Blockchain from the Block

On a daily basis, we accumulate tons of data for big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Uber, so they can use it to their own will. Usually, to sell it. That's how they get to keep their business going and that's how we get cheaper drives, chance to watch favorite YouTubers and stalk people's profiles. But nevertheless, shouldn't we, as makers and owners of the data, be the ones to make a choice what to do with it?

Ivan and Luka in the new Blockchain from the Bloc(k) episode again, together, tackling them questions.

This week we have a guest on the show! It is Gregor Storman, CEO of Honeycomb Colony, who joined in with his perspective as the founder of a startup that is directly concerned with questions of data's 'sharing economy'. Especially the data that would be collected from the IoT devices. Thus, Gregor offers an insight on how we can use blockchain technology to safely restore data to the hands of its owners, the consumer/users. That way only the person whose data is in question can make a final decision what to do with it - whether they will sell it, share it or toss it away.

Let's be honest, blockchain would not receive so much hype from the community or general public if it wasn't for cryptocurrencies. The first blockchain stories that shook the news outlets were, in fact, about bitcoin - the most famous one of the crypto world. As a consequence, in the beginnings of blockchain development, system features were identified as they were features of the currency itself.

Even so, bitcoin was a precedent to what we today understand as a decentralized way of transferring value from one end of the world to another - fast, secure and without intermediaries. As it continues to be one of the most important aspects of blockchain technology, Ivan and Luka discuss its potentials for the future of the blockchain adoption.

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As we learned in the previous episodes, blockchain in Balkans started to set his roots as early as the startup scene in the region started to grow. As expected, no-one really knew what to do with it besides cryptocurrencies. However, the early adopters - known as regular developers - were soon intrigued enough to try something out. So, this is the story of the first blockchain enthusiasts and their successors that broke the chain of mining and crypto to discover new ways in which blockchain technology can make an impact for their job, business and society in general.

All that with our special guest to tell you inside story of their development experience, Nick Todorov - the CEO of Limechain.

As Luka said in the introduction to our podcast:

However, as he elaborates further, with his insight from the Starfleet accelerator mentoring, there is great potential. Thus, it has become imperative to share experiences, knowledge, and connections to stretch out abilities of the region's talents for the greater good. 

This fifth episode is all about Balkan's blockchain potentials, especially the events, teams, and individuals that can make those changes and that have been giving their best all along.

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Back in the day, Luka started mining with his old Mac Book Pro just to see how it works. Of course, Mac overheated and Luka earned some "monopoly money", as he called it. After that, he started to dig deeper about the mining, but most importantly, about the blockchain concept. He fell in love with Dogecoin and the rest is history.

Almost like that. Since the Dogecoin, a lot happened. Luka made a nice retrospective of the early examples of blockchain application that convinced him there is more to it than memes and coin.

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Smart contracts can really make big changes for any kind of contracts involving money, property and shares. However, as Luka pointed out, anything that involves code has its own issues (known as bugs) and there is still a good way to go for smart contracts to be efficiently used for greater good. 

Luka and Ivan conclude that we should not dismiss its possibilities because of the things we now have no solution for, but to shot for the long run and try our best to improve it day by day.

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In our second episode, Luka and IBB talk about blockchain concept and the features that make blockchain technology such a great tool to change existing economic, social and political processes for better.

Many of those still operate with great risks for average user/voter/consumer. However, the properties of blockchain, such as transparency, decentralization, security, and rapid flow can achieve optimization for all parties in the process.

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In our first episode, Luka and IBB discuss the Starfleet blockchain accelerator for startups building applications on the æternity platform. For more info about application, click on this link and apply now - the deadline is 17 February!