S4 Ep15: Blockchain: The process and the future

Proponents of blockchain see it as the future – but when might it
become the present? In this latest episode of ‘The Sound of
Economics’ we welcome Julio Faura, global head of innovation at
Banco Santander, and Johan Pouwelse, associate professor at Delft
University of Technology, to help illuminate the blockchain
concept and where it could be taking us.


The development and implementation of blockchain networks is
meant to give everyone an opportunity to participate in a market
that is not controlled by a central body.


Questions remain, however, over the practicality of blockchain
networks; how to transition from proof-of-concept to real-world
usefulness, how to integrate with and provide benefits for the
world economy, and where the greatest benefits of such
decentralisation might lie.


Shining a light on the brave new blockchain world in this latest
episode of ‘The Sound of Economics’ is Julio Faura, the global
head of innovation at Banco Santander, and Johan Pouwelse,
associate professor at Delft University of Technology and found
of the Tribler peer-to-peer service.


Both Julio Faura and Johan Pouwelse participated in the Bruegel
event ‘The implications of blockchain platforms’, video and audio
recordings of which can be reviewed on our events page.