Podcast appearances and mentions of aaron mangal

Step Inside with Aaron Mangal. We discuss whether we should invest in cryptocurrency, what cryptography is, privacy rights, Web 3.0, permaculture and farming, content curation and creation, technology, and much more… Aaron grew up living abroad in Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines before returning to the US again in 1999 where he competed high school and college (In Maryland and North Carolina, respectively). Since then he has clocked over 11 years working in business development and 5 years on technology marketing. He has also helped produce and host two podcasts The Cloud and LAB (Learn about Blockchain) Radio.

Ashe Oro, Liberty Entrepreneur and founder of Liberty VAs What is Liberty, Blockchains and Anarchy 3.0? Well, you're going to find out in this episode!  Ashe Oro has been around the Blockchain space for many years and has even hosted a podcast called Liberty Entrepreneurs, helping his audience learn the virtues of freedom, entrepreneurship and sovereign money. He began as a Computer Engineering student and eventually morphed into the Head of Business Development for Euro Pacific Bank.  In 2013, Ashe discovered how Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain tech can protect personal freedom due to its decentralized nature and ability to facilitate a free market of non-fiat digital currencies. In the Blockchain community, Ashe is: Building SteemSmarter, an analytics and reporting platform for the Steem blockchain. Advising Chintai, a decentralised leasing platform on EOS blockchain. Advising SelfKey.org, a decentralised identification network on Ethereum blockchain. "I help people build freedom. Everything else is details." ~Ashe Oro On this episode of LAB Radio, Aaron Mangal dives in into more than just the "Blockchain" but rather uncovers the philosophical side of Cryptocurrencies including Anarchy and the experiences that shaped his views.   During this episode, you will learn: How Ashe first discovered the Blockchain and what got him excited about it His political and economic philosophy His impressions of the scene and how its shifted over the years What Liberty Entrepreneurs is and how it began What Anarchy 3.0 is (and how it differs from 2.0 and 1.0) Why inflation is not the enemy How to break-up with your bank How content creators can earn Crypto What excites and scares him the most about Crypto For show notes and more please visit: https://coinstructive.com/ep64-ashe  

Content Marketing is perhaps one of the most powerful yet underrated aspects of marketing. In this episode, we bring on Aaron Mangal, a content marketing specialist with years of experience in the cryptocurrency industry. Some things we discussed: What Content Marketing is and how it applies to cryptocurrencies Examples of effective Content Marketing The most time and cost-effective channels for Content Marketing Software that Aaron finds helpful in his workflow

Derek Sorensen, Pyrofex Research Mathematician Derek Sorensen is a Pyrofex Research Mathematician, has an MSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford and is set to start his PhD this fall at the University of Cambridge, where he will study logic and topology. "I'm a motivated mathematician who wants to solve new and exciting problems. I thrive in a challenging and changing environment, as a boring routine can seem a bit soul-sucking to me. I have learned programming languages, software programs, organizational structures and spoken languages in the past to solve problems and am willing to learn about anything to address new and changing circumstances I'm placed in. Challenges are exciting to me and I'm always looking for something bigger and better to sink my teeth into." Source On this episode of LAB Radio, Aaron Mangal asked Derek all kinds of deep math questions like: What are proofs and algorithms? What are they for? What are some non-crypto use cases and of course what are the Crypto uses?  Who is Pyrofex? A Utah-based Blockchain Startup Founded by ex-Googlers As stated on their website:  "Pyrofex Corporation is Utah Valley’s first blockchain and cryptocurrency startup. Founded in the Spring of 2016 by ex-Googlers Mike Stay and Nash Foster, Pyrofex works hard to create the next generation of blockchain platforms, applications, and development tools. With its headquarters in the Riverwoods area of Provo, UT, Pyrofex has grown from a pair of co-founders to a team of around two dozen professionals. Our focus is on reliably delivering high-quality work and our reputation bears that out. Pyrofex was founded by mathematicians and computer scientists who wanted to build an engineering first company. One that hires special talent, gives them difficult and interesting work, and the tools and support to succeed." CDelta is a Blockchain built on their custom-made protocol, Cassanova CDelta is a proof of stake based Blockchain focused on high speed transactions and throughput for financial transactions. They custom built Cassanova, a leaderless optimistic pre-Nakamoto consensus protocol which is what CDelta runs on.    "Pyrofex introduces Casanova, a leaderless optimistic consensus protocol designed for use in the blockchain contexts. Casanova produces blocks in a directed acyclic graph (DAG) rather than in a chain and combines voting rounds with block production by singling out conflicting transactions. C∆’s physical network achieves unparalleled performance by mirroring the shape of the Internet itself. Using a tiered network architecture, local validators connect to backbone validators with guaranteed priority bandwidth. Using this architecture, C∆ ensures the fastest block propagation and the lowest transaction confirmation latencies. C∆ is unique among blockchains. Most blockchains are stuck finding a total ordering of all the world’s transactions. This process is very slow because every block requires an expensive consensus-finding protocol. Using Casanova and a simple UTXO transaction model, the C∆ blockchain eliminates this work and finalizes most transactions immediately. Only when a user attempts to double-spend does C∆ perform expensive and slow consensus finding. As a result of this innovation, C∆ confirms most transactions at wire speed. An attacker can only make his own transactions slower, but cannot materially affect the throughput of the rest of the network." Source Check out this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmGGJcAdWks   During this episode, you will learn: How Derek discovered his interest in Math His impressions of Cryptocurrenc from a math perspective What proofs are What algorithms are and how are they designed What consensus mechanisms are and how do they differ from algorithms (Plus Who creates them and how) Derek's thoughts on Proof of Work (PoW) algorithms vs Proof of Stake (PoS) and Delegated proof of stake (DPoS) His thoughts on Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) and other Blockchain "alternatives" How their "Optimistic Consensus" is different/better than what's already out there The algorithm and consensus mechanism behind it How their customized Blockchain was built How the company plans to tackle adoption with so many other options on the market For show notes and more visit: https://coinstructive.com/ep63-derek-pyrofex/ 

