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May 02, 2016 EB129 – The Far Future In Front Of Us
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As the blockchain field continues evolving rapidly, Sebastien, Meher and Brian take some time to discuss the current environment and the longer term implications of blockchains. We discussed how smart contracts could affect the pace of innovation and the competitiveness of industries. We also talked about the role DAOs will play and what we can take away from the current DAO crowdsale and its connection with Slock.it.
Topics covered included:
- How companies running on smart contracts could impact the pace and cost of innovation
- A smart contract-based insurance example
- Why smart contracts and blockchains will challenge our understanding of organizations
- The current state of DAOs
- Slock.it and the DAO crowdsale
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Maciej Olpinski's Blog http://bit.ly/1TpCHrO
- Slock.it http://bit.ly/1TFubHO
- The DAO http://bit.ly/1rqMnvJ
- EB108 - The Big Chain Powwow http://bit.ly/1QMZvQp
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/129
YouTube: https://youtu.be/W8xAwbPN6Ko
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
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58 min
May 02, 2016 #129 The Far Future in Front of Us
As the blockchain field continues evolving rapidly, Sebastien, Meher and Brian take some time to discuss the current environment and the longer term implications of blockchains. We discussed how smart contracts could affect the pace of innovation and the competitiveness of industries. We also talked about the role DAOs will play and what we can … Continued
12 hr 56 min
April 26, 2016 EB128 – Jed Mccaleb: Stellar And The Vision Of An Open Financial System
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When Jed McCaleb discovered Bitcoin, there didn't even exist an online marketplace to trade the cryptocurrency yet. The experienced founder who had earlier started file sharing site eDonkey, acted fast and started the first Bitcoin exchange MtGox which he later sold to now-infamous Mark Karpeles. Jed later founded the pioneering Ripple project before leaving to start Stellar.
We discussed his journey through the industry and the ambitious plans Stellar has to create an open financial system that will give access to financial services to a much broader spectrum of humanity.
Topics covered included:
- Jed's early involvement in the industry and founding of MtGox and subsequently Ripple
- Why Jed left Ripple and started Stellar
- How Ripple and Stellar differ
- The Stellar Consensus Protocol
- Why the organization behind Stellar is a non-profit foundation
- Stellar's focus on developing markets and Nigeria in particular
- The role and distribution of Stellar's currency Lumen
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Stellar Website http://bit.ly/1XUNvCf
- Stellar Consensus Protocol http://bit.ly/1MWfMrJ
- Bitcoin-Lumen Giveaway http://bit.ly/233DGTG
- Stellar Graphic Novel http://bit.ly/1NwIXl7
- Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper http://amzn.to/1LxK5im
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
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/128
YouTube: https://youtu.be/dHkrrMg9RUw
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
- Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com
- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc
1 hr 7 min
April 25, 2016Jed Mccaleb: Stellar and the Vision of an Open Financial System
When Jed McCaleb discovered Bitcoin, there didn’t even exist an online marketplace to trade the cryptocurrency yet. The experienced founder who had earlier started file sharing site eDonkey, acted fast and started the first Bitcoin exchange MtGox which he later sold to now-infamous Mark Karpeles. Jed later founded the pioneering Ripple project before leaving to start Stellar.
We discussed his journey through the industry and the ambitious plans Stellar has to create an open financial system that will give access to financial services to a much broader spectrum of humanity.
Topics covered in this episode:
Jed’s early involvement in the industry and founding of MtGox and subsequently Ripple
Why Jed left Ripple and started Stellar
How Ripple and Stellar differ
The Stellar Consensus Protocol
Why the organization behind Stellar is a non-profit foundation
Stellar’s focus on developing markets and Nigeria in particular
The role and distribution of Stellar’s currency Lumen
Episode links:
Stellar Website
Stellar Consensus Protocol
Bitcoin-Lumen Giveaway
Stellar Graphic Novel
Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/128
1 hr 7 min
April 25, 2016 #128 Jed Mccaleb: Stellar and the Vision of an Open Financial System
When Jed McCaleb discovered Bitcoin, there didn’t even exist an online marketplace to trade the cryptocurrency yet. The experienced founder who had earlier started file sharing site eDonkey, acted fast and started the first Bitcoin exchange MtGox which he later sold to now-infamous Mark Karpeles. Jed later founded the pioneering Ripple project before leaving to … Continued
1 hr 6 min
April 18, 2016Anthony di Iorio: Jaxx – Ethereum and Why Community Matters
We were joined by repeat guest Anthony di Iorio, a definite contender for having (co-)founded the most projects in the blockchain space including Ethereum, Kryptokit, Decentral and Jaxx. We got an update on the vibrant Toronto blockchain scene and Decentral. The main discussion revolved around the new wallet Jaxx that is simultaneously a Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet and takes a significant step towards a more unified and accessible cryptocurrency experience. Finally, we discussed his recent appointment as Chief Digital Officer at the Toronto Stock Exchange / TMX Group and the upcoming trade show Blockchain World Expo.
Topics covered in this episode:
Update on Decentral and Kryptokit
How the Jaxx wallet
Unique UI challenges of Ethereum wallets
The role of community in bringing innovation to corporates
His role as Chief Digital Officer at the TMX Group
The upcoming Blockchain World Expo in Toronto
Episode links:
Jaxx Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet
Decentral
Decentral.tv
Blockchain World Expo
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/127
1 hr
April 18, 2016 EB127 – Anthony Di Iorio: Jaxx, Ethereum And Why Community Matters
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We were joined by repeat guest Anthony Di Iorio, a definite contender for having (co-)founded the most projects in the blockchain space including Ethereum, Kryptokit, Decentral and Jaxx. We got an update on the vibrant Toronto blockchain scene and Decentral. The main discussion revolved around the new wallet Jaxx that is simultaneously a Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet and takes a significant step towards a more unified and accessible cryptocurrency experience. Finally, we discussed his recent appointment as Chief Digital Officer at the Toronto Stock Exchange / TMX Group and the upcoming trade show Blockchain World Expo.
Topics covered included:
- Update on Decentral and Kryptokit
- How the Jaxx wallet
- Unique UI challenges of Ethereum wallets
- The role of community in bringing innovation to corporates
- His role as Chief Digital Officer at the TMX Group
- The upcoming Blockchain World Expo in Toronto
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Jaxx Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet http://bit.ly/23TWfw8
- Decentral http://bit.ly/1jBWUd9
- Decentral.tv
- Blockchain World Expo http://bit.ly/1WbH5j1
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/127
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Epm8S-PBSvs
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
- Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com
- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc
1 hr
April 18, 2016 #127 Anthony di Iorio: Jaxx – Ethereum and Why Community Matters
We were joined by repeat guest Anthony di Iorio, a definite contender for having (co-)founded the most projects in the blockchain space including Ethereum, Kryptokit, Decentral and Jaxx. We got an update on the vibrant Toronto blockchain scene and Decentral. The main discussion revolved around the new wallet Jaxx that is simultaneously a Bitcoin and … Continued
12 hr 59 min
April 12, 2016 EB126 – Trent Mcconaghy: Scalable Public Distributed Databases With BigchainDB
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One of the major drawbacks of Bitcoin is its low transaction throughput. Maxing out only a handful of operations per second, there have been many proposals to scale it up so that it can compete with existing distributed database technologies. As the blockchain's demand continues to increase, it's unclear if the Bitcoin protocol will ever be able to handle thousands, if not millions of transactions per second. BigchainDB is taking a different approach. Rather than trying to scale up blockchain technology, it starts with a big data distributed database, RethinkDB, and adds blockchain features and characteristics.
Trent McConaghy, Co-founder and CTO of Ascribe and BigchainDB, joins us to talk about how this protocol may become to databases, what IPFS and Ethereum are to distributed filestorage and computing, respectively. Able to perform more than one million writes per second and capacities in the petabytes, BigchainDB has the ambition to become the world's public database platform.
Topics we covered include:
- A brief update on Ascribe since Trent was last on the show
- The motivations behind BigchainDB and that problems it's trying to solve
- How BigchainDB plans to solve the typical scalability bottlenecks found in blockchain protocols
- BigchainDB's capacity, performance and latency characteristics
- BigchainDB's consensus model, applied to RethinkDB
- Potential application for BigchainDB, in both centralised and decentralised application stacks
Links mentioned in this episode:
- BigchainDB: https://www.bigchaindb.com/
- BigchainDB Whitepaper: https://www.bigchaindb.com/whitepaper/
- Ascribe: https://www.ascribe.io/
- Left Gallery: https://left.gallery/
- 23vivi: https://23vivi.com/
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
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/126
YouTube: https://youtu.be/4epw8KvaQ34
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
- Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com
- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc
1 hr 17 min
April 11, 2016Trent McConaghy: BigchainDB – Scalable Public Distributed Databases
One of the major drawbacks of Bitcoin is its low transaction throughput. Maxing out only a handful of operations per second, there have been many proposals to scale it up so that it can compete with existing distributed database technologies. As the blockchain’s demand continues to increase, it’s unclear if the Bitcoin protocol will ever be able to handle thousands, if not millions of transactions per second. BigchainDB is taking a different approach. Rather than trying to scale up blockchain technology, it starts with a big data distributed database, RethinkDB, and adds blockchain features and characteristics.
Trent Mcconaghy, Co-founder and CTO of Ascribe and BigchainDB, joins us to talk about how this protocol may become to databases, what IPFS and Ethereum are to distributed filestorage and computing, respectively. Able to perform more than one million writes per second and capacities in the petabytes, BigchainDB has the ambition to become the world’s public database platform.
Topics covered in this episode:
A brief update on Ascribe since Trent was last on the show
The motivations behind BigchainDB and that problems it’s trying to solve
How BigchainDB plans to solve the typical scalability bottlenecks found in blockchain protocols
BigchainDB’s capacity, performance and latency characteristics
BigchainDB’s consensus model, applied to RethinkDB
Potential application for BigchainDB, in both centralised and decentralised application stacks
Episode links:
BigchainDB
BigchainDB Whitepaper
Ascribe
Left Gallery
23vivi
This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/126
1 hr 17 min

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