Andreas M. Antonopoulos - LA Bitcoin Meetup Video

[pmelt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPQKyAq-DM

I recorded the following at a talk by Andreas M. Antonopoulos to the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup on January 9, 2014 at CoLoft in Santa Monica.

Thanks to everyone in attendance, and CoLoft for hosting the event.

The audio for this session will be on the podcast feed at www.coinsiderthis.com! Please subscribe on iTunes if you enjoy this content.

[Dafar]

Are you talking in the intro?


Always love hearing Andreas... he's freaking smart

[QuestionAuthority]

Are you talking in the intro?


Always love hearing Andreas... he's freaking smart

He's not just smart, he actually knows what Bitcoin is and is not. That puts him ahead of about 70% of the people on this forum, business operators included.

[BittBurger]

Andreas is the voice of Bitcoin.

[LiteCoinGuy]

thanks. like it!

[2bfree]

Maybe he is Satoshi!

[cryptozark]

I was there and it was a really amazing talk.  He had just recently given talks in Argentina (where Bitcoin is more revolutionary in terms of the political and economic freedom it can provide) and Las Vegas (where most people were more business-minded and wanting to know more about how bitcoin can be co-opted by the government and fit into regulatory frameworks) so it was great to hear the energy in his talk.  It seemed as though his two wildly-divergent recent experiences made him emphasize just how important it is that North Americans really understand that Bitcoin is so much more than just a currency.

It was also my first Bitcoin meetup and I recommend that everyone attend local events.  It was reinvigorating and inspirational to be surrounded by people who not only "get it," but are making moves in terms of spreading Bitcoin adoption.  Plus, sharing knowledge over the internet is fun and all, but so much more enjoyable over a few drinks 

[michellj]

Absolutely amazing video - thanks for posting.

I'm giving a Bitcoin presentation in UK on 25th and lead in with this stuff.

[TheButterZone]

All OPs links are stripped out now, ABP and RequestPolicy are disabled.

Alt topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=412403.0

[Alonzo Ewing]

Good talk, but the part about Western Union and the like being "evil" and "stealing" people's money is ludicrous.

[pmelt]

Can someone please explain why you've stripped out my links and it's ok to make another thread where someone else links to the video that I produced and posted? I'm lost with the rules here. I posted a T-Shirt contest where I'm giving away 1BTC and someone moved it to "Gambling".

I want to be a part of this community and to keep bringing content here but it's frustrating to keep getting slapped on the hand and then having moderation imposed on me without it being explained at all.

[QuestionAuthority]

Can someone please explain why you've stripped out my links and it's ok to make another thread where someone else links to the video that I produced and posted? I'm lost with the rules here. I posted a T-Shirt contest where I'm giving away 1BTC and someone moved it to "Gambling".

I want to be a part of this community and to keep bringing content here but it's frustrating to keep getting slapped on the hand and then having moderation imposed on me without it being explained at all.

Oh, don't feel bad. This community has a rich history of ridiculing and abusing newcomers. It doesn't matter if you're 45 years old with three advanced degrees when you come here. Once you register at this forum you're an infant again and will be treated as such.

[sebdude420]

Good video enjoying watching it now.

[pmelt]

Oh, don't feel bad. This community has a rich history of ridiculing and abusing newcomers. It doesn't matter if you're 45 years old with three advanced degrees when you come here. Once you register at this forum you're an infant again and will be treated as such.

It sucks. I'm just trying to provide the community with resources.

[QuestionAuthority]

Oh, don't feel bad. This community has a rich history of ridiculing and abusing newcomers. It doesn't matter if you're 45 years old with three advanced degrees when you come here. Once you register at this forum you're an infant again and will be treated as such.

It sucks. I'm just trying to provide the community with resources.

I know. Don't let that discourage you. Many good people have been chased away from this forum by the self righteous fraternity elitist mentality. It's too bad that there are a few mods that fit into that category. There are still many of us that read posts and take them at face value.

[ArticMine]

Can someone please explain why you've stripped out my links and it's ok to make another thread where someone else links to the video that I produced and posted? I'm lost with the rules here. I posted a T-Shirt contest where I'm giving away 1BTC and someone moved it to "Gambling".

I want to be a part of this community and to keep bringing content here but it's frustrating to keep getting slapped on the hand and then having moderation imposed on me without it being explained at all.

Personally after reading this

... Please subscribe on iTunes if you enjoy this content. ...

after moderation, I must say that I am not surprised at all why your post was moderated. Apple has a long history of censoring Bitcoin and at a very fundamental level Apple's business model for IOS is fundamentally incompatible with Bitcoin. Personally I would not allow a single satoshi that I own anywhere near an iPhone, iPad or other IOS device; however there are other members of this community that use IOS with their Bticoins. 

By the way I really enjoyed the Andreas M. Antonopoulos  - LA Bitcoin Meetup Video on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu).

[LiteCoinGuy]

Oh, don't feel bad. This community has a rich history of ridiculing and abusing newcomers. It doesn't matter if you're 45 years old with three advanced degrees when you come here. Once you register at this forum you're an infant again and will be treated as such.

It sucks. I'm just trying to provide the community with resources.

thanks for that

[Kouye]

Can someone please explain why you've stripped out my links and it's ok to make another thread where someone else links to the video that I produced and posted? I'm lost with the rules here. I posted a T-Shirt contest where I'm giving away 1BTC and someone moved it to "Gambling".

I want to be a part of this community and to keep bringing content here but it's frustrating to keep getting slapped on the hand and then having moderation imposed on me without it being explained at all.

This is not the right sub for that. Please post all of your complaints in the meta sub
It will be investigated closely by defendants of liberty to express, there.

[pmelt]

Oh really? So if you mention Apple, your post gets censored here? Real logical.

I am posting a new 2 hour q&a with Andrea on youtube/my podcast feed in minutes if anyone cares. Andreas visited my studio last week, and we took calls and questions from reddit. God knows the thread I make about it here will be deleted or edited.

[QuestionAuthority]

Oh really? So if you mention Apple, your post gets censored here? Real logical.

I am posting a new 2 hour q&a with Andrea on youtube/my podcast feed in minutes if anyone cares. Andreas visited my studio last week, and we took calls and questions from reddit. God knows the thread I make about it here will be deleted or edited.

Yeah, the mentality is childish. Major corporations that don't accept Bitcoin as their lord and savior are banished from this forum. These people would have us all close our bank accounts because they don't accept btc for direct deposit.

Can you link to the reddit thread and your youtube/my podcast feed here. Just in case you stop posting here for some reason I'd like to know where to get the updates.