Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain
Frederick Munawa here. Blockchain Innovation is where I interview the brightest minds in blockchain and cryptocurrency – every Tuesday – to discuss present and future applications of decentralized technologies.
Episodes
Lane Retting works at the Ethereum Foundation. He is a hacker and polyglot with an affinity for East Asian languages.
In this episode, Lane and I discuss:
- The journey to a brand new Ethereum – Ethereum 2.0 (code named “Serenity”). We discuss what Serenity’s roadmap looks like, and when it’s expected to ship
- We discuss Lane’s work on ewasm
- And of course, we discuss governance, proof-of-stake, sharding, “Plasma,” and much mo...
I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.
We created Blockchain Innovation Academy to address those challenges.
This is a short tour of the Academy.
Watch the video – https://blockchain.global/academy/
Join the Academy – https://memorypool.ca/home/
I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Here are the final 3 challenges my subscribers submitted. (From the top 10. See previous episodes for the other 7).
Watch the video - https://blockchain.global/academy/
I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Here are 4 of the top 10 challenges my subscribers submitted.
Watch the video - https://blockchain.global/academy/
I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Here are 3 of the top 10 challenges my subscribers submitted.
Watch the video - https://blockchain.global/academy/
Konstantin Richter is the Co-Founder & CEO of Blockdaemon. He is a serial software entrepreneur and has also held senior-level positions at prominent firms such as Nokia and Deutsche Telekom.
In this episode, Konstantin and I discuss:
- The difference between Blockdaemon and other infrastructure startups
- Key reasons why individuals and enterprises should outsource their blockchain infrastructure
- Blockdaemon’s business strategy...
Brendan Lee is the CEO & Co-Founder of Nodesmith. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Science, and has spent much of his career building developer platforms.
In this episode, Brendan and I discuss:
- The complexities around running a full node and how Nodesmith solves that problem
- We go over some of the concerns developers and engineers may have. For example, if you outsource your full node, who controls the keys? Or, what a...
Sascha Mojtahedi is the CEO of Bunz. The Bunz App uses its BTZ token to facilitate peer-to-peer bartering and purchases, while also compensating users for interacting with partner brands.
In this episode, Sascha and I discuss:
- The $325 billion-dollar “data and attention economy” Bunz is tapping into
- The difference between the Brave Browser BAT (Basic Attention Token) model and the Bunz BTZ (Bunz Trading Zone) model
- The simple...
Philipp Pieper is the CEO & Co-Founder of Swarm. He has held various private equity and management positions at Deutsche Bank and Allianz Group.
Philipp is a serial tech entrepreneur and discovered Blockchain after an encounter with the founder of BitTorrent.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The history of ICOs
- Whether it makes sense to tokenize traditional securities
- The 3 components of the Swarm system – tokenization, comp...
Michael Foland is the President and Co-Founder of TaxToken. His mission is to make TaxToken, “the ultimate cryptocurrency tax solution.” TaxToken leverages blockchain technology and artificial intelligence to modernize cryptocurrency accounting.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why you should file your crypto taxes and why 2019 is a good year to do that
- Exactly what problem TaxToken aims to solve and what makes them the best s...
Jordan Crawford was the Director of Growth at Purse.io. Their mission is to make crypto useful. Purse allows users to name their own discount when shopping on Amazon by matching shoppers with individuals who wish to exchange Amazon gift cards for cryptocurrency.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How the Purse system works
- Why it’s critical for cryptocurrencies to be used in everyday transactions before they achieve mass adoptio...
Johan Toll is an Associate VP and leads Nasdaq’s blockchain efforts. He received the prestigious "FinTech person of the Year" award from the Financial Technologies Forum in 2018. Johan is also a renowned blockchain thought-leader and frequent speaker and panelist.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How Nasdaq is not just a stock market company, but a full-fledged FinTech firm
- We go over how Nasdaq started experimenting with bloc...
Stephen Horan is the Managing Director of Credentialing at the CFA Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Economics, and is a former stock broker, portfolio manager, and finance professor.
In this episode, Stephen and I discuss:
- What made the CFA Institute realize Blockchain and Cryptocurrency are here to stay
- What type of material related to Blockchain will be included in the CFA curriculum
- What type of impact Blockchai...
Jason White heads up Indiegogo’s equity crowdfunding and token sale platform. Indiegogo is one of the first ever crowdfunding sites. It was launched in 2008 and has raised over a billion dollars for its participants across 232 countries.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How ICOs were an obvious part of Indiegogo’s evolution
- Indiegogo’s first ICO – the Fan Controlled Football League (FCFL)
- How Indiegogo adds value and performs ...
Trent McConaghy is the Co-Founder of Solido, Ascribe, BigchainDB and Ocean Protocol. He holds a PhD in Engineering and has a background in Computer Science.
In this episode, Trent and I discuss:
- How Trent went from being raised on a pig farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, to being one of the world’s top experts in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- How companies like Facebook and Google are really just data companies that h...
Jerry Cuomo is the Vice President of Blockchain Technologies at IBM. He is an IBM Fellow, veteran software engineer, and one of the founding fathers of IBM WebSphere.
In this episode, Jerry and I discuss:
- How Jerry and his father are lifelong “IBMers.” In fact, his father made a discovery in 1972 that eventually led to the invention of optical disks. Jerry recounts crawling through the hallways of the IBM Research Center i...
Mitch Steves is a Silicon-Valley-based Research Analyst at RBC Capital Markets.
RBC Capital Markets is one of the top global investment banks with almost 2,000 deals and approximately $250 billion dollars in capital raised for clients in 2017.
Mitch made headlines at the beginning of 2018 when he published a report stating, “Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain could become a $10-trillion-dollar market in 15 years.”
In this episode, Mi...
Dr. Leemon Baird is the inventor of Hashgraph and the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Swirlds Inc. He has a PhD in Computer Science and is also a successful entrepreneur and former professor.
Hashgraph is a new data structure and consensus algorithm.
**PLEASE NOTE: This interview was conducted prior to the Hedera Public Ledger announcement.**
In this episode, Leemon and I discuss:
- What a Hashgraph is. How does it co...
Aaron Wright is a Professor of Law at the Cardozo School of Law in New York City.
He is also the co-inventor of OpenLaw – a blockchain-based protocol for the creation and execution of smart legal agreements
In this episode, Aaron and I discuss:
- What OpenLaw is
- What the SAFT is (including some of its lesser known deficiencies) -and-
- The future of ICOs from a legal perspective
Taylor Monahan is the Co-Founder of MyEtherWallet, one of the most popular tools of choice for crypto-investors participating in ICOs on the Ethereum Blockchain.
Taylor recently launched a new venture – MyCrypto – an open-source, client-side tool for generating Ether wallets, handling ERC-20 tokens, and interacting with the Blockchain more easily.
In this episode, Taylor and I discuss:
- How MyEtherWallet came to be
- The absence ...
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