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Former iOS developer Kevin Healy first found fame when he released a video on YouTube called “What is Ethereum?” Published in 2016, in the video, Kevin shows developers how to build on the Ethereum blockchain. Despite thousands of views and some revenue he received from the video, Kevin removed it from his YouTube channel as he was worried about some of the dodgy ads that appeared alongside it. It is now back on the channel, clearly labelled as out of date and “posted for historical purposes”.   Kevin is now part of the education team at the Bitcoin Association, a non-profit organization that aims to advocate and support the adoption of BSV blockchain technology worldwide. As he tells Charles Miller on this week's episode of CoinGeek Conversations, his more general concerns about Ethereum grew after the spat between Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin and Dr. Craig Wright broke out in 2018 at the Deconomy Conference. In the midst of the controversy, Kevin felt the need  to “pick a side”. Then he release another successful video. Again, it received thousands of views. But this time, Kevin explains why he believes Dr Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite anticipating some negative responses, Kevin went on to defend the man he believes to be the inventor of Bitcoin.    At the start of his developer career, Kevin created apps for Apple's App Store. His exposure to investments and technology while growing up led him to a career in technology: “My dad is a wealth advisor - a portfolio manager - and so I've always been comfortable trading stocks. Part of the reason I was obsessed with Apple is because we bought a lot of Apple stock when I was young,” he says. Kevin remembers owning his very first iPhone in high school and thinking “how do I learn to program this thing?” This thought process eventually led him to focus his studies on computer science. Kevin says that his early obsession to Silicon Valley success stories drove him to use the same business model as Facebook and Snapchat while building apps. Looking back, he says “it was a silly thing to do.”As the app industry evolved, Kevin realized the chances of making millions as a single developer became slim to none. As he explains, “in those early days there were people that were making millions as a single developer but as the app platform matured, then it was more companies and you needed venture capital, and the labor for building apps became really expensive.”At present, Kevin speaks of the advantages of Bitcoin technology based on what is written in the Bitcoin White Paper. At the recent London Blockchain Conference, Kevin focused on how to solve problems using Bitcoin. As he points out, the ability of Bitcoin to do micropayments solves many issues we encounter on the Internet today: “If you want to do small casual payments, then you can't do that with a trusted third party because they have to be able to reverse the transactions and they have fees. It's just too expensive to do it that way. If we want to do micropayments, then we need to get rid of it [third-party involvement] or we need a model without them.”  Kevin refers to a valuable takeaway he got from one of Dr Wright's interviews where the nChain Chief Scientist spoke about mercantilism. After watching the interview several times, Kevin says he realized that “money comes second, it's the goods and services that really is the wealth of society.” He relates this form of economic policy to the Bitcoin economy saying “money gets people's attention and the fact that the other tokens have gotten so much money, they've gotten so much attention and there's something sad about that, but at the same time too, it's also been a great filtering mechanism because now everybody inte

In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Jimmy Nguyen, a prominent figure in the world of blockchain technology. With 22 years of experience as a digital technology lawyer, Jimmy has established himself as one of the foremost experts in the field. Born in Vietnam and raised in the U.S., he now seeks to contribute to the growth of blockchain technology and businesses in Vietnam.   Jimmy's impressive resume includes being the Founding President of Bitcoin Association, the CEO of Blockchain for ALL, and the Chairman of CHANGE Digital Commerce—a platform facilitating stable-coin issuance for digital payments in real-world commerce.   During this conversation, Jimmy delves into his extensive background working with governments and various entities, offering insights into the diverse applications of blockchain technology. Furthermore, he takes us on a captivating journey as he dissects the vision of a true Metaverse, exploring its potential impact and possibilities.   ///   Trong tập này, Web3+ hân hạnh được đón tiếp Jimmy Nguyễn, một nhân vật không còn mấy xa lạ trong cộng đồng blockchain. Với 22 năm kinh nghiệm làm luật sư công nghệ kỹ thuật số (digital tech), Jimmy đã khẳng định mình là một trong những chuyên gia hàng đầu trong lĩnh vực này. Sinh ra ở Việt Nam và lớn lên ở Hoa Kỳ, anh hiện đang tìm cách đóng góp cho sự phát triển của công nghệ blockchain và các doanh nghiệp tại Việt Nam.   CV ấn tượng của Jimmy bao gồm việc trở thành Chủ tịch sáng lập Hiệp hội Bitcoin, Giám đốc điều hành của Blockchain for All và Chủ tịch của CHANGE Digital Commerce—một nền tảng phát hành stablecoin cho thanh toán kỹ thuật số dành cho các giao dịch thương mại ở thế giới thực.   Trong cuộc trò chuyện ngày hôm nay, Jimmy sẽ cung cấp thông tin chuyên sâu về các ứng dụng đa dạng của công nghệ blockchain và chia sẻ những kinh nghiệm của anh khi làm việc với các chính phủ và cùng nhiều tổ chức khác nhau,. Đặc biệt, Jimmy sẽ đưa chúng ta vào một cuộc phiêu lưu hấp dẫn khi anh phân tích tầm nhìn của một Metaverse thực thụ, khám phá tác động và khả năng tiềm ẩn của nó.   00:00 - Teaser and introduction to the guest, Jimmy Nguyen 02:01 - The activities of Bitcoin Association 05:25 - Standout (potential) applications of blockchain technology? 11:17 - How will blockchain transform Miss Universe? 13:39 - What is a true Metaverse? 17:17 - Coming Up 17:43 - The current application of blockchain within the beauty pageant industry? 18:23 - Hundred million dollar metaverse project that Jimmy is a part of! 22:59 - Application of metaverse in education / medical / cultural preservation?  28:41 - Coming Up 29:05 - Blockchain in digital advertising? 34:58 - The most fundamental use cases of blockchain? 39:14 - The future of Vietnam in the blockchain world 43:17 - Advice for Web3 startups in Vietnam? 49:08 - Closing.    Dẫn Chuyện - Host | Cris. D Tran  Kịch Bản - Scriptwriting | Cris. D Tran Biên Tập - Editor | Atlan Nguyen Sản Xuất -  Producer | Anneliese Mai Nguyen  Trợ Lý Sản Xuất - Producer Assistant | Ngọc Huân Quay Phim - Cameraman | Nhật Trường, Hải Long, Thanh Quang, Khanh Trần Âm Thanh - Sound | Khanh Trần  Hậu Kỳ - Post Production | Khanh Trần Phiên Dịch - Thắng Lưu Thiết Kế - Design | Nghi Nghi Hình Ảnh - Photographer | Khanh Trần, Nhật Trường, Thanh Quang Trang Điểm - Makeup Artist | Ngọc Nga   #Vietsuccess #VietsuccessBusiness #Web3+ #Timechain #Blockchain

n this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Jimmy Nguyen, a prominent figure in the world of blockchain technology. With 22 years of experience as a digital technology lawyer, Jimmy has established himself as one of the foremost experts in the field. Born in Vietnam and raised in the U.S., he now seeks to contribute to the growth of blockchain technology and businesses in Vietnam.   Jimmy's impressive resume includes being the Founding President of Bitcoin Association, the CEO of Blockchain for ALL, and the Chairman of CHANGE Digital Commerce—a platform facilitating stable-coin issuance for digital payments in real-world commerce.   During this conversation, Jimmy delves into his extensive background working with governments and various entities, offering insights into the diverse applications of blockchain technology. Furthermore, he takes us on a captivating journey as he dissects the vision of a true Metaverse, exploring its potential impact and possibilities.   ///   Trong tập này, Web3+ hân hạnh được đón tiếp Jimmy Nguyễn, một nhân vật không còn mấy xa lạ trong cộng đồng blockchain. Với 22 năm kinh nghiệm làm luật sư công nghệ kỹ thuật số (digital tech), Jimmy đã khẳng định mình là một trong những chuyên gia hàng đầu trong lĩnh vực này. Sinh ra ở Việt Nam và lớn lên ở Hoa Kỳ, anh hiện đang tìm cách đóng góp cho sự phát triển của công nghệ blockchain và các doanh nghiệp tại Việt Nam.   CV ấn tượng của Jimmy bao gồm việc trở thành Chủ tịch sáng lập Hiệp hội Bitcoin, Giám đốc điều hành của Blockchain for All và Chủ tịch của CHANGE Digital Commerce—một nền tảng phát hành stablecoin cho thanh toán kỹ thuật số dành cho các giao dịch thương mại ở thế giới thực.   Trong cuộc trò chuyện ngày hôm nay, Jimmy sẽ cung cấp thông tin chuyên sâu về các ứng dụng đa dạng của công nghệ blockchain và chia sẻ những kinh nghiệm của anh khi làm việc với các chính phủ và cùng nhiều tổ chức khác nhau,. Đặc biệt, Jimmy sẽ đưa chúng ta vào một cuộc phiêu lưu hấp dẫn khi anh phân tích tầm nhìn của một Metaverse thực thụ, khám phá tác động và khả năng tiềm ẩn của nó.   00:00 - Teaser and introduction to the guest, Jimmy Nguyen 02:01 - The activities of Bitcoin Association 05:25 - Standout (potential) applications of blockchain technology? 11:17 - How will blockchain transform Miss Universe? 13:39 - What is a true Metaverse? 17:17 - Coming Up 17:43 - The current application of blockchain within the beauty pageant industry? 18:23 - Hundred million dollar metaverse project that Jimmy is a part of! 22:59 - Application of metaverse in education / medical / cultural preservation?  28:41 - Coming Up 29:05 - Blockchain in digital advertising? 34:58 - The most fundamental use cases of blockchain? 39:14 - The future of Vietnam in the blockchain world 43:17 - Advice for Web3 startups in Vietnam? 49:08 - Closing.    Dẫn Chuyện - Host | Cris. D Tran  Kịch Bản - Scriptwriting | Cris. D Tran Biên Tập - Editor | Atlan Nguyen Sản Xuất -  Producer | Anneliese Mai Nguyen  Trợ Lý Sản Xuất - Producer Assistant | Ngọc Huân Quay Phim - Cameraman | Nhật Trường, Hải Long, Thanh Quang, Khanh Trần Âm Thanh - Sound | Khanh Trần  Hậu Kỳ - Post Production | Khanh Trần Phiên Dịch - Thắng Lưu Thiết Kế - Design | Nghi Nghi Hình Ảnh - Photographer | Khanh Trần, Nhật Trường, Thanh Quang Trang Điểm - Makeup Artist | Ngọc Nga   #Vietsuccess #VietsuccessBusiness #Web3+ #Timechain #Blockchain

Nathan Cropper knows all about the dark side of crypto. He spent eight years at Barclays, tracking down dubious account holders as part of the company's Financial Intelligence Unit. He was in “a small team that conducted the first analysis of Barclays-wide crypto exposure”. So don't try telling him that Bitcoin is untraceable.   His job was a little unsatisfactory because he never found out what happened to the individuals whose accounts he flagged up: the cases were just handed over to the authorities and were then out of his hands.   But this education in the murky side of crypto opened his eyes to its potential for legitimate business. On this week's CoinGeek Conversations, Nathan talks about the intellectual and career path that has taken him from Barclays to his new position as Head of Business Development at the Vaionex Corporation.  His education got a boost when he caught a talk by Dr Craig Wright on YouTube. He remembers that what he learnt in that two-minute clip “answered so many questions in my head that …weren't able to be answered by the rest of this community in the world of crypto. I was like, wow, this guy just said something fundamental. I'm going to actually spend a lot more time looking at what he's talking about and also this thing that people are calling BSV”.  He was on his way to his next role, at TAAL, the mining and transaction processing company. That was two years ago. And now he's moving again, to a Business Development role where he can make use of his knowledge and enthusiasm to make Bitcoin SV an integral part of the financial world that he used to be part of: “I have got so many ideas about how we can integrate and how we can connect in with the banking system,” he says.  Nathan stresses the importance of facing up to the regulatory hurdles that BSV must negotiate if it's to realise its potential. That means passing a whole lot of tests to be accepted as financial market infrastructure: “MasterCard have done it. Visa has done it. The faster payment system have done it. There's a whole load of financial technology out there which have demonstrated that they can be considered financial market infrastructure.”  He explains the thinking behind the financial authorities' careful scrutiny before they award the coveted infrastructure status: “if there's something wrong taking place on the Visa network, it would be absolutely terrible if everybody's card stopped working. That would be dreadful. They can't allow that to happen. So we need to be able to demonstrate that we have the same level of controls in the BSV network so that we can actually encourage big players to want to onboard the network and have people transact on top of it.”   But achieving that status won't be easy, he warns: “there's a lot of hard work. And it's not simply going to be an easy road. It'll be a challenging one. It's one which I think collectively as an ecosystem would be extremely valuable for us to do.”  So business development at Vaionex is going to be busy - not only in attracting new customers to its multi-product offering, but also in working with other players such as the Bitcoin Association, in taking BSV's financial utility to the next level.    

Is #Teranode even real? In this episode of #CGLivestream, Jake Jones of the Bitcoin Association for BSV explains what Teranode is and is not, and how it will take #Bitcoin to unbounded scaling capability by taking all of the components of its predecessor—SV Node—and moving them into #microservices architecture.

Brett Banfe joins this week's #CGLivestream to talk about how important education is, especially in his role as community manager of Bitcoin Association for #BSV. Banfe, also a sales manager for #Bitcoin wallet HandCash, also takes host Kurt Wuckert Jr. through the ins and outs of “engineering goodness” in and out of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

The Bitcoin Association should be focused on advancing and improving the way Bitcoin SV works rather than just trying to sell the technology, according to Jad Wahab, the Association's Director of Engineering.   Jad believes that the role of the Switzerland-based non-profit organisation is to act as a middleman and establish connections with different partners in the space, with a view to making the system as functional to the outside world as it can be.  One of the partnerships that the Bitcoin Association has formed that Jad is particularly excited about is the work that it's been doing with nChain and the IPv6 Forum, as he discusses with Charles Miller on this week's CoinGeek Conversations.  The three organisations have been working together to integrate Bitcoin SV with IPv6. IPv6 is the updated version of the internet protocol, which was created in 1998 because the original internet architecture (IPv4) was due to run out of IP addresses, which ended up happening in 2011.  Jad explains that by using IPv6, Bitcoin can become truly peer-to-peer in the way it was originally invented to be, as there are enough IP addresses for every device that is connected to the internet. “If you don't have a unique address then it's not a direct peer-to-peer, it's not going directly from me to you, it has to go from me to the central hub to your central hub, that's where the peer-to-peer aspect is missing,” he says.  Another project that BA has delivered that Jad is confident will have a positive impact on the digital currency space is the software Blacklist Manager, that was released at the beginning of October 2022.  Blacklist Manager is a listening tool that can be run by miners to enable nodes to add digital assets identified in a court order to a freeze list. This means that lost or stolen Bitcoin can now be recovered through a legal process, a potentially game changing development which will bring digital asset technology within the remit of the law.  “We live in this world where you've got law and legal systems in place, you know, Bitcoin doesn't magically create a new world that lives outside of the purview of existing legal systems that we have right now,” Jad says.  Jad believes that it is projects and partnerships like these that will make Bitcoin appealing to outsiders and will lead to its widespread use in the world. He says that he can see Bitcoin SV being more easily deployed in developing countries where traditional systems of money are less widely accepted.  For example, he talks about his hometown of Beirut, where the currency has lost more than 90% of its value and citizens no longer use credit cards because they don't trust the banks, saying that he thinks that the lack of financial infrastructure and confidence in legacy systems will make it easier for new technology, like Bitcoin SV, to fill the gap.

Bryan Daugherty, Global Public Policy Director for the Bitcoin Association, is a subject matter expert in blockchain ESG & information security, cybersecurity, commercial blockchain development, and enterprise transformation. He's also a certified cryptocurrency investigator. Bryan is responsible for informing lawmakers of blockchain and noticing technology's latest research and innovation.  There is a lot of misunderstanding about the utility of blockchain and bitcoin. While the media links them to speculative crypto markets, the combination of bitcoin and blockchain has broad implications for data security and improved commercial transaction capabilities.  Key Takeaways:  Status quo: People misunderstand the purpose of blockchain and assume it's inexorably linked with crypto mining. The focus is on the least important aspect of this technology: the tokens. It's created a mindset that blockchain tokens are a speculative financial instrument.  The main ingredient for disruption: We can disrupt the status quo by reverting to the initial purpose of blockchain and Bitcoin, according to the original Bitcoin White Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto. It describes an honest network that provides microtransactions and data security. The tokens are a tool to get to the underlying technology: smart contracts, automation, data integrity, data storage, and data analysis.  Most online users don't realize that all data is vulnerable. It can change and does change. Blockchain systems provide a highly secure, resilient system for data immutability.  Blockchain systems have stagnated because they haven't been scaled up for mass use. If the technology could reach the kind of transaction processing capacity of companies like Visa, blockchain applications could expand dramatically.  Environmental concerns about blockchain1 would actually decrease with greater use. It takes the same amount of C02 to process a thousand transactions as it does to process 10 million transactions. The per-transaction energy cost would decrease with increased transactions.  Using blockchain for transaction processing would provide companies with real-time data about their customers and speed up customer service improvements.  Creators could use blockchain-empowered social media to retain verifiable, monetizable ownership of their work without a middleman application like Facebook or Youtube.  Scalable blockchain could be an upgrade to today's internet, allowing direct verification of data, eliminating the middleman, and reducing transaction fees for consumers.  Quote of the Show 12:19   "So, you know, there's so much misunderstanding about just the technology in general. And, you know, because of that early misunderstanding of maintaining one megabit blocks,... it incentivized others to find ways to scale, you know, other ways. And so now we see that all the, all the time with the Lightning network or, you know, these off-chain solutions or moving to a different consensus mechanism. But the reality is, any of those, you know, decisions really draw back from the benefits of what blockchain or Bitcoin specifically provides, which, you know, is this very secure, resilient system for data in, you know, immutability."    Links:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwdaugherty/     Company Website: https://smartledger.solutions/     Ways to Tune In:  Amazon Music — https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/eccda84d-4d5b-4c52-ba54-7fd8af3cbe87/disruption-interruption  Apple Podcast — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruption-interruption/id1581985755  Google Play — https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvODE5NjRmY2EtYTQ5OC00NTAyLThjZjktYWI3YzAwMmRiZTM2LzNiZTZiNzJhLWEzODItNDhhNS04MDc5LWFmYTAwMTI2M2FiNi9kZDYzMGE4Mi04ZGI4LTQyMGUtOGNmYi1hZmEwMDEyNjNhZDkvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M= Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/6yGSwcSp8J354awJkCmJlD  Stitcher — https://www.stitcher.com/show/disruption-interruption  YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf2zbLqmHtSHQ7u1V-Is8cA    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are joined by Rabia Iqbal and Jehan Chu of Nural Capital, which is a crypto-focused hybrid firm that invests in both crypto funds and companies. Before starting Nural, Rabia spent time at Coatue and Mubadala, while Jehan is also a partner at blockchain-focused Kenetic Capital and has been one of the early pioneers within the crypto space.Given the dynamic and evolving world of crypto, we had a great conversation on unpacking all angles on crypto including the current winter we are in, the role of governance, and insights on where crypto may go from here.First, a word from our sponsor:Allocate is the digital operating system for investors looking to build and manage world-class private portfolios within venture capital and other technology-focused private assets.Despite the enormous growth of the private markets and the rapid increase of retail demand for private alternatives, investing in the highest quality private assets within the innovation sector remains inaccessible and opaque.Go to allocate.co to apply to be an early-access member and join 500+ active Allocate users.About Rabia Iqbal:Rabia Iqbal is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Nural Capital. She started her career at Morgan Stanley, she had a stop at Coatue Management before joining Mubadala, a sovereign wealth fund. She co-founded Nural in 2021. Rabia got her bachelor’s degree from Cornell.About Jehan Chu:Jehan Chu is the Co-Founder of Nural Capital. He also is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kenetic, a Blockchain platform focused on technology, advisory, asset management, and community. Jehan has been active in the Blockchain community since 2014, when he founded the Hong Kong Blockchain Meetup and the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong. His experience prior to that was in the art world on the auction-side at Sotheby’s and the acquisition side at Vermillion Art Collections.In this episode we discuss:01:20 How and why Nural Capital was formed05:30 Jehan’s background in Crypto08:58 How this current Crypto Winter is similar and different to ones in the past13:00 Will Crypto be a correlated or non-correlated asset moving forward15:42 Lessons we can take from the high-profile problems in Crypto20:04 How governance and regulation is evolving in Crypto and what is needed25:12 Areas where web3 excels over web 2.028:20 Differences between the early web and where Crypto is today33:23 Who is currently investing in the Crypto space37:46 What does it truly mean to be differentiated in the Crypto market42:20 Areas in the Crypto space where Nural is most bullishI’d love to know what you took away from this conversation with Rabia and Jehan. Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you’d like to be considered as a guest or have someone you’d like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee Agency This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

Mark and Arthur look at the Bitcoin Association laying down the red carpet for Craig Wright to steal 110,000 BSV, Jimmy Nguyen deserting the sinking ship, and some interesting theories on what Wright might be doing with the Satoshi bitcoin. To donate to the podcast, please click here. Follow us on Twitter @drbitcoinpod. Follow Arthur on Twitter @arthur_van_pelt and read his in-depth Craig Wright pieces on Medium. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE

Bruce Fenton (Chainstone Labs, Founder & CEO) is running for United States Senate representing New Hampshire. His Company, Chainstone Labs, is an investment and advisory company focused on the intersection of securities and Bitcoin. Bruce is also a Cypherpunk Stockbroker & Managing Director at Watchdog Capital, an SEC registered and FINRA member broker-dealer, the Founder of Atlantic Financial, a registered investment advisory; over 28 years as a licensed financial professional, the Co-host of the Satoshi Roundtable, an annual retreat that gathers developers, CEOs, founders, academics and investors, now in its 8th year. Bruce has been in Bitcoin full time since 2013. He has served as the Executive Director and board member for the Bitcoin Foundation, founded the original Bitcoin Association industry group and has spoken at numerous industry conferences. He is the founder of the Dubai Bitcoin Conference, a Devcore organizer, and an active investor.

Witam w sto sześćdziesiątym pierwszym odcinku podcastu „Porozmawiajmy o IT”. Tematem dzisiejszej rozmowy jest blockchain developer.Dziś moim gościem jest Marcin Rzetecki – Technical Blockchain Consultant. Współzałożyciel i prowadzący Stowarzyszenie Blockchain Polska. Największa tego typu organizacja w Polsce.Technical Outreach Specialist w Bitcoin Association for BSV Blockchain, globalnej organizacji z siedzibą w Szwajcarii, która działa na rzecz rozwoju biznesu na blockchainie BSV. Współzałożyciel startupu Mysa Finance. Wykładowca Blockchain na Collegium Da Vinci.Sponsor odcinkaSponsorem odcinka jest firma Farnell.W tym odcinku o blockchain developerze w następujących kontekstach:czym jest blockchain i dlaczego jest istotny?na jakim etapie jesteśmy z rozwojem tej technologii?dlaczego brakuje developerów i innych specjalizacji związanych z blockchain?czym są zdecentralizowane aplikacje dApps?jak zacząć przygodę z blockchain jako developer?czy warto zacząć się uczyć technologii blockchain, po co mi to?z jakimi najpopularniejszymi językami w tym obszarze mamy do czynienia?czy w obszarze programowania blockchain istnieją jakieś specjalizacje?jak wygląda rynek pracy?Farnell – podzespoły elektroniczneZapraszam do odwiedzenia strony sponsora odcinka, firmy Farnell, producenta podzespołów elektronicznych.Subskrypcja podcastu:zasubskrybuj w Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spreaker, Sticher, Spotify, przez RSS, lub Twoją ulubioną aplikację do podcastów na smartphonie (wyszukaj frazę „Porozmawiajmy o IT”)poproszę Cię też o polubienie fanpage na FacebookuLinki:Profil Marcina na LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcinrzetecki/Polish Blockchain Association – https://blockchain-polska.org/Farnell – https://pl.farnell.comhttps://pl.farnell.com/3d-printing-solutionshttps://pl.farnell.com/internet-of-thingshttps://pl.farnell.com/sensor-technologyhttps://pl.farnell.com/e-techjournalhttps://www.element14.com/news/farnells-popular-e-tech-journal-returns-with-new-look/Wsparcie:Wesprzyj podcast na platformie Patronite - https://patronite.pl/porozmawiajmyoit/Jeśli masz jakieś pytania lub komentarze, pisz do mnie śmiało na krzysztof@porozmawiajmyoit.plhttps://porozmawiajmyoit.pl/161

As more enterprises want to claim to be environmentally responsible and accountable, the accuracy of carbon footprint data gathering is a growing cause of concern. Businesses are looking for new ways to efficiently verify their carbon footprint, says Bryan Daugherty, Bitcoin Association's North America Manager.Bryan recently launched a new initiative on the Bitcoin SV blockchain called Proof of ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) also known as The ESG Timestamp Initiative. The company aims to “reimagine ESG reporting and impact through strategic blockchain reinvention and business transformation.” Figures quoted by Bryan show a significant carbon footprint for each BSV transaction, but he argues that this will decrease as more people start to utilize blockchain. Until then, he puts focus on the developments in enterprise efficiencies that have been achieved with blockchain. He points to companies like MetaStreme and WeatherSV that have collected immutable data utilizing blockchain technology, saying that blockchain allows people to make informed choices. “As we go into this next industrial revolution utilizing blockchain, it really does provide this foundation for not just efficiency and utility but to authenticate this data and break down these data silos and integrate a lot of more information where you can make better decisions.”The Proof of ESG founder talks about a partnership with Pure Shenandoah, a company based in Virginia that grows hemp and produces CBD and sustainable products. Individuals who wish to reduce their carbon footprint can purchase an NFT called ‘hash power up' from  M.R. Megawatt and Friends, a sustainable gaming and sustainable NFT platform. That allows an individual to own a small plot or a few hemp plants from Pure Shenandoah which farmers can grow the next season. As he explains, per season, crops produce an average of 1.2 tons of carbon sequestering per acre. This allows any individual to participate and contribute to carbon sequestering through NFTs. Individuals will also be given the opportunity to be incentivized by playing a game on the M.R. Megawatt and Friends platform. And just like Haste, players on the leaderboard will get a chance to earn micropayments back. But unlike Haste, the game comes with an environmental incentive: eighty five percent of its fees will go to Pure Shenandoah enabling its farmers to plant more hemp.   On this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Bryan explains to Charles Miller how blockchain can assure companies that data is authenticated, honest and reliable. But what about the accuracy of the data going into the blockchain system? Bryan explains how IOT devices can be used for data gathering. “We're using everything from drones and cameras and atmospheric measuring devices. Once you're getting this data, it's a matter of utilizing it as well. And that's where blockchain also comes in because it's not just the events streaming or the storage, but it's also the computational power of this distributed small world network that you can start to use all sorts of cool analysis and metrics.”      Bryan has also recently been appointed as a subject matter expert to the Cybersecurity and Information Systems Information Analysis Centre (CSIAC), a component of the United States Department of Defense's Information Analysis Centre enterprise. Bryan describe the CSIAC as “a group that facilitates some of the communication and research into emerging technologies across the Department of Defense and&

Jehan Chu is co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kenetic, a blockchain Venture Capital and cryptocurrency trading firm based in Hong Kong. A former front-end developer, he started investing in cryptocurrency in 2013 and has invested and supported over 100 projects. Jehan founded the Ethereum HK community (2014), co-Founded the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong (2014) and founded the Hyperledger HK community (2016). Jehan serves as co-Chairman of the Hong Kong Fintech Association Blockchain Committee, is enrolled in the Kauffman Fellows Program, is a Fellow of the Singapore University of Social Science and member of the Global Patrons Board of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He also sits on the Board of Para Site Art Space and is co-Founder and Board member of Social Alpha Foundation, a blockchain/social impact non-profit. Jehan holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University and MA from Hong Kong University. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehanchu/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geeksofthevalley/support

In this weeks' episode, Kurt talks with the North America Manager of Bitcoin Association, Bryan Daugherty about the work that he does within the Association. Including the support, he provides new budding entrepreneurs with their ideas, and helps them build their business. 

Please tune in to this #CGWeeklyLivestream episode where our host Kurt Wuckert Jr. spoke about the recent #BSV attacks, the upcoming Miami conference hosted by the #Bitcoin Association on September 1, and more. And Wuckert told the viewers that #CryptoFights would be back soon.

This week Kurt Wuckert Jr. is joined by Stefan Matthews the CEO and Executive Chairman of TAAL, Executive Chairman of nChain, and Executive Board Member of the Bitcoin Association. Stefan reveals exclusive details of the origins of Bitcoin. His dealings with Dr. Craig S. Wright as Satoshi Nakamoto and the proof sessions with Gavin Andresen.  

Most tech startups can only dream of the early achievements of InvoiceMate. Before its official launch later this year, the Dubai-based company already has four customers using its product and the prospect of another to be added soon. And these aren't just a few friends doing them a favour: they include, for instance, a large government institution, SALIC - the Saudi LIvestock and Investment Company.No wonder Muhammad Salman Anjum is bullish about the prospects for InvoiceMate. He calls himself Chief Mate but in any other company would be called CEO. “We are the world's first ever blockchain-powered invoice-management system,” says Muhammad. He insists that he's “not using blockchain for the sake of blockchain” but rather because its features are right for the particular requirements of invoicing: “This is a process of workflow which requires a lot of trusted digitisation ...and blockchain is that enabler. And that is the reason why we have chosen blockchain to give power to our invoice management system. It's the right fit. Organisations are seeing this as a missing link in their existing IT architecture, and that's why they are seeing us as a value.”The InvoiceMate software integrates with ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems such as Oracle, SAP or Microsoft Dynamics adding a specialised functionality which puts it in competition, not with the ERP systems as a whole, but with invoicing options they may offer as add-ons. But InvoiceMate can also be used on its own, as several of its early customers are doing.As for the choice of the Bitcoin SV blockchain to power InvoiceMate, Muhammad made that decision after considerable experience with permissioned blockchains and a relatively long history of interest in the sector - even to the extent of having been a visiting expert on no less than three blockchain cruises, starting around 2018.Part of what swung him in favour of Bitcoin SV was its low transaction fees and the chance to make them predictable to his clients through working closely with TAAL, a transaction processor. TAAL is happy to do deals with InvoiceMate to sell a certain number of transactions for a fixed rate or over a fixed period. That allows InvoiceMate to give its customers certainty about their costs when they subscribe to the service.The customer doesn't need to worry about transaction processing of course: they are only interested in the service as they are using it. Indeed, as Muhammad says “they sometimes even don't know which blockchain we are using”. Speaking on this week's CoinGeek Conversations, Muhammad also discusses his new role as Head of the Bitcoin Association's first regional hub, also in Dubai, which covers the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. It's a job that's “very close to my heart,” Muhammad says, as he considers himself “primarily an educator”:‘The whole objective is to educate the different sides of the ecosystem, like developers, like academia, government ...When it comes to the regulators and the government entities, we want them to again learn what are the implications of blockchain in the public sector and at the same time, we can help them in the regulatory framework for the crypto side. So in totality, it's more of an educational role.”If InvoiceMate can sign up more big customers, that will be a prime example with which to educate those learning about BSV through the Bitcoin Association. 

