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Brian Deery is the Chief Scientist at Factom, a platform that stores the world's data on a decentralized system. Using Blockchain technology Factom facilitates smart contracts, digital assets and database integrity. Brian is an early innovator in technology. He built a self-driving Lotus Elise which competed in the 2007 DARPA Urban Grand Challenge. The race competition included a precursor to Google’s driverless car. Previously, he served as an R&D Engineer at Pentair, Ltd where he designed and brought to market an underwater energy harvesting device. Earlier, he managed the quality control robots certifying ~$30M of yearly production at MTS Systems Corporation."   After listening to this episode you will learn: The story behind how Brian got on the Blockchain path How Brian identified the connection between computers and money About how Brian won a Federal Reserve sponsored hack-a-thon How Brian first met Paul Snow of Factom (then named Notary Chain) Brian's view of Blockchains and its purpose What sca