Future Tech: Almost Here, Round-the-Corner Future Technology Podcast
1,842 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Future Technologies Poised to Transform Our Lives For The Better are the focus of this podcast. Almost here means these technologies are Now Here, or Just Around The Corner. Listen to the latest future tech news & interviews, featuring Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, stem cells, regenerative medicine, Bitcoin, Blockchain & other cutting-edge stuff.
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Ron Williams-UpChannel- Simplifying Token-Based Transactions In The Emerging Market
March 06, 2018 05:48 - 24 minutes - 18.1 MBRon Williams is with Spire, a company that has integrated with UpChannel in the development of pre-installed applications on smartphones sold in emerging markets. Spire’s ICO is currently underway and will lead to the launch of a digital currency wallet application that will support Bitcoin and the Spire token. The ultimate goal of the app is to simplify the user experience by allowing access to and use of several different tokens through just one: the Spire token. Williams sees the simplifi...
Ben Way – Digits – Turning Debit & Credit Cards into Crypto Cards at the Push of a Button
March 05, 2018 10:20 - 28 minutes - 65.8 MBPaying in crypto can be complicated, and that’s something Ben Way set out to change when he began Digits, a crypto payment processor that connects any 16-digit debit or credit card number to a crypto wallet, essentially turning that debit or credit card into a crypto card. Digits settled with the Visa and MasterCard networks, meaning that merchants don’t have to change a single thing in order for this to work. In fact, they don’t even have to know when a customer is paying in cryptocurrency a...
Michael Alden, CEO Of Blue Vase On Cryptocurrency, Entrepreneurship And Personal Improvement
March 05, 2018 06:32 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIn 2009, Michael Alden started Blue Vase with the goal of marketing products and services that have a positive impact on people’s lives. Since then, Blue Vase has been recognized in SmartCEO magazine, the Boston Business Journal and on Entrepreneur.com. It wasn’t until 2014 that the idea of cryptocurrency was first introduced to Alden. “I knew nothing about cryptocurrency…it was so foreign to me that I pushed it away when it was originally introduced to me in 2014. But when I realized what it...
Alan Milligan- White Rabbit- Promoting Transactional Transparency, Efficiency and Fairness in an Era of Video Streaming Technology
March 02, 2018 11:32 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBIn recent years, video streaming technology has become increasingly popular on a global scale. The days of VHS tapes and DVDs seem long gone, but they didn’t leave without creating some negative consequences. With just a few main subscription services choosing the content that viewers are able to stream legally, many fans- especially those who have niche film interests- have been left with virtually no option but to illegally obtain the content they want to view. Filmmakers, on the other hand...
Bradford Siff-Biowave- A Smarter Pain-blocking Technology in the Form of a Handheld Device
March 01, 2018 07:26 - 21 minutes - 15.4 MBBradford Siff is the founder and president of Biowave, a company that is providing people with an easy-to-use, long-lasting, opioid-free and effective form of pain relief. This new pain-blocking technology delivers electrical signals through the skin and into deep tissues, blocking the transmission of pain signals to the brain. Regular electrical stimulation devices deliver signals that reach only the surface of the skin, rather than the surface of pain nerves. Biowave offers a professional...
Ken DiCross – SocialWallet – Using Social Networks to Bring the World of Crypto to the Masses
February 28, 2018 11:24 - 25 minutes - 58.6 MBFor a lot of people, the idea of entering the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology seems complicated and intimidating. At the same time, there are over 2.5 billion people from all walks of life who easily navigate a variety of social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. SocialWallet is bridging the divide between the two in an exciting new way. Here’s the gist of how it works: from the SocialWallet platform, a person selects a social media network, chooses the name of the pers...
Konstantin Gladych – Changelly – An Instant Cryptocurrency Exchange with the Lowest Rates on the Market
February 28, 2018 11:18 - 17 minutes - 40.2 MBKonstantin Gladych is the CEO of Changelly, a cryptocurrency exchange that offers lower rates, fewer restrictions and a less complicated exchange process than ShapeShift, their biggest competitor. Within seconds of beginning a transaction, customers receive the lowest possible estimated exchange rate for that particular transaction. About 5,000 new customers-“a small city of traders”- join the Changelly platform every day, making it one of the most popular platforms out there. Tune in to hear...
