The blockchain community is taking control of its narrative with Netflix Inc. bankrolling the “Hardfork” mini-series, a sci-fi thriller about the power of decentralization and how it can disrupt authoritarian role. Blockchain industry veteran, film producer, YouTube celebrity, and host of BlockChain Unbound Naomi Brockwell (pictured) is a part of the project as a producer and actor.

“To create a series that could potentially expose people to this technology for the first time and to have control of [the blockchain] narrative is exciting,” said Brockwell, speaking with John Furrier (@furrier), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, at the BlockChain Unbound event in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Along with “Hardfork” and disrupting mainstream media, topics covered in the interview included the true nature of the blockchain community, John Oliver’s “Last Night Tonight Bitcoin” segment, and the importance of old school pen and paper for keeping your crypto-currency secure.

Freedom may not always be the goal, but it’s still the effect

“Blockchain was invented as a tool for giving people more freedom, and what you’re seeing now is a bunch of people who entered the space who don’t necessarily share that ethos,” Brockwell said.

What she loves about blockchain is that regardless of the intent of businesses that are adopting the technology, the end result will be a more decentralized free society. “When you decentralize any power structure, no matter what industry it is, you’re really making people more free; you’re giving them more responsibility, and I like seeing things become decentralized,” Brockwell sated.

John Oliver of HBO’s “Late Night Tonight” recently aired a segment on bitcoin that resulted in entrepreneur and venture capitalist Brock Pierce parting ways with Block One Capital Inc., developer of the blockchain platform EOS.

“How does one person have that power?” asked Furrier, who saw the incident as an example of “where blockchain can disrupt the media.”

According to Brockwell, “Since its inception, you’ve seen people in media and mainstream media in particular target [cryptocurrency], and they’re just adopting the government narrative saying, ‘Oh, everyone in this industry is corrupt.’ … You know what, you can do some research and do a bit better than that,” she concluded.

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the BlockChain Unbound event.

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