Jul 23, 2018
Mike Brunt talks about “ColdFusion and the Blockchain Revolution” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light.
Episode Highlights
- What is the Blockchain?
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- DLT = Distributed Ledger Technology
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- Transactions and identities
- 2009 Bitcoin launch - decentralized value exchange, peer to peer
- Etherium - BLT plus code (DAPs)
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- Easier to use
- Coins based on ETH
- Ethereum Solidity (like Javascript)
- Smart Contract
- Other blockchains
- Compare Blockchain to a network level protocol
- Compare Blockchain to music P2P (distributed) vs Napster (centralized)
- Disintermediation
- Permissioned vs Permissionless blockchain (self governing)
- Why does it matter to CFers?
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- Blockchain uses REST API
- CF is easiest way to create apps that use REST API
- Calling Blockchain APIs from CF using the API manager
- Using CF as the best glue between the blockchain and databases
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- The data req in a blockchain app is still in databases
- CommandBox now officially supported by Adobe
- Blockchain projects that Mike is working on
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- Land Dollar - coin backed by land
- Digi FreeLabs - biofuels
- AI and Blockchain
- JVM tuning and AI?
- Blockchain vs GDPR approach to privacy
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- Ownership of your own data
- Self sovereign identity - control which parts of your data you share
- Blockchain evolution vs web evolution and CF
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- Lack of developers
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- H1B
- Over hyped
- CF revolutized web development
- EOS $4 Billion raised
- CF and Java for blockchain development
- Why are you proud to use CF?
- WWIT to make CF more alive this year?
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- CFUGs
- Sample apps
- ForgeBox
- What did you enjoy at CF Summit West last year?
Mentioned in this episode
- Ethereum
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum Solidity
- Go-lang (Google)
- Blockchain groupings hyperledger Linux foundation (Apache founder)
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- Visual dev tools
- Eugene, OR Blockchain user group
- Digi FreeLabs
- IDX broker
- Industry 4.0 and IoT
- Digital Twin
- Estonian e-residency
- Goldman Sachs 300,000 hours of legal work done by an AI legal system
- FusionReactor
- SeeFusion
- GDPR
- Self sovereign identity
- Sovrin
- Indy hyperledger project for self sovereign identity
- Bitcoin News
- ForgeBox
- ColdBox
Bio
Mike Brunt was born in Northern England in 1948. It was a time of austerity for the British people who had rationing in place due to the effects of the Second World War. He pursued a management career in transportation equipment becoming Director of Excess Stock at British Leyland Truck and Bus. He moved to the USA in 1989 and eventually took up a career path in technology, coinciding with the emergence of the World Wide Web. Mike then became involved in Teleradiology working alongside Kodak, Lucent Technologies and GTE. Currently Mike is still deeply involved in technology, being a specialist in capacity planning and tuning for Java systems and he is becoming ever more involved with Blockchain and peer-to-peer based infrastructure.
In addition to his career path Mike is a composer and musical having been involved in the creation of 11 electronic music albums, Mike also paints with well over 100 paintings located in Los Angeles, New Zealand and Eugene Oregon. Lastly Mike is a Permaculture Certified Designer and lives on a 5 acre farm in the Eugene area of Oregon.
Mike Brunt also known as CF Whisperer.