Bitcoins & Gravy

On today’s show I interview Kevin McKernan the Chief Scientist at Medicinal Genomics and Courtagen Lifesciences. Kevin talks to us about everything from the Human genome project gone bad to free market regulations and testing in the Cannabis field, families moving to Colorado to help their children get relief from epileptic seizures, the opiate crisis in America and how Bitcoin blockchain technology is helping us move toward personalized medicine and away from the dangers inherent in one size fits all herd medicine. Could this be a bright moment in pharmaceutical history? These Professional transcriptions are provided each week by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS: Image: Sequencing of Australian Bastard (A potentially novel cannabis species discussed in the ICRS talk) To Learn more about Kannapedia http://www.medicinalgenomics.com/kannapedia/ Kannapedia credits Christian Saucier David MacFadzean Medicinal Genomics Team To lear

Episode #72: Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It On today’s show I interview film producer Torsten Hoffman about the release of his new Bitcoin Documentary, Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It which recently picked up two awards at the Freedom Fest in Las Vegas. In the words of Calvin Tran, this important documentary is: “Dynamic and filled to the brim with hard-hitting history. There’s electricity in the pace, a kineticism in the narration, a fervor in the subject matter and the high-stakes world of finance. It is a rapid film that catches you off guard, with a title as provocative as itself.” Join me listeners in talking with Mr. Hoffman about this great film. TRANSCRIPTION: Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who is also a consultant to the show. These Professional transcriptions are provided each week by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com CREDI

On today’s show I travel to the remote coastal village of Krabi in Thailand to speak with Bitcoin Trader Venzen Khaosan. Venzen is a market analyst and trader with over 6 years of experience in stocks, forex and commodities trading. After completing school, he studied anthropology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and became interested in the pre-14th century Indian Ocean trade routes that connected Southern African Gold supply with South East Asian porcelain and bead industries. This led him on to research in how cultures perceive value and the nuances of market psychology. To hear more of me check out my new podcast, East Nashville Now! which can be found by going to www.soundcloud.com/east-nashville-now Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the Magic Word and you can earn LTBcoin! First set up a free account at LetsTalkBitcoin.com. Then tune in to your favorite LTB podcast and when you hear the Magic Word, don’

On Today’s show I am privileged to be speaking with Taulant Ramabaja, the CEO of Bitsapphire. Bitsapphire aims to change the face of how society works through the development of Distributed Autonomous Corporations (DAC’s) and applications which utilize this revolutionary technology. We also talk about the Moonstone Wallet – a free crypto wallet that allows transfers and trades among Bitcoin, BitAssets (like bitUSD and bitGOLD), User-Issued Assets (UIA), and other tokens without the need to go through many complicated verification and validation steps. We also talk about Bitsapphire’s partnership with Factom – exciting stuff friends and as I’ve said many times before welcome to The Dawn of the Age of Cryptocurrencies, welcome to the future and welcome to the show. Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the Magic Word and you can earn LTBcoin! First set up a free account at LetsTalkBitcoin.com. Then tune in to your favorite

On today’s show I have the privilege of speaking with the three founders of the Grantcoin. Grantcoin is a global alternative currency distributed by a non-profit organization, The Grantcoin Foundation. Their mission is to incentivize a sustainable economy and environment. Grantcoin is sold on exchanges and given as grants to people, businesses and organizations that are making the world a better place. Friends this is a lively interview where we push technology to it’s limits by using Skype in a 4 way call from 4 different locations around the United States. Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the Magic Word and you can earn LTBcoin! First set up a free account at LetsTalkBitcoin.com. Then tune in to your favorite LTB podcast and when you hear the Magic Word, don’t delay! Submit it to your account and by doing so you will earn a portion of the week’s LTBcoin distribution. Setting up an LTB account has always been fast and

