Episode 1: Cryptopia – Innovated: Blockchain City
A couple billionaires, a brothel, an industrial zone, and a small town investigative journalist all collide to form a Blockchain City.Cas and Bennett begin to peer into the abyss of Jeffrey Berns and quickly discover an elaborate scheme.Listen to Cas and Bennett’s other podcast, Crypto Critics’ Corner, for more historical moments in crypto: https://open.spotify.com/show/3AOBjDQWlzzVOtk1MGYgT4?si=a98a3b79b8ad439fFollow journalist @CasPiancey and data scientist @BennettTomlin on Twitter, or @Protos for informed crypto news.Visit our website at protos.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 2: Deep pockets – Innovated: Blockchain City
Autonomous governments and permanent identities: what can blockchain bring to cities it hasn’t already? Jeffrey Berns’ lofty project promised to employ 124,000 people. But first, he needed the innovation zone bill to pass… Listen to Cas and Bennett’s other podcast, Crypto Critics’ Corner, for more historical moments in crypto: https://open.spotify.com/show/3AOBjDQWlzzVOtk1MGYgT4?si=a98a3b79b8ad439f Follow journalist @CasPiancey and data scientist @BennettTomlin on Twitter, or @Protos for informed crypto news. Visit our website at protos.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 3: Company towns – Innovated: Blockchain City
Cas and Bennett revisit company towns, a grim part of America’s history that bears a striking resemblance to the Blockchain City. Expert Dr. Ángela Vergara joins the pair to discuss why they do more harm than good. For more on the subject, listen to Cas, Bennett, and Dr. Vergara on a special episode of Crypto Critics’ Corner: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Eif4ECj1rc9PeAkOQsVHt?si=72248feff38a46b5 Follow company town expert @vergara_angela, journalist @CasPiancey, and data scientist @BennettTomlin on Twitter, or @Protos for informed crypto news. Visit our website at protos.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cas Piancey and I are very excited to launch our new long-form investigative show Innovated. This series will take a look at Blockchains LLC and Jeffrey Berns plan to build a blockchain enabled smart city in the desert. It’s a wild story involving brothels, lawsuits, sexual harassment, and company towns. We are truly thankful for Protos‘ help and support in making this a reality.
We did a second interview with Dr. Ángela Vergara (from Episode 3) where we got to go even deeper into the concept of company towns. You can find that episode here:
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