This week, we speak to Pavel Bains, CEO of Bluzelle Networks. Bluzelle is a decentralized database using Blockchain technology. Bluzelle allows individuals to rent any spare computer storage space to application developers to earn cryptotokens.
Tune in to hear about:
- Pavel’s background, journey in Blockchain and why he moved from Canada to Singapore to start Bluzelle
- Bluzelle’s prior work with banks and insurance companies (including HSBC, OCBC, MUFG, AIA etc.) and how that lead to a focused effort on decentralised databases
- What is a decentralised database and how it different from decentralised file storage (examples of file storage projects include Filecoin, Storj and Sia)
- Tech stuff: where the data sits, how consensus is maintained
- Stakeholders in the ecosystem: producers and consumers (including how to become a producer/node)
- Why Bluzelle decided to have two tokens: BLZ and BNT
- Competition with the ‘traditional’ players like Amazon Web Services, IBM, Oracle etc and within the Blockchain space (BigChainDB)
- ICO journey: experiences and challenges
- Bluzelle’s roadmap (Alpha in June 2018 and beyond)
- Pavel’s outlook on the Blockchain space
- Projects Pavel is excited about/partnering with: Zilliqa, Sentinel Protocol, 0x