Show overview
Explain Blockchain launched in 2018 and has put out 7 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 3 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 22 min and 29 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 7.3 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2018, with 6 episodes published. Published by Peter Ullrich.
From the publisher
Peter Ullrich hosts the Explain Blockchain podcast on a regular basis. The podcast covers fundamentals, technologies, and latest developments of the Blockchain ecosystem.
Latest Episodes
Ep 7Talking Scalability, Side Chains, and Interoperability with Charles Hoskinson
Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of the Cardano project discusses how to build a blockchain made for scalability and interoperability using research-based development. Charles also gives an introduction into Side Chains and how IOHK, the company building the Cardano platform, approaches this new field of research. Shownotes Cardano Overview by Charles Hoskinson Introduction into Side Chains Cardano Paper on Side Chains Charles' Twitter Charles' Telegram
Ep 6Is the Blockchain GDPR compliant?
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into effect on the 25th of May, 2018. For not complying, the fees are up to 20 million Euro. This is why Peter goes through the regulations that effect Blockchain and how you can become compliant (probably). No legal advice, but good old speculation will give you an overview of what GDPR is and what to look out for.
Ep 5How to improve Privacy on the Blockchain?
Peter talks through the current state of privacy on the Bitcoin blockchain and presents different methods of increasing said privacy. Topics include CoinJoin, Mixers, TumbleBit, Confidential Transactions and Schnorr Signatures.
Ep 4What are Wallets?
Peter talks about different types of wallets and their security. The underlying technology of hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets is discussed as well as Full Node and Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) wallets.
Ep 3How to scale the Blockchain?
Peter discussed the hot topic of how to scale the Blockchain. He talks about SegWit, Blocksize and the Lightning Network and explains how SegWit and Lightning work in detail.
Ep 2What are Consensus Protocols?
In the second episode, Peter talks about the Proof of Work and Proof of Stake consensus protocols. The importance of consensus protocols are explained and Peter goes into detail with PoW and PoS.
Ep 1What is Blockchain?
The first episode defines Blockchain and explain its core features and characteristics. Peter explains how transactions and blocks are created and added to the Blockchain.