Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin - with Vinay Gupta | Virtual Futures Salon

Virtual Futures presents tech-visionary Vinay Gupta to dicuss cryptocurrencies and the uptake of the blockchain in all its applications. This event is organised in partnership with the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick as part of their 360 Lecture Series. Blockchain, also known as distributed ledger technology, has attracted a great deal of attention due to the hype surrounding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Whilst blockchain technology might be able to drive economic change globally, the applications are innumerable. Among others, the implications include empowering impoverished individuals by bypassing banks for payments, generating personalized identities for voting, securing healthcare data, improving supply chain logistics, and allowing business to be carried out transparently. Vinay will share his thoughts on how a technology that permits secure and transparent solutions might transform the next decade. Vinay Gupta is a leading figure in the blockchain space. He is the co-founder of Mattereum, co-ordinated the release of the blockchain platform Ethereum in July 2015, and was strategic architect for ConsenSys, a technology hub focusing on the Ethereum blockchain and related applications. He was the designer of the National Blockchain Strategy for Dubai and is a partner at Hexayurt Capital, the technology-focused VC firm behind the Internet of Agreements. He has been involved in commercial software development since 1992 and his experience as a programmer and visionary has covered fields as diverse as medical imaging, flight simulation, computer graphics, cryptographic applications and the web. In conversation with Luke Robert Mason, Director of Virtual Futures. --- Follow the conversation on Twitter using #VFSalon Support Virtual Futures on Patreon: http://patreon.com/virtualfutures Find out more: http://virtualfutures.co.uk --- Credits Produced by Virtual Futures Camera by Jason ‘Jay’ Langdell: http://jam-av.com Sound by Luke Robert Mason Lighting by Ian O’Donoghue Edited by Luke Robert Mason Thanks to Bozena Beauclair Thanks to Anirudh Pai Thanks to Jeremy Smith Thanks to Charlotte White Hosted at the University of Warwick: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/economics --- Follow Virtual Futures on Social Media Twitter: http://twitter.com/virtualfutures Facebook: http://facebook.com/virtualfutures Instagram: http://instagram.com/virtualfutures Medium: http://medium.com/@virtualfutures SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/virtualfutures YouTube: http://youtube.com/virtualfutures --- Our Recording Equipment (Affiliate Links) RØDE Procaster Broadcast Dynamic Microphone: http://amzn.to/2wClVSx RØDE PSM1 Microphone Shock Mount: http://amzn.to/2wCh8Ri RØDE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm: http://amzn.to/2f9tVYo Stagg 3m High Quality XLR to XLR Plug Microphone Cable: http://amzn.to/2wCjrnf Stagg 10m High Quality XLR to XLR Plug Microphone Cable: http://amzn.to/2y2En7y Zoom H6 Handy Recorder: http://amzn.to/2woqxg0 Zoom Q2n Handy Video Recorder: http://amzn.to/2g3gnxQ Canon EOS 80D: http://amzn.to/2eZo1oQ Canon EF 50 mm 1.8 STM Lens: http://amzn.to/2yQ37k5 Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens: http://amzn.to/2y2EakM Manfrotto Befree Live Aluminium Travel Tripod with Fluid Head: http://amzn.to/2y257VT Sennheiser EW 100-ENG G3-GB Portable System: http://amzn.to/2H38Bgd