Blockchain Episodes

Part 3. Professor Potts and Ross MacDowell explain the difference between a stable coins and crypto currency. Why every Australian will be using crypto currencies alongside our current government currency sooner than they think - or potentially already are without even realising it! Crypto causes transaction fees to plummet and payment transfer times to become instantaneous with total privacy. These advantages deprive banks, large institutions and governments of revenue, so there are many vested...

In Part 2 Prof. Jason Potts and Ross MacDowell talk about mining cryptocurrency and how the mining process creates security for the currency giving it value through scarcity. As Bitcoins are finite, when will the last Bitcoin be mined? Will cryptocurrencies eventually replace government 'fiat' currency or do we need both to have positive effects on economies, currency exchange rates and government policies that affect our daily lives.

A 'cheat note' guide to Blockchain in 58 seconds by Ross MacDowell Great for business meetings, dinner parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through.

In this 3 part series, Australia's leading expert on blockchain and crypto currency, Distinguished Professor Jason Potts, Co Director of RMITs Innovation Hub, together with Ross MacDowell demystify blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In Part 1 we discuss our natural human hesitancy and negativity towards new 'tech' concepts we don't understand, comparing our eventual acceptance of blockchain/crypto to when the internet was introduced. In simple language we explore what is blockchain, why we need it...