Best Splice Media Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 93: The Great Consensus Cleanup Revival (And an Update on the Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet Arrests) 51:00

1d ago51:00

51:00

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss the Great Consensus Cleanup Revival soft fork(s). This proposal would fix some known bugs in the Bitcoin protocol, specifically the timewarp vulnerability, large block validation times, 64 byte transactions and BIP 30 verification. Sjors also provides a quick update on the court case ag…

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Yolanda Ma from the University of Hong Kong on making AI training mandatory in journalism education 18:07

4d ago18:07

18:07

In this episode of Splice Pink, we speak with Yolanda Ma, a lecturer at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong. ChatGPT describes her as “an influential figure in the fields of digital policy and global partnerships.” We agree. Yolanda has a vast career in international development, data, and journalism, and recently…

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Episode 92: Bitcoin Core 27.0 35:39

2M ago35:39

35:39

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what new features are included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 27.0 release. https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/27.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide === This episode’s sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠CoinKite⁠⁠⁠⁠, maker of the ColdCard Aaron's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@AaronvanW⁠⁠⁠⁠ Aaron’s Nostr: npub…

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Beatrice Go's journey creating Atleta Filipina and helping to build a future in sports for Filipino women 18:06

1M ago18:06

18:06

Philippine journalist Beatrice Go launched Atleta Filipina in January 2024 — a feat for the sports reporter turned solo media entrepreneur. Atleta Filipina serves as a beacon for women's sports in the Philippines, or, as she put it in this interview, "the purpose is for women to have a future in sports." She spoke about how the first couple of mont…

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Episode 91: Splicing 42:45

2M ago42:45

42:45

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors are once more joined by Breez developer Jesse de Wit, this time to explain splicing. Splicing allows users of the Lightning Network to effectively add or remove funds from an active channel, allowing for continuous payment and routing activity. Aaron, Sjors and Jesse discuss what challenges thi…

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Episode 90: Asynchronous Lightning Payments 36:59

3M ago36:59

36:59

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors are joined by Breez developer Jesse de Wit to discuss asynchronous lightning payments. They explain why such payments would be useful, how they would work, and what building blocks are required to realize it. In the process, Aaron, Sjors and Jesse also cover the basics of PTLCs and Trampoline P…

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Kassy Cho on how she built Almost, an Instagram-first media startup for young people in Taiwan 20:15

3M ago20:15

20:15

Three years ago, disappointed with the legacy media landscape, Kassy Cho started Almost, an Instagram-first news startup focused on young people. The Taipei-based journalist saw an opportunity to deliver news to both Chinese and English audiences who were left underserved — and ignored — by mainstream media. In this episode, she spoke to us about t…

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Unlocking the secrets of the algorithm, with Leon Yin 17:32

4M ago17:32

17:32

Leon Yin is an investigative data journalist recognised for his work on how technology impacts society. We got to interview Leon in April 2023. At that point, he was working at The Markup, a non-profit newsroom focused on being the watchdog of the tech industry. During his time there, he worked on stories that made even the chair of Congress’s anti…

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Episode 89: B-money and RPOW 37:44

4M ago37:44

37:44

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss two more electronic cash projects that predate Bitcoin: Wei Dai’s b-money and Hal Finney’s RPOW. As detailed in Aaron’s new book, The Genesis Book, these systems introduced design elements that were later utilized by Satoshi Nakamoto. Aaron and Sjors explain what these elements are, and…

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Myanmar journalists in exile still need support. Here's what you can do 34:03

5M ago34:03

34:03

Exile Hub started soon after the coup in Myanmar when hundreds of journalists started flowing across into Thailand for refuge. Exile Hub's multifaceted approach includes psychosocial support, offering shelter and mental health services, as well as personal safety, border safety, and digital safety workshops. At Splice Beta 2023, December Khaing tal…

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How journalists and a drag content creator are working together to fight disinfo in the Philippines 37:52

5M ago37:52

37:52

In response to the rise of fake news on social media, Philippine media startup Probe launched a fact-checking campaign called Tsek/Eks. To engage the younger demographic, they collaborated with influencers, in an initiative that was unheard of in the media space. The fact-checking campaign leaned on Probe's archives, leveraging historical videos to…

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Episode 88: Hashcash and Bit Gold 45:28

5M ago45:28

45:28

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss two electronic cash projects that predate Bitcoin: Adam Back’s Hashcash and Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold. As detailed in Aaron’s new book, The Genesis Book, these systems introduced design element that were later utilized by Satoshi Nakamoto. Aaron and Sjors explain what these elements are, an…

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Episode 87: The Block 1,983,702 Problem 39:14

5M ago39:14

39:14

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss the so-called “block 1,983,702 problem”. They explain how a bug in early Bitcoin implementations could in rare cases cause a loss of funds, or in a worst-case scenario even lead to consensus failures, while they also explain how BIP 30 and BIP 34 solved this problem. As it turns out, ho…

