Blockchain Summit with Draper Nexus, Gaiax & Blockchain University http://gaiax-blockchain.com/events/421

1. WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN
TECHNOLOGY & ECOSYSTEM
BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT JAPAN - DECEMBER 2015 #BLOCKSUMMITJP
ROBERT SCHWENTKER
PRESIDENT, BLOCKCHAIN UNIVERSITY
GAIAX-BLOCKCHAIN.COM/EVENTS/421

2. AGENDA
 What is blockchain
technology?
 SiliconValley blockchain
ecosystem overview
 Why blockchain?
Value of tech to enterprise
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3. PERSPECTIVE
 Developer, startup & incubator
relations across PayPal,AmEx,
Citigroup
 30 IBM Certifications as
developer, administrator &
instructor
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Emerging
technology
Building &
bridging
communities
Innovative
engagement
Co-founder & President,
Blockchain University

4. EDUCATION & EVENTS FOR STARTUPS AND THE
GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN ECOSYSTEM
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Educate
&
Certify
• Entrepreneurs
• Intrepreneurs
• Developers
• Corporations
Connect
• Conference &
hackathon events
• Ideation
• Incubation &
placement
Inform
• Cutting edge
developments
• Robust intellectual
capital

5. 5
BLOCKCHAIN UNIVERSITYTAKES OFF!
Crytoeconomicon
Blockchainglobalhacking
2015:Cohortsinsession
BlockchainUniversityinvadesIndia!
2014:Launch
• Infosys/
Finacle,
Bangalore &
Mysore:
delivered
several courses
+ two
day corp
Hackathon
• Produced 13
blockchain
projects
• Bombay
Stock
Exchange:
designed and
delivered
training &
hackathon
• Ideation and
development of
innovative
blockchain
solutions in
payments,
finance,
enterprise IT,
media etc.
• Engaged
hundreds of
developer and
business
enthusiasts
across globe
to develop
blockchain
solutions via
global
partnership (San
Francisco, India,
Argentina)
• Produced by
CCRG, Koinify
& Blockchain
University
• 3-day, invite
only, 40
sessions, 120+
attendance
(startups,
researchers,
enterprises, VC)
• Students pile
into BCU
cohorts
• Comprised of
seasoned
engineers, serial
entrepreneurs
from 500
Startups, Y
Combinator,
professionals
from law,
finance &
journalism
• Launch event
with key SV*
blockchain
startups
• Dynamic panel
discussion w/
SV* block-
chain heavy
weights (Adam
Ludwin, Tim
Swanson, Atif
Nazir)
block.io
200+
students
successfully
graduated,
& counting
*aka Silicon Valley
Deepeningroots
• MSFTReactor
, Microsoft’s
brand new
space in San
Francisco
launches
and hosts
Blockchain
University for
accelerated
blockchain
education and
hackathon-ing!
• OrangeSV
(division of
world’s largest
telecom
operator)
partners with
Blockchain
University to
showcase 12
demo projects
from our
alumni,
professors and
partners
Garners
Infosys
CEO high
praise!

6. GLIMPSE INTO IDEATION AND SOLUTIONS SPINNING
OUT OF BLOCKCHAIN UNIVERSITY
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BitReceipt:
Payment
verification and
receipt service
Hashloyalty
Service that allows
businesses to offer
rewards/
promotions in
bitcoin
Fractional
investment for the
masses: e.g 100
people to buy 1
share of Berkshire
at $100 each
Crypto corp:
reinvent modern
corporate
infrastructure by
moving all
equity/legal docs
to blockchain
Open wireless
router with SPV
based
micropayment
channel
Blockchain
University
produced
over 60
blockchain
experiments!

