Fighting Equifax, Data Privacy - Reuben Metcalfe of Class Action Inc (Humans of Bitcoin)

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Fighting Equifax, Data Privacy - Reuben Metcalfe of Class Action Inc (Humans of Bitcoin)

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Dec 3, 2019

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This is a repost from the Humans of Bitcoin podcast. Please subscribe to Humans of Bitcoin for more episodes like this.

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Dec 3, 2019

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Blockchain is a technology that will disrupt nearly every industry. We explore one industry in every episode. How will blockchain change art, music, or online advertising? What projects are already underway? Listen to find out. Hosted by Matt Aaron & Blake Moore. Part of the Bitcoin.com podcast network.

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Publishing - Can YouTube and Reddit be overtaken? STEEMIT, Props, Po.et, Flixxo: Today, we’ll be talking about decentralized publishing platforms vs. centralized publishing platforms and how blockchain technology can improve the future of the publishing industry. Let’s take a look at the current state of centralized... by Blockchain 2025
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Real Estate (The largest asset class in the world) - Propy: What if we could organize property titles to a blockchain? Tokenize real estate all over the world? In Haiti, the disastrous earthquake in 2010 had a destructive effect on the land registry: approximately 16,000 civil servants were killed and an... by Blockchain 2025
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Blockchain Crowdfunding vs Kickstarter and Venture Capital: Crowdfunding emerged after the 2008 financial crisis in response to the difficulties faced by early-stage enterprises attempting to generate marketing traction and funding. Crowdfunding allows nonprofits, artists, musicians and businesses to form a... by Blockchain 2025
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Can Blockchain Lower Healthcare Costs?: Today we are talking about a complex, important industry: Healthcare. It is especially poor in the United States, so we invited an expert: Ryan Kuriakose of the Open Health Exchange. Ryan and I talk about the challenges of the current ecosystem... by Blockchain 2025
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Online Ads - Publishers and Advertisers vs. Centralized Platforms: Currently, with centralized ad platforms, there is no way to verify data. Advertisers really don’t know what they’re always paying for. Same goes for the publishers. As the popular media has shown, users have very little control over their... by Blockchain 2025
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Identity - Take Control Of Your Personal Data - Persona, Civic: On today’s episode, we’ll be talking about how blockchain technology will be impacting the identity verification industry. Online fraud and identity hacks are a serious problem. Identity theft, fraud cost consumers more than $16 billion in 2016.... by Blockchain 2025
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Online Marketplaces - Amazon, eBay, Particl, Syscoin, District0x: Amazon and eBay are leaders in the online marketplace industry. They have both been around for over 20 years! That is a long, long time in the internet game. Could blockchain tech disrupt centralized online marketplaces and pave the way for... by Blockchain 2025
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Art - How Blockchain Can Disrupt Power and Fraud: Fine art is a 3 trillion dollar industry. The market can be illiquid and difficult for collectors to not only find pieces they're looking for, but difficult for owners to sell. Art galleries and dealers typically make the market. Galleries and... by Blockchain 2025
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Decentralized Exchanges - A long term threat to Coinbase, NASDAQ?: Without a doubt, exchanges, or banks, such as San Francisco based Coinbase have onboarded more folk to cryptocurrencies than any other. Ease of use. Frictionless transactions. At the same time, hacks, flash crashes, government raids and lawsuits are... by Blockchain 2025
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The Gambling Industry - FunFair, Virtue Poker: Traditional gambling hasn't changed much over the years. Trust, counterparty risk, inefficiency, regulation and fees continue to plague the gaming industry. We take a look at projects like FunFair and Virtue Poker. Gambling is one industry where... by Blockchain 2025
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Special: The Future of Blockchain with Jared Tate of DigiByte: Bonus interview: Matt speaks with Jared Tate, founder of DigiByte. Jared is arguably the world's leading expert on blockchain technology. Jared talks about blockchain and it's role for the future: Cybersecurity Insurance International Trade Identity... by Blockchain 2025
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Wine - Vineyard Cash Flow, Beverage Fraud - VinX, VeChain: Stuart tells us some stories about Scotland's pride: Buckfast tonic wine, which is prone to causing poor behavior. From there, we tackle: The traditional wine market: the exporter, the importer, the distributor, the store, the customer ... a long... by Blockchain 2025
32 min listen
