The 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 outlook as well. Protocol Labs is the research arm of the coalition that's responsible for Filecoin's technology and adoption.

To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/filecoin-looks-move-upstack-just-archival-enterprise-data-database-functionality/

The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLMOhGAfFck

Filecoin Looks to Move Upstack From Just Archival of Enterprise Data to Database-Like Functionality

While 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 public record? According to Othman, it's not only the best way to maintain compliance with currently emerging global sustainability regulations, but it is also key to winning over a new and growing breed of environmentally sensitive investors (aka "access to capital") and customers.

To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/why-blockchain-perfect-documenting-open-traceable-proof-enterprise-sustainability-efforts/

The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtq2LYhPfjA

Why Blockchain is Perfect for Documenting Open, Traceable Proof of Enterprise Sustainability Efforts

While 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 of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/how-ibm-sprinkling-blockchain-solutions-it-builds-and-maintains-enterprise-customers/

The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyI3Vquvi1U

How IBM is Sprinkling Blockchain Into The Solutions It Builds and Maintains For Enterprise Customers

Monty 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 Bank Digital Currencies and, based on his experience, tells us that many banks have a keen understanding of blockchain as well as how CBDCs might impact their currency strategies longer term.

To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/lcx-ceo-monty-metzger-literally-wrote-book-blockchain-banking/

The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-dtG0LmXU

LCX CEO Monty Metzger Literally Wrote the Book on Blockchain Banking

At 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. Onboarding appears relatively friction-free since payments processor Moonpay will exchange fiat directly from Apple or Google Pay (or a debit card) into one of the two cryptocurrencies. Offboarding from one of the two cryptos to Fiat requires a centralized exchange such as Binance. MobileCoin functionality is also available directly from within the Signal app and, to ease the minds of those concerned about custodial wallets, relies on a non-custodial wallet called Moby.

To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/mobilecoin-looks-disrupt-venmo-cash-app-paypal-frictionless-blockchainenabled-payments/

The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irouMkDEVms

MobileCoin Looks to Disrupt Venmo, Cash App, Paypal with Frictionless Blockchain-Enabled Payments

Judging 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 lightning pace. Also, as Parkhomenko explains to Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ukraine plans to run its first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot in 2024.

To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/amid-daily-bombings-ukraines-plans-transform-government-services-blockchain-surge-forward/

The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zJhVxtlxXQ

Amid Daily Bombings, Ukraine's Plans to Transform Government Services with Blockchain Surge Forward

As 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 and families across different carriers are fraught with technological and settlement challenges due to lack of a single source of truth. As Syniverse Sr. Distinguished Engineer of Emerging Technologies Monique Morrow explained to Blockchain Journal editor-in-chief David Berlind at World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, both Syniverse (which itself is in the SMS fabric of hundreds of carriers) and the GSM Association (GSMA) where she chairs the GSMA-Distributed Ledger Technology Group have a pretty clear understanding of the business problems that blockchain can solve in the telecommunications industry.

To watch the video version of this podcast or read its full-text transcript, go to:
https://blockchainjournal.com/interview/how-sms-messages-and-other-carriergrade-services-could-be-moving-enterprisegrade/

The video can also be watched on Blockchain Journal's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_1hDvagNAM

How SMS Messages and Other Carrier-Grade Services Could Be Moving to Enterprise-Grade Blockchain

Hub Culture presents: The Chronicle Discussions, Episode 82: Giving Nature a Seat on the Board with Julia Jackson, founder at Grounded, Bradley Palmer, Director at Project Drawdown, Alexandra Pimor, Director of Global Nature Governance at Earth Law Center, Helle Bank Jorgensen, CEO and founder of Competent Boards, and Jens Nielsen, founder and CEO of World Climate Foundation.

Stan Stalnaker of Hub Culture hosts live from the Hub Culture Pavilion in Davos, Switzerland, during World Economic Forum 2023. 

Produced by:
New Angel Productions

The Chronicle Discussions, Episode 82: Giving Nature a Seat on the Board

Hub Culture presents: The Chronicle Discussions, Episode 83: Social Impact at Scale with MasterCard and Polygon featuring Salah Goss, Head of Social Impact - North America Center for Inclusive Growth at MasterCard, and Antoni Martin, Enterprise Lead at Polygon.

Stan Stalnaker of Hub Culture hosts live from the Hub Culture Pavilion in Davos, Switzerland, during World Economic Forum 2023.

Produced by:
New Angel Productions

The Chronicle Discussions, Episode 83: Social Impact at Scale with MasterCard and Polygon

Hub Culture presents: The Chronicle Discussions, Episode 84: CoCreating the Future Society - From Burning Man to Davos. 

Stan Stalnaker of Hub Culture  and Jenn Sander, Global Innovation for Burning Man and Founder at Play Atélier, host live from the Hub Culture Pavilion in Davos, Switzerland, during World Economic Forum 2023.

Produced by:
New Angel Productions

The Chronicle Discussions, Episode 84: CoCreating the Future Society - From Burning Man to Davos

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