As we're gonna cover blockchain today, and many of our listeners may not be really familiar with it, maybe you could start with an overview and, and provide some context for us.

There's a great quote about blockchain that I think is helpful, albeit somewhat scary, which is a quote from a very senior person at Goldman Sachs, "From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, technologists and investors alike are buzzing about the potential for the blockchain to revolutionize, well, just about everything." I think that sums up fairly well sort of the future of blockchain.

I looked at some key data points to sort of give you some stats, which might be helpful to set the table, um, and these stats are from the World Economic Forum report.

More than $1.4 billion across 549 deals since 2013.

So blockchain has been involved in $1.4 billion worth of deals, and there were 549 deals since 2013.

Virtually every major bank in the United States and in Europe is exploring the adoption of blockchain.

There have been more than 2,500 blockchain patents filed with the US Patent Office.

What you've just said is very encouraging for the anti-bribery community, but can you, you say a little bit more about how blockchain relates to cryptocurrency and how the government is regulating one and potentially both?