Blockchain Technology Impact and Applications (from a technical perspective)

In this month’s yWeb3 chat, the yWhales team speaks with Marshall Hayner, Co-Founder and CEO of Metal and Proton Chain, Alexandru Lupascu, co-Founder and CTO of Omnia, and Richard McLaren, CTO of Polemos. This group of panelists discuss blockchain technology and try to dispel a few of the myths they have see around the internet. They also share where they think we need to be for mainstream global adoption.

 

About Guests

Marshall Hayner is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metal and Proton Chain. He was previously the Chief Marketing Officer at Block.io and creator of The Bitcoin Fair. He is an experienced product-focused Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry.

Alexandru Lupascu is the Co-Founder and CTO of Omnia. He was previously the Security Solutions Architect and Software Engineer at certSIGN and Technical Product Owner at certME. He helps companies identify new business models and improve the existing ones by leveraging emerging technologies such as blockchain, privacy-preserving computation techniques, edge computing and federated machine learning.

Richard McLaren is the CTO of Polemos. He has 30+ years experience in data and technology and ran technology for MoneySupermarket.com, Ninemsn (Microsoft and Nine Entertainment), and Macquarie Mortgages. He has consulting experience at McKinsey and BCG, and as Managing Director of ThoughtWorks and extensive exposure to leading edge machine learning and technology innovation in gaming, finance and consumer industries.

 

You’ll learn about:

• Future viable use cases of these technologies, including P2P payments and games
• How the spectator portion will evolve in this new generation of gaming
• A debate on proof of work versus proof of state
• What is a bridge, why they are useful and need to be a core feature for any and all blockchains and the risks
• Where the guests’ think we need to be for mainstream global adoption

 

Resources: 

Connect with Marshall Hayner: LinkedIn | Metal Pay Website | Proton Website

Connect with Alexandru Lupascu: LinkedIn | Omnia Website

Connect with Richard McLaren: LinkedIn | Polemos Website

Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter

 

Timestamps

[01:13] Intros for this episode’s guests

[03:00] Future Viable Use Cases - P2P Payments

[09:51] Future Viable Use Cases - Games

[14:14] How spectating will evolve in gaming

[17:02] Enabling new segments to interact with blockchain tech

[19:52] PoW vs PoS 

[25:10] What is it going to take get rid of PoW

[36:56] The value of Metaverses

[43:17] Bridges and why are useful

[45:51] Risks with bridging

[52:08] The security of the API

[57:55] What is it going to take for mainstream adoption

[1:00:59] Are L2s a solution to mainstream adoption?

[1:04:25] User interfaces

[1:15:47] Takeaways from the conversation

 

DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.