web01.fireside.fm Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:03:14 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Encrypted - Episodes Tagged with “Education” https://podcast.encrypt-d.com/tags/education Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:00:00 +0400 Interested in what is going on in the world of blockchain and crypto assets? Want to understand how the most pioneering entrepreneurs, enterprises and governments are creating the digital economies of the future? Involving a range of superb guests of likeminded innovators, enablers, investors, government officials, executives and more, Encrypted takes you on a journey to make sense of what is going on in the Wild West of cryptocurrencies, understand valid use cases of blockchain technology and how various industries could be impacted. Encrypted is Dubai based, and the first podcast dedicated to blockchain and crypto in the MENA region, so expect to hear interesting stories, and people from this side of the world. <a href="https://dubaiblockchain.center/"><img src="https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/4/4fe80d00-e380-4f64-8889-02ea6a3f54c7/xSopy0zy.png" alt="partners"></a> en-us episodic A podcast dedicated to guiding you through the blockchain and crypto universe Ahmed Al-Balaghi Interested in what is going on in the world of blockchain and crypto assets? Want to understand how the most pioneering entrepreneurs, enterprises and governments are creating the digital economies of the future? Involving a range of superb guests of likeminded innovators, enablers, investors, government officials, executives and more, Encrypted takes you on a journey to make sense of what is going on in the Wild West of cryptocurrencies, understand valid use cases of blockchain technology and how various industries could be impacted. Encrypted is Dubai based, and the first podcast dedicated to blockchain and crypto in the MENA region, so expect to hear interesting stories, and people from this side of the world. <a href="https://dubaiblockchain.center/"><img src="https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/4/4fe80d00-e380-4f64-8889-02ea6a3f54c7/xSopy0zy.png" alt="partners"></a> no blockchain, crypto, token, tokens, digital currency, currency, money, cryptography, encrypted, dlt, distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, ethereum, Consensys, bitcoin mining, Ahmed Al-Balaghi a_balaghi94@hotmail.co.uk #Ep. 41: Education 3.0: Why the education industry is ripe for blockchain? https://podcast.encrypt-d.com/why-the-education-industry-ripe-for-blockchain c1a4ab93-40cf-44c2-8e10-91c37dd4764d Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:00:00 +0400 Ahmed Al-Balaghi full Ahmed Al-Balaghi Nic and Ahmed take a deep dive with Educhain CEO Mark Balovnev into the world of education and how blockchain is helping solve high levels of inefficiencies and connecting more than just students with credentials. We discuss how Educhain help enable students and graduates to 'passport' and transfer their credentials for use with jobs, further education, and government. This could mean the troublesome attestation process could be over very soon ✊🏽😌 33:47 no Almost everyone in the world has or will eventually be bestowed with a grade, certificate or honour that will at some future point need verification. Today's episode has both Nic and Ahmed interacting with Educhain CEO Mark Balovnev on how to build scalable academic passporting systems. Focusing on interfaces to access documents and wallets for sharing with other gateways and portals. Mark talks about how sentiment has changed over the last 3 years, why industry is adopting the technology and increasing mobility of these documents. Key learnings: -The starting process and how the industry can get involved -What values can blockchain provide in education and the industries impacted by it -Finding your blockchain hobbyist and enabling them -How UAE University put transcripts, certificates, and other metadata on chain for over 70,000 students -Plus a quick overview as to how the amazing Blockchain report recently launched with Smart Dubai came together. All this and more on this week's episode of Encrypted. Also, the legal bits for the soundtrack used in the podcast: Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED Track Name: Warm Nights Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired Original upload HERE – https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/warm-nights License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported “Share Alike” (CC BY-SA 3.0) License. Full License HERE – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode Special Guest: Mark Balovnev. Almost everyone in the world has or will eventually be bestowed with a grade, certificate or honour that will at some future point need verification.

Today's episode has both Nic and Ahmed interacting with Educhain CEO Mark Balovnev on how to build scalable academic passporting systems. Focusing on interfaces to access documents and wallets for sharing with other gateways and portals.

Mark talks about how sentiment has changed over the last 3 years, why industry is adopting the technology and increasing mobility of these documents.

Key learnings:
-The starting process and how the industry can get involved
-What values can blockchain provide in education and the industries impacted by it
-Finding your blockchain hobbyist and enabling them
-How UAE University put transcripts, certificates, and other metadata on chain for over 70,000 students
-Plus a quick overview as to how the amazing Blockchain report recently launched with Smart Dubai came together.