This week host Francis Hellyer is joined by Jimmy Nguyen, public speaker, media commentator, global ambassador for Bitcoin SV and founding president of the Bitcoin Association. The global industry organisation is a non-profit which advances BSV, bringing together enterprises, developers, service providers and more into the ecosystem. In this conversation, Jimmy reflects on what initially attracted him to Bitcoin, and why he believes it has the capacity to completely transform the world; delves into the recent BSV hacks - and the impact this had on Satoshi's initial vision; and discusses the role governments and businesses must play in regulation and policy, to ensure global compliance. 

In this episode we welcome & hear from two leading experts from the world of Cryptocurrency. We welcome Alexander Hoeptner, CEO of 100x Group, the holding structure of BitMEX, which is one of the largest crypto derivatives exchanges globally with a fully verified user base. Alex was previously the CEO at Börse Stuttgart and Chairman of the supervisory board of the Börse Stuttgart digital exchange. Leonard Weese is Co-Founder of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and a renowned advocate and respected commentator on all things crypto who is also part of the lighting network and independent underlying technology of the blockchain helping cryptocurrencies transact at high volume and speed.Host : Michael Walsh PBEC CEORecorded over zoom: Wed 14 Jul 2021

In today’s #ConsciousConversations on the Bitstocks Podcast, Michael Hudson (Bitstocks CEO-Founder) sits down with Branden Lee, CEO-Founder of Elas Digital, a software engineering company focussed on leveraging the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision blockchain & technology to deliver solutions to business problems.    In his introduction, Brendan reveals that he believes a baffling mental health episode combined with a bizarre work situation in 2017 was the universe offering him a unique opportunity to explore Bitcoin technology. Fast forward to date, and Brendan has immersed himself in the Bitcoin industry, with connections to many BSV-based businesses.    Michael and Brendan enjoy an animated conversation about how broken the BTC network and philosophy is, and question how - some four years on from the ‘war’ - the general public are still being duped into believing that BTC is what Bitcoin was intended for. Crunching the numbers clearly shows it’s not a sustainable and viable option for the future. Michael shares his analogy of Bitcoin as a body, yet to take its first breath, and the pair both express their optimism for the incredible and widespread opportunities available with Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV).      Turning their attention to the BSV space, Michael asks Brendan some challenging questions about his perception of the BSV community and certain businesses, honing in specifically on nChain, before asking him to explain the Metanet.    The conversation rounds off by exploring the Tuvalu project, before closing with a recap of the amazing work and courses on offer from The Bitcoin Association.  

Bitcoin SV needs to put more emphasis on connecting its experts and developers with potential business users, according to Patrick Prinz of the Bitcoin Association. Talking on CoinGeek Conversations, Patrick stressed the importance of creating a ‘distribution arm’ to introduce  businesses to the new world of digital transformation. He cites Salesforce, an American cloud-based software company that provides a customer relationship management service as a company that “built an army of outside distributors by incentivizing them”.  He views this kind of business model as a particular opportunity for BSV because of its own technical capabilities. “I think we have a unique tool that allows us to incentivize people like never before: it's microtransactions. You can let people contribute and then reward them in real time as revenue comes in.” But he also envisages a job that has much in common with existing marketing and consultancy practices. “This is relationship management work,” Patrick asserts. “You can buy the services or become a distribution partner. This is the opportunity that I'm looking at.”  Patrick comes from a financial services and consulting background. He notes that there is a disconnect between the BSV ecosystem and most of the industries it could serve. “In order to bridge this gap,” he says “it requires people who can translate the technical terminology... who can guide the companies within the growing ecosystem.” As Europe and Operations Manager for Bitcoin Association, a non-profit that promotes Bitcoin SV, Patrick is also one of the organizers for the upcoming CoinGeek conference to be held in Zurich, Switzerland for three days from June 6.  Staying aligned with the theme of the conference, “Ignite the power of data”, data-driven business models will be highlighted in Zurich. Patrick believes that putting people’s focus on data as opposed to Bitcoin as a digital currency, serves BSV well. As he tells CoinGeek Conversations’ host Charles Miller, the strategy is very clear. “We are building businesses. We're not doing a marketing pump and dump so it takes longer and naturally people have to be more patient. But once the foundation has been laid, it's unstoppable.”  On this episode, Charles and Patrick also discussed Elon Musk’s recent remarks in reference to Bitcoin mining being environmentally unfriendly, on which Patrick comments: “The ecological aspects is a very trendy topic... it requires education on why proof of work is superior... there's clear incentives and a certain visibility and transparency of the players that is extremely important to the security of the network.”    

The Chinese government is “open” to blockchain technology says Lise Li, China Manager of the Bitcoin Association.Lise says that the government’s attitude is down to a recognition that it needs new technology to digitise and “build a more efficient and more trustworthy …society.” She also credited the power of the internet industry and the “large group of experienced developers and engineers” that China boasts. Forty of those talented developers gathered last week on the beautiful island of Dong’ao, in Guangdong province, to attend the Bitcoin Association’s BSV Bootcamp. They were there to learn more about BSV and blockchain technology, attending workshops and presentations on a range of subjects including BSV wallets and how to use script. Speaking on this week’s episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Lise told CoinGeek’s Charles Miller that it was not only BSVers at the bootcamp as she had invited 20 developers who were not involved in BSV companies.  She said she was “happy to see that the BSV ecosystem is getting more diversified.”  Charles also caught up with bootcamp attendee Gu Lu, founder of SatoPlay – a game platform built on the BSV blockchain. Gu has recently developed a new game called Overshoot which he was proud to tell Charles is the first 3D shooter game on BSV. The game utilises a smart contract solution and allows users to earn NFTs and trade with each other. Players can “collect ten cards for each game. If they collect four of them, they can convert them into a set of play cards, which there are only 50 cards around the world and no more.”  Gu explains that the conference is a great opportunity to meet developers outside the BSV world so he can “introduce the game to other people, maybe outside the industry, maybe outside the blockchain.” He’s also keen to learn from developers working on other chains, saying “it’s great to talk to them and find the difference between different blockchains, find maybe something is better on that chain, maybe something is better on BSV.” Gu’s collaborative attitude is a reflection of the ethos of the bootcamp. The attendees eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together and are encouraged to learn from each other. Lise explains that the reason she chose Dong’ao Island was because she wanted her guests to relax “and also be more dedicated to the event and to learn something.” One attendee who is keen to learn is Amanda Li, a postgraduate student at Renmin University in China and a new entrant to the BSV ecosystem. Amanda is majoring in the theory of blockchain and believes that the technology can “achieve a more secure and more people centralized society.”  Amanda first heard about BSV through Lise Li who was giving a lecture at her university. She was immediately enthralled and believes that wider use of the BSV blockchain has the potential to “change the world.”  Even outside the world of BSV, there are signs that the Chinese government is warming to cryptocurrencies with the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China recently labelling bitcoin an “investment alternative.” Watch this space. 

Il talento nello sviluppo di Blockchain e Bitcoin è molto richiesto. Ciò significa buoni stipendi, sicurezza professionale e un lavoro interessante e coinvolgente come uno dei primi pionieri del trend tecnologico più grande e in più rapida crescita al mondo. Ora, grazie a Bitcoin Association , puoi setacciare il mercato alla ricerca di opportunità di lavoro in Bitcoin da aziende leader a livello mondiale, il tutto in un unico posto.ASCOLTA: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jWyFH6acW3yZ5WAicmvQxGUADAGNA: COINBASE (guadagna cryoto gratis): http://bit.ly/32T5CBgSUPPORTA: Supporta questo podcast: https://anchor.fm/bitcoin-informa/supportDECENTRALIZZA: Peepeth: https://peepeth.com/bitcoinformaCOMUNICA: Telegram: https://t.me/bitcoinformaAGGIORNA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinforma1#cryptocurrency , #bitcoin , #blockchain , #btc , #crypto , #price , # notizie, #instacryptocurrency, #instabitcoin , #andamento, #analisi, #cryptonews, #cardanoada, #ada, #altcoin--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bitcoin-informa/support

Il talento nello sviluppo di Blockchain e Bitcoin è molto richiesto. Ciò significa buoni stipendi, sicurezza professionale e un lavoro interessante e coinvolgente come uno dei primi pionieri del trend tecnologico più grande e in più rapida crescita al mondo. Ora, grazie a Bitcoin Association , puoi setacciare il mercato alla ricerca di opportunità di lavoro in Bitcoin da aziende leader a livello mondiale, il tutto in un unico posto. ASCOLTA: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jWyFH6acW3yZ5WAicmvQx GUADAGNA: COINBASE (guadagna cryoto gratis): http://bit.ly/32T5CBg SUPPORTA: Supporta questo podcast: https://anchor.fm/bitcoin-informa/support DECENTRALIZZA: Peepeth: https://peepeth.com/bitcoinforma COMUNICA: Telegram: https://t.me/bitcoinforma AGGIORNA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinforma1 #cryptocurrency , #bitcoin , #blockchain , #btc , #crypto , #price , # notizie, #instacryptocurrency, #instabitcoin , #andamento, #analisi, #cryptonews, #cardanoada, #ada, #altcoin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bitcoin-informa/support

A little over a year ago, two brothers from Australia presented their application idea to a group of investors at the Bitcoin Association’s Pitch Day conference in London. Their proposal for a picture-sharing app powered by Bitcoin SV was then called Memento. It is now open for business, as Relica. In this week’s CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller catches up with co-founders Jeremy and Daniel Street to ask about their journey — how Relica came to be, how it’s doing and where it’s heading.For most of the past year, both have still been working their day jobs. And they live on different continents – Jeremy in the UK and Daniel in Australia. Developing their idea into a viable startup business has been hard work, but the brothers are determined that what Relica offers today is just the start of their ambitions. What is Relica?Simply put, Relica allows users to share their pictures - and profit from them. It may sound a lot like Instagram, but there is more to it than meets the eye. “The platform treats everyone equally, where users can upload and share photos and videos: liking and commenting will result in monetized rewards” Jeremy explains.How does it work?Just like Instagram, the majority of the photos on Relica are stored on the server base. What makes it different from Instagram, Dan points out is that the hash of individual photos is stored on the BSV blockchain, serving as a proof of identity and proof of ownership. In addition, he says interactions that take place with the photos on Relica are purely on the blockchain.How do users profit by using Relica?Relica’s users need to sign-up with a MoneyButton (or in future also a Handcash) wallet, then pay a tiny amount to post a photo. As Dan explains, they lost a few users because of the current payment requisite so they’re working on a new system that would entice users to post and keep sharing. “What we’re going to do is integrate a new system which is very unique to BSV apps - allowing users to post their first photo for free and having almost an ‘achievement system’ within Relica so they can earn money through sharing through their socials.” As for users having to pay for content they like, Jeremy says an incentive model as such is debatable. “Charging people too much money for a basic interaction that we’ve all know to come and love or to like or comment is debatable and we’ve had lengthy discussions on whether or not that’s an incentive model that’s going to exist in a few years.”Unlike Patreon and other similar websites where people pay for other users’ content, Dan says they are building something completely out of the box that’s never been done before. “What we’re planning for phase two, isn’t even on the existing Internet itself so Relica is pretty much a revolution in the [BSV] apps that they’ve built.” Jeremy adds that their end goal is to lower the entry barrier to the BSV ecosystem.Relica launched in late November 2020 but it wasn’t until a month ago when they fully opened the app to its users. The response has been a positive so far, Dan says. Relica has 800 users and they expect more to come on board after releasing their marketing campaign. “We haven’t started a marketing campaign, which involves onboarding a number of influencers to reach out to their followers,” Dan says. “We want to refine the product first then start marketing Relica full time to influencers.” At present, Relica is self-funded. But, as mentioned, they have exciting new ideas in the pipeline to present to its potential investors. “Things have changed a little bit since pitch day during the last 12 months. I think we have more focus as to where we want to be, so our plan is to continue to develop, continue to self-fund for the time being and reach out to investors within the next two to three months as we have some exciting new i

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The Bitcoin SV Academy has launched a new course, Introduction to Bitcoin Theory, which is designed for anyone, even those completely new to Bitcoin. Its 13 sections are expected to take nine hours to complete and there’s an exam at the end to make sure you have absorbed the knowledge. The course covers the design of the Bitcoin blockchain and the node network, with an emphasis on its security features. CoinGeek’s Charles Miller recently completed the course and in this week’s CoinGeek Conversations he talks to Brendan Lee, one of the instructors on the course and the Bitcoin Association’s Training and Development Manager, about what he learnt. In particular, Charles asks Brendan to talk him through what happens when an ordinary user makes a small transfer of Bitcoin from one wallet to another. Using a block explorer, Brendan analyses the transaction that Charles made between two of his own wallets, to see exactly how the payment was made, Including features such as the return of ‘change’ from one wallet to another. Each transaction can be traced, showing precisely how the payment leaves one wallet and arrives in the other. When making a transaction, Brendan says a user would want to spend one coin at a time. As he points out, a coin which has a million Satoshis in it, is enough to make a transaction. After a user sends a coin, Brendan explains that the input will create several outputs, each one containing various amounts of Satoshis. One of those outputs will go to the address provided. As for the rest of the coins Brendan says, they go back into the user’s wallet as change which can then be used for another transaction. In the conversation, Brendan also goes into a detailed explanation of how a Bitcoin address is generated. He says Bitcoin addresses are derived from a private key. “You start with the private key and then you do the elliptic curve maths on the private key and you get the public key. You take the public key and you hash that…. and we take the public hash and we put it through. Basically we change the format of how we present it and we put a one on the front and we call that a Bitcoin address.”On whether Bitcoin transactions are more intangible compared to the normal financial system, Brendan says “Satoshis don't exist except as a record on the public ledger and when we perform a transaction, what we're effectively doing is, we're taking an existing record that we can assert ownership over and redistributing its contents… But for the first time in history, we're able to do that using a digital medium in a way that can't be duplicated or undone. And that's the unique aspect of Bitcoin and I think is what actually does make them almost a tangible thing.”

In this episode of Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the soaring leverage in the stock market as investors lose their minds amid stimulus check hopes. In the second half, Max interviews Farooq Ahmed of the Bitcoin Association of Pakistan to discuss the recent news that the government of Pakistan has allocated funds to mining bitcoin.

