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In this episode of Talking Crypto, @gabrielhaines interviewed Andras Kristof, CEO/founder of @ether_cards and @MarkHahnel, Chief Scientist of @genomesio. We'll find out what Ether Cards is about and also learn more about the collaboration with Genomes.io.

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio Andras Kristof

🔹 Started with blockchains around 2013 when $ETH did not exist and $BTC was $10
🔹 Build the first $BTC ATM in Asia in 2014
🔹 Built a system where anyone can build and issue their own tokens by forking @Ripple
🔹 But $ETH came out and they switched over there

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple Mark Hahnel

🔹 Academic background - PhD in stem cell biology and genomics
🔹 Pulled into the tech and data world after that
🔹 Knew Andras when Genomes.io were with @ConsenSys
🔹 Going to collaborate with Ether Cards and use their platform

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys How did Andras get started on $BTC?

🔹 Worked in a startup in 2011 and the sysadmin told him to use the server to mine $BTC at night
🔹 Andras told him not to bother. $BTC was at 10 cts
🔹 Sysadmin retired 5 yrs ago
🔹 Rediscovered BTC in the year it went from $10 to $1000

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys Why did Andras do a fork on Ripple?

🔹 Ripple has the right idea but needed to be modified
🔹 Removed $XRP to prevent pump and dump, included ring signatures from $monero to make it private
🔹 Worked well, could issue ERC-20 tokens but no smart contracts

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys 🔹 The use cases are payment systems and loyalty points
🔹 When $ETH came out, they switched over to it
🔹 Ethereum was fundamentally better than what they had built

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys Ether Cards

🔹 Wanted to connect physical objects with NFT meaningfully
🔹 But 3 yrs ago, nobody cared about NFTs
🔹 Found out that trad VC are more interested in financial projects
🔹 Their system can provide funding and monetisation mechanism for hard-to-fund cases

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys Ether Cards - Roman by Adam Marton
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@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys 🔹 They collaborated with @MELOD1P, @steveaoki, @MikeTyson, @DirtyRobotWorks and @MarkMcKenna419
🔹 Put a lot of effort to showcase how their system works
🔹 Now they are focusing on their self-service platform
🔹 Even if Ether Cards are down, the NFT cards will still function

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 Ether Cards - Headless by Mark KcKenna
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@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 LaMelo Ball NFT collaboration

🔹 Wanted to put his career on the blockchain
🔹 Using NFT as tools to react and change with real-life events
🔹 Used different facets of the Ether Cards platform e.g. Traits, Forge, Layers

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 What is $DUST from Ether Cards?

🔹 If you have a physical collectible figurine and you put it on the shelf for 3 months, it'll collect dust
🔹 Likewise, Ether Cards also collect $DUST, an ERC-20 token
🔹 Can be used to exchange for NFT, reserve NFT drops, update cards etc

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 About NFT

🔹 NFT allows creators to monetize their creativity - Ether Cards is building the toolset for that
🔹 2 ways to connect physical objects to NFT
🔹 The easy way is for NFT to be redeemable for physical objects

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 Ether Cards - Pure science by DirtyRobot
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@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 🔹 The difficult way is to put an NFC chip on an object that generates a wallet, then the NFT is sent to this wallet
🔹 Object owns the NFT, but you own the object, hence you own the NFT by proxy
🔹 You can interact with the NFT because you can interact with the object

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 ConsenSys

🔹 Mark's experience with ConsenSys is very positive
🔹 Exposed to a lot of experienced people in the space e.g. @danfinlay from Metamask, guys from @Dharma_HQ
🔹 Advised him to get all the tech stack in Genomes.io sorted out first

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 @danfinlay @Dharma_HQ 🔹 Not to worry about tokenisation yet, worry about getting a good viable product
🔹 ConsenSys is very open because they are a crypto-native VC
🔹 Accustomed to things like DAO. If it's a trad VC, will have a lot of resistance with such things

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 @danfinlay @Dharma_HQ Genomes.io collaboration with Ether Cards

🔹 https://t.co/cpRJ0f6QFg will airdrop $GENE to all Ether Cards holders
🔹 Tokens can be used in the https://t.co/cpRJ0f6QFg ecosystem
🔹 More detail can be found in the article:
blog.ether.cards/genomes-io-par…

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 @danfinlay @Dharma_HQ Ideas on how Genomes.io can collaborate with Ether Cards

🔹 Can use the NFT to quickly get a critical mass of 10,000 genomes
🔹 Their NFT can also have $GENE/$GNOME airdropped to holders
🔹 Provability of vaccine status to prevent people from faking

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 @danfinlay @Dharma_HQ Regulatory worries

"If you are in the blockchain space and you are not concerned about regulations then you are doing something wrong." - Andras Kristof

🔹 Mark said the same for the ethics side too - better to employ lots of lawyers to deal with this front

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 @danfinlay @Dharma_HQ What to put on a billboard?

🔹 Andras: Be Kind
🔹 Mark: Was thinking more from a business point of view - will put in something to the effect that everyone is going to get their genome sequenced in their lifetime

@gabrielhaines @ether_cards @MarkHahnel @genomesio @Ripple @ConsenSys @MELOD1P @steveaoki @MikeTyson @DirtyRobotWorks @MarkMcKenna419 @danfinlay @Dharma_HQ Links:

🔹 Substack article: thereadingape.substack.com/p/talking-cryp…

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