Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain
by Frederick Munawa
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.
Episodes
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046: Ethereum 2.0 – with Lane Rettig
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...
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045: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 4/4)
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 –...
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044: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 3/4)
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 -...
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043: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 2/4)
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/
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042: Your Biggest Challenge with Blockchain (part 1/4)
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/
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041: Decentralization-as-a-Service – with Blockdaemon's Konstantin Richter
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...
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040: The New Blockchain Business Model – with Nodesmith's Brendan Lee
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…
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039: The Bunz App Takes Canada by Storm – with Sascha Mojtahedi
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...
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038: ICOs are Dead. Introducing STOs – with Swarm's Philipp Pieper
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...
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037: The Ultimate Cryptocurrency Tax Solution – with TaxToken's Michael Foland
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…
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036: Purse.io is Making Cryptocurrency Useful – with Jordan Crawford
Jordan Crawford was the Director of Growth at Purse.io. Their mission is to make crypto useful. Purse allows users to name their own discount when shopping on Amazon by matching shoppers with individuals who wish to exchange Amazon gift cards for cryptocurrency. In this episode, we discuss: How…
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035: NASDAQ is Quietly Dominating Blockchain – with Johan Toll
Johan Toll is an Associate VP and leads Nasdaq's blockchain efforts. He received the prestigious "FinTech person of the Year" award from the Financial Technologies Forum in 2018. Johan is also a renowned blockchain thought-leader and frequent speaker and panelist. In this episode, we discuss: How...
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034: CFA Institute Embraces Blockchain – with Stephen Horan
Stephen Horan is the Managing Director of Credentialing at the CFA Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Economics, and is a former stock broker, portfolio manager, and finance professor. In this episode, Stephen and I discuss: What made the CFA Institute realize Blockchain and…
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033: ICOs Go Mainstream on Indiegogo – with Jason White
Jason White heads up Indiegogo's equity crowdfunding and token sale platform. Indiegogo is one of the first ever crowdfunding sites. It was launched in 2008 and has raised over a billion dollars for its participants across 232 countries. In this episode, we discuss: How ICOs were an obvious part…
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032: Ocean Protocol – The Future of Data, AI and Blockchain with Trent McConaghy
Trent McConaghy is the Co-Founder of Solido, Ascribe, BigchainDB and Ocean Protocol. He holds a PhD in Engineering and has a background in Computer Science. In this episode, Trent and I discuss: How Trent went from being raised on a pig farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, to being one of the world's…
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031: Tech Giant IBM Goes All In on Blockchain with Jerry Cuomo
Jerry Cuomo is the Vice President of Blockchain Technologies at IBM. He is an IBM Fellow, veteran software engineer, and one of the founding fathers of IBM WebSphere. In this episode, Jerry and I discuss: How Jerry and his father are lifelong "IBMers." In fact, his father made a discovery in 1972...
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030: Blockchain will be a 10-Trillion-Dollar Industry with RBC's Mitch Steves
Mitch Steves is a Silicon-Valley-based Research Analyst at RBC Capital Markets. RBC Capital Markets is one of the top global investment banks with almost 2,000 deals and approximately $250 billion dollars in capital raised for clients in 2017. Mitch made headlines at the beginning of 2018 when he...
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029: Move Aside Blockchain – Introducing Hashgraph with Leemon Baird
Dr. Leemon Baird is the inventor of Hashgraph and the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Swirlds Inc. He has a PhD in Computer Science and is also a successful entrepreneur and former professor. Hashgraph is a new data structure and consensus algorithm. **PLEASE NOTE: This interview was...
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028: Introducing Smart Legal Agreements and Dangers of the SAFT with Aaron Wright
Aaron Wright is a Professor of Law at the Cardozo School of Law in New York City. He is also the co-inventor of OpenLaw – a blockchain-based protocol for the creation and execution of smart legal agreements In this episode, Aaron and I discuss: What OpenLaw is What the SAFT is (including some of...
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027: MyEtherWallet's Co-Founder–Taylor Monahan–Calls for More Women in Crypto
Taylor Monahan is the Co-Founder of MyEtherWallet, one of the most popular tools of choice for crypto-investors participating in ICOs on the Ethereum Blockchain. Taylor recently launched a new venture – MyCrypto – an open-source, client-side tool for generating Ether wallets, handling ERC-20...