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Sharing their picks of interesting BSV moments captured on video, CoinGeek’s Natalie Mason, Charles Miller, Kurt Wuckert Jr and Bitcoin Association’s Patrick Prinz close out the year in a special CoinGeek Conversations episode. And what better way to start than conversation than hearing from the one and only Craig Wright? The episode opens with a clip of Craig professing the importance of owning your digital identity. Kurt chose to share an inspiring video clip filmed during a Cambrian SV event in Lisbon. In the video, Paul Martin of Relay X gives a passionate speech. “One of the things that motivates me the most about Bitcoin is not just the fact that it incentivizes, this sort of risk taking to make the future a better place for our descendants, but the fact that now we have this anchor of truth.” For Kurt, 2020 was a landmark year for Bitcoin: “We agreed that opening up the protocol and allowing it to scale, however it may, has changed the way discussions occur in Bitcoin so much for the better that I can't even describe how happy I am to see that.” Next, Charles shared a part of his interview with economist and writer George Gilder. In a remarkable quote, George compares the cryptocurrency movement to the internet movement. As Kurt was there with George on the day, he gives a moving personal insight into just how dedicated George was on the day. A testament to Gilder’s passion and dedication to speak out on what he believes in. Natalie is next to share her favorite clip of the year- a heated debate between Unbound Capital founder, Jackson Laskey and Twetch CFO, Aaron Burns about whether or not there is space for venture capital in Bitcoin.With most of the panel agreeing that venture capital, thankfully, isn’t going anywhere soon as Charles puts it, to witness “two extremely thoughtful and energetic people with opposing views.” The debate is certainly a moment worth checking out in full- between two great forces in the BSV space. Lastly, Patrick shares a recent CoinGeek Conversation interview with Peter Bainbridge-Clayton of Kompany. In the clip, Peter explains how other blockchain’s fell short – taking us through his experiences that led to finally finding a workable model: Bitcoin SV. Working on the frontlines of business adoption of this technology, Patrick has seen many enterprises experience the same situation. “They typically start out with Ethereum then moving over to Hyperledger and realizing that neither of them satisfies the demands of the requirements they have for their business.” Patrick firmly believes that once companies find BSV, they don’t look back. Expectations for the year ahead Charles hopes to have get togethers in person and see people having drinks together which he says is that “extra bonus of business lubricant that will just power things up to the next level.”From a Bitcoin Association perspective, Patrick sums it up in two words- enterprise adoption. Bitcoin historian Kurt hopes to make people understand what Bitcoin SV has been through in the past to get to where it is today. He looks forward to “writing those rhetorical wrongs of the Bitcoin journey.” In closing, Natalie leaves the last word to founder of Ayre Group and CoinGeek, Calvin Ayre, who sets his expectations for 2021 and beyond: “We see unique consumer facing applications and unique enterprise solutions that take advantage of the superpowers of this technology, which is its nano transaction capability and its immutable data storage on a public blockchain. With those two things combined together, this technology has a global monopoly- which is patent protected”. From the whole CGC team, happy holidays! We can't wait to see what next year brings for BSV!

Our guest this week is Leo Weese, a long time Bitcoiner in Hong Kong and a Cofounder and president of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong. The Bitcoin Association has been a significant advocate for and communicator about Bitcoin since 2014 as it has established one of the strongest Bitcoin communities in Asia. One of its recent initiates, an advertising campaign highlighting Bitcoin’s traits and potential as magic internet money and digital gold among other taglines has made waves. We discuss how that came to be, why the quotes and tag lines are timely, why Leo thinks we need to be thinking bigger about Bitcoin’s potential in light of monetary policy and the structure of capital flows around the world and much more. 

If you’re interested in Dr Craig Wright, and want to find out more about him, there’s no better place to go than Ramon.Quesada.com. It’s a website devoted to all things Craig and Satoshi-related and includes a chronological list of more than 400 of Craig Wright’s publications, pictures of his academic certificates and videos of his interviews and presentations.So who is Ramon Quesada and why has he assembled this incredible collection of Craigobilia? That question is answered in this week’s CoinGeek Conversations, where Ramon explains his project and how he felt he needed to know more about Dr Wright when he heard of all the controversies surrounding him.Ramon admits that it’s taken him “some years” to collect all the information on his site, although he only made it public in 2020. It all started with the emergence of BCH in 2017. Suddenly Ramon was aware of “somebody who says he was Satoshi Nakamoto. It was Craig Wright”. Ramon was already interested in BTC, but Wright’s claims presented him with a dilemma: “I got angry because I didn't have enough knowledge to make a decision. So I said to myself, you have to learn, you have to study ...because you have to be on one of the two sides”. Ramon was born in Cuba and emigrated to France before moving to Valencia, Spain, where he now lives. He started a Facebook group called Bitcoin Valencia in 2013 and then the Bitcoin Association of Valencia in 2015. He isn’t a technologist, but worked for various businesses, including becoming part owner of Coin Telegraph in Spain from 2016 to 2017 For Ramon, the possibilities of Bitcoin have an idealistic side: “I come from Cuba. I have seen how some under-developed countries are not helping to grow their economies. So also I saw Bitcoin could maybe help this difference between the first world and the third world.”But it’s not all altruism for Ramon. He says that when he is finally able to make a decision about Dr Wright, based on all his research, he will be investing his money in Bitcoin: “yes - I am investing my life.” All your worldly goods will be invested in Bitcoin? “Yes ...It's like any anybody in their field, they do the research and they bet for that.”Ramon has never met Craig Wright, but would like to do so (“yes, sure, of course”). So what would he ask Dr Wright if he had the chance? “I don't know. I have a lot of things to ask him, a lot!” But for all the many videos and documents on his website, Ramon is not expected to ever get to the end of his investigations of Dr Wright: “I know that there are a lot of things, neither you, me, nobody are going to know because he doesn't like to show all what he has.”

Our guest this week is Leo Weese, a long time Bitcoiner in Hong Kong and a Cofounder and president of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong. The Bitcoin Association has been a significant advocate for and communicator about Bitcoin since 2014 as it has established one of the strongest Bitcoin communities in Asia. One of its recent initiates, an advertising campaign highlighting Bitcoin’s traits and potential as magic internet money and digital gold among other taglines has made waves. We discuss how that came to be, why the quotes and tag lines are timely, why Leo thinks we need to be thinking bigger about Bitcoin’s potential in light of monetary policy and the structure of capital flows around the world and much more. 

Welcome to another Shot Caller Podcast where we bring you the most inspirational, innovative and groundbreaking change makers we can find. Luzius Meisser is an early Bitcoin investor and a "2019 Digital Shaper" in the world of digitalization.  Luzius is on the board of the global powerhouse crypto financial services firm Bitcoin Suisse.  In addition, Luzius co-founded the Bitcoin Association of Switzerland and is a member of their board. Luzius is also a board member of Quitt.CH, Algo Trader,and Swiss Crypto Token AG . Most recently, Luzius founded Aktionariat, a company that is creating a set of tools for Swiss companies to create a market for their shares on their own website! That has huge disruption potential! Luzius has an outstanding pedigree in the Bitcoin and crypto space, having jumped into this world in 2011.  Luzius tells us a funny story about how he bought his first Bitcoin, in person at the Zürich main train station!   Luzius gives a fundamental breakdown of how Bitcoin came to be and some of the core mechanics of the technology, the "use cases" as well as some of the limitations.  For anyone who would like to start to get their head around Bitcoin and crypto in general, this is a great foundation for you. Luzius also tells us about the law he has been writing and advocating for in the Swiss Parliament.  If passed, it will legalize full digitalization of shares.  The ramifications would be tremendous for a wide variety of companies, especially small and medium corporations. Aside from being a brilliant individual, Luzius is very kind and sincere. He has a great way of welcoming you into this conversation.  I hope you will join me in "liking" and "sharing" this insightful and important podcast with your network!  I am sure that Luzius would also love to hear from those of you interested in all his different ventures and lobbying work.   Luzius holds a master's degree in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and a master's degree in Economics from University of Zurich.  Luzius can be contacted at luzius@meissereconomics.com The Shot Caller Echosystem    

For the next few weeks, CoinGeek producer Natalie Mason is introducing her own Top Picks from CoinGeek Conversations, giving us another chance to enjoy previous episodes of the podcast series. Natalie’s choice this week is Lise Li, discussing the opportunities for Bitcoin SV in China. Lise is the China Manager for the Bitcoin Association. She has worked in ecommerce and been Chief Operating Officer for a Bitcoin mining pool, but, most important, she believes in the potential of BSV in China.It’s partly a matter of culture. As a resident of Beijing, she says that when she’s had foreign friends visiting they are “shocked” to see that Chinese people will take only their phones when they go out. They don’t bother with wallets because they’ll be able to pay for everything with apps like Alipay and Wechat Pay. Whereas, in Europe, especially in Germany, she’s noticed that “everyone loves to pay in cash”. Their phone-friendly lifestyle will make the everyday use of Bitcoin less of a change for Chinese people. Besides, “the young generation accepts new things fast, and they love tech”. Whilst there are still regulatory restrictions slowing the development of Bitcoin in China - such as the ban on converting fiat currency into crypto - officialdom appears to be softening its attitude. The new Special Economic Zone announced this year for Shenzhen is to include plans for research on cryptocurrencies. Lise describes her job at the Bitcoin Association as one of “gathering pioneers” to share their expertise and experience with Bitcoin SV. She believes that BSV development in China is “a more active field” than in other countries - with many university students taking part in projects. And in terms of hardware, she says that “almost all” the manufacturers of mining equipment are in China. Lise predicts that data storage will be the most important use of BSV, more important even than its use as money. And although she is promoting BSV activities in China, her vision for the future is international, nothing less than to “build a globalised business ecosystem”.

Financial expert and crypto evangelist Bruce Fenton joins Tatiana to talk a variety of subjects, from life under lockdown in the “Live Free or Die” state of New Hampshire to how technology is changing the face of the workplace, and the challenges of being an event organizer during the pandemic Bruce discusses why current securities laws are a double-edged sword for investors, and what blockchain solutions currently exist that could make some regulations unnecessary and open up security trading to a wider business and investor audience. He explains why the current securities and exchange system is outdated and how cryptocurrency can help modernize it. Bruce also talks about how regulation and bureaucracy is destabilizing the economy and why the system may need to get worse before it can get better, why prepping is more important now than ever, and more! About the Guest:Bruce Fenton is the founder and CEO of Chainstone Labs, an investment and advisory company focused on the blockchain and securities space. Chainstone Labs owns the Satoshi Roundtable, a leader in blockchain industry retreats, Atlantic Financial, a registered investment advisory, and Watchdog Capital, a registered broker-dealer. Bruce got involved with Bitcoin in 2012 and has been an active player in the Bitcoin and blockchain space ever since. He can be described as an active blockchain technology advocate, having previously served as the Volunteer Executive Director for the Bitcoin Foundation from 2015 to 2016, founding the Bitcoin Association industry group and speaking at numerous industry conferences. He also founded and hosted the Dubai Bitcoin Conference, helped organize Devcore, and currently serves as the host of the Satoshi Roundtable, an annual industry gathering of top industry developers, builders, academics, cypherpunks, company founders, and others for open discussion. If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to 1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info: Tatiana MorozCrypto Media HubVaultoro Bruce Fenton Atlantic Financial Friends and Sponsors of the Show:Proof of Love Global Crypto Advisors *You have been listening to the Tatiana Show. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that’s not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on The Tatiana Show is intended as financial advice, legal advice, or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you’re hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

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For Stephan Nilsson, CEO of Unisot, the Bitcoin SV supply chain business in Norway, these unusual times are providing a chance to explain to potential customers the benefits of tracking their products on the blockchain. With industries and consumers nervous about the supply of products that they need, people want to know more, says Stephan: “where does it come from? How secure is it? How safe is it? And that’s exactly what we deliver to them.”Unisot is using fish, a traditional Norwegian business, as a demonstration of the potential of its Bitcoin SV-based system, but “most of our customers in the seafood industry have been hit rather hard because all the restaurants are not buying any fish any more.” That has made some time for deeper understanding of their needs: “we are very fortunate that now we can have a dialogue with our customers.” Stephan was talking to CoinGeek producer and presenter Natalie Mason in the second of CoinGeek Conversations’ catch-ups with BSV professionals around the world, to see how they are coping with anti-Coronavirus measures in their country. Also, Charles Miller spoke to Brendan Lee, Training and Development Manager of the Bitcoin Association, in his home outside Brisbane, Australia. “Most of Australia is in quite a severe lockdown,” said Brendan - but actually a little less strict than in the UK, Charles noted. Brendan’s family are allowed two visitors from another household, which isn’t the case in the UK. And “I’m eating better at the moment than I normally do because we’re cooking all of our food,” Brendan said, “we’re not going to be starving any time soon”. After a couple of years of intense work, Brendan is looking forward to spending more time with his family. There are plans for a camping trip to the bottom of the garden. Until now, any free time has been devoted to home schooling their two children, aged four and seven. It’s been something of a revelation: “my hat goes off to primary school teachers,” Brendan admits.Coming back to Bitcoin, there is an overlap between Brendan’s educational role at the Bitcoin Association and his time with his children. “My four-year old uses Handcash. She can send money to her brother.” It’s made Brendan think more about Bitcoin education at all levels: “I’d love to be trying to have this material being taught even at high school - because I think Bitcoin is going to become crucial in the IT industry. Any project that uses the Internet and is exchanging information is going to be making use of the ledger ..so the sooner we can teach those young, up-and-coming kids…”It’s said that you should never waste a good crisis. Nobody could accuse Stephan or Brendan of that.

Today, when people ask “how are you doing?”, they expect an answer. The question is now more than just a polite alternative to clearing your throat before the conversation begins. And everyone’s answer is different. At best, you may find yourself in a physically cut-off world, except from those you live with - who you may be getting to know even better than you thought possible. But you may also be more in touch with long-lost friends and family members around the world, just to ask them “how are you doing?”.This week and next, CoinGeek Conversations is putting that question to some of our friends near and far, starting with Ryan X. Charles, the founder and CEO of Money Button in California, and Lise Li, China Manager of the Bitcoin Association, in Beijing. Podcast host Charles Miller is joined by CoinGeek’s new producer Natalie Mason, to compare their calls to Ryan and Lise. Ryan spoke to us from San Francisco. Having been under lockdown for a month, California being the first state government to enforce restrictions of movement, he talks about the effect that has had in comparison with other states and what permanent shifts may happen to the world of work.Looking at the long-term implications worldwide, Ryan shared his view on the importance of regular testing and authentication to combat future pandemics. To be able to open up global travel again, he says, “we’re going to need to know if you’ve had a virus or not. This will not be the last pandemic and we need global infrastructure to be prepared for the next one”. How may this look in the future? “Your ID card may end up telling you whether you have been tested for and whether you have or have had viruses in the past.”From Beijing, Lise provides a note of optimism since the city, and indeed the whole of China, is gradually easing the virus lockdown, although ordinary life is still far from normal: “if you want to dine in a restaurant, at every table there should be no more than two people,” Lise says. And the tables themselves need to be separated by two metres. Lise is still only leaving home if there’s something she has to do. Nothing is back to how it was but “it’s much better than it was one or two months ago”.

Following Bitcoin SV’s successful Genesis Upgrade, Jimmy Nguyen (Chairman and president of the Bitcoin Association) and Michael Hudson (Bitstocks CEO-Founder) caught up to chat about the significance of the day. Jimmy shares some details about the dedication and hard work that went on behind the scenes of the Genesis Upgrade - all the way since the 2018 hard fork. While Craig and Jimmy have been the most recognised public figures of the Bitcoin SV project, Jimmy casts the light on the development and engineering work undertaken by Steve Shadders and Daniel Connolly’s teams. “One big difference between Bitcoin SV and other crypto ecosystems, is the BSV project’s organised and professional approach to development.” 

$70 Million HKD fund for protestors, to pay for medical bills, legal fees, resources etc, was confiscated by the Hong Kong police. 4 people jailed and accused of money laundering. This is how they suppress free speech. What does this mean for crypto in HK? Live with @christinabahk of the Bitcoin Association of HK. video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0HdP40aTgs bitcoin crypto hongkong protests standwithhongkong

Connor Murray has spent hours thinking and talking about Bitcoin as the co-host of the podcast Bitcoin and Beyond, and before that too. But now he’s turning theory into practice, as he launches his own Bitcoin SV enterprise, TrueReviews.io, which he hopes will become a kind of BSV-powered TripAdvisor. It was hailed as one of the standout projects at the Bitcoin Association’s Pitch Day at the CoinGeek Conference in Seoul. TrueReviews describes itself as “an online review platform that enables businesses to incentivize more reviews for their businesses and for users to earn Bitcoin and tokenized rewards for good reviews.” In other words, it turns today’s ‘free’ review sites into a real economy, with incentives and accountability for reviewers, readers and those being reviewed. Connor says he got the idea when he was on holiday with his mother-in-law, who enjoys posting reviews on TripAdvisor. She’s “a great person” who writes positive reviews, but most people, Connor believes, only write unsolicited reviews when they’ve got a complaint. To get a more representative range of genuine responses, a new system is needed: if “they’re spending time on this - they should get paid for it.”“In Bitcoin we talk about ‘how do we tie value to data?’ Well, that’s just what we’re hoping to do with reviews.” So if the reviewers are going to get paid, where is that money coming from? Connor says the businesses that are getting reviewed will pay. That will be better than businesses creating fake positive reviews, which is “very common” today, Connor says. The reviews will be demonstrably more trustworthy by including details such as, in a restaurant, the time of the visit or what was ordered, all uploaded to the blockchain to prove that this wasn’t a fake review.Connor sees TrueReviews as a new kind of service, valuable in its own right whether or not its users are interested in BSV: “I don’t want to build a Bitcoin app. I want to build an app that enables you to do something you couldn’t do before without Bitcoin.”In his capacity as a podcast host, Connor has had several interviews with Craig Wright, the Chief Scientist of nChain and, as Satoshi Nakamoto, the originator of Bitcoin. He says that Craig “gets a very bad rap from people who have never even tried to communicate with him”. But Connor says Craig is a great teacher: “he wants you to learn - and that’s what’s very misunderstood about him ...I’ve never found someone more willing to go out of their way to help you understand something. But he doesn’t do it in an ‘hand-heldy’ way: it’s a very Socratic method which is very frustrating sometimes, because he will say things that you don’t think are relevant or he’ll ask you questions where you don’t even know what he’s getting at.”But Craig’s insights into economic systems through the design of Bitcoin are “profound”, Connor says: Bitcoin is “a system that disincentivizes attacking it through economic means ...And that means we can build incredibly complex systems that have security rooted in economics”.

If you thought bitcoin was dead as a payments system, take a listen to George and Jimmy Nguyen, founding president of the Bitcoin Association, as they discuss Bitcoin SV, a new version of bitcoin that is a significant upgrade to the performance and capabilities of the original bitcoin protocol put into the world a decade ago.   From a payments perspective, bitcoin has failed. While successful as an albeit volatile store of value, its failings include: It is slow, only able to handle 2 or 3 transactions per second with a peak rate of 7. Visa handles 50K at peak holiday times with aplomb. While transactions are irrevocable, they are not immediately written to the blockchain. Core design specifies that that happens every 10 minutes but when the network is under load it has taken hours. Processing cost is too high, measured in dimes and dollars, and also volatile As the processors, known as miners, are rewarded with fewer bitcoins for their work, they’ll have to rely on processing revenues, transaction fees, to stay viable. Costs are already too high There’s the high power usage of the network that’s needed to maintain consensus, essentially trust in the network. If you thought bitcoin was dead as a payments system, take a listen to George and Jimmy Nguyen, founding president of the Bitcoin Association, as they discuss Bitcoin SV, a new version of bitcoin that is a significant upgrade to the performance and capabilities of the original bitcoin protocol put into the world a decade ago. Jimmy brings a refreshing view on cryptocurrencies and payments. Jimmy provides a great review of how bitcoin works and why both its performance and its economics are broken. He explains the advantages of the Bitcoin SV fork and why it was necessary. Suffice it to say, bitcoin’s evolution is subject to the often fractious politics of that community where competing interests inhibit long term thinking. Bitcoin SV has intriguing potential. Micropayments, sub $1 transactions, have never found a home in electronic payments. BSV could apply there. BSV is also designed to use enormous blocks in order to keep processing costs low and provide the ability to store massive amounts of data about the payment.   

Lise Li has all the right credentials for her new job as China Manager for the Bitcoin Association. She has worked in ecommerce, she has been Chief Operating Officer for a Bitcoin mining pool, but, most important, she believes in the potential of Bitcoin SV in China.It’s partly a matter of culture. As a resident of Beijing, she says that when she’s had foreign friends visiting they are “shocked” to see that Chinese people will only take their phones when they go out. They don’t bother with wallets because they’ll be able to pay for everything with apps like Alipay and Wechat Pay. Whereas, in Europe, especially in Germany, she’s noticed that “everyone loves to pay in cash”. Their phone-friendly lifestyle will make the everyday use of Bitcoin less of a change for Chinese people. Besides, “the young generation accepts new things fast, and they love tech”. Whilst there are still regulatory restrictions slowing the development of Bitcoin in China - such as the ban on converting fiat currency into crypto - officialdom appears to be softening its attitude. The new Special Economic Zone announced this year for Shenzhen is to include plans for research on cryptocurrencies. And there are already Chinese BSV startups such as the social network WeiBlock which are offering new kinds of online services - in this case, a Twitter-like experience, but one in which BSV’s microtransactions create an economy out of the social comment: say something that people find interesting or approve of, and you will be rewarded with money, not just ‘likes’. Lise describes her job at the Bitcoin Association as one of “gathering pioneers” to share their expertise and experience with Bitcoin SV. She believes that BSV development in China is “a more active field” than in other countries - with many university students taking part in projects. And in terms of hardware, she says that “almost all” the manufacturers of mining equipment are in China.Lise predicts that data storage will be the most important use of BSV, more important even than its use as money. And although she is promoting BSV activities in China, her vision for the future is international, nothing less than to “build a globalised business ecosystem”.

Brendan Lee is gathering together the collective wisdom around Bitcoin SV (BSV) and making it digestible for developers - both for newbies and for the battle-hardened. “I wanted to take my knowledge of Bitcoin and get it out to as many people as possible,” he says. BSV is still less than a year old, since its fork from Bitcoin Cash, so it’s surprising how much there is to learn and to impart. But at the CambrianSV Bootcamp in Bali recently, Brendan, the new Training and Development Manager for the Bitcoin Association, demonstrated the fruits of his studies in a series of well-received seminars for the 30 or so developers who were attending. He’s also taken on a second new job, as Head of Technology for Faiā, a management consultancy that works with companies who may be taking an interest in the potential of Bitcoin for the first time. For complete newcomers, Brendan admits there are often some prejudices to overcome. The “civil war” in Bitcoin is “very hard to explain to people”. But “as soon as you start talking about an honest money system, that’s transparent, where transactions are instant and extremely cheap ...people actually hear that and they go ‘wow, I want to learn more’.”One example of a consultancy project that makes use of Bitcoin is the development of a system to allow the automatic payment of royalties to an artist by an end consumer - making use of Bitcoin’s ability to pay out to multiple parties from a single transaction: “the fan pays the artist directly”.In his work for the Bitcoin Association, Brendan says that what’s being built today still needs to achieve “feature parity” with existing applications on the Internet. “But once we get to the point that they do achieve feature parity, and start executing features that are in addition to what’s already available, we will see a moment where people start sitting up and listening” because they’ll have learnt that “if you use this application on Bitcoin, you can earn money really quickly”.Brendan admits that there isn’t yet a defined body of knowledge around BitcoinSV. In preparing his sessions for the Bali Bootcamp, he’s been “scouring the Internet” and talking to researchers at nChain to make sure that “my ideas and understanding of things is correct”. The result of the work will be a series of educational resources that the Bitcoin Association will release “so that people who are new to Bitcoin can come in and learn about these concepts - a lot of which are extremely important to understand if you are looking to build an application that works on top of Bitcoin”. But Brendan is making no claims to be the final authority on the matters he’s teaching: “I’m working this out as I go along, and I have learnt so much in the process of putting these lectures together. What I’m really hoping for is that at some point someone comes to me and says ‘hey, I was thinking about what you said but here’s an even better way to do it’. That to me says that I’ve hit the right notes, I’ve got the creative juices flowing.”

As a newly-appointed executive for the Bitcoin Association, Jerry Chan is confident in the prospects for BitcoinSV. The former Morgan Stanley and SBI executive has followed Bitcoin through its many incarnations from the early days and says he’s simply guided by the technology. Whilst Jerry is a strong supporter of BitcoinSV (BSV) - which is promoted by his new employer - he insists that he’s very “anti-cultism”, in the sense that he just wants to “support the technology that works”. Now the Bitcoin Association manager for Japan and South Korea, Jerry predicts that the technology behind many of BSV’s rivals will fail. Whilst the use of Bitcoin for financial speculation has been“the first use case”, Jerry sees the future as very much the merging of the “bit” (data) with the “coin”. “It’s a hybrid - it’s literally a merging of data and value,” he says.“Bitcoin brings value to the Internet, it brings value to data.”The strategy for BitcoinSV should be to make sure that the network scales - which nChain is busy with - but to be “completely agnostic” as to its uses. On the question of private blockchains, Jerry is relaxed about their use by big businesses who only deal with a limited number of outside partners. But he believes that in time, those private blockchains will be absorbed into public chains: “there is room for some private blockchains in those cases, but I believe that if you look even one step further ...eventually, you’re going to need one public one to glue them all together”. “The ownership of data is one of the things that plagues the Internet age,” he says. And data laws need to be clarified. But blockchain solves many of the problems because “the owner of the data is the only one with the keys”. So worries about the responsibilities of cloud companies are largely eliminated: instead,“the liability is on yourself”. You could say ‘you have only yourself to blame’. To that end, wallet security needs to be looked at, with new ways for individuals to look after their crypto keys. In the near future, Jerry hopes to see a big tech company like Amazon or Google start to use Bitcoin. By eliminating data centres, they could operate more efficiently - doing away with expensive infrastructure. Instead, data would be saved on the secure and “almost free” blockchain. That would be a “really, really powerful” change for business. It would add up to “a revolutionising of the Internet monetization model”. Instead of the advertising model, users would be rewarded for sharing their data. “Ecommerce is just going to get better. People are not going to have to deal with advertisements; people are just going to sell their data directly.”

Bitcoin Association President Jimmy Nguyen talks about crypto’s true potential, how traders and developers alike misinterpret it, and the major hurdles to mainstream crypto adoption.

Luis Buenaventura, founder of Bloom Solutions, and Leo Weese, president of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, discuss the crypto scene in Asia — how it differs from that of the West, and how it differs within the region. We also cover the regulatory climate there, how Korean traders occasionally stuff their pockets with cash and hop flights to Hong Kong, and whether the Hong Kong protests have had any impact on interest in BItcoin. Leo and Luis also talk about Binance and what they think are the top crypto projects in the region. Plus, they reveal Asia's perception of Tron. LAST WEEK to take the Unchained Podcast survey! Help make Unchained better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsors! Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links: Luis Buenaventura: https://twitter.com/helloluis Bloom: https://www.bloom.solutions/ Leo Weese: https://twitter.com/LeoAW The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong: https://www.bitcoin.org.hk/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinorghk?lang=en Panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum, where I met Leo and Luis: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/ Previous Asia scene episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/asia-edition-mining-a-crypto-yuan-and-the-two-main-reasons-the-chinese-are-interested-in-crypto-ep-102/ Crypto Garage: https://cryptogarage.co.jp/en Bitspark: https://www.bitspark.io

Luis Buenaventura, founder of Bloom Solutions, and Leo Weese, president of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, discuss the crypto scene in Asia — how it differs from that of the West, and how it differs within the region. We also cover the regulatory climate there, how Korean traders occasionally stuff their pockets with cash and hop flights to Hong Kong, and whether the Hong Kong protests have had any impact on interest in BItcoin. Leo and Luis also talk about Binance and what they think are the top crypto projects in the region. Plus, they reveal Asia's perception of Tron. LAST WEEK to take the Unchained Podcast survey! Help make Unchained better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsors! Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links: Luis Buenaventura: https://twitter.com/helloluis Bloom: https://www.bloom.solutions/ Leo Weese: https://twitter.com/LeoAW The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong: https://www.bitcoin.org.hk/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinorghk?lang=en Panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum, where I met Leo and Luis: https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-3-reasons-bitcoin-matters/ Previous Asia scene episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/asia-edition-mining-a-crypto-yuan-and-the-two-main-reasons-the-chinese-are-interested-in-crypto-ep-102/ Crypto Garage: https://cryptogarage.co.jp/en Bitspark: https://www.bitspark.io

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Bitcoin SV is the “original” Bitcoin.  It restores the original Bitcoin protocol, will keep it stable, and allow it to massively scale.  Bitcoin SV will maintain the vision set out by Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper in 2008: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world's leading Bitcoin advocates, supporting Bitcoin SV [BSV] as the original design, protocol and vision of Bitcoin's founder Satoshi Nakamoto. Jimmy was formerly CEO of nChain Group, the worldwide leader in advisory, research and development of blockchain technologies, and now is Chair of its Strategic Advisory Board. nChain's Chief Scientist is Dr. Craig Wright, one of the earliest and most visionary minds working in Bitcoin. Jimmy is also Founding President of the Bitcoin Association, the worldwide industry organization for the business of Bitcoin. The association backs Bitcoin SV, and brings together developers, merchants, exchanges, miners and other Bitcoin network participants. Jimmy heads the industry group as it builds the global infrastructure and ecosystem for Bitcoin SV. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oILGUkxmTR8 Keddie by Loxbeats https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oILGUkxmTR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0OSpS2ABU Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-of... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABUAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Bitcoin SV is the “original” Bitcoin.  It restores the original Bitcoin protocol, will keep it stable, and allow it to massively scale.  Bitcoin SV will maintain the vision set out by Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper in 2008: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s leading Bitcoin advocates, supporting Bitcoin SV [BSV] as the original design, protocol and vision of Bitcoin’s founder Satoshi Nakamoto. Jimmy was formerly CEO of nChain Group, the worldwide leader in advisory, research and development of blockchain technologies, and now is Chair of its Strategic Advisory Board. nChain’s Chief Scientist is Dr. Craig Wright, one of the earliest and most visionary minds working in Bitcoin. Jimmy is also Founding President of the Bitcoin Association, the worldwide industry organization for the business of Bitcoin. The association backs Bitcoin SV, and brings together developers, merchants, exchanges, miners and other Bitcoin network participants. Jimmy heads the industry group as it builds the global infrastructure and ecosystem for Bitcoin SV. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oILGUkxmTR8 Keddie by Loxbeats https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/oILGUkxmTR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0OSpS2ABU Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-of... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU

On this edition of the Crypto.IQ Daily Radio Show we do a deep dive market analysis. Bitcoin (BTC) is oscillating around $8,000, trading between support at $7,600 and resistance at $8,300. The crypto market is generally in the green this morning. The biggest story of the day is Craig Wright has copyrighted Bitcoin’s (BTC) code and white paper, and plans on transferring ownership of these copyrights to the Bitcoin Association which owns the Bitcoin SV (BSV) software. This has caused a Bitcoin SV (BSV) rally this morning. We discuss how Bitfinex will begin offering ICOs, similar to the Binance launchpad, despite being in the middle of a court case with the New York Attorney General’s Office. Hear about how the Van-Eck SolidX Bitcoin ETF has been delayed yet again. Learn about how Kraken has followed Bitfinex’s lead and is now selling shares to the public to raise money, and has raised $6 million within two days. We also discuss how the IRS is issuing additional crypto tax guidance, following the general failure of the original crypto tax guidance issued in 2014.

