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In 3+ years we have never spoken about cryptocurrencies, but in episode 52 we change all that. We spoke to Winding Tree founder Maksim Izmaylov about travel bookings and decentralised stores of value and record (ie crypto).What might initially feel like an odd use case turns out to have the potential to shift mainstream adoption of decentralised commerce and financial transactions, ironically by shifting the focus away from the holding and movement of money but instead enabling better, more efficient access to resources (in this case accomodation bookings) www.windingtree.com Shape the System is  an independent podcast with support from KPMG High Growth VenturesMore about KPMG High Growth VenturesScale up for success. We're here for that.We navigate founders and their teams to the services they need to reach their next milestone. From startup to scale and beyond. No matter where you are right now, we'll get you the help you need to drive your business forward. We help founders fully realise their potential, as well as the potential of their team and their business, by connecting them to the expertise, skills and resources they need at every stage of their growth journey.Our extensive experience in partnering with evolving businesses means that we can provide you with tailored support as well as independent and practical insights. Whether you are looking to refine your strategy, establish your operations, prepare for a capital raise, expand abroad or simply comply with regulatory requirements, we are here to help.Links:Website: About (highgrowthventures.com.au)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/kpmg-enterprise-high-growth-ventures/Contacts:highgrowthventures@kpmg.com.au

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Nuevo capítulo de esta serie de podcasts en la que te vamos compartiendo un extracto de las intervenciones de nuestrxs invitadxs al curso de Blockchain y Web3 para el sector turístico y la hotelería. Y no son invitadxs cualquiera, son profesionales que ya están aplicando esta tecnología disruptiva en proyectos reales y comparten con nuestros alumnxs su conocimiento y consejos para que cada miembro de la comunidad lo pueda aplicar en su propia carrera profesional o personal. Si te interesa saber más, unirte a esta comunidad de curiosxs que van a liderar el cambio en el sector turístico e iniciarte en este ecosistema disruptivo a tu ritmo, antes de que te veas obligadx a hacerlo a marchas forzadas, te esperamos en la próxima edición del curso. Visita https://www.hospitalidademprendedora.xyz/curso-blockchain-web3-turismo para más información. Ahora, te dejamos con Cristina, quien nos explica cómo desde Winding Tree quieren transaccionar hacia una DAO (Organización Autónoma Descentralizada) y como buscar un impacto y beneficio más justo para todas las partes involucradas en este marketplace descentralizado construido sobre blockchain. ¿Te has quedado con ganas de más? A nuestrxs alumnxs les encantó la participación de Cristina y poder aprender de un caso de uso real de la tecnología blockchain para innovar en distribución y conseguir reducir comisiones drásticamente, además de aprender sobre las DAOs, una nueva forma de organización empresarial que promete revolucionar las sociedades tal y como las entendemos actualmente. ¿Quieres formar parte de la próxima edición y así tener acceso completo a las sesiones en vivo? No te lo pienses más y da el salto a lo nuevo, tienes la oportunidad de formar parte de una comunidad que liderará el cambio en el sector. Te esperamos en https://www.hospitalidademprendedora.xyz/curso-blockchain-web3-turismo/ para más detalles. ¡Hasta la próxima! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💻 Web: https://www.hospitalidademprendedora.xyz/ 👾Discord: https://discord.gg/ePkHdBmW 👉Facebook: https://bit.ly/3hrW0Ee 👉🏽Instagram: https://bit.ly/2FoU9TG 👉🏽LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2ZuwZC8 👉🏽Twitter: https://bit.ly/3mleIAY 👉🏽 Twitch: https://bit.ly/2WIza6I 👉🏽Email: hola@hospitalidademprendedora.xyz 🎙️Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2C5Xrcz 🎙️Ivoox: https://bit.ly/3e6TIth 🎙️iTunes: https://apple.co/3e5Z9bN 🎙️Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/31sNkt2 🎥YouTube: https://bit.ly/2N0Mifa Sigue a Albert: 👉🏽LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertper... 👉🏽Twitter: https://twitter.com/albertperezll Sigue a Gian Franco: 👉🏽Web: www.gianfrancomercado.com 👉🏽LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gian-fran... 👉🏽Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gf_merc/ 👉🏽 Clubhouse: @gf_merc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💬 Gracias por suscribirte y dejarnos tus comentarios. ⭐️ ¿Cómo lo estamos haciendo? Valóranos en tu plataforma de podcast favorita. ⏳ Te tomará tan solo un minuto y nos ayudarás a llegar a más personas. 📝 Escríbenos a hospitalidademprendedora@gmail.com Creamos contenido de valor con el objetivo de inculcarte nuestra Actitud Emprendedora. Queremos que evoluciones a tu mejor versión. 🙏🏽¿Quieres agradecernos por nuestro trabajo? ☕️Invítanos un café: https://bit.ly/Hospcoffee Comparte esta transmisión y contagia la #ActitudEmprendedora

Nuevo capítulo de esta serie de podcasts en la que te vamos compartiendo un extracto de las intervenciones de nuestrxs invitadxs al curso de Blockchain y Web3 para el sector turístico y la hotelería. Y no son invitadxs cualquiera, son profesionales que ya están aplicando esta tecnología disruptiva en proyectos reales y comparten con nuestros alumnxs su conocimiento y consejos para que cada miembro de la comunidad lo pueda aplicar en su propia carrera profesional o personal. Si te interesa saber más, unirte a esta comunidad de curiosxs que van a liderar el cambio en el sector turístico e iniciarte en este ecosistema disruptivo a tu ritmo, antes de que te veas obligadx a hacerlo a marchas forzadas, te esperamos en la próxima edición del curso que comienza el próximo 24 de agosto. Visita https://www.hospitalidademprendedora.xyz/curso-blockchain-web3-turismo para más información. Ahora, te dejamos con Cristina, quien nos explica en qué consiste el proyecto de Winding Tree y cómo podemos utilizar distribución descentralizada en blockchain para que tanto viajeros como hoteleros se vean beneficiados. ¿Te has quedado con ganas de más? A nuestrxs alumnxs les encantó la participación de Cristina y poder aprender de un caso de uso real de blockchain para innovar en distribución y conseguir reducir comisiones drásticamente. ¿Quieres formar parte de la próxima edición y así tener acceso completo a las sesiones en vivo? No te lo pienses más y da el salto a lo nuevo, tienes la oportunidad de formar parte de una comunidad que liderará el cambio en el sector. Te esperamos en https://www.hospitalidademprendedora.xyz/curso-blockchain-web3-turismo/ para más detalles. ¡Hasta la próxima! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💻 Web: https://www.hospitalidademprendedora.xyz/ 👾Discord: https://discord.gg/ePkHdBmW 👉Facebook: https://bit.ly/3hrW0Ee 👉🏽Instagram: https://bit.ly/2FoU9TG 👉🏽LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2ZuwZC8 👉🏽Twitter: https://bit.ly/3mleIAY 👉🏽 Twitch: https://bit.ly/2WIza6I 👉🏽Email: hola@hospitalidademprendedora.xyz 🎙️Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2C5Xrcz 🎙️Ivoox: https://bit.ly/3e6TIth 🎙️iTunes: https://apple.co/3e5Z9bN 🎙️Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/31sNkt2 🎥YouTube: https://bit.ly/2N0Mifa Sigue a Albert: 👉🏽LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertper... 👉🏽Twitter: https://twitter.com/albertperezll Sigue a Gian Franco: 👉🏽Web: www.gianfrancomercado.com 👉🏽LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gian-fran... 👉🏽Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gf_merc/ 👉🏽 Clubhouse: @gf_merc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💬 Gracias por suscribirte y dejarnos tus comentarios. ⭐️ ¿Cómo lo estamos haciendo? Valóranos en tu plataforma de podcast favorita. ⏳ Te tomará tan solo un minuto y nos ayudarás a llegar a más personas. 📝 Escríbenos a hospitalidademprendedora@gmail.com Creamos contenido de valor con el objetivo de inculcarte nuestra Actitud Emprendedora. Queremos que evoluciones a tu mejor versión. 🙏🏽¿Quieres agradecernos por nuestro trabajo? ☕️Invítanos un café: https://bit.ly/Hospcoffee Comparte esta transmisión y contagia la #ActitudEmprendedora

In this episode, Martin and Jahed sit down with Winding Tree founder Maksim Izmaylov and learn how the travel and hospitality industry works. It's not pretty—we dive into the economics of online travel agencies (OTAs), how they work, where their take rate comes from, and how consumers win while most community businesses and even airlines lose. Winding Tree is building a multi-stakeholder platform to reduce the rent-seeking behavior in this marketplace, and this episode will be a fascinating listen for those who are thinking of using web3 technologies to disintermediate legacy rent-seeking players, as well as those studying complex market processes and how they might lead to unintended outcomes. Show Notes: First people ever book a hotel on blockchain with crypto and checkin with NFTs. | Winding Tree Winding Tree DAOs, Democracy and Governance

In this episode Luca talks with Maksim Izmaylov, founder of Winding Tree about their Win.so launch, a decentralised booking protocol.

In this episode Luca talks about the existing Web3 Travel projects: Travala, LockTrip, DTravel and Winding Tree with their new Win.so platform.

Last week, we discussed the story of the first airline ticket issued on blockchain: the pioneer passengers were Maksim Izmaylov, Davide Montali (respectively Founder and CIO of Winding Tree), and Frederick Nowotny (head of sales engineering at Hahn Air). Maksim Izmaylov discussed with me during the video-edition of Digital.

On Crypto and BlockchainTravala.com customers can now pay for hotels on Booking.com with both the proprietary AVA token and 20 other cryptocurrencies, thanks to a new partnership. Travala CEO, Matt Luczynski, referred to the partnership as “another huge step towards mass cryptocurrency adoption.” To confirm the trend, the first airline ticket through a blockchain has been issued this week: the first three blockchain passengers are Maksim Izmaylov and Davide Montali, respectively Founder and CIO of Winding Tree, and Frederick Nowotny, head of sales engineering at Hahn Air.

050. Winding Tree | Max Izmaylov is the CEO of Winding Tree & Pedro Anderson is the COO of the company. Winding Tree is a blockchain-based decentralized open-source travel distribution platform. The company makes travel cheaper for the end user and profitable for travel companies, like hotels, airlines, and travel agencies because it removes the middlemen from the equation.Maksim Izmaylov is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and previously founder of Roomstorm and Travel Tech Con. Max is also passionate about making travel a more enjoyable experience for everyone. Pedro Anderson specializes in crypto-investment and social entrepreneurship. Being in charge of partnerships at Winding Tree, he had previously sold millions of dollars of SaaS products.*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Max Izmaylov & Pedro Anderson Interview. *** 

Todays blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up slightly at $11,439 XRP is up 1.5% at 30 cents and Ethereum is up 2.7% at $210 Those are your leaders by market cap Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Dent up 21% Zclassic up 17% and Dock up 27% IBM has filed a patent for a blockchain based web browser. A senior official at China’s central bank announced that their central bank digital currency is ready. Etihad Airways has partnered with a Winding Tree for internal information systems. Coinbase has released a detailed look at how it foiled a large scale, highly sophisticated attack.

Are promoters of blockchain technology snake oil salesmen? One of my listeners (named Colin) thinks so. Colin posted a blistering critique of Winding Tree on my website (see it below). Meanwhile, Gary Arndt, who appeared on the WanderLearn podcast, wrote on my Facebook page, "I'm willing to bet money that Winding Tree and blockchain technology will not disrupt the travel industry or any other industry for that matter. The two co-founders of Winding Tree appear on this episode to respond. If you prefer seeing them, watch this YouTube video of the conversation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9h6W7vjbrc).  I apologize for the audio quality of the conversation. I wasn't planning to make it an episode, but the content was interesting enough (for those who care about how blockchain technology may impact travel) to merit the upload. If you haven't heard it already, you should listen to the original Winding Tree episode on the WanderLearn podcast. If you don't, this episode may not make much sense. You can also search for "Winding Tree" on your podcast app to find that particular Winding Tree episode. Here's what Colin wrote: "Been following The Unseen Africa since your Kickstarter, and started on this podcast. This episode was absurd. The guest was poor at explaining Winding Tree, and the content (a backend for the travel industry) is so far removed traveling, living in the moment (or at least next five years), or through-hiking that you might as well have attempted to talk about AWS or GCS. I don’t understand why you posted it. Half of the podcast felt like an advertisement. The other half was awkward where you ask simple questions like "how does this benefit anyone" and we get snake oil answers like "everyone benefits! Collaboration and innovation!". Oh, and how do you take part? Give them money / etherum.  If travelers are going to pay with these tokens, what's in it for me as a traveler? Why would I use tokens instead of cash? Or credit cards? Why do I care that the token carries data around? It's my data. I don't want others to have it. In this day of privacy concerns and the lash-back against Facebook, it's stupidly out of touch to complain that airlines don't get all your data if you book through an intermediary. And then real on the ground matters: how does this simplify technology matters for the little guy -- the folks on the ground trying to give tours around their country? Google lets them sell adwords to the WORLD. Airbnb lets them host their houses to a worldwide market. And yet Winding Tree's busy crapping on Google? Give me a break. This guy thinks the travel industry has small teams of “a few software engineers and a designer and a manager?” Are you kidding? Come on Francis. You live in Africa. Call him out on this BS. Google is helping folks around you get the word out. This guy? Selling snake oil."   More info Go to Winding Tree's website to learn more about it. Max mentioned Conway's Game of Life. You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com. If you like this podcast, subscribe and share!  On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on: http://facebook.com/ftapon http://twitter.com/ftapon http://youtube.com/user/ftapon http://pinterest.com/ftapon http://tumblr.com/ftapon Snapchat Claim your reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon Rewards start at just $1/month!  

