Bitcoin Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Here’s how you can mine bitcoin on a Game Boy

Mining bitcoin takes a tremendous amount of energy to power the necessary computers crunching through the algorithms. But if you’re

We just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password.

It has been more than 13 years since Ol’ Dirty Bastard shuffled off this mortal coil into the great beyond.

On this day in 1995, we almost ended up in a nuclear war because of a series of mistakes and

Now being a fan of Drake or Kanye or Eminem can turn into cash in your pocket. Used to be

Blockchain, blockchain, blockchain. It’s a word that comes up a lot when people talk about the future of the financial

On this day in 1994, Korn released their debut album. Was that the beginning of the whole nü-metal thing? Probably.

Alan had mentioned the new cryptocurrency pointed towards the music industry via this article on LinkedIn. In the time that

RAC, a Grammy-winning producer and DJ, just made history. His new album, Ego, is the first in the world to

We’ve talked in this space about blockchain as a tool for tracking royalties, copyright information and as a method for

When it comes to the future of the music industry, it would appear the smart money is on, and behind,

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver