Crazy Wisdom
What is the fundamental process behind decentralization? - Mike Townsend
- Money & Sovereignty
- Crypto & Decentralization
- decentralization
- cryptocurrency
- blockchain
- podcast hosting
- entrepreneurship
- payments technology
- angel investing
About this episode
What is it like to compete against square? What is it like to charge people to come on a podcast to interview them? Is podcasting like a press organization? When did they invent paper? What is the fundamental process behind decentralization? Is it good nor bad? Is bitcoin a money revolution or a technological innovation? What is the thesis, synthesis and anti synthesis cycle? Is the BTC volatility based on price discovery? What was the significance of the luna and celsius collapse? In 2021, everything in crypto was leveraged against itself. What is the significance of this? Is Tether actually a truly audited stablecoin? The non-transparency behind Tether actually saved it What is the difference between a financial attack and a technology attack in crypto? What is the relationship between being a savvy technologist and an economic technologist? Where does regulation come into this? Can we actually have a decentralized stablecoin? What is the importance of the fourth turning book? What is a saeculum? What is the relationship between chaos now and potential in the future? What about employment in crypto? What is the remote work part of the question? How is Twitter like a feudal lord for the internet? What is the role of the autist in this great splintering that we are going through? What layer is Stewart in? An information gold digger What is the multilayered problem that global mental health represents? Is Buddhism the first therapy? Why is the western world so inspired by materiality? Where does 3D printing fit into decentralization? What is the relationship between global narratives and being prepared for uncertainty? Is it the main driver behind the seeking of global narratives?
Episode transcript
Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. This podcast is for you. If you have an insane drive to find the truth of things, it's not the good answers that we seek, but the good questions. I interview a range of different guests from many different fields, all with the intention to uncover the simple truths that are hidden in plain sight. Most people don't want to go there. I go there, my guests go there, and you benefit. Please let me know if you enjoy these episodes and as always, subscribe on itunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to the podcasts. Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. My guest today is Mike Townsend. He is the host of around the Coin podcast, the founder, CEO of Otter Labs, angel investor, and an advisor. Welcome to the show, Mike.
So we've been following each other on Twitter for a long time. Really excited to sit down with you and understand more about what makes you tick. But then also last week we did this cool thing where it was like a live zoom meeting with other podcasters and stuff like that. How long have you been running your podcast?
2013. Yeah, we started in 2013. I was a spinoff. Around the Coin was a spin off from my startup at the time to try to grow the customer base. We were competing with square building, like a web based point of sale. And I was on Quora all the time. And I met these two other guys on Quora who are avid writers on payments, like 5,000, 10,000 answers on payments, and sent him a message and said, hey, if I organize a podcast and I do all the work, will you talk to me? Basically, and that worked out. And we talked for three hours every Sunday morning and it was awesome. We did that for five years. And then I started interviewing people one on one in 2018.
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