In an intermittent series on cryptoeconomics, Olaf Carlson-Wee and Ryan Zurrer of crypto hedge fund Polychain Capital describe what cryptoeconomics is, what goals it typically helps networks accomplish and what[…]
Category: 2018
Zcash’s Zooko Wilcox on Why He Believes Privacy Coins Will Be Used More for Good Than Bad
Zooko Wilcox, the founder and CEO of the Zcash company, explains why he wanted to create the privacy coin Zcash, why he believes privacy is essential to decentralization, and how[…]
Mike Belshe on What BitGo’s Kingdom Trust Acquisition Means for Crypto and How Security Will Develop in the Future
Mike Belshe, the founder and CEO of BitGo, talks about one of the biggest problems facing crypto today: security. We discuss some of the ways BitGo has resolved this issue,[…]
Live from SXSW: Michael Casey and Paul Vigna, Co-Authors of The Truth Machine, on Why the SEC Has Issued Subpoenas to ICOs
At the Founders Organization’s Initial Taco Offering, an unofficial SXSW event, the co-authors of the recently released Truth Machine, talked about a wide range of regulatory issues from what the[…]
The Skeptics’ Episode: Preston Byrne and Angela Walch on What the Industry and Regulators Get Wrong in Crypto
Preston Byrne, an independent consultant and English lawyer, and Angela Walch, an associate professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law who focuses on blockchain technology, both explain their criticisms[…]
Will Warren of 0x on Why Decentralized Exchanges Are the Future
Will Warren, cofounder of decentralized exchange protocol 0x, was working on building tokenized derivatives for Ethereum when he and his cofounder realized there would be no place to trade them.[…]
Why It’s so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable
Rune Christensen of MakerDAO and Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life and High Fidelity, discuss why stablecoins are called crypto’s holy grail, why they may be what’s necessary for mainstream[…]
MyCrypto’s Taylor Monahan on Why She’s Not a Fan of ICOs
The cofounder of MyEtherWallet and CEO of newly launched MyCrypto walks us through the nuts and bolts of how MyCrypto works, how it differs from a company like Coinbase, why the[…]
Shapeshift’s Erik Voorhees on How Crypto Will Separate Money and State
Erik Voorhees says the greatest scam perpetrated on mankind is currency debasement — and that crypto will change all that. In this wide-ranging interview, the CEO of crypto-to-crypto exchange Shapeshift[…]
Xapo’s Wences Casares on How Bitcoin Makes a Fairer World
Growing up in Argentina, Wences Casares saw his family lose all their money three times due to actions by the government. The so-called “patient zero” of Bitcoin in Silicon Valley[…]
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