Hey guys - I'm the host of the Coinsider This! podcast and I recorded the following panel at Inside Bitcoins NYC on April 8, 2014 with permission from MediaBistro.

WALL STREET'S FAIR VALUE OF BITCOIN

An increasing number of Wall Street firms are beginning to make make forecasts about the price and impact of Bitcoin. From Merrill Lynch's 14 page research report that implied a fair value of $1,300 for Bitcoin, to Wedbush Securities prediction that Bitcoin represents a long term threat to Visa and MasterCard, Wall Street is taking notice. Thought leaders from Wall Street will discuss the new frameworks they're developing to understand Bitcoin, the potential value of the crypto currency, and the global impact they're telling clients that Bitcoin could have across the global financial, technological, and consumer landscape.

Lou Kerner (Moderator) - Founder and Analyst, The Social Internet Fund
Gil Luria - Managing Director, Wedbush Securities
George Samman - COO, BTC.sx
Greg Schvey - Partner, TradeBlock
Barry Silbert - Founder & CEO, SecondMarket

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=940DzlkcuvU

COINSIDER THIS PODCAST VERSION (MP3):
http://www.coinsiderthis.com/2014/04/10/coinsider-this-show-20-wall-streets-fair-value-of-bitcoin/

I hope you guys find it appropriate today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp9XoAD4oj4

I recorded this Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Digital LA / Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup.

This panel was held in Santa Monica at ROC and hosted by Digital LA. The panel consisted of Kevin Winston (moderator), Brock Pierce (Bitcoin entrepreneur - GoCoin, RoboCoin, ExpressCoin), Steve Bearegard (GoCoin), Elizabeth Ploshay (Bitcoin Foundation Board), Brian Klein (Bitcoin Foundation), Joseph Hsieh (ExpressCoin), and Michael Terpin (BitAngels). Topics include mining, retail acceptance, price volatility, merchant solution, legal issues, the Bitcoin Foundation, and questions from the audience in attendance.

For more, visit www.coinsiderthis.com or SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube channel!

For audio only versions, subscribe to the podcast feed: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coinsider-this!-bitcoin-podcast/id683905342

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIy2Fw9xjuk

Today’s episode of the Coinsider This! podcast is a TWO HOUR in-depth question and answer session with Andreas M. Antonopoulos. Patrick sits down with one of the most passionate voices in the Bitcoin community to answer questions collected from Reddit, the live show chat room, and even live callers. Both new and seasoned Bitcoin enthusiasts will not want to miss this fun talk which covers topics such as double spending and 51% attacks, Bitcoin’s disruptive nature, anonymity and fungibility, scalability, the other six billion, governments and regulators, taxation, retail and so much more. Thanks to Andreas for making himself available for this. We will be doing another session with Andreas in about a month!

EVERYONE should watch this!

Audio version and more available at www.coinsiderthis.com. Thank you!

The links are back on the first post. The website already has the audio up and the YouTube video will be live within 5 minutes.

Oh really? So if you mention Apple, your post gets censored here? Real logical.

I am posting a new 2 hour q&a with Andrea on youtube/my podcast feed in minutes if anyone cares. Andreas visited my studio last week, and we took calls and questions from reddit. God knows the thread I make about it here will be deleted or edited.

It sucks. I'm just trying to provide the community with resources.

Can someone please explain why you've stripped out my links and it's ok to make another thread where someone else links to the video that I produced and posted? I'm lost with the rules here. I posted a T-Shirt contest where I'm giving away 1BTC and someone moved it to "Gambling".

I want to be a part of this community and to keep bringing content here but it's frustrating to keep getting slapped on the hand and then having moderation imposed on me without it being explained at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPQKyAq-DM

I recorded the following at a talk by Andreas M. Antonopoulos to the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup on January 9, 2014 at CoLoft in Santa Monica.

Thanks to everyone in attendance, and CoLoft for hosting the event.

The audio for this session will be on the podcast feed at www.coinsiderthis.com! Please subscribe on iTunes if you enjoy this content.

A brain wallet and an encrypted paper wallet have the same problem. If you die and no one knows your password, the BTC are lost forever. Unencrypted wallets stored securely in your home are adequate for 99% of people. We're usually pretty good at securing things physically.

I used BIP38 when I made paper wallets, but this talk by Alan Reiner has me reconsidering. The argument is that we're pretty good with physical security and don't need to encrypt in most cases. This will also make it easy if anything were to happen to you for your family or friends to be able to access the BTC on the paper wallets, versus it being lost forever to a password in your mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd9C9TQ3pWY

(Full disclosure - I published this video, but it's still a great talk for all users of BTC)

I'd like to learn the posting rules here, and apologize if this was posted in the wrong subforum.

