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This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. To start off our coverage of the event, we have the keynote presentation by Patrick Byrne (@OverstockCEO), CEO of Overstock.com. Mr Byrne talked about the history of liberalism and the upcoming crypto revolution. This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/bitcoin2014-01

We recorded episode 20 in Amsterdam the morning after the Bitcoin 2014 conference organized by the Bitcoin Foundation. Our two guests for the post-conference sit-down were Jorge Timon (twitter.com/timoncc) and Mark Friedenbach (twitter.com/MarkFriedenbach). Jorge is the founder of Freicoin, which is, from an economic perspective, one of the most innovative altcoins. They are also the creators of Freimarkets, which aims to bring Bitcoin 2.0 capabilities into the Bitcoin feature set itself. Finally, they are part of the newly formed Blockstream company, which will develop the Sidechains proposal. Episode links: Freicoin Freimarkets Whitepaper Understanding Sidechains Blockstream This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/020

For episode 19, we had David El Achkar on as our guest host. He is a Bitcoin entrepreneur in Beirut and the founder of the Bitcoin Lebanon group. We talked about the broken state of payments in the Middle East and David’s startup, Yellow Pay. Episode links: Yellow Pay Shu Bitcoin Dark Wallet Moolah Moolah Publishes Dogecoin Customer Funds Audit Amid USD Deposit Freeze (Coindesk) Proof that Moolah.io is a legitimate business (reddit) BitBay raises $30 million in funding Bitcoin 2014 Amsterdam Conference This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/019

For episode 18, Meinhard Benn was on as our guest host, while Sebastien was enjoying a few days off. Meinhard is the lead software developer for Bitcoin Brothers, a Bitcoin mining startup based in Berlin. Topics covered in this episode: Dark Wallet: Features, privacy and is this good or bad for Bitcoin? Every MIT undergrad will receive $100 in BTC Can Bitcoin scale? Blocksize, bandwidth, etc. Bitcoin Brothers’ ambitious mining project Episode links: Dark Wallet Bitcoin Brothers MIT Bitcoin Club This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/018

After having guests on for our last few episodes, it was back to the original cast of Brian and Sebastien for an episode. Episode links: Spin-offs on Bitcoin Talk Forum BitUndo Xapo debit card Bit-Card This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/017

We had two excellent guests on. Stephan Tual is the Chief Communications Officer for the Ethereum project, founder of the London Ethereum meetup and has played a crucial role in building out the Ethereum community. Max Kaye is a Australia-based developer focused on decentralized applications and the developer of Cryptonet, a library to build arbitrary blockchain-based structures. Episode links: Ethereum Ethereum Whitepaper London Ethereum Meetup Eudemonia Cryptonet on github This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/016

This week, we have Joel Hampton on as a guest host, a rather nomadic entrepreneur, currently based in Sydney. His startup Spendr.io is building a site to help people find high-quality, bitcoin-accepting businesses. Episode links: Cyprus police issues arrest warrant for bitcoin entrepreneur (Cyprus Mail) Danny Brewster Bitcoin Talk post Spendr Understanding Sidechains Square Market Accepts Bitcoin This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/015

Brian’s away on vacation this week so joining us as a guest host is Jaron Lukasiewicz, CEO of Coinsetter. We talk about IRS guidelines and what impact they may have on everyday Bitcoin use, China’s “crackdown” on Bitcoin and the effect on price, a new startup brings wallets to iPhones and Jaron tells us about Inside Bitcoins New York were we will be taking part in a panel about the future of exchanges. Episode links: Coinsetter IRS Virtual Currency Guidance This episode is hosted by Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/014

On today’s show we have Sian Jones as a guest host. Sian is a consultant at Coinsult and specialized in cryptocurrency regulation. She helps us get to the bottom of recent rulings and guidances about Bitcoin. Episode links: Coinsult IRS Virtual Currency Guidance Tax treatment of activities involving Bitcoin and other similar cryptocurrencies HMRC scraps VAT on virtual currency Bitcoin (BBC) Isle of Man Welcomes Digital Currency Exchanges ‘No License Required’ (Coindesk) UK Digital Currency Association (UKDCA) This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/013

Topics covered in this episode: The new update of the core Bitcoin client to version 0.9 Strange rumors about a Bitcoin ban in China OKCoin and Bitstamp raising $10m each and the business of Bitcoin exchanges KnCMiners’ first Scrypt mining product the Titan goes on preorders The proposal for a new Bitcoin symbol This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/012

This episode is part of our coverage of the Inside Bitcoins conference which took place in Berlin February 12 and 13, 2014. This episodes features two talks with different perspectives on Bitcoin exchanges. In the first segment, Jaron Lukasiewicz, CEO of Coinsetter gives a talk on the interesting business opportunities in and around the Bitcoin exchange ecosystem. Then, Nir Halutzy, Account Executive, Incapsula talks about some of the security challenges exchanges face every day and takes us through an actual DDoS mitigation scenario. This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/eb-inside-bitcoins-berlin-05