The Internet was supposed to disrupt the middlemen. Yes, it created some peer-to-peer technology and services. However, middlemen are doing better than ever. Uber and Airbnb, with their lack of hard assets, are quintessential middlemen. In the travel world, Expedia, Priceline, Kayak, and Booking.com are also middlemen par excellence. The Internet was supposed to level the playing field and disrupt monopolies. Today, Expedia and Priceline control 95% of the US Online Travel Agency (OTA) market. Just three travel companies (Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport) own at least 90 percent of the Global Distribution Systems market share. In 2010, Google bought ITA Software to create its flight booking engine. In 2014, it opened it up to small business and individuals to access. On April 10, 2018, however, Google closed off access to its QPX Express API service. This will shut out small companies from accessing its valuable travel data. Meanwhile, private travel data kept on centralized servers have security risks. Last year, for example, Sabre was hacked. Blockchain technology threatens to disrupt the travel industry.   Blockchain to the rescue? Blockchain technology guarantees tight, immutable security. It also promises to do what the Internet failed to do: destroy the middleman. Is the second time the charm? Or are the geeks crying wolf again? What is Winding Tree? Winding Tree is a nonprofit that aims to stir innovation in the travel industry by leveraging public Blockchain technology. It is creating a decentralized travel distribution network. If their vision succeeds, travelers and travel service providers (e.g., hotels, airlines, tour guides) will split the billions of dollars that travel middlemen currently take. Translation: lower prices for the traveler and higher profits for the entities that actually deliver the service to the customer. To facilitate this vision, Winding Tree raised money (Ethereum) via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that closed on February 14, 2018. Their token is called the Líf (pronounced “leaf”). I interviewed Winding Tree’s CEO, Maksim Izmaylov, to learn more. We recorded this right before the ICO, but it's still relevant. In the Q&A that follows, I paraphrase Izmaylov’s answers. (Izmaylov approved of the Q&A summary.) Winding Tree's CEO, Maksim Izmaylov, and its CTO, Jakub Vysoký (right). Photo Credit: JULIA NOVICKAJA Does the world really need another ICO? Why Líf? Why can’t Winding Tree just use a cryptocurrency like Ethereum, which already has smart contracts built into it? Líf is more than a cryptocurrency. It’s a token that is based on the ERC827 token open standard, which we worked with Open Zeppelin to create. Líf is optimized to carry travel-specific data. With Ethereum, it’s cumbersome to make a contract that says that you want a room for two single beds with a view and breakfast included. With Líf, it’s simple. Also, bundling products are tricky with Ethereum. With Winding Tree, it's a no-brainer to bundle a car reservation with a hotel reservation. Líf isn’t an alternative to Ethereum. In fact, Winding Tree is deployed on the Ethereum blockchain. Think of it as a layer on top of a developed blockchain. We can deploy Winding Tree on several other blockchains in the future. Líf helps minimize foreign exchange fees. When you buy an international plane ticket, your dollars will get converted to pay for fees at every stop your plane makes. The more countries, the more foreign exchange fees. Líf tokens minimize those transactions and reduce their cost since trading Lífs is negligible. The Winding Tree pitch.WINDING TREE What the biggest misunderstanding about the Líf ICO that you would you like to dispel? People think that Winding Tree is just another cash alternative. The implications go far beyond that. Líf will carry booking data, for example. It could carry your travel identification, your baggage tracking details, and your loyalty points. It’s powerful. Others think that we’re trying to create another intermediary. That’s the exact opposite of what we’re trying to do. When a hotel booking or airline reservation has a problem, you often go to the middleman who sold it to you to help resolve the problem. When travelers use Winding Tree’s blockchain, they skip the middleman. What recourse do they have when something goes wrong? You will have all your immutable records on the blockchain. You will own your own data. Also, there will be a reputation system. All these help resolve disputes. Why has Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, Nordic Choice hotels and others partnered with Winding Tree? Why should a hotel or airline partner with Winding Tree? First, all our partners bought Líf tokens. Anyone who wants to operate on the Winding Tree platform needs Líf tokens. Second, our partners have promised to give us access to their inventory. Nordic Choice is already testing our smart contracts. Third, they provide us with their expertise. Air New Zealand has provided us developers to collaborate with us. We plan to have workshops with our partners to help guide the platform’s direction. Winding Tree is a backend solution. Few travelers will ever hear about it just like they have no idea what Sabre is. That’s true. It’s just like most people have no idea that they’re using TCP/IP protocols when they’re using WhatsApp. In Winding Tree’s one-page summary, it says, “Initially we’re positioning the platform as B2B…” Does this mean that in the long-term you’re considering also being B2C? No. We have no plans to make a customer-facing product. So then who will make the front end? How do you envision the front end to be like? We have over 150 applicants who have expressed interest in plugging into the Winding Tree platform. They will create the interfaces. There will be many front ends. We have an open API that allows anyone to create apps that slice and dice the public data any way they want. How does Winding Tree pay its bills? Winding Tree is a nonprofit. We plan to use the funds raised in the ICO to fund the development of the protocol for the first 4 to 5 years. After that, the nonprofit will be sustained through donations from travel companies. It's the same model that the W3C and the Linux Foundation use. Where are the profits to be made in the blockchain travel world? Do you think that the money that the current middlemen (e.g., Expedia, Priceline, Booking.com) are