Blockchain 2025

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What's Blockchain 2025 about?

Blockchain is a technology that will disrupt nearly every industry. We explore one industry in every episode.

How will blockchain change art, music, or online advertising? What projects are already underway? Listen to find out.

Hosted by Matt Aaron & Blake Moore. Part of the Bitcoin.com podcast network.

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Blockchain 2025 episodes:

12.21.2019
Repost - Erik Voorhees on Maximalism, Culture, + 2020 (Humans of Bitcoin)
12.03.2019
Fighting Equifax, Data Privacy - Reuben Metcalfe of Class Action Inc (Humans of Bitcoin)
This is a repost from the Humans of Bitcoin podcast. Please subscribe to Humans of Bitcoin for more episodes like this.
11.25.2019
Money, Politics and Decentralized Governence - Santi.Eth of Democracy Earth
Repost from Humans of Bitcoin podcast: "A look at DAOs, political organizing, and latin america from one of the thought leaders of the Ethereum ecosystem, Santi Siri."
08.20.2019
A Rare Interview with the CEO of Blockchain.com - Peter Smith
One of the oldest companies in the space, Blockchain.com has staying power. With over 40 million downloads, Blockchain.com has a large share of bitcoin transactions and the #1 downloaded wallet. In 2011 the term "blockchain" was not a word. It...
03.27.2019
The EU Blockchain Innovation Report
"Our vision is that the first wave of blockchain adoption will be characterised by a large number of permissioned, purpose-built blockchain platforms geared towards a specific use case or user base.” -EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum In a special episode,...
03.20.2019
Decentralized Finance with Zac Prince of BlockFi
Decentralized Finance or "DeFi" is a hot topic in the blockchain world. And for good reason. The ability to establish credit and provide loans using cryptocurrency and smart contracts opens up liquidity for the entire world. Joining us on today's...
03.13.2019
Phones (Samsung, HTC, Storage, Commerce)
The news of Samsung adding a cold storage wallet to their flagship phone, the S10, sent a bullish signal to the bitcoin and blockchain world. The Korean technology magnate, which also is producing mining chips, is bringing cryptocurrency to cell...
03.08.2019
BONUS: Patrick Byrne on Humans of Bitcoin
Blockchain 2025 listeners, we recently published an interview with Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne on the Bitcoin.com Podcast Network. We reposted it here: It's a fascinating dive into the future of blockchain from a brilliant polymath who is making things happen right...
03.06.2019
Pivots - When ICOs change the roadmap
When you start a business, you can't predict how it will play out in the real world. Take Twitter: they started out as a podcasting company! ICO and blockchain projects are no exception and many have altered their models. Evolve...
02.27.2019
Predictions Markets, Veil, Augur (Part 2) - Ryan Berckmans
Part 2 with Ryan Berckmans of the Forecast Foundation. If you haven't listened to part 1, find it here: https://podcast.bitcoin.com/e726-Predictions-Markets-Veil-Augur-Part-1-Ryan-Berckmans In part 2, here are a few of the topics we cover: Guesser.io Making journalism more accountable Improving...
02.20.2019
Predictions Markets, Veil, Augur (Part 1) - Ryan Berckmans
I like to call prediction markets a "bitcoin within bitcoin". A fascinating use case that takes a little while to wrap your head around. But once you get it, a lightbulb clicks. We brought on Ryan Berckmans who recently sold...
02.13.2019
S2 Industry Revisit - Decentralized Exchange, File Storage, Real Estate
This week on Blockchain 2025 we have the second part of our “Industry Revisit” series where Matt and Blake dissect some of the most intriguing blockchain projects from 2018. As a quick refresher, the goal here is to check back...
02.06.2019
S2 Industry Revisit - Wine, Crowdfunding, Black Markets, and more
On this week’s episode, Matt and Blake run through highlights of different industries that are going to be affected by cryptocurrencies. Bear markets are the best time to educate yourself on the latest trends and projects in the space. Things...
01.30.2019
Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake - A Primer
Matt and Blake got together this week to discuss the differences between two very important concepts in crypto, Proof of Work and Proof of Stake. One of the best features of cryptocurrencies is that there's no need for a...
01.23.2019
The Dogecoin Story - A lesson for all cryptocurrencies
We constantly talk about the importance of adoption: eventually a cryptocurrency projects need USERS in order to succeed. One key to adoption we haven't covered: humor. A sense of lightness, taking things less seriously help keep a community together. On...
01.16.2019
Blockchain Use Cases - Season 1 Industry Revisit (Identity, Gambling and more)
We covered 10 industries in the first season of Blockchain 2025 in the first part of 2018. We revisit each one to see if any of the projects have made any real world progress. Full show notes at https://podcast.bitcoin.com/s9-Blockchain-2025
01.09.2019
