Topic: Bitcointalk Youtube channel - what would you like to see? - page 27. (Read 13689 times)

In the spirit of the “Yes Theory” YouTube channel, it might be cool to find someone from the forum and fly them somewhere out of the blue to experience something. Maybe surprise a veteran member and fly them to Bitcoin Beach and document the experience for the channel. I’m sure there are lots of Bitcoin places to see around the world and lots of forum members to take around. Traveling is also a lot cheaper than buying someone a house.

Interesting, I saw a thread where theymos said that would consider donate some forum funds for this, but it seems that so far it's just a concept/idea. Perhaps let's see how it goes in the first year? I slightly touched the subject of sustainability long term with some ideas that could be improved/discussed as well:
From those, Welsh (that I can remember) "fancied" the idea of mech items being produced, but I reckon that it may be something that can be harsh in the beginning - perhaps something mid-term ? If we outsource all the work (except art concepts) I'm sure it could prove to be a reasonable source of income for this project.

Then sponsorship should be a taxable event i guess, it will make it more complicated. 

Oh, that's interesting.
So, you are funding this I think it was an original @theymos idea, with your own pockets? Thank you!
I don't think you are looking for sponsorship, but this should be carefully evaluated (sponsorships are different from simple advertising, I think).

+1 for the reference, we should add that somewhere  

Replying a bit late to make sure, but as of yet mid September is a go! Also, very informative threads and ideas!
BTW, there's no special funding from the forum for this.

Welcome! Sounds awesome, having subtitles, especially for the more educative content would be helpful.

Probably I'm on the minority here, but I also don't evaluate the "captive" factor - as in grabbing my attention in order for me to finish it - due to them showing faces of whoever is on the podcast or not. To me the content & production value is > than just having a video feed back and forth between the interviewer and the guest - sure it's awesome to see as a video feed, but I for sure wouldn't consider it to be damaging to the viewership of the video. The personality of whoever is running the show, if defined enough, can be "felt" by the way the does/host his podcast/talk-show from my point of view as well.
I also think that this would be an interesting and balanced way of approaching the channel - perhaps setting up a roadmap of content to unlock after X amount of time has passed? Or at least if we, as a community, feel that the channel could add videos of different nature once it reaches to certain points in time regarding viewership and subscribers? Starting big would be awesome but I also fear that too much content may split viewers - we have lots of great ideas already on this thread, I'm sure a good planning would do wonders regarding scalability.
As stated previously I really don't have any kind of design ancestors in my genes. However I would for sure be glad to help in any way that I can, and in this aspect I could give a bit of help regarding Portuguese (Pt-Pt) related work.

I've been away for a while, good to see that this idea has some realization.
Is there anything I can contribute to the project in my free time, it's not much time but I could make Bulgarian translation, subtitles, etc.

Great news.
Is this an "official" target date for launch? Can we hold our breath for mid sep?
Also happy that the forum is putting serious money in this production (as I also previously suggested^{not that this means you didn't think of it}).
High-value community needs high-value productions.

Logged-in to see if the link is up,


Wake me up when September ends. mid-September comes.

I would like to see? There's a lot of things you could publish to the channel such as how the forum works, like the dos and don'ts from the unofficial rules of the forum, probably some tutorials on how to's? and probably updates in the forum or just discussions about the forum so more like an announcement pages or like that.

Also, maybe you could add some advertisement on the video aside from bitcointalks forum advertisement here in the forum.

Great channel.
I have a minimal interest in cars, and above all on how to fix them, but now I know How to Restore Headlights PERMANENTLY

I think I've watched some of those videos myself, but never really clocked the guy was intentionally hiding his face. More focused on the content. Some people build it into their brand, there's plenty of examples. Plus, I will stand by my statement of it adding to the intrigue. For example, one of the most interesting artists in the UK, is called Banksy. I don't think his artwork is overly impressive, like its good, but I feel like it's the fact that he's anonymous, that the public are so interested, plus he tends to do his artwork on public locations, rather than traditional canvas'.

There's plenty of examples on Youtube, I know there's plenty of gamers that build the fact that they are anonymous into their brand. I mean if you think about it, if you've ever watched Top Gear, what was the allure of the Stig? It was the fact that no one could really confirm who it was at first, and that created an allure. If they had Ben Collins just show up on screen, and race a car around the track no one would be overly impressed. The fact that his identity was a mystery, and there was room for speculation is what caused his popularity. Top Gear played that well.

Yeah, I would say that any video would complement it. You're basically covering all basis then, since certain users won't want to just listen to the podcast, and won't watch unless there's a video. At least if you provide both, your hitting all target audiences.

However, plenty of podcasts actually do animation work along with their podcast, and while that probably isn't suited here, you can see its not always about filming the people talking, but just having something to complement the sound. Although, I think even if guests wanted to keep their anonymity then that would work fine.

That said, I think its best that the Youtube channel focuses on other content before approaching the podcast idea. There's a lot of logistics in setting up a podcast, and this is especially true if you want physical podcasts. If you want to do it remotely, then there's issues with quality assurance, because not everyone will have a perfect setting for a podcast. Loud house, kids, pets, bad mic, and generally bad acoustics.

Who said for a face to face interview? A podcast of them being interviewed would be more than enough. No need to reveal their face; it'd ruin the mystery that is provided with pseudonimity.

List of people I'd pay to watch/listen their interview (listed in descending order):

• theymos
• nullius
• DannyHamilton
• o_e_l_e_o
• achow101
• Welsh
• sirius

KYC means Know Your Customer. Not sure how you understand it.

Just edited my list and did not see yours below mine until finished. I'm with you. I would love to hear theymos' story. How he found out about btc, is he a cypherpunk, what it was like being one of the first here, how it felt working hand in hand with satoshi and what he thought of him back then, the story of satoshi handing over the forum to him etc.  I don't think much of that is too private, and he may have discussed this some here already.. I don't expect him to speak but maybe someone reads questions and his answers to them. 

I also would love to see more stuff from Gmaxx..a Q&A would be really cool.  Would be cool to learn a little about Welsh/Hilarious who I really like and respect and Cyrus and others whom I don't know as well. 

Also for Loyce to reveal that he is in fact an AI ..just come out with it already man! 

I sometimes watch this guy on Youtube. He has 8 million subscribers, talks with enthusiasm, and never shows his face. If he has to show his head, he wears a helmet. It's more of an image thing than a privacy thing though: he shows his house and family members on his channel.
My point is: when done in the right way, I don't find it annoying as a viewer, and it even took me a while to realize he hides his face on purpose. I actually prefer it over Youtube tutorials where the guy is just showing his own head for the first 5 minutes.

So you mean that all those admins and famous personalities on bitcointalk will agree to come up face to face for a interview on bitcointalk youtube channel ?
I think most of the people won't agree to this because people here are more concern about their KYC and not revealing their identity.

One thing that I'd really want to watch is forum-legends' interviews. Yes, I know the thread, but a one-hour long video where the Admins of this place talk about their experiences would make me want to not miss a sec. Saying this just to feel more familiar with our Admins, because it seems they didn't want to be interviewed. (Although Greg did)

That's my feedback.

Stuff I’d like to hear someone knowledgeable talking about :
1) Bitcoins development, current projects, progress and proposals.
2) wallet education- how to properly make paper wallets, which hardware wallets are best/most secure, how to set fees properly etc
3) POW vs POS
4) Smart Contracts: how far have they evolved and is there any breakthroughs and how is bitcoin using them or plan to in the future.
5) The most legendary posts - Pizza, Hal Finney Stuff, Satoshi escrow proposal, Silk Road etc
6) History of Physical Bitcoins (From Gavin making the first ever proposal, to BitBills & Casascius and current landscape  ( I would be willing to discuss this )

Edit: I know Theymos would not do a video, which I of course understand, but it would be really cool to hear his thoughts about his experiences ..starting from being one of the first here, working hand in hand with satoshi and what that was like and what he thought of satoshi back then, what he believed would happen back then vs what has happened, the story of satoshi handing him over the forum etc.  What a life he's had so far!

Also a Q&A with GMaxx would be awesome!

I think that the general audience is well introduced to podcasts (Joe Rogan for sure was one of the early adopters and helped the concept to flourish[1]) but to be honest I see his videos as a complement to his interviews - They don't necessary add value to the discussion in a way that if you're just listening to the episode you'll be fully introduced to the theme as if you were just watching it. I do reckon, however, that there's a target audience that has grown used to see Rogan with his way of being and with a cast of very recognizable guests[2] and that's also fine by me - after all we're talking about millions of views per episode (at least they were used to see him until he moved exclusively to Spotify[3].
Point is, I'm totally fine (and I would completely understand) if the interviews would only be in a podcast format - I think the interviewer would be more comfortable while also providing us with a good opportunity to learn more about who's behind this community. It's a win-win scenario for both sides from my point of view.
Hell yeah! Sadly I'm not able to contribute in that way to the channel due to my deeply lack of "creator" graphical skills, but if there's any need of human help in the future regarding this project please let me know as for sure I would like to help in way possible. Looking forward to see what comes out of it!

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[1]https://www.theverge.com/21264838/joe-rogan-youtube-podcast-spotify-video-future-creators
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience#Notable_guests
[3]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52736364

It's not a one-man video crew. Guess we now have one less excuse if we miss the mid-September launch 

Thanks for the feedback and ideas for the contest. @SFR10 brought some valid points, but since we have 0 graphics so far and being a community channel IMO it would be pretty awesome to have at least one collaborating artist to help out. We're going to need more than a logo and a banner.  We should be able to do our own thumbnails for now. Plus, we don't have a graphics department 

That being said, the contest has now officially started, posted it on Discord and Twiter as well: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcointalkshow-graphics-contest-5354384