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Future of Agriculture 084: The Journey of Blockchain Adoption in Agricultural Supply Chains with Dr. Nishant Dass
Dr. Nishant Dass is an associate professor and Ph.D. Coordinator in finance at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. His areas of expertise include major areas of financing and business management including CEO-Compensation, Corporate Governance, Mutual Funds, Trade Credit, and International Finance. He has plenty of published papers under his name with regards to financing and has extensive experience providing sage financial advice to startups and other small companies. He has recently picked up an interest in Blockchain technology, citing it as the next big thing since the internet.
In this episode, Dr. Nishant Dass discusses the potential and limitations of Blockchain technology. He explains why Bitcoin is not Blockchain, the kinds of problems Blockchain can solve in the near future, and why Blockchain doesn’t guarantee truth. He also shares what he believes will happen within the next two to three years with regards to its inevitable global implementation.
“If the internet is about exchanging information and Bitcoin exchanging money, then Blockchain is about exchanging value.”– Dr. Nishant Dass
This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:
- Why he likes to work with startups.
- How he discovered Blockchain
- How he applies his knowledge of Blockchain to his work
- Is the concept of Blockchain overhyped?
- The differences between Bitcoin and Blockchain.
- How he sees Blockchain tech developing in supply chains.
- Situations where Blockchain tech can improve efficiency.
- The limitations of Blockchain.
- What we expect to see from Blockchain in the near future.
- What needs to happen for Blockchain to be successful.
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