The Blockchain and Us: Conversations about the brave new world of blockchains, cryptoassets, and the

The Blockchain and Us: Conversations about the brave new world of blockchains, cryptoassets, and the


Latest Episodes

How to Build on Bitcoin - Lucas Betschart, 21 Lectures, Bitcoin Association Switzerland
January 15, 2019

Lucas Betschart speaks about bringing more developers into the Bitcoin ecosystem, being the president of the Bitcoin Association Switzerland, the anatomy of Bitcoin open source projects, managing the tension between ideology and commercial software devel.

How Blockchain Technology Could Keep Humanity Human - Anne Connelly, Singularity University
January 08, 2019

Anne Connelly speaks about using blockchain technology to make a social impact and why very few projects actually use the technology in practice, teaching blockchain technology to executives at Singularity University, stories and tools to convince people.

Just Keep Your Head Down and Build - Jason Goldberg, Open Simple Token (OST)
January 01, 2019

Jason Goldberg speaks about building OST, how apps with millions of users can tokenize, how market conditions affect blockchain adoption, unrealistic assumptions and anti-narratives in the crypto space, advantages for software companies to build token mo.

How Blockchains Could Create Community Consciousness - Toni Lane Casserly, Cultu.re
December 25, 2018

Toni Lane Casserly speaks about her project Cultu.re and her goal to create a new notion of community, how identity could be the foundation for a new form of governance, the role of the media and why much of crypto and blockchain coverage is advertising .

Why Some Blockchain Ideas Can't Wait - Aparna Krishnan, Mechanism Labs
December 18, 2018

Aparna Krishnan talks about her research company Mechanism Labs, mentoring women in blockchain at She(256), dealing with the bro culture in the blockchain space, her experience growing up under Internet censorship and how it shaped her interest in crypto.

Why Blockchains Empower a New Social Contract for the Digital Age - Don Tapscott, Blockchain Research Institute
December 11, 2018

Don Tapscott speaks about his vision of a new social contract for the digital age, the coming transformation of physical assets into digital, why leaders of old paradigms are cynical about change, why privacy is not dead but the most important foundation.

Blockchain Identity and the Importance of Ethics - Monique Morrow, The Humanized Internet
December 04, 2018

Monique Morrow speaks about The Humanized Internet, self-sovereign electronic identity and credentials on the blockchain, her plans for a personal digital lockbox, ethics in technology, how she avoided the innovator's dilemma as Services CTO of Cisco, wh.

The Human Story Behind Blockchain Technology - Matthew Allen, Zurich Bureau Chief/Business Reporter at Swissinfo
November 27, 2018

Matthew Allen speaks about his work as a business reporter in the Swiss crypto and blockchain space, fascinating angles of crypto projects in the press, how human stories trump tech stories, how he makes sure he's avoiding writing about scams, filters to.

Why Crypto Funds Have to Become Tech Companies - Ryan Yi, CoinFund
November 20, 2018

Ryan Yi speaks about conducting investment research and due diligence at CoinFund, metrics he looks at in new investments, financial models for valuing tokens and projects no tokens, the concept and facets of generalized mining, how it aligns stakeholder.

Why China Will Be the World's Largest Token Economy - Tony Tao, X-Order, Neo Global Capital
November 13, 2018

Tony Tao speaks about his blockchain research and investment company X-Order, the beginnings of Bitcoin in China, how complexity theory explains tokenomics, how data influences venture capital, how blockchains create value by creating niche demand, the v.