Robert Schwentker

Co-founder and President, Blockchain University

Schwentker is a technology executive, evangelist & educator with a passion for working with developers, entrepreneurs, innovators & startup communities to build prototypes & products. He has extensive developer relations, programming & systems experience at financial service organizations like PayPal, American Express & Citigroup. Robert recently founded Blockchain University to educate & inspire the first wave of distributed ledger technologists to create ground breaking innovations. Over the last year, Blockchain University has educated 350 entrepreneurs and inspired 60 projects in Silicon Valley, Tokyo & four cities in India.

Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Regulation and Ransomware: How Recent Breaches Will Impact the Future of Bitcoin

Presented by Robert Schwentker • September 9, 2016

Although developed to support the infamous Bitcoin, the blockchain mechanism is proving to have a multitude of use-cases, from IoT micropayments to capital-market trading, retail banking and even voting. The blockchain, in effect, is a distributed ledger, shared with hundreds of thousands of automated auditors that...

Toronto Summit - Closing Panel and Look Ahead

Presented by Tracy Kitten , Richard Parry , Randy Sabett , Robert Schwentker , Michael Theis • September 9, 2016

This panel will review some of the key themes discussed during the first day of the summit, and foreshadow how those key themes and others will be carried over into the next day. Which sessions will be hot, and how will tomorrow's speakers expand on the topics raised today?Additional Summit Insight:Hear from more...

Blockchain Tech: A New Hyper-Secure Transaction Fabric

Presented by Robert Schwentker • August 4, 2016

Although developed as a core technology underlying the infamous Bitcoin, the blockchain ledger mechanism is proving to have a multitude of potential use cases, from IoT micropayments to capital market trading, retail banking and even voting. The bitcoin blockchain is, in effect, a distributed ledger, shared with...

Blockchain Tech: A New Hyper-Secure Transaction Fabric

Presented by Robert Schwentker • June 28, 2016

Blockchain Tech: A New Hyper-Secure Transaction Fabric

Presented by Robert Schwentker • March 31, 2016