Artists, writers and creators have always struggled to find ways to monetise their work effectively, and in an era of ad-funded online clickbait, it has never been more challenging. Distributed
Blockchain-Based Altruism with GiveNation
Today, Maya Middlemiss meets Alyze Sam and Arnaud Saint-Paul, from GiveNation. GiveNation unites children everywhere in the world and assists young minds to become philanthropists by means of
Understanding Liquidity
It's a term we hear a lot both within traditional financial services and investment, but also in relation to cryptoassets in particular. We thought it was important to get to the bottom of
Creating “Beyond The Chain”
For today's special episode, Maya is joined by her colleague Diana, who is BlockSparks' Head of Social Media... because Maya cannot interview herself, and today she is on the other side of the
Why “Beyond The Chain” – A Bitcoin Story
Everything we do at BlockSparks is about explaining blockchain and cryptocurrencies to consumer audiences via persuasive and engaging writing. But that’s not the only way to learn about new things,
Who in the world really needs a Facebook cryptocurrency?
So it's official: Project Libra has been announced to a waiting world, and we can finally get a look at the worst-kept secret in blockchain... Facebook, and a consortium of corporate
Proof of What? Understanding Consensus
This week we are joined by Raghav "Reggie" Jerath, serial entrepreneur, leadership and management professional, from Gath3r, to talk about different models in use to secure blockchain
Rocking Your Whitepaper
You may have heard of the rock 'n' roll legend that was the Van Halen tour contract, and their express distaste of certain very specific forms of confectionery. Rock and roll, stars and their egos,
Live(ish) from the Malta AI and Blockchain Summit
Much of the content for this episode was recorded live on the expo floor at the Malta AI and Blockchain Summit. Here are the people we spoke to/about: Sabine Roiss, CEO Assistant at Salamantex GmbH
Inspiring Global Crypto Communities Via Remote Communications
Launching any truly innovative product is hard. You have to create a market for it, rather than tap into an existing one, where everyone understands the need to be met and can simply be persuaded to
Buying Your First Bit Of Cryptocurrency
This episode includes an audio blog of the recent post “Help me buy some cryptocurrency!”, which was written *before* the crazy price action of May 2019... but stands by every word of warning about
Blockchain for Authors and Creatives
We first met Sukhi Jutla briefly in episode 17, where she told us about the Alliance of Independent Authors and her pioneering work publishing a book directly ON the blockchain, via
“Help me buy some cryptocurrency!”
I am not a financial advisor, I am not a cryptocurrency expert. But, I believe strongly in the importance of bitcoin in particular as the future of money, and in blockchain and decentralised ledger
A Woman’s Place is in Blockchain, with Jen Greyson
Jen Greyson is the CEO and founder of CoCo, "the airbnb of office space". Jen's career began in corporate America, and found her way to the blockchain world about 2 years ago - finding a huge
Investing in Digital Assets, with Veronica Mihai
NEW: Join our Facebook Community! If you have been with us for a little while then you’ll know we talk a lot about some of the challenges and implications of managing your cryptocurrencies and