SDP 71: The future of The Children's Media Conference & asking what the heck happened with Cryptopunk NFTs

Sheffield Digital Podcast

In episode 71 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we speak to Kathy Loizou, Co-founder and Director of The Children's Media Conference, and we're also joined by Alex Amsel, award-winning game developer and blockchain expert.

In the first part of the episode, Kathy fills us in on the history of The Children’s Media Conference, how it’s adapted during Covid-times and why digital folk should attend this year’s event (tip: there’s a discount for Sheffield Digital members too). Kathy also tells us about Playground at Site Gallery in Sheffield, which is taking place from 1 to 11 July in 2021.

In the second part of the episode, we speak to Alex about NFTs - what they are, why there's been a recent boom, his views on sustainability issues, and how to learn more about bitcoin. Chris also asks him what the heck happened with Cryptopunk NFTs.

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Notes and links

Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference.

• The Children's Media Conference
• Discount for members
• Playground
• Kathy Loizou on LinkedIn
• Tedx Sheffield 2014: From Bitcoin to Skynet and why it's all my fault
• The paper that first introduced Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• Alex Amsel on LinkedIn
• Join our Slack community – Sheffield Digital
• Meet our members | Sheffield Digital
• Become a member of Sheffield Digital

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Thank you for the music

Thanks to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.