CoinGeek Conversations
284 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCoinGeek Conversations is a weekly podcast update on the thriving BitcoinSV ecosystem - for beginners as well as those already deeply immersed in it. CoinGeek's Charles Miller meets entrepreneurs, technologists and businesspeople to ask about their work and their visions for the future. You don't need to be an expert in computer science or business studies. But you do need an appetite to learn about the most exciting new technology of our time.
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Festive Sweaters and Bubbly Battles: the CoinGeek Conversations Christmas Quiz Extravaganza!
December 21, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBSetting a festive mood with a holiday shirt to boot, Charles Miller kicks off the CoinGeek Conversations Christmas Special this year, sharing a bubbly toast with his guests: CoinGeek Reporter, Becky Liggero, and Osmin Callis, the Founder and CEO of Mode 8. The two battled it out to the end in an exciting quiz covering topics, such as Bitcoin SV (BSV) companies, Bitcoin terminologies, entertainment, science, and a final odd one out round. Formulating the questions using ChatGPT, Charles m...
VPD Money brings financial inclusion to Africa
December 14, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBIn the latest episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller meets Michael Simeon, the Co-founder and CEO of VPD Money, a company which promises to create "The Bank of You." "VPD" stands for "Virtual Payment Digital." Michael explains that they would have made their tagline, "The Bank of You," the name of the company but that there are regulatory restrictions on using the term "bank" in the name of a business. Charles explores the user experience by signing up for VPD Money dur...
Block Dojo latest: shipping emissions, fintech apps, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
December 07, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBCoinGeek Conversations concludes its three-part Block Dojo mini-series with insightful conversations featuring innovators in blockchain technology. In the latest interviews, Charles Miller meets three entrepreneurs completing the business incubator program: Robin Russel of Satva Trust, who discusses the use of blockchain to enhance emissions reporting in the shipping industry; Priyatham Varma of Back3nd, who explains his mission to empower non-technical individuals to create fintech pro...
Block Dojo latest: Streamlining Web3 training, real estate sales and car accident reporting
November 30, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBCharles Miller is once again exploring innovative ventures in the Block Dojo incubator program on this week’s CoinGeek Conversations. Rafaela Azevedo’s The Chain Academy trains developers for Web3; Kenneth Kelly's Revested streamlines real estate transactions; and Marcus Odubonojo's Motion Shield simplifies car accident reporting— all showcasing the potential of blockchain technology. Kicking off our series of interviews, we begin with Rafaela Azevedo, the founder of The Chain Academy, w...
Dojo graduates aim to transform recruitment and workplace health
November 23, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBThe latest group of entrepreneurs to graduate from Block Dojo, the London incubator programme for startups building on the BSV blockchain, are sharing their ambitions on CoinGeek Conversations over the next three weeks. In the first show, two founders describe their business plans. First, Ash Yarro’s Trackr HR is designed to bring technology, particularly AI, to bear on the inefficiencies of the highly-lucrative recruitment business. Ash was already an experienced entrepreneur. But when h...
Number Go Up: A Crypto Adventure Reveals the Dark Side of Digital Fortunes
November 16, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBIn the latest episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Jack Pitts, founder of Slictionary, Brendan Lee, founder of Elas Digital and CoinGeek's Charles Miller delve into Zeke Faux's new book, Number Go Up. Faux, a journalist from Bloomberg Businessweek, takes readers on a journey through the crypto world, focusing on characters like Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX, the cultural phenomenon of Bored Apes, and the mysteries of Tether's $68 billion valuation. The book's format, a first-person narrati...
Alpha DAPP: Revolutionizing Blockchain Adoption in Africa and Beyond
November 09, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBVX Technologies Executive Director of Global Partnerships, Catherine Lephoto, is no stranger to the world of blockchain and digital innovation. In 2022, she sat down with Charles Miller on the sidelines of the BSV Global Blockchain Convention in Dubai to discuss VX Technologies and its blockchain-based solutions on CoinGeek Conversations. This time, Catherine is back to shed light on Alpha DAPP, the flagship product of VX Technologies, which has the potential to be a game-changer not only fo...
