VIDEO — Wired Money 2015 – Andreas M Antonopoulos – Bitcoin is the real disruptor
via aantonop
Jul 17, 2015
Presenting as part of the session “Beyond Bitcoin, Unleashing the Blockchain”, Andreas M Antonopoulos opens with a contrarian perspective. It’s not about “beyond bitcoin”, and you can’t put this technology on a leash to make it more palatable. Bitcoin is the real thing, the revolutionary and disruptive technology that can’t be tamed.
Bitcoin is punk rock and you can’t turn it into smooth jazz just to satisfy the sensibilities of a timid boardroom.
VIDEO — Julia Tourianski on the Sentencing of Ross Ulbricht and Anarchy in Rojava
via DECENTRALIZE
Jun 2, 2015
Julia Tourianski joins us to talk about her experiences as an activist and filmmaker challenging power structures through her blog and YouTube channel Brave the World, where she covers topics ranging from armed self-defense to anarchism.
We also ask her about her participation in the “Free Ross” movement that has arisen organically over the course of Ulbricht’s imprisonment, and she shares some ways (see full notes below) that decentralists can support Ross and his family even after the sentencing.
Special Guest: Julia Tourianski (https://twitter.com/bravetheworld)
Hosted By: Tony Sakich, James Walpole, & [Eric Martindal
Produced By: [Chaz Ferguson] (https://twitter.com/unchaz)
Want to support Ross in prison? Tomorrow (06/05/15) Julia will be sending a care package of printed screenshots of tweets, comments, and stories sent to @BraveTheWorld on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bravetheworld) or directed through her contact page(http://bravetheworld.com/contact-page/) at BraveTheWorld.com.
If you’re watching this show at a later time, you can still support Ross and his family by donating to his Defense Fund (http://freeross.org/donate-now-2/) or by directing letters to the address listed at FreeRoss.org (http://freeross.org/contact-us-2/).
The Community Responds on the Day Before the Sentencing of Ross Ulbricht
via Coin Telegraph
by Jamie Redman
2015-05-28 07:03 PM
In a letter to Judge Katherine Forrest, Ross Ulbricht will plead for leniency at his May 29 sentencing following his conviction for the crime of being the owner and operator of the Silk Road online marketplace.
“Even now I understand what a terrible mistake I made. I’ve had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years, but please leave me my old age.”
— Ross Ulbricht in a letter to Judge Forrest
The 31-year-old Ulbricht faces a mandatory minimum 20 years in prison and a maximum of life. He was found guilty on all seven felony counts based on being the creator of the anonymous online marketplace, under the pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR).
Ulbricht will be sentenced at 1:00 p.m. EST in Judge Forrest’s courtroom at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in New York City. The charges are all non-violent. Ulbricht says in his letter that the Silk Road was “supposed to be about giving people the freedom to make their own choices and pursue their own happiness.”
Prosecutors in his trial sent the judge a 16-page letter requesting that Ulbricht be given “a lengthy sentence at his judgment on Friday, one substantially above the mandatory minimum.” The Department of Justice attorneys contend the motivation is to “send a clear message” to the Dark Web drug market.
Many in the crypto environment have been vocal about the case, which they see as an issue that is far bigger than Bitcoin. They believe the drug war is a fraud and that our Internet freedoms are at stake.
Before Ulbricht received his sentenced, many supporters wanted to speak out. In responses shared with CoinTelegraph, members of the Bitcoin community commented on the case of the Silk Road and the upcoming sentencing.
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[related: Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison]
How Blockchain Tech is Inspiring the Art World
via Coin Desk
Published on May 14, 2015 at 20:25 BST
Since its creation in 2009, bitcoin’s blockchain has proved that value can be moved across a network that cuts out the traditional ‘middle men’.
While the broad strokes of distributed ledger technologies like bitcoin are a hot topic, it’s not just Wall Street or multi-national corporations that are paying attention.
Artists are also exploring how the experimental technology can provide new ways to track and verify ownership through tools like smart contracts – authenticated by cryptographic data.
Blockchain authentication
Stephan Vogler, an artist and entrepreneur based in Germany, thinks the blockchain may be the answer to the art world’s perennial problem, authenticity.
Forgery is rife in the art world. While traditional forms of licensing would create a tradable commodity, he said, buyers could not be certain the license was authentic – nor would they be able to assert whether the author had created multiple copies of the piece.
“Bitcoin offers a solution to this problem. Just like bitcoin can replace banknotes, it can replace the piece of paper with the license text on it. I see great potential in bitcoin and its technology.”
He continued: “The blockchain is the first decentralised trustable database, which can track the ownership of virtual properties in a reliable way.”
By placing a hash value – a set of cryptographic functions that enable people to identify data – of his digital artwork on the bitcoin blockchain, the artist enables potential buyers to verify that the artwork has been licensed.
VIDEO — Can the Price of Bitcoin Stabilize?
World Crypto Network
Apr 23, 2015
Bitcoin price volatility is often given as the reason why bitcoin is impractical to use for everyday purchases. But will it always be that way?
