Epicenter – Podcast on Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

Galen Wolfe-Pauly joined us to discuss Urbit, a radical project that aims to disrupt the clould computing paradigm and create a user-driven internet.

Simple Token CEO Jason Goldberg and Chief Technology Strategist Ben Bollen joined us to discuss Simple Token and bridging mainstream consumer applications with cryptocurrencies.

Fredrik Voss, VP of Blockchain Innovation at Nasdaq, joins us to discuss how Nasdaq is leveraging blockchain technologies to propel itself into the future. Having invested in Chain and Stratumn, Nasdaq is taking a very hands-on approach, building products which it integrates into the various software solutions they sell.

Ari Paul, CIO of cryptocurrency hedge fund BlockTower Capital, joined us to discuss the cryptocurrency investment opportunity and how cryptocurrencies are on the cusp of becoming a recognized asset class.

Matt Kerner, Partner GM for Blockchains at Azure, joins us to discuss Coco Framework. Coco is an open-source system which promises to enable high scalability and offer confidentiality for enterprise blockchain consortiums. This novel framework leverages Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) to deliver blockchain networks with throughput comparable to database speeds.

Ciaran O'Leary, General Partner of VC fund BlueYard, joined us to discuss BlueYard's approach for investing in the blockchain economy and the current disruption of the VC industry.

Peter Czaban, co-founder of Polkadot, joins us as we dive deep into the Polkadot Network. Polkadot is a heterogeneous multi-chain network, consisting of many connected chains (or parachains), all of which have their own set of features and characteristics.

In the current ICO boom, few things cause as much concern as the uncertain regulatory environment. Many do expect that at least some token sales will be considered unlicensed sales of securities and that action by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) will be forthcoming. Nick Morgan, a former attorney in the SEC's enforcement division, joined us to discuss the recent report by the SEC on the DAO, how the SEC chooses what kind of cases to prosecute and what their likely next steps will be.

Dan Larimer joined us to discuss his latest project EOS, which aims to create a decentralized operating system and solve the scalability problems of current blockchain technology.

Prior to hosting his ground breaking podcasts Beyond Bitcoin and The Ether Review, Arthur Falls had left his home country of New Zealand to fish lobster off the coast of Maine. Like many people in the blockchain space, his unlikely journey into the world of decentralized technologies is a fascinating one, and he shares it with us in this episode.

We're joined by Loi Luu, Co-founder of KyberNetwork. This new decentralized exchange protocol, built on Ethereum, aims to match buyers with reserve operators, who create liquidity for crypto-asset pairs. Trades occur instantaneously and without the need for a trusted third party exchange operator.

Bancor Co-Founder Eyal Hertzog joined us to explain how Bancor makes trading the long tail of assets more efficient and how this will enable user-generated currencies at scale.

Dave Collins and Jake Yocom-Piatt join us to talk about Decred, a cryptocurrency which introduces an innovative system of community-based governance into its blockchain.

Hebrew University academics Aviv Zohar and Yonatan Sompolinski joined us to discuss their radical proposals for how to scale blockchain technology.

Numerai Founder Richard Craib joined us to discuss how Numerai combines AI and blockchain to build a hedge fund that crowdsources its portfolio management and thus creates network effects.