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Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHow Quixotish is Helping the St. Jude Charity To Raise Money with Blockchain TechnologyFrom NFT.NYC 2024 in New York City, BlockchainJournal.com editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Sam Whitaker, the founder of Quixotish, a newly launched startup focused on the usage of blockchain to drive the success of charities and non-profits. Given how Blockchain Journal is focused on implementations of blockchain meant to drive new or improved business outcomes for big brands and enterprises, Quixotish's first customer – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – caught David's eye as one of the most well-known non-profits on the planet. During the interview, Whitaker explains how Quixotish's novel blockchain-based approach to driving charitable donations works.
The general idea, as Whit...
2024-04-2417 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindStarbucks Scuttles Odyssey: One of the World's Most Visible Big Brand Blockchain ProjectsBlockchain Journal Customer Journey Analyst Sophie Maxx Waldman joins BCJ editor-in-chief David Berlind at the NFT.NYC blockchain conference for a conversation about the buzz at the event and how the death of the NFT-based Starbucks Odyssey customer engagement and loyalty program impacted her as both a program user and a Starbucks customer.
Sophie has written about her experiences with the Odyssey program multiple times, and not only was she sad to see the program – one of the most visible of its kind in the world – come to an end, but Starbucks' termination of Odyssey raises questions about the viability of s...
2024-04-1617 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindWait, What?! Blockchain's NFTs are the New Cookies? Mojito's Raakhee Miller ExplainsWhile covering the NFT.NYC 2024 Conference in New York City, BlockchainJournal.com editor-in-chief David Berlind caught up with Mojito CEO Raakhee Miller, who, for nearly two years, has been talking about the idea that NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are the "new cookies." David first heard her talking about the idea in 2022 at the Consensus Conference in Austin, Texas. But when it comes to the role of browser cookies as a means for brands and media sites to maintain intimate connectivity with their customers and users, the technical utility of the cookie is facing more significant headwinds than ever.
This erosion of...
2024-04-1411 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindLead Author of the NFT Standard Predicts NFTs Will Melt Into The Fabric of Our Everyday LivesIn this fascinating bit of tribal storytelling, BlockhainJournal.com editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Will Entriken, the lead author of the NFT standard (technically referred to as the ERC-721 specification) at the NFT.NYC conference in New York City.
Entriken is a pivotal figure in the history and development of blockchain-based NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Without his Herculean efforts, the ERC-721 spec as it's known today might not even exist. The same might be said for the current process of ratifying any ERC spec. ERC stands for "Ethereum Request for Comments," a phrase and community-driven consensus process that harkens back to the...
2024-04-1225 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindDematerialzd Researcher Marc Baumann Discusses the Post Starbucks Business Value of NFTs at NFT.NYCDuring the NFT.NYC 2024 Conference in New York, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews one of the speakers at the event: Marc Baumann, founder of FiftyOne Ventures and Dematerialzd.xyz. Baumann is well-known for his opinionated analyses regarding the NFT-based customer loyalty and engagement programs operated by some of the world's biggest brands. The discussion delves into the evolution of NFT use cases, which famously (or infamously, depending on your point of view) began with collectible digital images. Baumann responds to David's questions with a walk down memory lane, examining the past and current NFT landscapes, and eventually ends with...
2024-04-1218 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindThe Digital Chamber's Cody Carbone Predicts Breakthroughs in US Crypto Lawmaking After the ElectionIn this interview, BlockchainJournal.com editor-in-chief David Berlind and Cody Carbone, Chief Policy Officer at The Digital Chamber, discuss the myriad regulatory challenges in the blockchain and crypto space, particularly within the United States. But first, Carbone discusses The Digital Chamber's new rebranding (it was formerly named "The Chamber of Digital Commerce"), emphasizing its role in advocating for clear and common-sense laws and regulations for blockchain and cryptocurrency-related technologies.
The conversation delves into the hurdles faced by enterprises due to the lack of regulatory clarity and how that sort of legal uncertainty stifles innovation. Carbone notes that many companies are...
2024-04-1011 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindSEC Commissioner Hester Peirce: We Need a More Nuanced Approach to Regulating Crypto and BlockchainIn an interview during a Boston Blockchain Association event at the US Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind speaks with Hester Peirce, one of five commissioners at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Peirce first clarifies the SEC's mission, emphasizing its focus on protecting investors, fostering capital formation, and maintaining market integrity. She highlights the distinction between the SEC and other regulatory bodies like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and stresses the importance of understanding the various regulatory frameworks to which businesses operating in the blockchain space are legally beholden. Those frameworks could involve...
2024-03-2515 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindUS SEC Commissioner Peirce: International Blockchain Innovation Comes at a "Cost To US Economy"In this special edition of the Blockchain Journal Podcast, Blockchain Journal brings you a recording of a "fireside chat" involving Boston Blockchain Association (BBA) Chair Doug Mehne and Commissioner Hester Peirce of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A key focus of their conversation was Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), their recent (January 2024) approval by the SEC, and the extraordinary amount of time it took for the SEC to finally clear the way for the ETFs to reach investors. At the time of publication, there were 11 such ETFs available on the public markets in the US. Peirce is regretful...
2024-03-2536 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindComprehensive Series of Blockchain Events On-Tap For Boston Blockchain Association in 2024In this podcast, recorded on February 16th, 2024, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Boston Blockchain Association (BBA) Chairman Doug Mehne during a special event at the downtown Boston campus of Suffolk University. Mehne discusses the BBA's plans for 2024, highlighting its focus on institutional adoption, regulatory clarity, and educational initiatives.
The conversation delves into the BBA's upcoming events, including a March 11, 2024, panel discussion featuring Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce from representatives from major financial institutions like Fidelity and NASDAQ. Mehne emphasizes the importance of collaboration between industry players and regulators to establish responsible frameworks for blockchain and digital...
2024-03-0213 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindEuropean Blockchain Lawyer: US Will Catch Up To Europe Once America's Crypto Laws Take ShapeIn this podcast, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Tanya-Elisa (Vasilyeva) Baseley, a regulatory attorney based in Europe. Baseley discusses her work in navigating the complex regulatory landscape of blockchain and cryptocurrency, particularly focusing on compliance with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) established by the European Union. She explains the challenges faced by blockchain companies operating across multiple European legal jurisdictions. She highlights how MiCA helps to establish a common crypto and blockchain regulatory footing across those jurisdictions in a way that provides some legal clarity for businesses operating across most of Europe.
The conversation also explores the relationship...
2024-03-0109 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindBlockchain Consultant Expresses Frustration Over Inextricable Conflation of Crypto with BlockchainIn this podcast recorded on February 16th, 2024, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Christopher Concheri, founder of Concheri Consulting, during a Boston Blockchain Association event at the Suffolk University campus in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. During one of the event's panel discussions, Concheri expressed concern over the way blockchain is often inextricably conflated with cryptocurrency in a way that many people cannot appreciate the non-crypto applications of blockchain as an application platform.
Concheri sees the need to differentiate between the two technologies. He argues that while cryptocurrency may dominate headlines, blockchain's potential extends far beyond crypto, with broader applications in various...
2024-02-2909 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindCrypto Regulations are Top of Mind As University Student Prepares to Enter the Blockchain IndustryIn this podcast, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Oumayma El Adaoui, a graduate student at Boston University studying banking and financial law with a focus on cryptocurrency regulation. El Adaoui is a part of the first generation of students to enter the workforce who are university-schooled in the many aspects of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. Given that students often have a very different and fresh perspective on various subjects, David hoped to get her point of view – particularly given her legal ambitions and Moroccan background – on the many issues surrounding cryptocurrency regulation and international blockchain industry competition.
Responding to Davi...
2024-02-2807 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindUniversity Professor Discusses Urgency of Educating on Differences Between Crypto and BlockchainIn this special edition of the Blockchain Journal podcast recorded on February 16th, 2024, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind engages in a conversation with Ken Mooney, an adjunct professor at Suffolk University and an angel investor in blockchain technologies. The discussion takes place during a Boston Blockchain Association event at Suffolk University, where Mooney moderated a panel focusing on the challenges of distinguishing blockchain from cryptocurrency and the need for education to clarify this distinction. Mooney emphasizes the importance of education in dispelling misconceptions and highlights the diverse applications of blockchain beyond the applications of cryptocurrency.
Throughout the interview, Mooney shares...
2024-02-2710 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHyperledger Open Source Blockchain Project Looks To Make Enterprise Inroads With New Java OfferingIn this episode of the Blockchain Journal podcast, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Daniela Barbosa, the executive director of the Hyperledger Foundation. They cover a wide array of Foundation-related topics, including the formation and growth of the foundation, its flagship project (Hyperledger Fabric, an open source offering that enterprises can use to launch their own public or private blockchains), some of the Foundation's other projects, and the difference between permissioned and permissionless distributed ledgers.
From a governance point of view, David and Daniela also consider the parallels between the decentralized development and maintenance of open source software and the...
2024-02-2239 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindRAIR Technologies Hopes To Attract Enterprises to its ERC-4337 Compliant Hybrid NFT/DRM SolutionIn this interview, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Garrett Minks, founder of RAIR Technologies. RAIR claims to offer an enterprise-grade NFT minting and marketplace solution that simultaneously serves as a digital rights management solution for gating access to video content.
One of the most interesting aspects of RAIR's solution is that it's one of the first commercially available solutions that Blockchain Journal has seen that relies on Ethereum's ERC-4337 specification for account abstraction. Among other things, ERC-4337 allows users of a compliant service to log in with credentials (e.g., social credentials, enterprise identity management credentials, etc.) other than...
2024-02-2030 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHoly Unboxing Batman! Starbucks' Odyssey NFT Project Wraps 2023 With Gifts for Program ParticipantsIn this episode of the Blockchain Journal podcast, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind unboxes a care package from the Starbucks' Odyssey NFT-based customer loyalty and engagement program. Clad in his "My Mom Thinks I Work at Bitcoin" t-shirt (thanks Alchemy!), David first explains how the Odyssey program worked throughout 2023 (he was an active participant) and how he worked his way into a special tier of accumulated points that earned him access to the physical items in the box.
One by one, he picks through the contents of the box, which include a Starbucks Odyssey-branded MiiR mug, a Starbucks Odyssey hoodie...
2024-02-1620 min
TruckCoinSwap PodcastTCS Podcast Episode 16- Todd Z & Gabby K as featured on Blockchain JournalBlockchain Journal featuring:
Todd Ziegler: TCS CEO
Gabriella Kusz: TCS Advisor & Sr. Director of the Digital Dollar Project
David Berlind- Blockchain Journal
All creative rights are granted to Blockchain Journal
The TruckCoinSwap Podcast expresses the views of its participants on the dates recorded, and does not represent the views of TruckCoinSwap (TCS) absent memorialization in official documentation. Participant views are subject to change without notice, and TCS has no duty to update the same. Further, TCS cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of information provided by...
2024-02-1551 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindUnboxing The First Phygital Drop Associated With Lacoste's UNDW3 NFT Customer Engagement ProgramIn this special episode of the Blockchain Journal podcast, host David Berlind embarks on another unboxing adventure featuring a factory-dropped polo shirt from Lacoste's NFT-based customer engagement and loyalty program (better known as UNDW3 or "Underwater"). David explains how he found his way to buying a UNDW3 NFT with Ether (a.k.a. ETH, the protocol token of Ethereum) and then, in an act of "token gating," was able to use that card to gain access to exclusive benefits and customer experiences that are only available to UNDW3 NFT holders.
Throughout 2023, David earned points in the program by going on...
2024-02-1520 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindIBM Turns to Blockchain To Solve Some of AI's Thorniest ProblemsIn this episode of the Blockchain Journal podcast, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Shyam Nagarajan, a global partner with IBM Consulting whose focus is Blockchain and Responsible AI (Artificial Intelligence). Naturally, Nagarajan had a lot to say about the explosive growth of AI, the increasing importance of trusted data in training AI models, and the role that blockchain is uniquely qualified to play when it comes to the responsible, fair, and transparent deployment and governance of AI in the enterprise.
David and Shyam explore the role of blockchain in ensuring data authenticity and provenance in the so-called "supply chain...
2024-02-1335 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindPharma Collective Uses Blockchain to Make Less Profitable Drugs Available to Those Who SufferBy some estimates, pharmaceutical companies will only waste their time developing a drug if it can be patented and potentially deliver $40 billion in revenue over 20 years (during which the patent is protected). And by "development," we're not just talking about the invention part of a drug's lifecycle. Certain compounds might never get invented because the market for them is too small.
But, there's also the situation where a particular medication is efficacious to a disease the inventor didn't intend. Suppose the market isn't big enough for this so-called "off-label" application of a drug already approved for a different use case...
2024-02-0340 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindWhat? Your ERP System Can't Handle Your Crypto Recordkeeping and Compliance? Bitwave to the RescueIn this episode of the Blockchain Journal podcast, host Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Pat White, the CEO and co-founder of Bitwave. They discuss the challenges companies face when integrating digital assets into their traditional accounting systems and how Bitwave can help those enterprises overcome those challenges.
The bottom line is that, as more government organizations like the Internal Revenue Service intensify their interest in organizational digital asset recordkeeping, contemporaneously keeping track of all those blockchain-related flows with out-of-band tools like spreadsheets is just asking for trouble. Especially when it comes time for an audit (and there will be...
2023-12-2226 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHow TruckCoinSwap Hopes to Ensure that the Backbone of America Keeps on Truckin'TruckCoinSwap (TCS) is a fintech and blockchain-as-a-service startup that provides freight invoice settlement to the transportation industry that, as a whole, appears to shippers as an enterprise. For truckers and freight companies critical to national security, the current options for freight invoice settlement involve egregiously burdensome payment terms and high costs.
In the worst cases, trucking companies must wait as many as six months to get paid. It's a great example of where the utility of blockchain-as-a-platform (for example, its 24/7 availability and fast settlement times) can be very disruptive to a legacy industry in a positive way. To find out...
2023-12-2249 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindAon Managing Director Knox: Lack of Regulatory Clarity Leads to Blockchain Investments Outside of USIn this podcast video interview recorded on December 4th, 2023, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind speaks with Aon Managing Director James Knox who was one of the panel discussion moderators at the Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum's end-of-year event in Boston, Massachusetts. The discussion primarily revolved around the current trend where investment into blockchain technology is more likely to happen in international jurisdictions where there's more legal certainty than not. Knox notes that global enterprises are gravitating towards jurisdictions outside the US, such as Germany and Singapore, where there is more regulatory clarity in the digital asset space. Investments, as well...
2023-12-1306 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindNew Hedera Governing Council President Adkins: 2024 Is Pivotal Year For Business Blockchain AdoptionIn this episode of the Blockchain Journal podcast, BlockchainJournal.com editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Charles Adkins, the newly appointed president of the Hedera Governing Council. They discuss various topics related to blockchain, including educating executives and lawmakers, the differences between blockchain and databases, the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence, and why 2024 will be the year that enterprises must finally take full notice of blockchain if they don't want to be left behind.
David also asks Adkins about the somewhat unorthodox structure of blockchain ecosystems and which of the many use cases for blockchain as a platform are his favorites...
2023-12-1333 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindBoston Blockchain Association's Doug Mehne: Regulatory Clarity is Key to Blockchain Innovation in USIn this video podcast interview recorded during an Institutional Digital Assets Forum event in Boston on December 4th, 2023, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind and Boston Blockchain Association (BBA) Chair Doug Mehne talk about the objectives of the BBA, why Boston makes for a great blockchain city, and challenges when it comes to blockchain regulation uncertainties.
The event was produced in partnership with the TABB Group and focused on blockchain adoption within enterprises as well as institutional investment in cryptocurrency. In the interview, Mehne highlights the three pillars of the Boston Blockchain Association: education, advocacy, and leveraging the unique Boston ecosystem...
2023-12-1209 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindOasis Pro CEO Pat LaVecchia's Advice to Execs: Consider Blockchain's Potential Separate From CryptoIn this video podcast interview recorded during the Institutional Digital Assets Forum event in Boston on December 4th, 2023, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind and Oasis Pro CEO Pat LaVecchia discuss the challenges enterprise executives face when it comes to understanding and implementing blockchain technology. LaVecchia talks about how CxOs will often inextricably conflate cryptocurrency with blockchain in a way that often belies the unique value proposition of blockchain as a platform (beyond the most well-known application; cryptocurrency-based transfer of value).
LaVecchia emphasizes that while crypto relies on blockchain, blockchain is a separate technology with various other use cases that can...
2023-12-1207 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindAs 2023 Comes to an End, Deloitte Anticipates Greater IRS Interest in Taxpayer Crypto RecordsBlockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind speaks with Deloitte Global and US Tax Blockchain and Digital Assets Leader Rob Massey about the challenges associated with enterprise cryptocurrency transactions and taxation. As the end of 2023 fast approaches, US-based businesses (and individuals) that are in some way involved with cryptocurrencies and other digital assets will face new challenges, not the least of which will be increased scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Compared to years past, Massey suggests that there's an increased likelihood that the IRS will be summoning many organizations for an “exam” of their financial records (the universally feared “IRS audit”...
2023-12-0733 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindSAP's Digital Currency Hub Eases Pain of Enterprise Crypto Payment Record-Keeping and ComplianceIn this Blockchain Journal Podcast episode, host David Berlind discusses SAP's initiative to tackle one of the biggest challenges businesses have when making or receiving payments with cryptocurrency; the record-keeping and integration of everything having to do with those payments into existing business workflows and systems. David's guest for this interview is SAP Vice President of Product Management Innovation Bernhard Schweizer.
One of the primary challenges for enterprises of all sizes is the current inability to seamlessly integrate cryptocurrency payments into back-office accounting systems which, not coincidentally, are also the systems of record when it comes to any business's compliance...
2023-11-2829 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHow Blockchain Can Address the Inherent Risks in Artificial IntelligenceIn this episode of the Blockchain Journal podcast, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain with guest Casper Labs CEO Mrinal Manohar. As more people become personally exposed to the productivity gains that can be had from offerings like ChatGPT and MidJourney (automated art and image generation), more enterprises are taking a closer look at how AI can optimize business processes and improve the bottom line. But, in its current state, AI is neither risk-free nor without potential long-term legal consequences.
During the interview, Manohar discusses the applicability of blockchain's tamper-proof nature to...
2023-11-2125 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindBlockchain Journal Reviews Launch of Michelin "Explorer" NFT ProgramIn this Blockchain Journal podcast episode, BCJ editor-in-chief David Berlind and Customer Journey Analyst Sophie Maxx Waldman discuss the growing trend of global brands integrating NFTs into customer engagement and loyalty programs, moving beyond the perception of NFTs solely as collectibles like Bored Apes or JPEGs. Sophie highlights how brands such as Nike and Michelin are leveraging NFTs to enhance customer experiences and build communities.
The conversation delves into Michelin's unexpected entry into the NFT space with the launch of the Michelin 3xplorer Club (pronounced “Explorer”). Sophie commends Michelin for taking the leap and creating a Web3 strategy to engage up t...
2023-11-1832 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindWhat Can Global Brands Learn from the Starbucks Odyssey NFT Customer Loyalty and Engagement Program?Many of the biggest global brands are experimenting with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a means to improve customer loyalty and engagement. One of the brands is probably just around the corner from where you live: The Starbucks Odyssey Program.
As NFT programs go, Starbucks is going a little bit further than some other brands to insulate its customers from the complexities and even the vocabulary of blockchain. In fact, Starbucks doesn't even call its NFTs "NFTs." It calls them "Stamps" and most of the customer experience (including a marketplace where the Stamps can be bought and sold) is self-contained within...
2023-11-1735 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindDemo: The Ups and Downs of the Williams Formula One Racing Team's NFT Fan Engagement ProgramThe Williams Formula One Racing Team has launched an NFT-based Grand Prix fan engagement program known as "Grid Pass." One of the big ideas is to offer exclusive virtual and physical fan experiences as well as discounts on team merchandise to certain Grid Pass NFT holders.
In this video, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind offers a review of one small part of the fan NFT journey as offered by the Williams F1 Racing team and highlights some of the cooler interactive elements while at the same time pointing out some areas where the user experience misfires. Of course, it is...
2023-11-1519 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindDid Nike's Phygital TINAJ Sneaker Drop Just Set a New Standard for NFT-based Customer Engagement?For the first time since launching its dotSWOOSH NFT program, Nike has used its SNKRS mobile app to drop a limited edition, phygitally-twinned pair of sneakers along with matching NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Not only was that a first for the SNKRS app that normally caters to sneakerheads, but the drop was also gated to holders of the dotSWOOSH brand's previously issued Our Force 1 NFTs.
In what appeared to be a nearly flawless execution joining together its traditional sneakerhead marketing with the efforts of its Web3 group (Nike Virtual Studios), Nike may have just given other global brands and marketers a...
2023-11-1033 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindSupercar Maker Ferrari Joins Growing List of Global Brands that Accept Cryptocurrency PaymentsAccording to Blockchain Journal's research, the number one use case for blockchain technologies across enterprises and global brands (based on several projects) involves using NFTs (non-fungible tokens) for improved customer engagement and loyalty. Meanwhile, the second most common use case is the acceptance of cryptocurrency payments for goods and services.
While Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has experimented with NFTs in the past, it has now, in 2023, announced that it will also accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for its cars. Like many other enterprises that allow for crypto payments, the company has chosen to use BitPay as its processor...
2023-11-1030 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindMukn Launches Web3 Enabler for Crypto Payments in SalesforceOne of the biggest barriers to the enterprise adoption of blockchain is the lack of integration between blockchain-based workflows and the traditional back-office systems (financials, ERP, CRM, etc.) that companies depend on to run their businesses. Without such integrations with some of the more commonly used back-office platforms, blockchain-based workflows are practically rogue in the way they escape an organization's technological control points for business process standards governance.
