Adrian Chen wrote the first article about the darknet marketplace Silk Road and Bitcoin, causing the price of BTC to go from $10 to $14. Adrian discusses:
why he never has owned a single Bitcoin
his investigation into Satoshi Nakamoto's identity
the misperception that Bitcoin is anonymous
*whether crypto has scrambled Jay’s brain
Plus, Aaron shills his bags HARD.
7:30 Bitgrail hacked
7:33 Nano (XRB)
14:03 "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable" (Adrian Chen, Gawker 2011)
17:33 BitcoinTalk forum
24:41 @AdamBack / Wei Dai
25:16 @JiaTolentino
28:28 @NickSzabo4
31:42 Bitmex
45:02 Tor
48:30 "Suspected AlphaBay founder dies in Bangkok jail after shutdown of online black market" (Washington Post, July 2017)
55:01 Bail Bloc
56:29 The New Inquiry
1:04:53 [Dogecoin (DOGE)] 15
1:05:36 Catbreading