Episode 13 featuring Stefano Virgilli

In our thirteenth episode – Stefano Virgilli & I, Partha Srinivasan talk about use cases of Blockchain.

Stefano Virgilli is an Italian entrepreneur who ventured in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia, leading and/or participating close to 30 businesses and startups. Stefano is trained in design and communication, holding over 80 certifications in software for photo editing, video production, web design, publishing and e-learning. He wrote a design book titled “The Promise of Empty Spaces” and children’s book called “Liger and Tigon”. Stefano is also a songwriter and an avid traveller, having visited close to 60 countries. He is currently based in Singapore and operating as CEO of Pocket Money, a startup aiming to empower differently banked communities in emerging markets.

In this episode:
1.32    Stefano Virgilli Intro
4.35    What are the perceptions/ value of Blockchain?
17:50  What is the process of building a solution like? What are the barriers?
25:42  ICOs/cryptocurrency – Where did that come about and where does it stand now?
28:55  Digital payments & evolution of that space
33:50  Companies today are doubling down on Blockchain- what value they are seeing in this? What are we missing?
[SV: Clarifies- centralized, decentralized and distributed are the three options]
38:40  Security standpoint- the biggest selling point with Blockchain. Is that really true?
43:52  Episode Ends

You can find Stefano Virgilli on, 
Website-  www.virgilli.com
Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanovirgilli/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/stefanovirgilli

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