Yi Ma – NewsDog – Customizing and Tokenizing Users’ Consumption of Daily News
February 27, 2018 07:58 - 15 minutes - 35.1 MBWith the amount of information that’s available online these days, it can be hard for users to find what they’re really looking for. NewsDog is an India-based news platform that is utilizing a combination of personalized recommendation and blockchain technology to bring its users a customized experience each time they log on. Using algorithmic technology, NewsDog tracks the types of articles that are shown to its users, and then compares those with the types of articles that the user actually...
Stan Larimer-On the Future of BitShares, Steemit and EOS
February 26, 2018 10:56 - 22 minutes - 52.5 MBStan Larimer spent 36 years in the aerospace industry before joining his son, Dan Larimer, in the development of BitShares 2.0. Having recently presented at the Bitcoin, Ethereum & Blockchain SuperConference, Stan provides insight into a few of the main themes, current interests and plans in the realm of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Larimer suggests plans for interfacing BitShares 2.0 and EOS in order to maximize the value of both, touches on the idea of grand unification of aspe...
Sam Kawtharani and Derek Manuge-Corl- Revenue Sharing on the Blockchain for Early-stage Companies
February 26, 2018 09:45 - 26 minutes - 61.4 MBThe number of small, early-stage yet fast-growing companies is reaching an all-time high. Despite the potential for wide profit margins, many of these high-quality startups lack the necessary capital to continue growing and to reach their full potential. Sam Kawtharani and Derek Manuge formed Corl from a combined decades’ worth of unique and relevant experience to offer a solution: the world’s first revenue-sharing token specifically designed to foster the development of emerging companies wh...
Kirk Beebe-Metabolon: Tracking, Understanding, and Improving the Health Status of Life Systems
February 26, 2018 09:37 - 23 minutes - 53.6 MBIn what way are certain disease processes affected by genes? Why has a new pharmaceutical drug achieved its intended effect for one group of individuals, but not for another? How might we come to understand the mechanistic underpinning of a statistically significant correlation between a certain bacterium and a certain disease? Kirk Beebe, Ph.D. Scientist and Director at Metabolon, discusses a technology that provides accurate and comprehensive answers to these types of questions for a vari...
Vaultbank- John Nahas- Bridging the Divide Between Traditional Finance and Crypto-currency
February 23, 2018 09:50 - 13 minutes - 31.5 MBJohn Nahas is the Director of Investor Relations and Business Development at Vaultbank, a legally compliant security token that will pay a quarterly dividend. Vaultbank converges the worlds of traditional finance and crypto-currency to create a platform for tokenizing securities and for buying, selling, and spending crypto-investments. A benefit of working towards tokenizing securities is that it will create more access to the average investor who might otherwise be unable to, due to cost or...
WorkCoin – Fred Krueger and Kory Larson – Facilitating Transparent and Secure Transactions for Freelancers
February 23, 2018 09:50 - 29 minutes - 66.7 MBA serial entrepreneur, Fred Krueger has started and sold nine tech companies in the last 20 years. He is particularly excited about the changes taking place via crypto-currency. Fred is the founder and CEO of WorkCoin, a crypto-currency and marketplace designed to increase transparency and identity of high-end freelancers and facilitate consumer-freelancer transactions at a significantly lower price than the existing platforms. Kory Larson is a UX specialist and the talented Chief Design O...
S-Biomedic — Marc Guell, Co-Founder and Director — Leveraging the Skin Microbiome for Novel Therapeutic Health Solutions
February 22, 2018 08:03 - 20 minutes - 47.1 MBOne of the more overlooked but still highly important parts of the body is the skin microbiome. Though there are less types of organisms present in the skin microbiome than in other microbiomes, it still plays a role in conditions such as acne, rosacea, detgrmatitis, aging, dandruff, and more. S-Biomedic is currently concentrating their research on the specific part of the skin biome located inside hair follicles, in order to find effective treatments for acne. Because acne is a condition tha...
