Cryptocurrencies have blown up in terms of popularity, usability and value. Bitcoin is the undeniable face of digital currencies after its market debut back in 2009. Its decentralized peer-to- peer network created a prototype that subsequent cryptocurrencies could incorporate into their own designs. Cryptocurrencies are flooding into multiple e-commerce markets like Gears’n’gadgets, ranging from travel, […]
On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie & Petty enter a mental handicap cage match in our first ever triple-header with some of the team behind Grid+. Their project aims to create P2P decentralized markets for sharing and selling energy using Ethereum-based smart contracts. Their project seeks to tap into the sustainability movement as a way […]
Juan Benet and Jesse Clayburgh of Protocol Labs, and Ryan Zurrer of Polychain Capital, discuss the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT). Inspired by Y Combinator’s “Simple Agreement for Future Equity”, the SAFT standardizes the legal framework surrounding token issuance and governs the nature of the transactions involved (i.e. the deployment of capital and distribution […]
Guests: Mikko Linnamäki DENT Wireless is backed by Mikko Linnamäki, Internet pioneer and serial entrepreneur with a track record of founding successful Internet businesses since 1994. DENT Wireless has announced its plan to create a decentralized mobile data exchange, liberating users to buy and sell mobile data anywhere at any time. Global mobile data revenues […]
David Sønstebø, co-founder of IOTA, discusses this next-generation post-blockchain platform designed to serve as the backbone for the Internet-of-Things (IoT). IOTA is a groundbreaking new open-source distributed ledger that does not use a blockchain. Its innovative new quantum-proof protocol, known as the Tangle, gives rise to unique new features like zero fees, infinite scalability, fast transactions, […]
Guests: John Crothers John Crothers is a YouTube personality who goes by ‘Crypto Therapy’ on his channel, where you’ll find parodies and other comical, crypto related, humorous content. On his show he not only mocks the top personalities but also Vlogs on crypto current events as well as publicly tracks and reports his cloud mining […]
Guests: Aaron van Wirdum Explaining compatibility between the Segwit activation of the current Segwit2X code and BIP 148 UASF is the meat of this weeks episode, so if this isn’t your bag, or you’re NOT curious, well… As of August 1st (and if Segwit is not already either locked-in or activated) nodes that run BIP […]
On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Petty sit down with Joe Urgo and Matus Lestan of the District0x team. What originally started as a few Ethereum-based token contracts for creating a service for freelancing, has now evolved into an upcoming system for creating and managing digital communities and decentralized markets called “Districts”, many […]
Guests: David Carlson One of the world’s more recognizable bitcoin miners, David Carlson gained global attention for his multimillion-dollar mining venture MegaBigPower during the bitcoin boom of 2014. It took us awhile, but he is finally on our show to chat in this seemingly ever-expanding market, about launching a new venture called Giga Watt. Giga […]
Guests: Ryan X Charles Ryan X Charles is the founder and CEO of Yours.org. Yours is like Medium with a paywall. Not sure what a paywall is? Listen here and you gonna learn today. Ryan and Corey go into the deep and technical, while I try to ask the gound level question. This interview is […]