Who Made Bitcoin? Who Cares.

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Who Made Bitcoin? Who Cares.
Number 2753
Broadcast Date MAY 5, 2016
Episode Length 44:56
Hosts Tom Merritt
Guests Justin Robert Young

Do we care who invented Bitcoin? Tom Merritt and Justin Young discuss why we’re so fascinated with who Satoshi Nakamoto is and why it may be better to never know.

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Headlines

Microsoft reports that 300 million devices now run Windows 10 of one sort of another. The company also reminds users that its free upgrade offer expires July 29. After that date a copy of Windows 10 Home will cost $119.
Submitted by motang
Netflix’s latest app for iOS and Android allows users to chose what quality of video it streams when using cellular data connections. Netflix admitted in March that it automatically limits video quality for AT&T and Verizon customers on cell data. It will continue to do so but customers can override the choice. Settings are described by the number of hours that stream per gigabyte. Connections are unaffected over WiFi.
The Washington Post has a feature about Viv, an artificial intelligence developed by Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, co-founders of Siri. It’s an open system that bypasses search engines and apps to execute things like ordering a pizza or calling for a ride. The Post claims Google and Facebook have both offered to buy Viv and Mark Zuckerberg is an investor. Viv will be demonstrated publicly Monday at Disrupt NY.
The LA Times reports that on March 18 LAPD detectives were able to bypass security on an iPhone 5S belonging to April Jace who was killed in her home on May 19, 2014. A search warrant filing written states a “forensic cellphone expert” was able to “override the the locked iPhone function.” It did not detail the method or the identity of the expert.
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Craig Wright has removed his earlier blog posts that contained what he said was proof that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin. Wright posted that he does not have the courage to move one of the early bitcoins from Block 9 that would indicate he at least had access to coins known to have been used by Nakamoto in 2009. Wright wrote, "I know that this weakness will cause great damage to those that have supported me, and particularly to Jon Matonis and Gavin Andresen.”
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Uber has collected an all-star team of government leaders to make up an advisory board on public policy to help them lobby governments worldwide. The board includes Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, former EC vice president Neelie Kroes, former Prime Minister of Peru Robert Danino, former US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, former director of the US Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes. The board will meet twice a year and be compensated with equity.
Amazon has signed an agreement with Atlas to lease 20 Boeing 767-300 cargo planes for 7-10 years.Amazon also was granted a warrant allowing it to acquire up to 20% of Atlas’s common stock over a five year period with an option for an additional 10% over a 7-year period. Amazon previously gained the right to by 20% of Air Transport services as part of a lease agreement in March.
New Scientist obtained a data-sharing agreement betweenGoogle’s DeepMind and the UK’s Royal Free NHS Trust. The agreement states DeepMind gets access to all admission, discharge and transfer data, accident & emergency, pathology & radiology, and critical care at three hospitals along with five years of historical medical records. The data is not being stored or processed at DeepMind but by a third party. All data reverts to the NHS on September 29, 2017. DeepMind is testing an app called Streams to help clinicians treat Kidney disease.

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Pick of the Day

“The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom invites us to celebrate Choose Privacy Week, May 1-7, 2016. Librarians and advocates can use this opportunity to start a conversation in their communities about privacy and why it matters to library users.” (and all people I would add)


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the fact that half the country is at or below the poverty level - the idea that most Hulu subscribers opt for the cheaper version shouldn't surprise most people - but those in their little bubbles don't see these these things I guess
Sent by Xenophrenia in the YouTube comments


Hi Tom,

I think you hinted in an offhand comment the underlying reason for Scott's skepticism: services hold the API keys. Most of them probably won't give them out to third party developers, rather than providing their own app or web presence where they control access to the API.

While not exactly the same thing, social networks are a good example of an internet service sector where API sharing is being reduced, not expanded, such as in Twitter. (Or even Google Plus, which never had an open write API.) Internet TV services, much like social networks, want to control their network. They don't consider themself to be just a content delivery system where it doesn't matter how the viewer gets to their content.

I think we would all like Brian's service, but I think there will be a lot of resistance, at least initially.
Sent by Alan


Hey Tom, I feel like the perfect service for cord cutting might be similar to what you had mentioned. I use an app called TEE VEE, on iOS. It tells me when my shows are on, but after that notification, that's it. I would like a service that tells me when my shows are on and then keep each episode in a cue, like a DVR, But with a link to what service I need to use to get it. Having that on the AppleTV or Roku or Amazon fire I think would solve a lot of problems.
Sent by Bob From CT


The ultimate TV model for me already exists.
You are very familiar with it.
It's called podcasting - just allow people to subscribe to the shows they want to watch, and when it's available, they can download and watch it whenever, wherever, on whatever darn device they want.
Sent by Mateo


On Dish servicing iPhones:
I know quite a few people that may look to this service because they have jailbroken their phones and don't want to take it in to an Apple store. Also, the 60-day Warranty could be attractive to those who live far from an Apple store and whose local stores don't warranty their work.
Sent by ethancaine

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