Support the show, consider donating: 18SrPUgVAEMRL171T2VQPyzNJ34xkDdoQU (http://bit.ly/1l5m5wl) The Bitcoin and blockchain industry has been through a lot this year. While the Bitcoin price has experienced relative stability, perhaps indicating slow growth, the space has grown into a rich and diverse ecosystem of startups and open technologies. Through inspiring proof-of-concepts and exciting use cases, blockchain technologies have gained legitimacy as a viable technology to improve transparency, reduce costs and optimise processes, to name a few of it’s benefits. In this episode, all three Epicenter Bitcoin hosts, Brian, Sebastien and Meher, come together to look back on the events which marked the space this past year, and speculate on where thing may be heading in the future. Among the topics discussed in this episode: - Shift in focus from Bitcoin to blockchain technologies - Public vs. private blockchain debate - Bitcoin blocksize debate - Media censorship and r/Bitcoin dictatorship - Ethereum and it’s flourishing ecosystem - Sebastien’s new startup: Stratumn Sponsors: - Shapeshift: Buy and sell alt coins instantly at http://ShapeShift.io - Hide.me: Protect your privacy and personal data with a free VPN account at Hide.me/epicenter Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/108 SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-108 Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc

Support the show, consider donating: 1GaLQRuaP6Gyrzza3yViW5ZAvZQnBDuJND (http://bit.ly/28K4Blv) With recent news surrounding The DOA and the Brexit vote causing a stir in the blockchain world and beyond, it seems like a regulatory update is due. So we called up our favorite regulatory affairs specialist Siân Jones to enlighten us on some of the recent developments in Bitcoin and blockchain regulation. Topics covered in this episode include: - The Brexit and it's potential impacts on the Blockchain and Fintech space in the UK - The Bank of England opening its doors to more than a thousand financial institution and payment service providers - Some of the initiatives by the UK government to potentially adopt blockchain technologies - The recent European Parliament plenary sitting on virtual currencies and the Distributed Ledger Technology Task Force - An update on BitLicense and its impacts a year and a half after being adopted in New York - The potential regulatory implications of DAOs Links mentioned in this episode: - European Digital Currency & Blockchain Technology Forum: http://edcab.eu - Coinsult: http://coinsult.eu Sponsors: - Jaxx: Wallets that Unify the Blockchain Experience Across Devices jaxx.io - GTEC: Blockchain Innovation Award epicenterbitcoin.com/gtec Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/137 SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-137 Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc

Support the show, consider donating: 145PoPHFLFYTTRe1wMZtdzYqsgptgfTKmY (http://bit.ly/2fWcvKF) System scalability and extensibility of system features are two central problems around which research in the cryptocurrency / blockchain industry has centered. For example, the Blockstream sidechains project foresaw hundreds of blockchains coordinating together to form an ‘Internet of Chains’ delivering extensibility to the Bitcoin system. Recently, Dr. Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum and Parity, put forth Polkadot, a technical vision to achieve the similar end-goals using different system architecture. Polkadot could enable individual blockchain networks to share security and communications infrastructure with other blockchain networks, forming in effect an ‘Internet of Blockchain networks’. Melonport, a team based out of Zurich, has taken up the challenge of deploying the Polkadot network and also building decentralized asset management software on the same network. In this episode we converse with Mona El Isa and Reto Trinkler, co-founders of Melonport, in order to discover more about the overall vision. Topics discussed in this episode: - Melonport, a team based out of Zurich, has taken up the challenge of deploying the Polkadot network and also building decentralized asset management software on the same network. In this episode we converse with Mona El Isa and Reto Trinkler, co-founders of Melonport, in order to discover more about the overall vision. - Description of problem(s) Polkadot seeks to resolve - Analogous design problems from technological history - Overview of Polkadot network - Overview of Melonport asset management software - How Melonport and Polkadot connect with each other - Next steps for the team Links mentioned in this episode: - Melonport website: https://melonport.com - Melonport white paper: https://melonport.com/melonprotocol.pdf - melonproject on GitHub: https://github.com/melonproject - Melonport explainer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG6LISz1iyw - Polkadot Network: http://polkadot.network - Polkadot white paper: http://polkadot.network/PolkaDotPaper.pdf - Parity and Melonport joint press release: https://ethcore.io/press.html/ Sponsors: - Ledger: Smart card security for your Bitcoins - Get 10% off your first order when you use the code EPICENTER - http://ledgerwallet.com - Jaxx: Wallets that Unify the Blockchain Experience Across Devices - http://jaxx.io This episode is also available on : - Epicenter.tv: https://epicenter.tv/158 - YouTube: http://youtu.be/rfRufqN8S9c - Souncloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-158 Watch or listen, Epicenter is available wherever you get your podcasts. Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.

Support the show, consider donating: 38AAWYPwzjmphPp8LwTT6k8yp9HTfB7Z4n (http://bit.ly/1AH8Ch3) David A. Johnston is a very active member of the Bitcoin community. Aside from speaking at about every Bitcoin conference there is, David is the Managing Director of the DApps Fund, a board member MSC Protocol Foundation, as well as Co-founder and Executive Director of the BitAngels Network. On this episode we go deep in to decentralized applications, and who better to talk to about DApps than the creator of ""Johnston's Law"" which states ""Everything that can be decentralized, will be decentralized"". We talked to David about the recent whitepaper he co-wrote titled ""The General Theory of Decentralized Applications, DApps"" which defines the different types of DApps and a number of best practices with regards to funding, token distribution, business models etc. We also discussed the DApps Fund, BitAngels Network and the Master Protocol, and his involvement with those projects. Links mentioned in this episode: - DApps Whitepaper: http://bit.ly/1uhF7BL - ""Decentralized Applications - the future of Bitcoin and virtual currencies?"" - CoinSummit San Francisco 2014: http://bit.ly/13yPFBk - Crowdsale Best Practices Paper: http://bit.ly/1xRV3s7 - DApps Fund: http://dappsfund.com - BitAngels Network: http://www.bitangels.co - Mastercoin Foundation: http://mastercoinfoundation.org Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/051 SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-051 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