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Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic

Brent Philbin, Karim Baruque, and Adam "Roothlus" Levy - The Cryptocurrency news nerds

The CryptoBasic Podcast is an educational, honest, and entertaining exploration of the fascinating world of cryptocurrencies. Join hosts Brent Philbin, Karim Baruque, and Michael Laake as they explore concepts and cryptos such as Bitcoin, NEO, Ethereum, Litecoin, Blockchain, Cardano and much more. How does Bitcoin actually work? Should I use Coinbase or Bittrex? What in the world is an ICO? Listen to our 101 episodes on each topic for an in-depth, beginner friendly discussion to find out. Join this

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85:32

James Duffy Round Table - Gaming, Side-Chains, Loom,...

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2018/09/02

Brent and Mike sit down with James Duffy, the Co-Founder of the Loom Network to discuss a multitude of topics. They talk gaming as it’s central to the Loom Network, and get specific about Zombie Battlegrounds, where it came from and why it’s working. They talk about James’s very short lived poker career, his 10 years in Korea, and meeting like minds everywhere around the world. As usual, things get a little off topic. We talk about Ethereum, Bitcoin, and even work in a little callback to an old 101

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55:16

FS35 - Square Patent, Student Debt, & Ian Balina

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2018/08/31

On this week’s Flagship Friday the whole team gets together to discuss some recent headlines. A new Bitcoin documentary highlights Jordan Belfort’s criticisms, Square lands a cryptocurrency patent, and Karim sneaks in a story about student debt. The Mt.Gox story may actually have a decent ending, Ian Balina reminds us shills still exists, and an Italian Football team... makes history? Yeah, kinda. LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Article - Dear Wolf of Wall Street: Nobody Cares What You Think

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41:16

101 Series: 0x

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2018/08/29

LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW 0x Whitepaper 0x Website/Portal 0x FAQ 0x Subreddit Blog - Governance in 0x Protocol Article - 0x lets any app be the Craigslist of cryptocurrency Reddit – Brent asks r/0xProject some questions Blog - Why 0x is not as trustless as it may seem JOIN OUR DISCORD HERE HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Of course you can

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61:13

FS34 - Bitconnect "Leader" Arrested, Bitmain IPO,...

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2018/08/24

It’s time to sail the crypto waters again on our Friday Flagship! A Bitconnect “leader” gets arrested in India, the inventor of Bittorrent walks out after the Tron purchase, and we discuss some stories of middle men holding cryptocurrency hostage. Mining giant Bitmain is preparing for one of histories largest IPOs, the SEC denied Bitcoin ETFs (again), and Bakkt is finally getting ready to launch. Crypto around the world takes us to Australia where bills are getting easier to pay, and North Korea has

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51:47

101 Series: Basic Attention Token (BAT)

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2018/08/22

Mike and Brent sit down and discuss a combo experience: Brave browser and the Basic Attention Token. Mike starts the episode off with the worst pun known to man, and find out what the team thinks is BAT's biggest hurdle to cross, and why the Brave browser is the best browsing experience out there...most of the time. Learn why this token is trying to fix the massively broken advertising experience, how they intend to do that, and when you can expect things to get better. Get Basic with

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59:24

Roundtable #5 - Cardano Icarus Release, VeChain...

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2018/08/20

This week our Roundtable discussion will be more of a heads-up discussion between Karim and Brent as Mike decided it was more important to try to win poker tournaments! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We kick things off with some cryptocurrency updates for Cardano, Nano, Ethereum's Casper, and Vechain. Our RT topic was inspired by John Oliver’s recent “Astroturfing” episode, a topic we’ve discussed on the podcast before. Can we believe anything anymore? And why does Brent finish the episode feeling that Karim

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57:38

Flagship Friday #33

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2018/08/17

This week our Flagship sails with it’s entire crew as we sail the sea of red which is the current crypto markets… when moon again? o(╥﹏╥)o We kick things off by talking about Bitfi, McAfee’s “unhackable” cryptocurrency hard wallet, getting hacked. AT&T gets sued for $224 million over crypto theft, another major exchange moves to Malta, IOTA update, and an “Exchange Traded Note” gets around the SEC. To finish things off crypto around the world takes us India where the government is exploring

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57:55

RT #4 - Free Speech, Censorship, & Cryptocurrency

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2018/08/15

It’s time for another Roundtable discussion and somehow Brent managed to pick the topic again! We lead off with some news about Kucoin and their headquarters, Vitalik proposed a new algorithm to prevent 51% attacks, and a quick update on IOTA drama. For the Roundtable we discuss censorship, with media giants shutting down Alex Jones for violations of terms of service the boys have to ask… is this a good idea? What doors are we opening here? And does cryptocurrency have anything to say about this

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91:49

Roundtable #3

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2018/08/13

We have a new guest on the show this week joining us for another Roundtable discussion. Matthew Mežinskis is one of the creators of the popular Crypto Voices podcast, where he and his co-host Fernando explore the world of cryptocurrency through the lens of Austrian economics. Matthew sits down with the entire crew to discuss his favorite topic (monetary policy), as well as explain what Bitcoin maximalism is all about. There’s also a lot of talk about charts because… well that’s a lot of crypto nerds

