The Bitcoin Game 30 - The Biggest Blockchain Company You've Never Heard Of

The Bitcoin Game

Hello, welcome to episode 30 of The Bitcoin Game. I'm Rob Mitchell.

What’s the oldest blockchain company you can think of? What if I told you a Blockchain company in Estonia called Guardtime was founded before the Bitcoin white paper was released? And what if I told you they are now a highly profitable company, doing large amounts of business with government, the world’s largest defense contractor, and a multinational communication technology company?

I only found out about Guardtime, thanks to Bitcoin journalist Brian Cohen. I was blown away as I learned about the company, because it appears my understanding of the landscape and history of blockchain technology had been flawed.

I immediately requested an interview, and Guardtime’s founder and CEO Mike Gault responded promptly. We set up an interview with Jamie Steiner, Guardtime’s director of business development. I hope you enjoy this interview.

SHOW LINKS

• Guardtime
• 2007 Cyber-Attacks on Estonia
• e-Estonia
• Guardtime's KSI and Black Lantern technologies
• "How the Tech Behind Bitcoin Could Stop the Next Snowden"
• Estonia's Electronic ID Card
• Linked Timestamping Wiki shows Guardtime's Blockchain Hash in 2009 Newspaper
• Lockheed Martin's Press Release about Guardtime Partnership
• "Ericsson Teams With Guardtime in $69 Billion Data-Safety Market"
• Guardtime's Materials on WorldBank.org
• Hyperledger
• R3 CEV

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MUSIC

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