The Charlie Shrem Show
436 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 132 ratingsBitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem peels back the layers on the lives and backgrounds of the world's most impactful innovators. Centering around intimate narratives, Shrem uncovers a detailed, previously unspoken story of the genesis and evolution of bitcoin, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and the web3 movements. Join Shrem as he journeys through the uncharted territories of tech revolutions, revealing the human side of the stories that shaped the digital world we live in today.
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Bootstrapping a Decentralized Network? Hedera Hashgraph's Leemon Baird on 34% Attacks, Math & Gossip
April 30, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutesDr. Leemon Baird, co-founder and Chief Scientist of Hedera Hashgraph, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Leemon and Charlie discuss Leemon's background and what led him to distributed ledger technology, how Hedera Hashgraph works including its consensus algorithm and nodes, motivations to attack a ledger, 51% attacks, PoW and energy, proper decentralization, scarce resources, bootstrapping a network on the path to decentralization, the bottlenecks for Hashgraph right no...
The Charles Hoskinson Story: Losing Faith in Institutions and Solving Mass Adoption
April 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBCharles Hoskinson, Founder of Cardano and CEO of IOHK, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Charles and Charlie discuss the current loss of faith in institutions, conspiracy theories, Cardano's development philosophy, roadmap, and current progress, why merchant adoption is hard, Cannabis and other underbanked industries, the case for country adoption of a stablecoin, over-litigation, onchain governance, the key man problem, and COVID. --- BitPanda Bitpanda is a finte...
Environmentalists Have it Wrong! Genesis Mining CEO Marco Streng on Energy Innovation
April 23, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutesMarco Streng, CEO of Genesis Mining joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Charlie and Marco discuss operating in Iceland, industrial espionage, transparency in mining and secrecy in crypto, how Marco started Genesis Mining, the ideal time to get into mining, mining with renewable energy, digital infrastructure, and the Logos and Signature Fund for blockchain VC. --- BitPay BitPay gives you the tools to live life on crypto. Whether you want to send crypto to friends, use cr...
Can Blockchain Fix Voting? DigiCash Founder David Chaum Brings Democracy to the 21st Century
April 21, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBDavid Chaum, pioneering cryptographer and founder of the XX network, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Charlie and David discuss threats to democracy and the importance of metadata shredding, Elixxir and the XX Network, Digicash, the Cypherpunk movement, ballot secrecy and cryptography in voting, whether David met Satoshi Nakamoto, how David got interested in cryptography, and what cryptographers in the 1980's and 90's thought it would look like today. --- BitPanda...
Is the Middle Class in Danger? #TheMoneyHackers Author Dan Simon Warns of Eat-the-Rich Revolution
April 16, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBAuthor Dan Simon joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Dan and Charlie discuss crypto pioneers and money hackers as misfits, Dan's unique perspective on financial history, the erosion of the middle class, failing financial oversight, history's view of the current crisis,entrepreneurship and opportunity in the current environment and Dan's new book The Money Hackers. --- BitPay BitPay gives you the tools to live life on crypto. Whether you want to send crypto to frie...
Redemption in Crypto? Neo & Bee Founder Danny Brewster Makes a Comeback with FastBitcoins
April 14, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBDanny Brewster, Founder of Fastbitcoins, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Danny and Charlie discuss building a brick and mortar Bitcoin business in 2013 and today, the 2013 Cyprus banking crisis and today's rampant money printing, the collapse of Neo & Bee, Danny's arrest and extradition proceedings, his goal to repay investors, and developing Fastbitcoins. --- BitPanda Bitpanda is a fintech based in Vienna, Austria founded in 2014 by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek ...
Can Bitcoin Be Improved? BitTorrent Creator Bram Cohen Reveals Pre-Satoshi Surprises
April 09, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBBram Cohen, BitTorrent Creator and Founder of the Chia Network, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Bram and Charlie discuss Bram's work on the 90's cryptocurrency project MojoNation, the contributions of cryptographers in Satoshi's circle including Hal Finney's pre-Bitcoin presentation, Bram's introduction to Bitcoin and his formative years in programming, his creation of BitTorrent, Proof of space and Proof of time, ASIC-resistance, mining, and the scaling debate. ...
