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Blockchain’s Kodak Moment
In This Episode:
- Kodak mentions cryptocurrency- and its stock doubles
- The digital rights management initiative at the heart of Kodak’s announcement
- How Kodak’s identity concept dovetails with CU Ledger’s mission
- CU Ledger recruits a high profile industry leader
- John’s perspectives on Kodak’s early experience with digital cameras
- Bitcoin’s continued wild ride, even since BIG’s year-end predictions
- A Hackernoon article claims that no worthwhile use cases have been found for the blockchain
Links related to this week’s podcast:
Our prior podcast mentioning market reaction to Kodak’s move:http://bigcu.libsyn.com/webpage/start-with-reputation-add-technology-stir-gently
Bloomberg’s coverage of Kodak’s blockchain announcement: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-12/kodak-ceo-plans-to-seize-blockchain-moment-and-win-over-skeptics
The latest Kodak stock quote (since it’s certainly changed since this recording): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/kodk/stock-chart
Hackernoon’s skeptical blockchain article: https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100
Deluxe Exchange, Feb 5-7 in Boca Raton, FL, where Glen will be speaking: https://exchange.deluxe.com/