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Ian Grigg: Ricardian Contracts and Digital Assets Prehistory
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Ian Grigg: Ricardian Contracts and Digital Assets Prehistory
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Before 2013 few people paid attention to Bitcoin and blockchain, yet even back in the 1990s a vibrant group of prioneers pursued the vision of financial cryptography and digital cash. One of these was financial cryptographer and software developer Ian Grigg, who today works as an architecture consultant for R3.
Grigg joined us for a discussion of the history of the digital cash, Bitcoin and his work on Ricardian Contracts, which foreshadowed today’s smart contracts.
Topics covered in this episode:
The origin story of financial cryptography
DigiCash and the startup scene around it in the 1990s
Ricardian Contracts and why contracts are central to digital assets
Ricardian Contracts vs blockchain
Episode links:
Ricardian Contract Paper
Financial Cryptography Website
Financial Cryptography in 7 Layers
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This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/151
Grigg joined us for a discussion of the history of the digital cash, Bitcoin and his work on Ricardian Contracts, which foreshadowed today’s smart contracts.
Topics covered in this episode:
The origin story of financial cryptography
DigiCash and the startup scene around it in the 1990s
Ricardian Contracts and why contracts are central to digital assets
Ricardian Contracts vs blockchain
Episode links:
Ricardian Contract Paper
Financial Cryptography Website
Financial Cryptography in 7 Layers
R3CEV
Brown, Carlyle, Grigg & Hearn: Corda - An Introduction
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/151
Released:
Oct 3, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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