Blockchain Pro Podcast
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this podcast, Adriana Belotti interviews people experimenting with and building new products using blockchain and DLT technologies. They are developers, marketers, business developers, accountants, founders, researchers and more. Each episode tells someone story, in a chat about their journey down the crypto rabbit hole, how did they first learn about it and what they are currently working on. In 2022, Adriana joined the team at Algorand Foundation and this podcast continues to be independently produced. #blockchain #crypto #blockchainpro #blockchainpropodcast
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#56 - Harry Papacharissiou
May 15, 2022 09:59 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBWelcome to the blockchain pro podcast, I'm Adriana Belotti and today I'm chatting to Harry Papacharissiou about blockchain development, taking the time to switch gears and creating cool prototypes for hackathons.
#55 - Jemma Xu
March 30, 2022 23:25 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBWelcome to episode 55 with Jemma Xu. In this episode, Adriana and Jemma chat about evaluating projects for investing (not financial advice), what to do during the bear market, Jemma's investment pillars and more.
#54 - Mark Staples
March 14, 2022 22:33 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MBWelcome to episode 54 with Mark Staples, Senior Principal Researcher at Data 61. In this episode, Adriana and Mark discuss researching blockchain technology, the role research plays with government and industry and what Mark has identified as the "three blockchain adoption paradoxes".
#53 Rob Allen
February 28, 2022 11:22 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBWelcome to Episode 53 with Rob Allen of the HBAR Foundation, where we discuss why blockchains needs to talk to each other (what we call interoperability) to truly unlock web3's potential.
#52 - Chris Were
February 14, 2022 06:53 - 29 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this episode, Adriana chats to Chris Were, founder and CEO of Verida, about how his professional life happened to follow the evolution of the internet, and the role of web3 in the future of technology.
#51 - Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat
February 01, 2022 12:16 - 21 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this episode, Adriana and Vanessa discuss the role of a cultural broker, the importance of educating all sides about cultural differences, as well as Vanessa's journey in discovering crypto through NFTs and how her latest project aims to change the lives of communities through fairer art deals.
#50 - AJ Milne
December 16, 2021 22:45 - 28 minutes - 28.2 MBWelcome to episode 50 with AJ Milne. In this episode Adriana and AJ discuss issues founders face when starting blockchain businesses, Algorand's advantage, our social and environmental responsibilities, Algomint's roadmap and more.
#49 - Michael Bacina
November 30, 2021 01:39 - 35 minutes - 33.7 MBWelcome to Episode 49 with Michael Bacina. In this episode, Adriana and Michael talk about the evolution of crypto legislation, the latest Australian regulatory recommendations, why crypto is bad for criminals and more.
#48 - Caroline Bowler
November 12, 2021 04:31 - 43 minutes - 40.8 MBWelcome to episode 48 with Caroline Bowler. In this episode, Adriana and Caroline talk about how a financial markets career can be a good springboard for crypto, about crypto regulation and the Australia Senate recent hearings, what you need to be good at to work in crypto and more. Bio - Caroline Bowler is CEO of BTC Markets, based in Melbourne. Caroline has worked in Financial Services since 2004, originally in stockbroking and investment banking. Caroline began directly advocating for our...
#47 - Bilal Brahim
October 27, 2021 01:24 - 30 minutes - 29.3 MBWelcome to Episode 47 with Bilal Brahim. In this episode, Adriana and Bilal discuss the life of a philosophy teach turned blockchain advocate, how deeply connecting with other humans can sometimes sprout great innovation, even in the most basic of human endeavours.
#46 Dr Jane Thomason
October 09, 2021 00:56 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MBWelcome to episode 46 with Dr Jane Thomason. In this episode, Adriana and Jane chat about Jane's humanitarian work, the fact the lots of people in the blockchain tech community deeply care about solving challenges for the underprivileged, one of these challenges being the costs of implementing tech solutions and how newer blockchains are tackling them, network effects and tribalism, inequity and more.
#45 - Arthur Falls
September 20, 2021 06:09 - 27 minutes - 26.8 MBWelcome to episode 45 with Arthur Falls. Arthur's podcasts were my inspiration to go on this journey and in this episode, we chat about all the different jobs that lead Arthur to finding his "calling" in this brave new world of decentralised applications. We also talk about Dfinity's Internet Computer, how it works and how we can use it to deploy all kings of applications.
#44 - Rob Morris
September 01, 2021 03:51 - 32 minutes - 31.9 MBWelcome to episode 44 with Rob Morris. In this episode, Adriana and Rob chat about his eagerness to leave high school and start "real life", bitcoin in the early days and how it has evolved in the past decade, what we can do to work together and solve that many problems facing our species and more.
