Support the show, consider donating: 3PCV8LKfA9952FTF9Y4wGTUmYikEgHws34 (http://bit.ly/1AHdNNW) At just 20-years young, Vitalik Buterin is one of the most brilliant minds in the cryptocurrency space. Previously, a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine, he has conceptualized Ethereum, the most radical and ambitious cryptocurrency project since Bitcoin. After raising $18m in a crowdsale, a team of over 30 are working on launching the project by March 2015. In his work on designing a system for the future, he has been grappling with many of the hardest problems in the cryptocurrency space over the past year. In a fascinating discussion, we covered: - How Ethereum has evolved since the white paper - The problems of Proof-of-Work - Why Proof-of-Stake is the future of consensus protocols - Why his main focus has been on consensus issues and scalability - Why Bitcoin will never be stable enough to price things in - The flawed ideology of ‘Bitcoin maximalism’ that prevents people from considering Proof-of-Work alternatives Links mentioned in this episode: - Ethereum: http://ethereum.org - How to get started: Your first DApp in under one hour: https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/1402/how-to-get-started-your-first-dapp-under-one-hour - Ethereum Proof-of-Concept 7: https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/wiki - Proof of Stake: How I Learned to Love Weak Subjectivity: https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/11/25/proof-stake-learned-love-weak-subjectivity/ - Slasher: A Punitive Proof-of-Stake Algorithm: https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/01/15/slasher-a-punitive-proof-of-stake-algorithm/ Sponsors: - Gems: http://getgems.org - Shapeshift: https://shapeshift.io - Fairlay: http://fairlay.com Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/058 SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-058 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

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: 1L94F3FJcSqCqx1F11nXbhRM7f8pj6PDm2 (http://bit.ly/1PzJOw5) Vinay Gupta has been a programmer, 1990s cypherpunk, 'resilience guru', Ethereum release coordinator and currently collaborates with Consensys to mainstream smart contract technology. He also invented the Hexayurt, a cheap and resilient architectural structure for disaster-stricken communities. Recently, Vinay has become a thought leader in the cryptocurrency space. He is famed for his eloquence and ability to distill the crypto-finance technological paradigm into easy big-picture visualisations. Check out this podcast for some unique insights into technology, politics and history. Topics covered included: - His work on resilience. The connection between resilience and cryptocurrencies - A history of the cypherpunks - who they were, what they believed in and why they failed. - Why smart contracts matter? What is special about them? - The impact cryptocurrencies will have on capitalism - Why cryptocurrencies could be a great tool to explore basic income Links mentioned in this episode: - Vinay Gupta - Dangerous Old Men: cypherpunk's failure, Ethereum's success http://bit.ly/1ZHGlpU - Vinay Gupta - Resilience Guru | London Real http://bit.ly/1Ss64xT - Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps http://bit.ly/1n6U3Rw - Vinay Gupta | Computers that just work | State of the Net 2015 http://bit.ly/1lo7HOV - Vinay's site re.silience.com http://bit.ly/1QiSA6g Sponsors: - Hide.me: Protect your privacy and personal data with a free VPN account at http://hide.me/epicenter Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/114 SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-114 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: 13AnaAVN4SMzMYVT3pb1S3A8wBFQYpqvnR (http://bit.ly/2lBipab) In the footsteps of the finance industry, the energy sector has been caught by the blockchain fever. Conceived over a century ago, increased usage and an explosion of devices have made energy grids outdated. Smart grids offer a two-way dialogue where electricity and information are exchanged between utilities and its customers. This new grid takes advantages of connected devices and green energy production to provide more reliability, security and sustainability. Carsten Stöcker, Senior Manager Machine Economy & Blockchain at Innogy, shares his vision for how blockchains will serve as the transactional fabric for tomorrow's smart grids. In this new paradigm, energy is locally produced and blockchains provide the rails on which local energy marketplaces can be built. The German utility has been conducting blockchain experiments for several years and is soon releasing the Mobility Transaction Platform moveX. The Ethereum-powered platform will serve an ecosystem of electric vehicles with transaction layer needed for charging, car sharing and mobility as a service. Topics discussed in this episode: - Carsten's background in technology - The history of RWE and creation of Innogy - Business models in a decentralized economy - How the energy grid system works - The transition from the traditional grid to the smart grid - How blockchains can be integrated in tomorrow's smart grids - Use cases for blockchain and energy - Innogy's moveX blockchain experiment for mobility Links mentioned in this episode: - innogy Innovation Hub: https://innovationhub.innogy.com - World Economic Forum - Decentral Blockchain Transaction Platform: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/goodbye-car-ownership-hello-clean-air-this-is-the-future-of-transport - Share and Charge - Mobility on Blockchain: https://shareandcharge.com/en/ - Blockcharge - Electric Vehicle Charging on Ethereum Blockchain: https://youtu.be/it2X_j-DPmA - Genesis of Things - Industry 4.0 on Blockchain: http://www.genesisofthings.com - Automating Machine Transactions and Building Trust in the 4th Industrial Revolution: https://medium.com/iotatangle/automating-machine-transactions-and-building-trust-in-the-4th-industrial-revolution-d3219a157396#.u99on2xeo - "Free Electrons" - a new global energy start-up program: http://www.freelectrons.co Sponsors: - Jaxx: Wallets that Unify the Blockchain Experience Across Devices - http://jaxx.io This episode is also available on : - Epicenter.tv: https://epicenter.tv/174 - YouTube: http://youtu.be/9q5gsKo9DHE - Souncloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-174 Watch or listen, Epicenter is available wherever you get your podcasts. Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.