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal and Chris Groshong talk security, the Internet and origin story of how MetaCert helps protect users from malicious links with CEO and founder, Paul Walsh. Paul Walsh, CEO and founder of MetaCert and co-founder of W3C Mobile Web Initiative Paul is an early web pioneer in security and safety for users having helped create projects like the W3C Mobile Web Initiative who's mission includes "ensuring that the Web be available on as many kind of devices as possible". He also helped create standards and classifications for Uniform Resource Locations (URLs) as a part of his work at the W3C organization. "I'm CEO of MetaCert. In 2017 we completely eradicated phishing on Slack for the crypto world. In 2018 we pretty much brought a stop to phishing for the crypto world on Telegram. 2019 is going to be our most important year - our mission is to eradicate phishing for everyone who uses our new email security solution for native mobile email. Previously... I was part of the team that helped to launch technologies such as AIM, Internet Radio, Online Games and X2 56K Modem Protocol while working at AOL during the 90's. I co-instigated the creation of the W3C Standard for URL Classification/Content Labeling and I'm one of the seven original Founders of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative. I also own a full patent for Malware and Phishing detection and prevention inside a mobile app WebView with more pending. I own an Indian restaurant in Ireland - Michelin Star for 10+ years. [I am a] Irish. Father. Wine Drinker. Advanced Open Water Diver, Snowboarder, Skydiver Wannabe and Seasoned Traveller." -Paul Walsh This new broad access of the web we are seeing today has brought new challenges such as malicious individuals who seek to steal peoples data and even worse Cryptocurrency and the value within. The MetaCert team began by providing authenticity and monitoring of social media channels like Telegram and Slack which has a wave of malicious bot attacks on users, encouraging them to click on compromised links and put their sensitive data into fake websites which ultimately leads to theft. MetaCert aims to protect businesses from malicious threats and unsafe URLs inside Messaging Apps MetaCert has a patented enterprise-grade security API which can lookup over 2,000 shortening services and check it against a massive database of 10 billion classified URLs across 65 categories in a fraction of a second. MetaCert boasts the biggest threat intelligence system on the planet. The second to them is OpenDNS (run by Cisco) which has classified 2 million domains across 60 categories. One of the reasons for building its own threat intelligence system was to prevent false positives (which is a problem with current solutions on the market automatically blocking too many innocent sites). MetaCert recently released a beta of their email security solution which helps verify the safety of links: After listening to this episode you will learn: How Paul was an early semantic web pioneer in the 90s and created the W3C Mobile Web Initiative Why Paul felt websites and search engines should show more metadata and have an identity certificate What a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) is and why they are important How Webview works and was a vulnerability in our mobile use of the Web Why they got a patent in place for security around Webview to protect themselves from tech giants like Google Why the first iteration of MetaCert was for child safety and built a database for pornographic content How MetaCert saw the opportunity to organize and classify URIs and created the biggest Cyber Threat Intelligence Database to date How the MetaCert API works How MetaCert leverages a reward system for compensating people (Validators) for helping identify and log links Why the MetaCert "Green Shield" icon has become a pillar in their branding and marketing to the public Paul's vision for decentralizing governance around content, link filtering and working group/committee creation A fake news identifying browser add-on called TrustedNews which is 100% powered by MetaCert About how Paul is considering moving away from Ethereum (first time mentioned in public) For show notes and more visit: LAB Radio Episode 49

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal talks technology, Blockchain and BUIDLing with Barbara Bickham, founder of Trailyn Ventures and the International Blockchain Accelerator. Barbara Bickham is a CTO, Investor and Entrepreneur and founder of the International Blockchain Accelerator Barbara is a Berkley, University of Chicago Alumni, coder, CTO and Technology Advisor with extensive experience across industries like: FinTech, Fashion, Wearables, Wireless, Security, Media and Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. Her current areas of expertise are in Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Internet of Things (IoT). She even won an award from Gartner for her work writing a REST API for an IoT platform. "I bridge the gap between professionals that speak in technology terms with professionals that speak primarily in financial terms. I represent a company to investors, key clients and strategic partners. I also have over 4 years experience preparing and evaluating companies for private equity or venture capital financing. Founded an investment association connecting Southern California businesses with venture funding." -Barbara Bickham The International Business Accelerator is a combination of private sector and non-profit entities' efforts: "The International Business Accelerator is a joint program of the Community Vitalization Council, an economic development non-profit, and K5 Ventures, an early-stage venture fund that partners with and invests in technology-driven businesses led by visionary founders.The IBA was started in 2014 with support from the US Small Business Administration... ...In 2018 the IBA announced its first sector-specific accelerator cohort on Blockchain for Global Growth taking place at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. In 2019 the IBA will announce new cohorts for more advanced tech, Global Fintech, Female-founders & Women-led companies, a partnership with Southern California's leading hardware accelerator and a Menlo Park cohort partnering with international legal and accounting firms in Silicon Valley." After listening to this episode you will learn: How Barbara began as a coder and eventually CTO, investor, entrepreneur and advisor The Catalyst for Barbara to cross the worlds of Investing and Technology The emergence of Digital Coast and eventually Blockchain Beach in Socal What a CTO is a what role they play in a company About the Blockchain Accelerator being hosted at USC's Blackstone Launchpad What types of people are joining the accelerator and what they learn The most exciting things to Barbara about the Blockchain world For show notes and more visit: https://coinstructive.com/ep48-blockchainaccelerator/

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal chats with Kylan Hurt about the life as a developer at Edge wallet, a multi-currency wallet with baked in secure Single Sign-On (SSO) functionality.  We discuss how he became a developer, building a wallet, programming various code bases (like Javascript) and other topics from a dev's perspective. Kylan Hurt, Software Engineer at Edge Kylan is a Software Engineer for Edge Wallet, a team that develops a multi-cryptocurrency wallet software and application. Kylan has worked with such organizations as Intuit, Z Global marketing, Knowledge City, Datagonia and Let's Talk Bitcoin. He is also the organizer of the San Diego Blockchain Development Meetup and previously produced and hosted of The Captain Crypto Show, a discontinued cryptocurrency-related podcast. Edge, a multi-currency wallet with over 15 coins including BTC, ETH, XMR, XRP and more Here is some lore about how Edge (formerly AirBitz) came to be from the company website: Edge’s first product, a bitcoin wallet and business directory, was launched in the winter of 2014, under the company name of “AirBitz” and has been securing millions of dollars worth of bitcoin ever since. Like many others, Airbitz was inspired by the bitcoin revolution and set out from day one to build tools that kept bitcoin users safe and in control. The Airbitz Bitcoin Wallet was the first application of a security model we coined as “Edge Security”. By the end of 2015, we had successfully packaged up the tools that make the Airbitz Wallet awesome into a software development kit (SDK) that developers could use for their own applications. Our “Edge Security” SDK has since been integrated into top-tier blockchain projects such as Augur, Wings, and OpenLedger. Airbitz quickly advanced from a bitcoin wallet in 2014 to a paradigm shifting data security solution and multi-currency wallet in late 2017. Given our company’s evolution and coining of the term, “Edge Security”, we thought it would be best to highlight this focus as the core of our brand.   After listening to this episode you will learn: How Kylan self-started learning programming from a previously dissatisfying job The path he took to go from nothing to building an app (Edge wallet) Why Javascript is a more common language for front-end programming How you can do a lot of backend (server side) programming with Javascript Why other languages force you to configure your own server to write and deploy code What nodes are and why they are critical to decentralization How 0x works as a decentralized exchange protocol A day in the life of a developer at Edge How Edge eats their own dogfood through internal Cryptocurrency usage as a company Why development in the Blockchain space is bleeding edge and people should realize everything is a work in progress   For show notes and more visit: LAB Radio

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal discusses Blockchain Regulation and the legal side of things with Morvareed Salehpour. Morvareed Salehpour, Attorney and Speaker Morvareed Z. Salehpour specializes in handling a diverse range of complex legal matters both in and outside the courtroom. She is experienced in negotiating a variety of contracts and legal agreements and litigating cases from inception to trial and appeal. She has represented companies and individuals in a variety of industries, including blockchain, technology, entertainment, media, banking, manufacturing, real estate, fashion, retail, food and beverage, and healthcare, among others. She has represented clients across the nation ranging from entrepreneurs and small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Ms. Salehpour enthusiastically applies unique solutions to client needs, working hard to devote herself to efficient resolutions. Ms. Salehpour earned a degree in Political Science, summa cum laude, from UCLA in 2007 and received her JD from the UCLA School of Law in 2010, where she also served as a Managing Editor for the UCLA Law Review. Ms. Salehpour previously practiced at BakerHostetler, a national firm where her work included being a member of the legal team seeking to recover the principal lost in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, and then at Strange & Butler, a complex litigation boutique. She is admitted to the State Bar of California, is a member of the bars of the United States District Court for the Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California, and a member of the bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Ms Salehpour is also active in the tech community and enjoys analyzing and discussing developing legal issues in that field, particularly with respect to the blockchain, artificial intelligence, virtual reality/augmented reality, and esports. After listening to this episode you will learn: About Morvareed's background, where she's from and how she got started in the Law (Hint: Law and Order) How Morvareed decided to focus her legal services on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency technology The way she approached applying legal capabilities and the Law to Blockchain About the US-based case law system and how it affects the development of Regulation Why we have been through these cycles before with the Law but with other tech booms Key concepts including Jurisdiction, Liability, Enforcement, Crypto Asset Management, and Copyright Protection The dark side of Cryptocurrency and the Law Threats to Blockchain immutability About the uniform regulation of virtual-currency businesses act  For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio Episode 44

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal discusses creating rare digital art on the Blockchain as well as the myriad of platforms out there for artists. Our guest this week is Joe Chiappetta, cartoonist, comic book author and artist. Joe Chiappetta, Author, Cartoonist, Blockchain Art Creator Joe Chiappetta has been involved in cartooning and publishing since the mid-1980s, creating comics and art that reflect something positive about life. As an author, Chiappetta has won many awards, including an Illinois Arts Council Award for his work on the book "Back Pain Avenger." This volume, its research, and the speaking tour surrounding it focused on issues of disability in the history of comic books, as well as presenting a non-medicated memoir of rehabilitation. For his family documentary work on the graphic novel "Silly Daddy," Joe was also the recipient of the Xeric Award as well as numerous other award nominations over the years. Rare Silly Chain from Joe's Blockchain Art Card Collection Called CrystalsCraft While widely known for his award-winning work on Silly Daddy Comics, Joe has also been a prolific cartoonist creating comics about cryptocurrency and blockchain since 2015. He exhibited twelve blockchain comics at the 2018 Ethereal Summit in New York City and was the only cartoonist selected for this event to create live interpretive comics covering the show. As the author of numerous articles about rare digital art, and an early adopter in this field as well as on crypto-social networks, Joe has educated and encouraged thousands of professionals, including artists and collectors, to pay close attention to the rising opportunities that cryptocurrency has opened up for the art industry. After listening to this episode you will learn: Joe's Background and how he got into making art How the old system of collectables works (Creating, selling and distributing the works) What makes something rare, valuable and collectable How Joe sees the opportunity to transition into digital collectables The story behind Joe's rare digital artwork How does Cryptocurrency open new opportunities for Cartoonists and Collectors About Spells of Genesis and their "Blockchanization" in gaming Applications in the Cryptocurrency art realm Joe is excited about Book of Orbs, a platform for buying/selling and storing digital art Platforms Joe likes including Steemit and Ono For show notes and more visit: LAB Radio

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal discusses Spark, a web and mobile payments platform and decentralized exchange (DEX) powered by Graphene and built on BitShares. Maxine Ryan, Spark's Chief Operations Officer, discusses the platform and a variety of concepts including the components of a DEX and the process of moving from Spark from Bitcoin to BitShares. Maxine Ryan, COO and co-founder of Spark Maxine Ryan is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur who is passionate about the freedom of financial services for people. In 2014, she co-founded Bitspark, the world's first cash in, cash out blockchain money transfer platform for Money Transfer Operators which helps business owners send money better via cryptocurrency solutions worldwide. The company in 2017 launched its ICO, $ZEPH, a rewards token for Bitspark's 180+ pegged cryptocurrency network whereby users of networks are incentivised via rewards and the company contributes buybacks to the market via its profits. Maxine frequently speaks at tech and finance events, can be seen on BloombergLive and was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30, 2018. Twitter : @MaxieRyan @BitsparksLtd #Bitshares #Decentralisation #RealSolutions As stated on their website: Bitspark, a Hong Kong based fintech company provides Spark, a secure web and mobile platform for money transfer operators [MTO] to send and receive payments quicker and cheaper utilising blockchain technology in addition to a suite of compliance and analytics tools tailored for the MTO industry. In November 2014 Bitspark conducted the world’s first cash-in cash-out remittance transaction using Bitcoin and has since refined and targeted their services towards money transfer operators. Bitspark has in recent years expanded to over seven countries in the Asia Pacific and African regions including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Ghana, Nigeria, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Pakistan and has formed a number of important partnerships and gained recognition at home and internationally. Bitspark has a history of excellent support from many notable organisations. Bitspark is an alumni of the Cyberport Incubation Program in 2014 backed by the Hong Kong government, in 2015 was selected for the Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab APAC, in 2016 selected for the SixThirty Fintech accelerator USA and in 2017 was selected by the United Nations Development Program for financial inclusion projects in Tajikistan. In the financial space, Bitspark has been recognised by Goldman Sachs, Citibank, KPMG and Nikkei and has received coverage by noted publications like Forbes, SCMP, RT News, New York Times, The Australian, Coindesk and many more. We discuss network effects and building technology that can be used across the Blockchain universe. Thanks for checking out LAB Radio! After listening to this episode you will learn: How Maxine got started in her career and eventually into Blockchains The state of the Blockchain market an industry in 2014 Why Spark (BitSpark at the time) shifted from Bitcoin to the BitShares Blockchain About how Spark is bankless, using full Crypto for all of their business The SparkDEX, what it is and how it works on BitShares Core models of Spark's business How Spark wants to create an open ecosystem for the money transfer space The 3 components of a DEX: fund management, order books and crypto transaction How the Sendy App works to facilitate cash-in and cash-out transaction in person leveraging Spark For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal discuss Blockdaemon, a three-click Blockchain node deployment and cloud platform with Konstantin Richter, the CEO and founder. Konstantin is a technology Entrepreneur in the Telecom, SaaS, and the B2B space.  Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, he was an executive at Deutsche Telekom and Nokia in software/services strategy and business development. He is also fluent in 4 languages. Konstantin Richter, CEO and founder of Blockdaemon Blockdaemon is a node deployment tool that allows you to launch your node on a public blockchain network or join a private network in three clicks. To maintain decentralization, Blockdaemon partners with multiple cloud providers, including AWS, Digital Ocean, and Google Cloud Services. With Blockdaemon you can customize an existing protocol, supply your genesis block, choose the regions you want and how many nodes you need. Current Blockchains supported include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Stellar and AION We discuss network effects and building technology that can be used across multiple Blockchain universes.  Thanks for listening to LAB Radio! After listening to this episode you will learn: How Konstantin got his start through telecom and consulting The power of network effects Konstantin observed and how he sought to leverage that construct in his companies About the crossover between network effects and the Blockchain Previous experiences including helping structure the business and strategy for Gem How his previous consulting experiences led him to think strategically about systems The benefits of Nodes-as-a-service which allows users to pool resources and gain economies of scale Why the goal has been to provide self-provisioning 3-click deployment of nodes for Cryptos like Bitcoin and Stellar Their developer first focus in term of the tools and services they provide For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

In this episode of LAB Radio, Chris Groshong and Aaron Mangal discuss the NEO Global Capital fund, investing in Asia, emerging markets and the Blockchain.  Roger Lim, Partner at NEO Global Capital Roger is an experienced angel and blockchain investor, entrepreneur and technologist. He previously founded Webvisions, a managed cloud hosting company which he sold to a private equity firm. He is an advisor for Bluzelle, Qlink, CoinFi, Selfkey, TheKey, Tomocoin, 0Chain, nOS, Open Platform. Roger is now a founding partner of NEO Global Capital.    Tony Gu, Partner at NEO Global Capital Tony is an experienced Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) professional and blockchain investor. Tony is a founding partner at NEO Global Capital (NGC) and is a partner of Rhodium Capital and Longstand Capital. He has done deals in Financial Services, Consumer, Health Care and TMT sectors, with total transaction value exceeding $1 Billion. We discuss investing in Asia, emerging markets, preserving wealth and the NEO Global Capital fund. After listening to this episode you will learn: How Roger and Tony met each other and began investing together The structure and focus of the two NEO Global Capital funds they manage Key initiatives and project categories that investment occurs in Emerging markets that they see activity and investment in The things that are most exciting to Roger and Tony Why Networking, building trust and opening doors for others is so important How NGC focuses on not just investing in firms but adding value The challenges around finding and retaining talent Strategies and tactics to consider when looking at markets For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

In this episode of LAB Radio, Aaron Mangal discusses the Bitshares ecosystem, the Graphene engine that underlies it and algorithms like Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) with Kevin Messerly. Graphene was originally designed by Daniel Larimer who also founded Steemit and EOS. Kevin Messerly, Proxy and DEXBot Team Manager "I have six years experience as a cryptocurrency investor and advocate. Additionally, I have four years experience as a sales executive/account manager with a track record of high performance and strong work ethics. On top of that I have over fourteen years experience as an intelligence analyst for the United States Army and Department of Defense. I have successfully operated in high stress environments, requiring 13 hour shifts, six or seven days a week, throughout four deployments in Southwest Asia, South-Central Asia, and Africa for a total of 49 months." Graphene is the underlying technology that underlies BitShares and several other Cryptocurrency projects like Steemit and EOS. Graphene is an open source C++ blockchain implementation, which acts as a consensus mechanism. BitShares also has the ability to issued market pegged assets which are tied with real-time real world prices. The BitShares market pegged BitAssets system Ultimately, BitShares operates more as an equity rather than a purist “currency” since BTS tokens are used as collateral for a variety of decentralized financial services like decentralized exchanges, banking, derivative creation (of market pegged “bitAssets”) and currency rails. Thanks for checking out LAB Radio. After listening to this episode you will learn: Kevin's origin story and how he first discovered Cryptocurrency in 2011 Why BitShares, in particular, caught Kevin's eye How BitShares leverages a suite of services including a DEX, bank and even user issued assets (UIA) About BitShares and how it had the first stable coin and market pegged assets (MPA) system The construct of Witnesses who process transactions and maintain price feeds The concept of decentralized banking and how you can borrow against your BitShares as collateral How Black swan events and collateral are handled by the system The risk and challenges of growing an ecosystem like BitShares The benefits of Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

In this episode of LAB Radio, Aaron Mangal discusses Interactive and Tokenized Television with Gavin Douglas, CEO and co-founder of iPowow. "Our early vision was conceived on a surf beach in Australia, ‘… to give millions of television viewers the power to interact with their favorite TV show and to affect the story, second by second’. Since then we’ve been expanding around the world, transforming tens of thousands of hours of live TV, taped TV and live stream shows into exciting participation experiences. We’re a team of TV thinkers, creators and doers with a passion for Participation TV and we firmly believe that telling great stories leads to great ratings. By moving iPowow onto the blockchain and making use of the best technology available, we can tokenize and monetize viewer engagement to provide better rewards for viewers and valuable data insights to networks, shows, and brands. So basically, instead of earning points, which have limited value, viewers earn HIT tokens just for watching content and more HITs for actively participating in contests, polls, and campaigns. After accumulating a certain amount of HITs, a viewer can visit our digital shopping plaza and exchange them for either digital or real-world products offered by our TV Network and Brand partners." Gavin Douglas, CEO and Co-Founder of iPowow Gavin is a multi-award winning media producer and TV format developer with over 20 years of experience. As the CEO of iPowow, Gavin has driven the business deals and the production of over 100 broadcast television + streaming video projects that link linear storytelling with real-time interactive technology, offering a unique perspective important to bridging blockchain technology and the media ecosystem. Gavin has overseen iPowow’s growth across both linear television and streaming video by negotiating and signing production deals with clients including ESPN, NBC, ABC, Fox Sports, CNBC, CNN, Red Bull, Discovery and Disney. Prior to iPowow, Gavin had written, produced, directed or edited more than 30 television series around the world, including “BBC Top Gear,” “MasterChef,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Big Brother” and “MythBusters.” iPowow which led to the creation of the HIT protocol allows viewership to be tokenized, meaning viewers can be paid to watch content. This also brings with it a whole new level of data as this viewership can be correlated with buying habits. After listening to this episode you will learn: About Gavin's background in Television and analog approaches to audience interaction The genesis of iPowow and pitching their interactive tech to NBC, ABC, CNN, ESPN and FOX Sports How they have always focused on the viewing experience and aim to keep viewers excited about the show The key technological catalysts for the evolution of TV from "stuck the wall" 20 years ago to today's on-demand world Why the fact that everyone can consume content on any device anytime is a huge business opportunity for everyone How viewers are incentivized to watch shows through HIT tokens The vast treasure trove of data available behind these tokens and the associated viewing and purchasing habits Why we should always be on the lookout for the next technology and how to put those pieces together For show notes and more visit: LAB Radio Thanks for listening to LAB Radio.

In this episode of LAB Radio, Aaron Mangal discusses Spl.yt, a decentralized marketplace protocol, with CEO and founder Cyrus Taghehchian. Cyrus Taghehchian, CEO and Founder at Spl.yt Cyrus Taghehchian is the co-founder and CEO of Spl.yt, a decentralized marketplace protocol. Cyrus, a Deloitte Consulting alum, is a world-class consultant, co-active coach and Lean-Agile thought leader who has helped C-level and executives improve their organizations’ product management processes, development practices, and team culture at companies such as Intel, Bank of America, Paypal, and more. A serial entrepreneur at heart, Cyrus specializes in technology strategy and implementations in the e-commerce and digital marketing space, including leading his previous companies through product and market fit phases. Cyrus entered the blockchain space in 2015, having taken several notable active involvements, collaboration and advisory roles within the blockchain community where he applies his unique business development perspective, to promote blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Spl.yt, a Decentralized E-commerce Protocol for a Global Inventory and Affiliate Network According to the Spl.yt litepaper: “Spl.yt provides the market reach of Alibaba and CJ Affiliate, with the assurance of Amazon, at the no-cost prices of Craigslist” This is based on their global inventory and logistics system which allows retailers to connect with several marketplaces, not just one, which greatly reduces the labor and management behind multiple postings. It goes on to further explain how retailers can connect with their platform: Spl.yt’s core function begins when an online retailer connects our easy-to-use SDK to load its inventory onto the blockchain. Once on the blockchain, Spl.yt’s smart contract grants access to all other participating marketplaces...Spl.yt uses token economics to promote fair and reliable participant behaviors. Spl.yt’s global reputation system provides peace of mind that reviews and ratings (necessary for buyers to trust retailers) are performed fairly without censorship or manipulation, and reflect behavior across the internet (rather than one website). How Splyt Connects Buyers and Sellers Splyt also have a dispute resolution to take care of any kind of problem that arises from transactions through intermediaries called Validators. These are real people that help figure out any issues whether on the buyer or seller side. Finally, through an affiliate system sellers can leverage an automated way to manage and pay out commissions to affiliate for helping to sell products. After listening to this episode you will learn: About the origin story of how Cyrus went from Consulting into the Blockchain world How consultants think, work and create value for clients Why great consultants replace themselves in the long-term Why people are a super important often overlooked part of building a successful company What Splyt is and how it works as a protocol The way that Splyt increases the reach of a posting across several major marketplaces A unique affiliate system that incentivizes anyone helping sell any product in the marketplace How Sellers can download the Splyt SDK and access a global database of inventory About Decentralized Autonomous Initial Coin Offerings (DAICOs) and one called HAIKU that Splyt is building  The Affiliate system behind Splyt and how it evolves the current Affiliate model How Splyt handles dispute resolutions For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio Episode 37

In this episode, Aaron Mangal discusses the Coinigy platform with Derek Urben, CFO of Coinigy, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coinigy is a cross-exchange charting, portfolio management, trading, and research platform. Using a monthly subscription model, Coinigy allows users a wide cornucopia of data sets and access to exchanges including the possibility to execute trades through a secure Application Programming Interface (API). Derek Urben, CFO, Coinigy Coinigy's reach stretches across more than 45 exchanges with 75+ technical indicators all under a single pane of glass interface. On the alert side of things you can trigger SMS, E-Mail and in-browser price alerts powered by low-latency data feeds. In addition, they allow instant access to real-time APIs and historical data. There is also the ability to leverage enterprise-grade data feeds for individuals and institutions. The API is live, real-time data powered by the Coinigy CryptoFeed™. This API stretches across 41 exchanges, 3,516 markets and 3.468 cryptocurrencies. After listening to this episode you will learn: About Derek's origin story and how he got started in Cryptocurrency and Coinigy Who the users of Coinigy are Why Coinigy doesn't hold user funds The emergence about just about anything "as a service" Why the membership subscription model was chosen Basic security practices and architecture behind the platform and how it protects users Why APIs are a common practice along with cloud computing for traditional trading houses About the research arm of Coinigy and the types of information they aggregate How they position as an aggregator allows a non-biased exploration of the ecosystem Why the future of firms, mergers and private equities will shift dramatically For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

