ICO Radio

Solving an age-old problem – how can we ever be sure something is true? This problem becomes even more acute of a smart-contract relies on its being true. Could decentralised verification based on RDF be the answer? Today’s guest, Michael Hirn, began his own fascination with coding at the age of twelve; at high school he was already running a software services company; and now he is bringing trust and transparency to the token space with Rlay – a truly decentralised, incentivised rating and verification system. As he says himself, I am a person, and I want to sell you this thing. How can you be sure I am who I say I am, and that my product or service is worth having? Likewise, if your smart contract depends on information from the real world, how can you be 100% sure of those facts? Michael wanted to get into the decentralised verifications space from the outset, helping startups reduce the time and cost in running ICOs. Thus Rlay was born – with three stand-out features. Firstly, it incentivises people to up