Life in the Fast Chain: A Blockchain Podcast from R3

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

63 episodes of Life in the Fast Chain: A Blockchain Podcast from R3 since the first episode, which aired on February 11th, 2018.

  • Episode 46: Hoppy times with Thomas Bohner from IntellectEU

    February 6th, 2020  |  32 mins 21 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, intellect, intellecteu, life in the fast chain, onboarding, thomas bohner

    Thomas Bohner, blockchain lead from IntellectEU joins the podcast to talk about how they got involved in the blockchain space, KYC, the idea behind their data sharing platform for onboarding, using the tech outside of financial institutions, and much more (over a beer, of course). Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 45: Ain't no laws when you're drinking White Claws, with Matt Rutter (no known relation to Catherine)

    January 23rd, 2020  |  37 mins 4 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, life in the fast chain

    Catherine and Matt sit down to talk about the recent internal Sales Kick Off conference, how he pitches blockchain technology to new clients, the challenges he faces selling this new tech, and why he believes in Corda. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 44: John Reynolds CEO of Coadjute talks building and buying property over biscuits... jk he forgot them.

    January 9th, 2020  |  32 mins 14 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, life in the fast chain

    John Reynolds comes on to talk about real estate and how Coadjute is using the Corda platform to streamline the entire moving process. There are lots of good things coming up for them in the next few months. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 43: Ivno Co-Founders join the pod & Catherine makes Joel Dudley say Cockroach ~10x. You're welcome.

    December 19th, 2019  |  36 mins 45 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, chris rayner-cook, corda, corda enterprise, daniel halstead, distributed ledger, dlt, emerging technology, instant settlement distributed ledger technology, ivno, life in the fast chain

    Catherine jumps on a quick call with R3 Product Manager, Joel Dudley to talk about new features of Corda Enterprise 4.3. Then, back in the London studio, post CordaCon, Catherine sits down with Ivno co-founders Daniel Halstead and Chris Rayner-Cook to talk about how they are looking to revolutionize settlement, payment, and collateral mobility using blockchain. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 42: The Marco Polo Network and trade finance talk with Dave Sutter and Tobias Nafe

    December 6th, 2019  |  41 mins 26 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, life in the fast chain

    Catherine sits down with Dave Sutter (TradeIX) and Tobias Nafe (Landesbank Baden- Württemberg) to chat with a beer to discuss the Marco Polo network and how the trade finance industry is evolving! Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 41: Kumbaya! David E. Rutter is on (40 episodes late, in his opinion!) to talk to Catherine and Todd about the growth of R3 and our humble beginnings at #CordaCon2019

    November 14th, 2019  |  36 mins 20 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, ceo, co-founder, corda, corda enterprise, david e rutter, david rutter, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, founder, life in the fast chain, startup

    R3 Founder and CEO David E. Rutter alongside Co-founder and CPO Todd McDonald sit down with Catherine at CordaCon2019 for a fun conversation about the company's humble beginnings. They chat about the first few months of the company from the perspectives of the intern and the founders! This hilarious episode may have gotten David a ticket to join the podcast again. Listen on your favorite podcast app, or, watch it online on vimeo here - https://vimeo.com/373266195

  • Episode 40: Ken Marke and Ronnie Kher join the podcast to talk InsurTech (spoooooky!)

    October 31st, 2019  |  35 mins 28 secs
    b3i, blockchain, blockchain insurance, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, insurance, insurance and blockchain, insurtech, life in the fast chain

    Ken Marke (B3i) and Ronnie Kher (R3) join the podcast to discuss InsurTech and what B3i is doing in the blockchain space. (This episode was released on Halloween hence the spoooooky). Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 39: Richard Crook joins Life in the Fast Chain to talk all about Digital Assets

    October 18th, 2019  |  34 mins 46 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, dasl, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, lab577, life in the fast chain, richard crook

    Catherine and Richard Crook from Lab577 sit down in London to talk about CordaCon next week, what they are doing in the digital asset space, why they keep coming back to Corda, and much more. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 38: "This one is for the nerds" with Simon Taylor co-founder of 11:FS!

    September 26th, 2019  |  30 mins 50 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, life in the fast chain

    Catherine and Simon sit down at Sibos in London to chat about the conference, 11:FS, how he got into blockchain, Libra, and much much more! Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here - https://www.r3.com/videos/simon-taylor-from-11fs-joins-r3s-podcast-life-in-the-fast-chain/.

  • Episode 37: Try and keep it real with Richard Johnson from Greenwich Associates

    September 13th, 2019  |  36 mins 59 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, digital assets, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, greenwich associates, life in the fast chain, richard johnson, securities, securities tokens, tokens

    Alternative title... Catherine learns all about securities tokens~good vibes only~. Richard Johnson is on the podcast to drop some knowledge on his recent reports at Greenwich Associates. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 36: Work hard, be prepared, be kind with Aerotrax (alternative title: Big blockchain fan)

    August 30th, 2019  |  37 mins 23 secs
    aerotrax, blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, life in the fast chain, villanova

    Catherine (and intern Kate!) are joined by Aerotrax co-founders David Bettenhausen and Phong Nguyen Dang to discuss how they leverage blockchain in the aviation industry. They are both hard-working students who are working on building up this company in their spare time. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 35: Satoshi plants a seed with BlockHash host Brandon Zemp!

    August 15th, 2019  |  47 mins 31 secs
    blockchain, brandon zemp, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, life in the fast chain, satoshi sequence

    This week on Life in the Fast Chain, Catherine sits down with Brandon Zemp, author of The Satoshi Sequence and host of The BlockHash Podcast. Brandon fills us in on how he became interested in blockchain and what inspire him to write his book. In addition, we get his take on libra, cryptocurrencies, and what's next for blockchain. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 34: Mariana Gomez de la Villa joins the pod for health shots and block talks. See what we did there.

    August 1st, 2019  |  35 mins 22 secs
    blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, ing, life in the fast chain, mariana gomez

    Mariana Gomez from ING joins the podcast to talk about what projects ING is doing in the blockchain space and how she "accidentally" got into it! Listen on your favorite podcast app.

  • Episode 33: Everybody loves a hairdryer with a sensor on it! 3D printing, cloud, logic apps, and more with Microsoft's Marc Mercuri

    July 18th, 2019  |  43 mins 47 secs
    blockchain, blockchain on cloud, catherine rutter, cloud, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, life in the fast chain, logic apps, marc mercuri, microsoft, microsoft azure

    Marc Mercuri from Microsoft Azure comes on the podcast to talk to Catherine about a ton of topics. They cover blockchain implementation on the cloud, 3D printing, logic apps, Starbucks, supply chain, dating apps, Starbucks, farmers, apartments, and MORE. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 32: Libra, Blockchain, AI, Ripe.io, and IoT (Internet of Tomatoes, duh).

    July 8th, 2019  |  51 mins 1 sec
    alisa dicaprio, blockchain, catherine rutter, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, food on blockchain, life in the fast chain, raja ramachandran, ripe, ripe.io, todd mcdonlad

    Todd McDonald is back on the podcast to give some background and thoughts on Facebooks recent announcement of Libra. Raja Ramachandran also joins us from Ripe to talk about what they are doing on blockchain, specifically Corda. We chat about IoT (internet of tomatoes) and AI working from farm to table and what they’ve done with Sweetgreen tomatoes and the Dairy Farmers of America. Alisa DiCaprio, Kate DeWinter, and Jackie Yang also sit in on the recordings. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

  • Episode 31: Clinical Trials - Life or Death study with HSBlox, Q² Solutions, Microsoft Azure. Oh... and a fun game on Corda!

    June 20th, 2019  |  32 mins 9 secs
    azure, blockchain, catan, catherine rutter, clinical trials, corda, corda enterprise, distributed ledger, distributed ledger technology, dlt, emerging technology, games on blockchain, hsblox, life in the fast chain, microsoft, q2 solutions, settlers of catan, webinar

    Catherine sits down with Lynn Carroll (HSBlox), Jian Wang (Q² Solutions), David Houlding (Microsoft Azure), and Stephanie Perez (R3) to discuss Clinical Trials and why blockchain tech is super important to their studies... as clinical trials really are life or death studies. She also chats with Nick Rogers, a Solutions Engineer at R3 who is porting the game Catan onto Corda! Listen on your favorite podcast app.