The Bitcoin Game

In less than two years in the space, Leigh Cuen has become a mainstay in cryptocurrency journalism, as well as a highly elite user of GIFs on Crypto-Twitter. It was interesting to learn more about this prolific writer's background, thoughts about cryptocurrency, and even some basics about the business of journalism. Leigh on Twitter https://twitter.com/la__cuen Leigh's Coindesk Articles https://www.coindesk.com/author/lcuen For complete show notes and more, please visit TheBitcoinGame.com

Welcome to episode 60 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I'm happy to bring to you part two of my interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. In this episode, we take a deep dive into Liquid, Blockstream's new federated sidechain. There's a lot more to Liquid than I realized, and it's fascinating to hear tons of details about the protocol. I lead us astray with some of my questions, but Dr. Back never fails to drop tons of crypto-knowledge. Full show notes at TheBitcoinGame.com.

Welcome to episode 59 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm happy to bring to you part one of an interview with Cypherpunk & CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. Dr. Back talks about topics such as his first computers, his early privacy-oriented work, Hashcash vs. other proof-of-work, various early electronic money systems, and his work on Bitcoin Confidential Transactions. Prepare to soak in some history from one of the people whose "work" became an integral part of Bitcoin. Full show notes & links at TheBitcoinGame.com

In January of this year, I saw lots of talk about the World Economic Forum’s speeches & panels in Davos. The panel I was most interested in was The Crypto Asset Bubble featuring Nobel Prize Laureate Robert Shiller. The panelist who stuck out to me was Jennifer Zhu Scott. I invited her to be a guest on my podcast & we finally connected. We cover topics including the World Economic Forum, her favorite project, China, & her involvement in the HBO series, Silicon Valley. Full notes & links at TheBitcoinGame.c

Welcome to episode 57 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I feel a bit like a Bitcoin Maximalist, yet I still really wanted to learn about Amaury Séchet, lead developer of Bitcoin Cash. I like that many of Amaury's opinions seem fairly independent, rather than sticking to a party line. In this interview, we talk about Amaury's initial interest in Bitcoin, why he started Bitcoin ABC, and what he saw as three mistakes he believed would prevent a big block fork from being the majority chain at launch.

Welcome to episode 56 of The Bitcoin Game. I met Peter Kroll at a Bitcoin conference about a year ago. When I asked Peter what his involvement was with Bitcoin, he told me he created the original Bitcoin paper wallet at BitAddress.org. Peter had kept it a secret that he was behind BitAddress.org until late 2014, and even since then, he's kept a pretty low profile. We cover a ton of topics in this exclusive interview! Full show notes w/ links at TheBitcoinGame.com.

Welcome to episode 55 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In today's episode, I'm happy to present an interview with one of the most well-known fine artists in the cryptocurrency space, Cryptograffiti. I'm a huge fan of his work, and was happy to get to learn a bit more about him. Find links and complete show notes at TheBitcoinGame.com

Welcome to episode 54 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I moderated a panel called The Current State of Cryptocurrency, at The State of Digital Money in Los Angeles. The panel included Danny Aranda of Ripple, Ryan Singer of Chia Network, and John Mercurio of Bitfury. Find complete show notes and links at TheBitcoinGame.com.

Hello, welcome to episode 53 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In this episode I speak to Zac McClure of TokenTax, in what I feel is one of the more in-depth cryptocurrency tax discussions I’ve ever heard on a podcast. We discuss everything from like-kind cryptocurrency exchanges to the idea of selecting specific cost-basis cryptocurrency when giving a gift. We also cover some of the features of TokenTax, a new service to help people manage cryptocurrency taxes. tokentax.us TheBitcoinGame.com

Welcome to episode 52 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. This episode I speak with Mike In Space, longtime creator of Bitcoin memes, and more recently, the host of the comedy series, Bitcoin Car Talk. Links and more information can be found on the show notes pages at TheBitcoinGame.com.

Welcome to episode 51 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In October, the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup featured a talk with Bitcoin Core developer Jonas Schnelli. Jonas gave a presentation called The Bitcoin Core project explained: What is Bitcoin Core and who is behind it. I learned a lot, hope you do too. Complete show notes and links at TheBitcoinGame.com

Hello, welcome to episode 50 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. Back in 2013, when I was first getting into Bitcoin, Jeremy Allaire's interest in the space was a big validation of Bitcoin's importance as a disruptive technology. We cover a lot in this episode, complete show notes & links at TheBitcoinGame.com

Welcome to episode 49, I'm Rob Mitchell. After moderating a Bitcoin scaling panel at the State Of Digital Money in L.A., I followed up by interviewing Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo, to dig a bit deeper into scaling and Bitcoin forks. Complete show notes at TheBitcoinGame.com

Welcome to episode 48 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. In episode 47 you heard the Bitcoin Scaling panel I moderated at the State Of Digital Money in L.A. While I loved being part of that panel, the time was very constrained. So, I arranged interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. In this episode I talk to Ryan; you’ll hear Eric in episode 49. Complete show notes with links at TheBitcoinGame.com.

Welcome to episode 47 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. We recently had the State Of Digital Money conference. Luckily for me, I got to moderate a panel on scaling Bitcoin with notable Bitcoiners: Core developer Eric Lombrozo, longtime Bitcoin developer Ryan X. Charles, vocal trader & personality Tone Vays, and Airbitz Wallet’s Paul Puey. Complete show notes at TheBitcoinGame.com