Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain

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**Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain**

Frederick Munawa here.

Blockchain Innovation is where I interview the brightest minds in blockchain and cryptocurrency – every Tuesday – to discuss present and future applications of decentralized technologies.

Latest Episodes:

046: Ethereum 2.0 – with Lane Rettig Dec 18, 2019

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Lane Retting works at the Ethereum Foundation. He is a hacker and polyglot with an affinity for East Asian languages.

In this episode, Lane and I discuss:

The journey to a brand new Ethereum – Ethereum 2.0 (code named "Serenity"). We discuss what Serenity's roadmap looks like, and when it's expected to ship
We discuss Lane's work on ewasm
And of course, we discuss governance, proof-of-stake, sharding, "Plasma," and much more!

045: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 4/4) Oct 08, 2019

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I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.

We created Blockchain Innovation Academy to address those challenges.

This is a short tour of the Academy.

Watch the video – https://blockchain.global/academy/

Join the Academy – https://memorypool.ca/home/

044: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 3/4) Oct 03, 2019

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I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Here are the final 3 challenges my subscribers submitted. (From the top 10. See previous episodes for the other 7).

Watch the video - https://blockchain.global/academy/

043: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 2/4) Oct 01, 2019

Show notes

I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Here are 4 of the top 10 challenges my subscribers submitted.

Watch the video - https://blockchain.global/academy/

042: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 1/4) Sep 27, 2019

Show notes

I sent a survey to about 1,500 people and asked them what their biggest challenges were, when it comes to learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Here are 3 of the top 10 challenges my subscribers submitted.

Watch the video - https://blockchain.global/academy/

041: Decentralization-as-a-Service – with Blockdaemon's Konstantin Richter Aug 30, 2019

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Konstantin Richter is the Co-Founder & CEO of Blockdaemon. He is a serial software entrepreneur and has also held senior-level positions at prominent firms such as Nokia and Deutsche Telekom.

In this episode, Konstantin and I discuss:

The difference between Blockdaemon and other infrastructure startups
Key reasons why individuals and enterprises should outsource their blockchain infrastructure
Blockdaemon's business strategy – what Konstantin calls, "Decentralization-as-a-Service"

040: The New Blockchain Business Model – with Nodesmith's Brendan Lee Aug 07, 2019

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Brendan Lee is the CEO & Co-Founder of Nodesmith. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science, and has spent much of his career building developer platforms. In this episode, Brendan and I discuss:

The complexities around running a full node and how Nodesmith solves that problem
We go over some of the concerns developers and engineers may have. For example, if you outsource your full node, who controls the keys? Or, what are Nodesmith's API standards?
And, from an economic perspective, we look at the Nodesmith business model – "Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)"

039: The Bunz App Takes Canada by Storm – with Sascha Mojtahedi May 16, 2019

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Sascha Mojtahedi is the CEO of Bunz. The Bunz App uses its BTZ token to facilitate peer-to-peer bartering and purchases, while also compensating users for interacting with partner brands. In this episode, Sascha and I discuss:

The $325 billion-dollar "data and attention economy" Bunz is tapping into
The difference between the Brave Browser BAT (Basic Attention Token) model and the Bunz BTZ (Bunz Trading Zone) model
The simple yet clever business model that Bunz uses to drive revenue while generously compensating its users – what Sascha calls, "the 60% promise"

038: ICOs are Dead. Introducing STOs – with Swarm's Philipp Pieper Apr 18, 2019

Show notes

Philipp Pieper is the CEO & Co-Founder of Swarm. He has held various private equity and management positions at Deutsche Bank and Allianz Group.

Philipp is a serial tech entrepreneur and discovered Blockchain after an encounter with the founder of BitTorrent.

In this episode, we discuss:

The history of ICOs
Whether it makes sense to tokenize traditional securities
The 3 components of the Swarm system – tokenization, compliance, and decentralization
How Swarm, as an open-source non-profit entity, differentiates itself from other players in the STO market

037: The Ultimate Cryptocurrency Tax Solution – with TaxToken's Michael Foland Mar 28, 2019

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Michael Foland is the President and Co-Founder of TaxToken. His mission is to make TaxToken, "the ultimate cryptocurrency tax solution." TaxToken leverages blockchain technology and artificial intelligence to modernize cryptocurrency accounting.

In this episode, we discuss:

Why you should file your crypto taxes and why 2019 is a good year to do that
Exactly what problem TaxToken aims to solve and what makes them the best solution
Challenges associated with filing your crypto taxes (like how does the tax-man treat quirky crypto events like hard-forks and airdrops).

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