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a16z Podcast: Banking on the Blockchain

What the future of banks might be

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Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Notes: Whether you think of it as a distributed ledger, decentralized database, computing infrastructure, open source/ software development platform, cryptocurrency, transaction platform, or financial services marketplace, the bitcoin blockchain is driven by two key features: that it is a peer-to-peer network, and that it unbundles trust. Imagine moving fro… See more
Steve Moraco
@stevemoraco
I'm really happy to see the blockchain concept picking up in popularity! Identity was one of the first and most difficult problems we collectively tried to solve with online services, and in some sense we never really did (other than with those little blue verification check marks for a few of us). The blockchain is going to pave the way for that and a lot … See more
Vijay Michalik
@vijaymichalik · Tech Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan
Was lucky enough to receive a copy of William's new book at Consensus 2016 last week. Definitely a great read, articulates some of the core practical business challenges around blockchains. It really is a landscape like the early internet- confusing but with a ridiculous number of possibilities. I'm also confident that we're going to be seeing many more amaz… See more