This quick explainer video shows exactly how and why bitcoin’s price volatility is going away all on it’s own.
VIDEO — Alexandria v0.4 alpha Intro and Walkthrough
Blockchain Technology Group
Apr 17, 2015
Alexandria is a decentralized, open-source, peer-to-peer library for sharing and preserving art, history and culture. Learn more at http://www.blocktech.com
VIDEO — LIVE Announcement of ProTip – Peer to Peer Tipping for the Web
World Crypto Network
Mar 12, 2015
The much anticipated soon to be live crowd funding campaign will be here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pr…
You can also donate to the project in Bitcoin: 1ProTip9x3uoqKDJeMQJdQUCQawDLauNiF
http://my.protip.is
ProTip is by artists for artists. An Open Source project written by a small team of developers in London with support from volunteers across the globe.
The internet lacks the tools to help people reward one another for the effort and time that goes in to making their art, we want to change that.
We believe that people should be rewarded for their work online.
Andreas Antonopoulos Makes Case for Bitcoin Before Australian Senate — video included
Andreas Antonopoulus
by
CoinDesk
Mar 4, 2015
Bitcoin evangelist Andreas M Antonopoulos has appeared before the Australian Senate as part of an inquiry into the local treatment of digital currencies.
The prominent bitcoin ‘guru’ made the case for bitcoin, saying that its unique architecture and payment mechanism had important implications for network access, innovation, privacy, individual empowerment, consumer protection and regulation.
Claiming that bitcoin represented a “unique opportunity in two areas for Australia”, Antonopoulos said:
“Bitcoin can introduce much needed competition in the retail payments industry, undercutting the expensive systems offered by credit and debit cards, whilst significantly improving security and privacy for consumers.”
“Secondly, the bitcoin industry can establish Australia at the forefront of the next wave of innovation of financial services. A wave that can extend financial services to more than two billion people throughout Southeast Asia, who are currently unbanked,” he continued.
Decentral Announces 2015 Canadian Blockchain and Fintech Expo
by Wanda Carruthers
Bitcoin Magazine
Feb 24, 2015
Decentral, Toronto’s home to tech start-ups, announced it’s organizing the 2015 Canadian Blockchain and Fintech Expo for the second week of September as a follow up to last year’s successful Bitcoin Expo.
Toronto will again play host to Bitcoin enthusiasts as event organizers assemble a growing list of all-star speakers for the Expo, including Vitalik Buterin, Gavin Wood and Anthony Di Iorio of Ethereum, David Johnston of DApps Fund, Matthew Roszak of Tally Capital, Brock Pierce of ChangeTip, Tether, and the Bitcoin Foundation, David Bailey of BTC Media, Joel Dietz of Swarm, Paul Snow of Factum, Shawn Wilkinson of Storj, Jason King of Sean’s Outpost, Jamie Robinson of QuickBT, Jeff Coleman of Kryptokit, William Mougayar of Start-Up Management, Michael Terpin of Social Radius, and Gerald Cotten of QuadrigaCX.
Event organizer Anthony Di Iorio explained that response from last year’s Expo prompted the follow-up conference for this fall, adding September was chosen to avoid conflicts with summer holiday schedules.
Bitcoin Voucher Scheme Bitupcard Expands to 300 Shops in Turkey
By Yessi Bello Perez (@yessi_kbello)
CoinDesk
February 26, 2015 at 15:00 GMT
Prepaid bitcoin voucher service Bitupcard is now available at an additional 270 retail locations across Turkey.
The announcement, which follows on from the launch of a pilot scheme that saw $25,000-worth of bitcoin sold in 10 weeks, raises the number of retail locations offering over-the-counter bitcoin purchases in the country to 300.
The scheme is run by Amsterdam-based bitcoin seller Bit4coin in conjunction with Berlin-based firm MK Payment.
Dolf Diederichsen, CEO at Bit4coin said:
“We are excited with the early success we are seeing in the market. The launch has exceeded our expectations, and we are very happy to quickly expand the reach and make Bitupcard even more accessible to more customers.”
Ibrahim Tarlig, CEO of MK Payment, added: “The market reception has been very positive and many customers told us that they would like to buy Bitupcard e-vouchers, but that the stores were simply too far away from where they lived or worked.”
VIDEO — Bitcoin Rush-36 w/ AndreasAntonopoulos, FibreCoin, BitcoinGarden, LaraCelenza, ProofOfWork
World Crypto Network
Feb 20, 2015
Fibre:
http://fibre.com
http://twitter@fibrecoin
Bitcoin Garden:
Blog: http://bitcoingarden.tk/
Forum: http://bitcoingarden.tk/forum/
http://twitter@BitcoinGarden
Lara Celenza:
http://www.kalifilmproductions.com
http://www.laracelenza.com
http://twitter@LaraCelenza
Proof Of Work:
http://proofofwork.media/project/iams…
http://www.ProofofWork.media
http://twitter@ProofOfWork
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