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April 11, 2016 #126 Trent 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 … Continued
1 hr 16 min
April 05, 2016 EB125 – Florian Glatz: Defining A Legal Framework For Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)
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The relatively new concept of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), is often praised as a new type of organizational structure that has no identifiable owner or owners, and whose actions are automated and determined solely by a pre-defined set of rules. Views on DAOs differ widely. On one hand, members of the Bitcoin/blockchain space often portrayal them as AI-like swarm organisms, free from the shackles of nation-states, and that can act at will regardless of laws or regulation. On the other hand, legal experts caution that, like corporations, DAOs and their creators could be held liable in civil lawsuits, and that they may be served a hard dose of reality when they end up in court.
We are joined by Florian Glatz, attorney, researcher and software developer (not to mention the proud owner of the awesome domain name blockchain.lawyer). We discuss some of the basic legal concepts surrounding contracts and in what ways smart contracts may or may not fit within our existing legal framework. We also dive deep into DAOs, and address some of the challenges they may pose in the near and distant future.
Topics covered include:
- The history of innovation in law
- How merchant law (Lex Mercatoria) emerged in the 13th century
- How we can define smart contracts
- The legality of smart contacts
- The need for natural language contracts vs. contracts which are written in code
- Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
- The Slock.it DAO
- What would happen if one tried to sue a DAO
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Florian's Website: http://blockchain.lawyer
- What are Smart Contracts? In search of a consensus: https://medium.com/@heckerhut/whats-a-smart-contract-in-search-of-a-consensus-c268c830a8ad
- Smart Contracts, Platforms and Intermediaries: https://medium.com/@heckerhut/smart-contracts-platforms-and-intermediaries-c3d30f5182a6
- How to Sue A DAO: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-sue-dao-stephen-palley?trk=mp-reader-card
- How to Incorporate a DAO: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-incorporate-dao-stephen-palley?trk=mp-reader-card
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/125
YouTube: https://youtu.be/q5V01d3sp80
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-125
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
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1 hr 10 min
April 04, 2016Florian Glatz: Defining a Legal Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)
The relatively new concept of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), is often praised as a new type of organizational structure that has no identifiable owner or owners, and whose actions are automated and determined solely by a pre-defined set of rules. Views on DAOs differ widely. On one hand, members of the Bitcoin/blockchain space often portrayal them as AI-like swarm organisms, free from the shackles of nation-states, and that can act at will regardless of laws or regulation. On the other hand, legal experts caution that, like corporations, DAOs and their creators could be held liable in civil lawsuits, and that they may be served a hard dose of reality when they end up in court.
We are joined by Florian Glatz, attorney, researcher and software developer (not to mention the proud owne r of the awesome domain name blockchain.lawyer). We discuss some of the basic legal concepts surrounding contracts and in what ways smart contracts may or may not fit within our existing legal framework. We also dive deep into DAOs, and address some of the challenges they may pose in the near and distant future.
Topics covered in this episode:
The history of innovation in law
How merchant law (Lex Mercatoria) emerged in the 13th century
How we can define smart contracts
The legality of smart contacts
The need for natural language contracts vs. contracts which are written in code
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
The Slock.it DAO
What would happen if one tried to sue a DAO
Episode links:
Florian's Website
What are Smart Contracts? In search of a consensus
Smart Contracts, Platforms and Intermediaries
How to Sue A DAO
How to Incorporate a DAO
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/125
1 hr 10 min
April 04, 2016 #125 Florian Glatz: Defining a Legal Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)
The relatively new concept of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), is often praised as a new type of organizational structure that has no identifiable owner or owners, and whose actions are automated and determined solely by a pre-defined set of rules. Views on DAOs differ widely. On one hand, members of the Bitcoin/blockchain space often … Continued
1 hr 8 min
March 30, 2016 EB124 – Rune Christensen: Maker Dao Ethereum's Decentralized Central Bank
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The challenges Bitcoin's wild volatility represents for achieving mass adoption have made the necessity for stable cryptocurrencies apparent long ago. With Ethereum applications, the problem is even more apparent as many use cases from predcition markets to insurance are impractical using the even more volatile ether. Maker DAO is an ambitious attempt to solve the problem by building a bank-like system to issue a value-stable currency on Ethereum.
Rune Christensen joined us to discuss the need for Maker and the complex system to guarantee stability.
Topics covered included:
- Why money is the most successful product ever
- What makes stablecoins are necessary
- The different components of Maker such as the stablecoin Dai, the token MKR and the role they play
- Why Maker needs insurance against black swan events
- Maker's different planned stages of increasing decentralization
- The MKR token sale and its value proposition for investors
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Maker DAO http://bit.ly/1USiCjv
- Maker DAO Whitepaper http://bit.ly/1WTK7qD
- Maker DAO DevCon Talk http://bit.ly/25tHuSi
- EB60 with Robert Sams: Volatility and the Search for a Stable Cryptocurrency http://bit.ly/1SiKKX0
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Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/124
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-124
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
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- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter
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1 hr 20 min
March 28, 2016Rune Christensen: Maker DAO Ethereum’s Decentralized Central Bank
The challenges Bitcoin’s wild volatility represents for achieving mass adoption have made the necessity for stable cryptocurrencies apparent long ago. With Ethereum applications, the problem is even more apparent as many use cases from predcition markets to insurance are impractical using the even more volatile ether. Maker DAO is an ambitious attempt to solve the problem by building a bank-like system to issue a value-stable currency on Ethereum.
Rune Christensen joined us to discuss the need for Maker and the complex system to guarantee stability.
Topics covered in this episode:
Why money is the most successful product ever
What makes stablecoins are necessary
The different components of Maker such as the stablecoin Dai, the token MKR and the role they play
Why Maker needs insurance against black swan events
Maker’s different planned stages of increasing decentralization
The MKR token sale and its value proposition for investors
Episode links:
Maker DAO
Maker DAO Whitepaper
Maker DAO DevCon Talk
EB60 with Robert Sams: Volatility and the Search for a Stable Cryptocurrency
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/124
1 hr 20 min
March 28, 2016 #124 Rune Christensen: Maker DAO Ethereum’s Decentralized Central Bank
The challenges Bitcoin’s wild volatility represents for achieving mass adoption have made the necessity for stable cryptocurrencies apparent long ago. With Ethereum applications, the problem is even more apparent as many use cases from predcition markets to insurance are impractical using the even more volatile ether. Maker DAO is an ambitious attempt to solve the … Continued
1 hr 20 min
March 22, 2016 EB123 – Brock Pierce: From Digital Goods To Digital Currency
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We're joined by Brock Pierce, Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, investor and all around emblematic figure of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Brock tells his story, from his early beginning a entrepreneur in his teens, to the massively successfull video game industry businesses he built in the early 2000s.
As Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, he gives us his perspective on how the Foundation's role has evolved over time and its areas of focus going forward. Brock also weighs in the recent debates around governance and block size.
Topics covered included:
- The lemonade-stand beginnings of Brock's entrepreneurship story
- How he became involved in gaming and pioneered the sale of digital goods
- The 400,000-strong professional gamer supply chain he built in China
- His first contact with Bitcoin and the initial concerns he had
- Blockchain Capital and how he ended up investing in dozens of Bitcoin startups
- The blocksize debate and whether Bitcoin needs an explicit governance process
- The future of the Bitcoin Foundation
Links mentioned in this episode:
- This Week in Startups with Brock Pierce http://bit.ly/1LASaYZ
- The Finanser Interview with Brock Pierce http://bit.ly/22rSrEX
- Blockchain Capital http://bit.ly/1Mj6iWT
- Brock Pierce – Bitcoins Are The Digital Gold 2.0 http://bit.ly/1Zkc9gv
Sponsors:
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Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/123
YouTube: https://youtu.be/8HJvDzgfvh0
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 15 min
March 21, 2016Brock Pierce: From Digital Goods to Digital Currency
We’re joined by , Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, investor and all around emblematic figure of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Brock tells his story, from his early beginning a entrepreneur in his teens, to the massively successfull video game industry businesses he built in the early 2000s.
As Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, he gives us his perspective on how the Foundation’s role has evolved over time and its areas of focus going forward. Brock also weighs in the recent debates around governance and block size.
Topics covered in this episode:
The lemonade-stand beginnings of Brock’s entrepreneurship story
How he became involved in gaming and pioneered the sale of digital goods
The 400,000-strong professional gamer supply chain he built in China
His first contact with Bitcoin and the initial concerns he had
Blockchain Capital and how he ended up investing in dozens of Bitcoin startups
The blocksize debate and whether Bitcoin needs an explicit governance process
The future of the Bitcoin Foundation
Episode links:
This Week in Startups with Brock Pierce
The Finanser Interview with Brock Pierce
Blockchain Capital
Brock Pierce – Bitcoins Are The Digital Gold 2.0
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/123
1 hr 14 min
March 21, 2016 #123 Brock Pierce: From Digital Goods to Digital Currency
We’re joined by , Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, investor and all around emblematic figure of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Brock tells his story, from his early beginning a entrepreneur in his teens, to the massively successfull video game industry businesses he built in the early 2000s. As Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, he gives us … Continued
1 hr 13 min

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