Tag: blockchain

On this week’s show, our host Brian McGleenon is joined by founder of Cardano Charles Hoskinson, Input-Output director of Africa operations John O’Connor and Obama administration presidential appointee and executive director of the Blockchain Foundation Cleve Mesidor. This episode sees the contributors discuss the potential of blockchain technology to forge the foundation of web3 and disrupt legacy systems of government, finance and logistics across the globe.

Sommelier Co-Founder Zaki Manian joins Jill Malandrino on TradeTalks to discuss hedge fund-like trading strategies on the blockchain.

DeSo is a layer-1 blockchain, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, that recently listed on Coinbase, has accumulated over 1.5 million accounts, and just crossed over $1B in volume transacted on-chain. DeSo is backed by Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Social Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and many others (full list on deso.org). Our mission is to decentralize social media the same way Bitcoin and Ethereum are decentralizing the financial system. As a layer-1 blockchain, DeSo can be compared to other blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, etc… However, DeSo has several major advantages over these platforms, the largest being that it is designed to power storage-heavy applications (like social applications and marketplaces). To put it in perspective, storing just a 200-character “Tweet” on Ethereum costs ~$80, and costs ~$0.25-$1.00+ on Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, and virtually all other smart contract chains. In contrast, it costs 1/1,000th of a penny on DeSo, which is why breakthrough apps like Diamond, Cloutfeed, Pearl, OpenProsper, NFTz, Entre, Cloutavista, and DAODAO are now possible exclusively on DeSo. DeSo’s Mission Today, social media is even more centralized than the financial industry was prior to the creation of Bitcoin. A handful of private entities effectively control public discourse, and earn monopoly profits off of content that they don’t even create. Society’s answer to financial centralization was not to put Warren Buffett in charge of money, it was to use technology, namely Bitcoin, so we could have nobody in charge. We believe the same type of technology will cause this conclusion to ultimately play out in social. DeSo’s advantages make it capable of breaking this status quo for the first time, and bringing competition and innovation back to social in much the same way Bitcoin and Ethereum have done for our financial system.

Today’s video gives a glimpse into part of my week in France for one of the most important events in the advertising world — the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. You’ll see part of my conversation with Paris Hilton about creativity, nfts, the future of blockchain, and a lot more. Enjoy!

Blockchains are undoubtedly the most trendiest and buzzing technology trends of the current times. The frenzy around blockchain has grown with the growing love for cryptos. But which blockchain platforms have grown to be the most popular ones in 2022? We find that out in this video.

Jason Les, Riot Blockchain CEO, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss the cost-benefit analysis for crypto mining in today’s environment, conserving energy and selling it back to the grid and more.