#43 - Byron Goldberg
August 17, 2021 13:39 - 35 minutes - 34 MBWelcome to Episode 43 with Byron Goldberg. In this episode, Adriana and Byron discuss how to start working in crypto (just make a start!), the challenges of launching a business to a new market and the dangers of hurried regulation.
#42 - Natasha Blycha
July 31, 2021 02:15 - 29 minutes - 28.8 MBWelcome to episode 42 with Natasha Blycha. In this chat, Adriana and Natasha talk about the challenges of bridging the real and digital worlds in this new age of metaverse spaces and digital twins. Some of the themes are how to navigate innovation to help others understand new paradigms risks and opportunities, what is "jurisdiction shopping", smart legal contracts, DAOs and more.
#41 - Jake Denny
July 13, 2021 09:26 - 43 minutes - 41.4 MBWelcome to Episode 41. In this episode, Adriana and Jake chat about Jake's career in the music industry and how he transitioned to work with digital and web, seeing early on how these technologies would affect the music industry. When discovering Ethereum in 2016, Jake rapidly went from being "digital obsessed" to being "Ethereum obsessed" and continues to face his challenges head on, but with hard work and humility.
#40 - Gendry Morales
June 21, 2021 13:19 - 29 minutes - 28.9 MBWelcome to Episode 40. In this episode Adriana chats to Gendry Morales, a software engineer who early on saw the power of mixing code and art, using smart contracts and the Ethereum blockchain. In this episode we discuss choosing a career in tech, the evolution of smart contracts, what's an NFT and more.
#39 - Michael Cotton
May 18, 2021 05:54 - 30 minutes - 29.1 MBDescription Welcome to Episode 39. In this episode, Adriana chats with Michael Cotton, CEO of Meld Gold about his experience with creating tokens backed by precious metals, starting with gold and silver with others to follow.
#38 - Greg Valles
April 11, 2021 23:38 - 25 minutes - 25 MBWelcome to episode 38 with Greg Valles. In this episode, Adrina and Greg discuss his professional evolution from working for the Australian Tax Office to founding and managing his own business. We also discussed the differences between traditional and crypto accounting, common misconceptions relating to crypto and tax, things people need to stay on top of for tax time, the Australian crypto legislation landscape, the difference between NFTs and other crypto assets from a tax perspective, and ...
#37 - Adam Meister
March 15, 2021 07:46 - 35 minutes - 34.6 MBWelcome to Episode 37 with Adam Meister. In this episode, Adriana and Adam discuss what it meant finding bitcoin in the early days, the problem it solves, what is a "bitcoin maximalist", the number 1 question Adam gets asked all the time and, finally, tips for content producers everywhere. Let dive right in and get to know Adam.
#36 - Mehdi Zerouali
February 23, 2021 13:55 - 41 minutes - 39.9 MBWelcome to Episode 36! In this episode, Adriana talks to Mehdi Zerouali, cybersecurity expert and director at Sigma Prime, a Sydney-based blockchain security consultancy. In this episode, we discussed blockchain and cyber, misconceptions about blockchain security, how to avoid getting hacked and what people can do to contribute. Mehdi's Bio Mehdi Zerouali is a co-founder and Director of Sigma Prime, a leading Sydney-based blockchain security company. Mehdi has been in the information securi...
#35 - Joseph Shew
February 01, 2021 08:37 - 39 minutes - 37.4 MBWelcome to episode 35 with Joseph Shew. In this episode, Adriana and Joe chat about what made Joe realise he had a passion for teaching, as well as Joe's tips to safely invest in cryptocurrencies: six DON'Ts and three simple DOs. Listen in to find out what they are. Joe's bio Joe is the founder of Crypto Consulting Institute, a leading investment education business, helping new and current investors to safely create wealth in the highest performing asset class in history. CCI operates acros...
#34 - Torsten Hoffmann
January 19, 2021 01:30 - 26 minutes - 25.5 MBWelcome to Episode 34. In this episode, Adriana and Torsten talk about bitcoin as the inspiration to a new career direction: documentary filmmaking. Torsten also talks about how he went down the rabbit hole and ends with some great advice for those starting to explore this space. Bio Torsten Hoffmann is a German/Australian entrepreneur and filmmaker. His first documentary about Bitcoin became a viral hit in 2015 and his new film about the emerging blockchain industry was supported by Screen ...