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026: TrueBit – Blockchain Verification on Steroids with Jason Teutsch
Jason Teutsch is a mathematician (PhD) and computer scientist whose research focuses on distributed systems, security, game theory, and algorithmic randomness. Jason is also the founder of TrueBit - a scalable verification solution for Blockchains. In this episode, Jason and I discuss: The...
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025: Kik – The Billion-Dollar Crypto Unicorn with Ted Livingston
Ted Livingston is the CEO and Founder of Kik Interactive – creators of Kik – a messaging app that connects the world through chat. After working at Blackberry, his boss encouraged him to start his own company, which he did in 2009. That company (Kik) has since grown to 15 million monthly users, a...
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024: Impak Coin – Canada's First Compliant ICO with Paul Allard
Paul is President and Co-Founder of Impak Finance, a FinTech company focused on driving positive social impact. He has raised millions of dollars, and has been part of numerous exits, acquisitions, and IPOs. In August of 2017, Impak Finance made history by launching Impak Coin – a cryptocurrency...
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023: Disrupting the Internet with Mesh Technology – John Lyotier
John is a veteran technology entrepreneur who co-founded a company called "Left" with Chris Jensen. Their mission is to use technology to change the world. Left is currently focusing on a project called RightMESH – a software-based, mobile mesh networking platform that enables users with mobile...
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022: CryptoKitties – Ethereum's New Killer App with Arthur Camara
Arthur is the product development lead at AxiomZen. He is an Engineer by training with a Computer Science degree and a Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction. CryptoKitties is a multi-million-dollar video game where players collect and breed digital cats on the Ethereum Blockchain. In this...
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021: Blockchain Meets Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Ben Goertzel
Dr. Ben Goertzel is the CEO and Founder of SingularityNET, a Blockchain-based marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has a PhD in Mathematics and is known as the 'father of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).' In this episode, we discuss: The basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
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020: Bitcoin is at $10,000 – Here's a Brief History with Professor Emin Gün Sirer
Emin Gün Sirer is a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and Co-director of IC3 (Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts) He has made numerous contributions to both Bitcoin & Ethereum. His research spans, networking, distributed systems, and operating systems. Professor Sirer...
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019: The $30-Million-Dollar Ether Party with Lisa Cheng
Lisa Cheng is the Founder and Head of Research & Development for the Vanbex Group. Vanbex is a full stack professional services and development company specializing in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Lisa is also an advisor for emerging tech startups and has expertise in business development and...
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018: The Little-Known History of Ethereum, Decentral, and Jaxx with Anthony Di Iorio
Anthony is the CEO and Founder of Decentral – a Toronto-based innovation hub focused on disruptive and decentralized technologies. In early 2016, they created Jaxx – one of the top multi-cryptocurrency wallets on the market. Anthony is also one of the founding members of Ethereum and the Bitcoin...
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017: How RedHat is Quietly Transforming Enterprise Blockchain with Rich Feldmann
RedHat is a global software company providing open-source software solutions to enterprises. I spoke with Rich Feldmann who is the Global Director of Financial Services and is in charge of RedHat's Blockchain initiative. In this episode, we discuss: RedHat's Blockchain strategy An interesting...
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016: Crypto Disrupting Crypto – AirSwap – A Decentralized Exchange
Michael Oved and Don Mosites are Co-Founders of AirSwap – a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. Michael is a veteran algorithmic trader and mathematician. Don is a former Google employee, serial entrepreneur, product designer, and full-stack engineer. In this episode, we discuss: What the…
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015: From Wall Street to Bitcoin with Michael Casey
Michael Casey is a Senior Advisor for the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT. Prior to that, he was a Senior Columnist for the Wall Street Journal. He spent 18 years covering global economic and financial trends and co-authored The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain are...
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014: A Third Generation Blockchain with Matthew Spoke
Matthew Spoke is the CEO of Nuco, an enterprise software company set to launch its AION Blockchain network in the near future. Matt is a CPA and former consultant at Deloitte. He is also a board member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance In this episode, we discuss: How in the not-so-distant...
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013: Don Tapscott – The Man Leading The Global Blockchain Revolution
Don Tapscott is the best-selling author of Blockchain Revolution. He is also CEO of The Tapscott Group. Some of his positions and accomplishments include: Associate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Senior Advisor, World Economic Forum Chancellor, Trent...
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012: The Legal Powerhouse Behind the Most Iconic Token Sale with Thomas Linder
Thomas Linder is a Crypto Tax Lawyer from Zurich Switzerland. He is a Partner at MME Legal. MME is not just any law firm, it is the law firm behind the historic Ethereum token sale of 2014. Thomas was a Director at KPMG Switzerland, and is a Certified Tax Expert who graduated from the Swiss Tax...
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011: Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher Invest in Blockchain – with Rahul Sood
Rahul Sood is the CEO and Founder of Unikrn, an E-Sports betting platform. I first heard of these guys when Mark Cuban announced he would be investing in their ICO. Ashton Kutcher is also another key investor in the company. After founding and selling several successful startups, Rahul went to…
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010: Toyota's Breakthrough with Blockchain and Autonomous Cars with Chris Ballinger
Chris Ballinger is the CFO and Head of Mobility Services at Toyota. Specifically, within the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) which leads Toyota's efforts around autonomous vehicle technology – self-driving cars. Chris previously worked at the White House and was a Senior Vice President at Bank of...
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009: Abra Bitcoin App is the WhatsApp of Money with Bill Barhydt
Bill is the CEO and Founder of Abra. What is Abra? Think of it as the "WhatsApp of Money." A single app available in 200 cities that enables you to send money from your phone to any other phone, anywhere in the world. Bill has co-founded a long list of Tech startups. He's also worked for NASA,...
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008: Why Companies are Flocking to Hyperledger with Brian Behlendorf
Brian Behlendorf is a legend in the open software movement. He is one of the creators of Apache – server software that powers most websites on the internet. He currently serves as Executive Director of Hyperledger – one of the most prominent Blockchain consortiums in the world. His list of...
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007: Blockchain is Quietly Transforming Identity Management with Greg Wolfond
To celebrate Canada's upcoming 150th birthday (on July 1st), I interviewed Canadian Blockchain entrepreneur Greg Wolfond. Greg is the CEO & Founder of SecureKey – an identity and authentication provider. He's also a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years in FinTech, security and mobile solutions....
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006: The World's First Scalable Blockchain Database – with Bruce Pon
Bruce is the CEO and Co-Founder of BigchainDB. He comes from an Engineering, Management, Innovation, and Technology background. Before co-founding BigchainDB, Bruce worked in some of the world's largest corporations and also founded a successful consultancy firm. In this episode, he explains why...
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005: Blockchain Turns Real Estate MLS On Its Head – with Stephen King
Stephen King is a partner at King Realty Group in Princeton, New Jersey. He's closed millions of dollars in real estate transactions and worked with several real-estate tech startups. In this episode, Stephen and I discuss how his new Blockchain startup – RexMLS is turning the real estate…
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004: Blockchain Music Co-op Challenges Spotify – featuring Peter Harris
Peter is a musician and web developer. He has worked with all types of musicians – from struggling artists to platinum-selling superstars. After using almost every music platform available on the web (and also after several epiphanies), he came up with a game-changing idea to disrupt the entire...
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003: ICOs Are Disrupting The Venture Capital Industry With Brock Pierce
Brock is a serial entrepreneur, digital currency visionary, and Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation. Often referred to as the father of digital currency, he made millions in the internet gaming industry, where he was involved in trading virtual video game currencies. He founded Blockchain Capital...
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002: How Blockchain Assets Are Changing The World With Erik Voorhees
Erik Voorhees is CEO & Founder of Shapeshift – a platform that helps you trade any Blockchain asset for another, with no account required. Erik has started several companies including Bitcoin gambling website, Satoshi Dice, which he sold in July 2013, for over 126,000 Bitcoin. In this episode…
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001: Why Bitcoin Should Hard Fork With Roger Ver
Roger Ver is arguably the most well-known investor/entrepreneur in the Bitcoin space. He is the former CEO & Founder of Memory Dealers, a computer parts business that made him a millionaire by the age of 25. He has invested and started several Bitcoin businesses, most recently, Bitcoin.com, where...
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000: START HERE – The Blockchain Innovation Story
Frederick Munawa here. I'm a Blockchain Consultant for entrepreneurs and financial services firms. Blockchain Innovation is where I interview the brightest minds in Blockchain and cryptocurrency – entrepreneurs, executives, and top academics – to discuss present and future applications of...
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