Who's Buying Bitcoin? Bitpanda's Co-CEOs Paul Klanschek and Eric Demuth Are Stocked Up and Seeing a Surge in Gold and Bitcoin Buying
April 07, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBBitpanda CEOs Paul Klanschek and Eric Demuth join Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by discussing some of Bitpanda's unorthodox marketing techniques as well as their focus on education and user experience. Charlie asks about their sales which reveals a strong increase in retail buying of Bitcoin and gold, and leads to a discussion of gold production and supply issues. They shift gears a little and talk about how Eric and Paul started working together, what it...
Is a Precious Metals Squeeze Coming? GoldSilverBitcoin's Justin O’Connell on COVID19's Effect on Gold and Silver, Rogue DEA Agents, and the Silk Road Saga
April 02, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBJustin O’Connell of GoldSilverBitcoin joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by discussing the Silk Road as an intersection between Bitcoin advocates and free market advocates, how it worked, and Justin's awareness of it at the time. Justin explains how he got into writing in crypto and some of his background in precious metals. They return to the topic of Silk Road and the circumstances of Ross Ulbricht's arrest and questions about the identity of Dread Pir...
OST and Pepo Founder Jason Goldberg on What Needs to Happen for Crypto Mass Adoption and Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are the Only Layer 1's that Matter
March 31, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBJason Goldberg, Founder of OST and Pepo, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by laying out what needs to happen for crypto mass adoption to take place. Jason goes on to talk about what led him to build in crypto and the potential he saw in it. He continues to explain the roots of Pepo and OST in the idea of building the tech instead of waiting for it, and focusing on the user experience. Charlie asks about maximalism and tribalism and Jason explains his b...
The Story of Crypto_Bitlord & COVID-19. From Wuhan to Quarantines and Lockdowns to Gold, Bitcoin, and Censorship Resistance.
March 26, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBCrypto Trader @Crypto_Bitlord joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by recounting @Crypto_Bitlord's time in China reporting on COVID-19 via his Twitter account as the crisis was unfolding, even before it was considered an epidemic. @Crypto_Bitlord comments on his hospital visits while he was sick, their procedures, quarantines, and the subsequent lockdown. They discuss the statistics of a spreading epidemic and shift the discussion to the economic impact. C...
What's Next for Global Markets Post COVID-19? Abra CEO Bill Barhydt Shares His Predictions for Investors, Advice for Businesses, and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs
March 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBBill Barhydt, Abra Founder & CEO, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by talking about the most pressing issue of the day, the Coronavirus lockdown. Charlie reveals that Bill worked as a cryptographer for the CIA which leads to a discussion of right-sized government and what that would look like in today's world. They move on to talk about how the financial system has failed with regards to Coronavirus, paper money, and the need for digital alternatives. ...
Secure Your Privacy for COVID-19 – Jameson Lopp, Casa Cofounder & CTO Shares His Life-Changing Advice for Personal Privacy, Security, and Self-Sovereignty in Bitcoin
March 19, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBJameson Lopp, Casa Cofounder & CTO, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by discussing the importance of nodes, both as a measure of decentralization and for maintaining self-sovereignty in Bitcoin. They continue on to discuss coin tracking, exchanges requiring public keys, and how people are willing to give up privacy and security for the sake of convenience. Jameson explains how Casa is really a personal sovereignty company helping people with custody of...
Mrinal Manohar, CEO of Casper Labs, Deep Dives the Bitcoin Emission Curve - Energy Efficiency, the Lightning Network, & Tech Challenges
March 17, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBMrinal Manohar, CEO and Cofounder of Casper Labs, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by discussing Bitcoin's evolution at the protocol level and whether the tech should change in order to adapt. Mrinal explains Casper Labs' focus on decentralization and the practicalities of building a decentralized project. This leads Charlie and Mrinal to talk about the pros and cons of PoW and PoS, the token distribution problems of PoS, energy inefficiency of PoW, mi...
