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One of the oldest companies in the space, Blockchain.com has staying power. With over 40 million downloads, Blockchain.com has a large share of bitcoin transactions and the #1 downloaded wallet. In 2011 the term "blockchain" was not a word. It was not a thing. In fact their website, blockchain.info at the time, was the first page on the internet to…

"Our vision is that the first wave of blockchain adoption will be characterised by a large number of permissioned, purpose-built blockchain platforms geared towards a specific use case or user base.” -EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum In a special episode, Matt and Blake review the recent report by the European Union. How does one of the largest …

Decentralized Finance or "DeFi" is a hot topic in the blockchain world. And for good reason. The ability to establish credit and provide loans using cryptocurrency and smart contracts opens up liquidity for the entire world. Joining us on today's show is Zac Prince of BlockFi, a blockchain lending company. We discuss the future of DeFi as well as t…

The news of Samsung adding a cold storage wallet to their flagship phone, the S10, sent a bullish signal to the bitcoin and blockchain world. The Korean technology magnate, which also is producing mining chips, is bringing cryptocurrency to cell phones. This is a big deal. The majority of Samsung customers, who are non-cryptocurrency users, will ha…

Blockchain 2025 listeners, we recently published an interview with Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne on the Bitcoin.com Podcast Network. We reposted it here: It's a fascinating dive into the future of blockchain from a brilliant polymath who is making things happen right now, from Wall Street to Zambia to Tulum. Enjoy and please subscribe to the Huma…

When you start a business, you can't predict how it will play out in the real world. Take Twitter: they started out as a podcasting company! ICO and blockchain projects are no exception and many have altered their models. Evolve or die. Accelerated by the bear market, many teams are hurting for cash and have to change their business model in order …

Part 2 with Ryan Berckmans of the Forecast Foundation. If you haven't listened to part 1, find it here: https://podcast.bitcoin.com/e726-Predictions-Markets-Veil-Augur-Part-1-Ryan-Berckmans In part 2, here are a few of the topics we cover: Guesser.io Making journalism more accountable Improving social media conversations Redefining the word expert …

I like to call prediction markets a "bitcoin within bitcoin". A fascinating use case that takes a little while to wrap your head around. But once you get it, a lightbulb clicks. We brought on Ryan Berckmans who recently sold Predictions.Global. Ryan is currently working with the Forecast Foundation, a group that guides Augur, the premier decentrali…

This week on Blockchain 2025 we have the second part of our “Industry Revisit” series where Matt and Blake dissect some of the most intriguing blockchain projects from 2018. As a quick refresher, the goal here is to check back in on these projects to see how things have been progressing and if we believe they still have a compelling use case. It’s …

On this week’s episode, Matt and Blake run through highlights of different industries that are going to be affected by cryptocurrencies. Bear markets are the best time to educate yourself on the latest trends and projects in the space. Things move fast and you want to be well prepared for when the market turns back around. This episode provides a g…

Matt and Blake got together this week to discuss the differences between two very important concepts in crypto, Proof of Work and Proof of Stake. One of the best features of cryptocurrencies is that there's no need for a 3rd party such as a bank to validate transactions on the blockchain. Two strangers can send money to each other with confidence t…

We constantly talk about the importance of adoption: eventually a cryptocurrency projects need USERS in order to succeed. One key to adoption we haven't covered: humor. A sense of lightness, taking things less seriously help keep a community together. On today's episode we tell the story of Dogecoin. It started out as a joke. Yet 5 years later, it …

We covered 10 industries in the first season of Blockchain 2025 in the first part of 2018. We revisit each one to see if any of the projects have made any real world progress. Full show notes at https://podcast.bitcoin.com/s9-Blockchain-2025

"Named after a Harry Potter spell also known as the Tongue-Tying Curse that prevents an opponent from casting theirs, Mimblewimble enables the bulk of a blockchain’s past transaction data to be removed." It is all the buzz right now in the cryptoworld. Even BTC maximalists are closely following Beam and Grin, privacy coins utilizing MimbleWimble. A…

We have done over 40 episodes on blockchain and talked about the common risks of technology and adoption. With most ICO's and projects, the overwhelming, evident risks are: 1. No product market fit 2. Inability to get adoption, network effects. They come up frequently on the show. But they aren't the only risks. Some are more abstract and less evid…

Listeners of the show know that most dApps we have covered on the show are all built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. Naturally, there are many competitors to Ethereum. One of them, Zilliqa, looks to build a blockchain predicated on speed; faster transactions per second. Xinshu Dong, the CEO broke down the Zilliqa project, complex dApps and some …

"Calling this one now... the crypto craze of 2019 will be game assets and collectibles." -Erik Voorhees We have many touch points from developers, investors, and entrepreneurs in the cryptosphere that Cryptokitties was not a one-off phenomenon. A fad, yes. Also, it is a preview of a massive up and coming niche in the cryptoworld. Collectibles from …

For less than 1 Euro, Blake booked a coworking hot desk for 1 day in Berlin. He used crypto and purchased through a blockchain coworking startup. Could this be a thing? Invented in 2005 by Brad Neuberg, coworking is a worldwide phenomenon. Many are familiar with WeWork, the largest coworking operation in the world with a multi billion dollar play. …

Led by Jack Ma's protege, Justin Sun, Tron is going big. Social media, decentralized exchange, prediction markets, anything you can think of that we have covered on Blockchain 2025, they plan to have on their platform. Like ANY project in this space, you have to have some skepticism. And there are a few areas of concern. But they have done two thin…

Roughly a 3 billion dollar industry in the United States alone. An industry that many people are part of as a producer or consumer, but few talk about. Blake and Matt analyzed the many problems that plague the adult entertainment industry and found many opportunities for crypto and public blockchains to help. Plus we do a deep dive on SpankChain, a…

In Part 2, Blake and Matt debate whether stablecoins will be a contribution or detriment to the cryptocurrency space. They seem to be a hot VC investment, but whether it is good for the ecosystem remains to be seen. Timestamps: 1:35 - Are stablecoins helping? 5:00 - Legal compliance 6:31 - Bitfinexed 9:42 - Deep dive into USDT 11:15 - Are stablecoi…

As the first of a two part episode, Matt and Blake take an in depth look at Stablecoins, their use and comparison within the cryptocurrency universe. Stablecoins have raised over $350m in investment. There are over 45 projects fighting to knock down Tether and become the stablecoin of choice.

Matt Aaron and new co-host Blake Moore go over the sometimes underlooked importance of mining, exchange tokens, their use within the mining spectrum, and finally take and in-depth look at VIAT Tokens, fresh off a 30 million dollar ICO. During our discussion, you'll discover: 0:41 - Presenting new co-host Blake Moore 2:55 - What does peer to peer el…

Matt and Kelso examine the new documentary yet to be released, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain. It’s from Alex Winter, who produced popular documentaries Downloaded and Deep Web, covering outlier aspects of the digital space. He’s back to take on blockchain, and if the press release and trailer are any guide, it too looks pretty compelling. …

Matt and Kelso examine crazy amounts of money thrown at blockchain projects. Warranted or not, blockchain is officially a multi billion dollar industry, and it has achieved that status during what’s now known as the extended Crypto Winter -- a bear market closing in on a year long. And estimates by industry insiders claim 2018 is on pace to break i…

The current state of credit scores worldwide is miserable. In each country, the system is flawed and subjective in how you are evaluated. Move to a new country? You have to start over. No credit card? you may not have credit in the United States. Not registered to vote? This will hurt your score in the U.K. Then there is the lack of privacy. Centra…

At listeners request, we will periodically highlight some of the world's goofiest ICOs. Like a really bad episode of Shark Tank. EyeGlob.net is using blockchain to make healthier eyes. Yeah, that's right! They are pro eyes; pro vision, and so are we! EyeGlob.net is in their ICO looking for 33 million dollars for 40% of their company, meaning a valu…

A male-dominated space, adoption of crypto depends on both men and women. We talk about females in blockchain culture and highlight 3 underrated women who are making a big difference in the blockchain world. During our discussion, you’ll discover: 2:00 How we’re pissing off entire blockchain ecosystem 3:30 How can we bring more women into the space…

"Whatever controls the courts, controls the state." An intriguing use case. What if disputes could be solved via a decentralized platform? Kleros is working on it. We speak with their cryptoeconomics expert. What an exciting interview. William George is part of Kleros, a dispute resolution layer built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. In layman's …

Like many blockchain plays, sports startups could work, but will require a ton of serendipitous marketing. If athletes are broadcasting games, they better be really into it and promoting it, because they are getting paid in these new tokens, so a lot depends on the market perception that these tokens hold value. Interesting concepts that will be to…

You've heard of the advantages of blockchain: *Trustless *Saves time and money *Traceability / Immutability *Accountability Well this industry needs all of the above. The international food and pharma supply chain is a giant ... mess. We speak with the CEO of Ambrosus, Angel Versetti. Whether it's making product recalls more accurate and less costl…

