Blockchain Pro Podcast
by Adriana Belotti
In this podcast, Adriana Belotti interviews people experimenting with and building new products using blockchain and DLT technologies. They are developers, marketers, business developers, accountants, founders, researchers and more. Each episode tells someone story, in a chat about their journey down the crypto rabbit hole, how did they first learn about it and what they are currently working on. In 2022, Adriana joined the team at Algorand Foundation and this podcast continues to be independently produced. #blockchain #crypto #blockchainpro #blockchainpropodcast
Episodes
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#56 - Harry Papacharissiou
Welcome to the blockchain pro podcast, I'm Adriana Belotti and today I'm chatting to Harry Papacharissiou about blockchain development, taking the time to switch gears and creating cool prototypes for hackathons.
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#55 - Jemma Xu
Welcome to episode 55 with Jemma Xu. In this episode, Adriana and Jemma chat about evaluating projects for investing (not financial advice), what to do during the bear market, Jemma's investment pillars and more.
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#54 - Mark Staples
Welcome to episode 54 with Mark Staples, Senior Principal Researcher at Data 61. In this episode, Adriana and Mark discuss researching blockchain technology, the role research plays with government and industry and what Mark has identified as the "three blockchain adoption paradoxes".
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#53 Rob Allen
Welcome to Episode 53 with Rob Allen of the HBAR Foundation, where we discuss why blockchains needs to talk to each other (what we call interoperability) to truly unlock web3's potential.
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#52 - Chris Were
In this episode, Adriana chats to Chris Were, founder and CEO of Verida, about how his professional life happened to follow the evolution of the internet, and the role of web3 in the future of technology.
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#51 - Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat
In this episode, Adriana and Vanessa discuss the role of a cultural broker, the importance of educating all sides about cultural differences, as well as Vanessa's journey in discovering crypto through NFTs and how her latest project aims to change the lives of communities through fairer art deals.
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#50 - AJ Milne
Welcome to episode 50 with AJ Milne. In this episode Adriana and AJ discuss issues founders face when starting blockchain businesses, Algorand's advantage, our social and environmental responsibilities, Algomint's roadmap and more.
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#49 - Michael Bacina
Welcome to Episode 49 with Michael Bacina. In this episode, Adriana and Michael talk about the evolution of crypto legislation, the latest Australian regulatory recommendations, why crypto is bad for criminals and more.
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#48 - Caroline Bowler
Welcome to episode 48 with Caroline Bowler. In this episode, Adriana and Caroline talk about how a financial markets career can be a good springboard for crypto, about crypto regulation and the Australia Senate recent hearings, what you need to be good at to work in crypto and more. Bio…
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#47 - Bilal Brahim
Welcome to Episode 47 with Bilal Brahim. In this episode, Adriana and Bilal discuss the life of a philosophy teach turned blockchain advocate, how deeply connecting with other humans can sometimes sprout great innovation, even in the most basic of human endeavours.
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#46 Dr Jane Thomason
Welcome to episode 46 with Dr Jane Thomason. In this episode, Adriana and Jane chat about Jane's humanitarian work, the fact the lots of people in the blockchain tech community deeply care about solving challenges for the underprivileged, one of these challenges being the costs of implementing…
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#45 - Arthur Falls
Welcome to episode 45 with Arthur Falls. Arthur's podcasts were my inspiration to go on this journey and in this episode, we chat about all the different jobs that lead Arthur to finding his "calling" in this brave new world of decentralised applications. We also talk about Dfinity's Internet...
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#44 - Rob Morris
Welcome to episode 44 with Rob Morris. In this episode, Adriana and Rob chat about his eagerness to leave high school and start "real life", bitcoin in the early days and how it has evolved in the past decade, what we can do to work together and solve that many problems facing our species and more.
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#43 - Byron Goldberg
Welcome to Episode 43 with Byron Goldberg. In this episode, Adriana and Byron discuss how to start working in crypto (just make a start!), the challenges of launching a business to a new market and the dangers of hurried regulation.
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#42 - Natasha Blycha
Welcome to episode 42 with Natasha Blycha. In this chat, Adriana and Natasha talk about the challenges of bridging the real and digital worlds in this new age of metaverse spaces and digital twins. Some of the themes are how to navigate innovation to help others understand new paradigms risks and...
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#41 - Jake Denny
Welcome to Episode 41. In this episode, Adriana and Jake chat about Jake's career in the music industry and how he transitioned to work with digital and web, seeing early on how these technologies would affect the music industry. When discovering Ethereum in 2016, Jake rapidly went from being...
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#40 - Gendry Morales
Welcome to Episode 40. In this episode Adriana chats to Gendry Morales, a software engineer who early on saw the power of mixing code and art, using smart contracts and the Ethereum blockchain. In this episode we discuss choosing a career in tech, the evolution of smart contracts, what's an NFT…
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#39 - Michael Cotton
Description Welcome to Episode 39. In this episode, Adriana chats with Michael Cotton, CEO of Meld Gold about his experience with creating tokens backed by precious metals, starting with gold and silver with others to follow.