making will be split roughly 50/50 between travelers and travel service providers (e.g., Four Seasons Hotels, Sheraton, United Airlines)? Or will there be another entity capturing some of the pie (e.g., a third-party arbiter)? Only the miners, who provide the computational power to make all this data available publicly, will be compensated. Their fees are negligible and much cheaper than closed systems fees (like Amadeus). Also, it’s an open market. So if one miner wants to raise his fees, another miner will undercut him and provide that same computational power for less. No miner can acquire monopoly status. The openness guarantees the lowest transaction fees possible. The main beneficiaries of the Winding Tree solution will be suppliers, sellers and all kinds of companies around it. For example, you can easily build a Property Management System (PMS) on top of Winding Tree. You can build and test a pricing algorithm. That's how we enable innovation. But who benefits from better PMSs and algorithms? The traveler! One of the ways for us as a company to make money is the development of proprietary extensions on top of the Winding Tree platform. These extensions will range from pricing algorithms for suppliers to insurance products. Blockchain advocates claim that the technology will disrupt every industry. In the early days of e-commerce, pundits claimed that PayPal and other forms of eCash would end Visa’s and Mastercard’s domination. The credit card companies quickly adapted and made it easy and secure for people to use their credit cards online. Don’t you think it’s possible that the current middlemen in the travel industry to pivot to integrate themselves in the blockchain world, thereby continuing their stranglehold on the industry? The beauty of blockchain technology is that its value lies in the fact that it’s a shared resource. It’s hard for one company to dominate. And even if they somehow do that, it would devalue the network. It’s like imagining one company owning the Internet. Even Google doesn’t own the Internet. So big players will exist on the Winding Tree blockchain but nobody will own it. What are the current weaknesses? Scalability is a bottleneck. Ethereum, like Bitcoin, is still slow and wasn’t designed for a million transactions per second. There are many projects that aim to solve this, including the Lightning Network, Raiden, Plasma, Polka Dot, and others. Our bet is on state channels. What's the roadmap? In 2018, we’re focusing on bringing hotels on board first. Later this year, we’ll integrate airlines. In 2019, we’ll incorporate tours and car rental agencies. Are travel middlemen doomed? No. Winding Tree is trying to work with them. Middlemen can share their inventory just like Sheraton and Hertz can share their inventory. Suppliers can build commissions into their offers. They can even customize it so that EU travel booking agencies get a 10% commission and that USA agencies get a 15% commission, for example. Wind Tree aims to foster innovation. What if most of the travel inventory data is publicly available? Endless apps could be built on such a blockchain. Winding Tree is not the only travel blockchain in town. True. There are competing travel blockchains. Some are consortium-based models. The downside of such models that consortium members can block some entities from utilizing their blockchain. Private travel blockchains are even more closed. It’s like the difference between an intranet to the Internet. Intranets have advantages because a private company can decide everything. However, it can easily charge a fee to participate or keep some people out. Thank you for your time, Maksim. You are welcome.   Conclusion If the entrenched travel industry leaders are Goliath, Winding Tree isn’t David. It’s a flea. Still, fleas are pretty tough. When Wikipedia took on the Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft’s Encarta, who would have imagined that the open encyclopedia would win? Other open source battles don’t produce a clear victor. The open operating system Linux has won many key battles but has failed to be the operating system of choice everywhere. Competition is fierce. Webjet is collaborating with Microsoft Azure’s blockchain capabilities to create a private blockchain based on Ethereum. Sabre is investigating the travel blockchain. So is Amadeus, which is launching an Innovation Partnership Programme to support small companies piloting new ideas. At the same time, private blockchains are not that different from private databases. The whole point of blockchain technology is that it's an open, immutable and distributed database. Winding Tree's ICO mark Winding Tree's most important milestone yet. For this travel blockchain upstart, it has a long road ahead of it. I encourage you to post comments and ask questions for a future Q&A episode. If you like this, subscribe and share! I made this as a YouTube episode too. On social media, my username is always ftapon. 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Hall T. Martin is joined by Pedro Anderson of Winding Tree. In this episode, you'll learn about Pedros background and what he did before Winding Tree, a decentralized distribution platform for the travel industry. Pedro speaks about his first hand experience raising funding and launching an ICO, the groundwork for building the application as well as getting ready for the token raise. Pedro speaks in depth about the process they went through from the start and they challenges, what worked and what didn't. Hall and Pedro also speak about challenges and risks in the crypto space and immediate opportunities to pursue.        A little about Winding Tree- Winding Tree is a non-profit foundation that drives the development of open-source protocols to allow any company, big or small, or even an individual developer, to try them out and integrate with the platform in no time. About Pedro- Pedro Anderson, Founder and COO of Winding Tree – Pedro is a social entrepreneur, fundraiser and proponent for decentralized systems. Prior to Winding Tree Pedro sold millions of dollars of SaaS products and raised funding for numerous non-profit projects including his foundation to help disadvantaged youth start careers in hospitality. Winding Tree is a non-profit foundation that drives the development of open-source protocols for the travel industry, to allow any company, big or

