{"id":3475,"date":"2018-05-24T21:50:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/05\/24\/blockchain-the-decentralization-of-finance-featured-session-at-sxsw-2018-video\/"},"modified":"2018-05-24T21:50:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:50:58","slug":"blockchain-the-decentralization-of-finance-featured-session-at-sxsw-2018-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/05\/24\/blockchain-the-decentralization-of-finance-featured-session-at-sxsw-2018-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain &amp; the Decentralization of Finance Featured Session at SXSW 2018 [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take your understanding of cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and tokens to the next level in the advanced SXSW 2018 panel, <a href=\"https:\/\/schedule.sxsw.com\/2018\/events\/PP73420\"><strong>Blockchain and the Decentralization of Finance.<\/strong><\/a> Learn about the effects of blockchain-enabled disruption as it pertains to enterprise blockchain adoption and the growth of token marketplaces.<\/p>\n<p>At SXSW 2018, we explored blockchain technology&#8217;s potential to impact global economic systems during <strong>two full days of programming<\/strong> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\/conference\/startups-and-tech-sectors\/\">Startup &amp; Tech Sectors Track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this session, <strong>Emma Channing, Nick Chirls, Dan Kahan and Paul Veradittakit<\/strong> answer questions about the economic and legal consequences of blockchain technology ranging from <em>&#8220;what about blockchain has attracted the attention of financial institutions?&#8221;<\/em> to <em>&#8220;what does the democratization of the market mean for Venture Capitalists?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nick Chirls, Founder and Partner at Notation Capital, begins the conversation by defining blockchain as &#8220;&#8230;a new kind of database where a distributed group of people can verify transactions and data in a way that doesn\u2019t require a centralized third party and doesn\u2019t require them to trust one another. This data sits on the blockchain and lives on there publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the latest developments in blockchain from a legal and Venture Capitalist perspective and understand how the classification of two tokens changes everything in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above for the full <strong>Featured Session<\/strong> at the 2018 SXSW Conference. Browse more 2018 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&amp;A\u2019s on our <a href=\"\/video\">YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sxswfestival\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sxsw\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sxsw\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/news\">SXSW News<\/a> for the latest SXSW coverage and 2019 updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZwVTihxUQdQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\">Watch Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\/interactive\/2018\/blockchain-and-the-decentralization-of-finance-featured-session-at-sxsw-2018\/\">Blockchain &#038; the Decentralization of Finance Featured Session at SXSW 2018 [Video]<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\">SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take your understanding of cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and tokens to the next level in the advanced SXSW 2018 panel, Blockchain and the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-U3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}