The Padverb Podcast with KMO

008 Hollywood Blockchain Party with Jesse Berger


Listen Later

Jesse Berger is a media and technology entrepreneur and also, a movie producer whose six films, combined, have generated over $850 million worldwide.

In this eclectic conversation, KMO and Jesse discuss:

  • 01:20 – Studying film and getting into the biz
  • 03:30 – What a film producer does and what the "executive" label means
  • 06:20 – 'Oblivion' (2013) and why a graphic novel may be turned into a movie before getting published
  • 13:20 – Why some movies credit dozens of producers
  • 16:00 – The 2008 crisis, Bitcoin, and the dawn of the iPhone era
  • 19:05 – Fast-forward to 2017: smart contracts and using the blockchain to increase transparency in the film industry
  • 28:05 – Going "lower in the stack" and the genesis of the PKT network
  • 33:15 – Decyphering the eclectic lingo: waterfall payments; IoT
  • 34:25 – True proof-of-work vs premining
  • 40:40 – Fostering an on-chain reward mechanism for sending and receiving data
  • 43:20 – Smart contracts, the code-as-law paradigm, and the possible future of the legal profession
  • 48:00 – Linking media production and distribution; evading the gatekeepers
  • 51:25 - How the PKT network would work
  • 54:05 – Similarities with other providers and the zero-base-price philosophy of the project
  • 55:50 – Why speed issues are endemic in the industry
  • 1:00:05 – Building the gig economy of internet sharing
  • 1:09:05 – The real-world utility value of the blockchain

    Links:

    Jesse Berger:
    www.linkedin.com/in/jesseberger00 |
    instagram.com/jesse_berger

    KMO:
    en.padverb.com/kmo |
    @Kayemmo

    Comments? Join our Telegram channel:
    t.me/padverbpodcast

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    The Padverb Podcast with KMOBy Padverb