Summary: Today on the Datanauts, our infrastructure rocket navigates the rapidly expanding universe of cryptocurrencies–specifically Bitcoin and Ethereum–and the Blockchain distributed database. We also touch on the Grid+ project.<br> All of these topics could get their own episode (or more) so this is more of an introductory show than a deep dive.<br> But we’ve got three smart guests to help us make sense of it all: <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/mark_dago" rel="noopener">Mark D’Agostino</a>, Managing Partner at <a target="_blank" href="https://consensys.net/" rel="noopener">ConsenSys</a> Enterprise and Strategy Lead at Grid+; Karl Kreder, Director of Energy at ConsenSys; and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ethereum_alex" rel="noopener">Alex Miller</a>, Software Engineer at ConsenSys and Software Lead at Grid+.<br> Sponsor: Datadog<br> This week’s show is sponsored by Datadog. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is a SaaS-based monitoring platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. Sign up for a free trial and get a free T-shirt at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.datadoghq.com/lpgs/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=Advertisement&utm_campaign=DatanautsPodcast-Tshirt" rel="noopener">datadog.com/datanauts</a>.<br> Show Links:<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://consensys.net/" rel="noopener">ConsenSys</a><br> <a target="_blank" href="https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology/" rel="noopener">What is Blockchain Technology? A Step-by-Step Guide For Beginners</a> – BlockGeeks<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-cryptocurrency/" rel="noopener">What is Cryptocurrency: Everything You Need To Know</a> – BlockGeeks<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-next-generation-internet-surprise-its-all-don-tapscott/" rel="noopener">SXSW Preview: What’s the Next Generation Internet? Surprise: It’s all about the Blockchain!</a> – Don Tapscott via LinkedIn<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://gridplus.io/faq.html" rel="noopener">Grid+ FAQ</a> – Grid+<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://Blog.gridplus.io" rel="noopener">Grid+ Blog</a> – Grid+<br>