#33 - Justin Amos
November 30, 2020 10:59 - 30 minutes - 29.3 MBWelcome to Episode 33. In this episode, Adriana and Justin chat about playing soccer for the "Banking League" in the early days. Justin's experience working with top-tier financial services organisations, which ultimately brought him to Sydney. We talked about his new challenge heading up Lygon, a DLT-based platform that is looking to transform the Australian commercial retail space (at first) with digital bank guarantees. Lastly, we chatted about the difference between traditional databases ...
#32 - Keli Callaghan
November 15, 2020 11:52 - 26 minutes - 26.4 MBWelcome to Episode 31. In this episode, Adriana and Keli discuss the exceptional opportunity of building the marketing and communications strategy for Algorand and the amazing community forming around the project. We also talked about some of the things on their roadmap, as well as tips for marketers wishing to work in crypto. Lean in, Keli talks fast. We packed heaps in 25 mins. Algorand's Ambassador Program https://community.algorand.org/ambassadors/ Keli's Bio Keli, a results-driven mark...
#31 - Ryan Kris
October 29, 2020 07:13 - 31 minutes - 30.7 MBWelcome to Episode 31. In this episode Adriana and Ryan chat about working with technology, getting started with bitcoin, keeping your digital assets safe and much more. Ryan's Bio Ryan Kris is an Associate Director in BDO Sydney's Technology Advisory practice. He is a bitcoin and crypto enthusiast and is BDO's technical lead for Blockchain and Digital Assets. Ryan helps clients design, build and deliver digital and technology projects. Through his career, Ryan has managed projects for majo...
#30 - Joni Pirovich
September 22, 2020 08:35 - 42 minutes - 40 MBWelcome to Episode 30 with Joni Pirovich. In this episode Adriana and Joni talk about legislation shortcomings and the road ahead for crypto, improving business networks, the role of tax and money printing, Universal Basic Income (UBI) and much more. Joni's Bio Joni is highly regarded for her client advisory and policy work with respect to the legal and tax implications of blockchain and digital assets. Increasingly, Joni's work includes input into the development of smart legal contract te...
#29 - Developer Steve
August 31, 2020 14:11 - 31 minutes - 31 MBWelcome to Episode 29 with Developer Steve. In this episode, Adriana and Steve discuss transitioning from a developer role to an evangelist role, or developer relations role, where the goal is to develop and support a community, always aiming to help people navigate the implementation of new technology. Fun fact: Steve has played a big part in my own bitcoin journey, so watch out for that scoop! We also talk about Hyperledger, IBM's open-source blockchain toolkit, as well as the Blockchain co...
#28 - Chloe White
August 15, 2020 08:25 - 36 minutes - 35.2 MBWelcome to Episode 28 with Chloe White. In this episode, Chloe and Adriana discuss how interesting working in public service can be, as well as token economics and incentive mechanisms, bitcoin vs. blockchain and how to navigate the space. Chloe's bio: Chloe White is a blockchain and bitcoin enthusiast and has worked in various public sector roles since 2012, advising on policy issues related to economics and finance. Chloe has a Masters in Public Policy from the United Nations University an...
#27 - Steve Vallas
July 31, 2020 06:16 - 31 minutes - 30 MBWelcome to episode 26 with Steve Vallas. In this episode Adriana and Stevie chat about how to "accidentaly" go to law school. The decision early adopters of technology need to make. His new role (s) as CEO of Blockchain Australia and co-chair of the National Blockchain Roadmap Steering Committee, which Adriana is also a member. Steve is keen on facilitating the conversation around adoption and how that looks like in a broad context. Steve's Bio Steve Vallas is a qualified lawyer, blockchain...
#26 - Anya Nova
July 18, 2020 04:26 - 31 minutes - 30 MBWelcome to Episode 26 with Anya Nova. In this episode, Anya talks about growing up in a remote Russian island, where good career options were not common, her journey studying in the United States, moving to Australia, and how she feels like she's paying off her "carbon emissions karma" now, working at Powerledger, after having worked with non-renewable energy most of her adult life. Anya's Bio Recipient of the 2019 Australian Blockchain Leader of the Year. Anya works as Power Ledger's Crypto...
#25 - Andreas M. Antonopoulos
June 30, 2020 02:34 - 36 minutes - 35 MBWelcome to Episode 25 with everyone's favourite bitcoin evangelist, Andreas M. Antonopoulos. In this episode, Andreas talks about what makes bitcoin special, the difference between bitcoin and blockchain, why open blockchains are the ones that matter for our future and much more. Andreas bio Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and highly sought after expert in Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. Andreas has served as a teaching fellow for the free Intro...
#24 - Tim Bass
May 31, 2020 16:32 - 33 minutes - 31 MBTim Bass is the CEO of Block8, which is Australia's leading blockchain venture studio. He has deep technical experience designing infrastructure and cloud architectures across a wide range of customers. Tim enjoys working with customers to create and commercialise disruptive software products. About Block8 Block8 is Australia's leading blockchain venture studio. We partner with startups, enterprise and government to bring a professional product management and technical development capabilit...
#23 - Dennis Graham
April 30, 2020 02:52 - 33 minutes - 33.8 MBMarketers, this one's for you! Dennis Graham is a Marketing Director at a leading Australian cryptocurrency exchange. He has worked in marketing for over 15 years. In that time, he ran social networking sites, financial and crypto comparison websites, worked in FinTech, banking, cloud hosting and now crypto. Dennis is not only a marketing machine, but he is also the person who introduced me to bitcoin. We must have had a million conversations about it, and I'm pleased that he's finally wor...
#22 - Katrina Donaghy
March 01, 2020 07:56 - 36 minutes - 35.4 MBBio Katrina is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Civic Ledger - a civic focused blockchain Australian company. We work with governments globally on the use of blockchain technologies to solve specific business problems where blockchain is advantaged over traditional legacy technologies. Through her early years as a sociologist through to her interest in entrepreneurialism, she has extensive experience in public policy and early stage commercialisation. For more than 20 years, Kat...
#21 - Kaia Myers-Stewart
November 16, 2019 08:44 - 30 minutes - 29.7 MBKaia Myers-Stewart is a product manager at PegaSys, the protocol engineering group at ConsenSys. She has worked in emerging technology for nearly 6 years, including her first blockchain use-case for supply-chain in 2016. Originally from Canada, Kaia lives in Melbourne where she co-organises the local chapter of Women in Blockchain. She is also the "Entrepreneur in Residence" at #StartWest, providing mentorship and consulting to startup founders in emerging tech. Connect with Kaia Twitter ...
#20 - Brenda Saveluc
September 23, 2019 13:41 - 27 minutes - 27.8 MBBrenda Saveluc is the director and founder of BlackGold Legal. She's a straight talking, freelance commercial and corporate M&A lawyer with more than a decade of experience working in accounting and law. Brenda is passionate about ICO and STO regulation, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, and loves working with cool tech clients all over the world. Connect with Brenda Website https://blackgoldlegal.com Connect with Adriana LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabe... Twitter htt...
#19 - Daniel Bar
June 30, 2019 13:04 - 39 minutes - 38.7 MBDaniel is an entrepreneur with primary focus on decentralized web technologies. He is the founder of bitfwd and currently serves as Chairman. Daniel is particularly interested in disruptive innovation in the FinTech space and promotes equitable business models through opensource systems and cryptoeconomic empowerment. Daniel was selected as impact entrepreneur fellow to join the Edmund Hillary Fellowship program. He is based mostly in APAC (Australia, New Zealand and China). Daniel leads glo...
#18 - Crypto Chicks - Natalia Amelie & Elena Sinelnikova
April 28, 2019 07:45 - 25 minutes - 25.1 MBCrypto Chicks is a volunteer-run non-profit educational hub with a mission to grow the economic, professional and leadership potential of both women and youth in blockchain and AI THROUGH education, mentorship, business and diverse employment opportunities. Check out their website https://cryptochicks.ca Elena Sinelnikova FOUNDER AND CEO (TORONTO, CANADA) Software development team lead and entrepreneur. Elena Sinelnikova founded CryptoChicks non-profit organization with the vision to empowe...
#17 - Luke Anderson
March 31, 2019 07:11 - 37 minutes - 35.5 MBLuke Anderson teaches computer security and is the co-founder of Sigma Prime, a software and security consultancy, that is playing a big part in the new the Ethereum 2.0 ecosystem by developing a client implementation called Lighthouse. In this episode, we talked about the importance of developing skills like public speaking and coding, we also talk about geeking out at a young age, the new paradigm shift brought on by Ethereum, and much more. Get in touch with Luke https://sigmaprime.io/ S...
#16 - Leah Callon-Butler
March 10, 2019 07:46 - 35 minutes - 33.8 MBLeah is co-founder and Chief Impact Officer for intimate.io, a cryptocurrency bringing safety and security to the Adult Industry. With over a decade's experience spearheading the business development and growth strategies for a range of emerging tech startups, she devoted a large part of her MBA to the topic of social entrepreneurship. Leah is an official member of Women of Sex Tech; has been featured on Women@Forbes; and has consulted to the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initi...