On today’s show we have Jonathan Levin on as a guest host. He’s an economist at Oxford University and co-founder of Coinometrics. Topics covered in this episode: Our meetups in Berlin and Lille Jonathan’s thoughts on the vibrant London Bitcoin scene The latest updates on the MtGox story The future of Bitcoin exchanges Xapo’s $20m funding round Whether altcoins will inflate the money supply? This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/011

This episode is part of our coverage of the Inside Bitcoins conference which took place in Berlin February 12 and 13, 2014. This episode features two inspiring talks on Bitcoin its potential as a tool for change. We kick off with Oliver Flaskaemper (twitter.com/flaskaemper), Managing Director at Bitcoin.de who gives his keynote presentation on why Bitcoin cannot be banned. Then Marcia Hoffman (twitter.com/marciahofmann) an attorney involved in broad range of technology law and policy issues, gives an amazing talk about privacy, free speech and government policy as it applies to Bitcoin. Enjoy This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/eb-inside-bitcoins-berlin-04

Topics covered in this episode: The curious story of Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto Recent transactions indicating MtGox may still possess large amounts of bitcoin Mark Karpeles’ shady Past Blockchain.info’s acquisition of RTBTC The new VAT guidance on Bitcoin in the UK This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/010

This episode is part of our coverage of the Inside Bitcoins conference which took place in Berlin February 12 and 13, 2014. In this episode, we bring you feature interviews we did with five people bringing innovation to the Bitcoin space. They talked to us about the innovative projects they are working on, their impressions on the conference as well as their outlook on bitcoin’s future. Enjoy Topics covered in this episode: Johann Barbie – 37coins.com Támas Blummer – bitsofproof.com Pamir Gelenbe – hummingbird-ventures.com & coinsumm.it Jaron Lukasiewicz – coinsetter.com Hans Henrik H. Heming – bips.me This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/eb-inside-bitcoins-berlin-03

On today’s show we’ll talk about the Mt. Gox situation, covering : the history of recent events, the Crisis Strategy Document and what it means, theories on what really could have happened as well as the outlook for Mt. Gox, Bitcoin exchanges and Bitcoin in general. In addition, we’ll talk about Neo & Bee’s opening in Cyprus and the new decrease in transaction fees. This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/009

This episode is part of our coverage of the Inside Bitcoins conference which took place in Berlin February 12 and 13, 2014. This episode features a first set of interviews we did over the course of the 2-day event. You’ll hear the many conversations we had with entrepreneurs, developers, investors and the conference organizers. Thank to all the people who agreed to talk to us! Topics covered in this episode: Alan Meckler of Mediabistro – twitter.com/alanmeckler Thomas Hessler of UFOstart – twitter.com/ThomasHessler Andreas Schildbach, developer of the Android Bitcoin Wallet – twitter.com/schildbach Elie Chevignard, freelance journalist – twitter.com/Elie__ Philippe Rodriguez of Avolta Partners – twitter.com/philrod Hubert Gertis of gertis.media – twitter.com/hubert Rafael Rodriguez organizer of the Texas Bitcoin Conference – texasbitcoinconference.com Stanislav Wolf of bitcoin-konferenz.de – twitter.com/bit_stan Moe Adham of BitAccess – twitter.com/moeadham Josh Zerlan of Butterfly Labs – butterflylabs.com T

On today’s show we talk about: Topics covered in this episode: Last weekend’s ‘Berlin, Texas Bitcoin Hackathon’ here in Berlin. The continued MtGox-journey of disaster. The arrival of the Bitcoin ATM wave to US shores. TigerDirect’s Bitcoin offer & Balanced’s Bitcoin integration. This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/008

This episode is part of our coverage of the Inside Bitcoins conference which took place in Berlin February 12 and 13, 2014. The night before the conference, we were at Room 77, the world’s first brick and mortar establishment to accept bitcoin. We were joined by many members of Berlin’s bitcoin community and attendees of the conference. Thank to all the people who agreed to talk to us! Topics covered in this episode: Max Gotzler from Biotrakr – biotrakr.de Felix Weis from Bitalo – bitalo.com David Bailey from yBitcoin Magazine – ybitcoin.net Johnathan Brown – twitter.com/bluedroplet Oscar a developer from Vienna Bastian Brand from Pathfinder Capital – pathfinder.vc Matt Roszak from Silk Road Equity – silkroadequity.com Onyx Ashanti – onyx-ashanti.com Eric Benz from ZipZap – zipzap.com Gary Ubsdell from ICE3X – ice3x.co.za Joerg Platzer from Room 77 and CECG – cecg.biz Tatiania Moroz – tatianamoroz.com This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epice

On today’s show, we’re joined by Johann Barbie, founder of 37Coins, an SMS based wallet solution. Johann weighs in on the recent transaction malleability fiasco and helps us better understand what’s really going on. We also talk about recent news out of Florida where two men where arrested after selling Bitcoins to Federal Agents posing as criminals. Thanks again to Johann for joining us and letting us record out of his kitchen where he brewed us some mean Nero (Burning ROM) tea. This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/007