Kyle Samani, managing accomplice of Multicoin Capital, talks about what obtained him actually excited at this week’s Zcon0 convention for Zcash — primarily, applied sciences that would make doable a way forward for massively scalable blockchains that includes default personal transactions that will nonetheless make doable selective viewing to, say, auditors. He additionally recaps the most important incidents round EOS’s launch and the way the neighborhood plans to alter its governance, by attempting out a brand new ethos of “intent of code” is regulation. We additionally focus on whether or not or not it is even doable to implement that and the way EOS’s governance system compares to the one in Bitcoin. Lastly, we additionally contact on a few of the information round VCs investing in crypto, beginning with a few of the greatest information this week — Kathryn Haun’s appointment as the brand new GP of Andreessen Horowitz, the place she might be co-managing its new crypto fund — and the varied methods that VC companies are utilizing to spend money on crypto.
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Hyperlinks from the episode:
The Zcon0 convention: https://z.money.basis/zcon/
Unchained episode with Zooko Wilcox: http://unchainedpodcast.co/zcashs-zooko-wilcox-on-why-he-believes-privacy-coins-will-be-used-more-for-good-than-bad
The “intent of code” is regulation put up by Dan Larimer, CTO of Block.one, the corporate behind EOS: https://medium.com/@bytemaster/the-intent-of-code-is-law-c0e0cd318032
Katie Haun turning into the brand new GP at Andreessen Horowitz, the place she’s going to co-manage its new crypto fund: https://a16z.com/2018/06/25/katie-haun/
Extra on a16z crypto: https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/25/andreessen-horowitz-has-a-new-crypto-fund-and-its-first-female-general-partner-is-running-it-with-chris-dixon/amp/
Episodes with Katie:
Unconfirmed: http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/sxsw-episode-former-doj-prosecutor-kathryn-haun-on-what-the-sec-subpoenas-and-fincen-letter-likely-mean
Unchained: http://unchainedpodcast.co/live-from-inforum-at-the-commonwealth-club-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-the-basics-with-kathryn-haun
http://unchainedpodcast.co/federal-prosecutor-kathryn-haun-on-how-criminals-use-bitcoin-and-how-she-catches-them
The totally different methods VC companies are utilizing to spend money on crypto:
https://www.recode.internet/2018/6/21/17484524/venture-capital-cryptocurrency-investing-structures
