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On the third episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, you see the birth of bitcoin and its mysterious origins and how the fledgling network battled to exist from the very beginning.
Watch COINS | Episode 4 | Drug Money
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In episode 3 three we break down the story of the birth of bitcoin, looking into its mysterious founder Satoshi Nakamoto, timely creation amid the global recession, and those pioneers who were there from the very beginning, ready and willing to keep this fledgling network alive when it was at its weakest and most vulnerable. Bitcoin was never a sure thing, at every stage, it faced great challenges to becoming the global currency it is today.
0:00 Intro
2:43 Start Of Bitcoin And Whitepaper
8:02 Social Movement
12:09 Centralized Vs Decentralized
16:40 Attempts To Build Digital Currency
22:27 What Is Bitcoin Mining?
23:33 Bitcoin Halving
28:38 Bitcoin As A Species
30:41 Censorship Resistance
31:24 Bitcoin Traits
33:15 Purity Of Bitcoin
38:06 Governments Initial Reaction
39:54 Vilified Community
46:07 Early Bitcoin As A Success Story
51:13 Ending And Episode 4 - Drug Money
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Guests:
Erik Voorhees, CEO Co Founder at ShapeShift
Twitter Erik Voorhees: twitter.com/ErikVoorhees
Anthony Scaramucci, Former White House Communications Director
Twitter Anthony Scaramucci: twitter.com/Scaramucci
Alex Mashinsky, CEO at Celsius.Network
Twitter Alex Mashinsky: twitter.com/Mashinsky
Roger Ver, Founder of Bitcoin.com
Twitter Roger Ver: twitter.com/rogerkver
Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken
Twitter Dan Held: twitter.com/danheld
Bill Barhydt, CEO at Abra
Twitter Bill Barhydt: twitter.com/billbarhydt
Mark Yusko, Managing Director & CIO Morgan Creek Digital Assets
Twitter Mark Yusko: twitter.com/MarkYusko
Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer at CoinShares
Twitter Meltem Demirors: twitter.com/Melt_Dem
Nathaniel Popper, New York Times Reporter and author of Digital Gold
Twitter Nathaniel Popper: twitter.com/nathanielpopper
Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at Ernst & Young
Twitter Paul Brody: twitter.com/pbrody
Asiff Hirji, President at Figure
Twitter Asiff Hirji: twitter.com/AsiffHirji
Bruce Fenton, Managing Director at Chainstone Labs
Twitter Bruce Fenton: twitter.com/brucefenton
Nic Carter, Founding Partner at Castle Island Ventures
Twitter Nic Carter: twitter.com/nic__carter
Lou Kerner, CEO at BIGtoken
Twitter Lou Kerner: twitter.com/loukerner
Coins credit list
Producer - Orlando John
Executive Producer - Levin Holz & Patrick McLain
Director - Jonas Trukanas
Director of Photography - Saulius Lukoševičius
Editor: Artūrs Valdmanis
Writer: John Dove
Host - Patrick McLain
Narrator – Robert Davi
Production assistant - Ashlie Meredith
Story producer & 2nd host - Asher Westropp-Evans
Guest booker - Allon Sinai
Editorial - Roshan Mirajkar
Editorial - Jim Scampoli
Editorial - Tyler Olsson
Production manager - Guo Guo
Gaffer - Matthew Barauskas
Key Grip - Monica Mejia
A Cam 1AC - Darrell Ham
B Cam 1AC - Azariah Bjorvig
Special thanks to remote crews in New York, New Hampshire, Zurich, Hong Kong, Denver, Las Vegas, London & Saint Barthélemy
Special Thanks to Karl-Magnus Karlsson, CW and team
©️ Orlando John LTD & Mousebelt Labs PTE LTD
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Coins is the podcast that tells the story of the tidal wave caused by crypto and blockchain, the ways it has upended the global financial system and beyond. From those pioneers of the cypherpunk movement, to the multi-trillion dollar industry that has since grown from it. This series shows it all, the scams, the drugs, the hacks, the billionaires, and the bankrupt. The untold story of cryptocurrency is here told by those who are living it.
Twitter: twitter.com/coins_podcast
Facebook: facebook.com/coinspodcast
Instagram: instagram.com/coins_podcast
Twitter Reimagine: twitter.com/REIMAGINE_2021
Instagram Reimagine: instagram.com/reimagine2021
Website Reimagine: ri2020.io
Twitter MouseBelt: twitter.com/mouse_belt
Facebook MouseBelt: facebook.com/mousebeltaccelerator
Website MouseBelt: mousebelt.com
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COINS | Episode 3 |The Birth Of Bitcoin
Thank you for watching. Please feel free to comment, like, or share with your friends. 🙏
#COINS #BirthOfBitcoin #CryptoPodcast
On the third episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, you see the birth of bitcoin and its mysterious origins and how the fledgling network battled to exist from the very beginning.