Dr Eva Porras: Transforming the world with Blockchain Smart Technologies
November 02, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBHeadquartered in Dubai, Blockchain Smart Technologies prides itself as a global leader in “blockchain distribution”. The company set up shop in Dubai because of the city's early adoption of blockchain technologies. According to CEO Dr Eva Porras, this presented an excellent opportunity for the company to provide blockchain solutions across various sectors, starting with a particular project: "what brought us to Dubai specifically was our willingness or interest in helping the airport make be...
AI Takes Center Stage at the London Chatbot Summit
October 26, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBChatbots have been a staple of the digital landscape for years, offering solutions to queries, performing tasks, and even providing companionship. But the game is changing. At the London Chatbot Summit, a gathering traditionally focused on chatbots, this year's focus was artificial intelligence (AI). CoinGeek Conversations host Charles Miller had the opportunity to delve into this transformative shift and interview two prominent attendees, Craig Massey and Professor Elizabeth Stokoe. C...
Yves Mersch: Cryptocurrency Regulation and the Role of Bitcoin SV
October 19, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBYves Mersch, a former governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg and member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), recently shared his valuable insights on the world of cryptocurrency, its regulation, and the distinct significance of Bitcoin SV. In a candid conversation with Charles Miller on CoinGeek Conversations, Yves provided clarity on these complex topics in a straightforward yet insightful manner. The Role of Central Banks Yves began by emphasizing the importa...
Mohammad Jaber: My BSV journey - from Counterfeiting to Carbon Credits
October 12, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBElas Digital co-founder Mohammad Jaber is carving a unique path in the world of digital consultancy, leveraging blockchain technology to solve complex problems across various sectors. In a recent episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Mohammad shared insights into the Elas approach to business and his journey within the Bitcoin SV ecosystem. As he tells Charles Miller, "Elas is a digital consultancy company that focuses on building its own proprietary technology, using blockchain to help bus...
Darren Kellenschwiler: My BSV journey
October 05, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBDarren Kellenschwiler’s long BSV history runs from the tumultuous days of the BCH-BSV split to his current role as a technical lead at the BSV Blockchain Association. On this week’s CoinGeek Conversations, Darren takes a trip down memory lane with Charles Miller, recalling the end of 2018 when he hosted Bitcoin meet-ups in London. It was during this period that the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin SV (BSV) split occurred, resulting in heated debates and ideological divisions within the commun...
Centi: Bridging digital money and traditional banking
September 28, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBSwiss entrepreneur Bernhard Müller’s app, Centi, built on the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain, is a platform that offers financial services which combine the revolutionary capabilities of digital money with the trust and security of traditional banks. Centi's creation of the Centi Franc Stablecoin (CCHF), a stablecoin connected to the Swiss franc is a significant achievement for the BSV blockchain. According to Bernhard, the Centi Franc is a "stablecoin of a new category, which is fiat guara...
Shem Booth-Spain: Empowering Musicians Through Blarecast
September 21, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBMusician-turned-tech-entrepreneur Shem Booth-Spain demonstrates his passion for revolutionizing the music industry through Blarecast, a music platform poised to empower artists and content creators by enabling them to own and monetize their data using the power of Bitcoin SV. Shem's journey began in the world of music. From a young age, he immersed himself in creating music, from traditional rock and roll to electronic sounds. His experience as an independent, unsigned musician in Londo...
Rafal Gelner: BSV is fast, cheap and scalable – the right blockchain for Zetly
September 14, 2023 07:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBIn a recent episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller sat down with Rafal Gelner, the co-founder and CEO of Zetly Fueling Sports, to delve into the exciting world of merging real and virtual experiences for sports enthusiasts, with a particular focus on football. Zetly Fueling Sports is exploring various avenues to create immersive experiences for sports fans, incorporating elements like NFT gating and NFC (Near Field Communication), a wireless technology that enables devices li...
Agata Slater: IBM’s take on BSV
September 07, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBBlockchain technology promises innovative solutions to long-standing problems across various industries. To learn about the work of a blockchain consultant, Charles Miller sat down with IBM blockchain specialist Agata Slater in this weeki’s CoinGeek Conversations. In the interview, Agata talks about her role, IBM's approach to blockchain and the implications for Web3 technology. As a blockchain consultant at IBM, Agata focuses on helping enterprise clients design and implement blockchain...
GHGBlaze: Revolutionizing Carbon Emission Assessments for Businesses
August 31, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBIn the concluding episode of Coingeek Conversations' summer series, Charles Miller engages in a discussion with Amy Bowe, the entrepreneur behind Block Dojo's innovative blockchain platform, GHGBlaze. GHGBlaze is dedicated to assisting companies in obtaining precise assessments of the carbon emissions associated with their products. As Amy says, the need for accuracy is gaining traction as companies are faced with mounting pressures to disclose their carbon emissions. With the growing ma...
Carby helps address climate challenges while CyberXchain looks to incentivize ethical hackers
August 24, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBCarby is the first marketplace for future carbon credits, solving liquidity, scalability and transparency issues of the market. It’s CEO and Co-founder Mark Moores believes more carbon projects are needed to fight climate change. Speaking as a father, Mark tells Charles Miller on this episode of CoinGeek conversations, “when you have a child, you re-evaluate things and you think about the future and one thing you've got to think about is what type of planet are we bequeathing our children?” ...
Sports Finex and BizCrunch: Improving business efficiency with blockchain
August 17, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBOn the second installment of CoinGeek Conversations Block Dojo series, Charles Miller speaks to two entrepreneurs who are looking to improve business efficiency with blockchain technology. Sports Finex is a platform that enables quicker and cost-effective business deals between financial institutions and football clubs. According to its Founder and CEO, Nico Malgeri, the platform aims to streamline the tedious part of the dealmaking process. “We simplify the whole process of finding o...
Vymt incentivizes gaming fans while Ditto offers a cure for loneliness
August 10, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBOn this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, two entrepreneurs from London’s incubator program Block Dojo speak to Charles Miller about their start-ups and how they can solve real world problems. First up is Ditto, an AI-powered platform that aims to help people combat loneliness. “We are in a global epidemic of loneliness,” says James Kirk, Ditto Founder and CEO. Research suggests that over half the adults living in the United Kingdom experienced loneliness in 2022. The platform which fo...
James Belding: Tokenized was built with blood, sweat and tears
August 03, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBFor James Belding, the co-founder and CEO of Tokenized, the launch of his desktop app just days ahead of the London Blockchain conference in June was the fruit of years of work, ever since he appeared at a CoinGeek conference with his self-funded team in Toronto in 2019. Described as a “self-custodial and enterprise-grade digital wallet …for issuing, managing and holding digital assets including Bitcoin SV”, Tokenized boasts an elegant interface, an easy sign up process and an impressive ...
Kirsty Barany-Gibson: the only blockchain able to handle speed and volume is BSV
July 27, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBFrom BSV entrepreneur to start-up enabler, Kirsty Barany-Gibson is no stranger to the Bitcoin SV community. Prior to taking on a position at global investment firm Scale Facilitation, she was known to the BSV community as the founder of Clear Sparrow, an online dating app that utilizes Bitcoin SV technology. Today, Kristy heads Access New York, a program by Scale Facilitation, offering start-ups and small-medium enterprises access to New York City resources. On this episode of CoinGeek Co...
Blockchain helps UN humanitarian agencies to work together
July 20, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThe United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has been using blockchain technology to deliver assistance safely and securely since 2017 through an initiative called Building Blocks. It’s a privately managed blockchain network which allows various humanitarian organizations to coordinate efficiently, while allowing people to simply access their essential needs. As Houman Haddad, Head of Emerging Technologies at WFP explains, Building Blocks is “a humanitarian blockchain network which...
Living in the now with MintBlue’s Nowatch
July 13, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBTimes are changing, literally. The Nowatch wearable looks like a watch but doesn’t function like one. Instead of telling the time, the device’s main use is to register its owners’ biometrics. As MintBlue CEO, Niels van den Bergh points out, the watch allows its users to be ‘in the now’: “It doesn’t tell you the time, it only gives you time,” he says. The BSV blockchain helps Nowatch to track a person’s vitals, breathing, heartbeat, steps, sleep cycle among many other measures. Similar ...
Giovanni Franzese: It’s time for corporates to turn to public blockchain solutions
July 06, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBFor more than two decades, Giovanni Franzese has been working for the telecoms giant Ericsson where he served most recently as Head of Blockchain Business Development. As an engineer, Giovanni liked to experiment with different types of technologies, but it wasn’t until six years ago that he decided to use blockchain technology to develop a product solution. The product, Ericsson Customer Acceptance is a big win for Ericsson. As he explains, “it's a big product, it's very successful, and we...
Kevin Healy: My long journey to BSV
June 29, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBFormer iOS developer Kevin Healy first found fame when he released a video on YouTube called “What is Ethereum?” Published in 2016, in the video, Kevin shows developers how to build on the Ethereum blockchain. Despite thousands of views and some revenue he received from the video, Kevin removed it from his YouTube channel as he was worried about some of the dodgy ads that appeared alongside it. It is now back on the channel, clearly labelled as out of date and “posted for historical purposes...
Mona Tiesler: A venture capitalist on Web3 prospects
June 22, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBHow do venture capitalists make investment choices? There are many answers to this all-important question for entrepreneurs looking to raise capital for their start-ups. Tokentus, a German publicly listed VC company is an early stage investor that focuses on the blockchain market. Its Investment Manager, Mona Tiesler says one of the top criteria they look at in a start-up is its founder’s strengths - including his or her background, mindset, commitment, knowledge of the technology - as ...
Jerry Chan: Does AI know what it’s doing?
June 15, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBYou can’t escape debates about AI at the moment. BSV entrepreneurs are as fascinated as anyone else - perhaps more so if they have experienced previous tech revolutions. Jerry Chan has gone public with his cautious scepticism about the much-publicised dangers of AI, but in this week’s CoinGeek Conversations, the former blockchain infrastructure developer and Wall Street technologist says he also sees the potential of AI, and that it could have a role in his forthcoming Frobots game. “I a...
Calvin Ayre: Blockchain can make governments look good to their citizens
May 26, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBCalvin Ayre: Blockchain can make governments look good to their citizens The London Blockchain Conference next week will be held at a prestigious venue in Parliament Square - no coincidence because its tagline is “Bringing government and enterprise onto the blockchain”. As conference creator Calvin Ayre explained in this week’s CoinGeek Conversations, the use of blockchain could benefit both governments and citizens: “Governments can use this technology to manage data in a way that ma...
Combat IQ: harnessing the powers of AI and blockchain
May 18, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBTim Malik, CEO and co-founder of Combat IQ, has come a long way since participating in the Block Dojo program in 2022 - the London incubator for start-ups building on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. His Combat IQ, which has since been with company accelerator, Techstars wants to be a game-changer in the combat sports industry with its AI-powered analytic platform. Armed with investment, a vision and determination, Tim says his team exceeded their own expectations in completing their protot...
Block Dojo: New tools for landlords, managers and restaurateurs
May 11, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBEntrepreneurs Alyna, Jonathan and Dimitar found new and clever ways to improve the way people work, eat and conduct business. While all come from different backgrounds, together they share a common vision: using blockchain technology to leverage their business platform. Pakistani entrepreneur Alyna Butt wants to revamp the overall work experience through Squadbond, an all-in-one workplace platform similar to a productivity management software, but with an added feature: a token reward s...
New ways to promote books and sports with blockchain
May 04, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBEver wondered how books get published? It’s not an easy process says Arsim Shillova, co-founder and CEO of Libraro, a platform that will allow the general public to have access to unpublished books – and help publishers decide which to support. Arsim, an author himself, was disheartened after seeing first-hand what it takes to get a book published. “I actually wrote a book and decided to try and get it published through the traditional way of sending it to a literary agent and to my disapp...
Solving lack of financial inclusion in Africa with Wleepay and creating effective communication between government and society with Repolify
April 27, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBSolving lack of financial inclusion in Africa with Wleepay Two-thirds of the African population don’t have access to traditional financial services, says Wleepay founder and CEO Lionel Bernard. Because of this, he started Wleepay, a company that offers mobile financial services to the unbanked in Africa. “The word Wlee is used by certain tribes on the west coast of Africa, it literally means money,” Lionel says. Wleepay is currently available in his home country of Liberia and will soon ...
