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Kathleen Breitman and Ryan Jesperson of Tezos on Why Tezos Wouldn't Do Its Token Sale Differently
Episode 73
Kathleen Breitman, CEO of Dynamic Ledger Solutions, the company behind the Tezos protocol, and Ryan Jesperson, president of the foundation, discuss the Tezos initial coin offering, which was the larg…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
How Widespread Is Money Laundering in Crypto?
Episode 72
Yaya Fanusie, director of analysis at the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Tom Robinson, chief data officer and cofounder of blockchain analyt…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Circle's Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville on Why Crypto Will Be Bigger Than the Web
Episode 71
Jeremy Allaire, cofounder and CEO of Circle, and Sean Neville, cofounder and president, discuss why they think the internet of value will be even bigger than the internet of information and how all a…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Chris Dixon on How Trust Is the Best Lego Block
Episode 70
Chris Dixon, partner at Andreessen Horowitz, talks about the new $300 million crypto fund he is leading with Kathryn Haun, the new general partner of Andreessen, and how a16z came to hire its first f…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Jimmy Song on Why Bitcoin Will Be the Winning Cryptocurrency
Episode 69
In an episode of strong positions, Blockchain Capital partner and Bitcoin educator Jimmy Song explains why private blockchains will never work, why smart contracts will never work, and why Bitcoin w…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Live From the World Economic Forum: Breaking the Blockchain Hype
Episode 68
This is a live recording from a panel I moderated at the World Economic Forum Industry Strategy Meeting. The speakers included Shwetha Shetty Senior Director, Corporate Strategy Group, of SAP, Adam L…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Why ASICs May Be Better Than GPUs Even if They Tend Toward Mining Centralization
Episode 67
David Vorick, CEO of Nebulous, which operates Siacoin and a new subsidiary, Obelisk, describes what he's discovered in his exploration of the mining industry, including why he's decided that speciali…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Live From Consensus: What the Media Really Thinks About Crypto
Episode 66
This is a recording of a panel discussion I participated in with a couple other reporters and crypto PR people at Consensus. (It was at the same time as Jack's talk, so it's totally understandable if…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Placeholder's Joel Monegro on the Fat Protocols Thesis Today
Episode 65
Joel Monegro, partner at crypto VC firm Placeholder Ventures, describes how well his seminal blog post, "Fat Protocols," is holding up, why he and his partner Chris Burniske opted to found a crypto V…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
From the Oslo Freedom Forum: Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State
Episode 64
This recording is of Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State, a series of talks and a panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum put on by the Human Rights Foundation. In this session, hear presentations from R…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago