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Asking for a Friend continues this Friday with Real Vision's own Ash Bennington and Nico Brugge realizing they might have jumped the gun getting into all the degen fundamentals. So we're pulling it back and going deep into how blockchains actually work with this special re-air of our classic piece with Anders Brownworth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Anders Brownworth and his team of researchers are working on a potentially ground-breaking project, a central bank digital currency. Brownworth, the principal software architect at The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, joins Real Vision's Ash Bennington to discuss the high-speed transaction processor he and his team are developing and the benefits of open-source software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do the brightest minds in the space consider when they think about the design of a central bank digital currency (CBDC)? Anders Brownworth, Principal Software Architect at The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, joins Real Vision's Ash Bennington for a journey through Project Hamilton, a joint initiative between the Federal Reserve and MIT to investigate the technical feasibility of a general-purpose CBDC. One goal of this project is to make them faster than existing legacy systems and new blockchains, including Bitcoin. Visa averages around 1,700 transactions per second, Bitcoin five to 10. One of the transaction processors Project Hamilton tested processed 170,000 transactions per second. Project Hamilton found, however, that by eliminating a "chokepoint," it could reach up to and beyond 1.7 million transactions per second. Tune in to learn how these designs work, why transactions may change in the future, and what new findings are on the horizon. Click here to read Project Hamilton's executive summary and white paper: https://rvtv.io/3rjspV9
Learn about smart contracts inside and out. David Salem, contributor at Epsilon Theory, is joined by Anders Brownworth to discuss from technical and philosophical perspectives. Beginning by coding his own smart contract, Brownworth gives viewers a visual breakdown of the inner workings of currencies like Ethereum. Salem and Brownworth then pivot to conceptualize how smart contracts might work in the real world. How do you enforce contracts that reach beyond the digital realm? They discuss "the trilemma" and the trade-offs that come with a truly decentralized coin like Bitcoin versus coins with an organization's backing like Ethereum. This is essential content for anyone who wants to truly understand crypto. Filmed on August 16, 2021.
Something a bit different this week. Horace and Oliver host Anders Brownworth, co-host of the Critical Path, to talk about crypto, blockchains and markets for trust. Anders’ background working in telecom, finance and then crypto (developing USDC and now working at the Federal Reserve) give him a unique perspective. As Horace, Oliver and he break down what programmable trust can mean for markets, government and society.This came out of a discussion following a Micromobility podcast recording talking about Apple was functioning as an arbiter of trust with all its new key and payment building blocks, and how ‘trust’ carries a market premium, which gave way to a wider conversation about how trust can be priced.For those of you who aren’t that familar with the workings of Bitcoin/blockchain, Anders Brownworth has done a 101 video here (with more than 1 million views!) -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_160oMzblY8Specifically, they dig into:- The history of money, and why trust-minimised stores of value are so valuable.- Markets for trust and how companies like Google or Uber are potentially threatened by distributed marketplaces/clearinghouses.- How the overall valuation of Bitcoin is the NPV of all future trust that will be accumulated to the protocol.- Why having immutable records is so important for the functioning of democracies.- What areas of blockchains both Anders and Oliver are most excited about.Finally, as mentioned in the news - here is the excellent NYT article on the reallocation of streetspace in New York, “I’ve seen a future without cars and it’s amazing” - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/sunday/ban-cars-manhattan-cities.html
In the second episode of a two-part interview with Anders Brownworth, we learn that his personal life is as intriguing as his professional life in cryptocurrency. Brownworth is actively training for the goal of being one of the first civilians in space. IN SPACE. Mike and Jason just want space travel to be as easy as it is in Gattaca.
