Blockchain from the Block

What about DAOs? #18

June 19, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

All this talk about blockchain, and we still haven't talked about some of the most important shortcuts in the blockchain sphere: the DAO. This will be corrected in this episode, where IBB and Luka discuss the possibilities, advantages and basics of the DAO, trying to demistify it and make it easy to understand why the community likes it so much. DAO tries to eliminate the human error and manipulation in the investment sector, and that was just the beginning. BTW, do not miss out o...

Gaming and Blockchain #17

June 12, 2019 12:30 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

Magic the Gathering, Football Manager, World of Warcraft ... anything that has some kind of collecting and managing aspect whether it's epic and legendary gear or resources, skills and heroes - it would have a great amount of use from the blockchain technology. There are quite a few projects out there that foresaw this opportunity, but as Nemanja Avramovic, the CEO of Cryptic Legends concludes, none of them had their kind of good mix. To hear more about it - check out the episode! ...

Satellite data and Blockchain #16

June 05, 2019 12:40 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Majority of the current systems that handle the data from satellites is centralized and going through one or couple of major players so if you want to get data you have to go through them and in their terms. Luckily, we have experts like Zdravko Dimitrov, who has been in space technology industry since 2012 and who decided, with his colleagues and friends, likewise space experts and enthusiasts, it is time to democratize satellite data with blockchain. Thus, they created Homeport,...

The Future of work with Blockchain #015

May 29, 2019 13:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

Freelancing is popular more than ever and the gig economy disrupted many enterprises, for better or for worse. Considering some of the most prominent examples, as Ivan mentioned in this episode, such as Bolt or Uber, we can even talk about different kinds of freelancers. However, the most fruitful time for the freelancing world started with the emergence of many freelance platforms such as Toptal, Fiverr, Upwork or Freelance.com. After short introduction recap, Luka and Ivan tackle...

Starfleet follow up - the teams we have selected! #014

May 22, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

Sometimes, or most of the times, things that blockchain is solving is not usually something that people want to build as a startup. As Luka pinpoints in this 14th episode, for a blockchain startup to make sense you need to make sure it fulfills a couple of fundamental 'requirements': Participants (in exchanging process) are not trusting each other. You have an underlying need for automatization of trust and governance. You have an underlying need for censorship resistance. Only ...

The Rise and Fall of the Blockchain Scams #013

May 08, 2019 14:45 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB

As many of you probably heard, Konstantin Ignatov, one of the main perpetrators behind the One Coin fraud was arrested in March 2019. That wouldn't be of much interest to you - if you haven't be involved with ICOs or cryptocurrencies. However, the basic idea behind blockchain scams is something we know over a century ago as a Ponzi scheme, a form of fraud that lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors with funds from more recent investors. There are some more advanced ...

Legal Aspects and Regulation of Blockchain #012

May 02, 2019 14:45 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

All is ready for episode 12 of your favorite blockchain podcast! Regulations and cryptocurrency, regulation and blockchain. How do they mix together? Is one death of another and vice versa? Are smart contracts really the death of lawyers? Today's episode is all about those issues. Law and blockchain, if you read about the early days of bitcoin one might think it was a wild Wild West. Complete lawlessness, chaos and anarchy. No government regulated it until very recently and there w...

Sustainable Energy and Blockchain #011

April 24, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

Special guest: AMPnet Episode number 11 is upon us, and this time we're bustin' some myths! Luka and Ivan talk about energy consumption of cryptocurrency mining and the idea that it's extremely wasteful and bringing us closer to the end of the world. This, of course, isn't true, and every miner you ask is probably going to tell you that the main goal of mining is to use as little energy as possible, thus ensuring higher profit margins for themselves. You'll also be hearing more a...

What are DEXs and are they the future of crypto trading? #010

April 17, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

We all know Game of Thrones is wrecking the minds of many men these days, but do not be mislead, blockchain world still needs your attention! In this 10th episode, Luka and Ivan talk about decentralized exchanges or, for short DEX, grabbing through the history of cryptocurrency exchanges, discussing whether they could really be a silver bullet for the current, quite rampant, crypto situation. They certainly agree DEXes are definitely a way to change that, however - what future of c...

