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Colu is an Israel-based startup aimed at digitizing the ownership of all things through the blockchain. Mark Smargon, co-founder of Colu explains that they are looking to give users the ability to exchange digital cash directly to support local businesses and encourages sustainable and equitable economic growth. Additionally when users shop local with the app, they get additional discounts and locals only offers. Don’t forget to Subscribe, Share, and Review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Xabian tech specializes in designing and 3D manufacturing prosthetic lower limbs and sockets. Xabian works by analyzing a 3D scan of the residual limb, and then designing the best fitting prostheses for that amputee. Traditionally it is an enormously challenging problem, but Xabian’s 3D scanning and printing of a matching socket to an amputee's residual limb makes the process simple, faster, and more customized. Ben Hayward, CEO of Xabian Tech talks about prosthetic limbs’ attachment and the designing complications as well as about the psychological challenges of wearing a prosthetic. Treating people remotely and developing low powered bionic legs are something that they have planned for the future. This is the first step in a long journey ahead in the field of biotech and something you don’t want to miss. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

AlphaPoint, a leading tech firm that powers digital asset exchanges & also provides organizations comprehensive solutions to digitize, trade, and manage assets with blockchain technology. Igor Telyatnikov, the President & the COO of Alpha Point explains AlphaPoint’s secure, scalable, and fully customizable platform can process nearly 1 million transactions per second, enabling customers to digitize, securitize, and trade assets quickly and with greater liquidity. He also explained why it is expensive and slow to convert assets into digital assets currently. AlphaPoint powers numerous of the largest Bitcoin exchanges worldwide and this is a fascinating interview. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Nick Gogerty is the creative force behind Solar Coin - a blockchain-based token that rewards producers of solar electricity. Producers (even individuals living in their home) send their solar power generation data to Solar Coin, which rewards them for each Megawatt-hour produced. The rewards can further be traded into bitcoin and or fiat currency. Health coin is another reward coin that is based on users sending various anonymous health data showing that they are exercising, eating properly, and working to counter diabetes and or pre-diabetes. Although unusual, both of these alt coins combine self reporting of data and a virtuous feedback system that socially-engineers people into "good behavior" by rewarding them with alt coins that may be redeemed for cash or traded for other cryptocurrencies. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Planetary Resources, aims towards recovering and using material found in space from asteroids and comets to be utilized by astronauts, as well as people living on Earth. Chris Lewicki, CEO Planetary Resources, talks about space mining and how minerals and other natural resources could be mined on asteroids, from comets, and perhaps other heavenly bodies. Chris explains how mining is performed by docking with an asteroid (you can't land on them because they don't have enough gravity, typically). The question of: "Who owns what’s mined in space and why haven’t we mined the moon yet?" is also discussed. Has truly 'alien material' been found that has never been seen on earth? Chris explains the ways in which technology is helping the space exploration and the future of space mining. If you love future technology and don't love this podcast, I'd be shocked. LISTEN TO IT! Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Digital Catapult works across a range of technology layers helping SMEs grow and scale faster as well as helping larger corporations roll out digital products and services. From artificial intelligence to virtual or augmented reality, Blockchain based applications, smart contracts and networks, they are working on the most recent discoveries in the Fintech world to help grow the UK digital economy. Sam Davies, a Lead Technologist at Digital Catapult, is researching the use of blockchain & smart contract technology to integrated with the internet of things (IoT) and provide services. He touched upon the idea for developers to create a game using smart contracts and other up and coming ideas. Even if you don't live in the UK or have an interest in the UK, companies that assist and incubate Fintech and other technologies may exist in your country or locale - it's worth a listen. Subscribe, Share and Review. Show us your support by Donating Bitcoins (using our key on future tech podcast dot com) to keep t

Bitwala is a one stop shop for bitcoin services and online payment solutions. Launched in mid 2015, Bitwala is paving way the way for bringing bitcoin payments into the real world. CEO and co-founder of Bitcoins Berlin and Bitwala, Jorg von Minckwitz, tells us how this innovative platform transforms the way users do financing on a global level.

Coins.ph is a popular crypto company and bitcoin platform beginning operations in Southeast Asia, a need-based market where very few individuals use banks. It allows users to easily purchase and sell bitcoin through bank deposits, bank wiring, ATM deposits, 7-Eleven convenience stores and pawnshop outlets. Transactions can be carried out through bank accounts, e-mail addresses, text messages and even Facebook profiles! Join Justin Leow, Head of Business Operations at Coins.ph, as he walks us through this innovative approach to sending and receiving money through using secure and safe Blockchain technology for all transactions.

Marco Santori, partner attorney at Cooley LLP, discusses legal questions faced by Fintech companies (including bitcoin, cryptocurrency and other blockchain-based companies). Marco Santori leads the FinTech team at Cooley LLP, an international law firm. Marco talks about the regulatory side of these new technologies, government regulations and how these regulations in US are different than other countries. He talks about the friendly and unfriendly regulations of various countries towards cryptocurrency and how the cryptocurrencies will affect their respective economies. Marco also discusses app coins vs. cryptocurrencies, AML, KYC, issues related to ICOs (initial coin offerings) and more. This interview is a MUST LISTEN for any founder or company working in the fintech, bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency or app coin space. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Hu:toma provides free access to their proprietary platform offering tools to create & share conversational AIs that can be used to take the place of humans responding to live chat on a client's website and social media. Maurizio Cibelli, CEO of Hu:toma says that they help companies reduce recruitment costs by using artificially intelligent programs that act & behave like humans but they are considerably less expensive and infinitely scalable (i.e. they never get tired and need zero salary) Hu:toma can take your chat logs & builds a custom AI that can have meaningful dialogues with the end users. Hu:toma AIs can assemble answers on the fly by learning from previous conversations instead of just relying on pre-packaged answers. AI is evolving and it does not rely on scripted learning anymore. Learn more about this fascinating technology by listening to the interview with Maurizio Cibelli, CEO of Hu:toma. Don’t forget to Subscribe, Share and Review. Show us your support by Donating Bitcoins (usin

Bigchain DB allows users access to a huge distributed database, with blockchain attributes, like decentralized control, immutability and the transfer of digital assets. With high throughput, low latency, a full-featured NoSQL query language, this is a scalable solution to current blockchain limitations. Trent McConaghy, CTO at Bigchain DB, discusses the pros and cons of various database structures, including blockchain implementations. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Edan Yago, CEO, epiphyte.com talks about how Epiphyte is one of the handful of companies in the world that provides international transaction settlement using blockchain technology, not correspondence banking. Using Epiphyte's platform, you can start transferring money straight away without the need to have a bitcoin wallet or buy bitcoin itself. Using lightning network for fast transactions (1000 per second), Epiphyte is able to scale when needed and provide faster, seamless transfers of money worldwide. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

1QBit provides software developers and researchers with the tools and expertise necessary to access and make use of quantum systems & technologies. Arman Zaribafiyan, representing 1Qbit.com, outlines the future of computing and talks about quantum computing, quantum physics and quantum mechanics that will shape and define the future of computing. Quantum technology is evolving and is on the road to becoming mainstream. Arman talks about the possible uses of this new format of computing, while also showcasing some case scenarios where this might not be as effective. Talking about the chip used, he mentions various methods to produce these chips, and on how to maintain them to ensure maximum productivity. The versatile set of applications of quantum computing provides for a rather interesting outlook and something to look forward to. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Unocoin.com is a growing bitcoin exchange in India ( a country recently in the news because of the demonetization of its 500 and 1000 rupee notes. With over 125,000 users and a population of 1.3 billion that is hungry for bitcoin, unocoin is growing rapidly. Sunny Ray, President and Co-founder of Unocoin.com, talks about his bitcoin experience in the largest IP market in the world; India. Unocoin is expanding its mission to include allowing users to purchase books using bitcoin online and bringing other products and services into the bitcoin ecosystem in India. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Morpheus Titania, a former window shield repair guy and consummate salesman, now lives exclusively using bitcoin, and on rare occasion, cash. I didn't think this was possible, and most folks are surprised to hear it can be done, but Morpheus is doing it and living well. His amazing rant on how he operates with no overhead, no employees, etc is worth a listen, as is this whole podcast. Instead of yet another interview with a Bitcoin or Blockchain related company, Morpheus the individual is a local bitcoins trader that seems to be single handedly helping the adoption and acceptance of bitcoin. The ghost of Satoshi Nakamoto and all bitcoin users owe Morpheus a debt of gratitude for his service to the cryptocurrency. Like, Subscribe and Review this podcast. Please donate bitcoin to Future Tech Podcast to keep our roster of upcoming guests filled.

Bailey Reutzel, a journalist/freelancer, talks about various controversial topics of the bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain universe. Even though, ironically, what was once a distributed, equitable and 'fight-the-man' libertarian-inspired concept (bitcoin and cryptocurrency) has now become a hotbed of politics, censorship, and infighting online. Regardless, Bailey Reutzel, being a journalist, goes in deep to find the answers to questions and debates few want to talk about. From the bitcoin block size debate to finding the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, she shares her thoughts and opinions regarding the political side of the Crypto World. Having traveled 48 states in search of answers to how people feel about cryptocurrency, blockchain and bitcoin itself, Bailey has a unique perspective on what people think and know (often nothing) about these technolgies. Don’t forget to Subscribe, Share and Review. Show us your support by Donating Bitcoins (using our key on future tech podcast dot com) to keep the sh

Distributed ID is developing a solution for the confirmation, notarization, and validation of your digital identity, using the security of blockchain. Duncan Brown, CEO and Merrick Reed CTO of Distributed ID talk about the importance of online identification and explain how this is going to help individuals confirm their identity without revealing personal info, when confronted with AML and KYC compliance from banks or other institutions. Surprisingly, people can be uniquely identified by non conventional means, such as how they use their smartphone (which apps they tend to open, which parts of the screen they touch more than others, how they text, etc). In an age where anonymity and privacy is becoming more and more scare, and the need to control your identity and your private information is becoming critical, Distributed ID aims to securely and quickly identify people and put their identity and personal data back where it belongs - under the user's control. Listen, Subscribe and Review this Podcast. Don

Ever wondered what Augmented Reality really is and how and why it has been integrated into our current expectations of interactive experiences? Wonder no more as we talk to the creator of Appearition, Vivek Aiyer. Appearition combines groundbreaking augmented reality and virtual reality software with physical objects and surroundings in integrated and customizable solutions. They create innovative ways for consumers to interact with their world by augmenting their on-screen experience with sound, video and 3D graphics. Listen to this exciting interview to understand the art & science behind Augmented Reality. Don't forget to subscribe, share, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technologies do not live in a separate world where regulations and laws do not apply. These technologies are rapidly converging with complex regulations from different countries, including AML / KYC, local taxing authorities such as the IRS in the United States, the SEC, FinCen and more. A new breed of attorney is learning and developing expertise in Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. If you're thinking of starting and operating a related business and you want to know what laws may apply to you (ex: being considered a money transmitter), then this podcast is critical to listen to. Even if you buy and sell bitcoin locally, you may fall under state and or federal laws regarding money transmission. Listen, Subscribe, Review this podcast. Donate bitcoin to keep us going using our public key on future tech podcast dot com