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October 31, 2016Mike Hearn & Richard Gendal Brown: Corda – A Distributed Ledger for Financial Services
Attracting over 70 of the world’s biggest financial institutions to its consortium in just over a year, R3 has accomplished a formidable task. Aiming to rethink the fabric of the financial system, they first conducted experiments testing blockchain platforms for their member and last year began developing their own distributed ledger platform: Corda.
The effort to build Corda was lead by R3 CTO Richard Brown and the former Bitcoin developer and R3 lead architect Mike Hearn. In a wide-ranging discussion, we covered the vision of the project and why it represents a radical departure from existing blockchain platforms.
Topics covered in this episode:
The origin story of R3
Why existing blockchain designs didn’t meet their needs
How the R3 team lead a design effort to develop a new platform from scratch
The business problem Corda is aiming to solve
The components of Corda’s architecture
How Corda handles privacy
Notaries and preventing double spends
Open sourcing Corda and the plan to join Hyperledger
Episode links:
R3 Corda: What Makes it Different
Introducing R3 Corda: A Distributed Ledger for Financial Services
Corda: An Introduction [PDF]
R3 Website
E151 - Ian Grigg: Ricardian Contracts and Digital Assets Prehistory
Smart Contract Templates: Foundations, Design Landscape & Research Directions
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/155
1 hr 22 min
October 31, 2016 155 – Richard Brown & Mike Hearn: Corda - A Distributed Ledger For Financial Services
Support the show, consider donating: 17QpAaTfUn4kTCwjFcoCHvxjrs8EAxmNkh (http://bit.ly/1tvum0a)
Attracting over 70 of the world's biggest financial institutions to its consortium in just over a year, R3 has accomplished a formidable task. Aiming to rethink the fabric of the financial system, they first conducted experiments testing blockchain platforms for their member and last year began developing their own distributed ledger platform: Corda.
The effort to build Corda was lead by R3 CTO Richard Brown and the former Bitcoin developer and R3 lead architect Mike Hearn. In a wide-ranging discussion, we covered the vision of the project and why it represents a radical departure from existing blockchain platforms.
Topics covered included:
- The origin story of R3
- Why existing blockchain designs didn't meet their needs
- How the R3 team lead a design effort to develop a new platform from scratch
- The business problem Corda is aiming to solve
- The components of Corda's architecture
- How Corda handles privacy
- Notaries and preventing double spends
- Open sourcing Corda and the plan to join Hyperledger
Links mentioned in this episode:
- R3 Corda: What Makes it Different http://bit.ly/2f1SamA
- Introducing R3 Corda: A Distributed Ledger for Financial Services http://bit.ly/2dSqrYm (APRIL)
- Corda: An Introduction [PDF] http://bit.ly/2eR4ky5 (AUGUST)
- R3 Website http://bit.ly/2dVJiRX
- E151 - Ian Grigg: Ricardian Contracts and Digital Assets Prehistory http://bit.ly/2f1V6ji
- Smart Contract Templates: Foundations, Design Landscape & Research Directions http://bit.ly/2f0wCY1
Sponsors:
- Jaxx: Wallets that Unify the Blockchain Experience Across Devices http://jaxx.io
- Ledger Nano: Smart card security for your Bitcoins - Get 10% off your first order when you use the code EPICENTER at http://ledgerwallet.com
Show notes: http://epicenter.tv/155
YouTube: http://youtu.be/3YTSwB5UrEI
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-155
Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
1 hr 22 min
October 31, 2016 #155 Mike Hearn & Richard Brown: Corda – A Distributed Ledger for Financial Services
Attracting over 70 of the world's biggest financial institutions to its consortium in just over a year, R3 has accomplished a formidable task. Aiming to rethink the fabric of the financial system, they first conducted experiments testing blockchain platforms for their member and last year began developing their own distributed ledger platform: Corda. The effort to build Corda was lead by R3 CTO Richard Brown and the former Bitcoin developer and R3 lead architect Mike Hearn.
1 hr 21 min
October 25, 2016Greg Meredith: Synereo – Rebuilding the Attention Economy from the Ground Up
As content becomes more and more abundant and immediately available at our fingertips, our limited attention is a barrier for those whose business it is to attract and harness it. In this context, large (social) media companies understand that attention is a scarce commodity, and, as has been demonstrated, those who control attention wield enormous power over our society.
We’re joined by Greg Meredith, CTO of Synereo, to talk about how this new Blockchain platform rebuild the attention economy. In a sense, Synereo is to attention, what Bitcoin is to money, in effect, removing intermediaries from the transaction between those who have attention, and those who wish to attract it. Greg, also gives his insights on how functional programming languages could allow for verifiable computational smart contracts.
Topics covered in this episode:
Greg’s background as a mathematician and his work on Microsoft’s BizTalk Process Orchestration
How he transitioned into the crypto-currency space
What is Synereo and what the project is trying to achieve
Greg’s thoughts on the attention economy and how it is fundamentally broken
Synereo’s technology stack
How Vlad Zamfir’s Casper consensus algorithm influenced Synereo
Rholang, Synereo’s functional smart-contracting language
Synereo’s economic model and product roadmap
Episode links:
Synereo
Synereo White Paper
Logic as a distributive law
Quit social media by Dr. Cal Newport
Deep Work by Dr. Cal Newport
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/154
1 hr 8 min
October 25, 2016 154 – Greg Meredith: Rebuilding The Attention Economy From The Ground Up With Synereo
Support the show, consider donating: 1JUBPSscvZzTEoraGbPkMJeeYUgeWCmuww (http://bit.ly/2eBzrRb)
As content becomes more and more abundant and immediately available at our fingertips, our limited attention is a barrier for those whose business it is to attract and harness it. In this context, large (social) media companies understand that attention is a scarce commodity, and, as has been demonstrated, those who control attention wield enormous power over our society.
We're joined by Greg Meredith, CTO of Synereo, to talk about how this new Blockchain platform rebuild the attention economy. In a sense, Synereo is to attention, what Bitcoin is to money, in effect, removing intermediaries from the transaction between those who have attention, and those who wish to attract it. Greg, also gives his insights on how functional programming languages could allow for verifiable computational smart contracts.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Greg's background as a mathematician and his work on Microsoft's BizTalk Process Orchestration
- How he transitioned into the crypto-currency space
- What is Synereo and what the project is trying to achieve
- Greg's thoughts on the attention economy and how it is fundamentally broken
- Synereo's technology stack
- How Vlad Zamfir's Casper consensus algorithm influenced Synereo
- Rholang, Synereo's functional smart-contracting language
- Synereo's economic model and product roadmap
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Synereo: https://synereo.com
- Synereo White Paper: https://github.com/synereo/synereo.github.io/raw/master/whitepapers/synereo.pdf
- Logic as a distributive law: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.02247v2.pdf
- Quit social media by Dr. Cal Newport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7hkPZ-HTk
- Deep Work by Dr. Cal Newport: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692
Sponsors:
- Ledger Nano: Smart card security for your Bitcoins - Get 10% off your first order when you use the code EPICENTER at http://ledgerwallet.com
- Jaxx: Wallets that Unify the Blockchain Experience Across Devices http://jaxx.io
Show notes: http://epicenter.tv/154
YouTube: http://youtu.be/0jRNSEt-D9A
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-154
Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
1 hr 8 min
October 25, 2016 #154 Greg Meredith: Synereo – Rebuilding the Attention Economy from the Ground Up
As content becomes more and more abundant and immediately available at our fingertips, our limited attention is a barrier for those whose business it is to attract and harness it. In this context, large (social) media companies understand that attention is a scarce commodity, and, as has been demonstrated, those who control attention wield enormous power over our society. We're joined by Greg Meredith, CTO of Synereo, to talk about how this new Blockchain platform rebuild the attention economy.
1 hr 7 min
October 18, 2016 153 – Alex Wearn: Decentralized Capital And Government Currencies On Ethereum
Support the show, consider donating: 1CdQ9yZbxzAKS3J894CHYXbpxmCz7D4Q75 (http://bit.ly/2egPjtA)
A topic which is often discussed is the limited use of Ethereum applications without stable cryptocurrencies. Prediction markets are a prime example of this. When one makes a prediction using Ether, he or she is in fact entering into to speculations: one being the outcome of the actual prediction, the other being the price of Ether when the prediction resolves. Projects like Maker DAO try to solve the problem by developing complex systems to ensure that a blockchain token keeps its value in sync with fiat currencies. But Decentralized Capital is taking a different approach by issuing fiat-pegged tokens on Ethereum that are backed by bank deposits. CEO Alex Wearn joined us to explain their approach to providing a fundamental piece of Ethereum infrastructure.
Topics covered included:
- The problem Decentralized Capital is trying to solve
- What the architecture of Decentralized Capital looks like
- The relationship between Crypto Capital and Decentralized Capital
- Why the ability of freezing and confiscating assets is required
- Some of the best use cases for Decentralized Capital
- The regulatory environment of Decentralized Capital
- The Decentralized Capital business model
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Decentralized Capital Website: http://bit.ly/2eNq41f
- Decentralized Capital is Live article http://bit.ly/2doN5SX
- Introducing Decentralized Capital Video http://bit.ly/2eiPYe8
- Decentralized Capital and Dapp Integration http://bit.ly/2eiPJjn
- Compliant Decentralized Exchange IDEX http://bit.ly/2doPmxw
- Decentralized Capital's DVIP Memberships http://bit.ly/2eiPQeN
Sponsors:
- Jaxx: Wallets that Unify the Blockchain Experience Across Devices http://jaxx.io
Show notes: http://epicenter.tv/153
YouTube: http://youtu.be/JZse9JlZPuI
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-153
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
1 hr 2 min
October 17, 2016Alex Wearn: Decentralized Capital and Government Currencies on Ethereum
A topic which is often discussed is the limited use of Ethereum applications without stable cryptocurrencies. Prediction markets are a prime example of this. When one makes a prediction using Ether, he or she is in fact entering into to speculations: one being the outcome of the actual prediction, the other being the price of Ether when the prediction resolves. Projects like Maker DAO try to solve the problem by developing complex systems to ensure that a blockchain token keeps its value in sync with fiat currencies. But Decentralized Capital is taking a different approach by issuing fiat-pegged tokens on Ethereum that are backed by bank deposits. CEO Alex Wearn joined us to explain their approach to providing a fundamental piece of Ethereum infrastructure.
Topics covered in this episode:
The problem Decentralized Capital is trying to solve
What the architecture of Decentralized Capital looks like
The relationship between Crypto Capital and Decentralized Capital
Why the ability of freezing and confiscating assets is required
Some of the best use cases for Decentralized Capital
The regulatory environment of Decentralized Capital
The Decentralized Capital business model
Episode links:
Decentralized Capital Website
Decentralized Capital is Live article
Introducing Decentralized Capital Video
Decentralized Capital and Dapp Integration
Compliant Decentralized Exchange IDEX
Decentralized Capital's DVIP Memberships
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/153
1 hr 2 min
October 17, 2016 #153 Alex Wearn: Decentralized Capital and Government Currencies on Ethereum
A topic which is often discussed is the limited use of Ethereum applications without stable cryptocurrencies. Decentralized Capital is addressing this by issuing fiat-pegged tokens on Ethereum that are backed by bank deposits. CEO Alex Wearn joined us to explain their approach to providing a fundamental piece of Ethereum infrastructure.
1 hr 1 min
October 10, 2016Tuur Demeester: Investing in Bitcoin
In 2012, a year after discovering Bitcoin in Argentina, Dutch economist Tuur Demeester became one of the first people to advocate investing in Bitcoin to a mainstream audience. Tuur joined us to discuss his thesis for investing in Bitcoin and how it has evolved over time. We also talked about the road ahead and how other cryptocurrencies and Ethereum compare as investment opportunities.
Topics covered in this episode:
How Tuur discovered Bitcoin in Argentina in 2011
The case for investing in Bitcoin
The current state of Bitcoin and metrics he looks at
Projections for the Bitcoin price
How Bitcoin compares to gold
The current state of the financial markets
Episode links:
How to Position for the Rally in Bitcoin Report
Why I'm Short Ethereum (and long Bitcoin)
Why Bitcoin is the Petroleum of Our Time
Bitcoin - Why It Now Belongs in Every Porfolio
Adamant Research Podcast on Soundcloud
Tuur Demeester Twitter
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/152
1 hr 17 min

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