Libre Not Libra: Facebook’s Blockchain Project

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UNSCRYPTED Episode 13: Libre Not Libra - Facebook's Blockchain Project Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts. Follow on Twitter: @aantonop Website: https://aantonop.com/ In “Libre Not Libra: Facebook's Blockchain Project," Andreas answers the burning question… Has he tried haggis? Just kidding… He shares his thoughts on the recently released Libra whitepaper, as part of a permissioned blockchain project spearheaded by Facebook. Years of jokes about “FaceCoin” and “ZuckBucks” have finally come to life - sort of. In the previous episode, he talked about how some venture capitalists are monkeying around by downplaying the killer applications of open blockchains in favor of… bananas. Now he makes us wonder whether Libra will even survive to become a production network. Is Silicon Valley coming for banking? Will Libra’s challenges have any impact on open public blockchains? This talk took place on June 19th 2019 at the Scottish Blockchain Meetup in Edinburgh, Scotland. This series is called ‘Unscrypted’ for a reason: all of Andreas’ talks are performed without slides or notes. You can find any necessary corrections and clarifications in the podcast description. Credits: The narration for this episode was done by Stephanie Murphy. Production support from Erica and Jessica. Video editing by Adrian Tano. Sound editing by Dimitris Angelidis of Sampi Media. Logo design by Davi Barker. The music is called “Unbounded” by Orfan. iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/libre-not-libra-facebooks-blockchain-project/id1482850426?i=1000457539490 ORIGINAL VIDEO: "Libre Not Libra: Facebook's Blockchain Project" - https://youtu.be/7S6506vkth4 PREVIOUS EPISODES: "Introduction to Bitcoin" - https://aantonop.com/introduction-to-bitcoin/ "The Stories We Tell About Money" - https://aantonop.com/the-stories-we-tell-about-money/ "Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies" - https://aantonop.com/forkology/ "Streaming Money" - https://aantonop.com/streaming-money/ "The Currency Wars" - https://aantonop.com/the-currency-wars/ "Escaping the Global Banking Cartel" - https://aantonop.com/escaping-the-global-banking-cartel/ "Money as a System of Control" - https://aantonop.com/money-as-a-system-of-control/ "Worse than Useless: Financial Surveillance" - https://aantonop.com/worse-than-useless/ "Picking the Right Blockchain for the Job" - https://aantonop.com/picking-the-right-blockchain-for-the-job/ "Another Brick in the Firewall" - https://aantonop.com/another-brick-in-the-firewall/ "Universal Access to Basic Finance" - https://aantonop.com/universal-access-to-basic-finance/ "The Killer App: Bananas on the Blockchain?" - https://aantonop.com/the-killer-app-bananas-on-the-blockchain/ NEXT EPISODE: "Bitcoin: A Swiss Bank in Everyone's Pocket" - https://aantonop.com/bitcoin-a-swiss-bank-in-everyones-pocket/ SUPPORT: Want early-access to talks? Monthly live Q&As with Andreas? Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop BOOKS: MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9 THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B071KXKQD7 THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B077Z8VWKM Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5 French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390 Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.