Episode 67: Cryptocurrency

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Intro Topics:
Consumerism. Buying an iPod vs buying Apple stock

Cost of living across countries (Purchasing Power Parity)

News/Links

• Mandelbrot Fractal Zoom 2^760:1
• http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MandelbrotSet.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mLl73RI2hY
• Code Review Tips from Google
• https://testing.googleblog.com/2017/06/code-health-too-many-comments-on-your.html
• 3-D Bin Packing for 3-D Printer mass production
• https://www.michaelfogleman.com/pack3d/
• Programming Wisdom
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070222084110/http://destraynor.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/102-Programming-Theorems.html

Book of the Show

• Jason: The Circle
• http://amzn.to/2swJ2Pr
• Patrick: The Three body problem
• http://amzn.to/2u7rgky

Tool of the Show

• Jason: 3-D Printed Screw Puzzles
• https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:186372
• Patrick: Inbox for Gmail
• https://inbox.google.com/

Cryptocurrency

• History
• Bitcoin
• Who is Satoshi
• Ethereum
• DAO
• Mining Bitcoin
• https://anders.com/blockchain/
• Meaning of value
• Labor cost
• Psychological Value
• Historical Trend
• Utility value
• Estimating value: How Double Auctions Work
• Exchanges
• Examples: NYSE
• Cryptocurrency: Coinbase, Gemini (more: https://bitcoin.org/en/exchanges )
• Why?
• Resistant to tampering
• Pseudonymous
• How?
• Private/Public Keys
• Single state, full replication
• The Bad & the Ugly
• Money Laundering
• Gambling
• Other uses for blockchain technology
• Voting
• Donations