Cody Wilson. 30 years old. Law school dropout. About five years ago, on a lark, decided to create world’s first 3D printable gun. Succeeded. Media went nuts. Defense Distributed, his website, was effectively shut downe State Department said having downloadable gun files violated international arms law. Wilson complied. Wilson would later take the f…

The use of blockchain in the public sector reached another milestone this month when West Virginia became the first U.S. state to allow internet voting by blockchain in primary elections. While the voter participation through this platform was estimated to be small, the intention of the administrators was to test the technology in a pilot project w…

"We propose that blockchain technologies can become a new framework not only for the production (distribution and financing) of stories but also their creation.” Kelso covered the humongous ComicCon conference a few weeks back. In between meeting celebrities from top comic-book movies like AquaMan, he had the chance to interview a ConsenSys startup…

Encouraging governments to use and implement blockchain, the theory goes will lead to more transparency, data security, streamlined communication and reporting. All around the world, there are billions of hours and dollars wasted on tedious bureaucratic processes. Blockchain for government is providing a public audit. This public audit log has the …

Today's special guest is none other than Taylor Pearson, author of The End Of Jobs. He has emerged as a thought leader around blockchain's impact on our future. This episode is centered around you, the individual. The 1950's 9-to-5 company man is a thing of the past. Taylor explains: "The Organization Man was defined by the Social ethic which empha…

In the mainstream press and the global corporate world, cryptocurrency is reviled. It is hated. Its users are thought to be straight trash. Don’t ever forget that. That it derives from distinctly polemical anarchists who were bent on leaving government forms of money makes it all the worse. There is absolutely no reason for the financial system und…

Without a doubt, exchanges, or banks, such as San Francisco based Coinbase have onboarded more folk to cryptocurrencies than any other. Ease of use. Frictionless transactions. At the same time, hacks, flash crashes, government raids and lawsuits are ongoing issues for centralized crypto exchanges. Bank of America recently admitted to doctoring pape…

We are bullish on file storage using the blockchain. The cloud is just someone else's computer. And you are susceptible to others accessing your data (see Dropbox hack) A blockchain solution would empower decentralized end-users: files are encrypted, distributed, and then distributed in redundancy all around the world. You’re the only person who ca…

Religion has always been very top-down, and for good reason. We explore the idea of religion without a central authority. Scripture = Ledger? Matt Liston and Avery Singer made a blockchain-based religion called Zero Ex Omega. Their first totemic object is a narwhal with a doge head, and their place of worship is a chat room. Tying it all together, …

This is an episode that sounds like a Sci-Fi movie. But it is (eventually) going to happen and that is very exciting! Imagine a world where anyone can become a market maker; profit from information and knowledge you have. We have people who call themselves experts and we really don’t know … prediction markets will have a radical impact on the way w…

What if we could organize property titles to a blockchain? Tokenize real estate all over the world? In Haiti, the disastrous earthquake in 2010 had a destructive effect on the land registry: approximately 16,000 civil servants were killed and an unknown number of title deeds and land registry records were destroyed. To this day, land ownership issu…

In 2017, Global Financial Integrity estimated the global drug industry added up to $652 billion of trade per year, making it the second biggest underground market after the $1.13 trillion of activity in the counterfeit and pirated goods market. When you add in the domestic and household economy of the world’s households, the subsistence economy, th…

Stuart tells us some stories about Scotland's pride: Buckfast tonic wine, which is prone to causing poor behavior. From there, we tackle: The traditional wine market: the exporter, the importer, the distributor, the store, the customer ... a long supply chain that can be improved to be more efficient How feasible is it to move away from in person p…

Today we are talking about a complex, important industry: Healthcare. It is especially poor in the United States, so we invited an expert: Ryan Kuriakose of the Open Health Exchange. Ryan and I talk about the challenges of the current ecosystem and examine where blockchain tech may be able to help: Lowering costs Data efficiency and control the Big…

Crowdfunding emerged after the 2008 financial crisis in response to the difficulties faced by early-stage enterprises attempting to generate marketing traction and funding. Crowdfunding allows nonprofits, artists, musicians and businesses to form a community of investors and/or fanbase before they launch. Is blockchain the next level? We have a loo…

Bonus interview: Matt speaks with Jared Tate, founder of DigiByte. Jared is arguably the world's leading expert on blockchain technology. Jared talks about blockchain and it's role for the future: Cybersecurity Insurance International Trade Identity China's "One Belt, One Road" He also has a book coming out with a title that hits close to home: Blo…