Season 2, Episode 6
03/01/2023

Blockchain: More math than magic

Blockchain: More math than magic

What does a peek behind the blockchain curtain reveal? It’s all practical, no magic. The real surprise is its business potential.

Tricia Wang
Tricia Wang
Co-founder, Sudden Compass
Tricia works with Fortune 500 companies and tech startups from Spotify to P&G to Google, making data science more human-centered. Most recently, she co-founded Crypto Research and Design Lab (CRADL) and advocates for Web 3.0 to deliver social impact through crypto and blockchain-enabled technologies.   After-hours fun fact: Dancer in Lak’ech, the world’s first queer and trans Latin dance academy. 
Nikhil Raghuveera
Nikhil Raghuveera
Head of Strategy & Innovation, Celo Foundation
Nikhil is creating a more inclusive and regenerative global financial system, working on development of Celo blockchain, a layer 1 protocol with a mobile-first architecture and rich ecosystem of global partners building Web 3.0 applications. He is a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech and GeoEconomics centers.   After-hours fun fact: Worked with the Equal Justice Initiative. 
Baratunde Thurston

Meet your host

Baratunde Thurston

Host, Writer, Futurist, Great Guy to Hang Out With After Work

Baratunde is back for Season 2 and ready to get real about IT! He is an Emmy-nominated host of the PBS series America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, creator of the podcast, How to Citizen with Baratunde, founding partner of the new media startup Puck, and author of NYT best-seller How to Be Black.

After-hours fun fact: MSNBC said Baratunde gave “one of the greatest TED talks of all time.”

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