Since its inception, blockchain has promised to make trusted third parties redundant. In practice, though, whether blockchain is actually decentralized depends on what is governed and how this governance is enacted. As more businesses explore blockchain this distinction becomes increasingly important. There are many expected benefits from decentralization and those benefits may elude us if decentralization fails in practice.
Pros and cons and best examples to be discussed with a panel of experts and startup founders hands on experience in the blockchain space.
Program
- 6:00 Drinks and networking
- 6:45 Welcome
- 7:05 Decentralization in finance : a historical perspective & latest trends – A.Ryvkin
- 7:25 Talks
- 8:10 Panel discussion “Blockchain: is it really decentralized? “
- 9:00 Drinks & nibbles – Networking
Speakers
Alex is a London-based FinTech entrepreneur and investor. Prior to launching his first venture, he spent 15 years building a successful career in industry and finance, advising some of the largest private financial institutions in the UK, Russia and the Middle East on their investment strategy. Since coming back to London in 2017 he has co-founded two FinTech startups: AssetBar, an innovative WealthTech platform enabling private bankers to invest in peer-to-peer loans and tokenised assets, and Mode, a crypto-backed lender and wallet. He has recently launched árda.works (https://ardaworks.com), a consultancy focusing on technology solutions in Finance and Blockchain industries. árda.works builds finance and blockchain products for its clients. Recently launched árda MVP Lab is the firm’s fixed cost and guaranteed delivery offering, enabling startups, SMEs and corporates to optimise their proof-of-concept stage risks.
About Trustless Ecosystems 2030 Meetups
Events are designed to facilitate knoweldge sharing in the blockchain spare and foster the adoption of blockchain-based systems within the real world.
The format turns around panel discussions focused on specific topics. Panelists from the start up ecosystem and from relevant industries are invited to share their knowledge and direct experiences in a combination of friendly panel discussions and short talks, the audience is a mix of techies/blockchain entrepreneurs/experts/learners.
Sponsorship
The event is sponsored by TIIQU and kindly hosted by INSEEC -UNIVERSITY LONDON .
Photos and filming
During the event we will be taking photos and videos, please inform the organizer before the event if you do not want to appear in pictures.
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