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#38 - Greg Valles
Welcome to episode 38 with Greg Valles. In this episode, Adrina and Greg discuss his professional evolution from working for the Australian Tax Office to founding and managing his own business. We also discussed the differences between traditional and crypto accounting, common misconceptions...
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#37 - Adam Meister
Welcome to Episode 37 with Adam Meister. In this episode, Adriana and Adam discuss what it meant finding bitcoin in the early days, the problem it solves, what is a "bitcoin maximalist", the number 1 question Adam gets asked all the time and, finally, tips for content producers everywhere. Let…
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#36 - Mehdi Zerouali
Welcome to Episode 36! In this episode, Adriana talks to Mehdi Zerouali, cybersecurity expert and director at Sigma Prime, a Sydney-based blockchain security consultancy. In this episode, we discussed blockchain and cyber, misconceptions about blockchain security, how to avoid getting hacked and...
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#35 - Joseph Shew
Welcome to episode 35 with Joseph Shew. In this episode, Adriana and Joe chat about what made Joe realise he had a passion for teaching, as well as Joe's tips to safely invest in cryptocurrencies: six DON'Ts and three simple DOs. Listen in to find out what they are. Joe's bio Joe is the founder…
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#34 - Torsten Hoffmann
Welcome to Episode 34. In this episode, Adriana and Torsten talk about bitcoin as the inspiration to a new career direction: documentary filmmaking. Torsten also talks about how he went down the rabbit hole and ends with some great advice for those starting to explore this space. Bio Torsten...
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#33 - Justin Amos
Welcome to Episode 33. In this episode, Adriana and Justin chat about playing soccer for the "Banking League" in the early days. Justin's experience working with top-tier financial services organisations, which ultimately brought him to Sydney. We talked about his new challenge heading up Lygon…
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#32 - Keli Callaghan
Welcome to Episode 31. In this episode, Adriana and Keli discuss the exceptional opportunity of building the marketing and communications strategy for Algorand and the amazing community forming around the project. We also talked about some of the things on their roadmap, as well as tips for...
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#31 - Ryan Kris
Welcome to Episode 31. In this episode Adriana and Ryan chat about working with technology, getting started with bitcoin, keeping your digital assets safe and much more. Ryan's Bio Ryan Kris is an Associate Director in BDO Sydney's Technology Advisory practice. He is a bitcoin and crypto…
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#30 - Joni Pirovich
Welcome to Episode 30 with Joni Pirovich. In this episode Adriana and Joni talk about legislation shortcomings and the road ahead for crypto, improving business networks, the role of tax and money printing, Universal Basic Income (UBI) and much more. Joni's Bio Joni is highly regarded for her...
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#29 - Developer Steve
Welcome to Episode 29 with Developer Steve. In this episode, Adriana and Steve discuss transitioning from a developer role to an evangelist role, or developer relations role, where the goal is to develop and support a community, always aiming to help people navigate the implementation of new...
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#28 - Chloe White
Welcome to Episode 28 with Chloe White. In this episode, Chloe and Adriana discuss how interesting working in public service can be, as well as token economics and incentive mechanisms, bitcoin vs. blockchain and how to navigate the space. Chloe's bio: Chloe White is a blockchain and bitcoin...
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#27 - Steve Vallas
Welcome to episode 26 with Steve Vallas. In this episode Adriana and Stevie chat about how to "accidentaly" go to law school. The decision early adopters of technology need to make. His new role (s) as CEO of Blockchain Australia and co-chair of the National Blockchain Roadmap Steering Committee,...
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#26 - Anya Nova
Welcome to Episode 26 with Anya Nova. In this episode, Anya talks about growing up in a remote Russian island, where good career options were not common, her journey studying in the United States, moving to Australia, and how she feels like she's paying off her "carbon emissions karma" now…
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#25 - Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Welcome to Episode 25 with everyone's favourite bitcoin evangelist, Andreas M. Antonopoulos. In this episode, Andreas talks about what makes bitcoin special, the difference between bitcoin and blockchain, why open blockchains are the ones that matter for our future and much more. Andreas bio...
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#24 - Tim Bass
Tim Bass is the CEO of Block8, which is Australia's leading blockchain venture studio. He has deep technical experience designing infrastructure and cloud architectures across a wide range of customers. Tim enjoys working with customers to create and commercialise disruptive software products....
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#23 - Dennis Graham
Marketers, this one's for you! Dennis Graham is a Marketing Director at a leading Australian cryptocurrency exchange. He has worked in marketing for over 15 years. In that time, he ran social networking sites, financial and crypto comparison websites, worked in FinTech, banking, cloud hosting and...
