Hard Fork | Talk Show | Season 01 | Getting India started on Crypto and Blockchain

Unfair beginnings

India has had its fair share of highs and lows when it comes to cryptocurrency and blockchain. Crypto had a free run in India sine 2015 and it came to a slow down from the month of April 2018, since the Central Bank laid out a moratorium on the banks to stop providing services to crypto related businesses and transactions.

This banking ban hit the industry hard; but contrary to perception, the Indian crypto and blockchain industry is doing phenomenal work and there are many projects from India which are getting world recognition.

The people, the community and the work needed a platform beyond the regional and city meetups and the YouTubes of the world! This slowdown should not be misconstrued as inaction and perceived as “nothing happening in India”!

Something to challenge the status quo

Hard Fork, as every crypto and Blockchain proponent would know, is a split or change in the main chain of a cryptocurrency. It normally happens in two cases:

• When the main needs an upgrade or drastic change in its setting, so much so that it deviates from the norm. The old main chain ceases to exist and new one gets created.
• When someone questions the status quo of the main chain and creates another strain in mostly defiance (let’s put aside the need for greed and egos out of the way here)

This is exactly what we want to do.

• We believed that the Indian crypto and Blockchain space needed a paradigm shift in outlook
• We believed we had to question the current state of affairs and work towards making a crypto and Blockchain inclusive society.

Nothing else fitted best!

What we want to achieve

With this talk show we wanted to raise awareness, inspire learning, showcase achievements, discover innovations, provide advocacy, find solutions, and answer questions about Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. Basically get people to talk about everything in general and specifics about cryptocurrencies and Blockchain.

Season 1: Getting India started on Crypto and Blockchain

In this season, we will explore the crypto & Blockchain scene in the Indian context. We will be discussing to various select individuals to understand what a startup or an individual needs to be in this space. The legalities, funding, training needs for an individual, challenges of a startup, trading community needs, community engagements, taxation on cryptos – the whole nine yards to be an Indian startup or an individual in the cryptocurrency and Blockchain space.

About the Channel

founderINDIA is a new-age business media startup from the house of Green Cheese Media. The brand has launched India's first TALK TV Channel that hosts a bouquet of talk shows covering several issues, genres, beats, sectors and industries. Lovejeet Alexander, the founder and editor of founderINDIA, is an experienced journalist who is also a known name in the field of marketing and communications. Having worked with media houses like The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagran and Sahara TV, Alexander has an extensive editorial experience spanning over two decades.