CW 478 – Jon Evans – Digital Currencies & How Bitcoin Block Chains Work, TechCrunch

On today's Creating Wealth intro, Jason talks about how he was not able to go heli-skiing this past weekend and is currently in San Diego attending a marketing conference. He talks about how so many people attend these conferences and don't actually take action on anything. He also cites some of his main marketing influencers when growing up and why his guest, Jon Evans, is talking about Bitcoin and how that relates to real estate investing.    Jon Evans is today's Creating Wealth guest and he is a TechCrunch journalist with a background in software engineering. He gives a more technical breakdown of what Bitcoin is, what Block Chain is, and how Bitcoin works on the whole. Jon and Jason sit down to discus Bitcoin scams, how you can track your Bitcoin transactions, and also how Bitcoin is probably the most transparent currency out there on the market today.     Key Takeaways: 1:60 – Sunday is becoming Jason's favorite day because he gets to read all your reviews!  7:10 – Jason likes the Libertarian ideal, because as government gets bigger, it becomes inefficient.  9:30 – Do not be the guy that spends all his time going to seminars, buying products, and take no action on what he's learned.  12:45 – Why is Jason talking about all this extra stuff that has nothing to do with real estate? He explains why.  22:45 – Don't forget to check out the properties listed at JasonHartman.com.  25:10 – Jason talks about upcoming episodes.  27:35 – Jason still has a few extra Meet The Masters home study courses, so order now!  28:25 – Jason introduces Jon Evans to the show.  31:10 – The alternative coins could be considered easier to take over than Bitcoin, because there's not enough people monitoring and searching for bugs and holes.  34:30 – There's a war on Block Chains. What does Jon mean by this?  36:20 – How would we be able to decentralize the internet?  41:00 – Bitcoin scams? Jason picks Jon's brain about this.  46:20 – Jon thinks Bitcoin will succeed in places like Venezuela and Zimbabwe.   52:30 – Is Jon a gold bug? He says it's too 20th century for him.      Mentioned In This Episode: See You at the Top by Zig Ziglar  Psychology of Winning by Dennis Wadley Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson  The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil BlockChain.Info  http://techcrunch.com/author/jon-evans/   http://rezendi.com/

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