Parker McCurley, Co-Founder of Decent Crypto – Creating Active Blockchain Communities in the Midwest
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Parker McCurley and business partner Adam Gall began creating active communities, with the goal of connecting people who were interested in and wanted to learn more about cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies. In the space of a few short months, they have managed to work with local businesses to create and sponsor regular meet-ups of interested people. These meet-ups have forked into two groups, one focused on the technical aspects and the other focused on the social aspects. They are also planning a 1-day Bitcoin and blockchain workshop, which is designed to educate non-tech individuals about these technologies. Parker also talks about what he would like to see in the future, in regard to blockchain technology. He is especially interested in tying the identity of physical goods to the blockchain, which would allow people to verify the origins of items back to their original manufacturer or producer. This has implications for goods ranging from fresh produce with UDSA Organic labels, to vehicles providing details of past ownership on the public ledger, to combating fraud in the fine art world.
For more information, visit www.decentcrypto.com. To register for the workshop, visit http://bit.ly/2iulf2P.
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| 0:00.0 | The Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Blockchain Super Conference is coming to Dallas, Texas, February 16, 17, and 18 in 2018. |
| 0:09.0 | If you know of a better way to get the latest insider knowledge about crypto, to hear directly from the top minds in this field, |
| 0:16.0 | to interact personally with 800 fellow crypto lovers, hodlers, investors, miners, traders, developers |
| 0:22.9 | and founders, then I'd like to hear about it. |
| 0:25.9 | If you don't, then you don't want to miss out. |
| 0:29.0 | Registered today for the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Blockchain Superconference. |
| 0:33.1 | Go to Bitcoin Superconference.com and register today as a super early bird to get the lowest rates on tickets and hotel rooms. |
| 0:41.5 | That's Bitcoin superconference.com. |
| 0:45.5 | Welcome to Almost Here, Round the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:51.8 | Future Technologies are always to transform our lives for better or worse, are the focus of |
| 0:56.3 | this podcast. |
| 0:57.5 | Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used, or just around |
| 1:02.6 | the corner, from Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, |
| 1:09.0 | and more. |
| 1:10.2 | Hi, this is Richard Jacobs with Future Tech Podcast. |
| 1:14.0 | My guest today is Parker McCurley. |
| 1:16.1 | I met Parker, a mutual friend of ours that works for IBM. |
| 1:20.5 | And we were at a meetup and we're talking about IBM in the blockchain space. |
| 1:24.8 | And he mentioned Parker. |
| 1:25.9 | And subsequently, I talked to Parker and Parker |
| 1:28.0 | runs a meetup in Cleveland, Ohio area and he's got a couple of initiatives he's working on |
| 1:34.2 | that we're going to talk about. So Parker, how are you doing? Good, Richard. Good. Thanks for having me. |
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