Charles Hoskinson is the founder of Cardano, a 3rd-generation cryptocurrency. We discuss the limitations of previous blockchains and how Cardano is shaping the future of crypto and decentralization.

Links:

Charles Hoskinson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/charleshoskinsoncrypto

https://cardano.org

2014 Ted Talk “Future will be centralized” by Charles Hoskinson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ufCT6lQcY

2017 Cardano Overview by Charles Hoskinson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9D0kpksxw

Forkast Interview of Charles Hoskinson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhx6AlkC-aI

Coursera course: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - Princeton University (https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency)

OpenCourseWare YouTube playlist: MIT 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018 - Prof. Gary Gensler (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63UUkfL0onkxF6MYgVa04Fn)

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

1:03 - Why crypto and decentralization

5:44 - Brokering trust between 2 people who don't trust each other

8:50 - Is efficiency the right target?

12:15 - How would Airbnb be serviced on a blockchain?

15:30 - How did you get interested in crypto?

19:55 - Impact of crypto in undeveloped countries

22:33 - Secret to BTC's success

26:05 - The cult of Satoshi

29:15 - Future prognosis of BTC

32:33 - Why start Cardano

37:49 - 3rd gen crypto

43:10 - Human psychology and crypto

46:35 - Why prioritize peer reviewed papers

52:47 - How Cardano solves issues in gen 2 crypto

59:50 - Alternative economic universe

1:05:40 - Cardano and African state

1:06:20 - Cardano's developer community

1:14:08 - Regulation and sacrificing anonymity

1:20:30 - Are certain blockchains more vulnerable to regulation?

1:24:24 - Charles' crypto holdings

1:25:30 - Elon Musk, BTC and Dogecoin

1:28:25 - Best way to invest into Defi

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