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Episode 101
Author of 'Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy' & Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies and DIYgenomics
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- Kevin Garber - CEO & Co-founder - ManageFlitter
- Kate Frappell - Design Lead - ManageFlitter
Guest Interview:
- Melanie Swan - Author of 'Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy' & Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies and DIYgenomics
- Blockchain as a software protocol that tells the web how to send assets and ensure that only one copy of that asset is transferred.
- Phase 2 and 3 of the Blockchain and how quickly they are being adopted.
- How Blockchain technology is being applied in different industries.
- We ask the question: ‘Is Blockchain technology as significant as the printing press and the internet? Or is it all hype?’
- Reflecting on the 1st era of information transfer (the internet as we know it) and comparing it to the 2nd era of value transfer.
- Why Government and Economics have not been disrupted by the internet yet.
- Technology as an enabler - How the Blockchain could free millions of people from poverty overnight.
- The role of the Blockchain in Autonomous Systems (ie: self driving cars).
- We look at assets as a service and how the blockchain could shift human desire for ownership by eliminating uncertainties about the future.
- How Melanie got into the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency space.
This week in the Tech News:
- Peace sign selfies could lead to identity theft by hackers.
- Scientists edit human embryos for first time in the US using CRISPR technology.
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