Hercules Tech — Kenneth Goodman — Finding Valuable Metrics for Smart Cryptocurrency Investing Decisions
February 21, 2018 11:36 - 16 minutes - 37.9 MBKenneth got his start with Hercules Tech after college, where he majored in mathematics and became fascinated by cryptography and its practical applications. He found cryptocurrency and blockchain, and hasn't looked back. Because the cryptospace is both volatile and has a lot of opportunity for those who are involved, Hercules Tech analyzes current technology to find the important and valuable metrics for making smart investing decisions, primarily for hedge funds, traders, and existing equit...
Wanchain — Dustin Byington — Rebuilding Finance with Private Crosschain Smart Contracts
February 21, 2018 11:36 - 22 minutes - 51 MBOne of the most important questions in the blockchain and cryptocurrency spaces going forward is how to connect digital assets that are located across multiple blockchains. Wanchain offers a unique solution that allows individuals to connect to any chain in a permission-less manner while using ring signatures in order to maintain privacy, but otherwise still allow for transactions to be verified. When funds are moved between chains, they are locked by a group of validators that do not have ac...
StormX — Simon Yu, CEO and Co-Founder — A Gamified, Microtask Platform Built on the Blockchain
February 21, 2018 11:36 - 20 minutes - 47.8 MBIn order to allow products and services such as Netflix, Hulu, or games such as Final Fantasy the opportunity to reach more viewers, StormX has built a gamified microtask platform that rewards its users with cryptocurrency for engaging in short tasks from these companies. The platform is designed to feel more like a game than actual work, and the more you interact with content and different products and services, the higher your cryptocurrency rewards. By building their platform on the blockc...
BitJob — Dror Medalion, CEO and Co-Founder — Peer-to-Peer Platform for Student Employment and Services
February 20, 2018 07:33 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBBitJob began as a peer-to-peer platform where students can find relevant, short-term jobs while they are still in school–allowing them to both make a small income through the platform and get the experience necessary to find a good paying job after they graduate. Users are shown jobs that meet their particular academic background and skill level, and can build a reputation through the platform. While completing their pre-sale last August and ICO last September, BitJob realized that students h...
MLG Blockchain — Michael Gord, Founder — Enterprise Blockchain Solutions and ICO Development Consulting
February 20, 2018 07:33 - 12 minutes - 28.1 MBWith a background in technology and an entire career spent in the blockchain space, Michael Gord founded MLG Blockchain in order to help provide turnkey services for ICOs and enterprise blockchain consulting, education, and development. Based in Toronto, MLG helps clients create white papers, design and launch token sales, and helps enterprise corporations successfully integrate blockchain solutions with their existing infrastructure. Education about the blockchain and cryptocurrency spaces i...
Bloomio — Max Lyadvinsky, CEO — Crowdfunding Platform for Seed-Stage Startups
February 19, 2018 12:19 - 16 minutes - 12.1 MBThe idea for Bloomio came about while doing due diligence research for investors who were interested in particular coins and projects. Bloomio's founder gathered like-minded people, and came up with the idea for a venture capital fund that concentrates solely on seed-stage startups. Bloomio uses crowd-funded money to grow these startups until they reach the point where they can receive more traditional venture capital. Investments with Bloomio can be made for as little as $50 USD, which helps...
Blue Frontiers — Randy Hencken, Co-Founder and Director — Creating Sea-Steads for Comfortable and Sustainable Living at Sea
February 19, 2018 12:19 - 20 minutes - 46.8 MBFor the past 7 years, the Sea Steading Institute has been promoting human habitation at sea to explore new ways of sustainable living for humanity. In 2017 they began to work on how to build the first sea-stead, and created Blue Frontiers in order to help offer returns to their investors. They have a partnership with French Polynesia to build and launch their first sea-stead, and hope to complete this within the next decade. After this is completed, they will be looking to expand their opera...
