Blockchain TED Talks: Our Top 5 Talks

Technology, entertainment and design – in short TED, is a non-profit organization. It has been offering a stage for new approaches, ideas and inventions since 1984. TED Talks features the best talks and performances from the TED Conferences, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers deliver the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Independent TEDx events help spread ideas in communities around the world.

So it is also an important platform for the crypto community, because the Blockchain brings enormous potential. Many TED Talks are thought-provoking and reflect the possibilities we have today thanks to decentralized networks and cryptography. Here are the five most relevant talks for you.

1. Don Tapscott: How the blockchain is changing money and business

Probably the most popular talk about blockchain was given by Don Tapscott in 2016. He is a Canadian entrepreneur, professor of management at the University of Toronto and a successful author. The video already has more than 4.4 million views because Tapscott explains in a very simple way what the blockchain is and what it can do.

In his speech, he wanted to demystify the then relatively unknown, but world-changing, confidence-building technology. Because he is convinced that it represents the second generation of the Internet and has the potential to change money, economy, government and society.

2. Bettina Warburg: How the blockchain will radically transform the economy

The next TED Talk on Blockchain followed just three months later. This time with a focus on the potential for the economy. With a clear explanation of the complex and sometimes confusing technologies, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain eliminates the need for centralized institutions to facilitate trade. Bettina Warburg is a blockchain researcher, entrepreneur and educator. The political scientist has a great passion for the intersection of politics and technology.

Blockchain transforms age-old models of trade and finance into something far more interesting: a decentralized, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.

3. Tamas Kocsis: The case for a decentralized internet

Tamas Kocsis is a self-taught web developer and has always been obsessed with new technologies that he wants to implement on the web.

It is clear to Kocsis who currently controls the once decentralized Internet: large companies and governments – a trend that threatens digital privacy and access to online information.

In his informative TED Talk, Kocsis outlines the various threats to Internet freedom and outlines his plan to build an alternative, decentralized network designed to give power back to users. A human-powered peer-to-peer version of the web called ZeroNet maybe the solution.

4. Mauro Casellini: Blockchain – The engine of the next financial revolution (TEDxVaduz)

Mauro Casellini talks about the potential he sees in blockchain technology in his TEDx talk. Casellini has worked in the financial sector since 2006 and in blockchain since 2016.

He explains how complicated today’s financial infrastructure is and talks about the opportunities these new technologies offer. In his presentation, he simplifies how blockchain technology works and presents the advantages compared to traditional, highly centralized financial infrastructure.

Finally, thanks to distributed ledger technology, peer-to-peer transactions are possible without a single middleman. Today we only exchange information via the internet, but thanks to the blockchain we finally have the possibility to share money and other assets with each other in a completely decentralized and digital way.

5. Adam Mosserri: Creator-led internet, built on blockchain

The most recent TED Talk was uploaded to the organization’s YouTube channel just three days ago.

As digital assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs become more mainstream, Adam Mosseri, design thinker and head of Instagram, believes creatives are in a unique position to finally capitalize on it.

Blockchain-powered technologies could eliminate the need for a “middleman” – this time in the guise of major social media platforms – and allow creators to more freely disseminate their work and connect with their audiences. He explains how this new internet age will pave the way for “the greatest devolution of power from institutions to individuals.”