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Vinay Gupta has been a programmer, 1990s cypherpunk, 'resilience guru', Ethereum release coordinator and currently collaborates with Consensys to mainstream smart contract technology. He also invented the Hexayurt, a cheap and resilient architectural structure for disaster-stricken communities.

Recently, Vinay has become a thought leader in the cryptocurrency space. He is famed for his eloquence and ability to distill the crypto-finance technological paradigm into easy big-picture visualisations. Check out this podcast for some unique insights into technology, politics and history.

Topics covered included:

- His work on resilience. The connection between resilience and cryptocurrencies

- A history of the cypherpunks - who they were, what they believed in and why they failed.

- Why smart contracts matter? What is special about them?

- The impact cryptocurrencies will have on capitalism

- Why cryptocurrencies could be a great tool to explore basic income

Links mentioned in this episode:

- Vinay Gupta - Dangerous Old Men: cypherpunk's failure, Ethereum's success http://bit.ly/1ZHGlpU

- Vinay Gupta - Resilience Guru | London Real http://bit.ly/1Ss64xT

- Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps http://bit.ly/1n6U3Rw

- Vinay Gupta | Computers that just work | State of the Net 2015 http://bit.ly/1lo7HOV

- Vinay's site re.silience.com http://bit.ly/1QiSA6g

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