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Episode 86: Ocean Tides 36:20

6M ago36:20

36:20

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what features are offered by Ocean, the relaunched and rebranded Eligius mining pool. They discuss how payouts from this pool are (partially) non-custodial, how the block template creation is fully transparent, and how payout distribution is determined. Aaron and Sjors also briefly touc…

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How Joey Chung of TNL Mediagene acquires media companies… as a media company 48:00

6M ago48:00

48:00

TNL MediaGene, formerly the News Lens, is a case study in strategic media company acquisitions. Over the past four and a half years, they executed nine acquisitions — averaging one every six months. Originally focused on independent digital news in Taiwan, they expanded across Asia and recognised the need to pivot as growth plateaued. This led to a…

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How Tanmoy Goswami of Sanity by Tanmoy builds products for his mental health journalism startup 43:33

6M ago43:33

43:33

In his recent session at Splice Beta 2023, Tanmoy Goswami shares his entrepreneurial journey, highlighting the evolution of his mental health storytelling platform, Sanity by Tanmoy. The article summarizes key points from the transcript, emphasising the challenges and successes in building a unique and impactful venture. Tanmoy begins by recounting…

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Episode 85: Bitcoin Core 26.0 (And F2Pool’s OFAC Compliant Mining Policy) 37:19

6M ago37:19

37:19

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what new features are included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 0.26 release. They also briefly discuss recent developments concerning the transaction inclusion policy of mining pool F2Pool, which appears to have been compliant with the OFAC sanctions list. Link to testing guide: https://gi…

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Fighting stereotypes about Asia with data, in conversation with the Kontinentalist's Pei Ying Loh 16:52

7M ago16:52

16:52

Pei Ying Loh is the co-founder of The Kontinentalist, an organisation that tells stories about Asia using data. Since its start, The Kontinentalist has worked hard to find creative ways to tell data stories on topics ranging from how the rubber industry in Singapore and Malaysia was shaped by colonialism, to Asia’s favourite alcoholic beverages. Th…

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Episode 84: Marathon Pool’s Invalid Block (And Some Updates About the Show) 22:14

8M ago22:14

22:14

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss an invalid block mined by Marathon Pool. They explain why the block was invalid, what caused it (and what didn’t), and why that didn’t affect the Bitcoin network. Aaron and Sjors also provide some updates about the show, and what that means moving forward. Finally, Sjors briefly mention…

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The art of the opinion piece, with Bloomberg Opinion's Bobby Ghosh 11:35

9M ago11:35

11:35

Does a good opinion piece have to be backed up by facts? Or does the word ‘opinion’ give journalists the freedom to make statements that don’t require verification? We asked Bobby Ghosh, a columnist and editor at Bloomberg Opinion, because we wanted to better understand the difference between a good opinion piece and a bad opinion piece. Bobby has …

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Episode 83: The Milk Sad Vulnerability 46:48

10M ago46:48

46:48

In this episode, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) discuss a vulnerability in Libbitcoin dubbed “Milk Sad”, which allowed people to generate private key seeds with such weak entropy that their private keys could be brute forced and their coins stolen. Aaron and Sjors examine how this vulnerability (could have) ended up in Libbitcoin as well …

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On covering the media, with Al Jazeera's Meenakshi Ravi 8:21

10M ago8:21

8:21

Journalists are often described as the watchdogs of democracy. It can be a difficult career choice with poor pay and very real threats from those in power. And Al Jazeera’s show, The Listening Post, is working to keep tabs on what the world’s media is up to. We asked Meenakshi Ravi, executive producer at The Listening Post, how her team approaches …

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Episode 82: Scaling to Billions of Users 30:29

11M ago30:29

30:29

In this episode, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) discuss a recent blog post by Bitcoin Core developer Anthony Towns (@ajtowns), “Putting the B in BTC”, in which he outlines a vision for scaling Bitcoin to facilitate billions of users. As Aaron and Sjors walk through the article, they explain what some of Towns’ proposed solutions are, and …

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Episode 81: Bitcoin Core 25.0 39:02

11M ago39:02

39:02

In this episode, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) discuss Bitcoin Core 25.0, the latest major release of the Bitcoin Core software. They highlight four of the most notable changes: performance improvements concerning huge transaction loads, further Miniscript integration, a faster wallet re-scan, and the decreased 65-byte transaction limit …

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Episode 80: Stratum V2 50:00

12M ago50:00

50:00

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) are joined by Braiins co-founder Jan Čapek (@janbraiins), who has been leading the initiative to upgrade pooled mining to the Stratum V2 protocol. Aaron, Sjors and Jan discuss what pooled mining is, how the Stratum protocol helps with that, and in what ways Stratum V2 i…

