Decentralised Podcast - Blockchain, Crypto, and Futurism

Emanuele Francioni and Jelle Pol are Founders from Dusk Network (https://dusk.network/), a privacy protocol that uses zero knowledge cryptography to create encrypted communication channels, and infrastructure for confidential payments that maintain regulatory compliance. In this episode we're talking about private communications, surveillance, building a protocol, encryption and the security token space. We recorded on October 29, 2018. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod. Join our Telegram group via t.me/decentpod (https://t.me/decentpod) Decentralised is sponsored by New Alchemy (https://newalchemy.io/).

Xinshu Dong is the CEO of Zilliqa (https://zilliqa.com/), a leading blockchain protocol based in Singapore. In this episode we're talking about the scalability problem for blockchains, comparisons to Ethereum, sharding, what high data throughput can be used for, and projects being built on Zilliqa right now. This conversation was recorded on October 16, 2018. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod. Join our Telegram group via t.me/decentpod (https://t.me/decentpod) Decentralised is sponsored by New Alchemy (https://newalchemy.io/).

Fennie Wang is a Co-Founder from ixo Foundation (https://ixo.foundation/) who transitioned into the blockchain space as a banker and lawyer. She contributes to academic work with COALA, exploring the future of governance with smart contracts. In this episode we're talking about blockchain for social impact, the power of meaningful data, and futurist visions of a countercultural movement in the ascendancy. We recorded in Manhattan during Blockchain Week NYC on May 21, 2018. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod. Join our Telegram group via t.me/decentpod (https://t.me/decentpod) Decentralised is sponsored by New Alchemy (https://newalchemy.io/).

Halsey Minor has been founding technology companies since CNET in 1993, including NBCi, OpenDNS, Salesforce, Uphold Inc., Google Voice, and his latest ventures, VideoCoin and Live Planet. VideoCoin (https://www.videocoin.io/) aims to compete with Amazon, Google and Microsoft – by sharply reducing cost for encoding, storing and streaming video … by decentralising the infrastructure … rewarding machines for processing video, similar to how Bitcoin miners are rewarded for confirming transactions. Live Planet (https://www.liveplanet.net/) is a virtual reality company, set to put affordable VR sets of cameras and goggles – into the hands of consumers in the very near future. In this episode we're talking about virtual reality, cloud sourcing video encoding via blockchain, and Halsey's experiences in the early days of the internet in the 1990s. I spoke with Halsey via non-VR call from my new podcast studio in Byron Bay, Australia on October 2, 2018. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod. Join our Telegram group via t.me/decentpod (https://t.me/decentpod) Decentralised is sponsored by New Alchemy (https://newalchemy.io/).

Aaron Wright is a Co-Founder of OpenLaw (https://openlaw.io/), an open source company based with ConsenSys (https://new.consensys.net/) in Brooklyn, creating next generation smart legal agreements. Their project aims to reduce cost for legal services, while increasing speed and ease for getting things done via smart contracts. As we’ll hear in this episode, blockchain technology has major implications for all industries. Beyond OpenLaw, Aaron is a Professor at Cardozo Law School in New York City, and leads the Cardozo Blockchain Initiative. Among the first of its kind in the United States – where law students are learning how to code and create smart agreements. He is also a Co-Founder of The Brooklyn Project (https://thebkp.com/), creating a framework of standards for token generation – aiming to promote the token-economy and protect consumers. I met with Aaron at Ethereal Summit (https://etherealsummit.com/) in Brooklyn, hosted by ConsenSys during Blockchain Week NYC in May. Decentralised is sponsored by New Alchemy (https://newalchemy.io/) and DreamState UX (http://dreamstateux.com/)

Vanessa Grellet is the Executive Director at ConsenSys and President of the Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition. She contributes to the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and is Chair for the Nexus Working Group on Impact Investing. In this episode we talk about leveraging disruptive technologies to create change in the world, across areas like supply chain, identity, financial inclusion and the environment. The millennial generation has rapidly generated vast amounts of wealth through cryptocurrencies, but what should they do with it? Our conversation took place on March 20 at TOKEN2049 in Hong Kong. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod Decentralised Podcast is sponsored by New Alchemy (https://newalchemy.io/) and DreamState UX (http://dreamstateux.com/).

Michael Oved is a Co-Founder of AirSwap, a decentralised, peer-to-peer token trading platform for ERC20 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. In this episode, we talk about ConsenSys, the founding of AirSwap with Don Mosites, the future for decentralised exchanges, token assets, and the present limits of blockchain technology. Prior to his adventures with AirSwap, Michael was an algo trader at Virtu Financial from 2011 through 2015. Before this, he experienced the Global Financial Crisis as a trader and analyst on Wall Street in 2008. Our conversation took place on March 20th at TOKEN2049 in Hong Kong. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod Decentralised Podcast is sponsored by New Alchemy and Dream State UX.

Peter Vessenes is the founder of New Alchemy, a leading blockchain strategy and technology group based in Seattle, who specialise in tokenisation. We talk about the early days of Bitcoin, Peter’s accurate prediction of The DAO hack in 2016, his patent on de-anonymising Bitcoin transactions, and much more. He is the Former CEO of CoinLab, Inc, the first Venture-backed Bitcoin Company launched in 2011. He was a Co-Founder and Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, who has also consulted about Bitcoin technology for groups including the Department of Treasury, FinCEN and the US Senate. Our conversation took place on March 20th at TOKEN2049 in Hong Kong. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod Decentralised Podcast is sponsored by New Alchemy (https://newalchemy.io/)

Nyla Rodgers is the Founder of Mama Hope and the Creator of Satoshi Is Female. In this episode we talk about bringing human values into economics, and hear the incredible story of Suubi Health Clinic in Uganda and it’s founder Bernard Makisa. We also go below the surface of ‘women in blockchain’ … and the creation of Satoshi Is Female. Our conversation took place on May 25th in Manhattan, just after Blockchain Week NYC. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod Decentralised Podcast is sponsored by New Alchemy

Lisa Nestor is Director of Partnerships at Stellar.org. In this episode we talk about Stellar as a platform for cross border transactions, their consensus model, what’s being built on the platform, and also the organisation’s origin story, founded by Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim in 2014. Our conversation took place on February 6th at Blockchain Economic Forum in Singapore. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @decentpod Decentralised Podcast is sponsored by New Alchemy