Sometimes the simplest ideas have the profoundest influence on the way humanity progresses. This may sound like a peculiar way to start a post about blockchain, which is currently seen as a complicated and convoluted invention that it's hard to get your head around. But it's not the esoteric mix of cryptography, game theory and [...]
We held the first Chainfrog social outing on Friday 24 February. It's been almost 6 months since Kimmo and I met to discuss the possibility of setting up a blockchain company. He didn't know what the concept of "blockchain" was all about, and to be honest I didn't know what the concept of "company" was [...]
I will be the first speaker at a blockchain event in Helsinki on 22 March 2017, called "Blockchain – tulevaisuuden digiloikka", which I think means "Blockchain - the digital leap of the future". Fortunately I'm allowed to present in English. I'll be explaining what blockchains can do, and when or even if you should use [...]
Back in early January, on the 11th to be precise, we got to spend more time at the Leonidas offices in central Tampere. This time it was in the evening, to present an "after-work" session to 25 interested people who had registered back in December. As it turns out, this was the first ever "after [...]
A short while ago I was asked to comment on the potential for using blockchain in issuing a Universal Basic Income. Finland is about to start an experiment in which some citizens are going to get 560 EUR a month, to see if it would actually work. The potential for reducing government administration overheads is [...]
To be honest, when I signed up for the TDF conference in Oulu, I was in two minds whether I made the right decision. Fortunately the event was easily worth a long train journey, a short night in a hotel, and then another long train journey back home. There were a lot of very good [...]
Chainfrog is attenting the Technology Disrupting Finance conference in Oulu today. Within seconds of arriving at the venue we already met Pekka Leviäkangas, a principal scientist at VTT, who we have been working with in the generation of a proposal for an EU funded project for the last couple of months. Later today I'll be [...]
A couple of weeks ago Kimmo and I went over to Kampusareena in TUT for an interview with Päivi Stenroos. We had a lot of fun (who doesn't like to talk about themselves? Other than about 75% of the Finnish population, obviously). The results are now up and published and can be seen by following [...]
A week ago Leonidas Oy, an ICT company with lovely offices overlooking the central square of Tampere, invited Kimmo and me over to record a podcast, which you can find here on the blog section of their web pages. We had a lively 1 hour chat, talking about everything from what blockchains are and how [...]
It's been a busy seven days. Last week Kimmo and I made it in to the center of Tampere to record a podcast with Leonidas, which provided us with an entertaining afternoon and wonderful views of the center of Tampere. Those guys sure have a nice office space! We're hoping that early next year we [...]