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Welcome to the
Tomorrow’s Transactions
FinTech Unconference
#TTUnConf
NESTA
February 2016

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David G.W. Birch
Director of Innovation at Consult Hyperion
An internationally-recognised thought leader in
digital identity and digital money;
Named one of the global top 15 favourite sources of
business information (Wired magazine);
In the London FinTech top 10 most influential
commentators (City A.M.);
One of the top ten Twitter accounts followed by
innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard
Branson (PR Daily);
One of the top ten most influential voices in banking
(Financial Brand);
Named one of the “Fintech Titans” (NextBank);
Ranked Europe’s most influential commentator on
emerging payments (Total Payments magazine).
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A FinTech Parable
1066: Noted War Criminal William the Bastard’s Illegal invasion of England
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History
Written by the Victors
Propaganda! Norman Claims of WMDs
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London is a Fintech Hub
The Bastard’s Asset Register
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Tax-Evading Scoundrels
No tax WHATSOEVER paid by Guildford
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Environment
Dr. John Cooper-Clarke says mass illiteracy is a comparatively recent phenomenon
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So…
We need a record of taxes due and paid that is…
Immutable – no-one can go back and change the amounts
Permanent – let’s say the record must last 500 years or so
Legible — for an illiterate population
Simple – all market participants must be able to read
Permissioned — only certain participants can create records
and take part in the consensus-forming
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Welcome to the
Norman Blockchain
The Tallies
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Simon Le Knackermouton and
The Tallycoin
Small
Cheap
Long-Lasting
Unalterable
Understandable
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London — Fintech Hub
since Henry II
A Bearer Instrument: Deferred Payment to Store of Value to Means of Exchange
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Printing is for Other People
You Can Forge Papers, Signatures
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Double-Entry Continental
Nonsense
Luca Pacioli
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Money is Debt
OK, Let’s Experiment
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The Mother of Parliaments
The Great British New Technology Compromise
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Three Key Points
1. Finance is a very conservative, as are people in general
2. Technology and the monetization of debt
3. Everything’s a ****ing blockchain
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Chromewash
Magic Beans
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