Published On Dec 7, 2020
Balaji S. Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur. Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he was also the cofounder of Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase), Counsyl (acquired by Myriad), and Teleport (acquired by Topia). In this episode he talks with Sasha about:
• What lead him from biology into computer science and entrepreneurship
• Real projects that are seeing 10X improvements over the past few years
• How crypto is like a 10-100 million-person country building its own internal economy
• Is crypto a good space for Google or FaceBook employees?
• Making it possible to consistently make money in crypto
• How the next evolution of open source is open-state and open-execution
• Good entry points for people interested in the open web space
Episode links:
Balaji Srinivasan: / balajis
[Blog post] And What Has the Blockchain Ever Done for Us?: https://balajis.com/and-what-has-the-...
Balaji's writing and website: https://balajis.com
[Educational resource] Coinbase Earn: https://www.coinbase.com/rewards
[Educational resource] Binance Academy: https://academy.binance.com/en
[Educational resource] Brilliant.com Course on Cryptocurrency: https://brilliant.org/courses/cryptoc...
[Educational resource] Nakamoto: https://nakamoto.com
[Book] Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott: https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-like-St...
Sasha Hudzilin: / aliaksandrh
Learn more about the Open Web Collective accelerator batch and apply to be part of the next cohort in January 2021 - https://www.openwebcollective.com