Charles Hoskinson on why he almost never started Cardano ADA. Cardano ADA is a popular cryptocurrency. It is similar to Ethereum and not Bitcoin. Many people believe that cryptocurrency is the future of our world and Cardano ADA is leading that fight. They have a few significant updates that are coming out that will make it a very good blockchain. However, this video is more about Charles Hoskinson and how he almost quit cryptocurrency forever. The reason is he did not have a lot of success in the early projects that he was involved with. First, the work that he did with Bitcoin did not work out. Second, there was not a great fit with Ethereum either. Eventually, he was able to work with Cardano and get that started
GaryVee Explains Ecomi Veve NFTs will Lead the NFT Space.
VeVe is an app-based marketplace for premium licensed digital collectibles. With VeVe, users can obtain common, rare, or one-of-a-kind digital collectibles, customise and showcase them in the virtual showrooms, as well as buy, sell or trade collectibles with other VeVe users – all from the palm of their hand.
What is an NFT? (Non Fungible Token) | What does it mean?
From art to music, to NFT of famous tweets, yes you heard it right, these digital assets are being bought like a 14th-century Roman artifact. But are NFTs worth all the hype and well, money? Many analysts believe they won’t last long. But many others claim that NFTs are here to stay and will forever transform investing. But first, what in the world is NFT?
Can Books be an NFT | Non-fungible Tokens (NFT) Explained
Can books become a non-fungible token? Based on a published author’s perspective, can assets like books utilize blockchain technology to change how royalties are distributed and resales are tracked. If you’re an author, you’ve been here before, when you’ve finally published a book, and all of a sudden, when you go to optimize your keywords on search, you find out that other people are re-selling your books via secondary markets, such as eBay. In this video, I explain what NFTs are from an author’s perspective and how might NFTs change the game for authors and publishers.
How will artificial intelligence change the cities we live in? | BBC Ideas
How would you feel if every moment of your daily routine was tracked, from what you buy, where you go and who you’re with? Welcome to the smart city of the future, where AI is recording your every move…
Exactly How Bad Is Bitcoin For The Environment? | Answers With Joe
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general have taken the world by storm, but they’ve also become controversial due to the amount of energy they use. Is Bitcoin as bad for the environment as people say? Or is it all a matter of perspective?
Copyright Protection, Smart Contracts, Digital Scarcity, And NFTs. Blockchain For Publishing
Blockchain technology offers exciting opportunities for authors and the publishing industry.
In this interview, Simon-Pierre Marion and I discuss copyright protection, smart contracts, estate management and faster, more transparent payments, as well as how digital scarcity could expand the revenue potential in the digital supply chain. Plus, I add some extra commentary on NFTs since they are in the news a lot at the moment.
Simon-Pierre Marion is the CEO and founder of Scenarex, a Canadian company that builds blockchain publishing solutions. Their site, bookchain.ca, enables authors and publishers to publish on the Ethereum blockchain.
Breakthrough Liquid Metal Battery Can Power a Clean Grid
Batteries are probably the most important single technology of the next 10 years. Everything for cars and planes will need them, even homes and the power grid. But there’s no one size fits all solution, instead we’ll need various batteries with different strengths if we want to fully transition to a future of clean energy. Are Liquid Metal Batteries the revolution we’ve been waiting for?
Snowden: Bitcoin needs better privacy
Recently Snowden was awarded the Thomas Szasz Award from the Center for Independent Thought, which was presented to him by my boss John Stossel. During the call I was able to ask Snowden about Bitcoin and the need for anonymous digital payments.
Bitcoin played an important role in the 2013 Snowden leaks: the servers that Snowden used to transfer information to journalists were paid for using bitcoin, because he didn’t want those records connected to his name.
Snowden explained to me that Bitcoin is superior to credit cards, because it’s at least pseudonymous. But steps need to be taken to add privacy.
He once tweeted: “Bitcoin is great, but “if it’s not private, it’s not safe,”” and he said that Zcash’s privacy tech makes it the most interesting Bitcoin alternative.
What Is Electricity?
Science expert Emerald Robinson explains what electricity is and how it was discovered.