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**Life in the Fast Chain: A Blockchain Podcast from R3**

If you are interested in learning more about the blockchain industry and want to hear from some of the brightest thought leaders, tune into this bi-weekly podcast. R3’s Catherine Rutter hosts some of the biggest names in the blockchain world. Be sure to subscribe and rate the podcast!

Latest Episodes:

Episode 11: Blogs, Blobs, and Block(chain)s. Kari Larsen from Reed Smith joins #LitFC to talk FinTech and RegTech. Aug 01, 2018

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Guests:

Todd McDonald

Austin Moothart

Kari Larsen

Links:
The Emergence of Enterprise Tokens - blog post by Todd
[Corda](www.corda.net)
Cordite
Tokens
GDF Taxonomy
Native Assets (explained in Todd's blog)
CFTC
Tetras capital about risks of ethereum
Another article I found interesting - "Why Major Cryprocurrency Investors Are Betting Heavily Against Ethereum"
EOS
Augur
Assassination markets (??????? Yikes.) Corda Dev mailing list

Defined by Austin:
Blob
Doorman

Reed Smith
Green Exchange
CME Group
Decentralization
Chamber of Digital Commerce - (See our episode with the Chamber's Perianne Boring)
Reed Smith White Paper
Reed Smith Data Breech App (so hip!)

Shownotes:
00:00-08:53 Todd discusses his latest blog post
08:54-13:42 Austin defines some technical terms
13:43-29:29 Special guest Kari Larsen is on!

Host:
Catherine Rutter

LinkedIn
Twitter music by bensound.com

Special Guest: Austin Moothart.

Episode 10: Corda Enterprise is here - Exclusive Ep. with R3's Richard Gendal Brown. #BLOCKCHAIN Jul 10, 2018

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Episode 9: The interns are drinking the Kool-Aid and how lucky are we, Perianne Boring Joins #LitFC Jun 21, 2018

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Guests:
Todd McDonald

Kelly Czochanski

Gabriella Zak

Perianne Boring
- Twitter

Catherine Rutter

LinkedIn
Twitter Music by bensound.com

Links:

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00:00 - 12:55 News updated with Todd
12:55 - 21:37 Intern Corner with Kelly and Gabriella
21:37 - 45:53 Special Guest Perianne Boring

Episode 8: How the music industry can benefit from this tech. Benji Rogers talks blockchain... and NSYNC and Britney Jun 07, 2018

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Info from the episode…

Todd McDonald

EOS
Microsoft Acquires Github
Microsoft
Github
Celebrities saying they will move to Canada
The Cost of Developers by Ben Thompson
Stratechery
Apple announcements
[Corda](www.corda.net)
dotBlockchain Media
DotBC Recent announcement
South by Southwest
Frank Abagnale
Catch Me if You Can movie
Frank Abagnale says all banks will move to blockchain
Howard Shultz leaves Starbucks

Starbucks
Pumpkin Spice Latte – A fad

PSLCoin… coming soon?

Benji Rogers

LimeWire
SoundCloud
Virtual Reality
Spotify
iTunes
Youtube

Catherine Rutter

LinkedIn
Twitter Music by bensound.com

Show notes:
00:00-14:30 News Update with Todd McDonald
14:30-45:37 Blockchain and the Music Industry with Benji Rogers

Special Guest: Todd McDonald.

Episode 7: Swanson's Take on Wild Cowboys, Lizardcoin, and Lambos May 23, 2018

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Notes / Links from the episode

Todd McDonald

Consensus 2018
Watch Consensus 2018
Consensus & Token Summit overview
Amber Baldet
Jimmy Song
Joe Lubin
Amber, Jimmy, Joe Fireside Chat

Kevin Rutter

Tim Swanson

Post Oak Labs
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum
[LizardCoin – An April Fools joke between R3 and Vitalik!](https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/04/01/ethereum-partners-with-r3cev-on-lizardcoin-bringing-together-the-best-of-centralized-finance-and-blockchain-technology/]
Dogecoin
Binance referral code
[Corda](www.corda.net)
Guy Hochstetler, Solution Architect at R3
GDPR Blog Post
Jana Moser on GDPR
Overstock accepting cryptos
Dapps
What is an ICO
Gdax
Coinbase
CBDC
Confidentiality Paper with Danny Yang and Zooko Wilcox

Catherine Rutter

Music by bensound.com

Show notes:
Consensus 2018 discussion with Todd 00:00-17:20
Interview with Tim Swanson (Accompanied by Kevin!) 17:20-44:25

Special Guest: Tim Swanson.

Episode 6: We're not calling it Cryptolandia!!! May 10, 2018

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Links / info from the episode…

Todd McDonald

[Gartner Survey Reveals the Scarcity of Current Blockchain Deployments(https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3873790)
CIO Survey
Cordite
Doubts about interoperable smart contracts or, the case for network effects in smart contract protocals
Ethereum
Interoperability
RGB Blog post: Universal Interoperability: Why Enterprise Blockchain Applications Should Be Deployed to Shared Networks
Tony Sheng
12 Graphs That Show Just How Early The Cryptocurrency Market Is
Chris McCann
The birth of the internet
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain are becoming a hot trend in the job market
Jobs at R3
Crypto Pioneers Head to Brooklyn to Reshape Finance

Kevin Rutter

Research public papers
R3 Research Quarter in Review
GDPR blog post
Can blockchain make trade finance more inclusive?
University engagement

Marco Polo
Dave Sutter

Linkedin: Jan Vromans
Linkedin: Chris Sunderman
Linkedin: Sophie Holm
Linkedin: TradeIX ING Trade Finance Smart contracts

Catherine Rutter

LinkedIn
Twitter Music by bensound.com

Show notes:
News update with Todd 0:38-14:35
A view into our research with Kevin 14:35-22:00
Marco Polo deep dive - 22:00-47:20

Special Guest: Todd McDonald.

Episode 5: Get your notepads out! JP Koning joins the podcast Apr 25, 2018

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Links / info from the episode…

Todd McDonald

News Update with Todd
An Even Handed Approach to Crypto Assets

Crypto Asset
HQLAx
TradeWind Markets

A Sidelined Wall Street Legend Bets on Bitcoin Michael Novogratz is searching for redemption in cryptocurrencies.

The New Yorker
Novogratz
Hiding from in-laws
Satoshi
Colgate

A cryptocurrency CEO bragged that he ran off with $50 million — but after a journalist tracked him down in Egypt, he said it was just a joke

Rappers, Ravens and Lord of the Rings: The Race for ‘Dope’ Coin Names is on
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-rappers-ravens-and-lord-of-the-rings-in-crypto-dope-names-pay/?utm_content=buffercfb78&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

JP Koning

Twitter
Blog

JP’s Interview

Fedcoin- Coined by JP
Fedcoin paper
The Evolution of Cash and Payments
Blog post: [Critiquing the Carney critique of central bank digital currency]
CBDC
e-Krona
Stablecoin

Catherine Rutter

LinkedIn
Twitter Music by bensound.com

Show notes:
0:44 – 10:45 Recent news with Todd McDonald
10:45 – 45:00 Interview with JP Koning

Special Guest: Todd McDonald.

Episode 4: The only thing the Grand Canyon is missing is "The Blockchain" Apr 12, 2018

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This episode is brought to you by R3. We don’t have sponsors (yet!) so just check out our new website www.r3.com and sign up for our public newsletter on the home page if you would like to receive the latest updates about R3 and Corda.

Links / info from the episode…
[Corda](www.corda.net)

Todd McDonald

Richard Gendal Brown

Twitter
LinkedIn
Blog post: Universal Interoperability: Why Enterprise Blockchain Applications Should Be Deployed to Shared Networks
Tl;dr o Short for “too long; didn’t read”
Moribund o Definition of moribund (from Merriam-Webster) 1: being in the state of dying : approaching death in the moribund patient deepening stupor and coma are the usual preludes to death —Norman Cameron

2: being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence
a moribund virus
a moribund volcano
prune the moribund files from your disk forever —D. S. Janal

Smh – Shaking my head

Peter Chapman

- HQLAᵡ PR: First live trade

Catherine Rutter

Show notes:

0:37 - 8:41 Recent news with Todd McDonald

Deconomy rundown
Social Media & Blockchain – can blockchain help with the data privacy issues firms like Facebook have been recently facing?
Amber Baldet Leaves JPM

8:41 - 27:30 Richard’s summary of his blog post (Universal Interoperability: Why Enterprise Blockchain Applications Should Be Deployed to Shared Networks)

27:30 - 47:20 Peter Chapman from Clifford Chance discusses why lawyers should be in the know about blockchain technology, how blockchain impacts his clients, how it may impact the practice of law, if lawyers will have to code in the future, and more!

Special Guest: Todd McDonald.

Episode 3: Have a problem? Put a blockchain on it! Ft. Todd McDonald and CommodDT co-founders Mar 29, 2018

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New blockchain byte: Atomic Transactions

*Recent news: *
Twitter will ban crypto ads
Blockchain Can Help UK “Stay Relevant” After Brexit, Says EU Lawmaker
HQLAx and Deusche Börse press release
Vitalik Wants You to Pay to Slow Ethereum's Runaway Growth
Social Media App To Reward Users For Their Time With Cryptocurrency

Special guests: Seth Kammerman and Sebastian Douieb, co-founders of CommodDT

Special Guest: Todd McDonald.

Episode 2: Colin Platt joins #LitFC and I'm smarter because of it Mar 01, 2018

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Colin will be talking about a plethora of things, including what he’s learned about applying blockchain at banks, what some of the hurdles the financial industry has to overcome before blockchain becomes mainstream in the enterprise space, his paper titled “Implementing Derivatives Clearing on Distributed Ledger Technology Platforms” and much much more. Make sure to follow him on social media and listen to Blockchain Insider by 11:FS!

Special Guest: Todd McDonald.