Stay ConnectedSharing Secrets – a new series from the Secret Foundation – explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Hosted by Tor Bair, Sharing Secrets features everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond.
(Sharing Secrets is a reboot and expansion of Decentralize This!, an interview-driven podcast previously hosted by Tor Bair and presented by Enigma. Back episodes are available here!)
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Episode 14 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Dan Held, Growth Lead at Kraken. Tor asks Dan: What does it mean to have a growth mindset in the blockchain space, and what insights can it lead to? What does he believe are some of Satoshi's secrets that led to the growth and adoption of Bitcoin? How important is privacy to Bitcoin and other blockchains? And why is 2020's Bitcoin bull run fundamentally different from previous cycles? What happens next? Dan on Substack: https://danheld.substack.com Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanHeld --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 13 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin. Tor asks Charlie: What secrets has he learned as the creator of one of the most successful cryptocurrencies in the world? What has he timed well - or timed poorly? How is Litecoin implementing privacy, and why was that decision made? Why is privacy important for users and for fungibility? Why does he think we’re about to see a massive surge in cryptocurrency adoption? And crucially, what will make it be sustainable? Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/satoshilite Litecoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/litecoin Coindesk interview on Litecoin privacy: https://www.coindesk.com/litecoin-privacy-charlie-lee --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 12 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Bruce Pon, Founder of Ocean Protocol and Founder / CEO of BigchainDB. Tor asks Bruce: What secrets did he learn building data and blockchain-based solutions before Ocean Protocol? How did Ocean emerge from those learnings, and what are they building now? What is the importance of privacy and data for artificial intelligence? What are datatokens, and how can they revolutionize the data economy? And what is the biggest piece of advice he has for people trying to enter the blockchain space for the first time today? Ocean Protocol: https://www.oceanprotocol.com Bruce on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brucepon Ocean and Secret: https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-and-secret-collaborating-on-access-control-and-private-compute-for-datatokens-1427acd1fcbe --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 11 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Josh Cincinnati, the former Executive Director of the Zcash Foundation. Tor asks Josh: What secrets did he learn trying to bring privacy to the cryptocurrency space? Why is privacy education and communication so challenging? What are the biggest threats to privacy and our greatest opportunities to solve them? And what relationship is there between protecting privacy and decentralization? Do they go hand in hand - or are they at odds? Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acityinohio --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 10 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Brittany Kaiser, former Cambridge Analytica whistleblower and co-founder of the Own Your Data Foundation. Tor asks Brittany: How is our data being misused - and what are the consequences? What was it like to share her secrets for the acclaimed Netflix documentary “The Great Hack”? How can technologists and regulators work together to create better laws, educate the public, and fuel innovation that protects users and their data? Are blockchains really a privacy solution? Can blockchains help solve the challenging problem of securing elections and voting? And finally, how will the Own Your Data Foundation contribute to a more prosperous and secure digital future? Brittany on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OwnYourDataNow Own Your Data Foundation: https://ownyourdata.foundation --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 9 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Jamie Burke, Founder and CEO of Outlier Ventures. Tor asks Jamie: What secrets has he learned as an investor? How does he learn from the experiences of other investors and founders? How has he developed his investment theses in the blockchain space? How does Outlier Ventures support projects and founders? And crucially, how can we achieve broader adoption of groundbreaking use cases like NFTs and DeFi? This is Part 2 of a two part episode. Part 1 features Tor Bair as a guest on Founders of Web 3, a podcast hosted by Jamie Burke. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-web-3-needs-privacy-by-default-tor-bair-secret/id1511782129?i=1000496364844 Outlier Ventures: https://outlierventures.io Jamie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamie247 --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 8 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with RAC, grammy-winning musician and early adopter of Web3. Tor asks RAC: What secrets has he learned that other artists should know as they explore the new frontiers of blockchain? What are his favorite experiments that he and other artists have done in the blockchain space? How disruptive will decentralized technologies be to the business models of the legacy music world? And what might the music platforms of the future look like - or are they already here? Audius: https://audius.co RAC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RAC --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 7 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Josh Lee of Chainapsis, makers of Keplr Wallet. Tor asks Josh: What secrets has he learned on his journey from journalism to building key infrastructure for Cosmos and beyond? What does it feel like to be successfully funded by a community proposal (like Keplr was by the Secret community)? What excites him the most about emerging DeFi products? And what will it take to achieve sustainable mass adoption of blockchain technology, including wallets? Keplr: https://wallet.keplr.app --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 6 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Qiao Wang of the DeFi Alliance. Tor asks Qiao: What secrets has he learned trading, researching, and investing? What's the right way to measure growth for DeFi, and what will unlock the next phase of growth? Is there a close connection between privacy and liquidity? And what role can the DeFi Alliance play in helping scale decentralized finance from billions to trillions? DeFi Alliance: https://www.defialliance.org/ Qiao on Twitter: https://twitter.com/qwqiao --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 5 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Jake Brukhman of Coinfund. Tor asks Jake: What secrets has he learned as an investor, builder, and artist in the blockchain space? Why are NFTs finally gaining traction after years of development - and what will the next phase of growth look like? How will the introduction of privacy impact both the NFT and DeFi spaces? And how close are we to "mainstreaming" NFTs and other blockchain-based applications? Coinfund: https://coinfund.io Jake on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbrukh --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 4 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Mike Dudas, Founder of The Block. Tor asks Mike: What brought him to the blockchain space, and what secrets did he learn along the way? What makes building a media company in the blockchain space particularly challenging? Will decentralized finance play a pivotal role in mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies? And how has the mainstream world already become more like the blockchain space - including the gamification of markets? The Block: https://theblockcrypto.com --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: scrt.network Official Chat: chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 3 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Zaki Manian, cofounder of Iqlusion, formerly of Tendermint Labs. Tor asks Zaki: What brought him to the blockchain space, and what secrets did he learn along the way? What's the best way to develop products and processes in a decentralized ecosystem? How is DeFi on Cosmos manifesting with IBC and beyond? And importantly, what kind of role can Secret Network and privacy play in building more sustainable and more usable open economies? Iqlusion: https://www.iqlusion.io IBC: https://cosmos.network/ibc --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 2 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Ed Moncada, cofounder of Blockfolio, now with FTX after a $150M acquisition.. Tor asks Ed: What’s the biggest secret you learned while at Blockfolio? When did you know you had a hit? How does he feel about his transition to FTX and the opportunity to work with Sam Bankman-Fried? What's the future of DEXes and CEXes? And what is Ed excited to build next? Blockfolio: www.blockfolio.com FTX: www.ftx.com --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Episode 1 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Guy Zyskind, CEO of Enigma. Tor asks Guy: Why is privacy important to him? What has he learned in the past few years of developing secret contracts? How does he feel now that they're finally launching to mainnet? What does he think of DeFi? And where does he see Secret Network playing a huge role in both our present and our future? Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our thirty-third episode features John Wolpert. John currently works at Consensys on the Web3Studio team, helping drive adoption of the decentralized web by identifying and building solutions using decentralized technologies. John has decades of entrepreneurial experience and previously co-founded IBM's blockchain business unit as well as Hyperledger Fabric. He also currently helps lead the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance's Mainnet Working Group, where Enigma is a contributing member. On this episode, John talks about why the world needs a single "mainnet", how to "embrace the boring" with blockchain, the new relationship between public and private blockchains, the importance of protecting sensitive data and business logic, and why everyone should get on board the "Magic Bus". Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? --- Relevant links: John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jwolpert Consensys: https://www.consensys.net EEA: https://www.entethalliance.org Enigma: https://www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our thirty-second episode features Roneil Rumburg. Roneil is the co-founder and CEO of Audius, a decentralized music streaming and hosting platform that’s hoping to disrupt the music industry for the benefit of artists. Audius allows artists to freely share their work or work-in-progress with a dedicated community. The platform already features a bunch of high profile DJs and artists, including deadmau5 and Zed’s Dead. Audius also recently raised a new funding round to support and scale their vision. On this episode, Roneil talks about what problems Audius solves for musicians and the music industry, why artists are so excited about the potential of blockchain, and how music could be the killer use case for getting decentralized technologies into the hands of millions of users. Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? --- Relevant links: Audius: www.audius.co Audius in TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/24/audius-music/ Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our thirtieth episode features Andreas M. Antonopoulos. Andreas is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts. In 2014, he wrote the one of the foundational books of the blockchain space, Mastering Bitcoin. He is also the author of The Internet of Money as well as his most recent book, Mastering Ethereum. He is widely respected in the blockchain space for not only his knowledge and ceaseless curiosity about decentralized technologies, but also for his extreme generosity in teaching others. On this wide-ranging episode, Andreas talks about how the public’s perception of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies has shifted in the last decade, how Libra and centralized digital currencies will affect open blockchains (as well as our human rights), and how people inside and outside the decentralization space can and should work together to fight these growing threats. Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? --- Relevant links: Andreas' website: https://aantonop.com Andreas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop Mastering Bitcoin: https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook Enigma: https://www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our thirtieth episode features Kevin Owocki. Kevin is the founder and self-described chief janitor of Gitcoin, a blockchain-based incentivization layer for open-source software. Gitcoin helps connect developers eager to contribute to open source projects with projects offering bounties for development work. Kevin himself is an experienced developer and passionate about strengthening the foundations and expanding the impact of open-source software. On this episode Kevin talks with Tor about the beginnings and future of Gitcoin, what sustainability means for open source and blockchain, and how to design for humans in a space that often abstracts them away. Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Kevin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/owocki Gitcoin: https://www.gitcoin.co Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-ninth episode features John Egan. John is the cofounder and CEO of Editional, an application where you can create and discover limited edition digital art. John is an experienced product builder and leader - he previously led Facebook’s Workplace product and founded Caffeinated Mind, a YCombinator-funded startup. John and Editional are helping show how blockchain and NFTs can shape the future of the digital art world - and perhaps much more. On this episode John talks with Tor about how Editional solves problems for artists and collectors, the importance of digital scarcity, and how the decentralized digital art stack is evolving, from originating to purchasing to displaying art. Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/john3gan Editional: https://www.editional.com Editional Twitter: https://twitter.com/editionalapp Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-eighth episode features Nathaniel Whittemore. Nathaniel is a communications specialist in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, and he is the mastermind behind Long Reads Sunday, where he curates the best content in the blockchain and decentralization space. He is deeply interested in how narratives evolve in our industry and the way these stories shape what we build, what we use, and what we believe. On this episode Nathaniel talks with me about the rapidly evolving narrative of privacy, how telling the right stories can drive mass adoption of new technologies, and how the gap is still widening between how the public sees blockchain and how the blockchain space sees itself. Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: More about Nathaniel: www.whittemore.io Twitter (and Long Reads Sunday): www.twitter.com/nlw Narrative Watch: https://medium.com/@nlw/narrative-watch-spring-2019-edition-56d8eeadaa42 Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-seventh episode features Angela Walch. Angela is a Professor of Law at St. Mary's University School of Law. Her research focuses on money and the law, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and financial stability. She is a self-described skeptic of blockchain technology, and she's considered one of the leading legal experts on many of the complexities being created by decentralized technologies. Angela has presented her work at Harvard Law School, Stanford University, the Federal Reserve, and the London School of Economics, among others. On this episode Angela talks about the difficulty in defining terms like "decentralization" and "trustless", who makes the ultimate determination on whether something is decentralized, what are the weaknesses she sees in blockchain governance, and how despite her overall skepticism, some of these new technologies might actually hold real promise. Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: More about Angela: www.angelawalch.