What is Libra’s Mission? Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz on being a Founding Member of the Libra Initiative, and the Market Shift Happening Today
March 12, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBJoe Lallouz, CEO of Bison Trails joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin talking about imposter syndrome, something they both agree is common in crypto, and move on to discuss the New York crypto scene. Joe talks about Bison Trails and its focus on non-Proof of Work blockchain infrastructure, tells the origin story of the name, and talks about his background in engineering and economics. But Charlie has clearly been itching to ask about Joe's participation in...
Is zk-SNARK the Key? Horizen Labs CEO Rob Viglione Explains Zero Knowledge Proofs, Sidechain Tech, and Horizen's Masternode Market Growth
March 10, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBRob Viglione, Cofounder and CEO of Horizen Labs, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They start by discussing Rob's move to Puerto Rico, Act 22, and Panama's history as a haven for Bitcoin pioneers. Rob and Charlie discuss the launch of ZenCash in 2017 as well as Zendoo, a current sidechain project. Charlie asks about Rob's doctoral thesis, based on Bitcoin, which leads the discussion to governance in an increasingly digital world. Rob talks about the 51% attack on ...
Hard Forks Better Than Soft Forks? Dev Peter Todd on the Bitcoin Scaling Debate, Why it Was Controversial, and Is the Lightning Network the Right Solution?
March 05, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBDeveloper Peter Todd joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by talking about Peter's focus on community rather than software as an important aspect of crypto. Charlie asks why the Bitcoin scaling debate was so controversial and it leads to an extensive discussion of the events of the debate, people involved, and some of the toxic environment during that period. They compare scaling and community aspects as it relates to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple as well....
The Block CEO, Mike Dudas, on The Disaster of For-Profit Education, Dealing With Crypto Drama, How Libra Can Succeed and More
March 03, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourMike Dudas, CEO of The Block, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. Charlie begins by asking Mike what the purpose of crypto media is. Mike responds by discussing their research-driven journalism and the importance of being a check for the industry. Mike talks a little about what led him to start The Block. They shift to an extensive discussion about adoption of cryptocurrency, central bank digital currencies, and how there is a generational change in how people view a...
What's Pushing Bitcoins' Momentum? Marc Fleury, CEO of Two Prime, Compares the 90's Internet With Today's Crypto and Reveals How an Open Source Financial System is Possible
February 27, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBMarc Fleury, Founder and CEO of Two Prime, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by talking about the open source movement and why it is so attractive for developers. Marc continues with comparisons between crypto today and internet and software development in the 90's and makes an amazing alien reveal. Charlie and Marc agree that Bitcoin showed resilience surviving the Mt. Gox debacle. Charlie asks if the earlier open source movement has evangelists like c...
Who leaked the Mt. Gox Memo? Ryan Selkis, CEO of Messari, on Bitcoin's Near Death, His Failed Challenge of the Bitcoin Foundation, and the Good That Came of it All
February 25, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBRyan Selkis, CEO of Messari, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by talking about what drew Ryan into researching Bitcoin in the first place and what led him to writing about it. Ryan talks a bit about Messari's mission to improve industry data standards which leads the discussion to his research into Mt. Gox just as it was unraveling in late 2013-2014. He reveals details about the insolvency of Mt. Gox and how it was an existential threat to Bitcoin itse...
A Crypto Industry Pilgrimage: BitcoinMagazine & BTC Inc CEO David Bailey from Bitcoin2013 in San Jose to Bitcoin 2020
February 20, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBDavid Bailey, CEO of BTC Inc, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. Charlie and David begin with a discussion of the first wave of Bitcoin growth and the seminal San Jose Bitcoin Conference in 2013. David describes his company's evolution from yBitcoin to Bitcoin Magazine and it's place in the ecosystem as an archive of Bitcoin history. He further explains his recent refocus on Bitcoin. They then discuss what is a Bitcoin OG and the changing narratives over the years....
