Maya Middlemiss is the CEO and lead writer at BlockSparks
Joined December 2018 73 Followers
9 Aug 2019 1 minute read maya
Today, Maya Middlemiss meets Alyze Sam and Arnaud Saint-Paul, from GiveNation. GiveNation unites children everywhere in the world and assists young minds to become philanthropists by means of educational games geared towards a sustainable financial...
12 Jul 2019 1 minute read maya
Today we flip the mic, and Diana interviews Maya, about the new novel "Beyond The Chain" Enjoy the discussion which ranges from the themes of the book, to the role of storytelling in learning and understanding. _____________________________________...
9 Jul 2019 4 minute read maya
Everything we do at BlockSparks is about explaining blockchain and cryptocurrencies to consumer audiences via persuasive and engaging writing. But that’s not the only way to learn about new things, and indeed it’s not the way I prefer to learn a lot...
3 May 2019 6 minute read maya
Once upon a time, we lived in a wholly peer to peer world. In ancient times we had no choice, but to deal directly with the person we wanted to make a bargain with. The ‘middleman’ intermediaries, the embryonic bankers and credit brokers, they didn’t...
3 May 2019 1 minute read maya
We first met Sukhi Jutla briefly in episode 17, where she told us about the Alliance of Independent Authors and her pioneering work publishing a book directly ON the blockchain, via Publica. Naturally, we were keen to talk to Sukhi again, and this...
1 May 2019 5 minute read maya
Sometimes in the UK when bad weather threatens, and you know that if there is a really cold snap with train cancellations and road closures, then it will be mentioned in the media that many large employers have graciously allowed their people to...
1 May 2019 5 minute read maya
Each one of us is the product of a unique blend of experiences and reflections, which has led to our very own framework for looking at the world. None of us see things as they truly are, our brains curate and catalogue and continually update a set of...
26 Apr 2019 13 minute read maya
I am not a financial advisor, I am not a cryptocurrency expert. But, I believe strongly in the importance of bitcoin in particular as the future of money, and in blockchain and decentralised ledger tech generally, to create new paradigms for data a...
25 Apr 2019 4 minute read maya
Most of the myriad means of buying and selling things in the 21st century can be regarded as part of a global ecosystem of interconnecting marketplaces, on some level. Even though some countries attempt to restrict the flow of sovereign currencies fo...
23 Apr 2019 3 minute read maya
A news report came out this week in the UK, indicating that being poor is cripplingly expensive. On average, the 1.2 million unbanked or under-banked individuals in the UK have to pay an additional £485 per year to access basic products and services...
