January 20th from Hunter Mountain NY: I know my connection was bad but it’s the best I had being on location in the middle of nowhere. Here is the TLDR
0:00:02 – Is Trump Good for Bitcoin? I have been saying for a long time that both Trump or Hilary could be good for Bitcoin but for different reasons. Unlike Hilary, Trump is anti-tax so this would be very bad for bitcoin as it might not be a use case. However we still need to see his stand on the drug war and if he is anti drugs that would be good for bitcoin. He might also make remittance to Mexico harder which is a very good thing for Bitcoin. Exit question was the price of bitcoin in a week and i’m pretty confident it will be higher. (price at the time was $900)
0:23:00 – ETC ETF by Barry Silbert: My position on ETC has not changed since day one, I expect the price of ETC to equal ETH in the future. As for Barry, i have been very critical of him and what he is doing with his statements on ETC and buying it ahead of time then pumping it with his comments. I am also critical of Barry about his current Bitcoin Trust product. I also think it’s silly to have a Bitcoin ETF so imagine a Shitcoin ETF. A Bitcoin ETF has two major problems and about a dozen small problems:
A. Who is going to be responsible for the security of the Underlying asset (aka Bitcoin that can be stolen)
B. Allowing a Bitcoin ETF is opening the door for a OneCoin ETF and everything in between.
0:45:00 – Mark Karpeles: Not much of an opinion but I will try and get Karpeles on my new show CryptoScam
1:05:00 – Miami Bitcoin Conf & Hackathon: Just general thoughts on the event from Chris DeRose and Myself. (I would love to see a conf in Cancun Mexico)
BONUS: Coinbase is insane for their speaker quotas for the Consensus Conf.