Roger Ver is the founder and CEO of Bitcoin.com, one of the earliest evangelists of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash, and the first investor in Bitcoin-startups including Bitinstant, Ripple, Bitpay, and Kraken. He's one of the most well-known and controversial figures in the bitcoin and crypto ecosystem, and even ran for California State Assembly as a Libertarian Party candidate in 2000. In this episode, we learn about Roger's life, explore the growth of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash, dig into the civil war between the two Bitcoin forks, and the future of the ecosystem. Learn more about Roger and Bitcoin.com. Get your Bitcoin.com wallet! Follow Roger (@rogerkver) on Twitter. Roger's favorite book: The Ethics of Liberty & Cryptonomicon Roger used to collect: Magic: The Gathering cards and Beanie Babies Roger's most successful investment: Blockchain.info Roger's favorite non-Bitcoin app: Sleep Cycle _____ This episode of the VentureForth Podcast is sponsored by: The Bee Token - The Future of Home Sharing Do you find yourself renting houses while on vacation or on business instead of the same old boring hotels? Or do you rent your house or apartment out for extra income on the side? Well there's a new company out on the blockchain that is doing this with ZERO percent commission. They're called the Bee Token, and are run by a seasoned team of former employees from Google, Facebook, Uber, and Civic. Bee Token is reimagining the home sharing economy by building Beenest and the Bee Protocols on the Ethereum blockchain. Presale starts January 2nd, and ICO begins January 31st. Visit www.beetoken.com for more information _____ Executive producer & host: Joe Mahavuthivanij Edited by: Joe Mahavuthivanij Theme music by: Music for Makers Logo design: Debra Lin
Roger Ver is the founder and CEO of Bitcoin.com, one of the earliest evangelists of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash, and the first investor in Bitcoin-startups including Bitinstant, Ripple, Bitpay, and Kraken.
He's one of the most well-known and controversial figures in the bitcoin and crypto ecosystem, and even ran for California State Assembly as a Libertarian Party candidate in 2000.
In this episode, we learn about Roger's life, explore the growth of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash, dig into the civil war between the two Bitcoin forks, and the future of the ecosystem.
Learn more about Roger and Bitcoin.com. Get your Bitcoin.com wallet!
Follow Roger (@rogerkver) on Twitter.
Roger's favorite book: The Ethics of Liberty & Cryptonomicon
Roger used to collect: Magic: The Gathering cards and Beanie Babies
Roger's most successful investment: Blockchain.info
Roger's favorite non-Bitcoin app: Sleep Cycle
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This episode of the VentureForth Podcast is sponsored by:
The Bee Token - The Future of Home Sharing
Do you find yourself renting houses while on vacation or on business instead of the same old boring hotels? Or do you rent your house or apartment out for extra income on the side?
Well there's a new company out on the blockchain that is doing this with ZERO percent commission. They're called the Bee Token, and are run by a seasoned team of former employees from Google, Facebook, Uber, and Civic.
Bee Token is reimagining the home sharing economy by building Beenest and the Bee Protocols on the Ethereum blockchain. Presale starts January 2nd, and ICO begins January 31st.
Visit www.beetoken.com for more information
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Executive producer & host: Joe Mahavuthivanij
Edited by: Joe Mahavuthivanij
Theme music by: Music for Makers
Logo design: Debra Lin