Welcome to Episode 5:
Join our hosts, Jeremy Almond and Megan Guy, as they dive into a fascinating conversation with Sara Xi, an expert in product design, blockchain, and carbon, to discuss how blockchain can help to address the climate challenge. Sara shares some of her work with Rubicon Carbon to help companies become more sustainable and transparent by investing, monitoring, and verifying nature-based carbon offset projects. We also talk about the trade-offs inherent in crypto and energy, how to design a great customer experience, and safeguarding your crypto keys!
00:00 Get to know Sara
1:10 Blockchain Product Design
4:12 Rubicon and Simplifying Carbon Credits
6:25 Tokenization of Carbon Markets
8:21 Real World Use Cases: Real Estate and Healthcare
10:47 Role of Institutional Custodians
13:10 Programmable Money & Multiple Keys
16:34 Renewable & Sustainable Energy in Blockchain
22:58 Putting Price Tags on Carbon Credits
26:04 Saving the Planet with Blockchains
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https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/enhancing-profitability-of-wind-and-solar-through-bitcoin-mining
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