We have two leaders from Vodafone and Polkadot on the show to bridge the gap between industry and web3! We chat to David Hawig from the Web3 Foundation and David Palmer, CPO at Pairpoint, the web3-focused subsidiary of Vodafone, about the road to mass adoption of Web3 and blockchain technologies. 

We discuss how Vodafone / Pairpoint is leveraging blockchain tech for the Internet of Things, the importance of trust and smart contracts in the IoT industry and how they have built permissioned blockchain solutions already and are looking into building on public blockchains!

We also discuss the challenges and opportunities for businesses in adopting crypto into their business models. The guests emphasize the need for a positive perception of blockchain technology and the importance of business applications and efficiency gains for mass adoption. David H. tells us about the Web3 Foundation's role in onboarding enterprises and the strategy for promoting Web3 and Polkadot. 

Finally, we touch on the historic rise and fall of the telecom industry and how web applications like Facebook, Google and Amazon captured most of the value in the information age vs. the infrastructure players (telco companies). 

Will the same happen in Web3 to blockchains like Polkadot vs. the apps that build on top of it? Who will be the winners this time around? What do you think?

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Links / Additional Material:

Polkadot Website: https://polkadot.com/

Pairpoint by Vodafone Website: https://pairpoint.io/

David Hawig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-hawig-206a44b1/

David Palmer on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-palmer-677a421b6/?originalSubdomain=uk

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Teaser

02:00 - The Two Davids

05:26 - Vodafone is Exploring Web3! 👀

13:40 - Building on Polkadot

17:10 - Getting Polkadot to Mass Adoption. HOW?

18:46 - Adoption Comes With Applications

24:00 - Pitching Web3 To Enterprises

27:17 - What Is The Business Case?!

33:30 - Onboarding Enterprises To Polkadot

37:30 - Pipes vs. Apps: The Fall Of The Telco Industry

46:00 - Infra vs. Apps: Who Wins In Web3? 

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