Fintech: Breaking Down Blockchain- episode1
August 4, 2016
Hosted by Brett King
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Episode Description
Today, Host Brett King is joined by co-Host Chris Skinner, Author of Value Web, to begin our 5 week series delving deep into the blockchain. This week, it is the basics of blockchain- What is blockchain? What is bitcoin? What is Ethereum? And what is all the news about a hard fork? Theo Priestley, a top Fintech thought leader and writer, Simon Taylor, Director of Blockchain at FS-11, and John Lillic, Director of Business Enterprise at Consensys all join to explain all the basics, and clarify what you thought you knew!
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Brett King
Brett King is a three times bestselling author, well-known futurist and speaker, and founder of a breakout new retail banking and lifestyle concept "Moven.” King was voted as American Banker's Innovator of the Year in 2012, and was nominated by Bank Innovation as one of the Top 10 "coolest brands in banking.” King has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Financial Times, The Economist, The Asian Banker Journal, The Banker, Wired magazine and many more. He contributes regularly as a blogger on Huffington Post.
King initially achieved recognition for his bestselling book BANK 2.0, which received widespread industry acclaim and topped category lists in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, Canada, France Russia and Asia. 'Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow' - King's second book achieved bestseller status in its first week on Amazon. His current book BANK 3.0 is currently topping the charts in the US, UK, China, Canada, Germany, Japan and France and has been published in English, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Korean, Russian and Polish to-date. He is widely considered the foremost global expert on retail banking innovation today.
As an industry thought leader, King has delivered keynotes at conferences in more than 40 countries for organizations like Google, Forbes, and Oracle. He has served as an international judge for The Asian Banker Retail Banking Excellence Awards, the GSMA Global Mobile Awards, the Middle East Business Achievement and Retail Banking Awards.