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/angela_walch Deconstructing Decentralization: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3326244 Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-sixth episode features Jake Brukhman. Jake is the founder of CoinFund, a cryptoasset-focused investment and research firm founded in 2015. CoinFund directly engages with decentralized networks and contributes support to companies designing blockchain protocols and applications - something they've referred to as "generalized mining." Jake himself has a technical background, previously studying mathematics and computer science and working as a technical product lead at Amazon. On this episode Jake talks about the vision he had for CoinFund in 2015, why he embraces the term "generalized mining" (and how he defines it), the future of decentralized finance on Ethereum, and why 2019 might be the year of decentralized governance. Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: CoinFund: https://coinfund.io Grassfed Network: https://grassfed.network Jake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbrukh Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-fifth episode features Kyle Samani. Kyle is a managing partner at Multicoin Capital, a cryptoasset fund whose stated mission is “to accelerate the transition from the centralized institutions of the Industrial Age to the decentralized institutions of the Internet Age.” Kyle is a serial entrepreneur in the tech world, having previously founded a company in the cutting-edge field of augmented reality before it was acquired. He also frequently writes about his work at Multicoin and his personal perspectives on technology — including the crypto space. On this episode Kyle talks about how smart contracts could supplant our financial system, the underrated importance of key management solutions, the weird relationship between crypto and leverage, and what he looks for when he’s trying to answer the question: “What comes next?” Enigma's podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Multicoin Capital: https://multicoin.capital Kyle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylesamani Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-fourth episode features Alexis Gauba. Alexis is the cofounder of Mechanism Labs, an open-source research lab focused on studying consensus, scalability, usability, and other aspects of decentralized systems. She is also the cofounder and executive director of SHE256, a non-profit focused on increasing diversity and breaking down barriers to entry for the blockchain and decentralization space. Alexis is currently a student at UC Berkeley working on a degree in computer science, and she’s been very active in getting student communities more engaged with blockchain. On this episode Alexis talks about diversity of builders and users in the blockchain space, how mentorship and education can contribute to a more sustainable and open ecosystem, and the role of design and design thinking in creating products that get adopted by millions of users worldwide. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Mechanism Labs: https://mechanismlabs.io SHE256: https://she256.io Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-third episode features Fabian Vogelsteller. Fabian is the co-founder and CTO of LUKSO, an open blockchain ecosystem for the fashion and lifestyle industry. Fabian has been a mainstay in the Ethereum ecosystem, having previously worked at the Ethereum Foundation and having built foundational products and libraries such as the Mist Browser, Ethereum Wallet, and web3js. In 2015 he proposed the ERC-20 token standard, which became the foundation for the "token economy" boom. On this episode Fabian talks about the importance of open standards, how to create digital ownership and identity, and how LUKSO is bridging the digital and physical worlds to create real use cases - and adoption - for decentralized technologies, starting with the ubiquitous world of fashion. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: LUKSO: https://www.lukso.network ERC725 Alliance: https://erc725alliance.org/ Fabian’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/feindura Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-second episode features Loi Luu. Loi is the CEO and co-founder of Kyber Network, an on-chain liquidity network for inter-token transactions. Kyber is focused on providing and creating liquidity across the entire decentralized finance ecosystem, and they've integrated with dozens of projects to facilitate use cases from token-based payments to portfolio rebalancing. Loi previously earned his PhD in Computer Science at the National University of Singapore and wrote his thesis on blockchain security. On this episode Loi talks about how and why Kyber's vision has expanded since its early days, how they've become leaders on collaboration within the decentralized finance space, and how he thinks young people see Ethereum and cryptoassets differently from older generations - and what it means for future adoption. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Kyber Network: https://kyber.network Wrapped Bitcoin: https://wbtc.network Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-first episode features Josh Cincinnati. Josh is the executive director of the Zcash Foundation, a non-profit focused on financial privacy and in particular serving users of the Zcash protocol. Zcash itself is a digital currency that provides enhanced privacy for users. Neither the foundation or the currency is to be confused with Zcash the company, which recently rebranded itself as the Electric Coin Company (but not quite in time for this podcast recording!). All of this can be a little confusing — but fortunately, Josh helps break down these definitions and relationships, as well as the mission of the Zcash Foundation, on this podcast. On this episode Josh talks about the purpose of foundations (and Zcash Foundation in particular), how he thinks about privacy for individuals, how to get millions of people actually using Zcash, and why we should still have trust in blockchain technology — even if Bruce Schneier is a skeptic. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Zcash Foundation: https://www.zfnd.org Zcash: https://z.cash Bruce Schneier’s WIRED article: https://www.wired.com/story/theres-no-good-reason-to-trust-blockchain-technology/ Bruce Schneier on Decentralize This!: https://blog.enigma.co/decentralize-this-special-episode-1-bruce-schneier-8f8546da8b82 Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twentieth episode features Tony Sheng. Tony is currently leading product at Decentraland, an open virtual world running on Ethereum. He's also a prolific writer in the decentralization space, and he publishes weekly on topics ranging from in-game economies and growth models to investment valuations, governance, and censorship. Previously Tony worked on products at companies like Google and AltspaceVR, and he remains very interested in virtual reality. On this episode Tony talks about what he's currently reading and writing, what important metrics are for early-stage projects, how replacement cost can be used as a valuation model, and how growth, ownership, and games are all interconnected. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Tony's website: www.tonysheng.com Decentraland: www.decentraland.org Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our nineteenth episode features Max Brody. Max is the co-founder and CEO of Cent, a social network built on Ethereum that aims to get creators paid directly for sharing their work and wisdom. Cent is another example of a “hybrid dApp”, where parts of the product are decentralized (and other parts centralized) for the ultimate benefit of users. Max himself is an experienced designer as well as a musician and writer, so he understands how to build products that can work for a mainstream audience of creators, not just developers. On this episode Max talks with Tor about why he started Cent, how his team has chosen what parts of the product to decentralize, why he believes art and artists will proliferate on the Cent platform, and whether he sees Facebook as a competitor — or as a danger to society. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Cent: www.cent.co Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our eighteenth episode features Jameson Lopp. Jameson is an experienced engineer who has been working full-time in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency space since 2015, contributing to a number of different projects. He is currently the CTO of Casa, which builds best-in-class key management solutions as well as Casa Node, a Bitcoin and Lightning node that can be used in your home. He is also the creator of Statoshi, a fork of Bitcoin Core aiming to analyze statistics of Bitcoin nodes. Jameson writes frequently on Bitcoin, personal privacy, security, and much more. On this episode Jameson talks with Tor about what it means to be a "cypherpunk", how his own extreme experiences have shaped his perspective on privacy and security, how individuals can be incentivized to solve systemic issues, and how Casa in particular is empowering users and enabling a more decentralized ecosystem. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Jameson's Webpage: https://lopp.net/ Casa: https://keys.casa Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our first special episode features Bruce Schneier. Bruce is one of the world's foremost security experts and researchers, having authored hundreds of articles, essays, and papers as well as over a dozen books. He is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, a lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), AccessNow, and the Tor Project. His latest book, "Click Here to Kill Everybody," explores the existential threats we've created by hyper-connecting our modern world - and how governments and people can move to protect our future, before it's too late. On this important episode, Bruce talks with Tor about new kinds of threats to our physical security, who bears the cost of these risks in society, why breaches like Equifax are only just the beginning, and what meaningful policies could help us to prevent catastrophe - if we move quickly. Going beyond our regular interviews, special episodes of Decentralize This! highlight important global issues and the leaders who are dedicated to solving them. For people building and scaling adoption of decentralized technologies, it is critical to understand the real problems and threats our world faces - the "Why" that helps define our "What." Why is it so critical that we build the right things and scale them the right way? What about the world must we work to change? ---- Relevant links: Bruce Schneier: https://www.schneier.com/ Berkman Klein Center: https://cyber.harvard.edu/ EFF: https://www.eff.org Click Here to Kill Everybody: https://www.amazon.com/Click-Here-Kill-Everybody-Hyper-connected-ebook/dp/B07BLMQKZK Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our seventeenth episode features Alex Wearn. Alex is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora, the creators of IDEX. IDEX is a hybrid decentralized token exchange built on Ethereum, combining decentralized elements (such as custody) with off-chain infrastructure that keeps IDEX fast, liquid, and a high-quality trading experience for users. As a result, IDEX is one of the most used applications built on Ethereum. IDEX’s hybrid model could provide a blueprint for developers looking to actually achieve adoption for their products — but it’s not without its drawbacks or challenges. On this episode Alex talks with Tor about the difference between “true decentralization” and “pragmatic decentralization”, whether code should be law, why liquidity is the most essential element for any exchange, and what the impact of regulation might be on the nascent decentralization space. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Aurora: https://auroradao.com/ IDEX: https://idex.market Pragmatic Decentralization: https://medium.com/aurora-dao/pragmatic-decentralization-how-idex-will-approach-industry-regulations-8b109212128a Staking: https://medium.com/aurora-dao/idex-launches-aura-staking-learn-how-to-earn-platform-trading-fees-or-increased-trading-rewards-2babf29244a8 Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our sixteenth episode features Andrew Keys. Andrew works at ConsenSys, where he leads their financial services arm, ConsenSys Capital. He was previously head of global business development for ConsenSys and started the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). He has extensive experience with entrepreneurship and capital markets, and he has seen first hand what it really takes to drive the adoption of decentralized technologies by businesses around the world. On this episode Andrew talks with Tor about the evolution of ConsenSys and its vision, developing a new language for decentralization, how to start building products for millions of users instead of hundreds, and, as is Andrew’s annual tradition, his biggest predictions for 2019. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Consensys: www.consensys.net Enterprise Ethereum Alliance: www.entethalliance.org Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our fifteenth episode features Don Gossen. Don is the co-founder of Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data exchange protocol and one of Enigma’s launch partners. Don has spent his entire career focused on data, analytics, and business intelligence, working in many different countries around the world. He is an expert in how organizations use and consume data — and he has seen first-hand the challenges they face in doing so. On this episode Don talks with Tor about data provenance and privacy, how to bridge the established centralized world and emerging decentralized systems, how organizations can embrace blockchain-based data solutions, and the critical importance of making the decentralization space more collaborative — and less tribal. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Ocean Protocol: www.oceanprotocol.com Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our fourteenth episode features Glen Weyl. Glen is a political economist and social technologist who is focused on how new technologies and markets can create a more equal, cooperative society. He’s best known in the blockchain space for his work with Vitalik Buterin on their paper “Liberal Radicalism” (coauthored with Zoë Hitzig), and he’s deeply passionate about building a global movement for change. Glen is also the coauthor of “Radical Markets”, and he teaches at Princeton University and is a principal researcher at Microsoft in New York. On this episode Glen discusses what Liberal Radicalism represents, how mechanisms like quadratic voting and Harberger taxes can be applied at small scale and globally, why we should treat data as a product of labor, and why we must pursue and value social innovation as much as technological innovation. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Glen’s email: glen@radicalxchange.org Radicalxchange: www.radicalxchange.org Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our thirteenth episode features Erick Pinos. Erick is currently the executive director of the Blockchain Education Network, or BEN. BEN's mission is creating a more open world by promoting technological literacy and decentralization. They focus on building and supporting communities of students around the world who are interested in decentralized technologies and their applications. Previously Erick was the president of the MIT Bitcoin Club, and he's an experienced organizer and educator as well as a developer and entrepreneur. On this episode Erick discusses how he became interested in bitcoin and decentralization, the importance of a positive first experience in the decentralization space, how to build global and local communities of passionate students, and why now is the best time to get involved with decentralization - and the worst time to give up on the space. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Blockchain Education Network: https://www.blockchainedu.org/ Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twelfth episode features Luis Cuende. Luis is the cofounder of Aragon, a platform that allows anyone to create and manage decentralized organizations. He’s an incredible thinker and builder, having published his first book at 18 and having been named to Forbes 30 under 30. Aragon also recently released a new version of their platform on the Ethereum mainnet, which Luis and Tor discuss. On this episode we’ll also talk why Luis got into the blockchain space, the power of decentralized, autonomous organizations, where our current centralized systems are falling short, and the conflicts between regulation and decentralization - and how those have impacted both Luis and Aragon. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Aragon Blog: blog.aragon.org Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our eleventh episode features Alison Macrina. Alison is the Community Team Lead at the Tor Project. The Tor Project primarily maintains the Tor anonymity network, which allows users to browse the internet while preserving their privacy. Tor is decentralized by design, utilizing a principle called "onion routing," and they have nodes all over the world. Alison is also the founder of the Library Freedom Project, which helps educate librarians about the importance of privacy and gives them resources to help organize and educate their communities. On this episode Alison and Tor (the podcast host, not the project) discuss how the Tor network protects its users, how preserving privacy is essential to human freedom, the relationship between decentralization and privacy, the dangers of "growth at all costs," and why she's skeptical of many of the people and projects in the blockchain space. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Tor Project: https://www.torproject.org Library Freedom Project: https://libraryfreedomproject.org Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://eff.org Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our tenth episode features Ari Paul. Ari is a managing partner and CIO at BlockTower Capital, which is one of the leading cryptoasset investment firms. He has a fairly traditional finance background, having worked previously as a portfolio manager for the University of Chicago as well as a derivatives marketmaker and trader, and he holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. However, Ari has fully embraced the potential of cryptoassets and you’ll often hear him advocating for them on mainstream channels like CNBC or Bloomberg. He’s also generous with his thoughts on Twitter, where he will post at length about complex topics and how he develops his investment theses. On this episode Ari discusses with Tor how he got into the crypto space, how he and BlockTower evaluate opportunities, whether or not decentralized protocols are winner-take-all, capturing versus creating new value, and what the largest barriers are to the adoption of these new technologies at scale. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? **Disclosure: BlockTower invests in and actively trade many cryptocurrencies, long and short, and may have positions in assets discussed in this podcast.** ---- Relevant links: Ari's Twitter: www.twitter.com/aridavidpaul Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our ninth episode features Nathan Schneider. Nathan is a journalist and author as well as a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He’s written some really interesting books, including one about the Occupy movement and another about God, so he has some experience tackling fairly complex topics. His latest book is called “Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that is Shaping the Next Economy,” and it focuses on the role of cooperatives in our society - and in our future. As a result, Nathan has some very interesting and relevant ideas about “decentralization” as a movement and as a term, and he recently wrote a piece titled “What to do once you admit that decentralizing everything never seems to work.” On this episode Nathan and Tor discuss platform cooperativism, trust and accountability, the value of privacy, the difference between protocols and platforms, and how we should be defining this weird term “decentralization” - and whether it is a goal in itself or a means to another end. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Nathan’s Website: https://nathanschneider.info Everything for Everyone: https://nathanschneider.info/books/everything-for-everyone/ Hackernoon Article: https://hackernoon.com/decentralizing-everything-never-seems-to-work-2bb0461bd168 Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our eighth episode features Michael Casey. Michael Casey is a hugely influential voice in the blockchain and decentralization space, as a writer, educator, advisor, and many other roles. He spent over 18 years at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires before joining the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, where he is now a senior advisor. He is the author of multiple books, including The Age of Cryptocurrency and his most recent book, The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything. Michael also serves as chairman of the advisory board at CoinDesk, where he still writes a weekly column, and he's recently started a new company: Network Effects. Michael discusses with Tor how he first got interested in the blockchain and decentralization space, the potential impact of global regulation, how popular social platforms fail at decentralization and privacy, how journalists can better measure and communicate the value of decentralized technologies and projects, and, for at least a couple minutes, crowdsourced singing holograms. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikejcasey Michael's columns: https://www.coindesk.com/author/mikejcasey/ Michael's books: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-J.-Casey/e/B001JRYOHI Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our seventh episode features James Duffy from Loom Network. James is the the CMO and co-founder of Loom, where they're building a scaling solution for decentralized applications. Loom Network is particularly focused on games and social applications. James and Tor talk about scalability, why Loom is building for the Ethereum ecosystem, why user experience is the real blocker to adoption of decentralized applications, and how blockchain games can be better than traditional games - as well as critical for onboarding new users and developers into the decentralized ecosystem. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Loom Network: https://www.loomx.io Loom Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/loomnetwork Loom Blog: https://medium.com/loom-network Enigma: https://www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our sixth episode features Nevin Freeman from Reserve Protocol. Nevin is the co-founder of Reserve, which is producing a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar. Stablecoins have become a hot topic of conversation around the decentralization space as more and more stablecoins have recently launched - but due to their complexity and novelty, stablecoins remain poorly understood. On this episode, Nevin and Tor talk about how stablecoins are critical to the adoption of blockchain technology, what growth looks like for a successful stablecoin, and what stablecoins can enable in a decentralized world. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Reserve Protocol: https://www.reserveprotocol.com MakerDAO Analysis: https://medium.com/reserve-currency/our-analysis-of-the-makerdao-protocol-4a9872c1a824 Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our fifth episode features Anthony Pompliano from Morgan Creek Digital Assets. Anthony is an investor and entrepreneur who has built a large audience for his wisdom about the decentralization space and digital asset markets, from his daily newsletter to his podcast Off the Chain to his large Twitter following. On this episode, we talk about Anthony's journey to his present role, from the military, to his time at Facebook, to his VC firm Full Tilt Capital. We discuss how to have a "growth mindset" in the decentralization space, what we can learn (and not learn) from companies like Facebook, how to design growth loops - and we also talk for a while about his pinned message on Twitter. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Off the Chain: https://offthechain.substack.com/ Anthony's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/apompliano Enigma: www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our fourth episode features Marguerite deCourcelle, aka coin_artist. Marguerite is the CEO and co-founder of Blockade Games, where she is helping design and build games that integrate blockchain and alternate reality components. Their first game is Neon District, an RPG set in a futuristic tech-noir landscape. On this episode, we talk about Marguerite's history designing puzzles and creating art, the role of games in driving blockchain adoption, the importance of collaboration, and how artists can and will contribute to building the future of decentralization. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Neon District: https://www.neondistrict.io Blockade Games: https://www.blockade.games Some of Marguerite's work: https://venturebeat.com/2015/04/09/an-artist-hid-4-87-bitcoins-in-this-painting-puzzle-triggering-a-frenzy-to-solve-it-and-claim-them/ Enigma: https://www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our third episode features Richard Craib, Founder of Numerai - a decentralized hedge fund with a really interesting model. He recently announced Erasure, an unstoppable decentralized data marketplace. Richard talks about how and why he started Numerai and Erasure, the importance of protecting data, what other kinds of organizations blockchain and decentralized tech can enable, and what it might take for people to actually leave traditional jobs and work for these new types of organizations. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? Thanks to Enigma Ambassador Josh Lines for his help in producing this episode. ----- Relevant links: Numerai: https://www.numer.ai Erasure: https://www.erasure.xxx Enigma: https://www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our second episode features Ryan Selkis, CEO and founder of Messari. Ryan talks about how his different experiences - from Digital Currency Group to Coindesk to Messari - have shaped his perspective on the potential of decentralized technologies, why journalism in this space is so challenging (and who is succeeding), and how decentralized tech can be used for good, but also misused. We also discuss what Ryan believes are the largest barriers to building a decentralized future, including a lack of reliable information and transparency. And we'll also talk about how we can build a more collaborative industry - and how that relates to Ryan's prolific Twitter activity, where he's known for speaking his mind. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? --- Relevant links: Messari: https://www.messari.io Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/twobitidiot Enigma: https://www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our very first episode features Joey Krug. Joey is the co-chief investment officer at Pantera, a blockchain-focused investment firm and hedge fund, as well as the co-founder of Augur, which is a decentralized prediction market. We talk about biotech and self-driving cars, how liquidity and democratizing adoption will drive Augur's success, why blockchain investors might need to adjust their time horizons, and we get Joey to put odds on a prediction for our decentralized future - when it might happen, and how it might look. Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future? ---- Relevant links: Pantera: https://www.panteracapital.com Augur: https://www.augur.net Five levels of autonomous driving: https://www.caranddriver.com/features... Enigma: https://www.enigma.co Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc
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