#bitcoin 2013

An Inside Look at Bitcoin’s 2013 Great Leap Forward

This is the first of a series of exclusive articles on Bitcoin and China made possible with the help of staff from China’s largest Bitcoin Exchange – Huobi.

There is general agreement among Bitcoin watchers that 2013 was a key, pivotal year for digital currencies and nowhere more so than in China.

By July 2013, China had become the majority traders in Bitcoin in the world. Although…

Performing at Bitcoin 2013

By Tom Simonite on May 22, 2013

Bitcoin’s earliest adopters were libertarians, cryptographers, and coders attracted by the idea of money that could operate without government oversight. They liked the idea that people could exchange bitcoins without knowing or trusting one another. Large exchanges and payments companies that operate much like existing financial institutions and follow the same regulations compromise both of those features, some argue.

“When those people talk about revolution, it’s ‘I put out a disruptive app.’ That’s not a revolution to me,” said one attendee, who told me that his online handle is Alexmat and that he quit a job with Goldman Sachs’s commodity desk in Tokyo to operate a private, one-man Bitcoin exchange business in Seattle. “These companies would be happy for it to just function like Mastercard. That is not what Bitcoin is about.”

Bitcoin 2013 Conference Coverage!

Interview with Erik Voorhees

// <![CDATA[ // var CoinWidget_Config = { address : '1JF1tJtdPqgihWzBKGcY1gX8Hmyx1HRbPG', counter : 'amount', text : 'Bitcoin Support Conference Fund', text_count : 'Tippers' }; // ]]>

Bitcoin Donation Address

1JF1tJtdPqgihWzBKGcY1gX8Hmyx1HRbPG

Now Accepting LITECOIN Donations

LX7QV38A3Qmp5WPeZ14erw9yTCZeB9R6qh

 Let’s Talk Bitcoin! is now available on Stitcher Radio, and is a New & Notable Podcast on iTunes!  Subscribe to your preferred service now, and if you like what we're doing please rate & review!

Subscribe with iTunes 

Please leave a review on iTUNES!

Download the MP3 - COMING SOON!

Don't want to use any of those things? 

Here's a straight RSS Feed to use with the application of your choice

Send Listener Questions, Feedback, plus offers to help the cause and join our team to [email protected]

Each episode takes about 10 hours to produce, please support the show if you like what we’re doing.

Hosts:  Adam B. Levine Stephanie Murphy, PhD Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Shownotes for Bitcoin 2013 - Erik Voorhees Interview

Why Satoshi Dice is Gone from the land of the free

Why Panama?

Bitcoin based autonomous region, and the lesson of the Honduras free zone

Behind the man, history and hopes

Why Join, then Leave the Free State Project?

Why this time really is different

What's the scenario that keeps you up at night?

What do you think of Ripple in its current iteration?

Are Bitcoin Businesses Possible in the US?

What's Wrong with Mt Gox?

Is Bitcoin the future, or is it just Cryptocurrencies in general?