MimbleWimble, Privacy Protocol of the Future? With Alexander of Beam
"Named after a Harry Potter spell also known as the Tongue-Tying Curse that prevents an opponent from casting theirs, Mimblewimble enables the bulk of a blockchain’s past transaction data to be removed." It is all the buzz right now in...
12.26.2018
Quantum Computing and Other Risks to Blockchain Technology
We have done over 40 episodes on blockchain and talked about the common risks of technology and adoption. With most ICO's and projects, the overwhelming, evident risks are: 1. No product market fit 2. Inability to get adoption, network...
12.19.2018
Blockchain 3.0 and 2019 dApp adoption with Xinshu of Zilliqa
Listeners of the show know that most dApps we have covered on the show are all built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. Naturally, there are many competitors to Ethereum. One of them, Zilliqa, looks to build a blockchain predicated...
12.12.2018
Cryptocollectibles - Massive Upside
"Calling this one now... the crypto craze of 2019 will be game assets and collectibles." -Erik Voorhees We have many touch points from developers, investors, and entrepreneurs in the cryptosphere that Cryptokitties was not a one-off phenomenon. A fad, yes....
12.05.2018
Coworking on the Blockchain
For less than 1 Euro, Blake booked a coworking hot desk for 1 day in Berlin. He used crypto and purchased through a blockchain coworking startup. Could this be a thing? Invented in 2005 by Brad Neuberg, coworking is a...
11.28.2018
Decentralized Internet (Everything) - Tron
Led by Jack Ma's protege, Justin Sun, Tron is going big. Social media, decentralized exchange, prediction markets, anything you can think of that we have covered on Blockchain 2025, they plan to have on their platform. Like ANY project in...
11.21.2018
Adult Entertainment - SpankChain
Roughly a 3 billion dollar industry in the United States alone. An industry that many people are part of as a producer or consumer, but few talk about. Blake and Matt analyzed the many problems that plague the adult entertainment...
11.14.2018
Stablecoin Mania Part 2 - A Bridge or a Roadblock?
In Part 2, Blake and Matt debate whether stablecoins will be a contribution or detriment to the cryptocurrency space. They seem to be a hot VC investment, but whether it is good for the ecosystem remains to be seen. Timestamps:...
11.07.2018
Stablecoin Mania - Part 1
As the first of a two part episode, Matt and Blake take an in depth look at Stablecoins, their use and comparison within the cryptocurrency universe. Stablecoins have raised over $350m in investment. There are over 45 projects fighting to...
10.31.2018
Mining on the Blockchain
Matt Aaron and new co-host Blake Moore go over the sometimes underlooked importance of mining, exchange tokens, their use within the mining spectrum, and finally take and in-depth look at VIAT Tokens, fresh off a 30 million dollar ICO. During...
10.17.2018
Trust Machine by Alex Winter (Part 1)
Matt and Kelso examine the new documentary yet to be released, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain. It’s from Alex Winter, who produced popular documentaries Downloaded and Deep Web, covering outlier aspects of the digital space. He’s back to take on...
10.10.2018
State of Blockchain Q4 2018 - Are ICO’s dead?
Matt and Kelso examine crazy amounts of money thrown at blockchain projects. Warranted or not, blockchain is officially a multi billion dollar industry, and it has achieved that status during what’s now known as the extended Crypto Winter -- a...
10.03.2018
Credit Scores - Goodbye to Equifax and FICO? - Bloom.co
The current state of credit scores worldwide is miserable. In each country, the system is flawed and subjective in how you are evaluated. Move to a new country? You have to start over. No credit card? you may not have...
09.26.2018
Eye Health (Stupidest ICO Series) - EyeGlob.net
At listeners request, we will periodically highlight some of the world's goofiest ICOs. Like a really bad episode of Shark Tank. EyeGlob.net is using blockchain to make healthier eyes. Yeah, that's right! They are pro eyes; pro vision, and so...
09.19.2018
The Women Changing The World With Blockchain
A male-dominated space, adoption of crypto depends on both men and women. We talk about females in blockchain culture and highlight 3 underrated women who are making a big difference in the blockchain world. During our discussion, you’ll discover: 2:00...
09.12.2018
Dispute Resolution - William George of Kleros.io
"Whatever controls the courts, controls the state." An intriguing use case. What if disputes could be solved via a decentralized platform? Kleros is working on it. We speak with their cryptoeconomics expert. What an exciting interview. William George is...
09.05.2018
The Sports Industry
Like many blockchain plays, sports startups could work, but will require a ton of serendipitous marketing. If athletes are broadcasting games, they better be really into it and promoting it, because they are getting paid in these new tokens, so...
08.29.2018
Food and Pharmaceuticals - Ambrosus
You've heard of the advantages of blockchain: *Trustless *Saves time and money *Traceability / Immutability *Accountability Well this industry needs all of the above. The international food and pharma supply chain is a giant ... mess. We speak with the...
08.22.2018
What do 3D Printable Guns have to do with it?
Cody Wilson. 30 years old. Law school dropout. About five years ago, on a lark, decided to create world’s first 3D printable gun. Succeeded. Media went nuts. Defense Distributed, his website, was effectively shut downe State Department said having downloadable...
08.15.2018
Voting and Elections
The use of blockchain in the public sector reached another milestone this month when West Virginia became the first U.S. state to allow internet voting by blockchain in primary elections. While the voter participation through this platform was estimated to...
08.08.2018
Storytelling
"We propose that blockchain technologies can become a new framework not only for the production (distribution and financing) of stories but also their creation.” Kelso covered the humongous ComicCon conference a few weeks back. In between meeting celebrities from top...
08.01.2018
Blockchain for Better, Fairer Government?
Encouraging governments to use and implement blockchain, the theory goes will lead to more transparency, data security, streamlined communication and reporting. All around the world, there are billions of hours and dollars wasted on tedious bureaucratic processes. Blockchain for government...
07.25.2018
The Blockchain Man with Taylor Pearson
Today's special guest is none other than Taylor Pearson, author of The End Of Jobs. He has emerged as a thought leader around blockchain's impact on our future. This episode is centered around you, the individual. The 1950's 9-to-5 company...
07.18.2018
Blockchain - Don't Believe the Hype
In the mainstream press and the global corporate world, cryptocurrency is reviled. It is hated. Its users are thought to be straight trash. Don’t ever forget that. That it derives from distinctly polemical anarchists who were bent on leaving government...
07.11.2018
Decentralized Exchanges - A long term threat to Coinbase, NASDAQ?
Without a doubt, exchanges, or banks, such as San Francisco based Coinbase have onboarded more folk to cryptocurrencies than any other. Ease of use. Frictionless transactions. At the same time, hacks, flash crashes, government raids and lawsuits are ongoing issues...
07.04.2018
File Storage - Dropbox, Amazon S3, Sia, Storj
We are bullish on file storage using the blockchain. The cloud is just someone else's computer. And you are susceptible to others accessing your data (see Dropbox hack) A blockchain solution would empower decentralized end-users: files are encrypted, distributed, and...
06.27.2018
Religion on the Blockchain - Zero Ex Omega
Religion has always been very top-down, and for good reason. We explore the idea of religion without a central authority. Scripture = Ledger? Matt Liston and Avery Singer made a blockchain-based religion called Zero Ex Omega. Their first totemic object...
06.20.2018
Prediction Markets Will Change Everything - Augur, Gnosis
This is an episode that sounds like a Sci-Fi movie. But it is (eventually) going to happen and that is very exciting! Imagine a world where anyone can become a market maker; profit from information and knowledge you have. We...
06.13.2018
Real Estate (The largest asset class in the world) - Propy
What if we could organize property titles to a blockchain? Tokenize real estate all over the world? In Haiti, the disastrous earthquake in 2010 had a destructive effect on the land registry: approximately 16,000 civil servants were killed and an...
06.06.2018
Black Markets On The Blockchain
In 2017, Global Financial Integrity estimated the global drug industry added up to $652 billion of trade per year, making it the second biggest underground market after the $1.13 trillion of activity in the counterfeit and pirated goods market. When...
05.30.2018
Wine - Vineyard Cash Flow, Beverage Fraud - VinX, VeChain
Stuart tells us some stories about Scotland's pride: Buckfast tonic wine, which is prone to causing poor behavior. From there, we tackle: The traditional wine market: the exporter, the importer, the distributor, the store, the customer ... a long...
05.23.2018
Can Blockchain Lower Healthcare Costs?
Today we are talking about a complex, important industry: Healthcare. It is especially poor in the United States, so we invited an expert: Ryan Kuriakose of the Open Health Exchange. Ryan and I talk about the challenges of the current ecosystem...
05.16.2018
Blockchain Crowdfunding vs Kickstarter and Venture Capital
Crowdfunding emerged after the 2008 financial crisis in response to the difficulties faced by early-stage enterprises attempting to generate marketing traction and funding. Crowdfunding allows nonprofits, artists, musicians and businesses to form a community of investors and/or fanbase before they...
05.02.2018
Special: The Future of Blockchain with Jared Tate of DigiByte
Bonus interview: Matt speaks with Jared Tate, founder of DigiByte. Jared is arguably the world's leading expert on blockchain technology. Jared talks about blockchain and it's role for the future: Cybersecurity Insurance International Trade Identity China's "One Belt, One...

What's Blockchain 2025 about?

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Blockchain 2025 episodes:

Repost - Erik Voorhees on Maximalism, Culture, + 2020 (Humans of Bitcoin)

Fighting Equifax, Data Privacy - Reuben Metcalfe of Class Action Inc (Humans of Bitcoin)

Money, Politics and Decentralized Governence - Santi.Eth of Democracy Earth

A Rare Interview with the CEO of Blockchain.com - Peter Smith

The EU Blockchain Innovation Report

Decentralized Finance with Zac Prince of BlockFi

Phones (Samsung, HTC, Storage, Commerce)

BONUS: Patrick Byrne on Humans of Bitcoin

Pivots - When ICOs change the roadmap

Predictions Markets, Veil, Augur (Part 2) - Ryan Berckmans

Predictions Markets, Veil, Augur (Part 1) - Ryan Berckmans

S2 Industry Revisit - Decentralized Exchange, File Storage, Real Estate

S2 Industry Revisit - Wine, Crowdfunding, Black Markets, and more

Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake - A Primer

The Dogecoin Story - A lesson for all cryptocurrencies

Blockchain Use Cases - Season 1 Industry Revisit (Identity, Gambling and more)

MimbleWimble, Privacy Protocol of the Future? With Alexander of Beam

Quantum Computing and Other Risks to Blockchain Technology

Blockchain 3.0 and 2019 dApp adoption with Xinshu of Zilliqa

Cryptocollectibles - Massive Upside

Coworking on the Blockchain

Decentralized Internet (Everything) - Tron

Adult Entertainment - SpankChain

Stablecoin Mania Part 2 - A Bridge or a Roadblock?

Stablecoin Mania - Part 1

Mining on the Blockchain

Trust Machine by Alex Winter (Part 1)

State of Blockchain Q4 2018 - Are ICO’s dead?

Credit Scores - Goodbye to Equifax and FICO? - Bloom.co

Eye Health (Stupidest ICO Series) - EyeGlob.net

The Women Changing The World With Blockchain

Dispute Resolution - William George of Kleros.io

The Sports Industry

Food and Pharmaceuticals - Ambrosus

What do 3D Printable Guns have to do with it?

Voting and Elections

Storytelling

Blockchain for Better, Fairer Government?

The Blockchain Man with Taylor Pearson

Blockchain - Don't Believe the Hype

Decentralized Exchanges - A long term threat to Coinbase, NASDAQ?

File Storage - Dropbox, Amazon S3, Sia, Storj

Religion on the Blockchain - Zero Ex Omega

Prediction Markets Will Change Everything - Augur, Gnosis

Real Estate (The largest asset class in the world) - Propy

Black Markets On The Blockchain

Wine - Vineyard Cash Flow, Beverage Fraud - VinX, VeChain

Can Blockchain Lower Healthcare Costs?

Blockchain Crowdfunding vs Kickstarter and Venture Capital

Special: The Future of Blockchain with Jared Tate of DigiByte