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Anu Harchu, a financial education creator, explains how to start a YouTube channel 1:08:17

1y ago1:08:17

1:08:17

We're featuring some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022! What's holding you back from starting a YouTube channel? In this episode, Mongolian creator Anu Harchu explains how you can start a YouTube channel today. Subscribe to Anu on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/AnuHarchu Connect with Anu on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuharchu…

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Episode 79: The Witness Discount 49:31

1y ago49:31

49:31

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) explain why the witness discount was included in the Segregated Witness protocol upgrade from 2017, why this discount is 75%, and why this discount still makes sense in today’s world where Inscriptions benefit from it.Episode Sponsor: https://voltage.cloud/Sjors New Boo…

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Roman Gautam on returning to Himal Southasian and getting the membership pitch right 20:37

1y ago20:37

20:37

In December 2022, Colombo-based Himal Southasian appointed Roman Gautam as its chief editor. Six months into the job, he spoke with Splice's Alan Soon and Rishad Patel about how he plans to get the right membership strategy in place for the South Asia region. Read Himal SouthAsian https://www.himalmag.com/ Follow Roman on Twitter https://twitter.co…

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Jacopo Ottaviani of Code for Africa explains how to write an amazing grant application… and what to do when it all goes pear-shaped 36:14

1y ago36:14

36:14

We're featuring some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022! In this episode, we learn from Jacopo Ottaviani of Code for Africa about how to write an amazing grant application… and what to do when it all goes pear-shaped. Connect with Jacopo on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacopo-ottaviani/ Learn more about Code for Africa https://githu…

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PumaPodcast's Carl Javier on listening to your audience… and what do you when you realize that what you create isn’t what they come to you for 30:04

1y ago30:04

30:04

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. Hear from PumaPodcast's Carl Javier, who spoke about the importance of listening to your audience... but more importantly, what to do when you realize that what you create isn’t what they come to you for. This is an important lesson on how to create true value for your users. C…

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Episode 78: Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs) (And Dutch Auctions) 32:57

1y ago32:57

32:57

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron (@AaronvanW) and Sjors (@provoost) explain Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs), discussing what problems they solve, how they work, and some of the ways they are used. In the last part of the episode, the hosts zoom in on one particular PSBT use case called Dutch Auctions, which Bitcoin Magazin…

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MDIF's Koreel Lahiri on how to model out your business plan for investors… and make it your North Star 38:01

1y ago38:01

38:01

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. In this pod, meet Koreel Lahiri, the Investment Director for Asia at the Media Development Investment Fund. He talks about how to build a business plan for potential investment, and how to operationalize it. Connect with Koreel on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/koreel/ Le…

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Splice's Rishad Patel on how to build a better About page that actually explains your work 40:46

1y ago40:46

40:46

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. In this pod, Splice's co-founder Rishad Patel talks about the importance of getting your About page right, and how to use that to actually explain what your business does. This is how you put your mission front and center. Read Rishad's article https://www.splicemedia.com/stori…

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Woody World's Woody Milintachinda on how to build your video strategy around Reels 40:54

1y ago40:54

40:54

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. In this episode, Woody Milintachinda, the creator and founder of the hit Woody World talks about his strategy around short videos -- what works and what doesn't. He also spoke about team organization and logistics behind the scenes. Woody was joined on stage by Pacharapun Petch…

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Episode 77: Peer-to-peer Encryption 36:52

1y ago36:52

36:52

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss BIP 324, the proposal by Dhruv, Pieter Wuille and Tim Ruffing to add peer-to-peer (P2P) encryption to the Bitcoin protocol. They explain why this is needed, how it would work, and which problems it would, and wouldn’t solve. Episode Sponsor: https://voltage.cloud/ Sjors New Book: https:…

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Frontier Myanmar's Sonny Swe on moving his newsroom out of Myanmar after the coup and rebuilding it in Thailand 38:52

1y ago38:52

38:52

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. This episode features Sonny Swe, the founder of Frontier Myanmar. After the coup in his country, Sonny pulled his newsroom out of Myanmar and rebuilt the business in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This is how he did it. Connect with Sonny on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonnyswe…

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Jakub Parusinski of The Kyiv Independent on how a team of journalists was fired, reunited, and went on to build the most important media startup covering Ukrainian war 39:12

1y ago39:12

39:12

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. This episode features Jakub Parusinski, the co-founder of The Kyiv Independent. He joined us at Beta to speak about how his team of journalists was fired from the Kyiv Post, reunited, and went on to build the most important media startup covering Ukrainian war. Connect with Jak…

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Episode 76: Stamps (And the Invalid Block Caused by It) 50:53

