Since he started blogging as Two Bit Idiot in 2013, Ryan Selkis has been both industry insider and industry critic. Consistently calling out excesses and abuses, but also maintaining his sights on the long-term potential. He recently founded Messari, a project that aims to bring more transparency and fairness to the industry. Messari has narrowed in on siloed, inaccurate and incomplete data as a key factor that allows insiders to profit at the expense of the public. We talked about the various ways in which Messari tackles that problem, ranging from a community-led effort to gather project data to the ambitious goal of a token-curated registry of stand-up projects. Topics discussed in this episode:Ryan's start into the crypto industry as pseudonymous blogger Two Bit IdiotHis insights from being the Digital Currency Group's first employeeCoinDesk and the challenges of journalism in cryptoWhy poor and inaccurate information benefits industry insiders at the expense of retail investorsMessari's mission to lead a self-regulatory effort for the crypto industryHow an open, distributed crypto data library could help create a fairer playing fieldThe plans for Messari's token-curated registry of projects following reporting standardsThe economics and game theory around the Messari token and TCR Links mentioned in this episode: Messari - Crypto News, Pricing, and ResearchIntroducing Messari: An Open-Source EDGAR Database for CryptoassetsMessari Whitepaper[A token to self-regulate tokens. But really.]( https://medium.com/@twobitidiot/a-token-to-self-regulate-tokens-but-really-a61da77e6a7b)Cryptoasset network value, market cap, rankings & metrics | OnChainFXRyan Selkis (@twobitidiot) | TwitterMessari Community Analyst Application Support the show, consider donating: BTC: 1CD83r9EzFinDNWwmRW4ssgCbhsM5bxXwg (https://epicenter.tv/tipbtc)BCC: 1M4dvWxjL5N9WniNtatKtxW7RcGV73TQTd (http://epicenter.tv/tipbch)ETH: 0x8cdb49ca5103Ce06717C4daBBFD4857183f50935 (https://epicenter.tv/tipeth) This episode is also available on :Epicenter.tvYouTubeSouncloud Watch or listen, Epicenter is available wherever you get your podcasts. Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sƒbastien Couture & Meher Roy.