Can someone please explain why this was moved to gambling? This has nothing to do with gambling at all.

The Coinsider This! podcast is running a Bitcoin t-shirt design contest. This contest will end January 9, 2014.

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WHAT?

Coinsider This! is looking for a striking t-shirt design for our official Bitcoin t-shirts! This design could be something abstract and wild, or something clean and precise – it’s up to you. The goal is to print a shirt that people will enjoy wearing, and that will engage others who see it, offering opportunities to spread the word about Bitcoin and how it works. This shirt should be a conversation starter as well as a banner of support for Bitcoin.

FOR THE WINNER

The winner of this contest will receive a stunning, pure silver Recalescence Coin loaded with 1 BTC. These coins are the highest quality physical Bitcoins you can buy, made of one Troy ounce of .999 pure silver. The back of the coin features a tamper-proof hologram seal that can be peeled by the owner to reveal a private key. That private key can be imported in to a wallet, giving the owner access to the Bitcoin pre-loaded to the address by Recalescence Coins.

To learn more about these beautiful symbols of what Bitcoin stands for, check out www.recalescencecoins.com!

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All the details, guidelines and more can be found at www.coinsiderthis.com/contest - good luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd9C9TQ3pWY

Recorded December 10, 2013 at the Inside Bitcoins conference in Las Vegas.

Alan Reiner, CEO of Armory Technologies, will give a layman's introduction to how Bitcoin works, and then discuss best practices that every Bitcoin user should know to safely use and manage bitcoins. He will describe why Bitcoin is different than other payment systems, how the network reaches agreement on transactions, how to backup your wallets, and how to use addresses to maximize privacy. The concept behind ʺCold Storageʺ will also be explained with information for new users to get started using it. The presentation will also touch on developing technologies in the Bitcoin community, including hardware wallets and multi-device authentication.

For and audio version or the PDF of the slides from this presentation, visit www.coinsiderthis.com!

Subscribe to the show in iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coinsider-this!-bitcoin-podcast/id683905342

Email questions, comments, and complaints to patrick@coinsiderthis.com.

I'm not sure the point. Are you trying to get him to accept bitcoins for work, merchandise, or just beg for donations on stage? I don't see him mentioning anything about Bitcoins and you're statement is kind of unclear. Do you know him? Is he just a comic you like and you're floating an idea?

"What if he refused to go on until there was an uptick (donation)?"

It would be the worst comedy show of all time. There is absolutely no point in shoe-horning Bitcoin in to places it doesn't practically fit for no reason.

As an eleven year professional comedian, who has talked about Bitcoin on stage for months, I can tell you that having a ticker on stage and holding up a show for Bitcoin donations makes no sense and would be horribly boring and pointless.

Also, as an aside, I announced on my Bitcoin podcast in August that I'd accept Bitcoin for my merchandise and performances in the future. I'll be headlining in San Antonio at the River Center Comedy Club the first week in January. Come buy a CD or t-shirt after my show with BTC! www.pmelt.com

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Hey guys. I'm the host of this podcast. Thanks for sharing it here. I don't really post here, but I will probably start doing it more.

I will be posting more talks from the conference, and as a matter of fact I just posted the final panel of the conference, which is pretty good.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or YouTube if you like my stuff, and feel free to spread it around. I am just another fan of Bitcoin, but as long as people keep supporting my show I plan to travel to more of these conferences and bring more of these talks to people who can't go themselves.

Recorded live in Las Vegas this past week, this panel includes the following:

• Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Founder, RootEleven
• Eric Benz - VP of Business Development, ZipZap Inc.
• Robert Cho - Vice President, SecondMarket
• Adam Ettinger - Partner, Strategic Counsel Corp.
• Izzy Klein - Principal, Podesta Group
• Adam Lukasiewicz - Founder, Bitmarkers (Moderator)

Moving Bitcoin Forward - Bringing Trust, Legitimacy, and Transparency to the Market

Even as bitcoin continues to play a larger role in mainstream culture, plenty of skepticism remains. Going forward, what are the challenges facing the bitcoin community as it attempts to bring trust, transparency and legitimacy to the burgeoning bitcoin market? This panel will discuss the challenges of bitcoin adoption.

LISTEN NOW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlgP1C6Tet4

Thanks to MediaBistro for putting on a fantastic conference. If you have a chance, attent one of the five Inside Bitcoins conferences coming up in 2014.

This is what someone explained to me, from a math perspective:

If 137 Billion people generated 137 Billion addresses per year for 137 Billion years, there would still be only a 1 in 35 Billion chance that ANY of them were the same.

Regardless if those numbers are true (someone smarter than me can tell us), for all intents and purposes, the odds are really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really small. Really.

I'm sure if we hand over Bitcoin to banking regulators, they'll get it right this time.