Presentation for the Blockchain Association of New Zealand by RUSH Digital (24th Jan 2018)

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A SHIFT IN THINKING SINCE 2010

3. What’s a blockchain?
It offers a way for people who do not know or trust
each other to create a record of who owns what that will
compel the assent of everyone concerned. It is a way of
making and preserving truths.
- The Economist

4. Why can the blockchain exist?

5. THE INTERNET
(NOT THE BAND)

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READILY AVAILABLE COMPUTE
POWER

7. ANGST

8. How and why does it work?

9. What are the grounding
technologies of Blockchain
(and Bitcoin)?
The platform and human factors are one
thing, but the fundamental technology is
just as interesting
Public key cryptography
& lots of other math
Peer-to-peer networking
Not just for ripping off movies!
Open source software
The protocol (e.g. Bitcoin, Eth) is
where the magic happens

10. Protocol and algorithms that are hard
if not impossible to break or cheat.
Probabilistically immutable.
Decentralised and widespread.
Replicated database
that is probabilistically
integrious

13. So who’s using blockchain?
Where are we at?
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15. Naturally inclined to innovate the
financial sector, logistics, ownership
based businesses.
Blockchain is a fundamental
technology layer on-top of
the internet that allows for
transparency, trust and
democratisation

16. Example Use-case:
Selling a car that has debt secured
against it
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19. Ok, obvious examples, but is it
REALLY going to be a thing?
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20. The old system has failed them, they are
open to adoption.
It works better with scale.
It saves costs.
It transcends borders and has the power
to refute corruption.
There are billions of
people, for whom the
comforts of our society
do not exist

21. “THIS LACK OF RECOGNIZED IDENTIFICATION DEPRIVES THEM OF
PROTECTION, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AND BASIC RIGHTS. ID2020 IS A
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DEDICATED TO SOLVING THE CHALLENGES
OF IDENTITY FOR THESE PEOPLE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.”

22. Smart contracts and automation will
reduce human resource demands while
increasing speed.
Applications for the technology today.
Changing the funding model of startups
(ICO), Example: AdBank
Ethereum and similar
smart-contract based
Crypto-Blockchain
technologies are the
future

24. THANK YOU
FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY
@danuabey on instagram and twitter
@rushdigital on twitter
@rushdigitalnz on instagram
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