Check out Anders Brownworth's website here: https://andersbrownworth.com/
Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with amazing fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the amazing stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech. You can Subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and iHeartRadio These interviews took place during Boston fintech week, in this episode we share highlights from a group of speakers from the event. In this episode are Anders Brownworth from Circle, Devon Sherman from MassChallenge, Jean Donnelly from Fintech Sandbox, Meredith Moss from Finomial, Monda Webb from Earnup, Chris Albrecht from Openfin, Greg Woolf from Coalesce.ai and Chris Lustrino from KingsCrowd. Tune in and Listen. Subscribe now to hear Thursday's interview with Brett Crosby from Peerstreet and co founder of Google Analytics. About the host: John is the host of the 2x weekly "Bank On It” podcast recorded onsite from the CG offices and a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem keeping current with the ever - innovating industry. Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter or Medium
Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with amazing fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the amazing stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech. You can Subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and iHeartRadio These interviews took place during Boston fintech week, in this episode John talks with Ron Shevlin, Christina Qi from Domeyard, Jennifer Lum from Forge.AI and Mario Hernandez from Impesa. Ron has the pulse of banking and fintech partnerships and he feels that bank/fintech partnerships are not the answer to question about fintech. Instead he feels fintech assimilation is. He feels based on research that people don't want financial health, they want financial performance. Christina is a brilliant entrepreneur and is currently on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. John and Christina talk about the lack of speed in AI and the importance of Quant engineering. Jennifer is on her 5th startup and it's called Forge.AI, The use case of AI that she finds super valuable is the ability to turn unstructured data into structured information and she's betting on that use and trend. Mario is a banking leader turned fintech entrepreneur. He discussed how becoming a black belt in Karate influenced his company culture which is skewed younger and how he's going from suit to red sneakers. Tune in and Listen. In this episode: Ron Shevlin LinkedIn - Twitter Christina QI, from Domeyard LinkedIn - Twitter Jennifer Lum, Forge.AI LinkedIn - Twitter Mario Hernandez, from Impesa LinkedIn - Twitter Subscribe now to hear Tuesday's interview with Anders Brownworth, Greg Woolf, Jean Donnelly, Devon Sherman, Monda Webb, Meredith Moss and Chris Lustrino About the host: John is the host of the 2x weekly "Bank On It” podcast recorded onsite from the CG offices and a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem keeping current with the ever - innovating industry. Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter or Medium
Chad is joined by Anders Brownworth, Chief Evangelist at Circle, to discuss zero-cost transaction fees, cryptocurrency, and re-envisioning modern payment systems. Circle Disruptive Innovation- Clayton Christensen The Critical Path Podcast Anders on Twitter Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!
Circle is making online payments easier to use, safer and more convenient than ever. Using blockchain technology, circle successfully manages to transfer funds securely and without any fees. Circle's AI risk engine, which runs on cutting edge algorithms, continuously keeps your money safe. Anders Brownworth, Chief Evangelist at circle.com, talks about enabling person to person payments, without fees or barriers. “Making it as simple as sending an email” as he says. Even iMessaging could be used to transfer money through circle.com. They are making it the most versatile money transfer service ever. Circle.com has taken over the US market and this year it is aiming for the European market. Anders explains that some areas are more receptive than others, while the financial system tends to operate differently in different countries, making it more difficult for transfer to occur. Currently circle is working on “Project Spark”, which is something to look out for in the near future. Listen, subscribe, review and stay tuned to Future Tech Podcast for more on Future Tech. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!
Anders and Scott talk Twitter's most recent takeover offers and who we'd like (or not like) to see buy our favorite platform, and how ludicrous it is that 350 million users is considered a failure. Would Twitter go public if they were to make the decision in today's market? We discuss. We also go deep on the age of networks that we're currently living in, and what's good and bad about the nature of the closed networks that we all participate in.
Anders and Scott talk about this show, how it's put together, and the decision to have or not have sponsors. It might sound like so much navel-gazing, but we cover some pretty interesting ground along the way.
In our first episode in a while, Anders and Scott talk about Scott's recent experience getting Gig internet service from AT&T, and we dig deep into the DAO contract fiasco and it's impact on Ethereum.
Anders talks in depth about the Mike Hearn bombshell in the Bitcoin community, and we talk about the emergence of smart contracts and Ethereum as "the next big thing".
Anders and Scott discuss the recent announcement by the FAA regarding the registration of drones, and Walmart's jumping into the drone delivery fray with Amazon.
Anders and Scott talk in depth about the return of Jack Dorsey to Twitter, and about why Twitter is struggling while Facebook can seemingly do no wrong. They also talk about the similarities between Evernote and Twitter, and how each company might adjust in the future.
Scott and Anders discuss the latest release from 3D Robotics, a short film series called Life After Gravity, which is shot in its entirety using quadcopters and GoPros. What's a hardware company doing creating content? We talk about it in depth. Listen in.
Scott and Anders welcome Richard Newton, best-selling author of Stop Talking, Start Doing, The Little Book of Thinking Big, and The End of Nice. We talk about the publishing industry, the impact of better and faster automation on career, and how companies and even countries will have to adapt to a new cycle of work and learning.
Scott interviews Anders about the Blockchain class he is teaching at the MIT Media Lab. Scott and Anders also discuss reactions to the recent Apple event where they introduced the iPad Pro.
Anders and Scott discuss the changes over the last 10-15 years in enterprise computing, along with the reasons for the shift away from company-centric to person-centric computing at work.
Picking up where the last show left off, Anders and Scott talk about Jerry Seinfeld's brilliant series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and it's availability only on the internet. We also talk about Tribe Tyler, an up and coming show only on YouTube, and dabble a bit in what Periscope will mean for live sports.
In this episode, Anders and Scott talk about traditional TV (one of our favorite topics), and a deep love of Halt and Catch Fire, a brilliant series on AMC and Netflix.
Anders and Scott talk about the up and coming search engine, DuckDuckGo. The name needs work, but are they a force to be reckoned with? Listen in and find out!
In continuing the theme of the last show, Anders and Scott discuss Scott’s current role as part-time CTO of a few startups, and how much time and energy are wasted early on in startups trying to find the elusive "technical co-founder".
Scott and Anders discuss the current shortage of software developers, the economic impact of that shortage, and how the development of applications will change over the next few years.
Scott and Anders discuss the people and sites they can't live without day to day.
Scott and Anders discuss how the iPhone 6 Plus works as a day to day device.
Scott and Anders talk about The Interview, disruption of internet services by sovereign nations, and how a city in Portugal is pointing us to the future of interconnectedness. There's a lot of talk about a magic bus as well.
Scott and Anders talk about pseudonymity, credentials, privacy and security in this jam-packed episode. What if you could have as many identities as you want, and they were all verifiable by a trusted source? And what if you could prove that you have the right to do something, like drink alcohol or vote, without the other party having to know who you are? Are privacy and security mutually exclusive or can they co-exist?
Scott and Anders take a break from technology and talk about the new Star Wars 7 trailer, TV shows, comedy and recommendation engines in this Christmas episode.
In this episode, Scott and Anders talk about a subject near and dear to everyone's heart: How to safely store, organize and display photos taken across all devices. While we have solved the problem of making photography affordable and easy for everyone, we still don't have great products for the rest of the story. What might that solution look like? Tune in, listen in and share your comments with us!
In this episode, Scott and Anders discuss the history of credit card payments, how credit card data is stored, why breaches occur, and what to look for in the coming months and years as better systems start to emerge.
It costs absurd amounts of money to transfer money or communicate across international borders for no good reason. In this episode, Scott and Anders talk about what’s broken and why, and discuss what the future might look like as the barriers come down.
Immediately after Apple's historic announcement on Sept 9, 2014, Horace Dediu, Farshad Nayeri and Anders Brownworth discuss Apple Watch...while driving to the Airport.
Immediately after Apple's historic announcement on Sept 9, 2014, Horace Dediu, Farshad Nayeri and Anders Brownworth discuss Apple Watch...while driving to the Airport.
Bitcoin is great, but it's still riding on a network that's controlled by large institutions. What would it look like to have a truly decentralized network? Scott and Anders discuss how it might work in this latest episode.
Anders Brownworth and Horace Preview of Apple's September 2014 special event. We focus on how Apparel gets disrupted. We also wrap the Creativity, Inc. book review.
Anders Brownworth and Horace Preview of Apple's September 2014 special event. We focus on how Apparel gets disrupted. We also wrap the Creativity, Inc. book review.
What if you had the chance to redefine something as fundamental as transportation? Scott and Anders discuss the self driving car and what it could mean to society.
Scott moves from the iPhone to Android and Anders argues Google isn't eavesdropping even though your phone is always listening!
Brian Dally joins us for a discussion of his Groundfloor.us, the real estate microlending marketplace. We discuss how the Internet is "blowing up" investment strategies in the real estate industry.
Peer to peer package delivery via a smartphone app? Scott and Anders discuss a reputation based package delivery system and theorize about the coming world where micro scaling gives rise to ephemeral computing.
Amazon Prime prices have increased - has a master plan been enacted, or is this just the economic reality of inflation? Join Scott and Anders for a discussion about it and a dive into Money Laundering!
An emerging high production value news source, Vice News, covers the situation in the Ukraine demonstrating a hint at journalism's future and the biggest bid ever for users with Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp demonstrating that people will pay for a service.
Charlie Shrem's arrest and MtGox shutting down BTC transfers have caused movements in the price of bitcoin. And Scott visits Tony Hsieh's Downtown project in Las Vegas.
Could the business of live radio reincarnate on the Internet? Join Scott and Anders as they discuss the possible rebirth of a bygone era.
Scott and Anders discuss the stories which define 2013.
Anders and Scott welcome Victor Saad, the founder of The Experience Institute and The Leap Year Project, to talk about the coming transformation in education.
On locationat the WebRTC conference, Scottbrings us up todate on"telecomat web speed".