7. EDUCATING PEOPLE & BUSINESSES,
“ONE BLOCK AT A TIME!”
Over 150
videos!
Approximately
20,000 views!
Over 300
developers &
other
professionals
graduated!
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8. INFOSYS CASE STUDY
BENGALARU & MYSORE, INDIA
 Client challenge:
to understand how blockchain technology
will impact their clients, and how they can
develop competitive solutions to help them
 Blockchain University Approach:
On-site one week immersive course; in
conjunction with 72-hour
innovation/hackathon lab for lecture
application and guided idea & prototype
creation
 Client Business Impact:
Engaged in ongoing education with us to
remain well-versed in real-time tech
developments affecting their clients, and is
exploring other ways to create solutions for
them; business produced 13 blockchain
projects in-house
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9. PROVIDING IN-DEPTH EXPLORATIONS OF
BLOCKCHAIN LEDGER TECHNOLOGIES
Technology
training
program
Ideation &
prototyping
• Blockchain landscape
& ecosystem
• Blockchain
technologies &
cryptography
• Hash functions
• Asymmetrical
encryption
• ECDSA, security
• Transactions, Blocks
• Proof of work, Mining
• Peer-to-peer protocol,
transaction pools
• Wallets
• Security, identity
• Payment protocol
• Sidechains
• Merge mining
• Scalability
• Forking the
blockchain
• Apps on the
blockchain
• Smart contracts
• Ethereum basics
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PROGRAM CLASS TOPICS
DELIVERABLES

10. BLOCKCHAIN UNIVERSITY
SECRET SAUCE
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Innovative
experiential
curriculum
Industry-
renowned
professorship
Extensive
global
network of
blockchain
peers
We are dedicated to
providing an advanced
learning structure consisting
of comprehensive academic
instruction and solution-
oriented design thinking,
brought to life by hands-on
experiential training.
We take pride in having the
brightest leading blockchain
minds as our instructors, so
our students learn from a
high quality league.
(e.g. Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum
Founder &CEO, Atif Nazir,
Block.io Founder & CEO, Ryan
Smith, Chain CTO, Matthieu Riou,
BlockCypher Founder)
We are focused on
cultivating and building a
multi-disciplinary global
ecosystem to promote the
education and proliferation
of innovative blockchain
technology solutions and
applications across
industries.

11. AGENDA
 What is blockchain
technology?
 SiliconValley blockchain
ecosystem overview
 Why blockchain?
Value of tech to enterprise
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12. WHAT’S A BLOCKCHAIN
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 Protocol for building an immutable
historical record of transactions
 Network of communicating computer
nodes running blockchain software
 Each node validates transactions
 “Blocks” are groups of transactions that
have been computationally verified by
miners
 Multiple independent verifications to avoid
double spend

13. BLOCKCHAIN CHARACTERISTICS & BENEFITS
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Public ledger system
that records &
validates
Transactions
authorized my miners
Removes need for
intermediaries
Distributed
Secure & reliable,
transparent
Immutable, hacking-
resistant
Real-time settlement,
operational cost
savings
Reduced risk
Easier for
law
enforcement
to trace than
cash, gold or
diamonds

14. TYPES OF LEDGERS
• Open
• Consensus through
pseudonymous/
anonymous validation
Unpermissioned
• Closed
• Consensus through
known/ trusted validators
Permissioned
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Gaining
enterprise
popularity

15. DISTRIBUTED LEDGER:
NETWORK THAT RECORDS OWNERSHIP
THRU SHARED REGISTRY
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Source: Santander“Fintech 2.0 Paper”

16. Blythe Masters
Chair of the Board of
Santander Consumer USA
“About as seriously as you
should have taken the
internet in "the early 1990's.”
“How seriously should you
take blockchain technology?”
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17. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM SURVEY:
BLOCKCHAIN 'TIPPING POINT' BY 2023
 Blockchain technology is one of SIX mega-
trends
 Surveyed 800+ information & communications
executives & experts
 "an emerging technology that replaces need for 3rd
party institutions to provide trust for financial,
contract & voting activities"
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18. BLOCKCHAINTECH HAS
MANY APPLICATIONS.
ONE OFTHE FIRST WAS
BITCOIN.
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19. FROM HTTPTO BTC
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20. POWER OF BITCOIN BLOCKCHAIN
13,000 times greater
World's 500
super computers
combined
The Economist
January 2015
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21. EVOLUTION OF INTEREST
2009-2011:
Trading token
used by crypto
traders, gamers,
hackers
2012-2014:
Bitcoin gains
international
attention as
currency in
global markets
2015:
Attention
switches to
blockchain
technology; banks
and institutions
which previously
denied
involvement now
openly
experimenting
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22. AGENDA
 What is blockchain
technology?
 SiliconValley blockchain
ecosystem overview
 Why blockchain?
Value of tech to enterprise
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23. KEY SILICONVALLEY
BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS
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24. BLOCKSTREAM: RAPID & SECURE TRANSFERS WITH
BITCOIN’S FIRST PRODUCTION SIDECHAIN
New LIQUID protocol will allow bitcoin exchanges, payment
processors and traders to reduce the time in which bitcoin-
denominated funds can be transferred between accounts
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25. ABRA: REMITTANCE SERVICE ON BLOCKCHAIN,
ENABLES PEOPLE TO TRANSFER DIGITAL CASH
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Deposit Send Withdraw

26. CHAIN: BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPER PLATFORM THAT
SERVES AN ENTERPRISE MARKET
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Unleashing pre-paid
mobile airtime
Eliminating fraud in
digital gift cards
Increasing efficiency
in capital markets
for example…

27. AGENDA
 What is blockchain
technology?
 SiliconValley blockchain
ecosystem overview
 Why blockchain?
Value of tech to enterprise
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29. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE BLOCKCHAIN TO THE
FUTURE OF BANKING & FINANCE?
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More than half think it will
transform banking

30. ALL THE RIGHT SIGNALS
 A billion dollars in venture capital has flowed to
more than 120 blockchain-related startups, with half
that amount invested in the last 12 months
 Over thirty of the world’s largest banks have joined
a consortium to design and build blockchain solutions
 Nasdaq is piloting a blockchain-powered private
market exchange
 Microsoft has launched cloud-based blockchain-as-
a-service
 Blockchain concepts, prototypes, and investments are
emerging in every major industry
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31. FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS PARTNER STRATEGICALLY
WITH BITCOIN & BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS
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relatively small number of
startups have captured the
large majority of financial
services investments

32. POTENTIAL BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS IN
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Currency
exchange
Supply chain
management
Trade execution
&settlement
Trading platforms
Post-trade
processing
services
Correspondent
banking
Remittance
Peer-to-peer
transfers
Micropayments,
e.g. gaming
Asset registries
Regulatory
reporting, KYC,
AML
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33. BLOCKCHAINS AKA LEDGERS
Distributed ledgers
could save banks
as much as $20
billion annually in
infrastructure costs
by 2022
- - Spanish bank Santander - -
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34. CENTRAL BANKS TO ADOPT BITCOIN TECHNOLOGY?
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Challenge: Bitcoin
pricing is volatile
U.S. Federal
Reserve creates
new blockchain
“Fedcoin”
Fed can create &
destroy ledger
entries
(“Fedcoin”)
Anchored/ Pegged
price of Fedcoin
BENEFITS
Enjoy benefits of
bitcoin:
• Fast
transaction
speeds
• Cheap
transaction
costs
• Ability to
transact
almost
anywhere with
anyone
while maintaining
purchasing power !

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Capital-market
spending on
blockchain R&D could
reach $400m by 2019,
from $30m last year

36. WHAT ‘S NEXT
2016: race to
production
Increased
investment
“co-opetition”
for tech
leadership
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37. QUESTIONS?
schwentker@blockchainU.co
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38. APPENDIX
Blockchain Investment
Landscape
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39. SILICONVALLEY ACTIVITY: BOOSTVC
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Investment in Blockchain
Startups Tops $50 Million
2012
2015

40. OTHER SV ACCELERATORS
INVESTING IN BITCOIN & BLOCKCHAIN
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Developer Day with Ryan X. Charles of Blockchain University and Azusa Kikuchi of Gaiax