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In the past I have gone out interviewing founders and CEOs to discuss the growth of their companies, why they’re disruptive, where the company is going in one to five years, so on and so forth. This has been really exciting, but many of the companies that I’ve been covering and a lot of the companies that Outsell’s analyst team have been sourcing have blockchain technology, AI technology, and pieces of technology that are sometimes a little confusing. I myself don’t like to admit that there are many pieces of this technology that I still don’t understand. Maksim Izmaylov (Max) the founder of Winding Tree came to my rescue to finally clear the air around everything related to block chain. Turns out, they’re not blocks on a chain… Max is a hacker, serial entrepreneur, Y Combinator alumni, and is focused on tackling blockchain for the travel industry. Max and I dig into what blockchain is, why it is so useful, and what the implications are. We also touch on Max’s background, why he fell into the travel industry, and really do our best to uncover how blockchain is being used in travel, and where Winding Tree’s going. You’ll notice me jump in throughout the discussion for clarity. This conversation was very eye opening and I hope you find it as useful as I have.

Max Izmaylov is the CEO of Winding Tree & Pedro Anderson is the COO of the company. Winding Tree is a blockchain-based decentralized open-source travel distribution platform. The company makes travel cheaper for the end user and profitable for travel companies, like hotels, airlines, and travel agencies because it removes the middlemen from the equation. Maksim Izmaylov is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and previously founder of Roomstorm and Travel Tech Con. Max is also passionate about making travel a more enjoyable experience for everyone. Pedro Anderson specializes in crypto-investment and social entrepreneurship. Being in charge of partnerships at Winding Tree, he had previously sold millions of dollars of SaaS products. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode visit here: Max Izmaylov & Pedro Anderson Interview. ***