Disrupting the Travel Industry with Blockchain #009

April 10, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB

Croatia, as many Mediterranean countries, is predominantly a tourist country. Last year tourism profits accounted for more than 19,6 percent of Croatian GDP. Thus, for Luka and Ivan this is an especially interesting topic. Airbnb disrupted the travel industry before some time but we still face challenges. Especially concerning the issues around us relying on centralized service to provide for our interest, whether we are the host or the tourist. Many of today's booking services are...

Privacy and Data Storage on Blockchain #008

April 03, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

On a daily basis, we accumulate tons of data for big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Uber, so they can use it to their own will. Usually, to sell it. That's how they get to keep their business going and that's how we get cheaper drives, chance to watch favorite YouTubers and stalk people's profiles. But nevertheless, shouldn't we, as makers and owners of the data, be the ones to make a choice what to do with it? Ivan and Luka in the new Blockchain from the Bloc(k) episode...

Can Digital Money Become Blockchain's 'Killer App'? #007

March 27, 2019 13:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MB

Let's be honest, blockchain would not receive so much hype from the community or general public if it wasn't for cryptocurrencies. The first blockchain stories that shook the news outlets were, in fact, about bitcoin - the most famous one of the crypto world. As a consequence, in the beginnings of blockchain development, system features were identified as they were features of the currency itself. Even so, bitcoin was a precedent to what we today understand as a decentralized way ...

Blockchain Developers From The Balkans #006

March 20, 2019 13:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

As we learned in the previous episodes, blockchain in Balkans started to set his roots as early as the startup scene in the region started to grow. As expected, no-one really knew what to do with it besides cryptocurrencies. However, the early adopters - known as regular developers - were soon intrigued enough to try something out. So, this is the story of the first blockchain enthusiasts and their successors that broke the chain of mining and crypto to discover new ways in which bl...

What Is Happening With Blockchain In Balkan? #005

March 13, 2019 13:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

As Luka said in the introduction to our podcast: "Current stage of blockchain in the Balkan region is in one word - stagnation. There was a lot of movement in the last few years and it somehow slowed down. That’s why part of our mission is to wake things up a little bit. Step by step." However, as he elaborates further, with his insight from the Starfleet accelerator mentoring, there is great potential. Thus, it has become imperative to share experiences, knowledge, and connection...

Storytime: How did Luka end up in the blockchain world? #004

March 06, 2019 01:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Want more tech and digital news? Visit Netokracija.com or Netocratic.com! Back in the day, Luka started mining with his old Mac Book Pro just to see how it works. Of course, Mac overheated and Luka earned some "monopoly money", as he called it. After that, he started to dig deeper about the mining, but most importantly, about the blockchain concept. He fell in love with Dogecoin and the rest is history. Almost like that. Since the Dogecoin, a lot happened. Luka made a nice retrosp...

What Is A Smart Contract? #003

February 27, 2019 10:55 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

Want more tech and digital news? Visit Netokracija.com or Netocratic.com! Smart contracts can really make big changes for any kind of contracts involving money, property and shares. However, as Luka pointed out, anything that involves code has its own issues (known as bugs) and there is still a good way to go for smart contracts to be efficiently used for greater good. Luka and Ivan conclude that we should not dismiss its possibilities because of the things we now have no solutio...

What Makes Blockchain So Special? #002

February 20, 2019 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Want more tech and digital news? Visit Netokracija.com or Netocratic.com! In our second episode, Luka and IBB talk about blockchain concept and the features that make blockchain technology such a great tool to change existing economic, social and political processes for better. Many of those still operate with great risks for average user/voter/consumer. However, the properties of blockchain, such as transparency, decentralization, security, and rapid flow can achieve optimizatio...

Do Blockchain Startups Need Acceleration? #001

February 14, 2019 23:15 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Want more tech and digital news? Visit Netokracija.com or Netocratic.com! In our first episode, Luka and IBB discuss the Starfleet blockchain accelerator for startups building applications on the æternity platform. For more info about application, click on this link and apply now - the deadline is 17 February!