Blockchain – Masters of Blockchain Podcast http://www.mastersofblockchain.org Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Pioneers in conversation with Dr Harpreet Singh Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:50:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.13 Episode 1: Tim Draper on Crypto Assets, Regulation and the Future of California http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-1-tim-draper/ Sat, 19 May 2018 04:51:03 +0000 http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/?p=243 In this episode we speak with Tim Draper, founding partner of Draper Associates and one of the earliest venture capitalist to invest in crypto. Draper speaks on the monetary transition from the real world to the virtual world, the dark cloud of regulation and the future of California, among other important topics within the crypto world.

Major Topics

  • Antecedents that led to investments in virtual currencies
  • Bitcoin purchase story (Coinlab, Mt. Gox, Silk Road)
  • Dark cloud of regulation
  • Those against crypto
    • big money players don’t want change
  • Proposed division of California into three states

Biography

  • Founding partner of Draper Associates
  • Established Venture Capitalist
]]> Episode 3: Jeremy Gardner’s Reflection on His Past and the Future of Blockchain and Crypto Space http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-3-jeremy-gardner/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:00:15 +0000 https://satchmo.secondlinethemes.com/?p=79 In this episode we speak with Jeremy Gardner, co-Founder and managing partner at Ausum Ventures and co-Founder of Augur. Here, Gardner speaks on the Bitcoin Education Club, prediction markets and financial inclusion, among many other riveting topics.

Major topics

  • Bitcoin education club
    • Started as ground level education
  • Augur
  • Prediction markets
  • Venture capitalism
  • Utility tokens vs Security tokens  
  • Financial inclusion
  • Crypto Castle
  • The future

Biography

  • Co-Founder and managing partner at Ausum Ventures
  • Co-founder of Augur

 

]]> Episode 5: Adam Ludwin’s thoughts on Decentralization, Internet Counterculture and the future of FinTech http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-5-adam-ludwin/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:16:42 +0000 https://satchmo.secondlinethemes.com/?p=67 In this episode we speak with Adam Ludwin, Founder and CEO of Chain and a leading influencer in the fintech field. Ludwin touches on many topics, including internet counterculture, decentralization and the value of perfect competition.

Major topics

  • “Reset button” on fintech
  • Stack system
  • Blockchain Internet counterculture 
  • The new internet
  • Chain is a database for money/assets
  • Decentralization
  • Perfect competition
  • Value proposition

Biography

  • Founder and CEO of Chain
  • RR ventures
  • Deep interest and understanding of Fintech
]]> Episode 9: Paul Ellis’s Views on Blockchain in the Energy Sector http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-9-paul-ellis/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:02:32 +0000 https://satchmo.secondlinethemes.com/?p=51 In this episode we speak with Paul Ellis, Executive Chairman and co-Founder of Electron. Ellis speaks on the possibilities and issues blockchain can address in the energy industry and the reason the energy industry is accepting blockchain with open arms.

Major topics

  • Blockchain platforms for the energy industry
  • Accepting blockchain 
  • 3 issues blockchain can address in energy sector
    • transactions, asset registration, data
  • Electron
  • Decentralization for Energy Sector
  • Explosion of IoT devices
  • 840 billion back into the economy globally

Biography

  • Executive chairman of Electron (building blockchain systems for the energy sector)
  • 13 years in investment banking (structured derivatives business)
  • technology business with incubators
]]> Episode 12: John Wolpert on ConsenSys and the Future of Blockchain http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-12-john-wolpert-on-consensys-and-the-future-of-blockchain/ Fri, 21 Jul 2017 01:01:06 +0000 http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/?p=358 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
]]> Episode 13: The Economics of Blockchain with Joshua Gans http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-13-the-economics-of-blockchain-with-joshua-gans/ Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:24:23 +0000 http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/?p=363 In this episode, we speak with Joshua Gans who is a professor of strategic management and the chair in technical innovation and entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Major Topics Include:

The economics of technological innovation as it pertains to blockchain and artificial intelligence
His work on the book Prediction Machines and the paper “Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain”
How blockchain reduces the cost of verification and what this means for evaluating the potential of future blockchain uses and projects
The Creative Destruction Lab’s blockchain stream and its growing network of tech startups
The tradeoffs for startups between ICO fundraising and traditional venture capital
Third party verification, regulation, security tokens vs. utility tokens, bitcoin mining, smart contracts, etc.

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