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#201 - Ethan Lou On North Korea, Virgil Griffith, and The Ethereum Foundation
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It's no secret that I have been exploring some of the ideas of crypto currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum on this show. North Korea is also a fascinating story to me, I've been thinking about it a lot since the string of interviews conducted by North Korean defector Yeon-mi Park. So when this book about Virgil Griffith, Ethereum, North Korea, and blockchain came across my radar I had to get the author Ethan Lou on the show!
In the book Once A Bitcoin Miner, Ethan goes on an epic quest through the proverbial cryptocurrency Wild West, through riches, absurdity, wonder, and woe. From investing in Bitcoin in university to his time writing for Reuters, and then mining the digital asset ― Lou meets a co-founder of Ethereum and Gerald Cotten of QuadrigaCX (before he was reported dead), and hangs out in North Korea with Virgil Griffith, the man later arrested for allegedly teaching blockchain to the totalitarian state.
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Resources
Order Once A Bitcoin Miner Here - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6492/978177...
https://ethanlou.substack.com/about
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Background
5:02 - North Korea's Crypto Conference
8:30 - What are North Korea doing with crypto?
11:55 - Virgil Griffith
14:15 - Can Bitcoin topple dictators?
17:16 - The crypto wild-west
23:55 - Where did his book begin?
27:33 - Flying into China during the pandemic
31:01 - Mass adoption of bitcoin or altcoins/El Salvador
36:00 - Why crypto appeals to Millennials
38:55 - NFTs as a tool against big tech
47:05 - Bitcoin civil war/crypto infighting
252集单集
Manage episode 305091088 series 2666510
It's no secret that I have been exploring some of the ideas of crypto currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum on this show. North Korea is also a fascinating story to me, I've been thinking about it a lot since the string of interviews conducted by North Korean defector Yeon-mi Park. So when this book about Virgil Griffith, Ethereum, North Korea, and blockchain came across my radar I had to get the author Ethan Lou on the show!
In the book Once A Bitcoin Miner, Ethan goes on an epic quest through the proverbial cryptocurrency Wild West, through riches, absurdity, wonder, and woe. From investing in Bitcoin in university to his time writing for Reuters, and then mining the digital asset ― Lou meets a co-founder of Ethereum and Gerald Cotten of QuadrigaCX (before he was reported dead), and hangs out in North Korea with Virgil Griffith, the man later arrested for allegedly teaching blockchain to the totalitarian state.
HELP ME CROWDFUND MY GAMESTOP BOOK. Go to https://wen-moon.com to join the crowdfunding campaign and pre-order To The Moon: The GameStop Saga!
If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now out, you’ll find the links in the description below.
How I Died Season 1, Episode 1 - https://audiohmmedia.com/how-i-died-s...
Dash - https://www.dash.org
Watch Us On Odysee.com - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@TheJist:4
Sign up and watch videos to earn crypto-currency!
Buy Brexit: The Establishment Civil War - https://amzn.to/39XXVjq
Mailing List - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/thejist
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Give_Me_TheJist
Website - https://thejist.co.uk/
Music from Just Jim – https://soundcloud.com/justjim
Resources
Order Once A Bitcoin Miner Here - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6492/978177...
https://ethanlou.substack.com/about
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Background
5:02 - North Korea's Crypto Conference
8:30 - What are North Korea doing with crypto?
11:55 - Virgil Griffith
14:15 - Can Bitcoin topple dictators?
17:16 - The crypto wild-west
23:55 - Where did his book begin?
27:33 - Flying into China during the pandemic
31:01 - Mass adoption of bitcoin or altcoins/El Salvador
36:00 - Why crypto appeals to Millennials
38:55 - NFTs as a tool against big tech
47:05 - Bitcoin civil war/crypto infighting
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