The Blockchain and Us (2017)

A film by Manuel Stagars For more interviews about the brave new world of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, see Manuel’s podcast: . In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin and the blockchain. For the first time in history, his invention made it possible to send money around the globe without banks, governments or any other intermediaries. The concept of the blockchain isn’t very intuitive. But still, many people believe it is a game changer. Economist and filmmaker Manuel Stagars portrays this exciting technology in interviews with software developers, cryptologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, consultants, VCs, authors, politicians, and futurists from the United States, Canada, Switzerland, the UK, and Australia. The Blockchain and Us is no explainer video of the technology. It gives a view on the topic, makes it accessible and starts a conversation about its potential wider implications in a non-technical way. The film deliberately poses more questions than it answers. For a deep dive, see all full-length interviews from the film here: Credits: Conversations with (in alphabetical order) David Birch Director of Innovation, Consult Hyperion Guildford, UK Perianne Boring Founder & President, Chamber of Digital Commerce Washington, USA Christian Decker Core Tech Engineer, Blockstream Zurich, Switzerland Taylor Gerring Co-Founder, Ethereum Zug, Switzerland Marco Carlo Grossi Director Audit & Risk Advisory, Deloitte Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Caitlin Long Chairman of the Board & President at New York, USA R. Jesse McWaters Financial Innovation Lead, World Economic Forum New York, USA Paul Meeusen Head Finance and Treasury Services, Swiss Re Zurich, Switzerland Dolfi Müller Mayor of the City of Zug Zug, Switzerland Matthew Roszak Co-Founder & Chairman, Bloq Chicago, USA Guido Rudolphi Founder, Cryptocash Uster, Switzerland Jan Seffinga Partner, Deloitte Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Elizabeth Stark Co-Founder & CEO, Lightning San Francisco, USA Alex Tapscott Founder & CEO, Northwest Passage Ventures Co-Author “Blockchain Revolution“ Toronto, Canada Lars Thomsen Chief Futurist & Founder, Future Matters Zurich, Switzerland Eric Van der Kleij Founder Adeptra, London Tech City, Level39. Adviser UK Govt, Kickstart Accelerator London, UK Roger Wattenhofer Professor, Distributed Computing Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland Rik Willard Founder & Managing Director, Agentic Group New York, USA Steve Wilson Digital Identity Innovator & Analyst Sydney, Australia Additional conversations and special thanks (in alphabetical order): Iris Belle, Ben Bledsoe, Thomas Bromehead, Richard Cheng, Dario Duran, Marie Farrar Knowles, Olga Feldmeier, Sony Fricker, Daniel Gasteiger, Daniel Grassinger, Johs. Hoehener, Richard Kastelein, Leanne Kemp, Thomas Kern, Francine Klopfenstein, Veronica Lange, Claire LaRocca, Adriano B. Lucatelli, Christian Mäder, Ruedi Maeder, Luzius Meisser, Michael Monceaux, Martin Müller, Mia Mutic, Ian Petchenik, Nathaniel Popper, Ramon Quesada, Kamesh Raghavendra, Brian Rogers, Jouko Salonen, Vadim Shamigulov, Raffaela Stelzer, Don Tapscott, Elizabeth Wesson Many thanks to all conversation partners and all others who made this film possible Additional thanks (in alphabetical order): Agentic Group, Blockchain News, Blockstream, Bloq, Chamber of Digital Commerce, Constellation Research, Consult Hyperion, Cryptocash, Deloitte Switzerland, Ethereum Foundation, Everledger, Flightradar24, Future Matters, , Lightning, Lockstep Consulting, Municipality of Zug, nexussquared, Northwest Passage Ventures, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Swiss Re, Symbiont, World Economic Forum (WEF), Zurich Airport Recording of live air traffic courtesy of Flightradar24 Chinese subtitles: Richard Cheng Dutch subtitles: Rein Jonkman French translation: Thomas Bromehead Portuguese subtitles: Caio Rearte Russian subtitles: Vadim Shamigulov, Sergey Sevantsyan Spanish subtitles: Jose Felip Daras and team Many thanks to all individuals and teams who contributed additional subtitles and translations. Cinematography, Editing, Music, Narration & Sound Design by Manuel Stagars © 2017 Manuel Stagars The goal of this film is to encourage the conversation about the economic and social impacts of blockchain technology. Participate in the comments and subscribe to the channel to stay in the loop. To enable more films like this one, feel free to support my projects at Listen to the song in the end credits: