash Podcast to talk about the exciting things coming up in the world of Dash. We go heavy into the new CrayPay app and how it will facilitate using Dash as a daily money, as well as the DashPay JS browser extension and landing page for once Dash Platform officially launches, and how that can bring Dash to the masses. We also talk the long road to making Dash transactions' speed and security incomparable with that of other projects, among many ot...
Digital Cash Rundown 16 with Chuck Williams: NFTs, Real Estate, Flote, and Dash!
March 30, 2021 00:47 - 56 minutes - 52 MBThe incomparable Chuck Williams, Chief Experience Officer at Flote, comes on the Rundown to talk the latest happening in crypto, including the NFT revolution taking the world by storm, and inadequacies inherent in the current NFT setups. We also talk the tokenization of real estate, how it can truly revolutionize the world, and the barriers it needs to overcome before we get to mass adoption. Finally, we talk the latest happenings with Dash, and the Flote roadmap. Donate - Sponsors Thank y...
Why You Need Explicit Governance Mechanisms in Cryptocurrency
March 25, 2021 01:10 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBAs a decentralized system, any cryptocurrency or blockchain project worth its salt is without masters telling it what it can and can't do. But how do you decide on things when you need to? The answer is decentralized governance. Nakamoto Consensus, or how proof-of-work mining chains come together, was initially thought to be enough in this regard, but I'm here to show you why it isn't anymore, and what major functions of governance you need that aren't provided. Donate - Sponsors Thank you...
Digital Cash Rundown 15 with Chris Rice: Bitcoin "Too Big to Fail", New Regulation Wave, and More!
March 20, 2021 20:21 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBCrypto and freethinking show host Chris Rice of Rice TVx comes on the Rundown to blow your collective minds. We talk Bitcoin becoming "too big to fail" according to Deutsche Bank and other big players, and what it means for the original crypto-anarchist cypherpunk original vision of cryptocurrency. We also talk about the new wave of regulation on crypto predicted by Messari, and how the eventual regulatory framework will work out. Finally, we cover the unfortunate arrest of radio show host a...
Dash Podcast 167 with Dash Core Developer Pasta
March 14, 2021 16:18 - 1 hour - 88.8 MBDash Core Developer and wunderkind at large Pasta comes on the podcast to give an update on what the Core team has been working on with development. We also go into a deep dive on PrivateSend, Dash's CoinJoin implementation, and the future of possibly renaming it, as well as all the improvements over the years and how it stacks up with other similar coin mixing implementations. We also cover NFTs on Dash, decentralized funding of different projects such as what DashBoost did in the past, and...
Digital Cash Rundown 14 with Eléonore Blanc: ETH Miner Revolt, NFT Mania, and More!
March 13, 2021 16:02 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBEléonore Blanc joins us again on the Digital Cash Rundown to talk about the exciting and crazy world of crypto, including of course the Ethereum scaling proposals and the resulting miner revolt, leading to a discussion on proof-of-work vs. proof-of-stake and the governance issues involved in transitioning from one to another. We also talked the latest surge in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), what their value proposition looks like, and what the NFTs of the future may look like. Finally, Eléonore...
CryptoStache on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Why They Have Value
March 11, 2021 21:21 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBCryptocurrency educator and content creator CryptoStache comes on the podcast to discuss NFTs, non-fungible tokens, and answer the hard questions. We go into great depth on what NFTs are, where they're available, how they're made, etc., as well as the hard question: are they actually worth anything? We cover digital scarcity, artist intent, cryptographic verification, etc. We also go into some of the more radical uses, such as pairing NFTs with real-world functionality like access to a vehic...
Digital Cash Rundown 13 With Paul Puey: MicroStrategy, ETH Scaling and More!
March 06, 2021 02:48 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBPaul Puey, CEO of Edge Wallet, comes on the podcast to chat about MicroStrategy buying the dip on Bitcoin, ushering in a new era of retail investors, and what that means for the "little guy" actually owning Bitcoin private keys vs. owning a stake that some company really owns. We also talked about Ethereum scaling, and the DeFi rush, and how huge it is that major parts of the centralized trading ecosystem are becoming decentralized now. We also covered the Ripple lawsuits and whether or not ...
Dash Podcast 166: Eric Olson on Selling All His Bitcoin for Dash
February 28, 2021 16:44 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBDash masternode operator Eric Olson comes on the Dash Podcast to talk about, among other things, his decision to finally dump all his Bitcoin for Dash, 10 years after first getting into cryptocurrency. We go on the user experience of high fees and transaction times, the underlying problems that affected Bitcoin, and whether or not its momentum and inertia is enough to keep it on top regardless. We of course also got into Dash, Dash Platform, and which applications are the most exciting comin...
What Is Censorship Resistance? Can You Be Financially Censored?
February 27, 2021 23:45 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBA common concept in cryptocurency is censorship resistance, or the ability to transact without a third party censoring or stopping the transaction. But how do you know if what you're using is censorship resistant? And how can you be sure you aren't vulnerable to financial censorship, Also, why does this concept even matter in the first place? All these questions, answered. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip if you enjoy the content, either here or via any...
Digital Cash Rundown 12 with Spencer Kuzara: BCH/BSV Delisted, Binance Suspends ETH, and More!
February 21, 2021 04:32 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBSpencer Kuzara, a.k.a. Kodaxx, comes on the Digital Cash Rundown to chat about the OKEx delisting of Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV over the promotional actions of both communities, and the implications this carries for the rest of the crypto exchange world. We also cover Binance suspending Ethereum withdrawals, which may or may not be related to its own competing cryptocurrency, Binance Chain. Finally, we go over the various Ripple lawsuits and how a history of shady practices left them in the...
How Do Cryptocurrency Wallets and Addresses REALLY Work?
February 20, 2021 04:20 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBWhether you're a newbie or have been in cryptocurrency and blockchain for many years, there's no doubt that you've interacted with an address, a long cryptographic hash that lets you send and receive money. You have a wallet, too, and may have used an exchange. But what's the difference between them? Why do you have multiple addresses on some coins but not others? And how do usernames work? All these are answered and more. You're almost guaranteed to learn something, even if you're a crypto ...
Dash Podcast 165: Anton Suprunchuk on Dash Platform Deep Dive
February 13, 2021 15:56 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBDash developer Anton Suprunchuk comes on the Dash Podcast to go into a comprehensive deep dive on Dash Platform, its capabilities, its limitations, and why it matters. We cover a wide variety of pressing questions from the difference between Platform and Ethereum, why it makes sense to do some things on-chain and others off-chain, scaling capabilities of the Platform sidechain, likelihood of stability issues persisting in mainnet, what kinds of things can be built on Dash, and, most importan...
Why Is Cryptocurrency Journalism So Bad?
February 11, 2021 15:07 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBWhy is news coverage and journalism in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry just so shoddy these days? Well, for several reasons, not least of all is just how new the industry itself is, but also because journalism as a whole needs a major overhaul in order to survive and thrive in the new era. How can we fix this important yet dying industry? I have no concrete answers, but some ideas. Donate - Sponsors Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a tip if you enjoy the content, ei...