This reThink webcast featured Lawrence I Lerner, CEO of RChain Holdings and neXt Curve research fellow. We explore what cryptocurrencies really are and the transformative nature of Blockchain and it's potential to create new digital realities.

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reThink Webinar
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
January 31, 2018
Version 1.0

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Introducing neXt Curve
Leonard Lee
Managing Director &
Founder of neXt Curve
neXt Curve is a San Diego-based
boutique consulting and venture
capital firm focused on advising
entrepreneurs, enterprises and
governments in the building of a
better digital future for all.
“We believe that a better
future requires the proactive
incubation and funding of
transformative ideas and the
businesses that will make
those ideas happen.”
An executive consultant with
23-years of experience with
leading tech and strategy firms.

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Special Guest & Domain Expert
Lawrence l Lerner
Blockchain & Crypto Realist
neXt Curve Principal
Lawrence l Lerner is an accomplished
management consultant, executive coach,
startup advisor and Blockchain & Crypto
realist who has worked across industries
in multiple roles (executive, lead
technologist, board member) to enable
digital transformation, scale businesses,
and create $100Ms in new revenue.
Lawrence serves as Chief Growth Officer
for RChain, a scalable blockchain
company building networks capable of
40,000 transactions per second. RChain
recently raised more than $10 million to
build a new blockchain technology. He
also serves as a Board Advisor to other
blockchain companies.
An executive advisory and
executive with over 25-years of
experience with leading tech
and strategy firms.

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Semantic & Conceptual Clarity: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
The Value Of Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain: The Technology, Not The Solution
Why We Think Blockchain Will Change The World
Discussion Agenda
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Semantic & Conceptual Clarity:
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies1
Agenda Topic 1

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The Great Digital Enigma
BitcoinBlockchain

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Lifecycle of a Bitcoin Transaction
Anne
Joe
Miner
source: Lerner Consulting

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Agenda Topic 2
The Value Of Bitcoin And Other
Cryptocurrencies2

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Bitcoin - A Functional Asset
Non-Functional Value
Functional Value
Spot Market Price
(USD/BTC)
$11,122
Valuation Model
Speculative Store of Value
Speculative Trade
Store of Value
Transactional Utility Value
source: neXt Curve

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Agenda Topic 3
Blockchain: The Technology,
Not The Solution3

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Blockchain: Technology or Platform?
Blockchains
Blockchain Platform Services & APIs
Interface Consensus Hashing Access Control
Blockchain-Enabled Applications
Rubix

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Agenda Topic 4
Why We Think Blockchain Will
Change The World4

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Blockchain Will Enable New Ways to Govern
Data, Content, Assets, Process and Systems
Decentralized Governance
Supply ChainVoting Underwriting Medical Records
Distributed TrustworthySecureImmutable
Blockchain Platform Attributes
Blockchain Applications

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Implications for Business Leaders
Understanding Bitcoin starts with considering it may not be money
Crytocurrencies are risky given pervasive, persistent confusion
Invest only in ICOs that issue earnable tokens
Blockchain is a tool, the governance model is the key to change
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The internet of blockchain is coming - new possibilities & confusion5

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Contacts
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Managing Director
neXt Curve
leonard.lee@next-curve.com
(619) 405-8329
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