Mention these recent developments:

1) SwitchPoker.com and BC-Casino.com
2) Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
3) OKPay (massive online payment system - popular in Russia/Europe)

Also, specifically related to Free Talk Live's audience, Ira of BTCinch.com will be speaking at Liberty Forum in New Hampshire.

Also, since being "declared dead" by the press about 1-2 months ago, Bitcoin has appreciated over 50%

Try to avoid any discussion of mining.

sethgodin:
Interesting that the media/government enjoys associating BitCoin with all the bad actors who have used it (drug deals, scam artists, etc.)

Every new communication/transaction technology is used by fringe actors early on, and the authorities love to highlight this, as if the technology causes the bad actions.

They rarely mention the current status quo as a similar threat to civil society--"American currency is the medium of choice for organized crime. In fact, drug deals use a lot of cash, we should ban it..."

 
fredwilson:
yup. i think that use by the "bad guys" is a good signal that something is useful

We want photo, info and video about it 

So it seems to me and my colleagues at USV that an alternative currency with roots in peer to peer networks and based on an algorithm that is transparent to everyone is an idea whose time has come. The question remains if the Bitcoin algorithm or some other algorithm (possibly a derivative of the Bitcoin algorithm that deals with some of Bitcoin's weaknesses?) will ultimately win out. That's an important issue that has a lot to do with when this space becomes investable.

But Bitcoin or something else, I'm confident we'll see the emergence of currencies that are not controlled by nation states in my lifetime. Whether that is a good thing or not remains to be seen. I think it is, but there are significant ramifications that will result from the decoupling of currencies from governments. And one of them is an interesting investment opportunity that we hope to participate in.

Do Virtual Numbers work from outside the country?

Yes, all of our numbers, with the exception of Toll-Free numbers, are able to be dialed by anyone anywhere in the world.

The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin
By Benjamin Wallace   November 23, 2011  |  2:52 pm

Posted 06 November 2011 - 05:14 AM
I'm flying back to Ireland later today so I'll be in communication limbo with everything regarding GLBSE for a couple of days. I'll only be in Ireland for about a week until I move to Manchester, which will become my new base of operations.

Nefario.

Abstract: The digitally signed receipt, an innovation from financial cryptography, presents a challenge to classical double entry bookkeeping. Rather than compete, the two melded together form a stronger system. Expanding the usage of accounting into the wider domain of digital cash gives 3 local entries for each of 3 roles, the result of which I call triple entry accounting.

This system creates bullet proof accounting systems for aggressive uses and users. It not only lowers costs by delivering reliable and supported accounting, it makes much stronger governance possible in a way that positively impacts on the future needs of corporate and public accounting.

In momentum accounting, changes in balances are the recognized events. For example, an acceleration in revenue earning, such as a $1,000 per period increase of revenues from $10,000 per month to $11,000 per month, is a recordable event that would require three entries to implement.

'Devastating' protocol flaw could paralyze Bitcoin system
 
Scientists propose 'Red Balloon' incentive solution
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco