Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain

Michael Oved and Don Mosites are Co-Founders of AirSwap – a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. Michael is a veteran algorithmic trader and mathematician. Don is a former Google employee, serial entrepreneur, product designer, and full-stack engineer. In this episode, we discuss: -What the design of a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange looks like -The advantages of decentralized vs. centralized exchanges -And we touch on issues like miner front-running

Michael Casey is a Senior Advisor for the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT. Prior to that, he was a Senior Columnist for the Wall Street Journal. He spent 18 years covering global economic and financial trends and co-authored The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain are Challenging the Global Economic Order with Paul Vigna.  In this episode, we discuss:  -His journey from the Wall Street Journal to the MIT Digital Currency Initiative -His perspective on ICOs/token sales

Matthew Spoke is the CEO of Nuco, an enterprise software company set to launch its AION Blockchain network in the near future.  Matt is a CPA and former consultant at Deloitte. He is also a board member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.  In this episode, we discuss:  How in the not-so-distant future, we may have thousands of Blockchains. How Nuco’s AION network is trying to become the router for a global network of Blockchains.

Don Tapscott is the best-selling author of Blockchain Revolution. He is also CEO of The Tapscott Group.  Some of his positions and accomplishments include: -Associate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University -Member of the Order of Canada (the second highest honor for Canadian citizens) -4th most influential management thinker in the world by Thinkers50. -Adjunct Professor at the Rotman School of Management -Co-Founder of the Blockchain Research Institute

Thomas Linder is a Crypto Tax Lawyer from Zurich Switzerland. He is a Partner at MME Legal. MME is not just any law firm, it is the law firm behind the historic Ethereum token sale of 2014. Thomas was a Director at KPMG Switzerland, and is a Certified Tax Expert who graduated from the Swiss Tax Academy.

Rahul Sood is the CEO and Founder of Unikrn, an E-Sports betting platform. I first heard of these guys when Mark Cuban announced he would be investing in their ICO. Ashton Kutcher is also another key investor in the company.

Chris Ballinger is the CFO and Head of Mobility Services at Toyota. Specifically, within the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) which leads Toyota’s efforts around autonomous vehicle technology – self-driving cars. In this episode, we discuss how Toyota plans on using Blockchain, AI, and Machine Learning to make its vision of fully autonomous vehicles, a reality.

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008: Why Companies are Flocking to Hyperledger with Brian Behlendorf

007: Blockchain is Quietly Transforming Identity Management with Greg Wolfond

006: The World’s First Scalable Blockchain Database – with Bruce Pon

005: Blockchain Turns Real Estate MLS On Its Head – with Stephen King

004: Blockchain Music Co-op Challenges Spotify – featuring Peter Harris

003: ICOs Are Disrupting The Venture Capital Industry With Brock Pierce

002: How Blockchain Assets Are Changing The World With Erik Voorhees