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Andrew Kessler is the CTO and Co-Founder of Zenotta, a blockchain company focused on integrating data into blockchain transactions. He works on providing fuller context for transactions on the blockchain through Zenotta's unique approach to data integration.
1Interview
2021First on the show
Feb 2021Latest appearance
20 minOn camera
20:06
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In their own words
“We've been able to develop a proof of work blockchain that hits off at about 800 transactions a second in Utah testing and when we go live we expect it to be able to handle up to about 25,000 transactions.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Zenotta developed a data formatting technology that creates scarce, ownable digital files independent of access, solving the problem that data doesn't behave like traditional property.
- The company uses identity-based ownership rather than access-based ownership, allowing files to be recognized as property by institutions like banks.
- Zenotta's peer-to-peer trading system combines asset ownership transfer and payment in a single blockchain transaction, providing full cryptographic protection.
- Andrew Kessler's background in chemistry and computer science led him to recognize blockchain as a state transition system after reading the Ethereum white paper.
- The Zenotta network was scheduled to launch in Q1 2021 after years of self-funded development focused on solving data ownership problems.