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#22 - Katrina Donaghy
Bio Katrina is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Civic Ledger - a civic focused blockchain Australian company. We work with governments globally on the use of blockchain technologies to solve specific business problems where blockchain is advantaged over traditional legacy…
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#21 - Kaia Myers-Stewart
Kaia Myers-Stewart is a product manager at PegaSys, the protocol engineering group at ConsenSys. She has worked in emerging technology for nearly 6 years, including her first blockchain use-case for supply-chain in 2016. Originally from Canada, Kaia lives in Melbourne where she co-organises the...
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#20 - Brenda Saveluc
Brenda Saveluc is the director and founder of BlackGold Legal. She's a straight talking, freelance commercial and corporate M&A lawyer with more than a decade of experience working in accounting and law. Brenda is passionate about ICO and STO regulation, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency,...
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#19 - Daniel Bar
Daniel is an entrepreneur with primary focus on decentralized web technologies. He is the founder of bitfwd and currently serves as Chairman. Daniel is particularly interested in disruptive innovation in the FinTech space and promotes equitable business models through opensource systems and...
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#18 - Crypto Chicks - Natalia Amelie & Elena Sinelnikova
Crypto Chicks is a volunteer-run non-profit educational hub with a mission to grow the economic, professional and leadership potential of both women and youth in blockchain and AI THROUGH education, mentorship, business and diverse employment opportunities. Check out their website...
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#17 - Luke Anderson
Luke Anderson teaches computer security and is the co-founder of Sigma Prime, a software and security consultancy, that is playing a big part in the new the Ethereum 2.0 ecosystem by developing a client implementation called Lighthouse. In this episode, we talked about the importance of…
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#16 - Leah Callon-Butler
Leah is co-founder and Chief Impact Officer for intimate.io, a cryptocurrency bringing safety and security to the Adult Industry. With over a decade's experience spearheading the business development and growth strategies for a range of emerging tech startups, she devoted a large part of her MBA…
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#15 - James Zaki
With 15 years experience in engineering and software development, James has worked in a variety of domains from industrial/home automation, to local tech companies and startups. The last 7 years have covered development, product management, and tech advisor roles, both locally and abroad. As...
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#14 - Lucas Cullen
In this episode, Adriana and Lucas talk about developing applications for the early days of the web, bitcoin, coloured coins and ethereum. The importance of being part of the community and giving back. Getting paid in crypto and much more. Connect with Lucas Twitter -...
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#13 - Nick Addison
In this episode, we'll get know Nick Addison, who over the past few years has been pretty active in the Sydney Blockchain community. Adriana and Nick talk about ethereum development, blockchain technology progress, and tools of the trade, as well as the career paths for computer science graduates...
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#12 - Samuel Brooks
In this conversation, Samuel and Adriana chat about how inspiring having access to technology at an early age can be, rebuilding the internet and the pitfalls of centralised systems, being a CTO in an incubator and solving 'first principles' problems, cypherpunks and bitcoin, the technologies…
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#11 - Dr Philippa Ryan
Pip Ryan Intro Dr. Philippa Ryan, a.k.a. Pip Ryan or Dr Pip, is a barrister and senior lecturer at the UTS Faculty of Law, on 31st of October 2018, the day that marked the 10th anniversary of the publishing of Bitcoin whitepaper, we had a quick chat about her career and how interesting it is to...
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#10 - Laura Degiovanni
Laura Degiovanni is very much the typical Italian, warm, friendly and loud. She speaks with her hands and her heart, and her energy flows into the conversation. We caught up at the end of July at the Imperial College in London, as she was preparing to host her first Trustless Ecosystems meetup....
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#9 - Derek Myers
Derek has found great success in providing energy deals to businesses, whilst offsetting electricity carbon emissions. Taking this offer to the general public with The Zero Carbon Project is a natural development. Personally, what I like about this project is the "right now" approach using carbon...
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#8 - Kate Korolkevich
Kate has plenty of experience with financial markets and hedge funds. She and I caught up in St. Petersburb on the day Russia kicked Spain out of the World Cup on a thrilling penalty shoot out. We discussed financial markets and how anyone can transfer their skills to work in crypto. Contact...
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#7 - Paul Puey
Episode 7 features Paul Puey, CEO of Edge.app (formerly Airbitz) and overall cool guy. Paul and I caught up at Consensus, earlier this year. We tried to find a quiet corner for our chat, but that was next to impossible! We chatted about the start of his career and a software engineer and how he…
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About this show
In this podcast, Adriana Belotti interviews people experimenting with and building new products using blockchain and DLT technologies. They are developers, marketers, business developers, accountants, founders, researchers and more. Each episode tells someone story, in a chat about their journey down the crypto rabbit hole, how did they first learn about it and what they are currently working on. In 2022, Adriana joined the team at Algorand Foundation and this podcast continues to be independently produced. #blockchain #crypto #blockchainpro #blockchainpropodcast
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