The only thing the Grand Canyon is missing is “The Blockchain”

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Links / info from the episode…
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Blog post: Universal Interoperability: Why Enterprise Blockchain Applications Should Be Deployed to Shared Networks
Tl;dr
o Short for “too long; didn’t read”
Moribund
o Definition of moribund (from Merriam-Webster)
1: being in the state of dying : approaching death
in the moribund patient deepening stupor and coma are the usual preludes to death —Norman Cameron

2: being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence
a moribund virus
a moribund volcano
prune the moribund files from your disk forever —D. S. Janal

Smh – Shaking my head


Clifford Chance
Financial Times: Law firms look to capitalise on initial coin offering boom
Smart Contracts
Talking Tech from Clifford Chance
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Show notes:

0:37 – 8:41 Recent news with Todd McDonald

Deconomy rundown
Social Media & Blockchain – can blockchain help with the data privacy issues firms like Facebook have been recently facing?
Amber Baldet Leaves JPM

8:41 – 27:30 Richard’s summary of his blog post (Universal Interoperability: Why Enterprise Blockchain Applications Should Be Deployed to Shared Networks)

27:30 – 47:20 Peter Chapman from Clifford Chance discusses why lawyers should be in the know about blockchain technology, how blockchain impacts his clients, how it may impact the practice of law, if lawyers will have to code in the future, and more!Special Guest: Todd McDonald.

  • Todd McDonald

    Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
  • Richard Gendal Brown

    Chief Technology Officer
  • Peter Chapman

  • Catherine Rutter

    Digital Marketing Manager