#15 - James Zaki
February 13, 2019 13:49 - 27 minutes - 26.7 MBWith 15 years experience in engineering and software development, James has worked in a variety of domains from industrial/home automation, to local tech companies and startups. The last 7 years have covered development, product management, and tech advisor roles, both locally and abroad. As organiser of the OzBerry IoT MeetUp and smart-contract developer/auditor, James is exploring applications using IoT and Blockchain technologies that can positively impact society. Currently working with...
#14 - Lucas Cullen
January 31, 2019 12:44 - 33 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this episode, Adriana and Lucas talk about developing applications for the early days of the web, bitcoin, coloured coins and ethereum. The importance of being part of the community and giving back. Getting paid in crypto and much more. Connect with Lucas Twitter - https://twitter.com/bitcoinbrisbane LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucascullen/ Connect with Adriana Twitter - https://twitter.com/abelotti LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/
#13 - Nick Addison
January 14, 2019 11:59 - 29 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode, we'll get know Nick Addison, who over the past few years has been pretty active in the Sydney Blockchain community. Adriana and Nick talk about ethereum development, blockchain technology progress, and tools of the trade, as well as the career paths for computer science graduates and how to become a blockchain expert. TLDR; It takes effort, but it's most definitely doable. Nick's Bio: Nick Addison is a Developer at ConsenSys where he designs and builds Ethereum based solutio...
#12 - Samuel Brooks
December 13, 2018 02:50 - 48 minutes - 46.5 MBIn this conversation, Samuel and Adriana chat about how inspiring having access to technology at an early age can be, rebuilding the internet and the pitfalls of centralised systems, being a CTO in an incubator and solving 'first principles' problems, cypherpunks and bitcoin, the technologies that will most impact the future, using electricity to secure value and, finally, what needs to happen next in order to take this 'internet upgrade' to the next level. Plus, great advice for those trying...
#11 - Dr Philippa Ryan
November 15, 2018 12:30 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBPip Ryan Intro Dr. Philippa Ryan, a.k.a. Pip Ryan or Dr Pip, is a barrister and senior lecturer at the UTS Faculty of Law, on 31st of October 2018, the day that marked the 10th anniversary of the publishing of Bitcoin whitepaper, we had a quick chat about her career and how interesting it is to live during this time and being part of creating a new financial world. Her passion about education, law and blockchain is almost palpable through her words. Listen up :) Links mentioned: A New Clas...
#10 - Laura Degiovanni
October 04, 2018 06:34 - 20 minutes - 21.1 MBLaura Degiovanni is very much the typical Italian, warm, friendly and loud. She speaks with her hands and her heart, and her energy flows into the conversation. We caught up at the end of July at the Imperial College in London, as she was preparing to host her first Trustless Ecosystems meetup. This is why we had to wrap up quickly, making this one short and sweet. We talked about how to create trust with "trustlessness". Nonetheless, we discussed the 5-keywords of blockchain, how to measure ...
#9 - Derek Myers
September 26, 2018 03:33 - 34 minutes - 33.6 MBDerek has found great success in providing energy deals to businesses, whilst offsetting electricity carbon emissions. Taking this offer to the general public with The Zero Carbon Project is a natural development. Personally, what I like about this project is the "right now" approach using carbon credits to offset emissions. It's a great way to reduce the impact of dirty energy, whilst the world move to greener sources, which will take a couple of decades, if not more, to fully happen. **Dis...
#8 - Kate Korolkevich
September 02, 2018 13:25 - 24 minutes - 24.5 MBKate has plenty of experience with financial markets and hedge funds. She and I caught up in St. Petersburb on the day Russia kicked Spain out of the World Cup on a thrilling penalty shoot out. We discussed financial markets and how anyone can transfer their skills to work in crypto. Contact Adriana Twitter @abelotti LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti Website http://www.adrianabelotti.com/ Kate's bio: Kate has close to 20 years of diverse business experience with leading...
#7 - Paul Puey
August 16, 2018 15:31 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MBEpisode 7 features Paul Puey, CEO of Edge.app (formerly Airbitz) and overall cool guy. Paul and I caught up at Consensus, earlier this year. We tried to find a quiet corner for our chat, but that was next to impossible! We chatted about the start of his career and a software engineer and how he had to make a very difficult decision to improve his health. Our chat covers how his career, what are his plans for Edge, some hiring tips and much more. Enjoy! Contact Paul Twitter @paullinator Lin...