Sharing Secrets - Presented by Secret Network

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our eighth episode features Michael Casey. Michael Casey is a hugely influential voice in the blockchain and decentralization space, as a writer, educator, advisor, and many other roles. He spent over 18 years at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires before joining the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, where he is now a senior advisor. He is the author of multiple books, including The Age of Cryptocurrency and his most recent book, The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything. Michael also serves as chairman of the advisory board at CoinDesk, where he still writes a weekly column, and he's recently started a new company: Network Effects.

Michael discusses with Tor how he first got interested in the blockchain and decentralization space, the potential impact of global regulation, how popular social platforms fail at decentralization and privacy, how journalists can better measure and communicate the value of decentralized technologies and projects, and, for at least a couple minutes, crowdsourced singing holograms.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

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Relevant links:

Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikejcasey

Michael's columns: https://www.coindesk.com/author/mikejcasey/

Michael's books: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-J.-Casey/e/B001JRYOHI

Enigma: www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our seventh episode features James Duffy from Loom Network. James is the the CMO and co-founder of Loom, where they're building a scaling solution for decentralized applications. Loom Network is particularly focused on games and social applications. James and Tor talk about scalability, why Loom is building for the Ethereum ecosystem, why user experience is the real blocker to adoption of decentralized applications, and how blockchain games can be better than traditional games  - as well as critical for onboarding new users and developers into the decentralized ecosystem.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

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Relevant links:

Loom Network: https://www.loomx.io

Loom Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/loomnetwork

Loom Blog: https://medium.com/loom-network

Enigma: https://www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our sixth episode features Nevin Freeman from Reserve Protocol. Nevin is the co-founder of Reserve, which is producing a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar. Stablecoins have become a hot topic of conversation around the decentralization space as more and more stablecoins have recently launched  -  but due to their complexity and novelty, stablecoins remain poorly understood. On this episode, Nevin and Tor talk about how stablecoins are critical to the adoption of blockchain technology, what growth looks like for a successful stablecoin, and what stablecoins can enable in a decentralized world.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

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Relevant links:

Reserve Protocol: https://www.reserveprotocol.com

MakerDAO Analysis: https://medium.com/reserve-currency/our-analysis-of-the-makerdao-protocol-4a9872c1a824

Enigma: www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our fifth episode features Anthony Pompliano from Morgan Creek Digital Assets. Anthony is an investor and entrepreneur who has built a large audience for his wisdom about the decentralization space and digital asset markets, from his daily newsletter to his podcast Off the Chain to his large Twitter following. On this episode, we talk about Anthony's journey to his present role, from the military, to his time at Facebook, to his VC firm Full Tilt Capital. We discuss how to have a "growth mindset" in the decentralization space, what we can learn (and not learn) from companies like Facebook, how to design growth loops - and we also talk for a while about his pinned message on Twitter.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

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Relevant links:

Off the Chain: https://offthechain.substack.com/

Anthony's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/apompliano

Enigma: www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: www.twitter.com/enigmampc

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our fourth episode features Marguerite deCourcelle, aka coin_artist. Marguerite is the CEO and co-founder of Blockade Games, where she is helping design and build games that integrate blockchain and alternate reality components. Their first game is Neon District, an RPG set in a futuristic tech-noir landscape. On this episode, we talk about Marguerite's history designing puzzles and creating art, the role of games in driving blockchain adoption, the importance of collaboration, and how artists can and will contribute to building the future of decentralization.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

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Relevant links:

Neon District: https://www.neondistrict.io

Blockade Games: https://www.blockade.games

Some of Marguerite's work: https://venturebeat.com/2015/04/09/an-artist-hid-4-87-bitcoins-in-this-painting-puzzle-triggering-a-frenzy-to-solve-it-and-claim-them/

Enigma: https://www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our third episode features Richard Craib, Founder of Numerai - a decentralized hedge fund with a really interesting model. He recently announced Erasure, an unstoppable decentralized data marketplace. Richard talks about how and why he started Numerai and Erasure, the importance of protecting data, what other kinds of organizations blockchain and decentralized tech can enable, and what it might take for people to actually leave traditional jobs and work for these new types of organizations.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

Thanks to Enigma Ambassador Josh Lines for his help in producing this episode.

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Relevant links:

Numerai: https://www.numer.ai

Erasure: https://www.erasure.xxx

Enigma: https://www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our second episode features Ryan Selkis, CEO and founder of Messari. Ryan talks about how his different experiences - from Digital Currency Group to Coindesk to Messari - have shaped his perspective on the potential of decentralized technologies, why journalism in this space is so challenging (and who is succeeding), and how decentralized tech can be used for good, but also misused. We also discuss what Ryan believes are the largest barriers to building a decentralized future, including a lack of reliable information and transparency. And we'll also talk about how we can build a more collaborative industry - and how that relates to Ryan's prolific Twitter activity, where he's known for speaking his mind.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

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Relevant links:

Messari: https://www.messari.io

Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/twobitidiot

Enigma: https://www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc

Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our very first episode features Joey Krug. Joey is the co-chief investment officer at Pantera, a blockchain-focused investment firm and hedge fund, as well as the co-founder of Augur, which is a decentralized prediction market. We talk about biotech and self-driving cars, how liquidity and democratizing adoption will drive Augur's success, why blockchain investors might need to adjust their time horizons, and we get Joey to put odds on a prediction for our decentralized future - when it might happen, and how it might look.

Enigma's new podcast "Decentralize This!" features guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise - all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world. How can all these people with different perspectives collaborate to create and scale the technologies we need to shape a better future?

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Relevant links:

Pantera: https://www.panteracapital.com

Augur: https://www.augur.net

Five levels of autonomous driving: https://www.caranddriver.com/features...

Enigma: https://www.enigma.co

Enigma Blog: https://blog.enigma.co

Enigma Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enigmampc