Crypto Tax Amnesty? CPA Clinton Donnelly Shares Critical Insights on How to Talk to the IRS and Filing Your Crypto Taxes Right
February 18, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBClinton Donnelly, the Crypto Tax Fixer, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by discussing a new question on this year's IRS forms asking everyone if they have owned, sent or received any crypto transaction. Clinton explains the importance of the question, potentially setting up the filer for past audits. Charlie and Clinton talk about big fish vs small fish and how the IRS will approach different filers. Clinton gets into the issue of a critical question ...
Dash Core CEO Ryan Taylor Shares the Dash Philosophy on Governance and Accountability, and How It's Fostering Growth and Adoption of Crypto
February 13, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBRyan Taylor, CEO of Dash Core Group, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. Charlie and Ryan begin by discussing the Dash focus on the user experience and how Dash has been working towards adoption, especially in Venezuela, and growing when other coins have not. The conversation flows into talk of the Dash block rewards, masternodes, security, and comparing to other networks. Charlie asks why Dash doesn't have a troll army which leads Ryan to tout Dash's positive cultu...
Does Use Equal Value? Rodolfo Novak (NVK), CEO of Coinkite on the Potential Energy of Bitcoin and Why the Majority of People Will Never Actually Own Bitcoin Themselves
February 11, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MBRodolfo Novak, CEO and Cofounder of Coinkite, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. Charlie and Rodolfo begin with a discussion on value, comparing the value of domain names and squatting with the value of Bitcoin and the expansion of the altcoin markets. Rodolfo expounds on a 'winner takes most' concept and relates it all back to Bitcoin and its network effects. A discussion ensues as to why use does not equal value which brings up the ICO frenzy and projects that ar...
Will 2020 Be Bitcoin's Year For Hockey Stick Growth? Tuur Demeester Talks Fundamentals and Looks for Bitcoin's Windows 95 Moment
February 06, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBTuur Demeester, Bitcoin thought leader and economist, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. Tuur begins with a powerful comparison between Bitcoin today and the internet's Windows 95 moment when a critical threshold of people may begin to use and adopt it in 2020. He tempers his prediction with a warning that Bitcoin intolerance may arise as countries try to limit Bitcoin's growth. The conversation shifts to academia and the challenges facing the traditional universit...
BitAngles co-founder David A. Johnston Shares His Vision for Tokenizing Everything and Views on the Decentralized Scaling Debate
February 04, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBDavid A Johnston, crypto pioneer and cofounder of BitAngels, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. David begins by recounting the San Jose Bitcoin conference, a watershed event where he cofounded BitAngels. He gives his insights into the first attempts to put assets on Bitcoin with Mastercoin, Omni, and Tether. David recalls the early arguments around building on Bitcoin, what is ok and not ok to put on Bitcoin, and censorship on the network. He talks about coining th...
Legal OG Marco Santori of Blockchain.com on Advocating for Bitcoin, Countering the Media Narrative, and Changing the Landscape in Bitcoin's Early Days
January 30, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourMarco Santori, president & chief legal officer of Blockchain.com who’s also known as the ‘Dean of Digital Currency Lawyers’ joins us today on Untold Stories. Marco believes that a good lawyer doesn’t just say ‘no’ but rather explains the law, risks and potential rewards of a given strategy. He goes on to state that a great lawyer has to be involved in both advocacy and advisory work which can eventually change the law in order to reduce risk. Marco reminisces on his work developing the 1st FI...
Does Liquid Democracy Work? Arthur Breitman of Tezos on its Inner Workings, How it's a Digital Republic, and Consequences for the Future of Blockchain
January 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBArthur Breitman, founder of Tezos, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. He explains how Tezos is trying to create a true digital commonwealth by incorporating liquid democracy and POS. Tezos has successfully completed two consensus votes so far and is preparing for its third, all in the span of a few years. Arthur describes his passion for self-amending systems, limited governance and the need to account for innovation while staying decentralized. He explains the dif...
Jake Brukhman, Founder of Coinfund: How to Become an Angel Investor, Bitcoin Voting Theory & Governance Models, and Scalability
January 23, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBCharlie Shrem interviews Jake Brukhman, the founder and managing director of Coinfund, the longest running VC fund in the crypto space operating since 2015. He shares how they didn’t even consider smart contracts in the beginning, only digital assets. Jake thinks we’re still very early in the crypto space and that radical innovation will require governance and regulation to get to market. He shares how VC funds operate and how they invest. He also explains the advantages and disadvantages of...
