#42 - Josiah Spackman Interview (Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Bitcoin, DigiByte, ICO, Tax, Housing etc.)

Josiah Spackman is a cryptocurrency investor and speaker and is a member of the Digibyte Foundation.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Youtube - Josiah Spackman - Digibyte

Twitter - @dgb_chilling

Instagram - @Josiah.Spackman

TIMESTAMPS

00:35 - How Josiah Got Into Cryptocurrency

02:20 - Differences Between Bitcoin, Lightcoin and Digibyte

03:35 - What Determines The Speed Of Each Coin

04:30 - Cryptocurrency Is Very Volatile

05:18 - Cryptocurrency Has Still Been Ticking Along Despite COVID-19

05:52 - What Block Chain Is

07:35 - Anonymity Of Cryptocurrency

09:03 - Monetary Limit Of Bitcoin

09:32 - Living Off Just Bitcoin/Making Purchases With Bitcoin

11:38 - NZ Isn’t A Cash Based Society Unlike Some Countries

12:49 - Going Cashless/U.S. Dollar Number 1 Dollar Laundered For Nefarious Purposes

14:07 - Digital Fingerprint Of Cryptocurrency

15:41 - China’s Surveillance Can Still Detect People Based On Their Eyes

16:33 - Black Mirror/Social Credit System In China

18:36 - ICO(Initial Coin Offering)/Pump & Dump Schemes

23:07 - BitTorrent/Youtube Backups

24:42 - Creating Your Own Coin/Josiah Doesn’t Want To Create His Own Coin

26:19 - Red Flags With Certain Coins/BitConnect

28:31 - Investing Is A Gamble/Don’t Take Out Money During A Crash

29:30 - Josiah Bought A House In Auckland

30:38 - You Can Rent And Still Retire By Investing Correctly

32:22 - Peer To Peer Lending

33:28 - Josiah Buying A House Right After 2008 Financial Crisis

34:43 - Boomers Have A Lot Of Disposable Income

37:20 - Paying A Tax On A House Annually

39:33 - Josiah Is Hesitant To Provide Sound Financial Advice About Cryptocurrency

40:52 - Josiah Does Cryptocurrency Because He Loves It Not For Money

42:50 - Josiah Is Terrible With Money

43:09 - Kernel/Not Constantly Looking At Your Investments

44:47 - Cryptocurrency Is A Permissionless Currency

47:20 - Complexity Of Explaining Cryptocurrency/Dont Mortgage Your House

49:10 - Josiah’s Toilet Paper Story/Self Fulfilling Prophecy

52:08 - Negative Things Being Replaced By The Next Negative Thing

52:52 - Emotion Clouds Logical Thought/ Desire Vs Require

54:20 - Allocating Money From Coffee To Digibyte

55:35 - Josiah Sucks At Sticking To Plans/DOOM Eternal/Video Games

57:09 - Josiah Did A Tax Submission To The Government

59:37 - Document Was 40 Pages/Details Of TWG Document/IRD Are Forward Thinking

1:02:52 - Trying To Write The Document So A Five Year Old Could Understand It

1:04:00 - Having A Panel To Provide Expertise To Politicians

1:04:37 - Some Of The Document Has Been Applied By IRD

1:05:49 - Josiah Tells His NZ Herald Cryptocurrency Mining Story

1:09:18 - America’s Cryptocurrency Laws/Tax On Video Games Currency

1:10:45 - Josiah Views On Cryptocurrency Tax

1:12:07 - Josiah Wants There To Be A Cryptocurrency App To Pay For Goods/EFTPOS Vendors

1:14:31 - Cybersecurity/Having A Password Is A Bad Idea/QR Code

1:18:04 - Signing Into Websites Using Facebook Or Google Downsides

1:22:12 - Reece Doesn’t Watch Series Or Video Games These Days Because Of Time

1:23:17 - Netflix Will Make A Ton Of Money From COVID-19

1:23:59 - Podcasts/NZ Podcasts/Why Reece Uses Timestamps

1:26:47 - Joe Rogan Format/Giving People Choice

1:27:52 - Where To Follow Josiah Spackman

1:29:21 - COVID-19 Is A Pivotal Moment In History/NZ Going Cashless