All this and more on this week's episode of Encrypted.

Also, the legal bits for the soundtrack used in the podcast:
Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED

Track Name: Warm Nights

Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired

Original upload HERE – https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/warm-nights

License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported “Share Alike” (CC BY-SA 3.0) License.

Full License HERE – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Special Guest: Mark Balovnev.

]]> Almost everyone in the world has or will eventually be bestowed with a grade, certificate or honour that will at some future point need verification.

Today's episode has both Nic and Ahmed interacting with Educhain CEO Mark Balovnev on how to build scalable academic passporting systems. Focusing on interfaces to access documents and wallets for sharing with other gateways and portals.

Mark talks about how sentiment has changed over the last 3 years, why industry is adopting the technology and increasing mobility of these documents.

Key learnings:
-The starting process and how the industry can get involved
-What values can blockchain provide in education and the industries impacted by it
-Finding your blockchain hobbyist and enabling them
-How UAE University put transcripts, certificates, and other metadata on chain for over 70,000 students
-Plus a quick overview as to how the amazing Blockchain report recently launched with Smart Dubai came together.

All this and more on this week's episode of Encrypted.

Also, the legal bits for the soundtrack used in the podcast:
Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED

Track Name: Warm Nights

Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired

Original upload HERE – https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/warm-nights

License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported “Share Alike” (CC BY-SA 3.0) License.

Full License HERE – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Special Guest: Mark Balovnev.

]]> #Ep. 15: What does a Star Wars convention have to do with the blockchain world? https://podcast.encrypt-d.com/starwars-convention-blockchain ee8726db-f21c-4dd8-9278-22a6f5c2ccdd Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:00:00 +0400 Ahmed Al-Balaghi full Ahmed Al-Balaghi In this episode, Ahmed sits down with Kris Bennet, also known as the Blockchain Beard Guy himself to discuss blockchain education, how to evaluate blockchain use cases and what a Star Wars convention has in common with this industry! 20:50 no Ahmed sits down with Kris Bennet, also known as the Blockchain Beard Guy, who is on the road non-stop to educate the masses on blockchain. Kris shares his experiences in educating people from different backgrounds about the technology, and his experiences in helping enterprises deploy blockchain solutions. Ahmed digs a bit deeper to understand the notion of open and closed blockchains and how this fits in with private and public implementations. For example; Does a public closed blockchain make sense? The two also talk about best approaches to identify a blockchain use case as well as dissecting the role blockchains will play as Kris argues its merely a tool that is analogous to the internet. All of the above and more will be on this week’s episode of Encrypted! If you liked what you heard, please do leave us a review on iTunes and the other platforms. Don’t forget to support us by spreading the word! Special Guest: Kris Bennett. Ahmed sits down with Kris Bennet, also known as the Blockchain Beard Guy, who is on the road non-stop to educate the masses on blockchain.

Kris shares his experiences in educating people from different backgrounds about the technology, and his experiences in helping enterprises deploy blockchain solutions.

Ahmed digs a bit deeper to understand the notion of open and closed blockchains and how this fits in with private and public implementations. For example; Does a public closed blockchain make sense?

The two also talk about best approaches to identify a blockchain use case as well as dissecting the role blockchains will play as Kris argues its merely a tool that is analogous to the internet.

All of the above and more will be on this week’s episode of Encrypted!

If you liked what you heard, please do leave us a review on iTunes and the other platforms. Don’t forget to support us by spreading the word!

Special Guest: Kris Bennett.

]]> Ahmed sits down with Kris Bennet, also known as the Blockchain Beard Guy, who is on the road non-stop to educate the masses on blockchain.

Kris shares his experiences in educating people from different backgrounds about the technology, and his experiences in helping enterprises deploy blockchain solutions.

Ahmed digs a bit deeper to understand the notion of open and closed blockchains and how this fits in with private and public implementations. For example; Does a public closed blockchain make sense?

The two also talk about best approaches to identify a blockchain use case as well as dissecting the role blockchains will play as Kris argues its merely a tool that is analogous to the internet.

All of the above and more will be on this week’s episode of Encrypted!

If you liked what you heard, please do leave us a review on iTunes and the other platforms. Don’t forget to support us by spreading the word!

Special Guest: Kris Bennett.

]]>