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I attended the Women 4 Blockchain Hackathon and Learning Hub in Nashville, Tennessee and talked with a few of the presenters who were there as well. Anna Vladi, COO of Everex Global and the Founder of Women 4 Blockchain talks to me about centralization, the crypto community, her hackathon event in Nashville, and what’s going on in the payments space. https://www.everex.io https://www.women4blockchain.com Stuart Lackey, Co-Founder and CEO at Solaster, shares his perspective on the state of health in America, wearables and monetizing health data, and credits for good health to be used for lower insurance rates. https://solaster.io Kristen Johns, Blockchain attorney at Waller, talks to me about Tokenize Tennessee that helps promote emerging technologies in the state. https://www.tokenizetn.com Mike Quintanilla, FinTech Strategist at First Tennessee Bank, talks blockchain facilitating efficient payments. https://www.firsttennessee.com Stuart Lackey              1:55 Kristen Johns               18:05 Anna Vladi                   28:45 Mike Quintanilla         42:40

What happens when Bitcoin startups are in the same space as big businesses creating enterprise Blockchain solutions? Trent Lapinski, host of the HackerNoon podcast, believes in the visionaries and the vision of those who are on the leading edge of this technology, but he’s worried about what might come of that vision as big businesses enter the space. “These are some of the most forward thinking like visionary people in the world that are working on these things. The problem is, I'm afraid of what I've seen with every other technological innovation is the visionaries come in, they build and push forward into a new space and then the powers that be whatever you want to call them come in and figure out how to screw it all up and make it mainstream and take those good intentions and ruin it.” This Speaking of Crypto podcast interview with Trent Lapinski is also available as a YouTube video here -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI6IgOfORHM Trent is a former tech startup CEO and founder, based in San Francisco and we talk about tech in Silicon Valley, the cost of doing business and living in San Fran, and what it’s like to own and run a successful tech business when you’re bringing in 40-50 thousand dollars a month. It wasn’t friends who came to him for money, he says, it was governments.  We also talk about Trent’s take on how tech helped Donald Trump beat Hilary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. He explains that it wasn’t Russia, but AI and “our own social networking companies” that got him the win. He’s got really interesting ideas on what went down. Also, Trent used to be a big fan of Apple computers in the Steve Jobs era, and we talk about what he would do if he were running Apple today.  “They went from being one of the best software companies in the world to being one of the worst, and they've lowered the level of the quality of their hardware to the point where everything's disposable. And I think that's bad for the environment. I think it's bad for products. I think it's bad for consumers.” “I would change their entire approach to hardware and software… We could put AT+T and Verizon out of business tomorrow, by enabling some software to allow every iPhone on the planet to communicate with each other. It would create a giant network that all these devices could communicate with each other.” Best moments: Apple without Steve Jobs 41:00 How tech helped Donald Trump win 19:50 Bootstrapping a tech startup in San Francisco 31:15 Why investors like investing in surveillance tech 34:30 Cost of living even post 2008 crash 11:15 Speaking of Crypto podcast (Trent Lapinski interview) on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI6IgOfORHM Hacker Noon podcast https://podcast.hackernoon.com Hacker Noon podcast (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChu5YILgrOYOfkfRlTB-D-g

Today I talk to Connie Gallippi, Founder at BitGive, about how she’s revolutionizing the charitable donations, why Bitcoin, and what her hope is for a better future.   This is Episode 94 for the Speaking of Crypto podcast and the 9thepisode in our Women in Cyrypto Wed. series   Please check out our show sponsors at speakingofcrypto.com/partners This show is sponsored by LEDN+ STARK+ LOLLI If you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.     Donate to BitGive at https://www.bitgivefoundation.org   Shop through Amazon Smile + They’ll donate on for you https://smile.amazon.com   Follow BitGive on Twitter @BitGiveOrg   Follow Connie Gallippi on Twitter @ConnieGallippi     Follow Speaking of Crypto on:   💻Speaking of Crypto website https://speakingofcrypto.com 🎞️The New Internet documentary film https://speakingofcrypto.com/new-internet/ ₿🔥Earn, Save, Give, Spend Bitcoin series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Njnt4Qkz4&list=PLCEg8ts6-x9VJQLjwyTnADbnW81UITARf 💁‍♀️Women in Crypto Wednesday series https://speakingofcrypto.com/wcwpod/   🎇Apple: http://bit.ly/SOCrypto 🔥GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/SOC_GP 🎉Spotify: http://bit.ly/SOCspot   ✅Twitter https://twitter.com/speakingcrypto @SpeakingCrypto ✅YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRGt9KoEi2zGHTAE5vEUFjw?view_as=subscriber ✅LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-grinnell-8255724a/ ✅Medium https://medium.com/speaking-of-crypto ✅Minds https://www.minds.com/speakingcrypto   Join for updates:   💌Speaking of Crypto https://speakingofcrypto.com  