Watch COINS | Episode 4 | Drug Money
youtu.be/U6frll2YmU4
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In episode 3 three we break down the story of the birth of bitcoin, looking into its mysterious founder Satoshi Nakamoto, timely creation amid the global recession, and those pioneers who were there from the very beginning, ready and willing to keep this fledgling network alive when it was at its weakest and most vulnerable. Bitcoin was never a sure thing, at every stage, it faced great challenges to becoming the global currency it is today.
0:00 Intro
2:43 Start Of Bitcoin And Whitepaper
8:02 Social Movement
12:09 Centralized Vs Decentralized
16:40 Attempts To Build Digital Currency
22:27 What Is Bitcoin Mining?
23:33 Bitcoin Halving
28:38 Bitcoin As A Species
30:41 Censorship Resistance
31:24 Bitcoin Traits
33:15 Purity Of Bitcoin
38:06 Governments Initial Reaction
39:54 Vilified Community
46:07 Early Bitcoin As A Success Story
51:13 Ending And Episode 4 - Drug Money
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Guests:
Erik Voorhees, CEO Co Founder at ShapeShift
Twitter Erik Voorhees: twitter.com/ErikVoorhees
Anthony Scaramucci, Former White House Communications Director
Twitter Anthony Scaramucci: twitter.com/Scaramucci
Alex Mashinsky, CEO at Celsius.Network
Twitter Alex Mashinsky: twitter.com/Mashinsky
Roger Ver, Founder of Bitcoin.com
Twitter Roger Ver: twitter.com/rogerkver
Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken
Twitter Dan Held: twitter.com/danheld
Bill Barhydt, CEO at Abra
Twitter Bill Barhydt: twitter.com/billbarhydt
Mark Yusko, Managing Director & CIO Morgan Creek Digital Assets
Twitter Mark Yusko: twitter.com/MarkYusko
Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer at CoinShares
Twitter Meltem Demirors: twitter.com/Melt_Dem
Nathaniel Popper, New York Times Reporter and author of Digital Gold
Twitter Nathaniel Popper: twitter.com/nathanielpopper
Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at Ernst & Young
Twitter Paul Brody: twitter.com/pbrody
Asiff Hirji, President at Figure
Twitter Asiff Hirji: twitter.com/AsiffHirji
Bruce Fenton, Managing Director at Chainstone Labs
Twitter Bruce Fenton: twitter.com/brucefenton
Nic Carter, Founding Partner at Castle Island Ventures
Twitter Nic Carter: twitter.com/nic__carter
Lou Kerner, CEO at BIGtoken
Twitter Lou Kerner: twitter.com/loukerner
Coins credit list
Producer - Orlando John
Executive Producer - Levin Holz & Patrick McLain
Director - Jonas Trukanas
Director of Photography - Saulius Lukoševičius
Editor: Artūrs Valdmanis
Writer: John Dove
Host - Patrick McLain
Narrator – Robert Davi
Production assistant - Ashlie Meredith
Story producer & 2nd host - Asher Westropp-Evans
Guest booker - Allon Sinai
Editorial - Roshan Mirajkar
Editorial - Jim Scampoli
Editorial - Tyler Olsson
Production manager - Guo Guo
Gaffer - Matthew Barauskas
Key Grip - Monica Mejia
A Cam 1AC - Darrell Ham
B Cam 1AC - Azariah Bjorvig
Special thanks to remote crews in New York, New Hampshire, Zurich, Hong Kong, Denver, Las Vegas, London & Saint Barthélemy
Special Thanks to Karl-Magnus Karlsson, CW and team
©️ Orlando John LTD & Mousebelt Labs PTE LTD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coins is the podcast that tells the story of the tidal wave caused by crypto and blockchain, the ways it has upended the global financial system and beyond. From those pioneers of the cypherpunk movement, to the multi-trillion dollar industry that has since grown from it. This series shows it all, the scams, the drugs, the hacks, the billionaires, and the bankrupt. The untold story of cryptocurrency is here told by those who are living it.
Twitter: twitter.com/coins_podcast
Facebook: facebook.com/coinspodcast
Instagram: instagram.com/coins_podcast
Twitter Reimagine: twitter.com/REIMAGINE_2021
Instagram Reimagine: instagram.com/reimagine2021
Website Reimagine: ri2020.io
Twitter MouseBelt: twitter.com/mouse_belt
Facebook MouseBelt: facebook.com/mousebeltaccelerator
Website MouseBelt: mousebelt.com
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COINS | Episode 3 |The Birth Of Bitcoin
Thank you for watching. Please feel free to comment, like, or share with your friends. 🙏
#COINS #BirthOfBitcoin #CryptoPodcast
