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Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Farbood Nivi, the CEO and co-founder of Coinmine.  On this episode we discuss what the Coinmine is, what cryptocurrencies you can mine using it, new features (Bitcoin only mode, the future ability to use the lightning network) and so much more. We dive into Farbood's history, and the insane focus on a perfect Apple style product. The Coinmine is the first user friendly and viral crypto mining hardware device.   To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Farbood on Twitter @farbood    Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

8 Aug 201936min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Web3 Foundation's Ryan Zurrer. This was an awesome episode where we discuss everything from how the Web3 foundation is ushering in the decentralized web where users control their data to Polkadot, a high profile interoperability project. I recently wrote a post on Polkadot exploring my concerns, so it was great to discuss them with Ryan. The post is linked in the show notes below.   To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Ryan on Twitter @rzurrer    Resources: Polkadot: Promise and Problems   Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

5 Aug 20191h 6min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vision Hill Group's Dan Zuller for the first part of a multi-part, short and sweet educational series simplifying complex crypto topics. The first episode is focused on distributed consensus mechanisms.  To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Dan on Twitter @danzuller   Resources: Vision Hill Distributed Consensus Case Study Dan Zuller's Tweet Storm   Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

30 Juli 201922min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kadena's Founder and CEO Will Martino. kadena is described as offering the fastest, safest and most scalable hybrid blockchain technology stack for entrepreneurs.  We go through Will's history as  the Lead Engineer for Juno, JP Morgan’s blockchain prototype all the way to the promise of Kadena, its public blockchain launch by year end, and its focus on having a hybrid blockchain architecture for real business use cases. This episode has tons of great insights from someone who has been in the weeds for years and used all of these insights to build a new platform. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Dan on Twitter @_wjmartino_   Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

29 Juli 201946min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kurt Watkins, a partner at MG Miller Law to discuss everything crypto from a straightforward legal perspective. We discuss Kurt's work in the crypto legal field, run through some examples, and discuss so much more.   To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Kurt on Twitter @mgmillerIP Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

25 Juli 201947min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Gregory Rocco from ConsenSys Alpine Group and Jacob Arluck from TQ Group, a group with the goal of advancing the Tezos Ecosystem, on for an episode to discuss Rocco’s recent post on Tezos’ social contract and for recent updates on Tezos. We go into the origins of Tezos’ social contract, what it all means, and how these merits are baked into everything within the Tezos ecosystem. For those familiar with Hasus’s post on Bitcoin’s social contract, Rocco’s excellent post was built in a similar way. We go on to discuss all of Tezos’ recent updates and announcements, Jacob goes through them towards the end - and the main message is Tezos is making it easier for developers to build on the platform which is central to its success. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Rocco on Twitter @Obstropolos Follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobArluck    Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

22 Juli 201958min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by my partner and and a co-founder of Delphi Digital itself, Kevin Kelly. Given Kevin cut his teeth as an equity strategist with Bloomberg, he offers unique and differentiated insights on the institutional and macro argument for Crypto and Bitcoin. Kevin offers his take on the global backdrop, everything from underfunded pensions to global monetary policy and even the eventual potential dethroning of king dollar. We go on to where Kevin believes crypto and the global economy will co-exist in the future and what would happen to crypto if a recession hits.  With all of the endless tech and project news out there everyday, this episode was a breath of fresh air as kevin offers an extremely zoomed out view of where Bitcoin fits into our institutional world and broader global monetary framework  To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Kevin on Twitter @Kevin_Kelly_II    Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

16 Juli 20191h 2min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Nick White, the co-founder of Harmony Protocol Harmony is described as a fast and secure blockchain and it leverages a lot of newer tech such as Proof of Stake, Sharding and cross shard communications, granted not all of this tech is fully launched yet.  We discuss Harmony’s ultimate goal to create an open infrastructure for the world's data, a global scale marketplace platform, competition, Harmony’s IEO on binance and so much more.  To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Nick on Twitter @nickwh8te    Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

9 Juli 201951min