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Jackson Palmer: Dogecoin – wow! so meme. such community. very charity. much story.

03/27/19 • 81 min

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Dogecoin was born from the association of two browser tabs: one was an article about the popularity of the doge meme, and the other, CoinMarketCap. The idea quickly gained traction on Twitter, and before long, a new cryptocurrency was born. Dogecoin gained adoption as a tipping currency, the community took part fundraising for charities and other causes, perhaps most notably sending the Jamaican bobsled team to the Sochi Winter Olympics.

We’re joined by Jackson Palmer, co-creator of Dogecoin. Though he has left the project, Jackson shares the story of how he created the most popular meme cryptocurrency as a joke.

Topics covered in this episode:

Jackson’s background and early interest in cryptocurrency
The Dogecoin origin story
The uniquely charitable nature of the community and The Dogecoin Foundation
How the currency became widely used for tipping
The NASCAR sponsorship and Moolah exchange scam
The technological choices which went into early versions of Dogecoin
Dogecoin’s unique monetary policy and economics
Jackson’s thoughts on Doge Ethereum and the state of the project
Why Jackson stepped away from the project and his thoughts on the crypto space
Jackson’s other projects and YouTube channel

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This episode is hosted by Sébastien Couture and Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/280

We’re joined by Jackson Palmer, co-creator of Dogecoin. Though he has left the project, Jackson shares the story of how he created the most popular meme cryptocurrency as a joke.

Topics covered in this episode:

Jackson’s background and early interest in cryptocurrency
The Dogecoin origin story
The uniquely charitable nature of the community and The Dogecoin Foundation
How the currency became widely used for tipping
The NASCAR sponsorship and Moolah exchange scam
The technological choices which went into early versions of Dogecoin
Dogecoin’s unique monetary policy and economics
Jackson’s thoughts on Doge Ethereum and the state of the project
Why Jackson stepped away from the project and his thoughts on the crypto space
Jackson’s other projects and YouTube channel

Episode links:

Thank you to our sponsors for their support:

Deploy enterprise-ready consortium blockchain networks that scale in just a few clicks. More at aka.ms/epicenter.
Join the most interoperable ecosystem of connected blockchains. Learn more at cosmos.network/epicenter.

This episode is hosted by Sébastien Couture and Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/280

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Brian Hoffman & Washington Sanchez: OpenBazaar – Growing a Permissionless Marketplace

In the early days of Bitcoin, much of the community’s focus was around payment and getting merchants to adopt cryptocurrencies. Although the technology and narratives have evolved, some projects continue to embrace that original vision of peer-to-peer business, where merchants and their customers interact directly, and if they so wish, anonymously.

We’re joined by Brian Hoffman and Washington Sanchez of OpenBazaar. Since we last interviewed Brian in 2015, the project has grown to become a mature decentralized marketplace where people come together to buy and sell products and services anonymously with crypto. Its polished interface and reputation system gives users a similar experience to that of using eBay, but without fees or the risk of censorship.

Topics covered in this episode:

Brian and Washington’s respective backgrounds
The origins of OpenBazaar as the Dark Market project
The history and evolution of OpenBazaar since their last appearance on episode 67
How OpenBazaar managed to survive all these years and how the vision has evolved over time
Who uses the platform and to what ends
How it compares to traditional dark markets like The Silk Road
OpenBazaar’s position on deplatforming and how it responds to pressure to censor content
How OpenBazaar works under the hood as a collection of decentralized technologies
The company’s business model and future plans

Episode links:

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This episode is hosted by Sébastien Couture and Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/279

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Ethan Buchman & Sunny Aggarwal: Cosmos – Launching the Internet of Blockchains

The shipping container brought standardization to the way we move goods around the world. Similarly, TCP/IP packets normalized how information transits over computer networks. Today, blockchains remain siloed ecosystems and interoperability is practically non-existent. A new wave of third-generation blockchain protocols aims to change this. In this new paradigm, blockchains communicate natively and value moves seamlessly from one network to another. One of those projects is Cosmos.

We’re joined by Ethan Buchman and Sunny Aggarwal of Cosmos. With its recent mainnet launch, we discuss how the network is running and address potential issues relating to governance and centralization of power.

Disclaimers:

– Cosmos (All in Bits) is a sponsor of the podcast.
– Brian is a former employee of Tendermint (All in Bits) and founder of the Cosmos validator Chorus One.
– Sunny, is a regular host on Epicenter and founder of the Cosmos validator Sikka.
– All participants in this interview are Atom holders.

Topics covered in this episode:

The Cosmos vision and how it differs from Polkadot and Ethereum 2.0
Building Cosmos and the “Game of Stake”
The Cosmos governance process and current proposals
Voter participation in the Cosmos governance model
The role of validators and the importance of decentralization of power
Validator market economics, related inherent issues, and centralization risks
The Cosmos SDK and how it differs from Substrate
The Cosmos Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) Protocol
The role of the Interchain Foundation moving forward

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This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/281

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