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CRYPTO 101

Ep. 341 - Bitcoin ATMs: The Unsung Heroes of Mass Adoption, w/ Chris McAlary from CoinCloud

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by COG Network, PizzaMind talks to Chris McAlary of CoinCloud ATMs about that sector of the industry. It has evolved quite a bit, and Chris gives us a candid examination into how Bitcoin has been growing in a cash-only town like Las Vegas. Sponsored link: https://cog.network Guest Links: https://www.coincloudatm.com/ Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

All right, everybody, welcome back.

0:12.3

It is another episode of Crypto 101 podcast.

0:16.6

Pizza Mind here.

0:17.8

I'm rolling solo today, but not alone.

0:20.7

We have with us today the founder of a very

0:25.1

interesting project called CoinCloud, and these guys are building crypto ATMs. I'm very

0:32.0

interested to hear about this sector of the industry because we've never talked about it on this

0:35.9

podcast before. Chris McAllery,

0:38.8

welcome to Crypto 101. Hi, thanks for having me. Glad to be here. Glad to talk with you,

0:44.2

pizza mind. It's a pleasure to have you. What were you doing before you got into crypto and what convinced

0:50.5

you that this was the future? Yeah, I got into playing poker in college.

0:56.4

After I graduated, I was deciding, I studied economics and was deciding whether or not

1:01.8

to do a real job or go work for myself.

1:04.9

And I was having too much fun playing poker online.

1:09.1

And after college, I ended up buying a house in Vegas and moving here

1:13.4

and was playing poker from like 2007 to 2011 and experienced this Black Friday event.

1:22.9

I don't know if you're familiar with the online poker world, but in 2011, they shut down

1:27.7

all the offshore poker sites, like Fultil Poker Ultimate Bet, and basically wiped out the whole

1:35.3

industry overnight for U.S. players.

1:38.3

Oh, my God.

1:39.9

And around that time, maybe like six months prior to that, I'd heard about Bitcoin for the first time in late 2010 on my favorite podcast.

1:51.4

And, you know, that sort of, you know, this first time I heard about it on this podcast, they had Gavin Andresen, who was the lead developer of Bitcoin at the time as the guest.

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