On today’s show I speak with Daniel Krawisz, one of the founders of the Nakamoto Institute. Daniel and I discuss the merits and the pitfalls of Cryptocurrencies, Altcoins and Appcoins. What’s an appcoin? Well I guess you’ll just have to listen to the episode to find out now won’t you? We also discuss Bitcoin’s cypherpunk and crypto anarchism Roots. Halfway through the interview we get to hear my new single, Crypto (The Official Cryptocurrency Song) with vocals by our very own Rasta Mon Jon and instrumentals by Jamie Sparks. This is a short but sweet 3 minute concert that you will NOT want to miss! Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who is also a consultant to the show. We are striving to roll out each new transcript within a short period of time following the release of each podcast. We are also working on eventually going back and transcribing MOST of the archived episodes, starting with Episode #51 and w

On today’s show I am thrilled to be talking with Nick Pudar in Detroit, Michigan. Nick takes us on a journey to a place that very few people even know exists. That place is the brain wallet where it is now possible to store a small or a large amount of bitcoin wealth in your memory. We talk about Entropy, Diceware, bathtubs and 50 million, billion Jupiter water balloons. Nick does a fantastic job of helping us understand the true dangers of bitcoin brain wallets and the true value of them as well. Join us please on this terrifying and exhilarating journey into the mind. I also have a special treat for everyone today as I read the newest short fiction by the Bitcoin Communities favorite Author of fiction, Max Hernandez. The Song of Ashok is a short but compelling tale of the trials experienced by a young man trying to escape a war torn country with his family’s wealth hidden in a song that he has memorized. And you guessed it, that song is a brain wallet! TRANSCRIPTIONS Great news listeners! Our transcripti

On today’s show I interview Pamela Morgan, the CEO of 3rd Key Solutions. Pamela works closely with Andreas Antonopoulos who serves as the Chief Technology Officer and with Richard Kagan the Business Advisor. 3rd Key Solutions can design a fool proof plan for your company to securely generate and store private keys to help reduce the risks of embezzlement, coercion and fraud. This is a major step forward friends as we travel together here at the Dawn of the Age of Cryptocurrencies! Free Transcriptions: Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who is also a consultant to the show. We are striving to roll out each new transcript within a short period of time following the release of each podcast. We are also working on eventually going back and transcribing MOST of the archived episodes, starting with Episode #51 and working our way back until we completed the very first episode, Episode #1, Numero Uno of Bitcoins

Episode #65: Ian Panchevre: Men Will Be Angels? On today’s show I have the great privilege of speaking with Ian Panchevre (pronounced pun-shev). Ian is a political scientist from Yale whose primary studies include political theory and political psychology. Most recently, Ian has been researching the internal politics of the Bitcoin community. He's interested in both the "informal power networks" that have formed among miners and core developers, as well as the "formal power structures" like the Bitcoin Foundation. He will be self-publishing his research paper at the end of April. Beyond his studies in political science, Ian is a technology entrepreneur. His current business, Prepd, is building educational technology. Ian was recently offered deferred admissions to Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business; he plans to enroll in business school in a few years. Ian is originally from San Antonio, TX. Professional transcriptions are provided each week by one of our fans who can be found

This past week I had the privilege of sitting on my front porch and chatting with 3 great fellows from the Bitshares community, Brandon Lovejoy, Tim Fesenko and Rob Konsdorf. These guys are on a road trip, traveling around the region telling people about Bitshares. I learned more about Bitshares from these guys in 1 hour than I have in reading about Bitshares over the past year. CREDITS: Useful BitShares Links Official website for BitShares: https://bitshares.org Bridging services to exchange BTC into bitshares without needing to register: https://blocktrades.us/ https://metaexchange.info/ BitShares Talk Forum: https://bitsharestalk.org Block explorer: http://bitsharesblocks.com/ Market Pegged Assets whitepaper: http://whatisbitusd.com/whitepaper/ Bitscape Media P2P Road Trip Blog: http://bitscape.io/category/bts-p2p-tour-2015/ Cryptofresh Store: http://cryptofresh.com/ Information about the Moonstone web wallet: https://moonstone.io/ Cryptosmith Precious Metals store: http://cryptosmith.info/

On today’s show I travel to beautiful San Diego, California for a conversation with my good friend Paul Puey the founder and CEO of Airbitz.co. The Airbitz wallet is a leap forward for Bitcoin wallets where data is strongly encrypted on each user’s device using each individual user’s login and password. The Airbitz wallet does not host user funds on their servers so your chance of being goxed is nil, zero, nunca, nada. With meta data options the Airbitz bitcoin wallet is one of the most user friendly and intuitive wallets in existence. We also hear from Reverend Johnny who preaches up a storm on this beautiful Blue Sky Springtime day here in East Nashville with a message that will entertain you and fortify you as we move into another week of life here on Planet Earth. Hang in there friends. ANNOUNCEMENT: If you’ve enjoyed the show, please take a minute to scan my QR code or copy my public key and send me 50 cents in Bitcoin. If you’ll do this every once in a while, it will help out more than you know. Fo

Episode #62: The Texas Bitcoin Conference! On today’s show I travel to Austin, Texas for the 2nd annual Texas Bitcoins Conference! Friends I had the time of my life and despite a bit of audio tech difficulty on my part, the conference was a massively huge success! Please forgive me listeners as some of the audio is BELOW the normal quality of my show. Much thanks to Paul and Linda Snow for going waaaaaay beyond the call of duty in putting this conference together. The venue was perfect, the speakers were brilliant and it was really hard to leave after meeting so many new Bitcoin friends and future business partners. ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1) And the second announcement today is this: I am now ready to hire someone to be my social media guru. Being my social media guru is an opportunity for YOU to be a part of the Bitcoins and Gravy Podcast team while earning LTB coin. But that’s not all. By being the Bitcoins and Gravy Social Media Guru, you can also earn Bitcoin tips. Yowza! 2) If you’ve enjoyed the show, p

On today’s show, due to a serious lack of time, I ask my listeners to forgive me for repeating a past show. I’ll be at the Texas Bitcoin Conference in Austin this weekend and will be back next week with a slammin show that is sure to make you stand up and shout Yee Haa!!!! On today's show I travel to San Diego to speak with Paul Puey, the CEO and co-founder of Airbitz.co, a mobile and web app company soon to be launching a Bitcoin wallet on iOS and Android. Airbitz is also a business directory that helps you find merchants in 14 different countries where bitcoin is accepted. Paul talks to us about the launch of their bitcoin wallet in a few weeks and how the Airbitz wallet differs fundamentally from many other bitcoin wallets. I also speak with Sam Patterson, the Operations Lead for OpenBazaar.org. Open Bazaar is an open source project to create a decentralized network for commerce online using Bitcoin that has NO fees and cannot be censored. Sam talks to us about Multisig addresses, notaries, arbiters and

In the first half of today’s show I am thrilled to be speaking with Paul Snow, the Chairman of the Texas Bitcoin conference which is coming up in less than one week, March 27th through 29th. Of course there is still time to register for the conference by going to TexasBitcoinConference.com. Make sure to use the Bitcoins and Gravy discount code which is easy to remember because it is: BitcoinsAndGravy, not to be confused with Biscuits and gravy, wink, wink. And in the 2nd half of today’s show my conversation with Paul Snow continues as we discuss Factom - a distributed record-keeping network for securing millions of realtime records in the blockchain with a single hash. Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the Magic Word and you can earn LTBcoin! First set up a free account at LetsTalkBitcoin.com. Then tune in to your favorite LTB podcast and when you hear the Magic Word, don’t delay! Submit it to your account and by d

Episode #59: Yanis Varoufakis On today’s show I travel all the way to the beautiful island of Greece to speak with finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. Yanis sets us straight about the history of economics and about how some of the old models we hold onto need to be left behind as we open our minds to new paradigms and new freedoms for all people. Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the Magic Word and you can earn LTBcoin! First set up a free account at LetsTalkBitcoin.com. Then tune in to your favorite LTB podcast and when you hear the Magic Word, don’t delay! Submit it to your account and by doing so you will earn a portion of the week’s LTBcoin distribution. Setting up an LTB account has always been fast and easy . . . and now it’s profitable!!! Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who I am proud to say is now also a con

