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February 2, 2023

Bruno Ciscato pt. I - Blockchain 101

Bruno Ciscato has managed to be at the epicenter of technological revolution for the past 30 years and is now a board member of SBI R3 Japan. R3 is a leading provider of enterprise trust technology and services. We've split Frank R. Suess's Conversation with him into two parts. The first one covering the basics of blockchain; the fundamentals to understand the technology. How and with what purpose has blockchain been introduced to the market? How does the consensus mechanism replace an intermediary? What is a Distributed Ledger? What are the key differences between CORDA (R3's technology) and bitcoin? How can blockchain be used beyond crypto? Did incidents like FTX happen because the blockchain technology has failed? Note that if you are already knowledgable about the technology, you might want to skip to part II of the conversation, which is coming soon!

In this latest Fireside Conversation, Frank R. Suess is joined by Mr. Bruno Ciscato to discuss blockchain technology and its potential beyond crypto.

Bruno, a board member of SBI R3 Japan, has managed to be at the epicenter of the technological revolution for the past 30 years. R3 is a technology firm that has created Corda, a permissioned distributed ledger technology, focussed on the financial sector.

In this first part of the Conversation, Frank and Bruno discuss the 101 of the blockchain technology: How and with what purpose has blockchain been introduced to the market? What is electronic cash? What is a distributed ledger? How does the consensus mechanism replace trusted intermediaries? What are the key differences between Corda and Bitcoin? What is tokenization? Is the blockchain technology to be blamed for incidents like FTX?

If you'd like to learn about specific use cases of blockchain beyond crypto: Stay tuned for part 2 of the Conversation!

Bruno Ciscato pt. I - Blockchain 101