Jehan Chu is the cofounder of Kenetic Capital. Kenetic Capital is a proprietary trading and investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain related companies. They have developed technology to facilitate quantitative trading strategies and offer various digital asset related structured products to counterparts. In this discussion we talk about Jehan’s story of how he started out in technology in New York City and what intrigued him to move to Hong Kong to pursue the crypto space and how he started Kenetic Capital. Jehan founded the Ethereum HK community (2014), (sponsored by InvestHK), co-Founded the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong (2014) and founded the Hyperledger HK community (2016). We hear some great stories about his experience being involved in the crypto community in the early days with big names today like Arthur Hayes & Vitalik ( aka the OGs). We also talk about how the investment community differs between China vs. the US, how important it is in the community to connect with people in person and the channels he uses to build communities, stay up to date, and the importance of continuous importance of educating the institutions on crypto. Jehan shares his learnings from being a venture fund manager and how institutions and LPs are looking at crypto these days vs. a few years ago. We wrap up with Jehan’s biggest fear in crypto music credits: Clouds by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Sponsorships: on for this episode IMPORTANT NOTICE: This podcast is intended for informational purposes only. The views expressed in this document are not, and should not be construed as, investment advice or recommendations. Recipients of this podcast should do their own due diligence, taking into account their specific financial circumstances, investment objectives and risk tolerance (which are not considered in this document) before investing. This podcast is not an offer, nor the solicitation of an offer, to buy or sell any of the assets mentioned herein. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joelpalathinkal/support

Jimmy talks Bitcoin SV and its future and is the hash war finally over?

Who is Jimmy Nguyen?Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s leading Bitcoin advocates. He is a renowned and sought-after public orator, who speaks about Bitcoin and blockchain technology at major events across the world. He is also a frequent commentator for online, televised and print media.Jimmy is a global advocate for Bitcoin SV (BSV). BSV is the rebirth of the original Bitcoin, designed to fulfill the Satoshi Vision (of Bitcoin’s mysterious founder Satoshi Nakamoto). Emerging from the contentious November 15, 2018 hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network, BSV now stands as its own chain and coin – ready to be the world’s new money and global public blockchain for enterprises. Jimmy has served as CEO of nChain Group, the worldwide leader in research and development of blockchain technologies, and currently chairs its Strategic Advisory Board. Jimmy is Founding President of the Bitcoin Association, the first-ever organization dedicated to advance the business of Bitcoin. The association backs Bitcoin SV, and brings together developers, merchants, exchanges, miners and other Bitcoin network participants. Jimmy heads the industry group as it provides global support for Bitcoin SV, as the key to long-term financial success for all participants in the inter-related Bitcoin ecosystem.With 21 years of experience as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer, Jimmy is well-suited to support enterprise-level adoption of Bitcoin technology. Over the course of his private practice career, Jimmy was a partner at three major U.S. law firms – most recently Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. He represented multinational corporations and emerging companies in a wide range of sectors – including technology, entertainment, media, sports, financial services, consumer products, retail, and automotive. His legal clients included Amazon.com, Fandango, Hyundai Capital America, Kia Motors America, Live Nation Entertainment, Major League Baseball Properties, Microsoft, the Motion Picture Association of America, Sony Pictures Entertainment, TripAdvisor, Uber Technologies and more. Jimmy has also been a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S. Jimmy was born in Saigon, South Vietnam – the youngest child of a prominent judge. In April 1975, when Jimmy was 2 years old, his family fled the country the night before the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces, and re-settled into Southern California. Since then, Jimmy has a history of excelling early - graduating college at age 19 and law school at age 22. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California Law School.In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). A leader in the IP community, Jimmy was formerly Chair of the State Bar of California’s Intellectual Property Law section, and co-chaired the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s IP, Internet and New Media section. Jimmy is also a strong diversity and LGBT rights advocate. He co-chaired the California Minority Counsel Program and was inducted into its “Diversity Leader Hall of Fame” (2015). Diversity MBA Magazine named him a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015). Jimmy formerly served on the Board of Equality California, the state’s leading LGBT rights organization, during the period of marriage equality battles. In 2012, the Huffington Post listed Jimmy as one of the “Most Influential LGBT Asian Icons.” In 2010, the Advocate magazine named him to its “Forty under 40” list of leading LGBT persons in America.Check Jimmy out on the following platforms!Twitter: https://twitter.com/JimmyWinMediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimmy.d.nguyen

In a wide-ranging conversation, Jimmy Nguyen, President of the Bitcoin Association and and Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board for nChain, discusses Bitcoin SV, nChain's business model - including the role of the many hundreds of patent applications it has filed - and the how things work between the "unlikely trio" of senior figures behind Bitcoin SV - himself, Calvin Ayre and Craig Wright. Finally, Jimmy gives his view on the endlessly fascinating question of Craig Wright being Satoshi Nakamoto.

In this candid podcast, hosted by Bitstocks CEO, Michael Hudson, Jimmy Nguyen of nChain and the Founding President of The Bitcoin Association, discusses life as a BitcoinSV evangelist, joining nChain, his view of Dr Craig Wright and makes an exciting CoinGeek announcement. As one of 4 children of Vietnamese emigrants to the United States, Jimmy details his first-hand experience of the personal and financial struggles as a result of geopolitical issues, and how Bitcoin can serve as a hedge for those in countries with floundering fiat currencies and governments. Michael and Jimmy also discuss the misinformation and differences between private, anonymous and pseudonymous blockchains, touching on the importance and impact of these in the bigger picture of transparency and 'sight' of financial transactions. The pair go on to chat about the fundamental design of Bitcoin as a biologically inspired network, highlighting how Dr Craig Wright chooses to share cryptic information in presentations and let people do their own research, in order to learn. Speaking of Dr Craig Wright, Jimmy details how he came to work for nChain and establish a trusted relationship with the 'controversial' man so widely misunderstood. In a slight turn to the technicals, Michael and Jimmy, share their excitement about the Bitcoin SV developments chatting through the OP returns and run through the utility of Bitcoin SV now that bigger block sizes are at play. Before wrapping up with a thought-provoking view on blockchain related patents held by nChain, Jimmy and Michael discuss the regulatory and legislative landscape, as well as government influence on blockchain technology adoption and as a mechanism for enhanced economic performance. For more information about the upcoming CoinGeek Conference in Toronto, Canada, visit https://coingeek.com/conferences/toronto-conference/ Read more - and sign up to - the Bitcoin Association at https://bitcoinassociation.net/ Find us online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitstocks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitstockslondon Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitstocks_ DTube: https://d.tube/#!/c/bitstocksblog Website: https://www.bitstocks.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zphMtWOn4r8Nv6vhw9LC8 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bitstocks-podcast/id1439810872

Converting the fiat world to crypto isn't easy. This week's podcast shares the experience of four people from different businesses about what worked and what didn't in their dealings with a wide range of sectors. Elizabeth White of the luxury retailer The White Company in New York established her business with sales of Lamborghinis and other high priced items to customers who already had crypto. For her, the challenge was to persuade retailers to accept it. Heidi Patmore from the South African wallet company Centbee says you need to be aware of the priorities and concerns of large and small retailers, which are often very different.Ina Samovich of Coppay, the Belarus-based payment gateway, says they'd found it takes an average of an hour for their sales rep to convince a store owner to accept Bitcoin. And Martin Dempster of the Scottish drinks business, Brewdog has had direct experience on the front line from his company's opening of a new bar in London's Canary Wharf, where bar staff were trained to accept crypto from a Centbee wallet. All four were speaking at the last CoinGeek Week conference in London, on a panel hosted by Jimmy Nguyen, President of the Bitcoin Association.

Lucas Betschart speaks about bringing more developers into the Bitcoin ecosystem, being the president of the Bitcoin Association Switzerland, the anatomy of Bitcoin open source projects, managing the tension between ideology and commercial software development, why too many things in the crypto and blockchain space make no sense, why it is hard to build a business model around Bitcoin, why he doesn't like Ethereum and other blockchains, how market downturns affect the development of Bitcoin and the ecosystem, brain drain in Switzerland, and much more. Lucas is president of the Bitcoin Association Switzerland, the world's 4th largest Bitcoin community. He is involved in Bitcoin since early 2013, he is the Head of Technology Crypto Assets at inacta, he is the founder of 21 Lectures, which has the mission to bring more developers to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Lucas Betschart: https://ch.linkedin.com/in/lucasbetschart, https://twitter.com/lucas_lclc  Bitcoin Association Switzerland: https://www.bitcoinassociation.ch  21 Lectures: https://www.21lectures.com  Also mentioned in the episode: Christian Decker: http://www.theblockchainandus.com/christian-decker  Jonas Schnelli: http://www.theblockchainandus.com/jonas-schnelli  Bitcoin core: https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/  Lightning Network: https://lightning.network/  Liquid: https://blockstream.com/liquid  Nakamoto Institute: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/  Many thanks to our advertisers who support this podcast! This episode has support from 8GR8 story-driven media. 8GR8 is a media production company with a focus on telling engaging stories about new technologies and the future with films, interviews, podcasts, and other media that make an impact. To contact 8GR8 and learn more about using story-driven media for your project, visit https://www.8gr8.com.    The Blockchain and Us newsletter To stay up to date about what blockchain pioneers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all around the world think about the future of this space, sign up for the newsletter at http://www.theblockchainandus.com.

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Luzius Meisser speaks about the early days of Bitcoin and the evolution of a thriving ecosystem in Switzerland, the professionalization of the ICO market, challenges in the foundation model for ICOs, the Swiss FINMA guidelines vs. other European guidelines, the Swiss blockchain taskforce, how the law around cryptocurrencies evolves, the question if bitcoins are data, Bitcoin's "eternal September", why there may be too many different blockchains, why many tokens will go to zero, how he evaluates investments, his own experiences as an entrepreneur, why innovation comes from small companies, why regulation kills innovation in security tokens, the rise of value investing on the blockchain, and much more. Luzius is a computer scientist and very early bitcoin adopter in Switzerland and the co-founder and now board member of the Bitcoin Association Switzerland. He is also an entrepreneur and investor in several startups and the founder Meisser Economics, which focuses on education and consulting at the intersection of economics and computer science.  Luzius Meisser: https://twitter.com/Luzius Meisser Economics: http://meissereconomics.com/ Bitcoin Association Switzerland: https://www.bitcoinassociation.ch/, https://twitter.com/bitcoin_ch Other people mentioned in the podcast: Luka Mueller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luka-müller/  Niklas Nikolajsen: https://twitter.com/nikolajsen_BTCS Alexis Roussel: https://twitter.com/alexis_roussel, my interview with Alexis: http://www.theblockchainandus.com/alexis-roussel  Christian Decker: https://twitter.com/snyke, my interview with Christian: http://www.theblockchainandus.com/christian-decker  Many thanks to our sponsor! This episode is brought to you by Crypto Storage. Crypto Storage offers a proprietary solution to enable Professional storage of Crypto Assets. The storage is secure both physically and digitally on the highest-grade hardware security modules with detailed configuration possibilities for individual - based access control. To learn more visit: www.cryptostorage.ch

