Hour 1 - 3

Hour 1 -- Doug Scribner (writer, producer, animator) gives an update on WatchByBit.Com, a video platform where creatives can be fairly paid while voluntarily sharing with others

Hour 2 -- Mikel Wassier (Executive Director of Arizona NORML) gives an update on cannabis/marijuana in Arizona

Hour 3 -- Freedom's Phoenix Headline News

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April 20th, 2016

Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock

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Hour 1

2016-04-20 Hour 1 Doug Scribner from Ernest Hancock on Vimeo.

Guest: Doug Scribner

Bio:Doug has been in music and video production for 35 years. With an AS in Avionics Electronics and a BA in Psychology, he is able to help lovesick toasters and depressed computers. Most importantly, he's been a starving artist while playing keyboard in the "pay to play" racket of Los Angeles, and a co-Pollie Award winning commercial writter, producer, and animator. He is excited to finally be able to create a platform where creatives can be fairly paid while voluntarily sharing with others.

Webpages: WatchMyBit.Com

Video(s): 

How WatchMyBit Works:

A video platform for art and soul - The first Bitcoin enabled, micro-payment video streaming platform. Monetize your videos--earn bitcoin...WatchMyBit is the first pay-per-view platform powered by Bitcoin. Anyone can upload content and monetize it with Bitcoin. You can get paid from fans around the world. We are a new start up and will be growing and updating our site to make it better for you.

Topic(s): Update on Watch My Bit

 

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ShapeShift Hack Was an Inside Job, Says Erik Voorhees

Instant multi-currency exchange ShapeShift was the victim of a security breach led by a previous team member, company CEO Erik Voorhees has revealed.

Voorhees 'Confident' Ex-Team Member Involved

Posting an update on ShapeShift's homepage, which has been offline since the breach was discovered on April 7, Voorhees wrote:

Since the investigation into the ShapeShift hack last week started, we had suspicion that someone previously on the team was involved, and that this person assisted an outside hacker. We are confident now that is is indeed the case.

Voorhees reiterated that no customer funds were at risk, and those who had pending trades at the time of the shutdown are urged to contact ShapeShift in order to secure their funds.

In the update, he added that "evidence continues to be revealed", and that his team was working with a forensic specialist from LedgerLabs to determine exactly what had happened.

ShapeShift has scrapped its previous server infrastructure and is now rebuilding its entire system from scratch – an extra-mile safety approach seen as necessary for a more trustworthy service. So far, details regarding the scale of the hack and what exactly was stolen remain unavailable. It is also uncertain exactly when ShapeShift will be back online and available for trading.

Bitcoin.com contacted Voorhees for additional comment, but had not received a reply at publication time. He promised to release a more detailed post-mortem after the investigation is complete, adding:

Our team continues to revise and rebuild infrastructure, hardening not only prior vulnerabilities, but future potential attack vectors. It has been inspiring to see anti-fragility in action as ShapeShift gets stronger.

Shapeshift's exchange, which offers near-instant exchange between numerous cryptocurrencies without the need for registration or customer accounts, has proved popular with users. It does not hold customer balances, meaning only funds from the company's own hot wallets were at risk of loss.

Security at the Forefront

Prices of most cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin took a dive earlier this week, a move that some have attributed to ShapeShift's troubles.

Internal security controls are proving as much of a headache for bitcoin exchanges as external threats. A technically skilled, highly-mobile and mostly contract-based workforce – along with law enforcement that lacks the necessary abilities to investigate, and a grey legal environment – makes companies in the cryptocurrency industry particularly vulnerable to heists.

Most, however, have preferred not to speculate openly about the nature of hack attacks. The most notorious example of an alleged "inside job" was also the largest – Tokyo's Mt Gox, which lost at least 650,000 bitcoins from its storage wallets.

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Hour 2

Hour 2 -- Mikel Wassier (Executive Director of Arizona NORML) gives an update on cannabis/marijuana in Arizona

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Hour 2

2016-04-20 Hour 2 Mikel Wassier from Ernest Hancock on Vimeo.

Guest: Mike Wassier

Bio: Executive Director of Arizona NORML

Webpages:

 http://norml.org/az/item/norml-in-arizona

http://www.normlinarizona.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NORML2.0/

https://twitter.com/NORMLinArizona

 

 

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Topic(s): Update on cannabis/marijuana in Arizona

We are a statewide cannabis advocacy organization. We support AZ's cannabis community: medical patients, the dispensary industry and the general AZ cannabis consuming public. Our mission is to improve AZ's attitudes on cannabis to the point legalization and acceptance are possible. We hold public meetings, give legislative presentations and monitor cannabis legislation, create cannabis-themed entertainment events, provide guest lectures at social and political clubs and cannabis training centers, debate prohibitionists, print and distribute cannabis info, assist in legalization campaigns, do court support for cannabis defendants and maintain a website and social media presence for community engagement..

Link to Previous Interviews: None

Hour 3

Hour 3 -- Freedom's Phoenix Headline News

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Hour 3

2016-04-20 Hour 3 FP Headline News from Ernest Hancock on Vimeo.

Ernest Hancock

Freedom's Phoenix Headline News