Bitcoins & Gravy

The real Santa Claus sings, It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin! Merry Christmas everyone! John Barrett

On today’s show I am privileged to be speaking with Sam Jaco and Phil Thompson of the band Don Coyote. In addition to their love of live performance and studio recording, these 2 talented Nashville musicians have a growing interest in Bitcoin and the crypto world that is unfolding before our very eyes. Listeners please join me as I introduce you to these cool cats AND their music – yes I’m going to be playing a few tracks from one of their albums so stick around for some amazing music with good old American country roots. CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS: https://www.facebook.com/doncoyoteband/ Stay Together For The Dogs & Wreck My Home – From the album Bless Your Heart [Copyright 2015 Delta Dime Records] TRANSCRIPTIONS: Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who is also a consultant to the show. These Professional transcriptions are provided each week by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelance

On today’s show I am privileged to be speaking with Michael Maloney, the Solution Architect for WAX - the Worldwide Asset eXchange. Wax is quite literally a game changer . . . read on . . . INTRODUCING THE NEW FACE OF VIRTUAL GOODS TRADING The World Asset eXchange (WAX) will pave the way for a game-changing use of smart contracts. As a platform, WAX will be one of the most innovative applications of blockchain technology, extending its user base to a global audience of 1.8 billion gamers. WAX is a utility token coupled with a decentralized platform and will be used by all participants in the virtual item trading industry: listing and selling agents, item transfer agents, appraisers, affiliates and buyers and sellers . WAX has a multitude of uses, including safely transferring digital items between buyers and sellers, apportioning fees out to marketplace participants who facilitate transactions and a payment mechanism for settling trades. Developed by the founders of OPSkins, the world’s leading marketplac

Bitcoin The Musical Written & Directed by John Barrett Act IV, Scene II – Put Your Money In The ICO! Scene II opens with Stanley and Loretta at the state fair. While Loretta is having the time of her life, Stanley is secretly nursing the worst and only hangover of his life. The couple is drawn to a traveling troubadour and his band who have attracted the attention of a large crowd. This troubadour proceeds to tell the people how to make a lot of money investing in his ICO. This number is a real show stopper!

In this episode, in celebration of Columbus Day, I reveal the true Christopher Columbus - the world famous mariner, explorer, murderer, rapist and slave master. We’ll dig a bit deeper than our public school history books to find out the truth about how the early Spanish were some of the true early terrorists in the Americas.

On today’s show I head over to the second annual Distributed Health conference held right here in beautiful Nashville Tennessee at the Schermerhorn Symphony Hall. We had speakers and attendees joining us from all over the world who shared with us information about their projects and insights about the future here at the dawn of the age of cryptocurrencies, blockchain tech and distributed ledger technology. Thanks to all of the great folks who took time to interview for this episode. Your insights are much appreciated! CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS: Distributed: Health 2017 Interviews by host, John Barrett Day 1: * Steve, Queschow, Molly – BTC Media – Shanghai, China * Rebecca Trescott Selucro * David Bailey – BTC Media * Giles Ward – BTC Media * Ted Tanner – CTO & Co-founder of PokitDok * Chris Wilhite – VP Front End Development – PokitDok * Vivian Li – Sr. Production Marketing Manager – PokitDok * Betsy Dalton – Exec. Assistant – PokitDok * Check-in Desk Staff: Nicole Covington, Caitlyn Childress, Allison, D

On today's show I am privileged to interview Dana Zhang a PhD student in computer science at Vanderbilt University right here in Nashville Tennessee. This highly intelligent young woman shares with us the path that brought her to blockchain tech and a bit about where she hopes to make an impact in our world. In the second half of the show I head over to the Vanderbilt University campus to the Department of electrical engineering and computer science. There I spend some time interviewing students to find out what they know (and don’t know) about Blockchain tech and of course Bitcoin. I felt fortunate that I got to speak with a young man by the name of Irfaan Khalid, the President of Vandy Hacks, Vanderbilt’s annual hackathon. This hackathon attracts over 400 students from around the world who will compete from October 20th – 22n this year, building cool projects to change the world. Ahh to be young again! Remember folks: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothi

Today on the show I feel privileged to be speaking with Jonathan Baha’i the President and Michael Maloney the Director of Intelligence for Peerplays. The Peerplays Blockchain Standards Association (PBSA), is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of provably-fair gaming. Peerplays is the world’s first peer-to-peer betting platform built entirely on top of a live blockchain AND according to BTC Media, the Peerplays token known as PPY is “the first ‘dividend playing’ crypto-currency ever designed. The Peerplays network, features native smart contracts powered by Graphene and a built-in digital asset exchange. The asset exchange allows users to choose which cryptocurrency they would like to use to make wagers. The Peerplays API gives users the option to choose what currency values are displayed in, including USD, EUR or a number of crypto-tokens. CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS: https://www.peerplays.com/ TRANSCRIPTIONS: Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thank

On today's show I feel privileged to be speaking with Dr. Julian Hosp the co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer of TenX. Located in Singapore, TenX provides solutions to some of the issues faced by those of us who have crypto asset portfolios or Cryptofolios as I like to call them, by providing a way for us to spend our assets easily. Join us now friends for another crypto journey here at the dawn of the age of cryptocurrencies! CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS: www.tenx.tech www.comit.network www.julianhosp.com https://docs.google.com/document/d/15YX1lOq24M07fl2V5hir1xgX2h5qHifWZs9tkmxcSLU/edit?usp=sharing www.tenx.tech http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com TRANSCRIPTIONS: Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who is also a consultant to the show. These Professional transcriptions are provided each week by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com Ode To Sato

Welcome to Bitcoins and Gravy. On today’s show I feel fortunate to be speaking with Professor Jules White, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University right here in Nashville, Tennessee, “the Athens of the South”. In this interview we discuss the future of Blockchain technology from the perspective of an academic who is beginning to introduce block chain tech and distributed ledger tech to his students. Yes listeners this is truly an exciting time here at the dawn of the age of crypto currency! CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS: http://www.magnum.io/people/jules.html TRANSCRIPTIONS: Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who is also a consultant to the show. These Professional transcriptions are provided each week by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com www.MoonshineBootwax.com Ode To Satoshi Ode to Satoshi lyrics & melody by John Barrett Copyrigh

Welcome to Bitcoins and Gravy Episode #92. On today’s show I am privileged to be speaking with Stuart Lackey a graduate student completing his Master’s Degree in Healthcare Informatics at Lipscomb University right here in Nashville, Tennessee. Stuart and I have a great conversation about his program and how he envisions the future of healthcare as we move into the age of blockchain tech. In the second half of the show we talk about cryptocurrencies and the changes we see coming in not too distant future. Stuart Lackey Currently completing - Master's degree in Health Care Informatics at Lipscomb (MHCI) Program Description: Curriculum is designed to enhance the understanding of the relationship between people, health, information technology and the broader health care system. As an emerging discipline, which evaluates the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of health data, informatics plays a vital role in enhancing the quality of care, reducing health care costs and addressing current health issue

Episode #91: Internet of Coins – Linking Our Digital Value Systems! On today’s show I interview Joachim De Koning the founder of Internet of Coins. The goal of Internet of Coins is to create a comprehensive environment for personal finance that gives everyone access to all of the world’s Digital value systems. The platform is designed to connect all cryptographic ledgers and to integrate all token systems into an interconnected web through an open source financial networking agent, called hybridd. Joachim does a great job of explaining all aspects of Internet of coins and it was a genuine pleasure speaking with him! And good news listeners, yes there is a token native to their system! It's called HYBRID. By the end of this interview the idea of owning some HYBRID of your very own will seem to make a lot of sense. CREDITS, ARTICLES AND VALUABLE LINKS: WEBSITE: https://coinstorm.net https://internetofcoins.org PRESS RELEASE 2017-03-07: https://bitconnect.co/bitcoin-news/472/internet-of-coins-launches-h

On today’s show I am privileged to be speaking with Landon Thomas, the Vice President of Bitcoin Depot the second largest Bitcoin ATM company in the U.S. Bitcoin Depot is now actively looking for prime locations in the Nashville area where brand new, state of the art Bitcoin Depot ATM’s will be installed. In this episode you’ll learn how you can take part in helping Bitcoin Depot find prime locations throughout the U.S. and how you can earn a healthy finder’s fee for doing so! CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS:: https://www.bitcoindepot.com https://www.cashtocrypto.com TRANSCRIPTIONS: Great news listeners! Our transcription page is now live on the website thanks to the continuing hard work of one of our loyal listeners who is also a consultant to the show. These Professional transcriptions are provided each week by one of our fans who can be found at: http://diaryofafreelancetranscriptionist.com Ode To Satoshi (The Official Bitcoin Song) Ode to Satoshi lyrics & melody by John Barrett Copyright 2014 RJM Pub

Welcome to Bitcoins and Gravy. On today’s show I am privileged to be speaking with John Bass the Founder and CEO of Hashed Health. Hashed Health is a healthcare technology company focused on accelerating the commercialization of blockchain and distributed ledger technology in healthcare. John and his team are coming up with next generation ideas to help break down those walls between care and commerce and rebuild the system in a way that is better for healthcare and better for patients. WHAT IS HASHED HEALTH? Hashed Health is leading a consortium of healthcare companies focused on accelerating meaningful innovation using blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. To empower its consortium members, Hashed Health provides value-added services such as product management, product development, regulatory guidance, and technology support services for blockchain solutions and blockchain networks. Based in Nashville, TN, Hashed Health’s healthcare experts focus on making sure the business problem drives the

This episode is from an interview with genome scientist Kevin McKernan from Episode #73, August 2015. Enjoy! Episode #73: Distributed Consensus on Cannabis Genetics On today’s show I interview Kevin McKernan the Chief Scientist at Medicinal Genomics and Courtagen Lifesciences. Kevin talks to us about everything from the Human genome project gone bad to free market regulations and testing in the Cannabis field. We discuss families moving to Colorado to help their children get relief from epileptic seizures, the opiate crisis in America and how Bitcoin blockchain technology is helping us move toward personalized medicine and away from the dangers inherent in one size fits all herd medicine. Could this be a bright moment in pharmaceutical history? Let’s hope so. CREDITS & VALUABLE LINKS: Sequencing of Australian Bastard (A potentially novel cannabis species discussed in the ICRS talk) To Learn more about Kannapedia http://www.medicinalgenomics.com/kannapedia/ Kannapedia credits Christian Saucier David M

Hear Louis Armstrong sing "Hello Bitcoin" to celebrate bitcoin's success in 2016 and to usher in a New Year! Hello Bitcoin Parody of the song Hello Dolly - By Jerry Herman Parody Lyrics & Vocal acrobatics by John Barrett Hello Bitcoin yes Hello Bitcoin It’s so nice to have you back where you belong You’re lookin swell Bitcoin, I can tell Bitcoin You’re still glowin, you’re still growin, you’re still goin stong! I feel the room swayin’ and the band’s playin One of our old favorite songs Ode To Satoshi So dry your eyes Bernanke - somebody get the man a pocket hanky Bitcoin will never go away again! Well Hello Bitcoin this is Louis Bitcoin It’s so nice to have you back where you belong It’s comin’ soon, bitcoin – to the Moon, bitcoin You’re still glowin, you’re still growin - you’re still goin stong I feel the room swaying and the band’s playin One of our old favorite songs, Ode To Satoshi So Grab a seat Lawsky - BTC don’t need a bosski Bitcoin will never go away Bitcoin you know it’s here to stay Bitcoin

Hear the real Santa Claus sing It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Bitcoin - a real holiday favorite! Merry Christmas Let's Talk Bitcoin!

On today’s show I feel privileged to be speaking once again with Shawn Wilkinson, the brains behind Storj. Storj.io is decentralized cloud storage utilizing the world’s best blockchain – that’s right the Bitcoin Blockchain. In the first half of the show I take us all back in time to the 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference in Austin, Texas and to an interview from the lost Tree House Studio archives. Back in 2015 I had an opportunity to sneak into the Bitcoin conference hackathon and interview the 2014 winner of the hackathon who was . . . you guessed it . . . Shawn Wilkinson – the mastermind behind Storj.io. The 2nd half of the show features Shawn once again as he walks me through how to rent out 20 gigs of storage space on my Macbook Pro. I ask some silly questions and with the patience of a saint, Shawn answers my questions and gets me set up and running my computer as a farmer growing Storj coins and supporting a really great decentralized cloud storage service. Also on this episode you’ll get to hear the o

On today’s show I am thrilled to have back with me here in the studio author Max Hernandez. Max was kind enough to drop by to see me here at the Tree House Studio in Nashville for yet another rockin good discussion about freedom and government, darknets and drones and of course about his very popular novel Thieves Emporium. Listeners if you have not read Thieves Emporium yet, please do yourself a favor and head over to Amazon right now and order yourself a copy. MAGIC WORD: Hidden in each episode of Bitcoins and Gravy is a Magic Word. I know that it may sound absurd, but listen for the Magic Word and you can earn LTBcoin! First set up a free account at LetsTalkBitcoin.com. Then tune in to your favorite LTB podcast and when you hear the Magic Word, don’t delay! Submit it to your account to claim a share of this week’s distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. Setting up an LTB account has always been fast and easy . . . and now it’s profitable!!!

Lowdown Bitcoin Blues Lyrics and Music by John Barrett Copyright 2013 RJM Publishing - BMI Nashville Wasted all my time back in ’09 I should have been mining blocks Now all I’ve got’s a Dogecoin rig and holes in my Alpaca socks I got them Lowdown Bitcoin Blues I’m cryin Hear the lowdown Bitcoin news I ain’t lying to you Lowdown Bitcoin Blues I’m dyin honey Lowdown Bitcoin Blues BTC convention came to my hometown at last I had to sell my only bitcoin just to buy a 2 day pass I got them Lowdown Bitcoin Blues I’m cryin Hear the lowdown Bitcoin news I ain’t lying to you Lowdown Bitcoin Blues I’m dyin honey Lowdown Bitcoin Blues Took a trip to China . . . town for Beef chow mein to go Fortune cookie told me “We no taking bitcoin anymore” I got them Lowdown Bitcoin Blues I’m cryin Hear the lowdown Bitcoin news I ain’t lying to you Lowdown Bitcoin Blues I’m dyin honey Lowdown Bitcoin Blues Went up town to see my CPA for some advice He told me d