With the evolution and the capabilities of AI and the questioning of authenticity during the time of Presidential elections, it is getting increasingly more important that data and files are unable to be corrupted and not controlled by a centralized party.

In this episode,  Ian Andrews (CMO, Chainalysis) speaks with renowned cryptocurrency and civil liberties attorney, Marta Belcher (President & Chair, Filecoin Foundation).

It's a timely discussion that traverses the innovations and societal impacts of decentralized technologies and how Filecoin and IPFS’s decentralized storage solutions are at the forefront of what could be an International shift to securing information.

Marta provides exclusive insights into the incredible collaboration with Lockheed Martin deploying IPFS in space and she shares her insights on the recent advances in crypto policy, discussing the importance of the FIT21 bill and the complexities of privacy and content moderation in the digital age.

Minute-by-minute episode breakdown

2 | Marta Belcher's journey into Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and civil liberties 

4 | Introduction to IPFS and the benefits of decentralized file storage

12 | Understanding the scale of Filecoin and the amount of data and type of data being stored

16 | Filecoin and IPFS technology demonstrated in space with Lockheed Martin

21 | Dealing with decentralized content moderation on web3 platforms 

27 | Crypto policy shifts and legal battles unfolding in USA with the FIT21 Bill and the introduction of the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act 

31 | Insights into the debate on privacy vs. anonymity when it relates to cryptocurrency 

 

Related resources

Check out more resources provided by Chainalysis that perfectly complement this episode of the Public Key.

• Website: Filecoin Foundation: On a mission to preserve humanity’s most important information
• Website: Filecoin: Decentralized storage network designed to store humanity’s most important information
• Article: Marta Belcher: Reframing Privacy for the Digital Age
• Article: Transcript Audio: Elizabeth Warren's New Financial Surveillance Bill Is a Disaster for Privacy and Civil Liberties
• Report: Chainalysis Money Laundering and Cryptocurrency Report (Available Now)
• Report: [REPORT PREVIEW] Malign Interference and Crypto: How Crypto Transaction Tracing Can Expose and Disrupt Malign Influence Efforts
• YouTube: Chainalysis YouTube page
• Twitter: Chainalysis Twitter: Building trust in blockchain
• Tik Tok: Building trust in #blockchains among people, businesses, and governments
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Speakers on today’s episode

• Ian Andrews * Host * (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) 
• Marta Belcher (President & Chair, Filecoin Foundation)

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