The Blockchain Show

To bank or unbank? How does user experience design impact a technology's adoption? These are just a few of the questions addressed in this episode with Bo Zou interviewed by Ian Collins. Bo Zou is a Toronto-based creative thinker who combines digital, branding and user experience (UX) design to help major brands strengthen their customer relationships and stand out in a competitive environment.

Davis is a senior at Marquette University where he studies engineering and heads the University's Blockchain Lab. He also co-founded a blockchain consultancy company with a fellow peer: Euphrates.io

Scalability is likely that the biggest obstacle to mainstream adoption of decentralized ledgers. Last week, a team of ex-blockchain developers emerged from stealth mode with a unique solution: remove the block from the blockchain.

Enter Constellation. We are joined today by CTO Wyatt Meldman-Floch and Zac Russell the Head of Marketing. 

This team knows the problems of legacy blockchain protocols first hand. Upon experiencing the congestion of the Ethereum blockchain during a previous attempt to build a DApp, they pivoted to build, from the ground up, a platform protocol that relies on a horizontally scalable directed acyclic graph (DAG).

Not only does the Constellation team predict the realization of a transaction throughput several thousand times faster than most blockchains, but they believe they can achieve such speeds without the use of the plutocratic proof-of-stake mechanisms.

Visit Constellationlabs.io where you can learn more about the following:

• Why scalability is the key to mainstream adoption of decentralized ledgers

• The reasons why legacy blockchain networks will not be able to upgrade sufficiently

• The dangers of blockchain plutocracy and the need to make nodes accessible to the layman

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Evan Caron is Co-Founder at Swytch.io, a clean energy disruptor using the blockchain to track, verify, and reward sustainability actions. They are gearing up to launch their ICO soon and there is much "energy" to be had.

Axel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Shivom.io. Shivom is a healthcare platform which offers ownership of genomic and health data with the help of Blockchain technology. Axel is also a Member of the Blockchain Research Institute in Toronto. He holds a Ph.D. in Human Genetics from the University of Cologne.

Joe and Chris from Lannister Holdings join Ian and Ethan for a "Game of Chains" look into the world of massive money transactions. We discuss how Blockchain can streamline and secure the process. We also talk of universities and how they are fostering the next class of developers.

Mark and Ethan learn about the Dash side of Blockchain with Troy Wong, CFO and Director at Neptune Dash. Mr. Wong is a digital currency trader and blockchain startup consultant.

With the Facebook data/Cambridge Analytica story and the upcoming GDPR in Europe, the issue of data protection is a huge issue. Insights Network seeks to give consumers the ability to control and be rewarded for their data. We are joined by CEO Brian Gallagher

With the second coming of Cryptogeddon seemingly come and gone, and the threat of HODLing growing in the darkness; our hero Mark travels to the U.S. and Canada to find an almost mythical meetup in Seattle - Beer and Blockchain. Enthusiasm and refreshing news ensues.

The Blokechain Boys,  Mark & Ian, are back with their Conversation Street style, to interview Malcolm CasSelle, President of WAX (Worldwide Asset eXchange) and CIO of OPSkins, the leading in-game virtual item exchange.

WAX is a decentralized platform that enables anyone to operate a fully functioning virtual marketplace with zero investment in security, infrastructure, or payment processing.

WAX is designed to serve the 400+ million online players who already collect, buy and sell in-game items.