Epicenter – Podcast on Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

Every quarter CoinDesk puts out its excellent State of Bitcoin Report providing a snapshot of where the Bitcoin ecosystem is at. We took this opportunity to go back to our original formation and have a discuss of the report and the state of Bitcoin in general. It was lots of fun!

Mehdi Medjaoui (Co-founder and COO) & Elie Chevignard (CMO) are the two guys behind Oauth.io, a service which aims to provide a simple and standardized way for developers to implement Oath. Working in digital identity management, they have an interesting proposal on how to build personal identity management into the blockchain. This proposition would effectively … Continued

Support the show, consider donating: 3QfUjV9e4YRB8cb9WPtyrJkKnbo73Upqru (http://bit.ly/1FUdzrg) Shawn Wilkinson, founder and lead developer of Storj, joins us for our first deep dive into a decentralized application. Storj's particular domain is the decentralization of cloud storage. Their applications allow users to store their files in a decentralized peer-to-peer network that promises to be more secure and effective. At the same time, it creates a market where people can earn money by renting out spare hard disk space. We covered the following topics: - Why cloud storage lends itself to decentralization - How the efficiency of Storj compares to conventional providers like Dropbox - The architecture of Storj including the applications Driveminer and Metadisk - How Storj interacts with protocols such as Counterparty and Ethereum - The Storjcoin X crowdsale and its economics Links mentioned in this episode: - Storj: http://storj.io/ - Metadisk: http://metadisk.org - Metadisk Beta: http://node1.metadisk.org - Driveshare: http://driveshare.org - Stroj Talk: http://storjtalk.org - Storj & Metadisk whitepapers: https://github.com/Storj/whitepapers Sponsors: - Fairlay: http://fairlay.com/epicenter Our prediction on Storjcoin X vs MaidSafeCoin market cap: https://www.fairlay.com/predict/registered/new/storejoinx-maidsafecoin-in-market-cap-april-2015/ Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/046 YouTube: http://youtu.be/8KvneAttlOQ Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc

Support the show, consider donating: 36i3PamPQE3pEEMCw2p5dTqssd2AMcrrX4 (http://bit.ly/1JI97i2) Every quarter CoinDesk puts out its excellent State of Bitcoin Report providing a snapshot of where the Bitcoin ecosystem is at. We took this opportunity to go back to our original formation and have a discuss of the report and the state of Bitcoin in general. It was lots of fun! The topics we covered included: - Bitcoin Adoption Metrics - Our January Predictions - The continually slumping Bitcoin price - Merchant adoption - Startup activity and VC investments Links mentioned in this episode: - CoinDesk State of Bitcoin Q3 2014: http://bit.ly/1yKD1Nc - Epicenter Bitcoin Predictions 2014: https://epicenterbitcoin.com/2014/01/predictions-2014/ - EB30 - Radko Albrecht: Bitbond: https://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-030 Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/045 YouTube: http://youtu.be/EmcG-powZSk Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc

Support the show, consider donating: 38mSxjHc68Sz82V7mGoQTEkvttsjKbFjs7 (http://bit.ly/1wkY20L) Mehdi Medjaoui (Co-founder and COO) & Elie Chevignard (CMO) are the two guys behind Oauth.io, a service which aims to provide a simple and standardized way for developers to implement Oath. Working in digital identity management, they have an interesting proposal on how to build personal identity management into the blockchain. This proposition would effectively take the power away from centralized single sign on services like Facebook and Google and make them decentralized. Links mentioned in this episode: - Oauth.io: https://oauth.io - API Days: http://apidays.io - OneName: https://onename.io - NameID: https://nameid.org/ - Namecoin: http://namecoin.info/ - SQRL: https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm Sponsors: - Fairlay: http://fairlay.com/epicenter Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/044 YouTube: http://youtu.be/ZKvc9E7SEJ0 Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc

The Isle of Man has been an area of interest for many Bitcoin companies as of late. The local government of this small British Crown Dependency, located in the middle of the Irish Sea, wants to attract Bitcoin businesses by adopting light regulation as well as providing accessible banking relationships and infrastructure for companies dealing … Continued

Support the show, consider donating: 3G7LpZc1fxZWJggMJnQ4M9KuRn1VfVKUYS (http://bit.ly/1wkXCY4) The Isle of Man has been an area of interest for many Bitcoin companies as of late. The local government of this small British Crown Dependency, located in the middle of the Irish Sea, wants to attract Bitcoin businesses by adopting light regulation as well as providing accessible banking relationships and infrastructure for companies dealing in crypto. This business-friendly approach has made the island an ideal place for tech, aerospace and e-gaming companies to establish, which has been a great benefit for the local economy in the last few decades. As an example, the leading online gaming site Poker Stars now employs some 200 people on the island. With the support of the Economic Development Department, the Isle of Man recently hosted Crypto Valley Summit to help promote their wiliness to work with Bitcoin companies. Siân Jones was at the event and captures this enthusiasm in three interviews, which we discuss on the show: - Peter Greenhill, CEO of e-Gaming Development at Isle of Man Department of Economic Development - Paul Davis, CEO of Counting House who specializes in payment solutions - Archie Watt, Head of e-business and Micky Swindale, Head of Advisory at the global consultancy firm KPMG Links mentioned in this episode: - Crypto Valley Summit: http://www.cryptovalleysummit.com/ - Isle of Man Economic Development Department: http://www.whereyoucan.com/ - COINsult: http://coinsult.eu/ Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/043 YouTube: http://youtu.be/-mFBzSe6LyI Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc

Tom Ding is the CEO and Founder of Koinify, a platform for funding decentralized applications. Think of Koinify as a sort of Angel List to bootstrap and fund a new decentralized economy, specifically decentralized applications. With his company, Tom hopes to help build the decentralized app which help push this technology to the mainstream. With … Continued

Support the show, consider donating: 3942kPiH7qEjK1csak2mtstTfpxHdMFifF (http://bit.ly/1JIqfEz) Tom Ding is the CEO and Founder of Koinify, a platform for funding decentralized applications. Think of Koinify as a sort of Angel List to bootstrap and fund a new decentralized economy, specifically decentralized applications. With his company, Tom hopes to help build the decentralized app which help push this technology to the mainstream. With his extensive knowledge of this space, we talked about the future of DACs and DAPPs and discussed some of the challenges these new models are facing, from profitability to the obvious legal aspects. This episode was recorded over a live Google Hangout. It was our first attempt at doing a live video show and unfortunately we didn't get the recording right. Our apologies for the bad sound quality, we'll get the next one right. Links mentioned in this episode: - Koinify: http://bit.ly/1rnjBKk - 2020: A Call for DApps and DAOs: http://bit.ly/1wQVeUw Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/042 YouTube: http://youtu.be/3EvGqoGf_Ic Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc

Siân Jones was recently in London for the Inside Bitcoins conference. She interviewed two people with extensive knowledge of regulation and how it should apply to Bitcoin. Marco Santori is Chairman of the regulatory affairs committee of the Bitcoin Foundation and recently appointed Global policy council of for Blockchain. As the New York Department of … Continued

Support the show, consider donating: 3M4iFtSRs22Y9XoTbpSkaUbCVAA5UzxGqh (http://bit.ly/1zdOKOx) Siân Jones was recently in London for the Inside Bitcoins conference. She interviewed two people with extensive knowledge of regulation and how it should apply to Bitcoin. Marco Santori is Chairman of the regulatory affairs committee of the Bitcoin Foundation and recently appointed Global policy council of for Blockchain. As the New York Department of Financial Services BitLicense proposal nears the end of it's second 45-day challenge period, Mr. Santori gives his predictions on what the legislation will look like when it is passed, which he expects to happen by the end of this year. Amor Sexton is a lawyer at Adroit in Sydney Australia, a commercial law firm that specializes in Bitcoin and actively represents the Bitcoin industry when hen liaising with the Australian government. In her talk with Siân, she spoke about the Australian government's recent guidance and draft ruling on the tax treatment of crypto currencies, with regards to income tax, capital gains tax and GST. They point out how these draft rulings differ from those proposed in other jurisdictions and explore how they will affect merchants and Bitcoin holders in the future. Links: - Inside Bitcoins London: http://insidebitcoins.co.uk/ - COINsult: http://coinsult.eu - COINsult Blog: http://coinsult.eu/blogs Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/041 Running time: 35 min Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips

La maison du Bitcoin is a dedicated Bitcoin center located in the heart of ”Silicon Sentier”, which is situated in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Founded by entrepreneurs Eric Larchevêque and Thomas France, La maison du Bitcoin is an open space where people are encouraged to walk in and get information about Bitcoin. It also … Continued

Support the show, consider donating: 385LqhHGg3THvnA2MrSfGLXHijVu4a3Xks (http://bit.ly/1LB0phc) La maison du Bitcoin is a dedicated Bitcoin center located in the heart of ”Silicon Sentier”, which is situated in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Founded by entrepreneurs Eric Larchevêque and Thomas France, La maison du Bitcoin is an open space where people are encouraged to walk in and get information about Bitcoin. It also offers a variety of services such as a co-working space for bitcoiners and the ability to purchase Bitcoin over the counter. It’s also the home to meetups, conferences and training seminars. For 10% off the upcoming Euro Bitcoin conference happening on October 8 in Paris, go to http://eurobitcoin.org and use the code EPICENTER. Links: - La Maison du Bitcoin: http://bit.ly/1qX6lM9 - French Bitcoin Association: http://bit.ly/1uV6ZsZ - Coinhouse: http://bit.ly/1ublHOE - Euro Bitcoin Conference: http://bit.ly/1wCWgUa Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/040 Running time: 48 minutes Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips

Dr. Bastian Brand is an investment manager at Pathfinder Capital. Pathfinder Capital is a London-based Venture Capital firm that focuses on frontier markets and cryptocurrencies. He is also the founder of the Bitcoin Startups Munich group and was previously a consultant at McKinsey. The episode focused on his comprehensive paper surveying the investment landscape in the … Continued

Support the show, consider donating: 3Eiy4RAm9zaQVoAP9eWZm46thMSECGoHoq (http://bit.ly/1BamOkx) Dr. Bastian Brand is an investment manager at Pathfinder Capital. Pathfinder Capital is a London-based Venture Capital firm that focuses on frontier markets and cryptocurrencies. He is also the founder of the Bitcoin Startups Munich group and was previously a consultant at McKinsey. The episode focused on his comprehensive paper surveying the investment landscape in the cryptocurrency space. We discussed the advantages of buying bitcoins versus investing in cryptocurrency startups, the prospect of Bitcoin 2.0 projects, and his views on the different sectors of the Bitcoin industry. Links: - Pathfinder Capital: http://bit.ly/1wt2KI7 - The Intelligent Cryptoinvestor Blog: http://bit.ly/1wt2yZe - Bitcoin Startups Munich: http://bit.ly/1ph0Cum - Bitcoin Startups Munich Meetup: http://bit.ly/ZnbaCX Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/039 Running time: 1 hour Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips