The NiFTy Chicks

Daniel Heyman, co-founder and program directory of PegaSys and Grace Hartley, strategy and operations associate at PegaSys, discuss Hyperledger Besu. PegaSys is the protocol engineering team at ConsenSys and has been the primary contributor and maintainer of the codebase at the core of Hyperledger Besu since its launch in November 2018 as Pantheon. As part of the Hyperledger community, Hyperledger Besu is the first project that can operate on a public blockchain.

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Adam Gunther, Director of IBM Trust Identity, sheds light on digital identity and the role it plays in the enterprise blockchain space. Adam goes into detail about the problem digital identity is solving and then provides real-world examples of digital identity being applied on blockchain networks. Adam emphasis how digital identity helps reduce fraud and ensures secure data sharing for both businesses and consumers.

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Gleb Palienko, Head of Bifury’s Exonum Blockchain, explains how billion-dollar enterprises are leveraging the Bitcoin blockchain. Gleb goes into detail about Exonum’s anchoring process and shares enterprise use cases that demonstrate the benefits of companies tapping into the Bitcoin network. Gleb also shares some breaking news regarding Exonum and Hyperledger. 

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Suzanne Livingston, IBM Food Trust Offering Director, explains how IBM uses blockchain technology via their Food Trust Network to trace food from leading retailers. Suzanne goes into detail about how Golden State Foods, the leading provider of McDonald’s hamburger meat, uses the IBM blockchain to ensure that meat is kept at safe temperatures and is easily traceable. Suzanne also explains how a leading European grocery provider allows consumers to scan a QR-code to learn where food comes from and more.

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Taxes are becoming more of a priority as cryptocurrency goes mainstream. Bittax founder, Gidi Bar-Zakay and vice president, Or Lokay Cohen, explain how cryptocurrency holders should treat taxes. Moreover, the duo goes into detail as to how cryptocurrency taxes are bridging the gap between regulators and crypto holders.

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Galia Benartzi, co-founder of Bancor, explains the origins of Bancor, which was inspired by a community currency called hearts. She then explains how Bancor is providing liquidity for cryptocurrency and why this is crucial for a new, digital economy. Galia also shares her thoughts on Facebook’s Libra token, explaining why this is a positive gain for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. In addition, Galia touches on the topic of why Bancor has restricted use of their platform to United States citizens.

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Tory Reiss, co-founder of TrustToken, discusses stablecoins and how these cryptocurrencies are being applied throughout the blockchain ecosystem. He uses TrustToken’s USD-backed stablecoin, TrueUSD, as an example of a stablecoin being implemented to help developing countries. He also explains how stablecoins can be used for portfolio building. Additionally, he goes into detail about his recent meeting with Facebook.

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Charles Hoskinson, CEO of IOHK and Founder of Cardano (ADA), explains the elements of a systematic blockchain. Through mathematical proofs and code, protocol development will become less flawed and more stable. Charles also explains why Cardano is a blockchain platform build on the Haskell programming language. He also goes into detail as to how blockchain and cryptocurrency will change the world by providing financial access to billions of people everywhere. Finally, Charles speaks about IOHK’s latest enterprise blockchain project, Atala.

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Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur, Tim Draper, shares his thoughts on how Bitcoin will change the world. He explains how he become involved with Bitcoin and the potential the cryptocurrency has to transform cross-border payments, remittances and a number of other use cases. Draper also explains why JP Morgan’s coin - JPM Coin - will never be as successful as Bitcoin. Additionally, he discusses why the price of Bitcoin recently spiked, while also mentioning that Bitcoin will surely hit 250k by 2022 or 2023.

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Justin Sun, Founder of TRON and CEO of BitTorrent, explains what the USDT-TRX stablecoin means for TRON, BitTorrent and the entire blockchain industry as a whole. Justin also mentions potential future partnerships with enterprises that will help facilitate cross border payments in the future. Additionally, Justin shares his thoughts on Ethereum and Vitalik Buterin’s recent tweets regarding TRON.

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