World Crypto Networkest. March 2014

The Bitcoin Talk Show

Call-in radio for a currency without a phone number. Mined from the archive, not from memory.
Derrick J. Freeman & Thomas Hunt1-708-23-COINS
The Call Log
570
caller segments mined
131
callers with usable names
31
regulars (2+ episodes)
370
unattributed calls

One-timers vs regulars

Regulars (2+ episodes): 31 (24%)One-time callers: 100 (76%)
RegularsOne-timers

Counted among callers whose name survived transcription. Most people called once. The regulars carried the phone lines.

The regulars

CallerFrom EpisodesCallsPlaces given
MustafaIllinois1414Chicago, Illinois, America
John77
RicardoFrance77Paris
DaveOhio66Youngstown
Jeff44
JeremyQuebec44Montreal
Jose44
RussellMissouri44Missouri
DanMichigan33Grand Rapids
GabrielIsrael33Israel
JohnCalifornia33San Diego
MartinSwitzerland33Switzerland
Adrian22
Ari22
Chris22
Dan22
Dave22
DeanNew York22New York
DeclanBritish Columbia22Vancouver
HenryMontana22Montana
JeffOhio22Ohio
JonathanCalifornia22San Francisco
JoseMexico22Mexico
Mark22
Matt22
MaxGermany22Germany
NicholasOregon22Portland
RandyIllinois22Aswiga, Illinois
RichardWashington22Seattle
Sean22
SteveNorth Carolina22Raleigh

Identity rule: distinctive names (Mustafa, Antronik) are treated as one person even when the location wobbles between calls. Common first names (John, Dave) are only matched when the location matches too — so "John" without a city may be several Johns, and the episode counts here are the cautious reading.

Where the calls came from

By country

United States95Canada13Australia8United Kingdom4Mexico4France4Germany2Turkey2Switzerland2Ireland2Russia2South Africa1Thailand1China1Israel1Hungary1Korea1Spain1

By named place

Australia7Seattle7Youngstown6California5Missouri5New York5San Diego5Chicago4Toronto4Montreal4Mexico4New Jersey4Paris4Canada3Grand Rapids3San Francisco3London3Oregon3Germany2Florida2

Geography is extracted from caller intros ("Dave from Youngstown, Ohio") and validated against a gazetteer. Whisper mangles place names; "Yuckstown" is in there. International callers who only gave a city the gazetteer doesn't know are undercounted. US bias in the numbers partly reflects the phone number being a US phone number.

The roll call
Mustafa (Illinois)JohnRicardo (France)Dave (Ohio)JeffJeremy (Quebec)JoseRussell (Missouri)Dan (Michigan)Gabriel (Israel)John (California)Martin (Switzerland)AdrianAriChrisDanDaveDean (New York)Declan (British Columbia)Henry (Montana)Jeff (Ohio)Jonathan (California)Jose (Mexico)MarkMattMax (Germany)Nicholas (Oregon)Randy (Illinois)Richard (Washington)SeanSteve (North Carolina)AaronAdeptoAideAlex (Ontario)AlexAllen (California)Amanda (California)Anne (Oregon)AntonAntronik (California)ArthurBernerBernieBill (England)BitcoinvocBlake (New York)Brian (Washington)BryceBuddy (California)Carl (Ireland)Charlie (Nevada)CheckChris (Australia)Chris (California)Chris (Illinois)ColinCorey (Oregon)CryptCryptloco

Font size scales with number of calls. Names are as the transcript heard them, lightly de-mangled (Moostafa → Mustafa). Anyone the transcript garbled past recognition is counted but not named.