The Blockchain New Zealand Podcast

E21 - Janine Grainger on Growth, & Launching a Wallet and Stablecoin

Janine Grainger is the cofounder and CEO of Easy Crypto which is coming up on their 6th anniversary and very well known in New Zealand. In this conversation we talk about growing a crypto company, competition in the New Zealand market, building a wallet and some of the security issues that come with it, and deploying an NZ dollar stablecoin on the main chains. 
----------------Timestamps:
00:00 intro01:17 hi-tech awards  05:35 WTF is crypto documentary08:20 long term goals 11:46 competition in the NZ market15:00 exchange vs swaps  18:43 building a wallet22:50 seed phrases & security30:07 NZDD stablecoin42:00 rapidfire45:25 fin----------------Some notes from the show:
NZ Hi-Tech awards 
WTF is Crypto 
MPC for crypto wallets 
account abstraction 
social recovery 
DFX exploit (affected NZDS) 
AUDD 
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Recorded at blockheight 817074. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E20 - Simon Collins on Orange Pilling New Zealand Parliament

Simon Collins is the founder of Stackr.co.nz, a Bitcoin mining company that uses sustainable and renewable energy sources. Simon is also the lead on the fundraising campaign to Orange Pill New Zealand parliament, and that is what we're talking about today. As we lead up to an election here in New Zealand we're listening to a lot of promises from the parties, many of them economic, but none of them are talking of potential alternative financial paths. The plan is simple: raise money to buy copies of The Bitcoin Standard to send to all 120 MPs in New Zealand's next, 54th parliament.
----------------Timestamps:
02:06 orange pilling09:44 Plato's cave15:45 sound money as a threat to Bitcoin  19:23 convincing politicians 23:00 remittances30:50 breaking the spending addiction38:02 Sov & MoE40:04 inflation/deflation58:28 The Bitcoin Standard 56:00 rapidfire58:31 fin----------------Some notes from the show:
NZ Parliament Fundraiser 
The Bitcoin Standard 
Plato's cave 
Cantillon effect 
Why the Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin  
Javier Milei to Abolish Argentinian Central Bank 
The Price of Tomorrow 
A Progressive's Case For Bitcoin 
Simon on The Everday Investor 
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Recorded at blockheight 807695. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E19 - Joerg Buss on Decentralised Search

Joerg Buss is the Cofounder of Timpi, a decentralised search engine. Joerg is a long time cyber security professional that is now playing in the blockchain space. In this conversation we talk about taking on google by incentivising others to index the web, returning unbiased information, as well as some of the ethical issues around AI and ads in search.
----------------Timestamps:
01:40 darkscope05:35 cybersecurity 10:33 decentralised search 13:12 indexing20:25 results speed24:28 bias 31:52 access to information33:31 ethical ads35:50 tokens37:27 building on cosmos38:38 AI ethics 43:52 rapidfire45:11 fin----------------Some notes from the show:
Darkscope https://www.darkscope.com/
DHB ransomware attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikato_District_Health_Board_ransomware_attack 
Timpi https://timpi.io/
DuckDuckGo results https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/
Cosmos IBC https://cosmos.network/ibc/
Neutaro https://neutaro.com/
Contact Joerg:
Web https://timpi.io/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/beawarenz/
Find Jeff:
Twitter
LinkedIn 
The BCNZ Pod:
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Recorded at blockheight 801258. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E18 - David Ding on Ternary Thinking Beyond Blockchain

David Ding is a futurist, founder, and tech advisor, and I haven't yet decided if he's a bit mad, or a bit genius. I think its likely he's a bit of both. By day David is an innovation advisor at Callaghan Innovation, he's deep in the start up and founder mindset, and loves the potential that immutable distributed systems have for reformation.
In this conversation we get into the idea of trinity systems - infinity + binary; over-unity thinking, self sovereignty, authority deferral, and what's on the horizon beyond blockchain.
----------------Timestamps:
01:23 - ternary thinking 10:12 - data sovereignty & OpenAI 15:36 - deferred authority 22:21 - AI applications 30:40 - tech advisement 36:35 - product market fit 40:34 - beyond blockchain 45:57 - singularity 48:08 - 11.5625% surplus 54:43 - rapid fire 57:56 - fin----------------Some notes from the show:
Callaghan Innovation https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/
Kirsten Patterson re:DAOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x4l2HngITA&t=1945s 
OpenAI data lawsuit https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/28/openai-chatgpt-lawsuit-class-action/  
Contact David:
Web https://davidding.xyz/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddingnz/
Find Jeff:
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Recorded at blockheight 796070. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E17 - Michael Bacina on Banking Industry Friction

Mike Bacina is a former software engineer turned lawyer that chairs the blockchain Australia organization. In this conversation we talk about de-banking and the regulatory environment in crypto. We touch on CBDCs, Blackrock, and Coinbase. Mike tells us what a blockchain lawyer does, And he plugs some of the speakers and events lined up for next week's Blockchain Week such as Caitlin Long. You can find the lineup at blockchainweek.com.au 
----------------Timestamps:01:35 debanking in crypto05:55 operation chokepoint09:05 bank digital currencies18:16 technical complexity and UX22:42 AML & CFT costs32:14 blackrock ETF38:00 coinbase42:02 blockchain week Australia44:55 what does a blockchain lawyer do?51:25 rapid fire54:05 fin----------------Some notes from the show:
French influencer crackdown (bits of blocks) https://www.bitsofblocks.io/post/oui-s-il-te-pla%C3%AEt-france-tackling-scams-at-the-on-ramp-with-new-influencer-laws
ChokePoint 2.0 (Cooper & Kirk) https://www.cooperkirk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Operation-Choke-Point-2.0.pdf
Sports Illustrated NFT tickets https://decrypt.co/138532/sports-illustrated-box-office-nft-tickets
RFK's speech at Bitcoin 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz7FPl065II
tornado cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oain31005Go&t=106s 
Blackrock Bitcoin ETF https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/blackrock-close-filing-bitcoin-etf-coindesk-2023-06-15/
Grayscale Bticoin trust https://grayscale.com/products/grayscale-bitcoin-trust/
Coinbase SEC case https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-102
Binance SEC case https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-101
MiCA in Europe https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/20/eu-parliament-approves-crypto-licensing-funds-transfer-rules/
Blockchain Week Australia https://www.blockchainweek.com.au/
Custodia bank https://custodiabank.com/roughstock/
Fed master account holders list https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1669788541470244865
Contact Mike:
Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeBacina
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebacina/
Find Jeff:
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Recorded at blockheight 794976. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E16 - Kirsten KP Patterson on Governance and Tech

Kirsten 'KP' Patterson is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors (IoD) New Zealand that has over 10,500 members.
In this conversation we talk about all things governance, corporate and not for profit, climate, some trends in the tech industry including AI and DAOs, and a favourite topic of mine - responsibility - where is the parental supervision? ----------------Timestamps:01:31 IoD; for-profits & NFP08:00 climate 14:35 why do we need boards?   18:00 tech trends at board-level24:03 AI thoughts29:22 copyright & data33:21 DAOs 40:06 who's responsible?44:14 FTX had no board50:54 an NZ rugby story52:46 rapid fire55:57 fin ----------------Some notes from the show:
Institue of Directors https://www.iod.org.nz/
Air New Zealand Hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft https://archive.ph/3GXLz
Global Network of Director Institutes http://gndi.org/
chatGPT & data privacy https://theconversation.com/chatgpt-is-a-data-privacy-nightmare-if-youve-ever-posted-online-you-ought-to-be-concerned-199283 
National Party uses AI  in ads https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/new-zealand-national-party-admits-using-ai-generated-people-in-ads?ref=dl-staging-website.ghost.io
AI in the boardroom (VITAL) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4339413 
FTX's woes (Harvard Business Review) https://hbr.org/2022/12/ftx-and-the-problem-of-unchecked-founder-power
Elizabeth Holmes 11-year prison sentence https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/what-elizabeth-holmes-did-theranos-prison-b2348733.html 
Wellington Homeless Women's Trust https://www.whwt.org.nz/
Across the board podcast https://www.iod.org.nz/news/articles/across-the-board-podcast/# 
Contact KP:
Twitter https://twitter.com/iodnz
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattersonkirsten/
Find Jeff:
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Recorded at blockheight 794099. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E15 - Steve Vallas on Aligning Blockchain Incentives in Asia Pacific

Steve Vallas is the managing director of Blockchain APAC, previous CEO of Blockchain Australia, and an all around Linkedin Wizard.
Steve came to Auckland to meet with industry discussing aligning incentives and shared interests between Australia and New Zealand.
In this conversation we touch on the scam narrative within crypto, how it has affected the nft space, and crytpo marketing, and of course regulation and where we're at in Asia Pacific.----------------Timestamps:01:30 Southern Hemisphere Perspectives10:26 ICO hangover & NFTs20:35 supply chains24:40 nftFestAus29:39 crypto marketing bros34:41 regulation41:14 lessons from Singapore48:41 stablecoins52:57 blockchain orgs55:52 fin----------------Some notes from the show:
doodles pivot https://www.fastcompany.com/90783396/doodles-domination-how-a-1-year-old-nft-project-turned-into-the-next-big-thing
opensea https://opensea.io/
magiceden https://magiceden.io/
blur https://blur.io/
starkware https://starkware.co/
nftfest aus https://nftfest.com.au/
MiCA European Crypto Assets https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-mica-crypto-regulation-is-a-balancing-act-paris-blockchain-week-2023 
BIS's Carstens says fiat has lost https://insidebitcoins.com/news/bis-head-crypto-has-lost-the-battle-against-fiat-currencies 
Singapore crypto ad restrictions https://archive.ph/FKD5Y
Singapore's Regulatory Sandbox https://www.mas.gov.sg/development/fintech/regulatory-sandbox 
Contact Steve:
Twitter https://twitter.com/stevevallas
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevevallas/
Find Jeff:
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Recorded at blockheight 781595. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E14 - Paul Salisbury on Crypto Estate Planning

Paul Salisbury has been around the crypto scene in New Zealand for over a decade. He's been a founding member of BlockchainNZ and BlockchainLabs, and now has a new venture into crypto estate planning with Everlasting to help folks manage their crypto because one day you're not going to be around to sign a message with your private key. 
Paul and I talk about auditing smart contracts, layer 2s & privacy, multi-sig and key recovery methods and one of my favourite topics - long term plans and low time preference.
Timestamps:01:58 early days in Bitcoin04:11 Ethereum ICO07:33 BlockchainLabs NZ10:58 auditing smart contracts16:52 layer 2s19:38 anonymity & privacy 22:35 crypto estate planning32:32 multisig37:20 social recovery43:56 nunchuck & casa46:46 local jurisdictions52:02 long term plans57:31 staking & DVT1:01:12 BCNZ1:04:40 rapid fire1:08:57 fin
Some notes from the show:
coming soon
Contact Paul:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsalisbury
https://twitter.com/paulsalis
Find Jeff:
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Recorded at blockheight 776561. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E13 - Sorel Carr on FinTech

Sorel Carr is the Head of FinTech Business at BNZ (Bank of New Zealand). Sorel comes from a decade in corporate banking and has been down the blockchain rabbit hole looking to inject new emerging tech such as defi into the more traditional banking world. 
In this conversation we discuss the centralised networks banks are part of such as SWIFT & CBDCs, and the decentralised competitors that can run stablecoins, and defi protocols like Uniswap.
Timestamps:01:27 how do you define fintech?06:09 is a bank a fintech?09:22 future of money RBNZ & CBDCs17:49 future of cash21:58 SWIFT28:24 stablecoins33:11 defi41:12 pancake swap & uniswap48:05 UST & FTX50:21 tokenisation52:52 bcnz54:29 rapidfire: chatGPT, future outlook1:02:17 end
Some notes from the show:
software is eating the world https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/
RBNZ future of money https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/money-and-cash/future-of-money 
CBDC tracker https://cbdctracker.org/
NZ helicopter money https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/114413517/give-kiwis-helicopter-money-cash-payouts-if-economy-crashes--treasury
China CBDC status https://cbdctracker.org/currency/china-e-cny
UK CBDC pilot https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/consumers-face-20000-pound-limit-digital-pound-bank-england-says-2023-02-07/
Russian SWIFT sanctions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWIFT_ban_against_Russian_banks
China/Saudi oil priced in Yuan https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Saudi-Arabia-Considers-Ditching-The-Dollar-For-Chinese-Oil-Sales.html
alternatives to SWIFT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWIFT#Competitors
NAB to launch stablecoin https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/19/national-australia-bank-becomes-second-australian-bank-to-build-stablecoin/ 
NZ corruption index https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/new-zealand
JPMorgan defi trade https://www.benzinga.com/markets/asia/22/11/29552324/jpmorgan-executes-first-defi-transaction-for-singapores-project-guardian 
Aave https://aave.com/
NZDs(table) https://www.techemynt.com/
BSC validators https://bscscan.com/validators# 
SushiSwap zombie attack https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/sushiswap-uniswap-vampire-attack
pancake swap tokenomics https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/tokenomics/cake/cake-tokenomics
Matt Damon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEjjufPd3Is
no crypto at the Superbowl https://cryptonews.com/news/there-will-no-crypto-advertisements-during-super-bowl-year-heres-why.htm
Roofstock sells house as NFT https://www.forbes.com/sites/amydobson/2022/10/26/blockchain-makes-deeper-inroads-into-real-estate-as-roofstock-announces-its-first-nft-home-sale/
chatGPT https://chat.openai.com/chat
NFTs on Bitcoin https://decrypt.co/resources/what-are-ordinals-a-beginners-guide-to-bitcoin-nfts
Contact Sorel:
LinkedIn https://nz.linkedin.com/in/sorel-carr
Find Jeff:
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Recorded at blockheight 775626. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.

E12 - Year in Review 2022

Our Year in Review 2022 show brings together Bryan Ventura, Stephen Macaskill, and Paul Quickenden for a panel discussion of the years key events.
We starts with the SBF FTX debacle that is still unwinding, then we discuss the fallout from all the links that led to FTXs collapse. 2022 has been a record year for hacks as well, mostly bridging hacks, and we discuss security and the perception of crypto to the broader community. We finish with our picks for winners & losers in 2022, and trends for 2023.Timestamps:00:00 intro01:48 FTX collapse06:00 FTX reactions17:14 CeFi dominoes fall back to UST/Luna24:24 record bridge hacks33:00 losers of 202239:36 winners of 202244:44 trends for 202355:47 finPanel Guests (Podcast):Bryan Ventura https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/e/e07-tornado-cash-and-the-merge-bryan-and-jeff-roundtable-1/ Stephen Macaskill https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/e/e06-stephen-macaskill-on-economics-money-and-bitcoin/ Paul Quickenden https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/e/e02-paul-quickenden-on-navigating-crypto-markets-growing-a-business/ Panel Guests (YouTube):Bryan Ventura https://youtu.be/Oain31005Go Stephen Macaskill https://youtu.be/luJSgA9vkIc Paul Quickenden https://youtu.be/boAGDM-urWY Some notes from the show:Sam Bankman-fried interview (by George Stephanopolous on GMA) https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1598296985010073600 List of hacks in 2022 https://chainbulletin.com/the-7-biggest-crypto-hacks-of-2022-so-far Alexey Pertsev of Tornado Cash https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-123423038.html 
Find Jeff:
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Recorded at blockheight 766048. The BCNZ podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.