The Crypto Expos‪é‬ Mark Hodierne

A young Frenchman named Jean-Francois Champollion finally cracked the ancient Egyptian code in 1822. But it'll take more than an army of similarly talented Frenchmen to crack the code and steal your Bitcoin. This week's podcast in the "Foundations" series looks at how cryptocurrency transactions actually take place and the role of 'pubic' and 'private' keys. It's not rocket science, but it is cryptography. Join me for the 'normal' person's guide.

Herding sheep. Rockets to the Moon. Bank shame. And Blockchain... is it safe? This is the second instalment of my "Foundations" series. I describe how data is stored on the blockchain and what makes it so secure. By the end of the episode you'll know exactly what the mysterious process of "mining" is! Of course there are a few issues still to sort out - it's early days for blockchain technology. But the future opportunity areas are compelling.

Today's podcast is the first in my "Foundations" series. I talk through the history of money, the problems with our money system today and the problems that cryptocurrencies solve. The last revolution was over a thousand years ago during the Tang Dynasty in China when folding paper money was adopted. The next revolution is happening right now with the advent of Bitcoin. And it isn't even a coin!

My guest this week is Nick Derbyshire, ex-professional cricketer, ex-investment banker, current day entrepreneur and someone who has been actively working to create a business around crypto technology. We talk about the early stages of crypto and why it's hard for us "normal" folk to figure things out. However, we can't hand everything over to the 'geeks'... we must dip out toes in the water.

In this inaugural podcast I talk about the journey I'm on to understand and participate in the world of cryptocurrency. It all started with a strange man in a bar in China...

Join me on my journey as I discover what really matters, and what we can safely leave to the geeks :-)