Music Biz - Can Artists Have More Money + Freedom?: On today's episode we'll be talking about the music: recorded music and concerts. 20 years ago, Napster and the MP3 crushed record labels and artist revenue. With Spotify, the revenue model is finally recovering (slightly). Still, iTunes, YouTube,... by Blockchain 2025
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Blockchain for Better, Fairer Government?: Encouraging governments to use and implement blockchain, the theory goes will lead to more transparency, data security, streamlined communication and reporting. All around the world, there are billions of hours and dollars wasted on tedious... by Blockchain 2025
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Food and Pharmaceuticals - Ambrosus: You've heard of the advantages of blockchain: *Trustless *Saves time and money *Traceability / Immutability *Accountability Well this industry needs all of the above. The international food and pharma supply chain is a giant ... mess. We speak with... by Blockchain 2025
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Trust Machine by Alex Winter (Part 1): Matt and Kelso examine the new documentary yet to be released, Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain. It’s from Alex Winter, who produced popular documentaries Downloaded and Deep Web, covering outlier aspects of the digital space. He’s back... by Blockchain 2025
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Blockchain - Don't Believe the Hype: In the mainstream press and the global corporate world, cryptocurrency is reviled. It is hated. Its users are thought to be straight trash. Don’t ever forget that. That it derives from distinctly polemical anarchists who were bent on leaving... by Blockchain 2025
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Prediction Markets Will Change Everything - Augur, Gnosis: This is an episode that sounds like a Sci-Fi movie. But it is (eventually) going to happen and that is very exciting! Imagine a world where anyone can become a market maker; profit from information and knowledge you have. We have people who call... by Blockchain 2025
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File Storage - Dropbox, Amazon S3, Sia, Storj: We are bullish on file storage using the blockchain. The cloud is just someone else's computer. And you are susceptible to others accessing your data (see Dropbox hack) A blockchain solution would empower decentralized end-users: files are encrypted,... by Blockchain 2025
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Black Markets On The Blockchain: In 2017, Global Financial Integrity estimated the global drug industry added up to $652 billion of trade per year, making it the second biggest underground market after the $1.13 trillion of activity in the counterfeit and pirated goods market. When... by Blockchain 2025
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The Sports Industry: Like many blockchain plays, sports startups could work, but will require a ton of serendipitous marketing. If athletes are broadcasting games, they better be really into it and promoting it, because they are getting paid in these new tokens, so a lot... by Blockchain 2025
29 min listen
Coworking on the Blockchain: For less than 1 Euro, Blake booked a coworking hot desk for 1 day in Berlin. He used crypto and purchased through a blockchain coworking startup. Could this be a thing? Invented in 2005 by Brad Neuberg, coworking is a worldwide phenomenon. Many... by Blockchain 2025
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Credit Scores - Goodbye to Equifax and FICO? - Bloom.co: The current state of credit scores worldwide is miserable. In each country, the system is flawed and subjective in how you are evaluated. Move to a new country? You have to start over. No credit card? you may not have credit in the United States. Not... by Blockchain 2025
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What do 3D Printable Guns have to do with it?: Cody Wilson. 30 years old. Law school dropout. About five years ago, on a lark, decided to create world’s first 3D printable gun. Succeeded. Media went nuts. Defense Distributed, his website, was effectively shut downe State Department said... by Blockchain 2025
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The Blockchain Man with Taylor Pearson: Today's special guest is none other than Taylor Pearson, author of The End Of Jobs. He has emerged as a thought leader around blockchain's impact on our future. This episode is centered around you, the individual. The 1950's 9-to-5 company man... by Blockchain 2025
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State of Blockchain Q4 2018 - Are ICO’s dead?: Matt and Kelso examine crazy amounts of money thrown at blockchain projects. Warranted or not, blockchain is officially a multi billion dollar industry, and it has achieved that status during what’s now known as the extended Crypto Winter -- a bear... by Blockchain 2025
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Mining on the Blockchain: Matt Aaron and new co-host Blake Moore go over the sometimes underlooked importance of mining, exchange tokens, their use within the mining spectrum, and finally take and in-depth look at VIAT Tokens, fresh off a 30 million dollar ICO. During our... by Blockchain 2025
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Fighting Equifax, Data Privacy - Reuben Metcalfe of Class Action Inc (Humans of Bitcoin)

Fighting Equifax, Data Privacy - Reuben Metcalfe of Class Action Inc (Humans of Bitcoin)

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