1y ago50:53

50:53

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain Stamps, a new(?) protocol to upload images onto the Bitcoin blockchain, which end up in the UTXO set.To learn more about some of the concepts mentioned in this episode, also check out episode 15 (Utreexo), episode 61 (OP_RETURN), episode 72 (Inscriptions) and episode 75 (Multisig).Episo…

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Kirsten Han and Nithin Coca with tips on how to make freelancing work for you 30:06

1y ago30:06

30:06

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. This episode features Asia-based freelance journalists Kirsten Han and Nithin Coca talking about the freelancing industry and how to build your personal brand and work. This session is especially useful if you're looking for ways to improve your pitches and credibility in freel…

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Styli Charalambous from Daily Maverick on how they turned their mission statement into an action plan 54:10

1y ago54:10

54:10

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. This episode features Styli Charalambous, the co-founder and CEO, of Daily Maverick. He spoke about how the newsroom distilled their mission and turned that into an operational plan to deliver news to their supporters. If you're struggling with getting your organization around …

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Episode 75: Multisig (And Musig) 52:30

1y ago52:30

52:30

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss multi-signature (multisig), and the various ways that Bitcoin enables multisig; from bare multisig, to P2SH, SegWit, Taproot, and finally Musig, as well as some potential future solutions. Episode Sponsor: https://voltage.cloud/ Sjors New Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Technical-i…

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Episode 74: Pay-to-Script-Hash (P2SH) 43:24

1y ago43:24

43:24

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain pay-to-script-hash (P2SH), which allows bitcoin to be sent to and from the hash of a script. Besides (the current implementation of) P2SH itself, Aaron and Sjors also discuss some alternatives that were proposed around the time that P2SH was adopted in 2012. For further reading on the h…

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Nishant Lalwani from the International Fund for Public Interest Media on where media funding is going 45:54

1y ago45:54

45:54

We're putting together some of the best sessions from Splice Beta 2022. This episode features Nishant Lalwani, the CEO of the International Fund for Public Interest Media, which exists to enable media to work for democracy. Nishant spoke to why the fund was necessary now, and discussed the gaps between the funding that journalism needs — and what h…

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Full Stack Season 2 Ep 6: How to build a website for your startup 20:58

1+ y ago20:58

20:58

This season, we're talking about issues that startup founders and creators in the School of Splice mentorship program faced on their journeys. This episode is about Duuya Baatar. Duuya runs the Nest Center for Journalism Innovation and Development, that helps you support media in Mongolia. How do you even begin building out a website for your start…

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Episode 73: OP_VAULT 40:42

1+ y ago40:42

40:42

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain OP_VAULT, a proposed op code that would enable an elegant type of vaults through Bitcoin’s scripting language. For more information, also see: https://jameso.be/vaults.pdf https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/c589490f98ba1b0c606d0e2030463f1fde54b786/bip-vaults.mediawiki === Episode Spon…

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The Daily Aus's Zara Seidler on how they built a modern news business for young people on Instagram 44:21

1+ y ago44:21

44:21

We're rounding up some of the best sessions we've had at Splice Beta 2022. This episode features Zara Seidler, the co-founder of The Daily Aus, which is a media startup based in Sydney. Zara talks about how TDA has built a modern news business for young people on Instagram, where they have more than 430,000 followers. The Daily Aus began as a passi…

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Full Stack Season 2 Ep 5: How to build a podcast festival 19:48

1+ y ago19:48

19:48

This season, we're talking about issues that startup founders and creators in the School of Splice mentorship program faced on their journeys. This episode features Bhrikuti Rai. Bhrikuti is one of two co-founders of Boju Bajai, a Nepali podcast about politics, media, and feminism in South Asia. Going into the School of Splice, Bhrikuti had a goal …

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Episode 72: Inscriptions 40:34

1+ y ago40:34

40:34

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain Inscriptions, a new method to upload arbitrary data onto the Bitcoin blockchain. Episode Sponsor: https://voltage.cloud/ Sjors New Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Technical-innovations-Sjors-Provoost/dp/9090360425 Don't miss out on the biggest Bitcoin event of the year! B23 in Miam…

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Jom's Sudhir Vadaketh talks about a sea change in Singapore's media startup landscape 24:30

1+ y ago24:30

24:30

Jom has been on the Singapore media scene for less than five months. The digital magazine, as its co-founder Sudhir Vadaketh explains, is trying to fill a unique position in explaining Singapore through a critical eye to both local and foreign audiences. Perhaps more interestingly, it's on the scene at a time when government agencies are more open …

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Episode 71: Timelocks 32:58

1+ y ago32:58

32:58

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors discuss the different types of timelocks available on Bitcoin (and what can go wrong when used incorrectly). Episode Sponsor: https://voltage.cloud/ Sjors New Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Technical-innovations-Sjors-Provoost/dp/9090360425 Lower your time preference and lock-in your Bitc…

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