“Hi Ben – Welcome to Chain Reaction’s interview series. So, most people would not necessarily associate Blockchain with philanthropy but rather with banking or financial firms. How did the idea of Disberse using Blockchain for charitable purposes come about? My background is in international development, overlapping with social enterprise and the third sector. I’ve run […]
Today we are talking about healthcare transformation, data and regulation with Micah Winkelspecht, CEO & Founder of Gem, ahead of a presentation later today which is being hosted by the Chamber of Digital Commerce in conjunction with the Congressional Blockchain Caucus: Hi Micah – Welcome to Chain Reaction. So, blockchain technology is perhaps not the easiest thing […]
For this week’s thought leader interview, Chain Reaction was delighted to catch up with Meltem Demirors, Director of Development at Digital Currency Group to talk about ‘magical thinking’, women in tech, bitcoin scaling debates and industrial transformation: “Hi Meltem – You spend quite a bit of your time speaking to total newcomers about bitcoin and blockchain technology. How […]
For this week’s interview, Chain Reaction, tracked down entrepreneur and educator, Nicolas Cary, President and Co-Founder of Blockchain, to talk about programmable money, world currencies and bitcoin recycling bins: “Hi Nic – You spend a lot of your time speaking to total newcomers about bitcoin and blockchain technology, what are the types of questions you […]
Laura Bailey, now Chairperson of Qadre and formerly co-founder of Zerado, has become one of the leading women in the UK Blockchain community. She was listed in the Innovate Finance Women in Fintech 2016 Power List and is a regular speaker at conferences and public forums about Blockchain. We caught up with her to ask […]
For this week’s interview, Chain Reaction caught up with Alex Tapscott, author of Blockchain Revolution. “You and your father Don have been on an amazing journey over the last year or so to share the messages of your book, ‘Blockchain Revolution’. Can you tell me a bit about the kind of responses you have had […]
What does a financial technology like Blockchain have to do with charitable giving? You may perhaps have heard of the idea of using Bitcoin or other digital currencies as a new source of funding for charities. But there are still some hurdles to doing this and many charity boards may still be nervous about how […]
As someone who organises events for a living, I always enjoy the ‘luxury’ of attending, speaking and being an observer at other people’s events. Not only is it a great way to get ideas for new speakers, different topics and new ways of running my own events (they do say imitation is the sincerest form […]
Nick Williamson is the CEO & Founder of Credits, a Blockchain infrastructure provider building secure and scalable blockchains that will transform the way the world interacts. Unblocked caught up with Nick recently for the very first in our series of Blockchain profile interviews with leading innovators and educators in the field: If you had to explain it […]
The past 3 years has been a fascinating journey for me of learning more and more about digital currencies and the underlying technology of the blockchain. I am often asked by people if I have good resources to give a quick non-technical introduction to the topic. Learning about bitcoin, altcoins (other types of digital currency […]
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