CVs, metaverse travel and car passports on the BSV blockchain
April 20, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBAs the world enters into the Web3 era, entrepreneurs are getting more creative, finding new ways to cater to the young generation with advanced technologies such as blockchain. A prime example is the startup founders at Block Dojo, the 12-week London incubator course where businesses are developed and pitched to potential investors. Block Dojo participant Lena Rantsevich describes her platform as the new CV and the new standard for the future of work. “Reputy.io is a soul-bound talent wall...
Julio Alejandro: Blockchain’s power to liberate humanity
April 13, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBJulio Alejandro disagrees with much that’s said in the Bitcoin SV world. But he’s a rarity among its critics in that he welcomes the chance to debate the issues and he praises Dr Craig Wright - “an incredibly smart, capable human being” - for his willingness to engage in dialogue around contentious questions of government, money and self-determination. As CEO of the London-based JADA consultancy, Julio provides public workshops and offers his services in private client work on blockchain an...
Owen Vaughan and Alessio Pagani: Blockchain can bring accountability to AI
April 06, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBBlockchain technology is starting to impact other fast-developing tech fields such as AI and IoT. That was the message from two senior representatives of nChain, who are both organising conference events that will bring experts from the different areas together to learn from each other. Owen Vaughan, Chief Science Officer of nChain Licencing and Alessio Pagani, Research Director of nChain were talking on the latest episode of CoinGeek Conversations. Owen is convening a workshop on Blockcha...
Solving real world problems with mintBlue
March 30, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBMintBlue, a blockchain-as-a-service platform which utilizes the BSV blockchain, recently announced that it broke a new world record by making 50 million transactions on a public blockchain in 24 hours. The company’s co-founder and CIO Pieter Den Dooven tells Charles Miller on this episode of CoinGeek Conversations how they set up the challenge and describes the micropayment transactions: “all of them did a very small amount of money from one place to the other place and they also all had a l...
Digitalizing government services in the Philippines with BSV
March 23, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBAs the Philippines embarks on a path to digital transformation, government agencies and various organizations are looking in to blockchain technology as a tool to help the country achieve its goal. Shortly after Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos Jr. was inaugurated as the 17th president of the Philippines last year, his administration announced its desire to streamline government services with the use of new technologies. In response to the government’s call, the province of Bataan hosted i...
Nathan Cropper: winning acceptance for BSV in the financial world
March 16, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBNathan Cropper knows all about the dark side of crypto. He spent eight years at Barclays, tracking down dubious account holders as part of the company’s Financial Intelligence Unit. He was in “a small team that conducted the first analysis of Barclays-wide crypto exposure”. So don’t try telling him that Bitcoin is untraceable. His job was a little unsatisfactory because he never found out what happened to the individuals whose accounts he flagged up: the cases were just handed over to t...
Kurt Wuckert Jr: Bitcoin needs more salespeople
March 09, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBUntil now, the kind of people attracted to Bitcoin have mainly been developers, says Kurt Wuckert Jr. But that needs to change in order to create real Bitcoin businesses and convert existing businesses to Bitcoin. “If we were better at sales and marketing,” Kurt believes, “we might not even be in the blockchain economy at all. We could all be selling solar panels or something and make pretty good money. So it really, I think, is largely a culture thing.” Changing Bitcoin culture would mean...
Kurt Wuckert Jr: Think of Bitcoin mining as financial self-discipline
March 02, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBWhen you set up a blockchain mining pool, there’s plenty of complicated technology involved. And if it’s just you and a few colleagues and friends, when you switch it on for the first time, it’s not immediately obvious whether it’s working. Your computers have to compete with others on the network – the Bitcoin SV network in this case – to ‘win’ the next block on the blockchain. But are they in the game? At the start of his GorillaPool enterprise, its founder Kurt Wuckert Jr. says, “we we...
Jack Pitts: the real keepers of the English lexicon are English-speaking people
February 23, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBSLictionary, a dictionary platform powered by Bitcoin SV, wants to compete with traditional dictionaries to become the premier dictionary in the world. Similar to how Oxford English Dictionary was compiled, SLictionary uses a crowdsourcing method in collating words and definitions. However, SLictionary does not follow an authority like the OED does on who gets to decide on its content. On SLictionary, it’s the votes of the users combined with the machine’s learning algorithm that fills in fo...
