14. What That Means with Camille: Blockchain

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of What That Means, we’re talking blockchain with the blockchain god: Mic Bowman, of Intel Labs. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We cover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The differences between blockchain, Bitcoin, and distributed ledger technology</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What people are arguing about in the blockchain world</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How blockchain acts as a substitute for inter-organizational trust</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What cryptokitties are going for these days</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hashing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What smart contracts are</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">When blockchain is the right decision</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Blockchain in a box</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And lots more. Check it out!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here are some key take-aways:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">With blockchain, you have to think about the application. What’s the problem you’re trying to solve?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Blockchain acts as a substitute for organizational trust and allows us to have an authority that’s outside any given organization.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Bitcoin, whatever the record says is truth, whether it really happened or not. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are trade-offs between trustworthiness and computability. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Some interesting quotes from today’