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Why Amanda B. Johnson loves Dash – Episode 155

The Story: Amanda B. Johnson of Dash Detailed

Amanda B. Johnson is a familiar face to many who are interested in financial technology, and particularly to those interested in cryptocurrency. For months she was the host of The Daily Decrypt, bringing news about new developments in the technology, informing us about the latest altcoins released and the progress of Bitcoin adoption. Eventually she got frustrated when she saw how tedious and stilted the movement was in Bitcoin, and about how awful most of the new coins were. She finished The Daily Decrypt and decided to start Dash Detailed, giving us a weekly report of the progress in Dash – the currency which she figures is the most likely to reach mainstream adoption.

In this episode, Amanda tell us why she’s so excited about Dash, explaining the concept of money as a service, the importance of user experience, how she might market Dash to people who know nothing about cryptocurrency in the future, and why it’s not easy to crack Dash’s privacy features – even when someone controls a masternode. We also talk about the incentives involved in Dash, and how its anonymity features compare to Monero’s.

Join us in the next blockchaining episode of … The Paradise Paradox!

The Eps:

Amanda B. Johnson & Pete Eyre: The Daily Decrypt – Episode 79

The Links:

Will Dash ever get its killer app? Amanda at Anarchapulco 2017

The Cash:

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The Episode:

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Episode 79 – Amanda B. Johnson & Pete Eyre: The Daily Decrypt

The Episode:


To download the audio, right click and press “save as”.

Remember to subscribe on iTunes or subscribe on Pocket Casts.

If you enjoyed the episode, don’t keep it a secret! Feel free to share it on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Reddit, or your office bathroom wall.

The Cash:

We really appreciate all of your contributions! Every cent and satoshi we receive lets us know that we’re doing something worthwhile, that you are entertained by our program, and that you’re starting to question what you know more and more. Please be generous. Donate to The Paradise Paradox. Or buy some stuff on Amazon using this link. Or buy some of our great T-shirts here.

The Story:

When certain people hear about Bitcoin, they can’t help but be fascinated by it. It gets inside your mind and starts whispering to you: What if? What if the control of currency from central banks isn’t inevitable? What if there was an alternative? What if, when the government men came with their guns to take your gold and start a war, there was nothing there for them to take? And what if this technology already existed?

If you contract this “bitcoinitis”, you might get caught up in a fugue, reading for hours a day about the latest developments, the rate of acceptance, the development of new technology that allow new kinds of financial assets and smart contracts that facilitate trade across borders. Amanda “Billyrock” Johnson was hit with bitcoinitis, and decided to turn all of her reading into a digest of the most interesting cryptocurrency stories of the day: “The Daily Decrypt”.

In this episode, we interview Amanda and her partner in crime, Pete Eyre, about how they first came across Bitcoin, their experience with the Free State Project in New Hampshire, and what they think about the freedom in Mexico.

The Links:

The Daily Decrypt on Facebook

The Daily Decrypt on YouTube

“What’s your favourite thing about Bitcoin?” at LaBITconf