In this episode, Aaron Mangal explores the concept of User Experience (UX) with Vitalik Demin, Software Program Manager, and Information Architect at ZenCash. Vitalik Demin, Software Program Manager, Information Architect at ZenCash "My passion is to fix and improve processes and technologies that are broken and not intuitive to use. I see process end-to-end and drive inefficiencies out by re-engineering the flow, building technology solutions, and ensuring the user experience is impeccable." User Experience (UX) and design are separate (albeit greatly related) disciplines. The science of UX has not always been as obvious as it seems today and has shifted into such force that it has it's own specialization and job role in today's startups. According to usability.gov, a website on UX maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services: User experience (UX) focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations.  It also takes into account the business goals and objectives of the group managing the project. UX best practices promote improving the quality of the user’s interaction with and perceptions of your product and any related services. Peter Morville, veteran UX and information architect made a User Experience Honeycomb to visually explain the concept: User Experience Honeycomb We greatly enjoyed learning about this super important yet often overlooked construct not only within Cryptocurrency but the digital (web) experience as a whole.  We hope you enjoy learning more about the philosophy and principles behind User Experience (UX). After listening to this episode you will learn: How Vitalik first learned UX and developed his craft The origin story of Vitalik discovering ZenCash and how he decided to work for them (due diligence process) What some great (and not so great) examples of UX are What ZenCash is and what they do The connection between ZenCash and IOHK The difference between designers and User Experience professionals Why brands should maintain control end-to-end for their marketing (see Samsung S9 phone ad example) Best practices and other insights around approaching User Experience (UX) For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

In this episode, Aaron Mangal and Tim Francisco of CoinStructive, caught up with Paul Puey, co-founder and CEO of Edge (formerly AirBitz), a security platform and multi-coin wallet and key management system.   Paul Puey, co-founder of Edge (formerly AirBitz) "Paul is a proud Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate of UC Berkeley with a wide range of technical skills from low-level 3D graphics engineering to development of custom web CMS systems, even before people knew what a CMS was. He held lead engineering positions with Nvidia and Chromatic Research, but most recently owned and operated several non-technical small businesses throughout California. There he learned the importance of the intersection of people, business, and technology. Today, Paul aims to bring Bitcoin mainstream with software and products aimed at simplifying Bitcoin and making it insanely easy to send and secure this revolutionary currency while maintaining the highest level of privacy. When not converting people to bitcoin you’ll likely find him climbing a rock in Joshua Tree or at a local climbing gym." The unique selling proposition is Edge allows users to manage multiple wallets for multiple assets securely under a single sign-on (SSO) login (just like using Facebook or Google to sign up for a site). Edge's philosophy is "security is our foundation, not a feature" as demonstrated by their client-side encryption which means data is encrypted from the device itself and before it ever touches Edge servers.  Cryptocurrencies currently available on Edge We had a great time learning more about Paul's origin story, the creator of Edge (formerly AirBitz) and the vision of how to bridge Cryptocurrency use into the mainstream world. After listening to this episode you will learn: Paul's beginnings in Silicon Valley at Nvidia working on Graphics Processor Units (GPUs) How Paul got out of balance with work which was a catalyst for shifting his health in a more positive direction The origin story of AirBitz and how it evolved into Edge as a rebrand Why we should stop trying to make security perfect and instead analyze the trade-offs How users get the benefit of security like SSL but for everyday Cryptocurrency usage Why Paul believes in usability and utility as much (if not moreso) than just ideology About the threat of centralized custodians and how counterparty risk and cold storage reduce usability How the architecture of centralized entities slow down transactions due to the lack of funds available in hot wallets How Edge saw the opportunity to open up its security architecture to other dApps (like Augur) Edge and why its the first use case of the Edge platform itself which can be used in many other What the Edge's of the network are and how the data generated there is secured How the communities of various cryptocurencies helped Edge integrate their tokens  For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio

*Note: This is a show from the archives of the Computer Business Podcast. Today we’re going to talk about how to market your computer business like a bigger MSP.  I’ll be speaking with Aaron Mangal, Business Development Manager for Network Remedy, a full-service Managed Service Provider in Silicon Valley.  We’ll go into how to borrow marketing techniques from bigger companies and apply them in your own business among other marketing tips and tricks. All that and so much more coming up right now!