Neureal — Jen Greyson, CEO and Will Bown, Founder and Chief Architect — Open-Source, Peer-to-Peer Predictive AI Built on the Blockchain
February 19, 2018 12:19 - 27 minutes - 62.3 MBNeureal is currently building the prototype for a decentralized and open-source predictive AI machine built on the blockchain. This AI will be capable of predicting the future, from humanitarian use cases such as predicting hurricanes, and deciding on the safest evacuation routes, to the market fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin. There are major benefits to using blockchain, including accessing the amount of data necessary to train their AI program, and unlimited scalability, and in order t...
Cypherium — Sky Guo, CEO and Co-Founder — Providing the Building Blocks for Efficient, Decentralized Blockchain Technology and Applications
February 18, 2018 12:40 - 19 minutes - 45.2 MBCurrently, there are many trade-offs in the blockchain space–one of the biggest is the trade-off between speed and scalability, and the infrastructure design. Cypherium hopes to create a more practical blockchain that is more efficient, has smaller transaction fees, and is more developer-friendly. In order to retain a decentralized design and have the necessary scalability, platforms will need to adopt a better consensus algorithm. Cypherium's unique consensus algorithm splits the traditional...
Qtum — Jordan Earls — Bringing Smart Contracts and Decentralized Applications to Mobile and IoT Devices
February 17, 2018 12:40 - 14 minutes - 32.6 MBBoth Bitcoin and Ethereum have their advantages, and Qtum is focused on combining the best of both worlds to improve decentalized blockchain applications for both mobile and IoT devices, specifically the core infrastructure of Bitcoin and the utility of Ethereum smart contracts. Qtum is currently working on a project called X86 VM, which will allow for Ethereum smart contracts to be written in mainstream programming languages such as C++ or Go, making it more efficient to run smart contracts ...
Indorse — Gaurang Torvekar, CEO and Co-Founder — Ethereum-Based, Decentralized Professional Network with Token Ecosystem
February 15, 2018 11:18 - 17 minutes - 40.4 MBThere are several major problems with current professional networks, including that users have no control over their data, do not get rewarded for it when the platform monetizes and profits from their data, and that is can be hard to tell whether or not users actually have the skills they say they do. Indorse plans to solve all of these problems by creating a decentralized professional network built on the Ethereum network where endorsed skills are verified by random users on the platform. U...
Komodo — Jason Brown — Blockchain Ecosystem Secured by the Bitcoin Hash Rate
February 15, 2018 10:57 - 15 minutes - 36.1 MBKomodo is an end-to-end platform for blockchain solutions that is bringing innovation to the blockchain space. Currently they are at the forefront of bringing atomic swaps to development. Atomic swaps, the exchange of one cryptocurrency to another on a different blockchain without needing to trust a 3rd party, can solve many problems that currently exist within cryptospace, including exchange hacking and being ripped off by scams. To date, Komodo has completed over 50,000 atomic swaps, and pl...
The Lending Coin — Phil Sigler, Founder and Mindy NGO, Operations — An SEC Compliant, Blockchain-Powered Real Estate Lending Platform
February 14, 2018 10:40 - 18 minutes - 42.2 MBDesigned to address major concerns with cryptocurrencies that the founders have come across from being early investors in over 50 different tokens, The Lending Coin (TLC) is a real estate lending platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. TLC is fully backed by real estate, and the money spent on the TLC coin is used to refinance commercial properties at a rate 0.25% lower than the prime rate, which no bank will be able to match. They are working closely with a team of lawyers familiar with ...
Viome — Naveen Jain, Founder and CEO — Providing Personalized Recommendations for a Healthy Biome
February 14, 2018 10:31 - 44 minutes - 103 MBViome was founded on the idea that we should be able to use science and technology to solve some of the world's biggest problems, and personal health is one of the biggest problems of today. Viome aims to help people take control of their own health by providing a personalized report of your biome, the collection of microorganisms that live on and in us, that work to keep us healthy. Biome health is both important, with millions of genes in our biomes that affect all areas of health, includi...
Bloq — Jeff Garzik, Founder and Prominent Cryptospace Figure — Thoughts on Cryptospace and Current Projects with Bloq
February 14, 2018 10:28 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBJeff Garzik has a long background in the technology field, and was deep into cloud computing and distributed technologies when he discovered Bitcoin in 2010. Though he was initially skeptical, he has since seen the all the new things that are possible with blockchain technology. He is the current head of Bloq, which provides enterprise blockchain solutions to companies around the world. They are currently working with SpaceChain Foundation to put a blockchain node in space, which will allow ...
COSIMO Ventures — Ken Lang, Key Technology Officer and Managing Partner — Investment Firm Focusing On Disruptive Deep Technology
February 14, 2018 07:55 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBNamed for Cosimo de Medici, a pioneer, and leader during the Italian Renaissance, COSIMO Ventures looks to help fund deep technology that has the power to disrupt global markets. They got their start when Ken and a group of peers came together to discuss solutions to some of Bitcoin and blockchain's biggest problems. Currently, COSIMO focuses on assisting blockchain companies in the United Kingdom and Ireland to expand their operations to the United States, where there are more capital and la...
Pluricell Biotech — Marcos Valadares, Founder and CEO — Creating Therapeutic Applications from Stem Cell Research
February 14, 2018 05:49 - 23 minutes - 16.9 MBPluricell Biotech was founded 4 years ago to derive and commercialize stem cells for research applications. Recently, they have made the switch into creating therapeutic applications from stem cell research, with a specific focus on the heart.Cells that still retain their neucleus are collected from healthy donors and “re-wound” to become pleuripotent stem cells, which can then be differentiated into heart cells. Currently, Pluricell is working on being able to replace scar tissue located in...
Paymium — Pierre Noizat, Founder and CEO — One of the world’s first Bitcoin exchanges
February 13, 2018 12:15 - 19 minutes - 45.6 MBFounded in 2011, Paymium is one of the world's first Bitcoin startups and exchange. Coming from a background in the payment industry, Pierre made sure that the exchange was fully compliant with all AML/KYC regulations from the very first day. Their commitment to being compliant with all regulations, along with their focus on security, has convinced over 150,000 individuals to register and allows them to partner with large banks. By the Summer 2018, Paymium plans to add more cryptocurrencies ...
Second Genome — Glenn Nedwin, CEO and President — Creating New Pharmaceutical Therapies through Microbiome Science
February 13, 2018 09:10 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBSecond Genome is a drug discovery company focusing on the pharmaceutical applications of microbiome science, and the second genome refers to the genomes that are inside of our bodies because of the organisms in our microbiome. Second Genome has the ability to discover the different bacteria strains that are correlated with a healthier state. After discovering the proteins, peptides, and other molecules that these organisms create, Second Genome isolates that molecule and uses it to create ph...
Kochava and XCHNG — Charles Manning, Founder and CEO — Providing Measurement and Analytics for the Advertising Industry Through Blockchain
February 13, 2018 06:06 - 29 minutes - 20.8 MBKochava is an advertising measurement and analytics platform that was created six years ago that helps advertising agencies get a better picture of where their best advertising ROIs are coming from, and has clients that include NBC, CBS, Disney, various gaming brands, and more. Over the next year, Kochava plans to launch XCHNG, an advertising platform and open-source market for the digital advertising ecosystem, built with a blockchain framework. Use of the blockchain will help solve the cur...
Rewards.com – Todd Rowan, CEO and Co-Founder, and Michael Shepard – Tokenizing Rewards and Loyalty Programs Using Blockchain Protocol
February 12, 2018 12:14 - 15 minutes - 34.7 MBThe average person in the US is a member of over 30 rewards programs, and yet they only actively use just a few of those. On the other side, companies spend just as much money trying to get people enrolled in these programs as they do restricting the ability of those same people to use the rewards they have earned. With over 20 years experience in the rewards and loyalty program industry, Todd Rowan founded Rewards.com, which aims to tokenize the rewards that people earn through all their var...
CriptoMonedas TV – Felipe Huicochea – Updates on Bringing Cryptocurrency and Blockchain to the Spanish-Speaking World
February 12, 2018 12:05 - 26 minutes - 60.8 MBA returning guest, Felipe runs a Spanish-language YouTube channel dedicated to the latest news in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. Since his last visit, his platform has added a large number of users throughout Latin America, Europe, and in Latino communities in the United States. Most people are getting interested in this space in order to not only build their wealth, but to help protect the wealth that they have already accumulated from predations, and more and more people are getti...
Hogan Lovells Law Firm – Lewis Cohen, Co-Head of Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Group – Discussions on Regulation and Compliance with a Leading International Law Firm
February 12, 2018 12:03 - 22 minutes - 52.6 MBRegulation and compliance are some of the biggest issues in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space right now, particularly in light of the rapidly changing regulatory landscape. Just this week, the SEC chairman presented written and in-person testimony on these issues to the Senate Banking Committee, and Lewis discusses with us what it means, especially when the tone of the written testimony seemed to differ quite a bit from the tone of his in-person testimony. Overall, Lewis believes that ...
Ask The Shopologist — Stephanie Graham, Founder — Helping Everyday People Shop Smart And Grow Their Crypto Wallets
February 12, 2018 11:52 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThe idea for Ask the Shopologist was created when Stephanie, a stay-at-home mom, wanted to be able to save money for the future without taking money out of the family budget. Once she learned the tricks for shopping smart and getting paid for what she was already doing for free, she decided to share her methods and tips with others. She started with fiat currency, and in the recent past has moved into cryptocurrency. Once she learned how to safely invest and grow money in cryptocurrency, Ste...
Cygnus Investments — Dr. Ali Mansour — Bringing Cryptocurrency to Youth and Teens around the Country
February 12, 2018 07:31 - 14 minutes - 10.8 MBCygnus Investments primarily focuses on projects in the telecommunications, oil, financial services, energy, and music industries, and currently has two projects related to cryptocurrency and blockchain. The first is a book titled “Cryptocurrency for Teens,” a glossary of frequently used terms in the crypto and blockchain spaces that is geared towards youth, teenagers, and college students. Dr. Mansour's goal is to get this book in the hands of as many students as possible, believing that cr...
Polyswarm — Paul Makowski, CTO — Decentralized Marketplace Where Security Experts Create Anti-Malware Machines
February 09, 2018 11:55 - 18 minutes - 13.7 MBOne of today's biggest problems with the threat intelligence market, which encompasses companies such as McAfee, Symantec, and others involved in keeping computer viruses and malware at bay, is the cyclical nature of the market–a newcomer arrives and innovates with a new idea, then relaxes, and another newcomer must come in to keep innovation alive. PolySwarm hopes to change this by creating a decentralized marketplace that rewards security experts, end-users, and ambassadors like McAfee and...
TaxToken – Nathan Nichols, Co-Founder and CEO, and Michael Foland, Co-Founder and CMO – Award-Winning Blockchain and AI-Based Accounting Software for Digital Assets
February 09, 2018 11:11 - 19 minutes - 44.2 MBOne of the least-discussed issues with the cryptocurrency space currently is that there are very few, if any, guidelines for how to report crypto gains and losses on your yearly income taxes, and because of the sheer number of exchanges that exist, there is no seamless interface to see how your transactions are doing. TaxToken has set out to solve both of these problems by creating a suite of accounting software built on the blockchain. The capital gains and losses tracker integrates with 8 ...
Presearch – Colin Pape, Project Lead – A Decentralized Search Engine that is Community Driven
February 09, 2018 10:52 - 24 minutes - 55.6 MBIn the current world of search engines, one company controls over 90%of online information. This affects how we interact with information that we find online, how we shop for goods and services, and more. Presearch is a decentralized search engine that is designed to be more transparent, and that levels the playing field for everyone online. Presearch will allow users to search not only online information, but data sets and data bases, different interfaces, CRM software, and more. Users can ...
Bread – Aaron Lasher, CMO and Co-Founder, and Alex Eaton – A Simple and Secure Wallet to Begin with Cryptocurrency
February 09, 2018 10:50 - 23 minutes - 54.6 MBBread is one of the largest and fastest growing cryptocurrency wallets that offers users of all knowledge and skill levels the opportunity to easily and securely participate in cryptospace. Having just hit 1 million users, their goal is have 3 million users by the end of 2018. In order to do this, they plan to focus on onboarding new users, and in particular creating a product that is simple, easy to use, and completely intuitive. Because Bread requires that users hold their own private keys...
Blockchain Of Things — Andre De Castro, Founder And CEO — Providing Blockchain Security Solutions For IOT Device Enterprise Corporations
February 09, 2018 08:05 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MBCurrently, many of the IOT devices being sold on the market rely on cloud technology–this is not very secure, and can provide points of failure that hackers can take advantage of. Instead of relying on cloud-based technology, Blockchain of Things has created the Catenis integration platform, a rapid integration layer that allows companies to leverage the global blockchain for decentralized communication, control and provenance of goods, and auditing functions. Because this is a horizontal in...
Blockchainos — Scott Matheina, Community Manager — A Self-Evolving Cryptocurrency Platform For Trust Contracts
February 09, 2018 07:32 - 14 minutes - 10.9 MBBlockchainOS, or BOScoin, is a platform that is comprised of trust contracts built on Time Automata Language and Web Ontology language, and its goal is to provide a user-friendly framework for creating and executing contracts on the blockchain, ultimately linking the blockchain with IOT devices. Trust contracts are written in a format that is readable for most people, in order to encourage more individuals to move into the blockchain space. BOScoins are awarded through the platform and can b...
Factom — David Johnston, Chairman Of The Board — Blockchain-Based Platform That Secures And Validates Digital Documents And Assets
February 08, 2018 13:05 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBOne of the biggest problems with the mortgage industry is that in order for a mortgage to be finalized, hundreds of documents need to be validated by a third-party–hiring an auditor to do this is costly, and can take up to 45 days for each mortgage. Factom Harmony was designed to solve this problem, by storing and validating these documents on the blockchain. This makes documents quickly and simply auditable by any third party, and can easily alert the necessary people when documents are mis...
Exmo — Simon Cocking, Exmo Adviser, Chief Editor of Irish Tech News and Crypto Coin News — An Up-and-Coming Cryptocurrency Exchange based in UK and Russia
February 08, 2018 11:55 - 21 minutes - 49.4 MBExmo is an international cryptocurrency exchange based in UK and Russia that has seen an explosion of users over the last year, from 400,000 to over 1 million. This is in part due to the fruition of blockchain technology, which has made possible the use cases and products that were not possible before. Exmo is similar to many cryptocurrencyexchanges, but Simon notes that the exchanges that will thrive are those that provide excellent customer experiences, particularly when it comes to being p...
Melrose PR — Kelley Weaver, CEO — Public Relations and Marketing Advisors for Crypto and Blockchain-based Businesses
February 08, 2018 11:53 - 29 minutes - 68 MBFounded in 2012, Melrose PR was originally a consumer-focused PR agency–but after learning about cryptocurrency and blockchain, and advising their first blockchain-basedcompany in 2016, they made the switch and haven't looked back. They fell in love with the potential uses of the cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, and are committed to helping others in the space. After an application process that includes a due-diligence test and an interview, Melrose PR works with companies to crea...
BnkToTheFuture — Simon Dixon, CEO and Co-Founder — Global, Online Investment Platform Focused on FinTech and Blockchain Projects
February 08, 2018 11:51 - 34 minutes - 77.9 MBWhen BnkToTheFuture was originally formed, it was meant to be an online platform for investing in private equity, with the ultimate goal of making venture capital more successful. Today, they provide Bitcoin, blockchain, and other Financial Technology start-ups around the world the opportunity to receive investments in their products. BnkToTheFuture has had several notable clients, including BitPay, MasterCoin, and more, and are most excited in the near future for lightning network and RFK, a...
World Of Ether — Edward Sturm, Marketing Director, And Ram Berrouet, Product Design — A Decentralized Collectibles Dueling Game Run On Ethereum Smart Contracts
February 08, 2018 10:25 - 18 minutes - 13.9 MBWorld of Ether combines popular dueling games with the decentralized aspects of Ethereum smart contracts to bring its users a game where they can collect, breed, and duel monsters while still creating the world in which the game is played. Users are able to either purchase monsters from the marketplace or from other users using Ethereum, can then breed their monsters together to create new types of monsters or to gain legendary monsters, and can duel them against other players for points. Th...