I want my choice in travel. I want to pay fewer fees and have zero intermediaries for my financial transactions. And I’d love to get rewarded for my unused SMS texts that I am paying for and not using. Well, I’ve come to the right place if the guests on today’s show have their way. In this episode we welcome founders of Winding Tree, Bankera and Birdchain to discuss the ways in which their blockchain solutions can provide me with game-changing methods of engaging with the world around me. Oh, and you too! In fact, it’s more about you than me. And Travis. Because you are the citizens of The Republic of Bad Cryptopia, and we’re glad you’re here for this ICO Spotlight sponsored episode of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full Show Notes at: http://badco.in/ICO017 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcasts: http://badco.in/itunes Stitcher:  http://badco.in/stitcher Google Play: http://badco.in/play Soundcloud: http://badco.in/soundcloud YouTube: http://badco.in/youtube FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @BadCrypto - @joelcomm - @teedubya Facebook:  /BadCrypto - /JoelComm - /teedubyaw Facebook Mastermind Group: /BadCrypto LinkedIn: /in/joelcomm - /in/teedubya Instagram: @BadCryptoPodcast Email: badcryptopodcast[at]gmail[dot]com Phone: SEVEN-OH-8-88FIVE- 90THIRTY DONATE CRYPTO TO THE SHOW: If you'd like to donate a bit of cryptocurrency to The Bad Crypto Podcast, feel free to send copious amounts to the following locations:  $BTC: Bitcoin: 3HgKzHs3hB9oxqVLkBqmBXnkvmmVDSXuth  $ETH Ethereum: 0x1cc3335e292fd9a956746f1467046e2198a8c69d  $LTC Litecoin: LchSx4xHwXY5JBXVB72bf86VHEBgSmjTbC  $DOGE Dogecoin:  DPTjFZS4z9xPqfnCY8XrPNpMinYFZ9WsxK GET STARTED WITH CRYPTO WITH $10 BITCOIN FREE: We have an affiliate code with Coinbase.  If you decide to buy some crypto on Coinbase, you get $10 of free BTC, when you spend at least $100 in crypto.  The Bad Crypto Podcast also gets $10 BTC, as well. Win-Win. Coinbase is one of the most popular and well-known brokers and trading platforms in the world. Their platform makes it easy to securely buy, use, store and trade digital currency. Users can purchase bitcoins, Ether and now Litecoin from Coinbase through a digital wallet available on Android & iPhone. Do your own due diligence, some people have had some customer support issues.  Neither Joel nor Travis can attest to that.  If you do use Coinbase, once your coins clear, move it to an offline wallet or if you choose, move them over to another exchange. Here is a list of all of the top crypto-currency exchanges.  Choose one that you like. DISCLAIMER: Do your own due diligence and research. Joel Comm and Travis Wright are NOT FINANCIAL ADVISORS. We are sharing our journey with you as we learn more about this crazy little thing called cryptocurrency.  We make NO RECOMMENDATIONS.  Don't take anything we say as gospel. Do not come to our homes with pitchforks because you lost money by listening to us. We only share with you what we are learning and what we are investing it. We will never "pump or dump" any cryptocurrencies. Take what we say with a grain of salt.  You must research this stuff on your own! Just know that we will always strive for RADICAL TRANSPARENCY with any show associations. Show Edited By: Aaron The Tech (http://aaronthe.tech) Support the show: https://badcryptopodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently in Kyiv I met an awesome company called "Winding Tree" that is disrupting the 7 trillion dollar travel industry using blockchain. In online travel today, a few companies have a stronghold over the industry, and this raises costs and makes it really hard for innovation in the space. But perhaps Blockchain is the solution to this problem: decentralize the information and allow innovation to flourish. That's what Winding Tree is doing, a company that is already in partnership with Lufthansa, Austrian, Air New Zealand, Eurowings, Swiss, Brussels Airlines, and Nordic Choice Hotels. I chatted to them about their plans and about why they believe decentralization in this industry is important. For all links and material mentioned in this podcast, please visit NaomiBrockwell.com

After working in the travel industry, and seeing firsthand the problems and inefficiencies that can arise from centralized, monopolistic industry practices, Winding Tree was founded in order to change how the travel industry functions. The founders realized that blockchain could be used to solve some of the biggest problems, including industry domination by a handful of distributors and high fees charged in order to list inventory for sale. Travel suppliers can integrate with the Winding Tree platform to list available inventory, and then travel startups and point-of-sale locations, such as travel agents, can integrate with the platform and sell inventory directly to consumers. Winding Tree is a non-profit and doesn't charge fees to use their platform, which helps keep costs low and everyone working towards the goal of a more efficient travel industry. A prototype has been published through Githubthat is available for testing. Winding Tree plans to begin an ICO in early February 2018, after issues with changing regulations in Switzerland pushed back their start date from last November. Pedro also briefly discusses what he sees as the future of the travel industry. For more information, visit www.windingtree.com.

