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Art for Art(ist)’s Sake - Arthur and Kathleen Breitman on Tezos’ Grassroots Growth


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Art for Art(ist)’s Sake with Arthur & Kathleen Breitman

Angela and Evan speak with Arthur and Kathleen Breitman, co-founders of the Tezos blockchain, on the organic growth of the proof-of-stake network and the importance of decentralization. This episode explores how and why artist communities have flourished on Tezos, illustrated by the saga of NFT platform Hic-Et-Nunc, which underwent a successful community takeover. It also explores Tezos as a whole, from its core goals to its branding partnerships. Stick around to the end to hear bonus content with Kathleen on the Tezos Permanent Collection and its curator, Misan Harriman!

Arthur Breitman is an early architect of the Tezos protocol. Prior to becoming involved in Tezos full time, he worked at X and Waymo on self-driving cars. In his earlier career, he worked as a quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Arthur graduated from the École Polytechnique and holds a MS in financial mathematics from the Courant Institute at NYU.

Kathleen Breitman is the co-founder and one of the early architects of the Tezos blockchain, which leverages a proof of stake mechanism to provide high security and low energy usage compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum. She has also worked at Accenture, Bridgewater Associates, and the Wall Street Journal.

Tezos

Tezos is an energy-efficient blockchain where developers, artists, entrepreneurs, brands, and others from around the world build and engage with a network of decentralized applications. Tezos' modular architecture allows for seamless, community-determined upgrades that deploy new advancements to fuel the next round of innovation. See for yourself what makes Tezos stand out as part of humanity’s digital future.

Signum Growth  

Signum Growth Capital is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth Capital strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse.  Please reach out to us at [email protected]

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