₿🗣️ Why Your Blockchain Needs No Token (But Maybe Some AI)
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Let's discuss the wider "blockchain" ecosystem this time, and the possible practical use-cases it may have inspired, hopefully without falling into the trap of bad practices and anti-patterns, like putting a token into the focus of attention.
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Speakers and talks tonight:
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Viktor Diordiiev previously worked at Allianz SE headquarters in Munich, holds two bachelor and two master degrees from the Netherlands, Germany and Ukraine, will soon obtain PhD in Business Economics and Management. Head of Operations and Business Development at Shelf.Network.
«How to run a real-world blockchain startup and not do an ICO or Why your blockchain needs no token»
Let’s talk about how to develop a real-world blockchain-based product and sell it without mentioning the b-word.
Shelf.Network is a distributed back-end infrastructure for e-commerce. It connects online marketplaces P2P and enables a seller to list, track and synchronously trade the same asset across all platforms. Asset types include cars, property, collectibles, commodities, etc. Its technology runs on a fork of Stellar without the token. Shelf.Network is the winner of some top blockchain awards, incl. Frontier Innovation Awards in SF with $500k funding, and Blockshow Europe in Berlin with €50k prize.
- https://www.shelf.network/
- http://beepartners.vc/press-release-shelf-auctioning-network-wins-frontier-innovation-awards
- https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockshow-in-berlin-sets-new-record-with-largest-turnout-yet
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Dr. Maxim Orlovsky is cross-disciplinary artificial intelligence and neuroscience (MD, PhD) researcher. Creator of BICA Labs (which performs research on new cognitive architectures) and expert in complexity science, multi-agent systems, cognitive architectures. He was also a co-founder of Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine in 2014. Dr Orlovsky holds a PhD in neuroscience and MD degrees. The results of Dr. Orlovsky’s scientific work were marked by international and national awards, such as the National prize in science and technologies (Ukraine), number of International Scientific Soros Foundation prizes, Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting committee and many others.
The rise of blockchain technologies has given a promise of massive decentralisation, that may solve problems of fragile central parts, transparency, middle-men, conflicts of interests in many industries. At the same time, the global community has become aware of many economic, social and futuristic problems that can appear due to dramatic progress in Artificial Intelligence development over the recent years. Can blockchain solve at least some of these problems, or make them worse? How two of these technologies can be synergic and what challenges have to be solved on the route for building decentralised AI applications? A decentralised network with resistance to censorship is essential, if we are ever to see a general AI evolving to near- or post-human intelligence.
The PandoraBoxchain is a Decentralised Protocol & Network for AI (privately funded, no ICO). Its first iteration is being built as a Bitcoin sidechain.
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Rough plan:
18³⁰ Doors
18⁴⁵ Talks (with short breaks)
20¹⁵ Discussion round
21⁰⁰ Socializing, open end
Fingerfood and beverages will be provided for!
Many thanks to the Social Impact Lab Munich for hosting us this time! https://muenchen.socialimpactlab.eu/
Also thanks to the gold-for-bitcoin exchange Vaultoro for additional sponsorship!
https://www.vaultoro.com/
(Our meetup group is organized by independent enthusiasts and not affiliated with venues, sponsors, or presenters of this or past events. Viewpoints expressed by our speakers do not necessarily represent our own. In particular, our program is not to be understood as investment advice.)
Subject to changes/additions.
(Illustration from shelf.network )