Jeff Garzik, CEO of Bloq, on Working With Satoshi: The 1st Bitcoin Conference & How the Big Block Camp was Created
January 21, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBUntold Stories presents Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Bloq this week to share his unique story. He previously worked for the open source software Linux and we use a lot of his work on our Android phones today. Jeff has been a ‘plumber’ for the crypto industry, always thinking of ways to develop the underlying infrastructure. He goes on to share his first hand experience dealing with Satoshi from the very start. He explains how he wrote the first CPU miner for Bitcoin. Jeff later discusses the i...
How Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Hut8Mining, One of The Largest BTC Mining Farms in the World, Mined Over 12,000 BTC!
January 16, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBThis week on Untold Stories, Charlie interviews Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Hut8Mining, a publicly traded company that partnered with Bitfury to create one of the largest BTC miners worldwide. Andrew always focused on how to educate the traditional investor and provide safe exposure to BTC. He has raised $1B through Canada’s capital pool program for the likes of Mike Novogratz and more. Hut8Mining has mined over 12,000 bitcoins so far and the company made over $67M in the first 3 quarters of 2019....
Untold Stories: 50th Episode - Charlie & Peter McCormack, Host of What Bitcoin Did, Share How Podcasting Has Transformed Their Lives
January 14, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBPodcast Guru Peter McCormack, the famous host of “What Bitcoin Did” joins Charlie on Untold Stories for the 50th episode where he speaks in great detail about why podcasts are growing and why they are much better alternatives to mainstream media channels. He shares his Bitcoin purity test and how he has rejected over a million dollars so far in sponsorships from companies he doesn’t believe are ‘net good’ for BTC. Honest and impartial views are what podcasts intend to provide, claims Peter. ...
Crypto’s Oldest PR Firm's David Wachsman on Mt. Gox, Transparency, and Crisis Management
January 09, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBThe Mt. Gox hack was a blessing in disguise because of the many people who came to acknowledge this crypto space after the incident. David Wachsman explains the utmost importance of crypto literacy for the average Joe. He takes the mission on himself to clear up stereotypes and vanquish crypto illiteracy around the world. David is the founder of “Wachsman”, one of the oldest crypto public relation companies. Charlie and David get into an engaging conversation about how educating people about...
Bittrex CEO Bill Shihara on “Going Public” in the Bitcoin Early Days and Starting a Cryptocurrency Exchange
January 07, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBBill Shihara spent 11 years at Microsoft working on the Windows XP Operating System and the Trustworthy Security team, 2 years as Security Engineering Manager at Amazon and Manager of Security Threat Analysis and Security Engineering at BlackBerry for 2 years. He placed it all on the line when his team at Gift BTC disclosed their identity against what was the norm for Bitcoin companies in the early formation stage of the crypto industry when they launched Bittrex Exchange. Days became weeks ...
Maxine Ryan, COO of BitSpark Shares the Gospel of Mass Adoption, and Why Crypto is the Perfect Bridge Between Banking & Cash
January 02, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBMaxine Ryan, Bitspark’s co-founder joins Charlie to share what’s really going on in Hong Kong and how the media is portraying it. Maxine talks about how crypto companies are responding and wonders about a new crypto focused country, such as Singapore or Taiwan. She mentions that the chaos in Hong Kong has led to the downfall of faith in the banking infrastructure and how people are preferring cash over using a banking facility. Maxine believes that in a scenario like this, Bitcoin could prov...
Vasja Veber, COO of Viberate, on Disruptive Innovation & Revolutionizing the Music Industry with Blockchain
December 31, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBSmall and proud Slovenia will come to your mind when hard work in the tech and engineering space is mentioned. Vasja Veber COO & Co-founder of Viberate is a complete embodiment of all that Slovenia stands for. Vasja adopts a systematic approach to handling the chicken-and-egg challenge of building a healthy community and awesome features for the seemingly static music industry with blockchain technology to solve age old problems. Vasja believes in a one-step-at-a-time strategy in leading Vib...