Trekk, with two Ks, Podcast host, content creator and consultant in the crypto and blockchain space talks to me about establishing a personal brand, Bitcoin’s P2P beginnings to what it is today, and some of the who’s who in the space in 2019.   This is Episode 93 for the Speaking of Crypto podcast.   Please check out our show sponsors at speakingofcrypto.com/partners This show is sponsored by LEDN + STARK + LOLLI If you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.     Follow Trekk on LinkedIn and Twitter   Follow Speaking of Crypto on:   💻Speaking of Crypto website https://speakingofcrypto.com 🎞️The New Internet documentary film https://speakingofcrypto.com/new-internet/ ₿🔥Earn, Save, Give, Spend Bitcoin series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Njnt4Qkz4&list=PLCEg8ts6-x9VJQLjwyTnADbnW81UITARf 💁‍♀️Women in Crypto Wednesday series https://speakingofcrypto.com/wcwpod/   🎇Apple: http://bit.ly/SOCrypto 🔥GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/SOC_GP 🎉Spotify: http://bit.ly/SOCspot   ✅Twitter https://twitter.com/speakingcrypto @SpeakingCrypto ✅ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRGt9KoEi2zGHTAE5vEUFjw?view_as=subscriber ✅ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-grinnell-8255724a/ ✅ Medium https://medium.com/speaking-of-crypto ✅ Minds https://www.minds.com/speakingcrypto   Join for updates:   💌 Speaking of Crypto https://speakingofcrypto.com

Pascal Gauthier, CEO at Ledger, talks about how to save your Bitcoin using Ledger cold storage wallet, governance around the ownership of crypto in business, and why we need to be patient with where things are at with bitcoin + crypto.   This is Episode 91 for the Speaking of Crypto podcast.   We also talk about:   -UX improvements still needed at Ledger + in crypto in general -bitcoin ownership + responsibility -SIM hacking -liquid + lightning networks facilitation of bitcoin transactions   Please check out our show sponsors at speakingofcrypto.com/partners This show is sponsored by LEDN + STARK + LOLLI If you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.     Follow Ledger on Twitter @Ledger     Use our referral link to purchase a Ledger cold storage wallet.   Follow Speaking of Crypto on:   💻Speaking of Crypto website https://speakingofcrypto.com 🎞️The New Internet documentary film https://speakingofcrypto.com/new-internet/ ₿🔥Earn, Save, Give, Spend Bitcoin series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Njnt4Qkz4&list=PLCEg8ts6-x9VJQLjwyTnADbnW81UITARf 💁‍♀️Women in Crypto Wednesday series https://speakingofcrypto.com/wcwpod/   🎇Apple: http://bit.ly/SOCrypto 🔥GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/SOC_GP 🎉Spotify: http://bit.ly/SOCspot   ✅Twitter https://twitter.com/speakingcrypto @SpeakingCrypto ✅ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRGt9KoEi2zGHTAE5vEUFjw?view_as=subscriber ✅ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-grinnell-8255724a/ ✅ Medium https://medium.com/speaking-of-crypto ✅ Minds https://www.minds.com/speakingcrypto   Join for updates:   💌 Speaking of Crypto https://speakingofcrypto.com