Craig Wright on the very start of Bitcoin
February 16, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBDr Craig Wright is looking at a screenshot of the early Bitcoin website which someone has posted on Twitter. It’s from January 3 2009. He remembers what was going on at that time: “first launch of the code, making sure everything ran. The first set of problems shortly after that week, when it needed to be restarted.” Dr Wright, who signed himself “aka Satoshi Nakamoto” on the previous week’s CoinGeek Conversations, this week reminisces about how it all began. He was testing his systems, wit...
Dr. Craig Wright: Crypto regulation will make life easier for BSV
February 09, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBThe UK government has announced a consultation on crypto regulation. Dr. Wright believes that rather than new regulations, the priority should be to enforce existing financial laws because crypto is not outside the conventional financial system: “I mean, we should just actually start applying the rules and the argument that it's new, that it's online... It's really not.” As far as Bitcoin SV is concerned, new regulation should be welcomed, and probably won’t require changes: “it'll just mak...
Wright or wrong? It’s the CoinGeek Conversations Christmas Quiz!
December 22, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26.2 MBTo celebrate the end of 2022, the team behind CoinGeek Conversations brings you a festive special edition: the CoinGeek Conversations Christmas Quiz. Diddy Wheldon from Women of BSV, Becky Liggero from CoinGeek and Alessio Pagani from nChain were all put through their paces by CoinGeek’s Charles Miller. The contestants’ knowledge was tested on subjects including music, Bitcoin SV and former CoinGeek Conversations guests. It was a competitive affair as there could only be one winner, so...
Block Dojo entrepreneurs: NFTs, music and CBDCs
December 15, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBOn this week’s episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller meets three entrepreneurs from the Bitcoin SV incubator Satoshi Block Dojo, each developing a new platform that could change the way we live and work. Do you want to create an NFT but know nothing about blockchain? If so, listen up! With HQNFTs, you can create artwork on the blockchain without having to write a single line of code. As HQNFTs CEO Divya Prashanth says “it’s a one-stop shop NFT ecosystem.” With the platform, D...
Satoshi Block Dojo entrepreneurs on plans for their new BSV businesses
December 08, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBOn this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller hears from three tech entrepreneurs who are completing the Satoshi Block Dojo incubator programme. Before they pitch their Bitcoin SV business ideas to potential investors, Charles gets an exclusive account of their plans. First up is Michael Olagunju. His platform, AirMaths, provides school students with access to quality maths and STEM education. The business idea came from Michael’s own experience at school, when his parents co...
Satoshi Block Dojo entrepreneurs on plans for their new BSV businesses
December 08, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBOn this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Charles Miller hears from three tech entrepreneurs who are completing the Satoshi Block Dojo incubator programme. Before they pitch their Bitcoin SV business ideas to potential investors, Charles gets an exclusive account of their plans. First up is Michael Olagunju. His platform, AirMaths, provides school students with access to quality maths and STEM education. The business idea came from Michael’s own experience at school, when his parents co...
Jack Davies: The mission is to prove to the world what’s possible on Bitcoin SV
December 01, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBThe capability of the Bitcoin SV blockchain to power a new internet will be realised when consumers see just how efficient the technology is, according to Jack Davies, Senior Researcher at nChain. Jack believes that mainstream adoption of complex, blockchain-based technologies, like Web3 and the metaverse, will ultimately be driven by a killer application or implementation that will make using the internet easier for ordinary people. “At the end of the day, the nuts and bolts of the pr...
Ole Knutli: Rewarding responses with the Bitcoin SV blockchain
November 24, 2022 08:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBWhen you’re asked to do a survey online, what is your reaction? For most of us, it’s an eyeroll and clicking through the questions as fast as possible. But what if you were incentivised for taking part? That might make a difference. That’s the idea behind CoinSurvey. The company, which took part in the second cohort of the Satoshi Block Dojo, wants to use rewards to help survey creators get more responses from their customers. Ole Knutli, CEO and Co-founder of CoinSurvey, explains tha...