At a blockchain meetup in Cambridge, MA, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind caught up with Mukn (pronounced "moon") CEO Alex Smart who claimed that his company's offering – Web3 Enabler – is the first plug...
2023-09-2909 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindLedger CEO Gauthier and Etana CEO Russell Discuss Enterprise Crypto Wallets and Custody ServicesDuring an after-hours event on the eve of Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind speaks with Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger, and Brandon Russell, CEO of Etana Custody about a newly forged partnership between the two companies.
With products like its line of nanodevices, Ledger is widely known in cryptocurrency circles as a physical "cold wallet" provider that offers hardware-based solutions for the self-custodying of cryptocurrency. But Gauthier takes a broader view of Ledger as a security company that also offers management and governance solutions to businesses where no single individual can or should have full control...
2023-05-1516 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindNodeReal Looks to Offer Amazon-Like Infrastructure Specific to Enterprise Blockchain DeploymentsBlockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Dr. Ben Zhang, the co-founder and chief operating officer of NodeReal, at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas. NodeReal claims to be a one-stop infrastructure provider that eases access to public and private blockchain services for enterprises that don't want to build their own blockchain application infrastructure from scratch. In many ways, NodeReal is positioning itself as a turnkey AWS-like provider for distributed ledger infrastructure.
However, David questions why a company would want to build its own blockchains when private blockchain technologies (eg: Hyperledger) and public blockchains already exist. Dr. Zhang argues that Web3 technology is...
2023-05-1412 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindArculus Offers Enterprises Crypto Key Storage, Payments, 2FA System Access and More on One SmartcardBlockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Adam Lowe, the Chief Product Officer for Arculus, an exhibitor at Consensus 2023, about its digital asset and digital identity platform that allows enterprises to enable employees and users with a single smart card that stores their cryptocurrency keys, their application credentials (eg: Microsoft 365) and even their building entry credentials. The same smart card can even be used as a payments card (Arculus already supplies smart cards to many credit card-issuing financial institutions).
Lowe explains that smart cards have been protecting keys for decades and have never been penetrated. Arculus claims to be the first...
2023-05-1310 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindXRPL Commons President David Bchiri: Education is a Prerequisite to Enterprise Blockchain AdoptionDavid Berlind, host of the Blockchain Journal Podcast, interviews David Bchiri, President of XRPL Commons, an independent non-profit organization that helps to drive the success of the XRP ecosystem (XRP is the native protocol token of the Ripple distributed ledger). During the interview, conducted at the Consensus 2023 Conference in Austin, Bchiri explains that XRPL Commons is working towards the support and education of four organization types — "pillars" as he calls them — to drive interest and adoption; universities, large organizations, startups, and the community. In the blockchain industry, "community" is a standard one-word reference to the collection of individuals — developers, enthusiasts, adhere...
2023-05-1213 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindCompliance is Key Factor in Enterprise Choice of Crytpo-Capable Custodians Says FV Bank CEOBlockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Miles Paschini, CEO of FV Bank, at Consensus 2023, a blockchain and cryptocurrency conference in Austin, Texas. FV Bank aims to provide an enterprise-grade custody solution to organizations and institutions seeking a reliable, regulation-compliant, and structured way to operate in the digital asset space.
For those new to the terminology of the blockchain industry, a custodian is the entity that controls the private keys to digital assets. But simply holding those keys is not enough. Also of import are the legal and regulatory frameworks under which custodians of any assets — digital and non-digital — must operate (alth...
2023-05-1107 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindCEO of Blockchain Public Relations Giant Wachsman Sees Major Industry Pivot Towards EnterprisesBlockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews David Wachsman, CEO and founder of Wachsman Public Relations, one of the largest (if not the largest) PR firms in the blockchain industry. The interview took place at the Consensus 2023 conference in Austin, Texas, where Wachsman PR has been a sponsoring exhibitor since 2015.
Wachsman revealed that his company currently represents 75 to 80 companies in the blockchain and Web3 space across three offices in the United States, three in Europe, and one in Asia. Given his years of experience and industry observation, Berlind was looking to Wachsman to see what blockchain trends and new companies were...
2023-05-1010 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindConsultancy EY's Enterprise Differentiator is Privacy on Public Blockchains: Global Lead Paul BrodyFor many enterprises, the idea of venturing alone into the wilderness of blockchain is a frightening proposition. Not only is there a general lack of blockchain and cryptocurrency talent within their executive, management, and developer ranks, the talent pool from which to recruit enterprise-grade blockchain expertise is, in 2023, tiny. In other words, demand for talent is outstripping supply. Enterprises could simply do nothing when it comes to blockchain. But sitting still while competitors and startups are keen to discover how blockchain can be used to disrupt the status quo is not the best option. So, what's an enterprise to do...
2023-05-0911 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindRipple CTO David Schwartz: Proof of Identity Will Require Certificate Authority-Like ApproachIn the virtual halls of Blockchain Journal (BCJ), we often talk about an elephant-in-the-room like problem that we've nicknamed "The William Shatner Problem." It all started when our technical analyst Bob Reselman was looking at some non-fungible tokens that were once minted on the Wax blockchain in partnership with William Shatner and then asked a simple question: "How is anybody expected to know for sure that it was the real William Shatner who worked on these NFTs and not an imposter?"
When BCJ editor-in-chief David Berlind posed that same question to Wax co-founder William Quigley during the NFT.NYC 2023 conference...
2023-05-0811 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindParis-Based Web3 Consultant Doors3 Helps Some of The World's Biggest Brands with Blockchain StrategyWhile Blockchain Journal has been spending time connecting with some of the biggest consultancies (the so-called "Final Four") to understand how their blockchain practices — typically one of the multiple practice types they operate — can help large brands and enterprises with their blockchain go-to-market strategies, there are also other independent consultancies that are "Web3-native." In other words, 100 percent of their firms' energies are devoted to helping clients with blockchain and Web3 strategy and execution. One such Web3-native consultancy operating out of France is Doors3. In fact, Doors3 claims to be the first of its kind to operate in France.
Whil...
2023-05-0712 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindMetaZ Will Custody Your Collectible Sneakers In a Vault and Issue NFTs as Certificates of OwnershipOne of the biggest conversations in the blockchain industry that tends to fly below the radar has to do with the custody of digital assets. It's so important that the word "custody" has actually become a verb and you'll hear it come up in questions like "Should an enterprise self-custody its cryptocurrencies or should it custody those and other digital assets with a trusted third party custodian?"
The idea of custody is as old as banks. The reason banks exist is because of the dangers involved in the self-custodianship of cash (eg: keeping all your money under a mattress). But...
2023-05-0610 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindBitwave Looks to Bridge the Chasm Between Traditional ERP and Enterprise Cryptocurrency AccountingOf the many barriers to blockchain adoption that enterprises must contend with, one of them has to do with basic record-keeping issues. If you've ever studied the details of just a single blockchain transaction, then you'd know that, from a financial point of view, such transactions look nothing like the sorts of transactions that are typically recorded into an organization's financial ledger or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Blockchain transactions have multiple "ins" and "outs" and involve financial values that go up to eight decimal points or more. From one chain to the next, there are wildly different transaction fee...
2023-05-0515 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindWhy Enterprises Would Be Wise to Choose an EVM-Compatible Chain: Horizen Labs CEOOf the many blockchains that are out there, only a handful are really thinking about how to satisfy the requirements of enterprises interested in public distributed ledger technology (DLT) for digital transformation, industry disruption, stakeholder engagement, or business innovation.
While he was in Austin, TX to cover Consensus 2023, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviewed Robert Viglione, CEO of Horizen Labs, the engineering organization that supports the Horizen blockchain and its protocol token: ZEN.
One of Horizen's key areas of focus when it comes to serving enterprises is about Zero-Knowledge or ZK cryptographic technology. In the interview, Viglione discusses how ZK...
2023-05-0415 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindDecentralization of Trust Still Not Fully Solved by Blockchain says Co-Founder of Tether and WaxHere in the halls of Blockchain Journal's virtual offices, we've come up with a name for an unsolved blockchain identity problem for which no scalable, technological solution exists as far as we know. We call it "The William Shatner Problem" because, back in July 2020 when a bunch of William Shatner-approved NFTs were posted for sale on Wax.io's NFT marketplace, there was no technological identity standard in place such that buyers could trace any so-called William Shatner NFTs back to the actual William Shatner himself.
As far as Blockchain Journal can tell, this important element of transactional provenance remains technologically...
2023-04-2421 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindGuardianLink CEO Discusses NFT Strategy and Execution Work it Does for Pepsi, Cadbury, and LA TimesWhen it comes to NFT marketplaces in Asia, they don't get much bigger than Jump.trade which claims to be the biggest of them all. Jump.trade is just one of the businesses operated by the site's parent GuardianLink which was founded in 2016. GuardianLink also works with some of the world's biggest brands on their NFT strategies. To find out more about the enterprises that GuardianLink is working with and what those brands are doing with NFTs, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviewed GuardianLink co-founder and CEO Ramkumar Subramaniam at the NFT.NYC 2023 Conference in New York City.
Among the...
2023-04-2107 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindBig Event Ticketing is the Next Phase of How NFTs Will Be Used: Dapper Labs' O'HaganWhen it comes to concerts and professional sports, two of the biggest brands experimenting with NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are the National Football League (NFL) and Ticketmaster. NFL Sr. Director Emerging Products Daniel DeVece and Ticketmaster Director of Product Management Joe Aiello were on hand at the NFT.NYC 2023 conference in New York City where they, along with Dapper Labs VP of Partnerships Brittany O'Hagan presented a session on how NFTs are powering fan engagement. Following the session, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind took the opportunity to interview O'Hagan to better understand how Dapper Labs is working with the NFL and...
2023-04-2009 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindNiftmint Looks To Take The Friction Out Of Enterprise NFT DeploymentAs buzz phrases go, "the NFT is the new cookie" is getting some traction in enterprise blockchain circles because of the incredible shrinking usefulness of cookies; bits of data that, when allowed into a user's desktop or mobile web browser, make it possible for web sites to build more personalized user experiences. But, as with many technologies that involve end-user benefits, cookies are a double-edged sword that can also be used to invade a user's privacy. Such invasions have led to privacy laws that have eroded if not fully stripped the cookie of its utility. Unlike cookies, however, non-fungible tokens...
2023-04-1914 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindUse Non-Blockchain Precedents As A Guide To Self-Regulation Say Perkins Coie's Crypto LawyersMany companies are in a catch-22 when it comes to working with blockchain. On the one hand, organizations are fearful of doing nothing with blockchain because they know how, in the hands of a clever competitor, distributed ledger technology could be used to disrupt their businesses or industries. On the other hand, those same organizations also know blockchain laws are coming but not when or in what form. Meanwhile, regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have embarked on a startling wave of enforcement activities against blockchain-related projects.
At NFT.NYC 2023, a...
2023-04-1813 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindWhy LayerZero Is A Contender For Enterprises In Need Of Cross-Chain BridgesApart from the many instances where cryptocurrency holders get socially engineered (hoodwinked) into turning over their crypto or their account credentials to extremely clever and tenacious hackers (essentially, “user error”), the leading cause of cryptocurrency theft is a vulnerable cross-chain bridge. In fact, on the same day this interview with LayerZero co-founder and CEO Bryan Pellegrino was recorded at the Harvard Blockchain Conference, the AllBridge cross-chain bridge was exploited for approximately $574,000.
According to Pellegrino, approximately $4 billion has been stolen via cross-chain bridge exploits since late 2021. Pellegrino was at Harvard University’s annual blockchain conference to talk about what it takes to sec...
2023-04-1315 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindDeloitte Businesses That Sit On The Sidelines While Others Pilot Blockchain Will Be Left BehindWendy Henry is the Global Practice Lead for Deloitte's Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency Consultancy; one of the firm's four business units dedicated to helping its business clients get the most out of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) including blockchain. Among her many very well-informed opinions about blockchain adoption is her advice to enterprises to not sit idly by while other entities—existing competitors, disruptive startups, regulators, and lawmakers—sort out their positions on blockchain.
While at DC Blockchain Summit 2023 in Washington, DC, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviewed Ms. Henry to learn more about what she's seeing in the way of bloc...
2023-04-0313 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindOverall Trust in Businesses Is at Record Lows. Can Blockchain Help to Bring it Back?According to the Principal Leader of Deloitte's global Enterprise Trust Practice Michael Bondar, businesses are facing an unprecedented erosion of trust when it comes to their stakeholders (customers, employees, stockholders, etc.). The problem, according to Bondar, exists across the board and impacted businesses of all sizes in all industries. During this interview with Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind, Bondar said that in healthcare, only 23 percent of clinicians trust their leadership and it's even worse for nurses (15 percent). In the technology space, only 40 percent of consumers trust tech companies to maintain and safeguard their data.
Whereas trust was once a basic...
2023-03-3107 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHow Cryptocurrency is Funding Ukraine's Battle for Itself and the Soul of DemocracyWhile at DC Blockchain Summit 2023 in Washington, DC, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind got the chance to interview Open Dialogue Foundation President Lyudmyla Kozlovska about her organization's role in the battle for human rights and democracy in the 21st century. Kozlovska is a native of Ukraine and has been instrumental in the flow of cryptocurrency donations to fund the acquisition and supply of everything from humanitarian aid to weapons to the front lines of the many battles taking place between freedom and oppression. In fact, to the extent that a violent war undermines the store and transfer of fiat currencies...
2023-03-3013 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindCFTC Commissioner Mersinger Invites Nervous Enterprises To Come Chat About Blockchain RegulationsWhen it comes to working with distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies, one of the most significant barriers to enterprise adoption is the significant regulatory uncertainty that enshrouds the blockchain industry. This is especially true of the United States where lawmakers, regulators, and the industry have been gridlocked over a multitude of wildly opposing viewpoints. Meanwhile, as the regulatory perimeter shifts continue to shift, enterprises are stuck in a Catch-22; Either move forward with their blockchain pilots and run the risk of irritating officials at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) or other American agencies...
2023-03-2908 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHow IBM is Sprinkling Blockchain Into The Solutions It Builds and Maintains For Enterprise CustomersWhile at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind sat down with the leader of IBM Consulting's Blockchain and Web3 Practice Shyam Nagarajan to find out the extent to which IBM is invested in blockchain technology (hint: it has been all-in for the better part of the last decade). Nadarajan is practically a veteran with blockchain and he talks about when, in the course of providing its consultative services to its enterprise customers, IBM pulls blockchain into the mix of technologies it recommends to solve for specific business use cases.
To watch the video version...
