Partha Srinivasan and Stefano Virgilli talk about the flip side of blockchain

Stefano Virgilli is an Italian entrepreneur who ventured in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia, leading and/or participating close to 30 businesses and startups. Stefano is trained in design and communication, holding over 80 certifications in software for photo editing, video production, web design, publishing and e-learning. He wrote a design book titled "The Promise of Empty Spaces" and children's book called "Liger and Tigon". Stefano is also a songwriter and an avid traveller, having visited close to 60 countries. He is currently based in Singapore and operating as CEO of Pocket Money, a startup aiming to empower differently banked communities in emerging markets. In this episode: 1.32 Stefano Virgilli Intro 4.35 What are the perceptions/ value of Blockchain? 17:50 What is the process of building a solution like? What are the barriers? 25:42 ICOs/crypto currency – Where did that come about and where does it stand now? 28:55 Digital payments and evolution of that space 33:50 Companies today are doubling down on Blockchain- what value they are seeing in this? What are we missing? [SV: Clarifies- centralized, decentralized and distributed are the three options] 38:40 Security standpoint- the biggest selling point with Blockchain.. Is that really true? 43:52 Episode Ends You can find Stefano Virgilli on, Website- http://www.virgilli.com (www.virgilli.com) Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanovirgilli/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanovirgilli/) Twitter-https://twitter.com/stefanovirgilli ( https://twitter.com/stefanovirgilli) Share your thoughts, suggestions, and feedback with us on [e-mail] Visit our website onhttps://eastpodcast.in/ ( https://eastpodcast.in) Follow us on Social Media: Facebook:https://facebook.com/theeastpodcast ( https://facebook.com/theeastpodcast) Instagram:https://instagram.com/theeastpodcast ( https://instagram.com/theeastpodcast) Twitter:https://twitter.com/theeastpodcast ( https://twitter.com/theeastpodcast) Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoX4ymB2texPXsxdsLPiahA/ ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoX4ymB2texPXsxdsLPiahA/) Support us on Patreon for more perks and access to additional content:https://patreon.com/theeastpodcast ( https://patreon.com/theeastpodcast) Music Credit: We use music from Purple Planet Music. Track : Ecstasy