A Sober View on Crypto

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[00.02:35] – (First Question) – Will anyone use cryptocurrency in the real world at a large scale

[00.03:43] – The idea of censorship resistance 

[00.12:29] – Will society be accepting of this technology

[00.14:39] – Why decentralized apps can’t be acquired

[00.18:24] – The idea of exponential vs linear improvements on a trend and if there are limits to the growth of decentralized technologies

[00.23:26] – The struggle with early adaption of blockchain

[00.25:41] – The best application for bitcoin: storing value

[00.29:52] – Adam’s introduction to crypto-assets and how his thinking has evolved in the space

[00.36:44] – In this hyper frothy market, is there a situation that makes an ICO exciting to Adam

[00.43:51] – Even though it appears to be easy money, Adam explains why you shouldn’t just create an ICO

[00.50:59] – A look at what Chain is doing and what Adam is excited about

[00.53:23] – How does what Adam is working on help to improve the ledger of his clients

[01:02:00] – Why you can easily be an early investor in cryptocurrency

[01:04:27] – Kindest thing anyone has done for Adam