2023-02-1714 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindMobileCoin Looks to Disrupt Venmo, Cash App, Paypal with Frictionless Blockchain-Enabled PaymentsAt World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind met with MobileCoin Head of Business Development Brady Forrest who talked about how MobileCoin's global mobile payment app makes it possible to send money to anyone for a fixed fee of 1/4th of a cent. The app is enabled by the MobileCoin blockchain and like other distributed ledger-based payment workflows, sends cryptocurrency from the originator of a transaction to the recipient. In the case of MobileCoin however, that cryptocurrency can be MOB (the native cryptocurrency of MobileCoin) or eUSD; an asset-backed stablecoin pegged to the value of US$1...
2023-02-1717 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindAmid Daily Bombings, Ukraine's Plans to Transform Government Services with Blockchain Surge ForwardJudging by the incredibly stoic demeanor of Yulia Parkhomenko, one of the directors within Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, you would never guess that she and her colleagues are forging ahead with their plans to revolutionize Ukraine's government services while bombs are randomly falling around them and electricity is only available for four hours on a good day. But with an eye towards a fully digitally transformed country (a vision that comes straight from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky), and in a demonstration of true grit, that's exactly what she and her team are doing and they are moving at a...
2023-02-1512 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindIn the Wake of FTX, Deepwaters Claims its Hybrid Exchange Is the Best of Both the CEX and DEX WorldsThere are two types of cryptocurrency exchanges in the cryptocurrency world; centralized exchanges (CEX) and decentralized exchanges (DEX). Both models have their pros and cons and while at World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind caught up with Dylan Peters and Michael Callahan, the Chief Business Development Officer and Vice President of Marketing at Deepwaters; an exchange that is neither fish nor foul. Deepwaters has some of the operational features of a centralized exchange but unlike most CEXes (and more in DEX-like fashion) never takes control of traders' currencies (fiat or crypto). This hybrid model, according...
2023-02-1409 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindFull-Stack Blockchain Consultancy Casper Labs Helps Enterprises With Distributed Ledger DeploymentsBlockchain Journal's editor-in-chief David Berlind meets up with Casper Labs CTO Medha Parlikar at the World Economic Forum in Davos to find out more about how enterprises can outsource their distributed ledger deployments to the full-stack blockchain consultancy of which she is a co-founder. As Parlikar explains, full-stack blockchain consultancies like Casper Labs are good for enterprises that know they have a use case for public distributed ledger technology (DLT), but that do not have enough in-house expertise to deploy a solution themselves. In the interview, Parlikar also talks about why fine-grained tracking of permissions and smart contract versioning are...
2023-02-1306 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindAY Young: One of the UN's 17 Young Leaders at the World at World Economic ForumWhile at World Economic Forum 2023, Blockchain Journal's editor-in-chief David Berlind caught up with AY Young, one of 17 young people taking part in a United Nations program that looks to connect the status quo leaders of the world with up-and-coming leaders. Through his music and live concerts, AY raises money to bring energy to people and parts of the world where there is no power.
To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/ay-young-one-uns-17-young-leaders-world-world-economic-forum/
The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube...
2023-02-1206 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindTired of Imposters on Social Networks? Here's EnoughTea; a Version of Instagram Built on BlockchainWhile at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind met with Max Lurya, founder and developer of EnoughTea; an Instagram look-alike application that incorporates the Know Your Customer (KYC) approach of blockchain in order to offer an imposter and bot-free social network.
To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/tired-imposters-social-networks-heres-enoughtea-version-instagram-built-blockchain/
The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIe7KUESAOM
2023-02-1108 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindWhy Blockchain is Perfect for Documenting Open, Traceable Proof of Enterprise Sustainability EffortsWhile at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind interviewed HBAR Foundation Sustainable Impact Fund Director Hania Othman to find out why public blockchain is so well-suited to traceably and openly documenting, at a very granular level, an enterprise's track record when it comes to all of its environmentally related activities. These include all the activities that contribute to an enterprise's carbon footprint as well as everything an enterprise does to offset that carbon footprint. Why is it in the best interests of an organization to make all of its environmentally-related behaviors a matter of...
2023-02-1109 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHyperledger Exec Director Waxes on Linux Foundation's Role in Driving Enterprise Blockchain AdoptionHyperledger Executive Director Daniela Barbosa is no stranger to the need for, and the importance of, open standards and open source in driving technology adoption. Especially among enterprises. In fact, in a previous life, Barbosa was one of the original co-founders of the Data Portability Project (dataportablity.org) whose long-time focus has been the interoperability of data between dissimilar systems (a long-time obstacle to the sort of IT singularity that many enterprises wish for). As Barbosa explains to Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind at World Economic Forum 2023, the Linux Foundation is heavily engaged in similarly driving open-source blockchain interoperability through...
2023-02-0919 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindTop 3 Global Law Firm Seizes First Mover Advantage to Tokenize Almost Everything with BlockchainLaw firm DLA Piper operates in over 40 countries and is one of the three biggest law firms in the world. But just because it's an old-school company in an old-school industry doesn't mean that it (or any other similarly positioned organization) cannot leverage technology to seize a competitive advantage for itself and its customers. At World Economic Forum 2023, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind met with DLA's Chief Innovation Officer Andy Gastwirth who explained why a global law firm needs a chief innovation officer as well as the significance of using blockchain to tokenize real-world assets; everything from office buildings to...
2023-02-0828 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindFilecoin Looks to Move Upstack From Just Archival of Enterprise Data to Database-Like FunctionalityThe business of storing enterprise data has gone through several technological revolutions over the last two decades. After on-prem storage came cloud storage (which enterprises initially resisted) and now, thanks to Filecoin and its competitors, comes blockchain-driven storage. The big question however (as with any blockchain discussion) has to do with the enterprise use cases to which Filecoin's "commercial" offering of an InterPlanetary File System-based (IPFS) solution is suited. At World Economic Forum 2023, Blockchain Journal's editor-in-chief David Berlind interviewed Protocol Labs' Director of Growth Stefaan Vervaet to learn not only about Filecoin's current view on that question but the long-term...
2023-02-0716 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindLCX CEO Monty Metzger Literally Wrote the Book on Blockchain BankingMonty Metzger is the CEO of enterprise blockchain consultancy LCX, based in the country of Liechtenstein, where many of the nation's regulations regarding blockchain are already in place (creating some certainty with respect to the legal operating conditions for companies like his). Blockchain Banking, the book that Metzger recently published is about how the balance of innovation, regulation, and everyday life will change due to digital currency. In the interview with Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind, Metzger that he has been heavily engaged with the World Economic Forum and several central banks as they experiment with the idea of Central...
2023-02-0605 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHow the $8B Multinational Avery Dennison Leverages Blockchain Across its Supply ChainAt World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind catches up with Avery Dennison market development manager Neil Hay who describes how the $8B multinational enterprise uses blockchain to provide atma.io, a cloud service offering that helps the global giant provide supply chain transparency to some of the largest consumer goods companies in the world (and their customers).
To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/how-8b-multinational-avery-dennison-leverages-blockchain-across-its-supply-chain/
The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch...
2023-02-0407 min
Blockchain Journal with David BerlindHow SMS Messages and Other Carrier-Grade Services Could Be Moving to Enterprise-Grade BlockchainAs enterprises begin to adopt blockchain technology in order to optimize their systems and processes in ways that simply cannot be done with other technologies, the likelihood that their customers will know or care could be low. After all, once deployed in enterprise fashion, blockchain typically occupies a fabric-like spot within the organization's enterprise information technology stack. In other words, not necessarily at the customer-facing surface. And there's no industry where this could be more true than in the telecommunications and carrier business where the sorts of integrations that make it possible for people to call or text their friends...
2023-02-0420 min
API StorytellingAPI Storytelling with David BerlindThis is a gathering of API storytellers, exploring what is going on around us each day, using API technology to make sense of who we are. This episode we cover the history of the web, APIs, the future of API aggregation and low-code / no-code, and how the old WWII Italian fascist thought David Berlind and Kin Lane were somehow "together" after they were working on API standards for the European Commission at a nuclear facility. Opening image credit goes to Giulia Forsythe (@giuliaforsythe).
2021-05-2156 min
ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastSendbird Adds Sendbird Calls API for In-app Voice and VideoSendbird has announced the addition of voice and video calling APIs to augment its existing chat and messaging API offering. The technology relies on the World Wide Web Consortium's WebRTC standard and offers customers an opportunity to consolidate their in-app communications down to one vendor. In this edition of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast, PW editor in chief David Berlind catches up with Sendbird CEO and co-founder John Kim to find out more about the company and the announcement.
To get a full-text transcript of this presentation, go to:
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/john-kim-ceo-and-co-founder-sendbird/analysis/2020/04/03
2020-04-0313 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast69 Percent of IT Leaders Keep the Lights On Instead of InnovatingAccording to MuleSoft's 2020 Benchmark Connectivity Report, virtually all enterprises see digital transformation as being critical to their success. But, unfortunately, a majority of IT leaders still picture themselves as keeping the lights on versus innovating. In the edition of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast, ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews MuleSoft Director of Solutions Engineering Ani Pandit to find out more about the findings of the report and what it means for businesses.
To get a copy of MuleSoft's 2020 Benchmark Connectivity Report, go to: https://api.pw/benchmark
To get a full-text transcript of this presentation, go to:
https://www.programmableweb.com...
2020-03-1926 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastRedesigned Commerce Cloud Developer Portal Invites Public Developers to Come pLIn this edition of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast, David Berlind, editor in chief of ProgrammableWeb interviews Andrew Lawrence, director of product management at Commerce Cloud at Salesforce to find out more about the new Commerce Cloud developer portal, which, for the first time, allows anonymous developers to come and experiment with 20 different APIs.
To see the video version of this interview or to get a full-text transcript of this presentation, go to:
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/salesforce-commerce-cloud-exposes-apis-to-public-new-try-you-buy-developer-portal/interview/2020/03/18
2020-03-1816 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastCode for America Looks to Unite Civic Developers and Government AgenciesWhile private sector companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc. draw closer to perfected digital states, the public sector (government agencies and organizations) are woefully behind in their pursuit of digital transformation. In bringing together developers, civic techies, and government officials, Code for America is hoping to change that by inspiring developers and other citizens into fulfilling their civic duty. In this podcast, ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Code for America founder Jen Pahlka to learn more about the Code for America Summit.
(Editor's Note: While the Code for America Summit in Wash, DC has been canceled due to the...
2020-03-1614 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastContentful Accelerators To Get Developers To "Hello API" FasterIn this edition of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast, ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind chats with Contentful VP Benjamin Keyser about the idea of an API-first "headless" content management system and what his company is doing to accelerate the developer path to "Hello API."
To get a full-text transcript of this presentation, go to:
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/contentful-benjamin-keyser/interview/2020/03/12
2020-03-1210 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow The Decoupled Nature of Web APIs Gives You Incredible FlexibilityIn this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Feb 4, 2020, ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind delivers part 2 of his long-running college course on APIs (a new chapter will be delivered at each monthly DC API meetup). In this second chapter (following up to chapter 1), Berlind reviews the importance of API contracts and what it means for Web APIs to decouple API clients from API servers. And then he gives some real-world examples of how that decoupled nature of Web APIs affords some amazing flexibility to the organizations that pursue the idea of API-led...
2020-02-2825 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastUnderstanding the Impact of AI and Machine Learning on APIsIn this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Feb 4, 2020, Capital One's director of API and Event Streaming Platform Services Matthew Reinbold discusses how APIs will democratize access to low-cost Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Even with today's open source technologies for applying artificial intelligence and machine learning, there are still some thorny challenges to getting both right. Especially at a reasonable cost to both the pocketbook and the planet. But API-led approaches might be able to ease the pain.
We're always looking for more attendees, speakers, and sponsors (the sponsors buy the...
2020-02-2500 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastApollo GraphQL Announces Support for Federated GraphsIn this episode of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock podcast, ProgrammableWeb's David Berlind and Bob Reselman talk GraphQL with Geoff Schmidt, co-founder of Apollo GraphQL; the leading solution provider for standing-up GraphQL-based APIs. Support for platforms beyond Apollo GraphQL's native support for node.js and federation of "the graphs" were some of the many topics covered in this interview.
A full-text transcript of this video can be found on ProgrammableWeb at:
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/apollo-graphql-co-founder-geoff-schmidt-discusses-federation-graph-video/interview/2020/02/25
2020-02-2530 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastTwilio: Robocalls Erode Consumer Trust in Telephone InfrastructureTwilio has released its annual State of Customer Engagement Report and to find out more about the report and the trends that it spotlights (including challenges with robocalls and the role of AI in improving the customer experience), ProgrammableWeb's editor-in-chief David Berlind captured a video interview with Al Cook, the company's Vice President and General Manager of Artificial Intelligence.
A complete text transcript of this podcast can be found at:
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/interview-al-cook-vp-and-general-manager-artificial-intelligence-twilio/interview/2020/02/20
2020-02-2024 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastLessons From Building APIs For the US Federal GovernmentIn this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Dec 5, 2019, Oddball.io CTO Rob Wilkinson breaks down the two most important phases of launching successful APIs for the federal government.
1. The key components such as the API's value proposition, tracking its growth, offering self service developer accounts and knowing the path to production.
2. How to get it done which involves the governance, the technology, and the marketing (generate awareness)
ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind is the co-organizer of the DC-Area API Meetup. We're always looking for more attendees, speakers, and sponsors (the sponsors...
2020-01-2700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow To Build A Scalable API on AWS in 10 Minutes or LessIn this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Nov 5, 2019, calletime.ai co-founder Adam Becker shows attendees how he and his partner collaborated to stand-up an API endpoint in almost no time using three Amazon Web Services (AWS); S3, Lambda, and API Gateway. In the video, he make some important points about taking a DevOps-based approach to provisioning services; namely that all infrastructure should be provisioned with code that's written specifically to do the provisioning as opposed to manually going into the AWS console and fiddling with the various forms and parameters. Becker...
2020-01-2700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow an Alternative Data API Can Be Used To Improve Predictive AnalysisIn this special edition of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from DC-Area API Meetup on Oct 1, 2019, Accrue Ltd. founder and CEO Benoit Brookens III talks about the concept of alternative data (data that at first seems unrelated to the trend you're analyzing) and how it can be used to improve predictive analysis. In his presentation, Brookens looks back at typhoons that were rated as 8 or higher and correlates their timing to movement in financial markets.
To see the article that contains the full text transcript of this presentation go to:
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/dc-area-api-meetup-how-alternative-data-api-can-be-used-to-improve-predictive-analysis/analysis/2020/01/14
ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David...
2020-01-2700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastGovernment Security Architect Attempts to Learn About API SecurityIn this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Oct 1, 2019, Epigen Senior Information Security Architect Trevor Bryant decides it's time to get smart about the art of securing APIs. And this is where things go sideways. As it turns out, there's no one-stop shop to get smart about API security. No API security bible. So Bryant retraces his steps as he attempts to become an overnight expert on the topic of API Security.
To see the article that includes the full-text transcript of this presentation, go to:
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/dc-area-api-meetup-government-security-architect-attempts-to-learn-about-api-security...
2020-01-2700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastWhat are APIs and Why is the API Contract So SpecialIn this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Dec 5, 2019, ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind kicks off his long running college series on APIs (a new chapter will be delivered at each monthly DC API meetup). In this first chapter, Berlind reviews the definition of an API, discusses the role APIs play in decoupling API consumers from API providers, offers some real world analogies to help understand the idea of an API's technical contract, and explains what it was that made Web APIs so special as a part of the long history of...
2020-01-2700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastAPIMetrics Launches v1 of API.Expert To Compare API PerformanceAPIMetrics CEO and co-founder David O'Neill updates ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind on what his company is up to and the launch of it's newest service; API.Metrics
2020-01-2600 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow Curity.io Manages Identity for APIs at ScaleIn this edition of the ProgrammableWeb.com Developers Rock Podcast, Curity.io CEO and co-founder Travis Spencer explains why he thinks its a better idea to rely on a dedicated appliance to handle identity management for API access. The approach to API identity management is modeled after the design of routers that do only a few things but do them really really well, and do them at scale.
A complete text transcript of this podcast can be found at https://www.programmableweb.com/news/how-curityios-api-identity-server-designed-scale-availability-and-configurability/sponsored-content/2020/01/24
2020-01-2400 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastUsing Telesign's APIs to Drive Customer Engagement and SecurityProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Telesign director of product management Vince Oh. While you may not have heard of Telesign, you have no doubt encountered its APIs as a customer of some enterprise that uses them to not only authenticate the legitimacy of new registrants, but also to drive improved customer engagement. One reason Telesign is able to do this is because of the information that's available to it as a subsidiary of BICS; one of the world's largest providers of global roaming solutions. In the course of providing those solutions, BICS is able to collect the sort of data...
2019-08-2700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow Accusoft's API Adds Workflow To Existing Doc Management SystemsIn its API-driven PrizmDoc Suite, Accusoft offers organizations a collection of document workflow capabilities that can significantly extend the shared document storage and retrieval functions of today's document management solutions. ProgrammableWeb's editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews Accusoft's Vice President of Product Steve Wilson to find out more about what the solution is capable of and why customers have a choice of deploying it to the cloud, or on-premises, behind organizational firewalls.
2019-05-2800 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow Staying Customer Focused Drives IPInfo's Customer LoyaltyAccording to Ben Dowling, founder of IPInfo, an API provider specializing in IP-based geolocation, the key to success is staying customer-driven. Of course, when your organization is an API provider, "customer-driven" is synonymous with "developer-driven." In this interview with ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind, Dowling explains what IPInfo does and how it's diversifying to ensure that developers view the API provider as being the leader in its niche.
2019-05-1700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow Old School Point-to-Point Integration is Slowing Digital TransformationRecent research indicates that, across organizations surveyed, old point-to-point integration habits are dying hard. In fact, they could be getting worse, resulting in an increasingly intractable situation as enterprises struggle to digitally transform themselves and avoid fatal disruption.
2019-05-1000 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastWhy Enterprise APIs Are Necessary To Fully Leverage Artificial IntelligenceFresh off the Salesforce.com's acquisition of the company he founded (MuleSoft), Ross Mason is now applying his entrepreneurial thinking to the burgeoning areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Mason has a theory -- one that makes perfect sense -- about how organizations that lack the right nervous systems (aka: API-led application networks) will not be able to fully leverage these new technologies. The result he says will be something like a "brain in a jar." Mason also discusses some of his favorite areas of AI and the responsibilities that go with bringing AI technology...
2018-06-2500 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastUS Data Service Launches BlueButton API 2.0 for MedicareThe US Digital Service has launched version 2 of the BlueButton API. The BlueButton API covers the Medicare claims domain within the FHIR healthcare data portability standard and now that BlueButton 2.0 is out, many organizations that orbit the Medicare ecosystem will be rolling out their support for it in an effort to improve patient and caregiver access to what is commonly referred to as the longitudinal patient record: a record that covers the broad history of a particular patient's healthcare and that is interoperable across all systems that are relevant to the patient's care. In this interview, ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind...
2018-04-2700 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastHow Salesforce's Einstein Democratizes Access To Machine Learning (Episode #006)While at Salesforce's annual conference (Dreamforce), ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind interviewed Salesforce Einstein VP of Product Management Marco Casalaina to understand what exactly the company means by "democratizing access to machine learning." As it turns out, Salesforce might very well have a substantial lead on all other enterprise players when it comes to demystifying the benefits and deployment of machine learning.
2017-11-3000 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastProgrammableWeb Gets Demo of Salesforce's Just Announced IoT Explorer (Episode #005)Today (Oct 10, 2017), Salesforce announced the newest addition to its portfolio of IoT (internet of things) solutions; IoT Explorer. In this interview, Salesforce evp & gm Woodson Martin and the director of IoT product management George Saines brief ProgrammableWeb editor in chief David Berlind on the announcement and give him a demo. This audio is taken from a video that has been posted to ProgrammableWeb's YouTube channel. That video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4rgDAslNDs
2017-10-1000 minProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock PodcastTRX Systems' Carol Politi Discusses Indoor Tracking of First Responders (Episode #004)From the October 2018 edition of the Government API meetup in Washington, DC, ProgrammableWeb editor-in-chief David Berlind interviews TRX Systems' CEO and President Carol Politi about what it takes to successfully do indoor tracking of first responders in situations like this week's mass shooting from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. TRX's tagline is "Locate. Map. Track. Indoors" and it offers a largely API-driven solution reminiscent of the live view that viewers of the television series 24 might get of Jack Bauer as he traverses the insides of a building in pursuit of suspects.
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The Review PanelThe Review Panel #8 - Robert Berlind, Elanor Heartney, and Mark Stevens with moderator David CohenFebruary 2, 2006 at the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
Robert Berlind, Eleanor Heartney, and Mark Stevens joined David Cohen to discuss Hans Haacke at Paula Cooper, Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong, Duncan Hannah at James Graham & Sons, and Barbara Takenaga at McKenzie Fine Art.
2015-04-191h 09Michael Lehman: Manic MinuteMike's Manic Minute 27 Mar 06Steve Balmer. . .says no!
At least to his children. . .when it comes to iPods and Google.
The CEO of my illustrious employer admitted in a recent interview that while he has not been able to stop thousands of Microsoft employees from purchasing iPods and using Google, he has, at least, been able to put his foot down at home.
Steve, as a good 'softie, I do try to use search.msn.com but when it doesn't work, I do use Google. And I'll admit that I...
2006-03-3100 minHGGS - Afternoon picks for Monday January 31, 2005 on GigaDial PublicBig Media On The Challenges of Podcasting)-- Download the Podcast - 51:45 - MP3. In the latest Challenges of Podcasting, Eric Rice and I talk with: Jason Meserve, multimedia editor for Network World Fusion and host for Network World Fusion Radio, an IDC publication David Berlind, executive editor at ZDNet and creator of Berlind's Media Transparency Channel, an experiment in creating a parallel channel that shows the raw material that goes into, for example, an editor's interview. Intro's For the first few minutes we discussed the scope of Jason's show. ...
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