Shermin Voshmgir is the director of the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics and the founder of BlockchainHub in Berlin. She is also a regular speaker at conferences and is consulting on the topic of blockchains &#8211; especially in the context of sustainability and social impact of future technologies.In spring 2017 I attended The Gamechanger Festival in Vienna and listened to Shermins talk about Blockchains &amp; Smart Contracts. There I realized how disruptive this technology beyond Bitcoin will be. Shermin states, that it is more than an rapidly evolving technology, it will shift the economy completely and it needs research and application of new governance models. She sees Bitcoin as the beginning of an amazing governance revolution and envisions Tokens and Smart Contracts as the killer application of Blockchains.Shermins book &#8220;Token Economy&#8221; will be published in spring/summer 2019.Our Topics are:Importance of public infrastructure nodesBitcoin, the beginning of a governance revolutionEnergy consumption of Bitcoin Mining (Min. 36:36)Blockchain and SustainabilityDefinition of terms &#8220;Token&#8221; and &#8220;Cryptocurrency&#8221;Facebook-Coin and BlockchainToken Design&#8220;It is very important that universities and institutions run public infrastructure nodes.&#8221; &#8211; Shermin Voshmgir&#8220;Bitcoin was the beginning of an amazing governance revolution.&#8221; &#8211; Shermin Voshmgir&#8220;I think Tokens and Smart Contracts are the killer application of blockchains. Whether that&#8217;s a good or bad thing, I am not sure yet.&#8221; &#8211; Shermin Voshmgir&#8220;Facebook has to start adopting these new technologies otherwise they will be gone.&#8221; &#8211; Shermin VoshmgirSponsors Order here and get 20% off! (time-limited) Support the podcastShare the podcast with friends and family! Subscribe to my newsletterSubscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | YouTube | Pocket Casts | Castbox | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Feed Give a 5 stars recommendation on Apple Podcast Follow me on Twitter | YouTube | LinkedInDonations Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better.Every donor, will be invited to my exclusive Telegram group with personal background stories and updates. Send me a short message with your Telegram ID after donating and I will add you. Donate with PayPal Donate with BTC Donate with Lightning Der Beitrag Shermin Voshmgir about Bitcoin as a Governance Revolution erschien zuerst auf The Anita Posch Show.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

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