Exploring Purse with Andrew Lee The Bitcoin Game

 
Hello, welcome to episode 24 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.
Earlier this month I got to speak with Andrew Lee from Purse, a company that allows people to use Bitcoin to buy stuff on Amazon, and at pretty large discounts. My own first thought about Purse was that it was some strange company trying to shoehorn its way between Bitcoiners and Amazon. But after talking to Andrew, I now see Purse as a company that is helping to spread the use and adoption of Bitcoin throughout the world. There’s a lot more to Purse than I realized! Hope you enjoy this interview.
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SHOW LINKS Purse
https://purse.io
LG
http://www.lg.com
Mad Bitcoins
http://www.madbitcoins.com
Stripe
https://stripe.com
Lids
http://www.lids.com
Merrill Lynch
https://www.ml.com
Dwolla
https://www.dwolla.com
Mt. Gox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com
Plug & Play
http://plugandplaytechcenter.com
Andreas Antonopoulos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Antonopoulos
Blog post on Purse's new Non-Custodial Multisig Wallet
https://blog.purse.io/new-multisignature-wallets-to-improve-security-and-privacy
Coinbase
https://www.coinbase.com
Amazon Mechanical Turk
https://www.mturk.com
Roger Ver
http://rogerver.com
Reddit Discussion about Purse Pros & Cons
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3f36s5
MUSIC All the music in this episode of The Bitcoin Game was created by me! If you're curious, the music was created in GarageBand (by Apple), Animoog (by Moog Music), and Figure (by Propellerhead). Please contact me if you'd like more info about any music you hear on the podcast.
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