Alex Adelman, CEO at Lolli, talks about how you can earn Bitcoin for free when you shop online, what he does to help with Bitcoin adoption and education and why he thinks we’re still in the early days in the crypto payments space. This is Episode 86 for the Speaking of Crypto podcast - the first episode for our Earn, Save, Give, Spend Bitcoin Series. Lolli’s one of our show sponsors. I’m a big fan of Lolli, the team, and what they’re up to and think that being able to earn Bitcoin by doing things we already do – like shop in this case, is one of the best ways for those who are new to Bitcoin to get excited about the space. We talk about: What sparked the idea for Lolli What cheapens a brand or elevates it What happens if bitcoin goes up 5x Creative shopping from outside of the US Wen Canada? Working on merchant adoption Merchants becoming Bitcoiners Lolli blog+ Bitcoin education Is it too early for BTC payments companies? margins in the payments space payment flows the power of the Bitcoin community Paul Puey shoutout Bitcoin vs points The Lolli wallet + cold storage wallets Second layer applications Running a node @CasaHODL @bluewalletio@lightning @CashApp The grandma test  We talk about Bitcoin vs points. “Points are like something that a lot of times. The consumer doesn't realize it, but it's an arbitrage on them. Most points never get used. It's because you forget about them, it's because they might have terms and conditions where they can take their points back, they can change the price of them. If every company had its own point system. It's like the most centralized cryptocurrency in the world.”  Please check out our sponsors at speakingofcrypto.com/partners And… if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.     Alex Adelman Links: Lolli Alex Adelman on LinkedIn @alexadelman on Twitter @trylolli on Twitter

Carolina Abenante, Founder at NYIAX talks aboutbringing financial trading technology to the advertising and entertainment industries using blockchain technology.This is Episode 85 for the Speaking of Crypto podcast - the seventh episode in our Women in Crypto Wednesday Series. By using smart contracts and blockchain technology, NYIAX is able to leverage the transparency and efficiency that blockchain brings and marry it with the ability to trade advertising contracts. “The smart contract allows for self-effectuation. That's why we really like blockchain.” Carolina talks to me about why Facebook’s Libra is an exciting development that she is in favour of. We also talk about: Her legal expertise to create effective smart contracts Creating a secondary market for the $700 billion advertising market Using blockchain’s transparency to reduce fraud Self-clearing of contracts using the CME model Smart contracts being triggered at each stage of the supply chain Facebook’s Libra enabling billions of users to hold crypto wallets How Facebook can maintain data privacy Libra like loyalty points Cryptocurrency vs tokenization A US CBDC The king of crypto Global Women in Blockchain Her advice for women entering the space Please check out our sponsors at speakingofcrypto.com/partners And… if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.     Carolina Abenante Links: Carolina Abenante on LinkedIn Carolina Abenante on Twitter NYIAX Global Women in Blockchain on Twitter

Namrata Ganatra, CTO at Lambda School, formerly Senior Director of Engineering at Coinbase, Head of Engineering for Payments at Facebook, and Senior Engineering Manager at PayPal has had in incredible career trajectory. Namrata has worked her way up in the engineering departments of some of the most prominent tech companies in Silicon Valley. But rather than simply gloss over the fact she’s done all this as a woman, she’s now CTO at a paradigm shifting startup… one of the reasons why I launched this Women in Crypto podcast series is to can get into a discussion on what it all means. The landscape is changing, and Namrata is someone who is breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations of young women in tech. We talk about one of the double standards that she was met with in her early days in a leadership role. We talk about some of the successes she’s had. And we discuss what some of her biggest learnings have been. We get into: How Bill Gates first inspired her Taking risks + landing your dream job Pursuing a Professional Master’s Degree at Stanford Delegating and managing dependencies Scaling at a fast pace Implementing an engineering bootcamp at Coinbase Belief in David Marcus’s ability to deliver Libra vs Bitcoin Libra connecting the unbanked to a global financial ecosystem How Lambda School only gets paid when their students do Students don’t pay for school until they’re hired Misaligned incentives from other institutions Designing curriculum based on industry needs Lack of diversity in tech Lack of women in leadership in crypto The double standard when women vs men lead teams Three Ps for joining any startup “In my early days of leading teams, I really used to get this feedback that I'm aggressive and I'm hard charging and hold people accountable. But my male colleague would get positive feedback that they're assertive for similar behavior.” “People undermined me in the past, during my early days, because I didn't look like a typical stereotype of a tech leader in a in a male dominated industry. So it always felt like the bar was higher for me than my colleagues, and I had to work harder than many people to constantly prove that I belong here.” We had a great conversation and I’m so happy that I was able to chat with Namrata Ganatra today for this Women in Crypto Wednesday series. Some of my biggest takeaways are around making sure our voices are heard, moving forward despite biases or unwarranted criticism, and considering the three Ps, product, people, potential when approaching new opportunities.  Check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And… if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.      Lambda School Namrata Ganatra Point of clarification: We discussed the Income Share Agreement on the podcast. Please note that it is as we discussed: Pay $0 tuition until student gets a job at $50k/year or more Once payments start they are at 17% of income, paid monthly The total amount is capped at $30k More options and details here: https://lambdaschool.com/isa

Samantha Radocchia, Author of Bitcoin Pizza and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Enterprise Tech inductee talks about writing her book on Bitcoin and blockchain tech, virtual living, and a new work model. Samantha is a tech entrepreneur who launched into the startup world with her first company when she was 20 years old. With a background in technology and anthropology, Samatha has been able to dive deep into the bowels of blockchain technology, while maintaining a big picture perspective enabling her to both see what innovations are leading change and also where they will have the biggest impact on society. We have a great conversation about her recent book, “Bitcoin Pizza: The No Bullshit Guide to Blockchain” which is now a number one best seller. We also chat about: How we consume information and learn using new technologies Virtual worlds in gaming Digital marketplaces in virtual worlds Transferring value from online worlds like Fortnight to other ecosystems VR workouts, like virtually paddleboarding in Bali with a friend New types of governance, nation states, and corporate structures Brazil’s perspective on Facebook’s Libra Redefining work, through distributed systems, new compensation avenues, and increased areas of opportunity Employee benefits and pension plans for decentralized freelancers Competitive skydiving Redefining what it means to be a woman How women can truly support each other When to stop writing, editing, reworking and call the book – done We had a great conversation and I’m so happy that I was able to chat with Sam Rad today for this Women in Crypto Wednesday series. Some of my biggest takeaways are around redefining work, adding more social and physical aspect to life online, and the importance of redefining what it means to be female in a previously male dominated society.  Check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And… if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.      Book: Bitcoin Pizza: The No-Bullshit Guide to Blockchain http://geni.us/bitcoinpizza Samantha Radocchia on Twitter https://twitter.com/SamRadOfficial Samantha Radocchia on LInkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantharadocchia/

Emma Todd, Executive Board Member & Co-Chair of Blockchain for Impact and CEO at MMH Blockchain Group talks about Crypto Tribalism and Digital Community.   Emma is an expert blockchain marketer with extensive marketing experience in the banking sector. She shares what advice she gives to blockchain companies. She also talks about how important it is for entrepreneurs to know what problem their solving, who their targeting and how to explain their idea clearly before they pour money into their project.   Emma and I have a great conversation about some important crypto projects and events, and what community looks like online, in real life, and on Crypto Twitter.     I’m very excited to be publishing this conversation with Emma for our second installment of our new Women In Crypto Wednesday podcast series.   We also chat about Hearing about Bitcoin + diving in immediately What happens when we say yes Bitcoin for remittances Marketing for crypto startups When your idea is not going to go anywhere Knowing your audience You’re company isn’t Uber and you’re not Steve Jobs Progressive ideas being implemented in Asia Crypto tribalism and Bitcoin maximalism Co-chairing Blockchain for Impact at the United Nations Alberta Blockchain week Blockchain in Bermuda Bunz, bartering and Btz Bitcoin and crypto mining Women supporting women in tech   When I asked her about marketing to crypto companies she explained how straightforward she is. Really it’s about the idea. If an entrepreneur can’t explain their idea. If people can’t understand who would benefit and who the target is, than they’ve got a problem.   “Everyone likes to think that they're the next Steve Jobs. And he's the only person I know that told me that I needed to end I had before I knew I needed it.”   We had a great conversation and I’m so happy that I was able to chat with Emma Todd today for this Women in Crypto Wednesday series. Some of my biggest takeaways are around being able to explain an idea clearly and knowing who it’s for and QR codes used in new ways.     Check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And… if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.      Emma Todd on Twitter https://twitter.com/blockchainEmmaT   MMH Blockchain Group https://www.mmhgroup.io/worldwide-conferences.html   Blockchain Commission for Social Change/Pvblic https://www.pvblic.org

Jenny Shaver, COO at SALT Lending talks about her tech background in finance at American Express, what the culture is like working in New York City, and how entering the startup world in the crypto space at the bottom of a bear market, is like participating in an extreme sport. She shares valuable advice that she received from a mentor that she carries with her to date and explains what’s important to her now that she’s in a leadership role. Jenny and I have a fantastic conversation about the work she’s doing now, what she sees for the future, and how she views her role as a woman in crypto for our first Women In Crypto Wednesday podcast series. We also chat about The growing city of Denver and work life balance there Crypto backed lending at SALT Continuing to own a master node while using crypto as collateral The SALT token and what it’s used for Questioning the incentives around using Facebook’s Libra coin Which parties are most threatened by Libra Existing power structures and whether they will change Risk taking and rewriting rules Comradery among women in the crypto space And some of her insights from Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile When I asked her about Libra adoption and her thoughts, she says she’s made the joke before that –  “the establishment is just allowing us to play in our little pool to incubate tech for them.” We had a great conversation and I’m so happy that I was able to do this first WCW series with Jenny. There are some real take always that I’m going to carry with me after this conversation. Check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And… if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show.      Jenny Shaver on Twitter https://twitter.com/jenkshaver?lang=en SALT Lending https://saltlending.com Jenny Shaver on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyshaver/

Robert Beadles, aka Crypto Beadles, is the President of Monarch, which is a non-custodial wallet as well as a payment solution. Not only is he president of one of the most successful wallets in the crypto space, but he’s also a YouTuber and share’s great interviews with some of incredible frontrunners in the space. I urge you to check out his YouTube channel, too, because with every video they post, they also give away $100 in Bitcoin cash. So check out Crypto Beadles on YouTube. Robert and I sat down for this conversation while we were at the Futurist Conference in Toronto. Thanks to Tracy and the amazing Untraceable team for putting on another incredible event and thanks to Robert for a great interview to Aaron for recording this one for us!  Here’s what we chat about:  Max Keiser’s influence Getting into Bitcoin in 2011 Monarch Pay and the Free Ross, Fund Ross campaign Monarch Wallet’s non-custodial solution Facebook’s Libra and crypto adoption Facebook, trust and global regulation YouTube and the $100 Bitcoin cash giveaways $100 around the globe Decentralized social media + paid content Bitcoin vs Bitcoin Cash What percentage of his holdings are in Bitcoin When I asked him about where he sees the future of crypto, he says: “You can already see the move towards digital currencies, especially when you have things like the Fed coin, or the Federal Reserve talking about their own currency in 2022. So you already know that that's the direction we're going, is with a digital currency. Do I think they'll still be some fiat paper out there? Of course, just like there's still people with cheque books.” We had a great conversation. I have huge respect for Robert aka Crypto Beadles and what he’s building, both at Monarch and on the educational side with his fantastic YouTube channel. Check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show. And to all of you listening – thank you for helping to make this podcast happen! Crypto Beadles on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcE2GkGcKxHjZoMVM7tjmyA   Twitter https://twitter.com/RobertBeadles   Monarch Wallet https://monarchwallet.com  

Amber D. Scott is CEO at Outlier, and a compliance ninja. She’s an expert in regulation around cryptocurrencies, custody, privacy and in keeping with all of the latest changes. She’s a guru at the intersection of compliance and blockchain technology and as an MBA grad she also understands where businesses are coming from. Amber sits down with me at my home office in Toronto. We recorded this episode on video as well. Check out YouTube Channel.  Speaking of Crypto – The New Internet. This channel is still in its infancy but we’ll be posting more podcasts here as well as clips from the documentary film, The New Internet which is currently in production. More info at speakingofcrypto.com. Amber and I have a fantastic conversation. Some of the things we talk about are: Her early days in compliance at Capital One A simple strategy to avoid scams Spending Bitcoin instead of hodling in the early days (Amber’s pizza purchase equivalent) The political statement behind Satoshi creating Bitcoin Outlier’s compliance work, education and philosophy Self-custody rights and a personal experience that hits home When KYC + AML are required or not + creating data honeypots What went wrong with Quadriga Where Facebook may run into trouble with compliance A new definition of fiat currency Bitcoin as a reserve currency On Satoshi’s decision to stay in the pseudonymous, Amber ends with this idea: “(Bitcoin) is meant to be borderless and censorship resistant. And that might annoy some censors, with good reason. And if that is an act that you're doing, maybe that's not something that you necessarily want to be attributed.”  We had a really great chat. I have huge respect for the work that Amber has been doing for so many years and all that she puts into her expertise now.   Also, check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show. And to all of you listening – thank you for helping to make this podcast happen! Twitter https://twitter.com/OutlierCanada   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberdscott/ Outlier Canada https://www.outliercanada.com

