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Hi, everyone. Welcome to the A6 and Z podcast.

I'm Sonal.

And today, Michael and I are interviewing William Mugayar, who just has a new book out,

the business blockchain about the promise, practice, and application of the next internet

technology.

And we thought it'd be great to have William on the podcast because, you know, besides

being a writer and investor and various Bitcoin and blockchain-related startups, him writing this book, it's actually one of

the, probably one of the first books in the space that focuses on the business applications,

which we think is great. Welcome, William. Thank you. Happy to be here with you. Why don't we

start off, you know, we hear a lot about

the blockchain and what it's been used for. And there's been lots of discussion about, is it fast enough?

Are the blocks big enough? Describe it in the way that you find people understand it best.

Sure, sure. I mean, there's so many ways to describe the blockchain. And that's what makes it

interesting, but it makes it interesting,

but it makes it challenging as well.

It's like the Internet.

If you were to ask anybody what their definition is of the Internet, you probably get a different

answer from every person that you ask that question, because one person will see it as a publishing

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