DigiByte and Friends
By Josiah Spackman
DigiByte and FriendsOct 14, 2019
DigiByte and Friends - 07 - Growing economies, urban mobility, UBI's with Geoff Simmons
Geoff Simmons and I caught up to talk about why people put their money in to property / gold / cryptocurrency, addressing poverty, getting around changing cities, unconditional basic incomes and the impacts of an automation society.
You can learn more about Geoff Simmons:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Simmons
And follow him on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/geoffsimmonz
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/GeoffSimmonsNZ/
Geoff is the leader of The Opportunities Party in New Zealand, which you can also follow on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/top_nz
Or Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/topnz/
And check the website:
https://www.top.org.nz/
Want to find out more about Josiah? Follow him on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/dgb_chilling
DigiByte and Friends - 06 - Best advice to help take Crypto as a method of payment with Jon Moore.mp3
This episode of DigiByte and Friends looks at utilizing cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin and DigiByte as a method of payment, the ups and downs of talking with companies, security of different payment methods (Credit card / Paypal etc), helping people to take crypto as payments, advice to use to get people interested, the benefits of crypto vs traditional credit cards, helpful analogies for customers and so much more!
You can reach Jon at https://www.LitecoinTechSupport.com
Or on Twitter, https://twitter.com/jonnylitecoin
DigiByte and Friends - 05 - Education & Meet-ups with Laura Taylor
In the 4th episode of DigiByte and Friends, we hear from Laura Taylor. She's lead a Blockchain course at a college, as well as running many different meet-ups.
We talk about DigiByte in the education system, how you can "plant a seed" to get people interested in blockchain, alcohol and cryptocurrency, starting a meet-up in your area and so much more!
You can reach Laura on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LTLovesDigi
DigiByte and Friends - 04 - ASICs vs GPUs, ProgPOW with Kristy-Leigh Minehan
In this episode of DigiByte and Friends, we discuss ProgPOW with Kristy-Leigh Minehan, one of the authors of ProgPOW. We also look at general blockchain mining, ASIC vs GPU vs CPU, user-engagement /participation in mining, decentralization of a blockchain, optimizing for hardware and more
You can reach Kristy-Leigh on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohgodagirl/
Or Twitter:
https://twitter.com/OhGodAGirl
You can also read more about ProgPOW:
https://medium.com/@ifdefelse/understanding-progpow-performance-and-tuning-d72713898db3
And a ProgPOW FAQ:
https://medium.com/@ifdefelse/progpow-faq-6d2dce8b5c8b
DigiByte and Friends - 03 - Big blocks, scaling and SPV wallets with Kurt Wuckert Jr from BitcoinSV
In this 3rd episode of DigiByte and Friends, we have a great dive in to scaling Bitcoin, scaling DigiByte, roles played on the network, what a node is, SPV ("lite") wallets, incentivizing people to give you cryptocurrency, and did something *actually* happen if it wasn't on-chain?
You can find out more about Kurt on Crypto Traders Pro:
https://cryptotraderspro.com
He's also available on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/kurtwuckertjr
And Twetch:
https://twetch.app/u/292
DigiByte and Friends - 02 - What makes a good dApp with Forrest (Hashoshi4) from Crypto YouTube
In Episode #2 of DigiByte and Friends, I have Forrest (Hashoshi4) on to talk about dApps. We talk about building on Ethereum, DigiAssets for DigiByte, what can / shouldn't be a dApp, challenges, costs, and building for the future. You should definitely check his YouTube channel out, he does a ton of great educational and informative content that's well worth giving him a subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Hashoshi4?sub_confirmation=1
DigiByte and Friends - 01 - Staking, on-chain governance & DAOs with Navcoin's Craig MacGregor
In this first episode of DigiByte and Friends, we look at Navcoin
NOTE: this was recorded in-person in a cafe, apologies for the less than ideal audio
Navcoin are doing some really cool things with their on-chain governance
The Navcoin DAO is also a really interesting aspect of how they are looking after certain aspects of their blockchain too
We look in to privacy pitfalls and benefits, code commits, getting people involved, exchanges staking, game-theory behind coin value and so much more!
Find out about Craig
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https://twitter.com/proletesseract
https://encrypt-s.com
https://github.com/Encrypt-S/kauri-react
NavCoin Social
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/navcoin
Facebook: https://facebook.com/navcoin
Reddit: https://reddit.com/navcoin
Telegram: https://t.me/navcoin
Discord: https://discord.gg/y4Vu9jw
Medium: http://medium.com/nav-coin
NavCoin Websites
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Main Site: https://navcoin.org
Community Site: https://navhub.org
Block Explorer: https://navexplorer.com
More Info
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Community Fund: https://navcoin.org/en/community-fund
Bounty Programs: https://navcoin.org/en/bounties
Wallets: https://navcoin.org/en/wallets
Exchanges: https://navcoin.org/en/buy-navcoin
DigiByte and Friends - 00 - Introducing DigiByte and Friends
This is an introduction to DigiByte and Friends, so you know what to expect from future episodes