Currently, most travel bookings are made through online travel aggregators such as Expedia or Priceline, which use technology that is decades old. These platforms charge large fees to sell hotels and flights to consumers, but may not always have up-to-date inventory listings, collect consumer data, and overall provide lower value to consumers. Winding Tree is an open-source, non-profit travel distribution platform, that doesn't charge fees to list available inventory for purchase. Because it is ethereum-based, inventory availability is easily verified and consumer data is kept private. Winding Tree has been popular with travel providers and agents, and their upcoming token sale in November 2017 provides the opportunity for the public to get involved.

Sometimes you get away because you want to, and sometimes you get away because you have no choice. Airbnb news this week features stories of both—from Americans heading to Britain to enjoy an affordable escape to Floridians fleeing the imminent threat of Hurricane Irma.Jasper is joined by Glenn Carter, Head of Marketing at Hostfully, to discuss the incredible jump in Airbnb visitors to Britain since Brexit, as well as the heartening story of the Miller family who found refuge from the hurricane barreling toward Florida with an Airbnb host in Indiana who offered his listing for free. They also cover the fire at a New Zealand Airbnb that sent its Malaysian guests to the hospital, highlighting the need for safety precautions and the difficulty of enforcing the Responsible Hosting Guidelines.It wouldn’t be a Get Paid for Your Pad news episode without the latest developments in vacation rental regulations, so Glenn and Jasper are duty-bound to discuss the German host who managed to get away from the municipality’s very strict Airbnb rules via a lawsuit against the State of Berlin, and a rule-following host in Iceland who learned why so many hosts list on Airbnb illegally. Finally, they explain the surge in cryptocurrency startups who seek to get away from platforms like Expedia and Airbnb entirely, using blockchain technology to decentralize the travel industry.Topics CoveredArticle #1: Airbnb Host Waives Cost for Jacksonville Family That Evacuated Due to Irma•Airbnb activated Disaster Response Program (through September 29th)•Free listings in NC, SC, GA, AL and IN•Miller family from Jacksonville traveled 795 miles to New Albany, IN•Kids have special needs•Brought pets•Airbnb host Brandon Thompson waived fee for familyArticle #2: Airbnb Urges Housing Reform in Berlin After Court Overturns Permit Rejection•Very strict short-term rental regulations in Berlin, steep fines•Host took State of Berlin to court and won•Judge granted permit to rent for 182 days/year•Municipalities willing to compromise will see increase in tourism dollars•Efficient use of space when resident on holiday•Location-specific rules based on tourism, locationArticle #3: An Airbnb Owner Speaks Out•Airbnb host in Iceland travels with circus for work•Out of country up to six months/year•Following rules, complicated permitting process•Commercial operators should be taxed as businessesArticle #4: Christchurch Airbnb Fire a Wakeup Call for the Accommodation Industry•Malaysian family hospitalized after fire in New Zealand Airbnb•Did not have fire escapes, other safety measures•Airbnb encourages hosts to install smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors•Hosts also urged to provide fire extinguisher, evacuation plan•Difficult to enforce Responsible Hosting Guidelines•Airbnb providing 36,000 ‘free’ smoke detectors•Debate around adhering to same safety standards as hotels•Could be easy win for AirbnbArticle #5: Airbnb Sees 80% Jump in Visitors to Britain•Influenced by Brexit, decrease in value of £•More affordable for Americans, Canadians•Average UK host makes $4,000 /year (36 nights)•Average age of host is 43•Fifth largest geography for Airbnb globally•Benefits for growing # of hosts over 65 (e.g.: supplemental income, social aspect)Article #6: Winding Tree is the New Kid on the Blockchain Set on Disrupting Airbnb and Expedia•Envision world where platforms out of picture•Seek to decentralize travel industry, all done on blockchain tech•Startups raising millions of dollars•Would eventually make Airbnb obsolete See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.