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76:38

Flagship Friday 32

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2018/08/10

Falgship Friday time, let’s see what’s in store for is in this week in the world of crypto! The owner of the NYSE exchange says Bitcoin can be the first worldwide currency… and they intend to help make this happen. Apple makes history as it reaches $1 trillion and Karim goes on a not so unexpected rant about big corporations (◔_◔) IOTA leaked emails reveal behind the scenes drama, Vitalik and Charles plan a debate via blog, Berlin prepares to host a truly crypto themed hackathon, and the Chinese

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67:51

Loom Network 101

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2018/08/08

It’s time to explore a new coin and today Mike sits down with Karim to break down one of his favorite cryptocurrency projects, Loom Network. While on the surface this may just look like a gaming platform, Loom is actually pursuing the broader vision of creating scaling solutions for Ethereum. Have you ever heard of a coin which had a kick-starter but no ICO? And what exactly is a Zombie Chain? You know what I’m going to say next… tune in to find out! LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW Loom

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76:41

Roundtable: Game Theory in Cryptocurrency

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2018/08/06

We recently released a Game Theory 101 episode in which we provided a general overview of the field and its concepts. But this week we want to let the conversation flow as we looked at how Game Theory actually applies in the world of cryptocurrency and economics. Joining us for this discussion and truly elevating the level of the conversation is Finance PhD and ZenCash co-founder, Robert Viglione. The conversation jumps from voting incentives & security to liquid democracy, decentralization to

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54:09

Flagship Friday 31

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2018/08/02

New Friday means new Flagship… and new month means another victory for TeamKarim \ (•◡•) / This week SEC commissioner Hester Peirce defends investor’s right to invest in cryptocurrency and Brent finds a new scam coin called Apollo. John McAfee launches an unhackable crypto wallet which quickly gets hacked, Vitalik and CZ speak so we listen, Australian’s conduct a blockchain enabled trade experiment, and Venezuela attempts to address its out of control inflation. LINKS

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98:14

Roundtable: Twitter & Outrage Culture

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2018/08/01

CryptoBasic is happy to bring you our first ever installment of our new Roundtable series! You know we like to rant, but we didn’t know that you actually enjoy it when we rant =) This new format will take a specific topic, often but not always cryptocurrency related, and allow us to share our thoughts and explore tangents without constrain. We are starting off the series by letting Brent pick a topic that’s really been grinding his gears – Twitter & Outrage Culture. Have we gone too far? Can

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66:09

101 Series: Security

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2018/07/30

It’s time for another 101 Breakdown and this week we are looking at security and privacy. Brent sits down with Mike in order to discuss a variety of personal security topics including how to create safe passwords, varying passwords per site, and using password managers. We also look at other attack vectors such as social engineering, malware, public networks, & VPNs. Brent even compares browsers like Brave and Firefox, messaging apps, social networks, and operating systems! LINKS TO TOPICS

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68:08

Flagship Friday #30

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2018/07/27

This week we start things of by re-evaluating the Ross Ulbricht story after news came out that his murder-for-hire charges are being dropped. This is a story we have discussed before on the podcast, but with new information, the guys shift their stances. We also discuss FOMO 3D and Karim takes us off topic for some out of this world news… we found liquid water on mars! Facebook allows Coinbase ads again, a new site tracks “cryptocurrency experts” predictions, the G20 weighs in on crypto, and someone

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59:50

101 Series: Augur

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2018/07/25

Tell me crypto wanderers, have you ever wanted to predict the future? The betting and prediction platform that is Augur has finally launched, so what better time for an Augur 101 CryptoBasic breakdown! Brent and Karim sit down to discuss how prediction markets on Augur are created, wagered on, and closed. We also discuss the recent launch, how the project has grown, the Forecast Foundation’s role in the project, it’s main competitors, and explore how prediction markets could evolve. LINKS TO

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97:02

101 Series: Game Theory

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2018/07/23

These guy may be a bunch of crypto amateurs, but this week they’re kicking the expertise up a notch! We’re breaking down Game Theory today, and who better than a trio of professional poker player to explain this concept? Well… probably a lot of people, but you’re stuck with us ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ What is Game Theory and how can we apply it to our life? We kick off with a history lesson about how the field came to be and then get more hands on as we explore concepts like the prisoner’s dilemma, the tragedy of

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75:22

FlagShip Friday: Episode 29

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2018/07/20

The Flagship is ready to sail! This week we kick off the show with Karim getting all fired up about corruption and a certain US Congressman… looking at you Brad Sherman. ಠ╭╮ಠ Brent has some words of approval for Coinbase and its handling of its upcoming coin considerations (ADA, XLM, ZEC, ZRX, BAT). We also look at a cryptocurrency study from Croatia (good job boys!), Brent defends EOS (yup, seriously) and has to eat some crow, Vitalik has some tough questions for the community, and the new CEO of

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58:04

CryptoConvos: Robert Viglione #2

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2018/07/18

For today’s interview we get a chance to sit down with ZenCash co-founder Robert Viglione in order to discuss a variety of topics. We kickstart this interview by diving deep into the recent 51% attack, breaking down the exact timeline of events, ZenCash’s preparation and response, and what the plans are to prevent this going forward. The second half of the interview focuses on updates from the project as we discuss sidechains, the recent re-branding, Pornhub partnership, SuperNode layer, liquid

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