Ian and Jesse discuss blockchain technology, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Will the currencies of the future be based on distributed, decentralized computational algorithms that don't rely on putting all of our trust in governments and banking institutions?

Links to topics discussed:

"Verbal confirmation" for Hyperloop

Solar batteries for Australia

Tesla roof tiles sold out

What is the Blockchain?

Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto - Inventor of Blockchain

Ethereum

Radiolab episode - The Ceremony

Bitcoin block real time explorer

"19 Industries the Blockchain Will Disrupt"

Kanye Cryptocurrency - Coinye

"Bitcoin Security: Bubble Boy and the Sewer Rat"

Theme music, used with permission, by Jonathan Coulton.