UC Berkeley students Nadir Akhtar and Ashvin Nihalani, members of Blockchain at Berkeley, discuss blockchain technology and token economies.Transcript:Lisa Kiefer:Method to the Madness is next. You're listening to Method to the Madness, a biweekly public affairs show on KALX Berkeley, celebrating Bay Area innovators. I'm your host, Lisa Kiefer. Today we're going to unravel the mysteries of blockchain technology. I'm speaking with-Ashvin N.:Ashvin [Nilani 00:00:20].Nadir Akhtar:Nadir Akhtar.Lisa Kiefer:Two members of Blockchain at Berkeley. And before we start talking about blockchain, can you tell me what this organization is and when it got started here at Cal.Nadir Akhtar:Fall 2014. It was originally a Bitcoin Association of Berkeley. Get together club, social club where you just talk about Bitcoin, talk about related technologies, blockchain. But in Fall 2016, a man by the name of Tobias Disse from the Netherlands, exchange student, said we should start a blockchain consulting group. And that was when our entire organization changed.We went from a social club to several layers of management producing output, high standards organization, like a company. But the leadership is entirely students.Lisa Kiefer:In the paper every day, there's something about blockchain, something about cryptocurrencies; and a lot of people don't really get it. So can you in layman's terms describe the blockchain technology?Nadir Akhtar:A blockchain is essentially a ledger shared by multiple people, which any one of those people can edit. The difference is that you don't have to trust any of those people when making edits to the distributed ledger. Analogy I like to use is if you're watching a sports game and there's the referee; you can either trust the referee alone to keep track of the score.It's much more efficient to know what the score is at any given point, but you trust that referee to be correct, not to be bribed or to just slip up. If that referee makes a single mistake, there's no check unless you have other people watching. A blockchain is like putting the burden of keeping track of the score on the audience instead of just on the referees.Now, you can poll every person in the audience at every stage of the match after every game and ask, "Okay, what's the score now?" And then the entire audience will respond. A lot of people may not have been paying attention. A lot of people may be voting in their own favor, but if you trust that the majority is honest, then you'll always have a correct vote if you trust the majority, or if you go with what the majority vote is.Ashvin N.:So, a succinct way to put it in one sentence is a distributed, replicated, append only ledger. That's what I kind of go for. My one line, and then I'll use it to explain it to anybody.Lisa Kiefer:When the financial crash of 2008 happened, shortly thereafter, a gentleman by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto came up with this idea of an open protocol system.Ashvin N.:You're right. Satoshi Nakamoto, a moniker that we don't know who exactly he is, he created a system for a distributed, trustless financial network. He worked on that, and then a bunch of other people joined in. We had the buildup of Bitcoin and he called it Bitcoin, and then eventually we had it expanding on beyond that, and now...Eventually, the banks and other institutions got interested, but Bitcoin had been associated with some negative aspects, including the Mt. Gox hacks and the overall dark web and the trade in there. So then banks and other institutions said, "We like the technology behind Bitcoin, but we don't want the necessary negative stigma associated with it." So they rebranded it, called it blockchain.Nadir Akhtar:It was rather they focused on the blockchain aspect rather than the cryptocurrency aspect. It was called a blockchain and the technical white paper back when it was two words. When you thought of blockchain back then, there was just the Bitcoin blockchain; but then banks wanted to focus on the technology and what that could do for other services rather than cryptocurrencies.Lisa Kiefer:I don't even want to talk about the cryptocurrencies yet. I want to talk about the social and political revolutionary change that blockchain as a technology will bring to me as a consumer. It's going to eliminate that middle layer of business that I'm not going to need anymore. When I buy a house, I'm not going to need to get my title from a title company. There's going to be a massive disruption in certain industries. Right?Nadir Akhtar:The way I expect is that most of these third parties, they just serve as execution bodies. It's because we didn't have autonomous agents back a few hundred years ago that we had to develop these services like banks, like brokers, that would take care of the middle layer for us.Now that we have blockchain, or now that we have automation in general, we can take things that humans used to do and now we can make sure that those things are executed in a secure and unstoppable way.Lisa Kiefer:In the early days of the Internet, it was supposed to be this decentralized, very democratic system and it evolved into something completely different than that, where we have these monoliths like Facebook and Google and...Ashvin N.:At its core, it's just about decentralized decision making. That's all it is.Lisa Kiefer:What's wrong with centralized?Ashvin N.:Well, I mean that's the question, right? There are certain cons associated with blockchain. These include some technological cons and certain governance cons that you'd come in and are those worth, in some cases the decentralized governance? Is it worth it?Lisa Kiefer:So this is an open question.Ashvin N.:This is an open question. Right. I'm really glad actually that you brought up that it's analogous to the beginning of the Internet because it really is. You have everybody trying to assume that, hey, we're going to blockchain this, we going to have to blockchain that. Similar to how everybody said everybody had a personal website and everybody had their own little company page. But is it actually useful in some cases? Maybe, maybe not.At its core, it's decentralized decision making and that's what makes it so attractive to some people.Lisa Kiefer:Efficiency-Ashvin N.:I wouldn't even say if it's efficient. Right? In some cases, the way you implement a blockchain is less efficient. I mean it comes naturally. Rght? There are certain benefits to centralized decision making. Going back to Nadir's referee example, it's much more efficient for one single person to keep track of the score rather than having everybody keep track of the score. Right?Both in terms of memory and in terms of-Lisa Kiefer:Energy.Ashvin N.:Energy. Right, and that's another point we'll get to; but it's about are the cons associated with blockchain worth a decentralized decision making?Lisa Kiefer:Your organization, do you really honestly debate this?Nadir Akhtar:It's very easy to to bow down and worship something and not question its implications. The thing is that blockchain is unique. We recognize that it's unique. Blockchain is an interdisciplinary field. No other field mimics the way the blockchain works. You have to know from economics to computer science to cryptography in order to understand fully the implications of blockchain, but blockchain solves very specific problems in the world.There are aspects of blockchain that are more useful than other ones in certain situations. When you have a very specific problem, when you have this decentralized decision making, this trust issue between parties, that's when you want a blockchain because now you can have this immutable ledger that also comes to consensus in a way that doesn't rely on any single person. Instead, you trust this math in the protocol when you're making decisions when you're operating within the system.Lisa Kiefer:Can you give me a couple of every day examples that are going on right now that use the blockchain?Nadir Akhtar:Cryptocurrencies do come to mind.Lisa Kiefer:Define what that is.Nadir Akhtar:A cryptocurrency is a currency that's built off of economics, computer science, and cryptography. Economics in order to understand the behavior of every actor in the system; computer science in order to make sure that the information can be stored in an efficient manner, because keep in mind, because this is a distributed ledger, it's going to cost a lot of memory in order to handle all this information.We're storing hundreds of gigabytes all the way from 2009 on our computers in order to store the bitcoin blockchain, for example; and cryptography in order to maintain security and privacy for the people involved.So when you submit a transaction to the Bitcoin network, you don't send it to a single person who takes care of it. Instead you send it to thousands of people who all can act in your behalf to verify your transaction, but there's a certain voting process which is known as proof of work that decides who gets to actually decide what transactions go into the next block of the blockchain.Lisa Kiefer:It's kind of a competition between data nodes, like who can do this better and that's where all the energy use happens in the network. Correct?Nadir Akhtar:Precisely.Ashvin N.:It's faster and not necessarily better. I'm kind of looping back to your original question and I would like to make one small addition. Many people mistake that cryptocurrencies is like a financial network of some sort where you transact; but, especially as we've seen the industry mature a lot, it's not at all. I mean, all cryptocurrencies he mentioned it; that it's a system that uses economics, cryptography, and computer science to kind of, and a token to kind of achieve some purpose.I think it's an important distinction because there are cryptocurrencies that have a token associated with them and have a economic volume but they achieve completely different purposes. There's a supply chain one; there's a property deed one; there's one that tries to solve AI on a blockchain.There are all of these principles that's being developed and it's not necessarily just meant for financial network anymore even though it is one of the most prominent examples because it's the one that we've started off with. It's the one that's been tested the most often. It's the one that has the most underlying principles associated with it.But kind of looping back, we have cryptocurrencies, which is a tokenized network. And then we have supply chain is being tossed around a lot by these kind of big companies that want to get into blockchain. Then we also have some kind of medical records are getting interesting. Medical records, there's certain problems associated with that.Anywhere that you need, that you don't necessarily trust that the data either is going to be secure or the updates to the data aren't there. And once again, looping back to the general theme that you want decentralized control or decentralized decision making.In general, blockchain is being used to enforce accountability and reliability. Kind of like the fact that the data that you sent is kind of true and it's kind of secure. That's kind of where it's going. There are interesting applications being developed for the renewable energy credit market and then also in general, just overall accounting as being kind of revolutionized by blockchain.Lisa Kiefer:If you're just tuning in, you're listening to Method to the Madness, a biweekly public affairs show on KALX Berkeley, celebrating Bay Area innovators. Today I'm speaking with Ashwinee Panda and Nadir Akhtar, members of Blockchain at Berkeley. There's that kind of an irony with energy because it uses so much energy. And let's talk about data mining.Nadir Akhtar:The fascinating thing about Satoshi Nakamoto's innovation when it came to Bitcoin and the first blockchain was that he changed the way that a voting system works in a distributed network. Distributed systems are something we've known about for decades. Research has been done for the last 30 years about how to make distributed systems secure and efficient where a distributed system is merely a bunch of computers trying to achieve the same goal as opposed to a single computer.The reason that this plays into Bitcoin is because every single person who's participating in this Bitcoin network is essentially their own computer, their own system, their own entity, and all of those people need to be able to coordinate with each other despite not knowing who each other are, despite not knowing how much resources another entity has, despite not knowing how much influence another entity has.In Bitcoin, you solve what's known as the double spend attack. The problem that prevented online decentralized voting, like voting on transactions in Bitcoin for example, was the civil attack where someone can at little cost to make another identity and use that extra identity in their own favor.So if I'm with 10 other people in this Bitcoin network and identities are easy and to make, I can't trust that one of these people isn't actually just belonging to someone else, that all 10 of these people aren't just the same person, in which case my votes as a single entity is being overruled by another single entity.In a distributed system, all entities should have equal voting power. Satoshi Nakamoto's innovation was to go from one identity, one vote to a one CPU, one vote system, meaning that instead of casting a vote because you have an identity associated with the network, you cast a vote by computing the answer to a puzzle.And this puzzle, you can't solve by hand; you can't guess the answer to. It's like a brute force puzzle, like solving a password. You just try as many inputs as possible until you finally find the output. And that's where mining comes in. Because you've restricted the voting process to machines, a person can't duplicate those the way that they can duplicate their online accounts or their online identities.And that is what prevents a person from voting more than they are allowed to because you tether their identity to the resources instead of to their online entity.Lisa Kiefer:So all these machines are grinding out this competition and that's the mining?Nadir Akhtar:Precisely. That's good.Lisa Kiefer:And that uses a lot of energy obviously.Nadir Akhtar:Mm-hmm.Ashvin N.:I would like to point out that there are alternatives. I mean, the cryptocurrency and the blockchain space in general has known that this is a problem. We've known it for a while, especially with the widespread adoption we're seeing now. We see it as a very big problem and it's gotten to the point where it's no longer decentralized. Right?And one of the very big points in voting, like when we decide on what voting algorithm to use is how centralized is it? Because in this case, it's gone to the point that you can only mind by having specialized hardware. They're called ASICs, application specific integrated circuits. And if you don't have one of those, you're not going to be able to mind successfully. You won't beat out anybody else.So what's happened just to the nature of an evolving marketplace is that all the smaller players have been pushed out, and now we have these giant farms sitting in China and India. China, India, Iceland's a very good one because they use their temperature to keep the electricity costs low. So we have that and it's not really centralized anymore.So there are alternatives being developed that do consume less electricity or consume no electricity at all. The most popular one would be proof of stake where you basically say that you have to hold in reserve some of the coins that you associate to votes. So instead of one CPU, one vote, it's one coin, one vote. And if you act badly or you lie about it, then we slash your vote; we take away the coins that you've put down.There are alternatives being developed and it's a big thing that we noticed. I'm just saying that, especially in a lot of industrial applications, they're not using proof of work. Proof of work is considered by a lot of people to be kind of an antiquated system. It was good back when it started off, but because they-Lisa Kiefer:It used too much energy.Ashvin N.:It used too much energy. I mean, what was the last estimate? It used more energy than Iceland or something like that?Nadir Akhtar:Yeah, it's been insane about how much energy it is.Ashvin N.:It kind of ties into the greater problem or a greater trend in the blockchain industry is that we are becoming more and more concerned about our impact on the world. You see it with a lot of people who want to be ethical. A lot of knowledgeable people. We ourselves kind of do that on our part by trying to propagate like the correct knowledge and how to do things.Lisa Kiefer:Who else is looking at this from all sides?Nadir Akhtar:Blockchain at Berkeley is unique and that's one of the only neutral arbitrators of information, being an academic organization run by students and not by companies. There are other organizations like the MIT Bitcoin Club, U-Penn's Blockchain Club that are also doing this. To my knowledge, they're not as prominent in the general blockchain space.Lisa Kiefer:Let's talk about some other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum.Ashvin N.:Ethereum is unique in the fact that it has decentralized applications called depths. Basically, Bitcoin does have that, but it's to a much limited degree. It's a very, very limited degree. You can only concern financial transactions.Lisa Kiefer:It's like applications sitting above the blockchain.Ashvin N.:Yeah. In Bitcoin, the only thing you can append a financial transactions. You can only say that I'm moving money from this to this. However, in Ethereum, it's built in such a way that you can append much more than that and then you can append full on application changes. Right?Sorry if I get a little bit technical, but the state changes are recorded, right? I mean that's saying that there's one state right now and then let's change it up and then that state, and then you can do applications. There's a Minecraft application that was built on a Ethereum. Minecraft's a game. It's completely run on Ethereum. It's really quite interesting.But going back to other cryptocurrencies, bitcoin has an anonymity problem that's been widespread without. Rather than being truly anonymous, it's tied to a mask instead. That's the best way I can say it, that it's like everybody's wearing a mask.Everybody still knows that there's a specific person associated with the mask. They just don't know who's behind the mask. And that's kind of the definition of pseudo anonymous. But there are other applications. Monero, Zcash, that try to make things truly anonymous so you can't trace any type of transaction amount or in between the participants, except for the participants.And then there are other things. There are all these new alt coins coming out that try to solve other problems. For a long time, there has been a problem with AI and blockchain because those are the two sort of big buzz words going on. So, let's do AI on blockchain. There are a lot of cryptocurrencies that try to solve AI on blockchain.Lisa Kiefer:What would that mean to use AI on the blockchain?Nadir Akhtar:AI and blockchain serve two different purposes. The issue is whether or not using one can facilitate the accomplishments of the other. AI is in data analysis and processing and blockchain is in data storage and agreement. Let's say that it's 2200 and I want to make a supreme overlord that is an AI, something that is making decisions for all humans.But I don't want to put this decision making power in the hands of any single computer. So I create an AI that lives on top of a blockchain. So on one hand, you have what looks like just a single entity that's running this AI; but in actuality, it's a blockchain network. And every update to this blockchain is an updates to either the AI's model, so to say, its decision making strategies or an update to the actual decisions, the computation that the AI has done.Lisa Kiefer:Could it keep the AI ethical?Nadir Akhtar:Well, that's all in the hands of the people who run the end points, who control the blockchain notes.Ashvin N.:A lot of people say that blockchain will eliminate the middle layer or increase trust or make sure that we all can live in harmony; and the reality is it's just as susceptible to corruption or anything like that as other people.Lisa Kiefer:I thought it has never up to today, it has not been corrupted.Nadir Akhtar:It's never been corrupted in that the math and protocol behind blockchain is secure. The difference is that if you don't trust the end points when you're dealing with things like supply chain, then in that sense you can corrupt the blockchain.A blockchain doesn't facilitate the transfer of information from the real world to the virtual world. It doesn't stand behind some person who's inputting data into a computer, but what it does is ensure that it's much easier in this virtual landscape to keep information accurate and uncorrupted once it's been inserted into the blockchain.Ashvin N.:And then I think it's important to realize that it's not really developed yet. We had the Ethereum, the Dow hack of 2016 that resulted in over... I forgot the exact amount. A certain amount lost. We had the Japanese exchange that was hacked a week ago.It really comes down to the fact that blockchain allows for a secure or efficient way to distribute and decide about information, but whether that information is correct or not, or whether you can control the voters, that's completely up to kind of whoever's in the system. It's unique in the fact that the voters don't have to trust each other, but there's also problems associated with the network as a whole.Lisa Kiefer:Right now, if you're on Facebook or Amazon or Google, my life's history, if I use those monoliths, if they have it, they use it, they make money on it. Will blockchain enable people to monetize their private data, get paid for our personal data via blockchain? Is that a possibility?Nadir Akhtar:There's a lot of research going into this. It's tricky to say, for the reason that I haven't seen anyone yet successfully do it; or if they've done it, it's too early to tell whether it be successful. Traditionally, Facebook stores your password, stores your email address, stores all the information.With blockchain, you're responsible for holding on to that information yourself. It takes the burden off of a central organization and puts it on the user. The issue is that if the user isn't securing their own information correctly, it's just as vulnerable, if not worse. Right? We sort of enter a social contract when we go with these big companies because they handle a lot of stuff in exchange for a lot of free stuff.Lisa Kiefer:So I would get value for my data, but I would also have to really manage it and make sure no one steals it, and how many people know how to do that? The regular layperson.Ashvin N.:Right. It comes to problem when you see people... If you ever browse certain support forums, they'll say, "I lost my pass- or private key in this case. How do I get my money back?" Or our one thing is that we've seen due to adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, we've seen a big jump in hackers and there are certain security protocols.When somebody posts that, "Hey, I got hacked." And at that point, there's nobody to blame. I wouldn't say nobody to blame but yourself; nobody can help you. There's research being done in, about account recovery and so forth. But at this point, like I said, there's no organization that's going to hold your hand and say, "It's OK, let me refund you."Lisa Kiefer:Is this where a regulatory body comes in or some sort of a governmental controls?Nadir Akhtar:That's the very funny thing about blockchain. When you say we want to put regulations on this deregulated network, there's always this conflict between putting the trust on the end points, the users, letting them make their own decisions freely or having some centralized or central-ish entity that makes decisions on behalf of all of the users.There was this one project, it was an ICO or initial coin offering known as Tezos. What Tezos wanted to do was put governance on the blockchain. When Bitcoin and Ethereum undergo changes, it's an informal process; sort of like an ad hoc group of people who know what's going on, who say, "Yes, I think we should do this. Yes, I think we should increase the block size," for example, to allow for more transactions per second. "Yes, I think we should change the way that we read information in a block or whatever it may be."Typically we say, we go on to some forum online, make a post about what we want to change and everyone says, "All right, I'm going to update my software at this point." What Tezos wanted to do was make rules about the rules. In other words, you vote within the blockchain about what the rules are governing, that voting process and the blockchain instead of having to do it outside of the scope of the technology itself.Lisa Kiefer:How did that work out?Nadir Akhtar:It's funny. Tezos has actually been sued twice. In summary, Tezos was not actually producing what they said they would be producing. They said, "Here's our plans for the future, here's our expectations, here's how much funding we need," and people paid them because it did sound like a good project.There's a lot of problems that can be solved with the solutions that Tezos was proposing. The issue is that once the developers have millions of dollars in their hand, they don't really want to work.Ashvin N.:So going back to Tezos, right? It's still doesn't solve the issue we're talking about. It's a big problem we see in ICOs because there's whales coming in with massive amount of money and then they'll manipulate the market. Nobody's going to control them. Nobody can control them because it's a decentralized network and then even in Tezos, even if you have to do Tezos, you have to get the entire community or majority of the community to agree that this person's bad and then they can always subvert the system by creating another identity.Just because of the nature of blockchain, it's very, very hard to introduce any kind of regular oversight. The only way that governments have successfully been able to do it is that these end points that we keep talking about, like where you get into this space where you buy a coin or so forth, those can be regulated.The most prominent ones, if the view is neo coin base is where you buy it though Coinbase has succeeded to federal oversight on multiple times and they have started giving it over records and so forth. It goes back to the fact that blockchain itself isn't inherently suspect free or anything.All it does is that it makes sure that the system itself, there's a... I guess the best word would be error free and then however the users act, that's up to the users.Lisa Kiefer:Tt sounds like there's a lot of challenges; but do you think in the long run, blockchain is going to be a standard and if so, how many years are we talking about?Nadir Akhtar:I don't want to replace every single database with a blockchain for the reason that I wouldn't replace every single mode of transportation with an airplane. Airplanes are very good at doing some things, like transporting passengers quickly and boats are very good at transporting large amounts of cargo. Each one serves its own purpose.Similarly, blockchains, they serve their own specific purpose just as centralized databases do, just as a distributed but fault free or nonpublic systems do as well. I think blockchains could be a standard when it comes to eliminating third parties. I do believe that.The only reason that we haven't done it yet is because we just didn't have the capability to remove the human execution error that we have dealt with for the past few thousand years as a species. Once we have enough research done to where we can make secure regulatory bodies through a blockchain, I do think that they will be the standard for the middle layer of trust that we have put in these third parties.Ashvin N.:You'll never actually know that a blockchain exists behind your application and you never should. Blockchain, for better or for worse, is very much a back end technology, for those familiar with computer science terms. It's the way to make a database more resistant and more secure, but you'll never know it. Will blockchain become a standard? No, not necessarily.One concern that I personally have is that I have yet to see a good use case other than a financial network. One that's fully developed out or so forth, and then governments will never want their money to be on a blockchain.Bitcoin, for better or for worse, is a financial network that does really well. Ethereum is a distributed computer, but there are certain problems with their end that have yet to be addressed. People are jumping on the hype and saying blockchain will rule the world. No, it won't. We really won't.Blockchain at best will improve the efficiency and security of several already existing applications and that'll be a go. But once again, blockchain is not meant for the end user to directly interact. They'll interact with an application and then the database, the application associated with it, will be a blockchain.All you hear about Bitcoin is one of two things. "Hey, it's super volatile. I made 10x money." Or that you heard that, "Hey, somebody got hacked." I mean, there's been a very big negative stigma and that's been a limiting factor for company adoption and also people are doing it.Chase has been in the market. JP Morgan has been in the blockchain one for almost two years now. They had developed their own private blockchain. IBM-Lisa Kiefer:Do these blockchains communicate with each other? Can they?Nadir Akhtar:They can.Ashvin N.:There's two separate you can do it. You can either do it with a main chain and associated side chains or you can have completely separate chains that interact with each other. IBM sponsors a research group slash set of products called hyperledger and they're all meant to interact with each other. So interesting capabilities there.Companies are slowly adopting it. Currently, there's a bad stigma associated with it. A lot of lack of talent is another big thing that companies-Lisa Kiefer:Oh, interesting.Ashvin N.:Yeah, companies are hiring up. If you want to get money real quick, if you want to get a good six figure salary, become a blockchain dev. There are tons of resources available, including our own dev courses that we kind of provide.Lisa Kiefer:Tell me what your organization offers the community both on the campus and outside of Berkeley.Nadir Akhtar:We have three main departments, each of which has their own vision and mission. We have education, which as the name implies is focused on teaching people, but not just students; entire communities, companies, anyone who is dealing with blockchain, we want to educate. We have two courses that we teach on the UC Berkeley campus. You actually can take the course online this coming May when it's going to be released on edX. It will be the first blockchain crypto course fully on edX.We actually are developing certifications for different parts of the blockchain space. We have certificates for blockchain fundamentals, for blockchain developers, for blockchain consultants or researchers, and these certificates are tests of knowledge similar to the SAT. It's a standardized test that says whether or not you have the aptitude to understand some aspect of blockchain.This certificate I mentioned related with edX is a certificate of completion saying that yes, you have actually gone through this online course as opposed to just going through a bunch of YouTube videos and now claiming to be an expert. We have the consulting branch, which does work with companies and trains internal members, devs, and consultants.The consulting branch has worked with Airbus, Qualcomm, BMW, and going to be working with more of this coming semester to build real projects that are used by these companies. We've also worked a lot on internal projects. This one pharmaceutical problem, a supply chain, the U.S. passed a bill saying that by 2022, 23, all pharmaceuticals, the entire supply chain needs to be recorded and tracked in an immutable, auditable way. Right?Naturally, blockchain lends itself easily to that, which is another project we worked on internally.Ashvin N.:Then the third department is research. Research and development, R and D. These work on solving several fundamental questions and issues that are still prevalent in the research space. We are currently partnering with the Kyber Network, which is a distributed exchange and also that we're working with Ethereum foundation to start working on some of the scalability issues.We try to be an all in one company and we try to do everything at once; and so we provide education to our members, both to the public in general and to companies as well. We kind of develop software and developed products and then we also do research. We do have events for all levels, all ranges of knowledge; from beginner all the way to end and then if you do want to jump into the deep end, it's not hard. We do have our previous courses available on an archive so you can just go and look through those.Nadir Akhtar:You can actually audit our courses here at Berkeley for free. Conveniently for those who have work, there is the blockchain fundamentals course on Saturdays 2:00 to 4:00PM that I and others are teaching, from Blockchain in Berkeley. We have the blockchain for developers course as well. If you're interested in those events, that education hosts, just go to blockchain dot berkeley dot e-d-u; and check out the education tab.Lisa Kiefer:And you can find out about all this stuff you just talked about. Thank you for coming in.Nadir Akhtar:My pleasure.Lisa Kiefer:You've been listening to Method to the Madness, a biweekly public affairs show on KALX Berkeley, celebrating Bay Area innovators. 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Discover more tech podcasts like this: Tech Podcast Asia. Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency. Jehan Chu was raised in New Jersey, spent some time outside of the United States before boarding at the Westtown Friends School. Academic excellence is a main tenant of this uniquely Quaker school in Pennsylvania...yet one of the main aspects of the school is its sense of community, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. This must have mattered to Jehan, as those themes are pervasive throughout his adult life. While at university, he became interested in Web programming and then rode that interest to a job building the online presence and business of Sotheby's in New York, followed by an opportunity to run their Client Development efforts in Asia. Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia while at the same time becoming deeply interested in the BlockChain and Bitcoin. At some point the crypto community started taking up so much of this time and interest (He was a Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and the Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong.) he started focusing full time on building the multi-faceted business that has become Kenetic Capital. Podcast highlights: [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market Podcast notes: [00:05] Introduction to ATP Stories with Jehan Chu, Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong [00:20] How Jehan started with Sotheby's and became head of Client Development in Sotheby's APAC Region [06:36] How Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia [10:51] Winklevoss twins became his first real touch point on Bitcoin in 2013 [13:18] Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and Ethereum Hong Kong [16:15] How have you seen the growth of Blockchain since 2013 considering the interest in blockchain is much bigger now? [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [24:46] How do you see Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the token market developing over time? What's your view on other peoples comment that this is a scam? [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market [35:18] How will quantifying the entire supply chain of a business look like and then making it tradeable? [41:01] Thoughts about Jason Goldberg's Simple Token business [43:00] Jehan talks about his Investment Thesis [46:40] How will the crypto space progress

