are just before we went to break parts sat down with alex gordon brander the c.e.o. of a mega one to talk about the history of the block chain and the future it might have now here's the second part of that interview alex the you know the theme here building a consensus in a fragmented world if you're at davos the world economic forum how does block work into that how does this figure in the digital economy into what is a pretty fragmented world won't take that on a couple of levels the you know the all of us sort of you know. it was a lowball question there is a local answer there is that the block chain itself is a consensus mechanism the entire point of the block chain is a way that. actors in a distributed network can achieve consensus and the the real power of it is even if up to half of the act is in the distributed network a malicious act to trying to break it the overall network achieves consensus so from purely technological perspective that's not sort of the question but of course you know alex technology is america all of our sociology and our interactions

are just before we went to break part sat down with alex gordon brander the c.e.o. of a mega one to talk about the history of the block chain and the future it might have now here's the second part of that interview and alex the you know the fim here building a consensus in a for admitted world of your vote. the world economic forum how does block chain work into that how does this figure in blocking digital economy into a what is a pretty fragmented world won't take that on a couple of levels the you know the obvious sort of you know there's a low ball question there is there is that the block chain itself is a consensus mechanism the entire point of the block chain is a way that actors in a distributed network can achieve consensus and the the real power of it is even if up to hearth of the act is in the distributed network a malicious act to try and break it the overall network achieves consensus so from purely technological perspective that's not sort of the question but of course you know alex technology is america all of our sociology and our interactions and s

of old big old one who was a rock star and one of the animals here today alex gordon brander plus we've got the best selling author don tapscott wrote the book walk chain revolution but first let's check out some headlines in business and finance back in the studio in washington. u.s. treasury secretary steve menuhin speaking at the world economic forum in davos embraced a weak dollar and the nugent told reporters quote obviously a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities and weaker dollar generally favors domestic production by making imports more expensive blackrock chief executive lawrence fink also played down the dollar slide and said investors and the media overreacted to me and statements i.m.f. managing director christine lagarde however said she hoped menuhin would quote clarify his comments and suggested that the recent trouble tax cuts would push the dollar's value higher. as puerto rico struggles to recover from hurricane maria the island's leaders announced late wednesday that they won't be able to pay back any portion of that seventy billion do

of one who is a rock star and one of the animals here today alex gordon brander plus we've got the best selling author don tapscott who wrote the book walk chain revolution but first let's check out some headlines business and finance back in the studio in washington. u.s. treasury secretary steve menuhin speaking at the world economic forum in davos embraced a weak dollar menu told reporters quote obviously a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities and weaker dollar generally favors domestic production by making imports more expensive blackrock chief executive lawrence fink also played down the dollar slide and said investors and the media overreacted to me and statements i.m.f. managing director christine lagarde however said she hoped menuhin would quote clarify his comments and suggested that the recent trouble tax cuts would push the dollar's value higher. as puerto rico struggles to recover from hurricane maria the island's leaders announced late wednesday that they won't be able to pay back any portion of that seventy billion dollars debt for at leas