On today’s show I am speaking with Hubert, the host of Mad Potcoins. Hubert lives in Denver where he enjoys legally growing a small crop of Marijuana plants for his own enjoyment. Hubert I and talk about everything under the sun including organic growing versus using chemicals and pesticides, the difficulties growers, head shops and dispensaries are having in procuring and keeping bank accounts and how some of these problems might just be solved by Potcoin, the official coin of the International Cannabis Community! And listeners and podcasters alike, coming soon you’ll be able to find full transcripts of each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy in the Transcript section of BitcoinsAndGravy.com . Professional transcriptions provided by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com/2015/01/21/free-transcript-project-8/ More on this in a few weeks and thanks for your patience friends! Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may so

On today’s show I speak with Vadim Telyatnikov, the CEO of Alpha Point. Alpha Point is powerful software that allows you to launch an exchange in days not months. Alpha Point supports multiple languages, interfaces and protocols. It also supports any and all fiat and cryptocurrencies. Throughout the interview we talk about Hedge funds and exchanges, how Alpha Point is different from its competitors and of course about the future of everyone’s favorite currency – Bitcoin! Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the Magic Word and you can earn LTBcoin! First set up a free account at LetsTalkBitcoin.com. Then tune in to your favorite LTB podcast and when you hear the Magic Word, don’t delay! Submit it to your account and by doing so you will earn a portion of the week’s LTBcoin distribution. Setting up an LTB account has always been fast and easy . . . and now it’s profitable!!! TRANSCRIPTS Coming soon you’ll be able to find f

Episode #56: Michael Connell – Bitcoin Comedian! On today’s show I travel to Australia’s Gold Coast, the Miami beach down under where beer does flow and men do indeed chunder – all except my special guest Bitcoin Comedian Michael Connell. Michael talks to us about how he got into comedy and how he got into bitcoin. And throughout this episode we get to hear Michael’s classic and hilarious bit about money, the NSA, philosophy and of course bitcoins! Listeners get ready to laugh your butts off and rest assured that this is clean comedy that can be enjoyed by the entire family. "And remember listeners, coming soon you’ll be able to find full transcripts of each episode of “Bitcoins and Gravy”in the “transcript”section of www.bitcoinsandgravy.com . Professional transcription is being provided by one of our fans, “Franky”, who can be found at www.diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com " MAGIC WORD Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the M

On today’s show I travel down under to Adelaide, Australia to speak with Simon Edhouse, the CEO of BitTunes. BitTunes is reinventing global music distribution by creating a people powered platform. Simon talks to us about how this platform allows P2P file sharing to achieve its full potential as the optimal internet distribution mechanism and how he aims to monetize the exchange of digital data. Simon is a man of conscience who has been following the legacy of his family in working for the greater good. It’s not just about making money folks, sometimes it’s about doing what is right for humanity. And coming soon you’ll be able to find full transcripts of each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy in the Transcript section of BitcoinsAndGravy.com . Professional transcriptions provided by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com/2015/01/21/free-transcript-project-8/ More on this in a few weeks and thanks for your patience friends! Magic Word Hidden in each episode of Bitc

Episode #54: David Schwartz explains Ripple On today’s show I speak with David Schwartz, the Chief Cryptographer at Ripple Labs and one of the architects of the Ripple protocol. David was developing encrypted cloud storage and messaging systems for organizations like CNN and the NSA when he discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and soon became active in the Bitcoin community as "JoelKatz". In late 2011, he was hired by Jed McCaleb to design and implement what is now the Ripple network. David gives us a fantastic explanation of what Ripple really is and for the first time, I feel like I might actually understand Ripple and where it fits in here at the Dawn of the Age of Cryptocurrencies! Coming soon you’ll be able to find full transcripts of each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy in the Transcript section of BitcoinsAndGravy.com . Professional transcription provided by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com/2015/01/21/free-transcript-project-8/ Magic Word Hidden in each epi