Reading the latest post from Jake Brukhman of CoinFund (highly recommend to follow both), I couldn’t help myself and try and analyze Winding Tree using their framework. But what is the question that this model is supposed to help you find an answer to? According to Jake’s post, it’s this…

As you know, at Winding Tree our modus operandi is transparency and collaboration, and therefore we welcome feedback and constructive criticism. With this article, I would like to answer questions and comments from Douglas Quinby (senior analyst at Phocuswright), Ian C. …

We were working hard these past months on making sure we have a successful Token Generation Event. As you know, we have closed a few new partnerships, including Lufthansa Group (6 airlines), Air New Zealand and Nordic Choice Hotels. We have a few conversations with hotel chains and airlines (which…

Over the course of the past few weeks, we were in constant communication with our legal advisors in Switzerland over the press release that was issued by FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority). We consider that the position taken by FINMA is a positive development in the regulatory landscape, which…

Many people are confused by the novelty of the Winding Tree offering and in this short article I would like to clarify what we do, why and how. Goal: Fostering Innovation in the Travel Industry Winding Tree is more like a movement than a company. Legally, Winding Tree is a non-profit organization that pursues one goal: to…

Following on the brilliant article from Trond Vidar Bjorøy, I’d like to elaborate on the points Trond outlined in his article. Trond, thank you for your clarifications and comments on this text! Overbooking Blockchain’s ability to prevent double spending could, in theory, remove the problem of double bookings in the industry…

Is business travel really one of the first markets that needs decentralized applications? 🤔 First of all Winding Tree is not tackling “business travel” but rather the distribution aspect of travel. Every time you book a hotel or airline under today’s architecture there are multiple parties involved in the transaction…

In the past few months, the amount of money raised through so-called ICOs (aka token sale, token distribution or token generation event, etc.) has surpassed other ways of funding early stage startups. …

I originally presented the ideas that I describe below at TheBlockchain.NZ conference on May 8th, 2017. Over the past few months I’ve heard enough talk about private and consortium blockchains. It baffles me still that many people take private blockchains seriously. Blockchains were fundamentally designed to remove middlemen from our…