In this episode, we speak with John Wolpert who is no stranger to the blockchain space. He was on the founding team for Hyperledger and now works with product and venture development at ConsenSys.

Major Topics Include

• John Wolpert’s career journey alongside blockchain from IBM to ConsenSys
• The Linux Foundation, founding of Hyperledger, and Fabric
• The evolution of the stateful internet, including notes on how Ethereum and specialized channels could coincide to realize a greater future potential
• ConsenSys, the innovation curve, and how his team anticipates future problems that could be solved with blockchain
• Current, gripping, use cases that he and his team are exploring
• The essentialness of the blockchain as an attribute to the new stateful internet (allowing for a tamper proof mainnet and surveillance-protected private channels)
• The potential benefits of wedding Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology to solve sensitivity issues around data