Bitcoin As Protocol: Exploring Alternative Uses for The Blockchain

Slides for a workshop I led at NYU's Bitcoin Hackathon.

Transcript

1. Bitcoin as Protocol Exploring Alternative Uses for the Blockchain
2. Joel Monegro • Economics & Software • Entrepreneur (Payments, eCommerce, Social) • Digital Economy Department @ D.R. Government • Investment Team @ Union Square Ventures
3. Bitcoin as Currency
4. Bitcoin as Protocol
5. The Blockchain
6. “Money Makes the World Go Around”
7. Bitcoin Makes The Blockchain Go Around
8. Bitcoin Makes The Internet Go Around
9. Bitcoin Makes The World Go Around
10. “The Economic Layer for the Web” – Melanie Swan, IEET
11. Money at the speed of the Internet
12. We now have programmable financial incentives weaved into the fabric of the web.
13. Native Blockchain Applications
14. What are native Blockchain applications?
15. What are native Internet applications?
16. Twitter
17. Facebook
18. Tumblr
19. These are all applications that could not exist without the Internet.
20. What are native Mobile applications?
21. Foursquare
22. Whatsapp
23. Snapchat
24. These are applications that could not exist without smartphones.
25. What are native Blockchain applications?
26. Applications that could not exist without the Blockchain.
27. Bitcoin Decentralized Money
28. Openname Decentralized Identity and Authentication Protocol
29. Lazooz Decentralized Transportation Protocol
30. OpenBazaar Decentralized Marketplace Protocol
31. What other applications can we build?
32. What other protocols can we build?
33. I don’t know!
34. Thankfully that’s your job, not mine :)
35. But here are some principles that may help you come up with some great ideas…
36. Remove the Middleman 1
37. Reduce Transaction Costs 2
38. Programmable Financial Incentives 3
39. Permanent State 4
40. The Blockchain as a Competitive Advantage 5
41. It’s still the very early days. It’s a very exciting time to be a Computer Science student.
42. Thanks! @jmonegro | joel@usv.com