Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money

Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money

Lex Fridman interviews Vitalik Buterin is co-creator of Ethereum and ether, which is a cryptocurrency that is currently the second-largest digital currency after bitcoin.

Ethereum has a lot of interesting technical ideas that are defining the future of blockchain technology, and Vitalik is one of the most brilliant people innovating this space today. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

Timeline:
0:00 – Introduction
4:43 – Satoshi Nakamoto
8:40 – Anonymity
11:31 – Open source project leadership
13:04 – What is money?
30:02 – Blockchain and cryptocurrency basics
46:51 – Ethereum
59:23 – Proof of work
1:02:12 – Ethereum 2.0
1:13:09 – Beautiful ideas in Ethereum
1:16:59 – Future of cryptocurrency
1:22:06 – Cryptocurrency resources and people to follow
1:24:28 – Role of governments
1:27:27 – Meeting Putin
1:29:41 – Large number of cryptocurrencies
1:32:49 – Mortality

Digital ecosystems and GE’s journey – Part 2

Digital ecosystems and GE’s journey – Part 2

Mike Walker, member of Forbes Tech Council, and David Havera, Blockchain Leader at GE Aviation continue their discussion (part two of a two-part series) on digital ecosystems and GE Aviation’s journey with blockchain. 

Links: GE Aviation Story

Related Links:

Follow @CH9 

Follow @MSFTBlockchain

Digital Ecosystems and GE’s journey – Part 1

Digital Ecosystems and GE’s journey – Part 1

Watch as Mike Walker, member of Forbes Tech Council, and David Havera, Blockchain Leader at GE Aviation, discuss why GE Aviation views blockchain as a key technological enabler.

In this episode (part one of a two-part series), Mike and David delve into digital ecosystems and the impetus for why GE Aviation is taking off on a journey with blockchain.

Related Links:

Blockchain Trends 2020

Blockchain Trends 2020

In this special episode, Principal Program Manager, Chris Segura, and Forbes Tech Council member, Mike Walker, talk about what they see as the top blockchain trends for 2020 and what they are hearing from companies deploying solutions.

Trend 1: Practical Blockchain Emerges

  • Blockchain is being leveraged in practical use cases today and are expanding in scope and scale over the next three to five years. This also means creating fit for purpose implementations of blockchain. In some cases breaking norms of permissionless blockchains to shift to permissioned blockchains.

    According to the 2019 Gartner CIO Survey, 60% of CIOs expect some kind of blockchain deployment in the next three years. This is also combined with blockchain will be scalable technically, and will support trusted private transactions with the necessary data confidentiality.

Trend 2: Convergence of the Trinity of Digitization (Blockchain + AI + IoT)

  • Blockchain on its own can provide limited value. Focus on the business solutions where blockchain will provide digital differentiation. Leveraging IoT to reach into the physical and analog world, and AI to provide the orchestration and intelligence to data is a symbiotic

Trend 3: Shift to Digital Ecosystems

  • As blockchain becomes a critical part of an organizations digital business transformation journey, blockchain is increasingly used as a critical enabler of digital ecosystems. This is sometimes referred to also as blockchain consortiums. However, digital ecosystems are much more than a consortium.

Links: GE Aviation Story

Related Links:

Follow @CH9 

Follow @MSFTBlockchain

Inside The Cryptocurrency Revolution

Inside The Cryptocurrency Revolution

Bitcoin’s emergence as a global digital currency has been as revolutionary as it has been erratic. But while fledgling investors obsess over every fluctuation in the cryptocurrency market, nation-states are more interested in the underlying blockchain technology and its ability to revolutionize how business is done on the internet and beyond.

VICE News’ Michael Moynihan travels to Russia with Vitalik Buterin, inventor of the ethereum blockchain, to get a front-row seat to the geopolitical tug of war over Internet 3.0.