Jehan Chu was raised in New Jersey, spent some time outside of the United States before boarding at the Westtown Friends School. Academic excellence is a main tenant of this uniquely Quaker school in Pennsylvania…yet one of the main aspects of the school is its sense of community, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. This must have mattered to Jehan, as those themes are pervasive throughout his adult life. While at university, he became interested in Web programming and then rode that interest to a job building the online presence and business of Sotheby’s in New York, followed by an opportunity to run their Client Development efforts in Asia. Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia while at the same time becoming deeply interested in the BlockChain and Bitcoin. At some point the crypto community started taking up so much of this time and interest (He was a Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and the Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong.) he started focusing full time on building the multi-faceted business that has become Kenetic Capital. Podcast highlights: [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market Podcast notes: [00:05] Introduction to ATP Stories with Jehan Chu, Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong [00:20] How Jehan started with Sotheby’s and became head of Client Development in Sotheby’s APAC Region [06:36] How Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia [10:51] Winklevoss twins became his first real touch point on Bitcoin in 2013 [13:18] Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and Ethereum Hong Kong [16:15] How have you seen the growth of Blockchain since 2013 considering the interest in blockchain is much bigger now? [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [24:46] How do you see Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the token market developing over time? What's your view on other peoples comment that this is a scam? [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market [35:18] How will quantifying the entire supply chain of a business look like and then making it tradeable? [41:01] Thoughts about Jason Goldberg's Simple Token business [43:00] Jehan talks about his Investment Thesis [46:40] How will the crypto space progress

Jehan Chu was raised in New Jersey, spent some time outside of the United States before boarding at the Westtown Friends School. Academic excellence is a main tenant of this uniquely Quaker school in Pennsylvania…yet one of the main aspects of the school is its sense of community, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. This must have mattered to Jehan, as those themes are pervasive throughout his adult life. While at university, he became interested in Web programming and then rode that interest to a job building the online presence and business of Sotheby’s in New York, followed by an opportunity to run their Client Development efforts in Asia. Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia while at the same time becoming deeply interested in the BlockChain and Bitcoin. At some point the crypto community started taking up so much of this time and interest (He was a Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and the Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong.) he started focusing full time on building the multi-faceted business that has become Kenetic Capital. Podcast highlights: [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market Podcast notes: [00:05] Introduction to ATP Stories with Jehan Chu, Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong [00:20] How Jehan started with Sotheby’s and became head of Client Development in Sotheby’s APAC Region [06:36] How Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia [10:51] Winklevoss twins became his first real touch point on Bitcoin in 2013 [13:18] Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and Ethereum Hong Kong [16:15] How have you seen the growth of Blockchain since 2013 considering the interest in blockchain is much bigger now? [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [24:46] How do you see Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the token market developing over time? What's your view on other peoples comment that this is a scam? [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market [35:18] How will quantifying the entire supply chain of a business look like and then making it tradeable? [41:01] Thoughts about Jason Goldberg's Simple Token business [43:00] Jehan talks about his Investment Thesis [46:40] How will the crypto space progress

Welcome to episode 16 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell. I was excited to talk to Bruce Fenton at the recent Texas Bitcoin Conference. It was a fun conversation, and I think it gives a good sense of Bruce as a person. He answered my questions about the exclusive Satoshi Roundtable Bitcoin retreat he organized, and filled me in about his impressive background in financial management. Our interview concluded with passionate exposition by Bruce. Note that we spoke before Bruce was voted in by the Bitcoin Foundation Board as their new Executive Director. I also spoke with Scott Rose, who I was familiar with from his popular comedic video series, "Shit Bitcoin Fanatics Say." Scott's background as an actor and a hired speaker for Apple, combined with his passion for Bitcoin, makes him a great cryptocurrency proponent. This is demonstrated in his recent Austin Nerd Night presentation called "Bitcoin 101: What Happens When We Decentralize Money?". I often think Bitcoin needs better P.R., and Scott did his part with this presentation. If you wonder why you hear traffic in the background, most of my interviews from this conference took place in the patio area outside of the Moody Theater. This is where the exhibiter's booths were located, and also where most people congregated when they weren't watching presentations. Thanks to Christian Burns (https://twitter.com/ChristianBurns) for the photo taken while I was interviewing Bruce Fenton. MAGIC WORD Listen for the magic word, and submit it to your LetsTalkBitcoin.com account to claim a share of this week's distribution of LTBcoin. Listeners now have a full week from the release date to claim a magic word. The magic word for this episode must be submitted by 6:00am Pacific Time on April 27, 2015. SHOW LINKS Texas Bitcoin Conference http://texasbitcoinconference.com Bitcoin Association http://bitcoinassociation.org Bitcoin Foundation Welcomes Bruce Fenton http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/the-bitcoin-foundation-welcomes-bruce-fenton-as-executive-director Circle https://www.circle.com ChangeTip https://www.changetip.com Scott Rose on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/scotty321 Nerd Night http://nerdnite.com Scott's Work Site http://scottworld.com Bitcoin Core (was called Bitcoin-Qt) https://bitcoin.org/en/download Shawn Wilkinson's Twitter https://twitter.com/super3 Scott's Twitter https://twitter.com/scotty321 Carrie's Twitter https://twitter.com/starcarrie9 SPONSOR Bitcoin Keychains by Bkeychain You've seen these keychains on dozens and dozens of websites, it's about time you had one of your own! These substantial metal keychains make great conversation starters, and they also make great gifts to or from Bitcoiners. You can find a list of online retailers at Bkeychain.com, several of whom support Bitcoin so much, they don't even accept fiat currency. And of course, you'll get the best deals from these retailers. So what are you waiting for? http://Bkeychain.com MUSIC All music in this episode was created by me, or with friends and family. Ganesh Painting Company is the name of one of the jam bands I feature live recordings of regularly. Some of the musicians you're hearing are Mike Coleman, Rick Marshal, and Mark Denham. Feel free to contact me if you want more info about any music you hear on the podcast. Thanks for listening! STAY IN TOUCH https://Twitter.com/TheBTCGame http://TheBitcoinGame.com Email me at Rob at TheBitcoinGame.com BOUNTY FOR TYPOS AND ERRORS Found an error or typo on this page? Is the magic word not working for you? Be the first to let me know privately (such as sending me an email or private message), and I'll send you some LTBcoin. Bitcoin Tipping Address for this episode 191LZb7oFuGWrMzKL3QWmNDupHMUJh69xY Use ShapeShift to tip with any cryptocurrency they support https://shapeshift.io/shifty.html?destination=191LZb7oFuGWrMzKL3QWmNDupHMUJh69xY&apiKey=&amount=

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