Coldie is an innovative, creative, clever, bold Crypto Artist. He works with crypto themes and tokenizing his artwork.  We talk about what crypto art is and why it’s intriguing. We discuss his completely original clothing art idea - the Split Cut Shirt, his tokenized digital art, and some of his pieces specifically, including: Decentral Eyes – Vitalk Buterin Andreas Antonopoulos Proof of Work http://www.coldie3d.com/crypto-art/ Coldie talks about his art school background and his influences including the artists he admires most and why he appreciates their type of art. He also shares the importance in experimenting. And, one of the pieces he showed me in person was something he made using a long exposure, flashlights with coloured filters, shot at night out in the middle of nowhere. We had a really great chat. I absolutely love the work that he’s doing and I urge you to check it out.  Also, check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show. And to all of you listening – thank you for helping to make this podcast happen! Twitter https://twitter.com/Coldie   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/3dmagazine/   Super Rare 1/1 Tokenized NFTs https://superrare.co/coldie  R.A.R.E Art Labs Tokenized Digital Art + Split Cut Tshirts https://www.rareart.io/u/Coldie Andreas Antonopoulos 3D Lenticular Artwork https://www.fomohunt.com/market/andreas-antonopoulos-decentral-eyes-portrait-series-3d-lenticular-poster-artwork/   Coldie3D.com http://www.coldie3d.com/

Austin Davis, Founder at Blockchain Beach and Co-founder and CEO at The Global Hackathon, has been in Bitcoin space since 2012. His energy is contagious, and he isn’t just talking about the technology, he’s building with it.   Austin has an engineering background so he’s understands blockchain from the code up. He’s actively creating community through hackathons and meet-ups and he’s working with great teams of people to help drive the space forward.   When it comes to crypto, those who are in it are reshaping our future. I asked Austin what it takes to change the world.   “I would say it takes a lot of courage, it takes a lot of willpower and longevity, because you have to stand the test of time”   About the crypto community -   “I've seen a lot of characters for sure in the industry, and a lot of inspiration and really powerful people that are coming together - thought leaders, people that are planning the future economies of the world, people that are thinking a lot further beyond what's in front of their face. So, I would say the crypto communities are very strong and vibrant, accepting, powerful, engaging.”   Check out our affiliate links at speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for some great ways to support the show. And if you’re enjoying the podcast, please take a minute to rate, review and subscribe. This goes a long way to helping people who are new to crypto find the show. And to all of you listening – thank you for helping to make this podcast happen! I couldn’t do it without you! Blockchain Beach https://www.blockchainbeach.us The Global Hackathon https://theglobalhackathon.com Austin Davis https://twitter.com/aedavis

Alan Wunsche, CEO at Token Funder, talks about why tokenization is an opportunity and where the industry is heading? Why would the average person want to buy into a fraction of an asset? “It's actually not that complicated you because you believe you're going to be getting some cash flow from it from the rent, or because you're going to get capital appreciation. Otherwise, you're being very generous and letting someone live in your asset.” Are we going to be living in a Ready Player One world where our digital assets become more important than our real-world assets, or more valuable? Will everything that is currently a security, become fractionalized, tokenized and distributed in a very different way to traditional assets now? Alan explains why he’s excited about moving from an internet where few players were able to accumulate large amounts of wealth to a decentralized internet where financial inclusion is part of its design. “We're taking these steps to really bring people along if you want to start dabbling in this space. Now, of course, the promise, we hope, is your hundred dollars really is going to an exciting future company that a VC would have put $100 into. And, they would have benefited, but in this case, you as an average person will now participate in wealth creation.” TokenFunder https://about.tokenfunder.com   Alan Wunsche https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanwunsche/

Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co-founder of Ledn, shares his perspective of growing up in Venezuela. We talk about what the culture, and economic and political sentiment was like when Hugo Chavez became president  rewrote the constitution, renamed the country, changed the flag and and changed the entire economic landscape that ultimately created the devastating state of hyperinflation that there is today, which, in 2019, is estimated to be 10 million per cent. We talk about the oil boom instigating outrageous government spending, Chavez’s marathon Sunday propaganda broadcasts of Aló Presidente and his power moves like expropriating property live on national TV under the guise of making life better for the people of Venezuela. “Authoritarian regimes have been incredibly successful when they place capital controls, in pushing this narrative that it doesn't affect the common person, that it only affects the rich people because they travel. And because they get to buy things from abroad, but that these currency controls don't really affect the actual residents of the country because they don't live in dollars.” Mauricio explains how hyperinflation effected Venezuelans. And… in doing research for this podcast, I’d read and listened to talks on how hyperinflation was devasting, causing extreme poverty and dire circumstances, which we get into. But I wanted to ask Mauricio about the other side as well, who benefits from hyperinflation? Because it’s not one sided. So he explains from personal experience how he was able to benefit from shorting the Bolivar. “Personally, I have done better off shorting the bolivar than long Bitcoin. And the way you short the bolivar, in essence, and the way the rich get richer to your point, is when you have assets, you have an asset base, you can borrow against that asset base… So what you do is you take a loan at 30% converted to dollars on spot, wait for inflation to do with thing, three months later, you convert a fraction of the principal back, pay off the entire loan, do it again.  And biggest problem with extreme monetary inflation is how quickly the currency becomes devalued. This is why Mauricio and his family started Bitcoin and why it was the perfect solution… until it wasn’t.   Ledn https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a6ac10e113235364c2914ee6dc857c7   Venezuelan government vs. Mauricio’s brother’s Bitcoin mining operation https://www.diariobitcoin.com/index.php/2017/12/13/siguen-metiendo-presos-a-mineros-en-venezuela-a-pesar-de-palabras-del-presidente-maduro/ https://www.noticiasbarquisimeto.com/2017/12/12/preso-sujeto-en-barquisimeto-por-minar-bitcoin-ilegalmente/ http://www.arepadigital.com/detienen-a-minero-de-bitcoin-en-barquisimeto/   Human Rights Foundation run by Alex Gladstein Open Money Initiative run by Alejandro Machado Bitcoin Venezuela    Looking for ways to Support the Show? Follow us on Twitter @speakingcrypto. Check out our website at speakingofcrypto.com for a few easy ideas like downloading the podcast or listening on Radio Public. And check out our affiliate links at our speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for more great ways to support the show. Many thank yous to all of you listening for helping make this show happen!

The crypto space often asks what is the killer app? What is it that’s going to catapult crypto into the mainstream?   The killer app might be gaming.   Gaming is huge. Worldwide, it’s expected to be a 152 Billion Dollar market in 2019. And it’s only getting bigger… fast.   “Fortnight is registering half a million users per day… and that's exactly 20 times the total amount of wallets with dai on them.”   Matias Nisenson and his co-founder Luciano Bertenascotook a leap of faith, 18 months ago, that the technology they knew they would need would be there, when they were ready to launch and it is. So they’re using the Loom Network’s sidechain technology on the Ethereum Blockchain.   Their game Crypto Wars is revolutionizing the gaming model. Instead of players buying skins or guns or other assets that only they can use, the whole game being built on a blockchain using NFTs allows users to purchase, unique, valuable, tradeable assets.   Because these assets are unique, and therefore scarce, they will go up in value as the game grows in popularity.   Users can purchase NFTs like swords, cars, skins and sell them to other users for a return on their investment. And as the technology expands, these NFTs will at some point be able to be interoperable so they can be moved from game to game.   And within the game, players can also earn crypto.   “What we're doing at crypto wars is basically giving the power back to the users. They are not spending money anymore in games, but what they're basically doing now is they're investing it. So, they could actually monetize their time while having a lot of fun at the same time.”   Matias explains how the gaming economy resembles the real-world economy.   “You will have some users that want to spend time, and you will have some users that want to spend money. The users that want to spend time can farm all these resources and can sell them to the users who want to spend money. So, it's basically like a real-life economy just translated into a game.”   It may sound futuristic that people in real life will want to purchase NFTs for a whole lot of money, but it’s happening now. One of the Crypto Kitties kitties sold for $140,000 and Matias tells me about a Formula One NFT by Animoca that sold for $100,000.     Experimental https://e11.io Crypto Wars https://cryptowars.jp Matias Nisenson https://twitter.com/matiasnisenson?lang=en Crypto Kitties https://cryptowars.jp Animoca Formula One NFTs https://www.f1deltatime.com   Looking for ways to Support the Show? Follow us on Twitter @speakingcrypto. Check out our website at speakingofcrypto.com for a few easy ideas like downloading the podcast or listening on Radio Public. And check out our affiliate links at our speakingofcrypto.com/earncrypto for more great ways to support the show. Many thank yous to all of you listening for helping make this show happen!

Everything changed for Eric Tippets when he went to China about 10 years ago. He started to see what business looked like in a country with 1.3 billion people.  And he could see how technology increased efficiency, scaling and opportunity.   “In China, the velocity of things just moves extremely quick, but their technology… it's funny how the culture was behind, but the technology was way advanced. And they were way, way ahead of us.”   Eric talked about how processes were so streamlined that whether he was seeing huge numbers of people go through the airport or walk through a café to grab a bagel, everything ran smoothly and efficiently, with the help of technology.   In January of 2015 Eric and a partner launched a microlending platform that facilitated crowd-funding for entrepreneurs, and they learned very quickly what running a business on a massive scale looked like.   “Within six months, we had 3.5 million people, and $3 billion USD come through that platform. People talk about doing big numbers. It's amazing to me, unless you’ve done it, you can't even remotely begin to understand all the difficulty of it. And all the complexity between getting hacked nine times between bank accounts getting shut down, because they thought we were money laundering, (Hackers) would do a complete replica of our site and have people come over and take their money. We over 100 of those.”   As they worked through the bugs, working at this scale paid off. “We got to the point after those six months, we were doing 35 to 40 million dollars a minute.”   Now Eric is working on helping entrepreneurs to tokenize their business with NASGO and the NSG token. They’ve giving startups a way to use a working utility token within their community.   One of the artists they’re working with to facilitate tokenizing and monetizing his content is Jaafar Jackson (Jermaine Jackson’s son) who uses their VAPR app and his tokens to incentivize fans to purchase like, follow, comment, and share content and he rewards them with experiences like a studio visit when he records his next song.   I met Eric at the Blockchain for Impact summit in NYC in early June and we talk about one of the contributions he’s been making with the NASGO blockchain. One of the delegates in their DPOS structure goes to charitable donations, so every 17 minutes when a block reward gets paid out, one of them goes to their charitable contributuions.     Eric Tippets http://erictippetts.com NASGO https://www.nasgo.com Jaafar Jackson, JUSIC token https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=vrQgNFqjL5M Looking for ways to Support the Show? Listen to Speaking of Crypto on Radio Public and they’ll send us a micropayment for each listen. Listen to 3 episodes or more, and they’ll send us a buck. Download the Radio Public app or listen online here à Radio Public Looking for other ways to support the podcast, check out the home page of our website for a few more ideas.

Open Source Technology and Blockchain Technology have created these base layer technologies with billions of dollars’ worth of value. Like what happened open source and the internet, now with blockchain, a few large players with buckets of money are going after only a small segment of developers to maximize profits for their investors. But what about developers? Shouldn’t they be able to capture some of that value – whether they’re building on open source or blockchain platforms? “Open source software creates billions of dollars a year in economic value for the world, and software developers don't have the opportunity to capture the value that they've created in the world because of because of open source… and in a lot of ways, it's a tragedy of the commons.” Kevin Owocki, founded Gitcoin, which brings together funders and developers in a peer to peer job network.  We talk about what Gitcoin is all about and how to get started. I asked him about how it would work if I wanted to hire a developer to create an online shopping cart for speakingofcrypto.com to sell SOC podcast merch and walks me through it. We also talk about the new paradigm of getting paid in ways we couldn’t in the past (like earning crypto for block rewards or for maintaining a network). “Since we value the work that miners are doing, we're paying them a block reward. But what if you also added a 10% overhead for the people who are actually building the open source software that the miners are running in order to secure the network, then you could have point to either go to a group of software developers who built the who built the ecosystem. And I think that that's the ultimate example of programming your values into your money, because it's a fundamentally new thing that could exists before the blockchain internet.” We also chat about globalization and the exportability of law and culture through blockchain’s borderless structure. Can developers from countries in Venezuela, Argentina, or Egypt where there has been a history of extreme inflation benefit from accessing American systems of freelance work structure? “We talk about the exportability of law through blockchain’s borderless structure. “one of the primary features of blockchain is that you can export the rule of law and faith in faith in your investments that you would get in somewhere like America, to a place where they don't have great rule of law and there's a lot of corruption.” We also talk about the idea of nations competing for citizens and Kevin recommends the book, The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg  https://www.amazon.ca/Sovereign-Individual-Mastering-Transition-Information/dp/0684832720 Kevin also shares some great things about the  Boulder, Colorado developer community. //   Kevin Owocki https://twitter.com/owocki Gitcoin https://gitcoin.co/mission Gitcoin Mission https://gitcoin.co/mission How is Gitcoin doing? Check out their earnings here:  https://gitcoin.co/results