John and Glen discuss Kodak's foray into blockchain- including an initial coin offering- to protect photographers' rights, and debate whether it's hype or genius.

In This Episode:

• Kodak mentions cryptocurrency- and its stock doubles
• The digital rights management initiative at the heart of Kodak’s announcement
• How Kodak’s identity concept dovetails with CU Ledger’s mission
• CU Ledger recruits a high profile industry leader
• John’s perspectives on Kodak’s early experience with digital cameras
• Bitcoin’s continued wild ride, even since BIG’s year-end predictions
• A Hackernoon article claims that no worthwhile use cases have been found for the blockchain

Links related to this week’s podcast:

Our prior podcast mentioning market reaction to Kodak’s move: http://bigcu.libsyn.com/webpage/start-with-reputation-add-technology-stir-gently 

Bloomberg’s coverage of Kodak’s blockchain announcement: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-12/kodak-ceo-plans-to-seize-blockchain-moment-and-win-over-skeptics

The latest Kodak stock quote (since it’s certainly changed since this recording): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/kodk/stock-chart

Hackernoon’s skeptical blockchain article:  https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100  

Deluxe Exchange, Feb 5-7 in Boca Raton, FL, where Glen will be speaking:  https://exchange.deluxe.com/