Ep. 676 Beyond Bitcoin: How the Blockchain is Bringing a New Era of Data

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, News, Business News, Tech News, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Crypto 101 podcast, Brendan and Phil Mataras discuss the booming crypto market and the innovative solutions offered by RIO Network, focusing on permanent data storage. Phil shares his journey into the blockchain space, the mission of RIO, and the importance of decentralized storage solutions. They explore the risks associated with centralized infrastructure, the regulatory landscape, and the role of RIO in supporting AI development. The conversation emphasizes the need for sustainable and resilient data storage solutions in the evolving digital landscape.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Crypto Market and RIO

02:52 Phil Mataras: Background and Journey into Blockchain

05:50 The Mission of RIO: Permanent Data Storage

08:44 Comparing Pricing and Security: RIO vs. Centralized Cloud Storage

11:39 The Risks of Centralized Infrastructure and Data Loss

14:39 Regulatory Landscape for Permanent Storage Solutions

17:49 The Role of RIO in AI and Future Use Cases

20:49 The Future of Permanent Data Storage and Its Sustainability

23:49 Final Thoughts on Blockchain and Data Permanence

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0:00.0	All right, everyone, welcome back to the Crypto 101 podcast.
0:13.7	We're excited to have everyone back here.
0:15.4	And man, we have another killer episode in the heat of this fantastic market cycle that we're in. If you can't tell,
0:22.5	I got a little bit of extra pep in my step today. But how can you not when the market is
0:27.4	performing the way that it is right now? We're not just talking about prices. We're talking about
0:32.5	overall adoption and really any kind of performance metric that you can look at. Crypto market is just
0:39.2	absolutely booming. So we're hyped up. And of course, we're going to have another awesome
0:43.6	interview. We got Phil Mataris. He's the founder of RIO with us here today. Phil, welcome,
0:50.1	and it's good to have you. Yeah, it's great to be here, Brendan. I'm going forward to chat with you guys.
0:54.3	Absolutely. Well, man, today we get to talk about permanent cloud networks and solutions along
1:00.6	those lines. It's a really fascinating title. We've had a lot of people on lately and they want to
1:05.8	talk about the ETS and they want to talk about tokenization and stable coins. And so this is a nice mix up from that
1:11.9	where we get back to the core of how blockchain is being used in different ways. So we're really
1:17.0	excited for it. Before we even kick this off, can you just walk us through a little bit about
1:23.1	yourself and what got you interested and involved in this space in the first place?
1:28.2	Yeah, happy to.
1:29.8	So, you know, my background has always been in computers and in IT specifically.
1:35.4	You know, I was an enterprise architect for a big four, you know, audit, an accounting firm,
1:41.5	you know, doing all kinds of things in the cloud on premises,
1:49.4	building all kinds of, you know, off-the-shelf systems or custom, did a lot of stuff with Microsoft. And yeah, I had kind of discovered Ethereum and Bitcoin, maybe in 2017,
1:56.6	I saw that there was this Ethereum Microsoft Alliance or Foundation or something. I was like, oh, that's pretty interesting. And because, you know, I was dealing with a lot of infrastructure was kind of, you know, one of my focus areas. I was like, hey, maybe I should take part in this, you know, world computer and get my hands on it. And, you know, so in mind Ethereum for a while, I went down that, that rabbit hole. You know,
2:19.6	I started on the utility side. Of course, like you said before, on the financial aspects, you know,
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