Breaking Silos

Breaking Silos


Latest Episodes

E5: Investing in SSI with Jonathan Johnson, CEO of Overstock.com
March 31, 2020

Jonathan Johnson is the CEO of Overstock.com and president of Medici Ventures, a venture fund dedicated to blockchain and SSI technologies. In this episode Jonathan shares his philosophy for investing in the space, his enthusiasm for SSI,

E4: SSI vs Federation, with Steve Wilson
March 07, 2020

Firebrand analyst Steve Wilson of Constellation Research explains how Australia’s fourth attempt at a national identity framework remains fundamentally flawed, for the same reasons that most, if not all, national federated systems have failed in other ...

E3: Verses, SSI, and the Spatial Web, with Gabriel Rene
March 07, 2020

Be prepared to have your mind blown by the all-encompassing vision of “the spatial web,” bringing together SSI, AI, AR, and other technologies into a coherent and highly useful near future. Author and Executive Director Gabriel Rene explains this visio...

E2: IBM and SSI, with Dan Gisolfi
March 07, 2020

Big Blue (IBM) has not been shy about their belief in SSI, and now they’re making serious moves toward commercialization. The primary driver behind this effort is Dan Gisolfi, IBM’s CTO of Decentralized Identity and Open Security,

E1: Origins and Principles of SSI, with Dr. Phil Windley
March 07, 2020

In this inaugural episode we briefly cover the purpose of the podcast, why it’s called Breaking Silos, and how transitive trust and SSI will re-decentralize the internet. We also have the ideal first guest: the author of the book “Digital Identity” and...