Tim Byun, CEO of OKCoin and formerly FDIC, on How Financial Literacy is Knowing Crypto, and Why Money Controls Society
December 26, 2019 12:00 - 1 hourFrom the Asian continent, now in America, Tim Byun spent all his professional life in the financial industry, making it through the heat of two turbulent seasons in the financial and crypto space ~ in America first, as a regulator, and next as head of compliance for a virtual asset firm. Tim Byun, CEO at OkCoin, Ex-financial regulator, & ex-Bitpay employee, shares stories of his workday and how he progressed all the way to being the CEO of a leading crypto company. Tim also talks about the gr...
Tim Byun, CEO of OKCoin and Formerly FDIC, on How Financial Literacy is Knowing Crypto, and Why Money Controls Society
December 26, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBFrom the Asian continent, now in America, Tim Byun spent all his professional life in the financial industry, making it through the heat of two turbulent seasons in the financial and crypto space ~ in America first, as a regulator, and next as head of compliance for a virtual asset firm. Tim Byun, CEO at OkCoin, Ex-financial regulator, & ex-Bitpay employee, shares stories of his workday and how he progressed all the way to being the CEO of a leading crypto company. Tim also talks about the g...
OG Miner Marshall Long on Pioneering Crypto Esports and the Origins of Bitcoin Classic
December 24, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBStarting in the early days of Bitcoin when trust was not in view, hard work, inner fulfillment and a sense of responsibility pushed Marshall Long, one of the pioneers of Bitcoin, founder of Bitcoin Classic, across diverse cultures exploring ways to improve the crypto industry. Standing against the rootless Bitcoin community, Marshall sustained his hard work ethic, enabling him to navigate through Bitcoin mining to found Mockit eSports, a highly competitive video gaming organization. This ep...
TradingView GM Pierce Crosby on the Magic of Technical Analysis, Equity, TA, ICO, IPO, Transparency & the Future of Crypto Trading
December 19, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBTradingView’s general manager, Pierce Crosby, shares about what inspired him to found the company and how it has been a super exciting journey since its inception. Charlie and Pierce discuss crypto trading in 2014 and highlights events and current trends shaping the crypto trading ecosystem. Pierce is committed to better retail trading and equity for crypto traders. --- BitPay gives you the tools to live life on crypto. Whether you want to send crypto to friends, use crypto to buy video ga...
Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier on the Narrative Shift From USB Sticks to Hardware Wallets. Your Keys, Your Money
December 17, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBPascal Gauther, Ledger’s CEO talks the origin of Ledger and how they revolutionized Bitcoin wallets, making a transformational leap from USB sticks to hardware wallets. He discusses in depth the French technology of Ledger. Pascal shows optimism for the future of crypto and emphasizes that they’re in it for the long run. The early players of crypto (Charlie and Pascal) believe there’s a long road ahead, and they discuss the idea of making the world a better place to live in. This episode of...
Coinlist Co-Founder Andy Bromberg on the Downfall of the ICO, the Rise of Revolutionary Companies, & the Future of Tokens
December 12, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBThe seeds sown at Sanford are still producing fruit in the crypto space. Coinlist CEO & founder Andy Bromberg narrates his blockchain journey from college to Coinlist. He unveils why ICOs died, screening criteria for good crypto projects, regulations, current state of token projects, new approach to crypto fundraising, security tokens, post-release token trade and uncertainty in the blockchain industry. --- BitPay gives you the tools to live life on crypto. Whether you want to send crypto ...
LIVE from SF: Kraken CEO Jesse Powell on a Decade in Crypto, Coin Listing & Naming, Growth Potentials, & Government Regulation
December 10, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBKraken's CEO, Jesse Powell, reveals the idea behind how tokens are listed, exchange security, capital efficiency, self-regulation & government support for crypto in Japan. Powell believes more blockchain companies will move to countries with better pro-crypto legislation, adding that Kraken is set to acquire more blockchain companies to stay ahead of the competition. On an 11-year-old Bitcoin, Powell doesn’t see crypto taking over the world in 10 years, but rather sees more acceptance as a s...
