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In the eleventh episode of Untangled we are visiting the world’s biggest blockchain and artificial intelligence hackathon Odyssey, which is the peak of the year for the organisers from Dutchchain, an open innovation program. To hear more about the event, we interviewed the founder himself, Rutger van Zuidam. And to hear more about why the Dutch government takes part in a hackathon and how the development of digital identities is moving ahead, we also interviewed Wouter Welling from the Dutch Interior Ministry. Out of the 99 teams present, 8 of them were using IOTA technology to power their solutions in attempts to solve complex real world problems dictated by a multitude of companies, organisations and ministries. We talked to a couple of them, including Jelle Millenaar from VX Company and Andre Fialho and David Hawig from Untangled Care that were also on the second episode of Untangled, but this time with a different project.
Rutger van Zuidam is the founder of Dutchchain, the blockchain development agency behind Oddysey.org a hackathon solving the world's biggest problems using AI & Blockchain. Backed by the European Union and the Dutch Government, the DutchChain ecosystem unites more than 6.000 members, among whom large corporations and SMEs, start-ups, individual entrepreneurs, scientists, developers, engineers, students, government officials, legal experts, and many other stakeholders. Highlights of the episode: * How blockchain works and why it matters * Why blockchain brings a better internet * Examples of global challenges Oddysey is tackling * How is Oddysey supporting startups before and after the hackathon * Machines that are sovereign and collaborative Useful links: Oddysey - [https://www.odyssey.org/](https://www.odyssey.org/) Rutger van Zuidam's linkedin - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rutgervz/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rutgervz/) Nest Egg - [https://nestegg.eu/](https://nestegg.eu/) [00:32] How did Rutger came across blockchain? [03:03] How to apply blockchain to positive impact? [06:27] Do we want more surveillance state? [07:13] Challenges for hackathons [09:43] Once protocols are unlocked, new ways of collaborating happen. [11:43] Example of social and environmental impact companies [13:27] Investing in solar panels NestEgg [14:39] Autonomous swarm robotics - machines that owns themselves [17:11] Support to teams after the hackathon [18:38] How to take a prototype into the real world [19:24] Guiding an ecosystem [20:10] What kind of world is Odyssey creating? [21:33] Contributing to thousands of people doing meaningful work
Rutger van Zuidam is the Founder and CEO of DutchChain, a leading ecosystem development agency for open digital public infrastructure and Odyssey an Open Innovation Program which provides a unique collaborative infrastructure for governmental, corporate, and non-profit partners to find breakthrough solutions to complex societal challenges using blockchain, AI, and other emerging technologies. Rutger has more than 15 years’ experience founding companies across the communications, digital media, and tech sectors. He was previously an Advisor at NOM NV, the regional development and investment agency for Northern Netherlands, and was the Co-founder and Commercial Director of Paylogic, a next-generation ticketing and technology company based in Amsterdam. I invited Rutger to talk about all the above and Odyssey Hack 2019 which is the world's biggest blockchain and AI Hackathon in the Netherlands.
Car sits down and talks with Rutger van Zuidam, Co Founder and CEO of Odyssey. Odyssey, an Open Innovation Program by DutchChain which connects innovative ideas with governmental, corporate, and non-profit partners to address complex societal challenges using emerging technologies, Odyssey will bring together a unique international community of key stakeholders, from startups to big corporates, to creatives, regulators, developers, as well as legal experts, in order to utilise emerging technologies for a new way of organising our society and facilitating the transformation of the world for the better. Odyssey Hackathon: https://www.odyssey.org/odyssey-hackathon Twitter: https://twitter.com/rutgervz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rutgervz
In de 44ste aflevering van de Cryptocast ontvangen we Rutger van Zuidam. Ondernemer en eigenaar van DutchChain. DutchChain heeft de missie: de samenleving verbeteren door middel van op blockchain gebaseerde oplossingen. Met hem praten we over Blockchain en kijken we vooruit op de toekomst.
Duco & Bart interviewed Aleksandr Bulkin, New York based investor (co-fouder at CoinFund) and renowned blockchain tech visonair & entrepreneur. We had the chance to interview him while he was in Amsterdam for strategic talks with Groningen based Dutchchain. Aleksandr Bulkin is setting up Adapt which is a toolkit you can use to set up decentralised networks. As we speak with Aleksandr we learn that most likely not all parts of your decentralised application should be secured with blockchain governance. As using blockchain is generally expensive and slow, application design should be a precise and thoughtfull process with regards to where to apply blockchain. The Adapt toolkit is presented as a way to move forward.
Rutger van Zuidam, an entrepreneur and the owner of DutchChain, one of the leading Blockchain businesses in the Netherlands shares how DutchChain foucses on improving society through blockchain based solutions. They not only develop software solutions, but share them with the world through publications and organizing “meeting of the minds” type of events like Blockchain Hackathon. Bio: Rutger van Zuidam (1983, Groningen, The Netherlands) is an entrepreneur and owner of DutchChain, one of the leading blockchain businesses in the Netherlands. Prior to founding DutchChain, Rutger has been active in the area of Blockchain and Bitcoin technology since 2010 and created online magazine IntoBitcoin.com early 2013.