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Support the show, consider donating: 3JzwsRPYbPYmxDYsthrJF3EUqXKgnqSxP2 (http://bit.ly/1vwVqvY) The recent publication of a European Banking Authority opinion on “virtual currencies” has caused great concern among actors of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Siân Jones joins us to dissect this 46-page document and the 70+ risks it identifies. Siân also helps us better understand the EBA, its role and the extent of its influence in the European Union. We also briefly recap the Coinsummit conference which took place in London and which we attended. Links: - European Banking Authority: http://bit.ly/1sUdKJP - EBA opinion on “virtual currencies”: http://bit.ly/1maQthg - Bitcoin receives red carpet welcome in the Isle of Man [City A.M.]: http://bit.ly/1oA17zD - Isle of Man Launches Digital Currency Startup Incubator [Coindesk]: http://bit.ly/1jIETiW - COINsult: http://bit.ly/1jrH1er Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-028 Running time: 1:07:29 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

The recent publication of a European Banking Authority opinion on “virtual currencies” has caused great concern among actors of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Siân Jones joins us to dissect this 46-page document and the 70+ risks it identifies. Siân also helps us better understand the EBA, its role and the extent of its influence in the European Union. We also briefly recap the Coinsummit conference which took place in London and which we attended.

This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. These interviews were conducted by Siân Jones and focus on the area of regulation. In this series of interviews, we talked to Bryan Skarlatos, Partner at Kostelanetz & Fink, Estaban van Goor, Indirect Tax Lawyer at PwC, Jerry Brito, research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Luis Cuende, hacker and European Commission advisor.

This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. These interviews were conducted by Siân Jones and focus on the area of regulation. In this series of interviews, we talked to: - Bryan Skarlatos, Partner at Kostelanetz & Fink - Estaban van Goor, Indirect Tax Lawyer at PwC - Jerry Brito, research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University - Luis Cuende, hacker and European Commission advisor 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

Support the show, consider donating: 3MNhmmh8Mh1Sw6RKqUyS9mDgSD1ng4huwo (http://bit.ly/1BanOVL) Today we're joined by two guests. Tatiana Moroz is a singer-songwriter, anti-war activist and a very active bitcoin enthusiast and evangelist. Recently, Tatiana created Tatiana Coin, the very first musical artist coin on the Counterparty Protocol. She also recently joined Bitcoin Magazine as their sales director and joins us from New York. Wendell Davis is also with us again from Thailand. He’s the creator of the beautiful Hive wallet and CEO of Humint, a company which aims to help companies create and deploy branded coins. Wendell is quite knowledgeable in crowd sale platforms as well as new crowdfunding models and will help us dissect some of the challenges and opportunities of creating custom coins. Links: - EBA: Financial Institutions Should Avoid Bitcoin, Await Regulation (CoinDesk): http://bit.ly/1pUeeSM - EBA opinion on “virtual currencies” document: http://bit.ly/1rGPtcl - Tatiana Coin Website: http://bit.ly/1qDsRrA - Tatiana Coin on Coinpowers: http://bit.ly/1lNleZn - Woman’s Crypto Association: http://bit.ly/1n7w9C4 - Hive Web: http://bit.ly/VyPemo - Hive Wallet: http://bit.ly/VyPwtu - Hummint: http://bit.ly/1kvIZFN Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-027 Running time: 1:08:33 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

Today we're joined by two guests. Tatiana Moroz is a singer-songwriter, anti-war activist and a very active bitcoin enthusiast and evangelist. Recently, Tatiana created Tatiana Coin, the very first musical artist coin on the Counterparty Protocol. She also recently joined Bitcoin Magazine as their sales director and joins us from New York. Wendell Davis is also with us again from Thailand. He’s the creator of the beautiful Hive wallet and CEO of Humint, a company which aims to help companies create and deploy branded coins. Wendell is quite knowledgeable in crowd sale platforms as well as new crowdfunding models and will help us dissect some of the challenges and opportunities of creating custom coins.

Support the show, consider donating: 3D1ms28NPnrUTqNGhCebZVDyGVnrKAVMjD (http://bit.ly/1Fqdjg6) The main part of today’s episode features a conversation Brian had with the cryptocurrency space Decentral in Toronto. Decentral is a space for Bitcoin meetup, co-working space and accelerator for startups focusing on decentralized applications. The main focus was the ambitious plans for their accelerator program, but they also covered how Decentral came about and the work the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada does. The participants included: - Anthony di Iorio (Founder Decentral, Founder Ethereum, Toronto Bitcoin Meetup, Executive Director Bitcoin Alliance of Canada) - Arthur Corry (Managing Director Decentral Accelerate) - Ethan Wilding (Resident Philosopher and Ethereum) - Michael Perklin (Bitcoinsultants, Director Bitcoin Alliance Canada, Founder Crypto Currency Certification Consortium) Links: - Decentral: http://bit.ly/1jBWUd9 - Decentral Accelerate: http://bit.ly/TJ0M5t - Bitcoin Alliance Canada: http://bit.ly/1m1SPTB - Bitcoin Toronto Meetup: http://bit.ly/V1kxWF - Crypto Currency Certification Consortium (C4): http://bit.ly/1pDSQRI - Bitcoinsultants: http://bit.ly/1mcZTyk - Bitcoin: The End of Money Kickstarter As We Know It: http://kck.st/1iSkibe - Bitcoin: The End of Money - Matt Miller Interview: http://bit.ly/1myN7nZ Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-026 Running time: 1:13:17 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

The main part of today’s episode features a conversation Brian had with the cryptocurrency space Decentral in Toronto. Decentral is a space for Bitcoin meetup, co-working space and accelerator for startups focusing on decentralized applications. The main focus was the ambitious plans for their accelerator program, but they also covered how Decentral came about and the work the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada does.

This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. In this series of interviews, we talked to Adam Ludwin, Devon Gundry & Eric Rykwalder of Chain.com, Rodolfo Novak, CEO of Coinkite, Roop Gill, videographer for Coindesk, David Bailey, Founder and Editor-in-Chief yBitcoin magazine and Nic Cary, CEO of Blockchain.

This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. In this series of interviews, we talked to: - Adam Ludwin, Devon Gundry & Eric Rykwalder of Chain.com - Rodolfo Novak, CEO of Coinkite - Roop Gill, videographer for Coindesk - David Bailey, Founder and Editor-in-Chief yBitcoin magazine - Nic Cary, CEO of Blockchain Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-bitcoin2014-06 Running time: 35:06 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

Support the show, consider donating: 3HUdhAYWfkVRxvxeXKjZPTFGMteDJV3P4F (http://bit.ly/1LB1rtI) Today our guest is Mike Hearn who many of you are familiar with. He's one of the first Bitcoin users and the developer of BitcoinJ, a Java library used by a number of popular Bitcoin wallets such as the Android wallet, Multibit and Hive. Until recently he was working at Google and is now working full-time on Bitcoin, including an interesting crowdfunding platform called Lighthouse. Links: - Lighthouse: http://bit.ly/1nmV81R - Assurance contracts: http://bit.ly/1yovAIN - Arianna Simpson - Game Theory, Assurance Contracts, and Crowdfunding with Bitcoin: http://bit.ly/1lF1ziq - Vinumeris: http://bit.ly/1icVLh7 - Mike Hearn talk at Coinscrum 2014 in London: http://bit.ly/1icVQRO - BitcoinJ: http://bit.ly/TaRzT0 - BitcoinJ on Github: http://bit.ly/1lCHcnp Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-025 Running time: 1:17:34 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

Today out guest is Mike Hearn who many of you are familiar with. He's one of the first Bitcoin users and the developer of bitcoinj, a Java library used by a number of popular Bitcoin wallets such as the Andoid wallet, Multibit and Hive. Until recently he was working at Google and is now working full-time on Bitcoin, including an interesting crowd-funding platform called Lighthouse.

This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. In this series of interviews, we talked to Adam Cleary, founder of Bullion Bitcoin and Tamás Blummer of Bits of Proof, Frédéric Martin and Nicolas Baca of Prismcide, Patrick Melton of the Coinsider This Podcast and Marco Peereboom, CEO of Coinvoice.

This episode is part of our coverage of the Bitcoin 2014 Conference which took place in Amsterdam from May 15 to 17, 2014. In this series of interviews, we talked to: - Adam Cleary, founder of Bullion Bitcoin and Tamás Blummer of Bits of Proof - Frédéric Martin and Nicolas Baca of Prismcide - Patrick Melton of the Coinsider This Podcast - Marco Peereboom, CEO of Coinvoice Show notes: epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-bitcoin2014-05 Running time: 35:40 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

Support the show, consider donating: 3LuJeZwUDa8SFuSVhW3KKhtVa2KzjYVdZE (http://bit.ly/1vwVKuS) Guest Joel Dietz talks about his new company Swarm, a very exciting cryptocurrency-based fundraising platform. Their idea is to provide a more efficient, decentralized and versatile version of Kickstarter. In the future, they also hope to allow companies to sell shares or share-like coins to raise funding. Our conversation took place just a day before the start of the commencement of their own coin SwarmCoin, which will finance the development of the platform. Links: - Swarm: http://bit.ly/SNLX0D - CounterWallet: http://bit.ly/1q4BSst - US Marshals Bitcoin Auction: http://1.usa.gov/1owQFPg - Google & Yahoo add Bitcoin prices: http://bit.ly/1uyad38 - CoinSummit: http://bit.ly/1nKsitR Show notes: epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-024 Running time: 1:07:24 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