Future of Agriculture 090: Final Perspectives on Blockchain with James Song and Alex Danco

Future of Agriculture

• Episode: Future of Agriculture 090: Final Perspectives on Blockchain with James Song and Alex Danco
• Website: Future of Agriculture
• Feed URL: http://aggrad.libsyn.com/rss
• Duration: 00:36:56
• Published: 2018-02-28 11:00

James Song is the CEO and Founder of ExsulCoin, a startup based on blockchain technology that focuses on helping solve the world’s refugee crisis. A large part of this project is an app he developed called Exsul. Exsul delivers free basic education and is currently undergoing tests at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.  

Alex Danco is an Associate at Social Capital, a group consisting of technologists, capitalists, and philanthropists who find and fund startups that can help change the world for the better. Alex is what you call a futurist, a person who always looks at things in a very, very long-term perspective.

In this episode, James discusses what ExsulCoin is all about and why they decided to focus on the growing refugee problem. He shares ExsulCoin’s mission, projects, and why they preferred to establish a strong foothold in Myanmar. Alex shares his thoughts on the future of cryptocurrencies. He shares his opinions on the ICO trend and why most of them are no different from Ponzi schemes. He explains why offering a big ICO can make users lose interest in a company’s projects and provides his tips to those who want to get involved in blockchain with agriculture applications in mind.

“The more serious the idea and the better the development team behind it, the less companies will need to do one of these ICOs in the first place.” – Alex Danco

This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast: 

• Should we be concerned with limited transactions regarding cryptocurrency?
• What is ExsulCoin and what is it all about?
• What is Nanowork?
• How does ExsulCoin commit to confidentiality?
• What's going on in Myanmar and why James chose to invest in that country.
• Why most ICOs are just get rich quick schemes.
• How to tell the difference between legitimate ICOs and those that scam others.
• Why doing a big ICO is actually a bad marketing strategy.
• Alex’s tips when it comes to investing in cryptocurrencies.
• The best way to get involved in blockchain and support its growth.
• What people who want to be involved in both agriculture and blockchain should invest in.

Resources Mentioned:

• How Blockchain Works with Alex Danco of Social Capital podcast episode

Connect with James Song:

• ExsulCoin
• Email: [email protected]

Connect with Alex Danco

• Social Capital
• Twitter
• Email: [email protected]

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