OG Dan Held on Launching ZeroBlock in 2013, 1st Bitcoin Price iPhone App, & Kraken Biz Dev
December 05, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBDo you think you know a lot about crypto? 7 years ago, our guest, Dan Held, started his journey from multiple corporate jumps including Uber and other big corporate players. Dan finally found his passion with blockchain. Even though Dan had a non-technical background, it didn’t stop him from working with top blockchain players and owning his own crypto startup, ZeroBlock. Dan joins Charlie to share his interesting experiences and opinions in the crypto sphere. He breaks the media stereotype ...
VP of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, MP Memli Krasniqi, on Starting a Country, Adopting Bitcoin & Accumulation of Crypto by Governments
December 03, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB20 years ago, Kosovo fought for its liberation and won. My guest, Memli Krasniqi, Vice-President of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) since February 2013, recently spoke with Bill Clinton on the struggles Kosovo has overcome since it won its freedom. Kosovo, with an American friendly attitude and modern infrastructure allowed Memli Krasniqi to invest in Bitcoin early on when Bitcoin was less than $200. Memli Krasniqi, shares about Kosovo’s maximum tax rate of just 10% and how its economy ...
OG Bitcoin Pioneer George Mandrik on Guns & Drugs, Anarcho-Capitalism, Bacon Sandwiches, and Selling Baklava for Bitcoin
November 28, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBOnce a year there is a festival where people can truly be free from the oppression of government. This episode my guest George Mandrik shares how he made a living at the Porcupine Festival selling Baklava. Back in 2012 the Porcupine festival with guns, drugs, and wild parties I met George Mandrik and offered him a job with my company BitInstant. George Mandrik shares his work life with me at BitInstant and his first experience with ASIC mining making him sweat. After I closed my company Geor...
Andreas M. Antonopoulos on How Bitcoin Defeats the System of Control over Money and Why US Politics are Rigged
November 26, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBWe all know what the 3 properties of money are, but did you know there is a 4th property of money? Andreas M. Antonopoulos has been a Bitcoin champion since the beginning. In this episode of Untold Stories, Andreas explains what the 4th property of money is and how Bitcoin defeats it. In doing so, the IRS decided to make Bitcoin unusable for retail transactions. Andreas shares how States in the US are regulating more than the Federal government and the positives and negatives it causes for c...
Andreas Antonopoulos on How Bitcoin Defeats the System of Control over Money and Why US Politics are Rigged
November 26, 2019 12:00 - 1 hourWe all know what the 3 properties of money are, but did you know there is a 4th property of money? Andreas Antonopoulos has been a Bitcoin champion since the beginning. In this episode of Untold Stories, Andreas explains what the 4th property of money is and how Bitcoin defeats it. In doing so, the IRS decided to make Bitcoin unusable for retail transactions. Andreas shares how States in the US are regulating more than the Federal government and the positives and negatives it causes for crypt...
Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino on the 2012 Bitcoin Wild West of Hacks and Scams. Is the Lightning Network the Future?
November 21, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBCrypto trading has changed a lot since the beginning. Anyone who joins an exchange today really can’t appreciate how much trading Bitcoin back in the day was like the wild, wild west; full of scams and Ponzi schemes. In this episode, my guest Bitfinex CTO, Paolo Ardoino shares with me the innovations he’s used to improve the Bitfinex platform and prevent hacking. After the Bitfinex hack, I found their decision to spread the loss across their user base through an exchange created token morall...
CEO of AtomicWallet, Konstantin Gladych on Hacking Crypto Exchanges & Libra Love/Hate
November 19, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBHave you ever wondered what measures exchanges take to prevent or stop hacking? In this episode, my close friend Konstantin Gladych founder of Changelly & CEO of AtomicWallet gives us insights on what goes on behind the scenes when an exchange gets hacked. He talks about his decision to leave Changelly and create AtomicWallet and why AtomicWallet starts with an A. Kona explains why he has a Love/Hate for Libra and we both agree that government shouldn’t tell us what to think of other nations...