🎙️ Ep. 698 Julia Social | Securing Identity with Not.bot (feat. Ken Griggs)

For episode 698 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Ken Griggs, CEO of Julia Social.

Ken Griggs is an Emmy Award–winning technologist, inventor, and entrepreneur with multiple patents in blockchain and cryptography applications. He is the Founder and CEO of Julia.social, a stealth-mode startup built on the Chia blockchain, and the creator of not.bot, a platform designed to authenticate real digital identities. With over two decades of experience leading innovations at Deloitte, Nexidia, and Chia, Griggs is a recognized leader in building technology solutions that prioritize privacy, trust, and transparency.

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⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:38) Who is Ken Griggs?

(4:37) What is Julia Social?

(7:08) What is Not.bot?

(10:08) Risk of Deep Fakes

(13:32) Digital identity & Age verification

(16:02) Proof of Human

(17:06) Data protection

(19:14) Sumsub

(19:58) Public Investing

(20:45) Not.bot use-cases

(22:33) Complimentary technologies

(24:49) How to set up Not.bot

(26:4) Julia Social roadmap

🎙 Julia Social Links:

🔗 Website: https://not.bot/ 

🔗 X: https://x.com/notbot_official 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kengriggs/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/julia-social/ 

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