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Let’s Talk Bitcoin is one of the most popular podcasts about cryptocurrencies. Adam B. Levine started it after three other podcasts he started did not get the traction he had hoped for. Adam parlayed the success of Let’s Talk Bitcoin into a network of podcasts–the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network–which also includes one of my favorite shows, Epicenter.

Adam joins me on today’s episode for a discussion of so many topics: the culture around cryptocurrencies, the art of podcasting, blockchain scalability, and ICOs. The conversation around ICOs was particularly exciting–if you have been listening to recent episodes, you have heard interviews with companies who have done ICOs.

Some ICO companies are now facing legal ramifications for their token sales–and Adam and I have some disagreement over whether these ICO companies deserve much sympathy. It was a debate that I enjoyed and I hope to have Adam back on the show in the future for more debates.

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The TEALs program is looking for engineers from across the country to volunteer to teach computer science in high schools. Work with a computer science teacher in the classroom to bring development concepts to life through teamwork and determination. If you’d like to learn more about the Microsoft’s TEALs program or submit your volunteer application, go to tealsk12.org/sedaily.

GoCD is a continuous delivery tool created by ThoughtWorks. GoCD agents use Kubernetes to scale as needed. Check out gocd.org/sedaily and learn about how you can get started. GoCD was built with the learnings of the ThoughtWorks engineering team, who have talked about building the product in previous episodes of Software Engineering Daily. It’s great to see the continued progress on GoCD with the new Kubernetes integrations–and you can check it out for yourself at gocd.org/sedaily.