On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Kaushik ↗
In their words
blockchain helps you build trust machines essentially when two people want to transact and they don't trust each other you can evolve a system we'll call it a blockchain where both can put their trust into the system and now can transact fearlessly
technology is hard setting up the business networks way harder
blockchain networks are fundamentally networks the value in these networks is business value so they're business networks
Quick answers
What does Kaushik Venkatadri do?
He is Vice President and Chief Enterprise Architect at Canada Life, a role he has held since September 2023. Before that he spent over a decade at RBC, latterly leading its Blockchain Centre of Excellence.
What did he say banks want from blockchain?
On the FintechTO stage in November 2017 he framed blockchain as a trust machine: more trust means lower transaction costs, and banking in aggregate is a business of millions of transactions.
What was RBC's blockchain team working on?
He described a shadow ledger built between the US and Canada to track payments in real time, plus industry work on loyalty rewards and cross-border remittances.