Intro

Sam Blackshear is the Co-founder and CTO of Mysten Labs, the company behind the Sui Network, and creator of the Move programming language that's revolutionizing smart contract development. 

From his academic roots in programming language research to his pivotal role at Facebook's Libra project, Sam shares the untold story of how he identified fundamental flaws in existing blockchain architectures and built solutions from the ground up.

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PARTNERS

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🌱 Bitwise Asset Management is the crypto specialist asset manager with more than $10 billion client assets and more than 30 crypto solutions across ETFs, index funds, alpha strategies, staking, and more.

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💧Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible.

https://sui.io/

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 Find out more at https://www.coinsilium.com/

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DISCLAIMER

The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.

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0:00 Introduction

1:28 Please Subscribe

1:54 Partnerships 

2:44 The Power of Preparation

5:14 Discipline Behind the Podcast

6:27 Translating Thought Into Code

8:19 Who is Sam Blackshear?

9:27 Choosing What Truly Matters

10:25 Self Custody with Trezor

11:18 Crypto vs. AI Thinking

17:55 Challenging the Limits of Code

22:52 Chose Learning Over a Job

27:35 PhD Skills Meet Facebook

29:05 Entering Crypto Through Facebook

32:15 Why Libra Needed Move

33:42 Solving Scarcity in Code

36:37 Bitcoin & Ethereum Mistakes

38:45 Creating a New Language

44:47 Avoiding Analysis Paralysis

53:14 Future of Crypto Protocols

55:00 What is the Sui Network?

57:05 Why is Sui The Best Blockchain?

56:25 What Makes Sui Different?

59:05 Managing Energy Long-Term

1:01:02 Satisfaction Without Closure

1:03:37 90% Love, 10% Grind

1:05:37 Mental State of Surfing

1:06:47 Non-Consensus Beliefs

1:07:34 What is Memory Safety?

1:12:00 Right Dose of Regulation

1:13:00 Biggest Prediction for the Next 24 Months?

1:14:02 Scaling Crypto Developers

1:16:07 Concluding Remarks