Podcast #21 features a fascinating conversation with Bart Stephens on the emergence of Bitcoin and blockchain.

Bart is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL, the first VC firm to raise a venture fund through an ICO, and the most active VC investor in the sector, with 72 portfolio companies across three funds. Bart is also a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Stephens Investment Management, a family owned and operated hedge fund and venture capital firm. Bart has a background of 20 years as both an operating entrepreneur and a venture capitalist. Bart earned a B.A. in Political Science from Princeton University.

We touch on a host of issues as I try to better understand the blockchain, its application to Bitcoin and its impact on industry in general. Interesting stuff as we try to peer into the future.

INTRO-

QUESTIONS-

– Bart, you have a diverse background

You started out at E-Trade and come from a deep background of operating and investing in technology based venture capital.

What lessons did you pick up from your early experiences?

– Now onto the blockchain is a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography.

– The term usually is the second word mentioned after hearing Bitcoin and Etherium and other digital currencies that have become popular in the last 5+ years.

– But it’s the blockchain system of recording and verifying transactions and data that seems to be the exciting game-changer across many industries.

– Bart, perhaps a brief rundown of understanding what the blockchain is and how it works

What will Blockchain impact?

Where are the opportunities?

What are the dangers?

What is the best way to follow the development of blockchain?

How do we stay in touch with you?

www.blockchain.capital

@pbartstephens

@blockchaincap

OUTRO

https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Actually-Intelligent-Decision-Making-1-ebook/dp/B07FPQJJQT/