Bitcoin, Blockchain
& Big Implications
From blockchain beginner and tech neophyte to savvy savant,
your fluency in emergent tech starts here.
Choose your own adventure.
The topics below are the entry points to various explorations.
If you are new, start with 101 and Core Concepts. There is no wrong answer here, and
there is plenty of cross-pollination and correlation so start anywhere,
just start exploring.
A perfect place to get the real building blocks (pardon the pun) of decentralized technology — what makes it different? How, in very broad terms, does it work? This is your starting block for basics and fundamentals.
Decentralization, Transparency, Immutability
What makes blockchain technology unique? Why is it being called the “second digital age”? This channel explores the technology’s most important aspects.
From finance to fashion, supply chain to voting, this section goes into detail on the changes we are likely to see in specific industries, and what startups are already taking on the dominant systems.
So what does this all mean? Where are we headed? What are the optimistic outcomes and what are the prospective threats? Many areas stand to be strengthened and improved by blockchain technology, but it will be massively disruptive and is not without hazard.
With close to 2,000 different tokens and innumerable startups in the blockchain industry, what should we focus on? Who has a fighting chance of success? Most importantly, who should we listen to and who is nothing more than a fraudster?
What will decentralized technology do for humanity? How will it impact developing economies? Here, we will explore what it means to “bank the unbanked,” the ways “peer-to-peer” can help our global neighbors, and how “bottom-up” technologies stand to benefit us all.
The Latest
Core Concepts
Shannon breaks down the concepts of transparency, immutability, and decentralization.
Breakdown: April 13, 2020
Shannon breaks down events related to blockchain technology and the COVID-19 epidemic.
Blockchain & COVID
Shannon explains if and how blockchain technology and digital currencies play a role in the pandemic.
Crypto Optimism with Mark Jeffrey
Reasons to be a crypto-optimist with Mark Jeffrey of Guardian Circle
Andreas Antonopoulos: Unstoppable Code
At ETHDenver 2019, Andreas discusses what is interesting about both Bitcoin and Ethereum: unstoppable code.
Evangelism & Women in Crypto
Interview with host Chris Groshong of CoinStructive at Crypto Invest Summit in Los Angeles, October 24, 2018
Fake News & Big Data
Elizabeth Hunker, Shannon Ewing, Mortiz Bierling, Ken Bozak, and Jessica Zartler talk data rights, privacy, and how decentralist solutions can help at AnarchaPortugal.
Charitable Giving in Crypto
A talk at Day4Crypto conference in Denver, March 10, 2018. Panelists are: Caleb Slade, Shannon Ewing, Grace Torellas, Dan Moore, and Michael Shaun Conway.
Understanding Blockchain in Two Minutes
Over the past decade, an alternative digital paradigm has slowly been taking shape at the edges of the internet. This new paradigm is the blockchain.
What Is Blockchain?
By using math and cryptography, Blockchain is challenging the status quo in a radical way. Will governments and financial institutions embrace it?
Blockchain in 5 Levels of Difficulty
WIRED challenged political scientist and blockchain researcher Bettina Warburg to explain blockchain technology to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert.
Bitcoin & Blockchain Will Stomp Out Wall Street Fraud
Caitlin Long of Symbiont sits down with Reason's Nick Gillespie to discuss how blockchain technology can make the financial system more transparent.
How Wyoming’s Blockchain Laws Can Benefit You and Your Organization
At the Bitcoin Training Conference 2019, Caitlin Long explains Wyoming’s innovative banking laws will make it the new Delaware, protecting both you and your organization’s assets and rights.
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