DeCent People

Stephen Laddin first headed to Los Angeles from the east coast to start a career in writing and music production. After a short stint at CAA, where he discovered being an agent wasn't for him, he began interviewing comics and landed a gig with High Times magazine. He's been a podcast host on this show and we're very pleased to announce that his new show, Lights Camera Crypto, will debut later this week. LCC is all about where web3 meets entertainment, film and TV, and you can find it anywhere you find DeCent People.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Castig is co-founder of Console.xyz, which is a web3 alternative to Discord. We talk about his early love of music, having a scene with Big Bird when he was on Sesame Street, how he made his way into the decentralized ecosystem and what's it's like to be an adjunct professor at Columbia University Business School. Learn more about Console.xyz Follow Chris on Twitter More about Chris hereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Emin Gün Sirer is the CEO and founder of the Avalanche blockchain, the 16th biggest by marketcap. He grew up in Istanbul among a large extended family and attended the prestigious American High School there before coming to the U.S. for college. He was a professor of computer science for many years at Cornell University and was early to the game with both Bitcoin and Ethereum. We talk about family life in Istanbul, the strange TV show Musti and how cryptocurrency skepticism dates further back than 2008 and the release of the Bitcoin white paper. Follow Gün on Twitter Learn more about AvalancheSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kosala Hemanchandra grew up in Sri Lanka until he was 17 when he headed to Los Angeles to study computer science and engineering. A few years later he founded MyEtherWallet, the first digital wallet for the Ethereum blockchain. We speak about his mother wanted him to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer, his aversion to outdoor sport and what he is looking forward to as Ethereum moves into its proof of stake era. Learn more about MyEtherWallet Follow Kosala on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben Edgington helped Ethereum successfully transition from proof of work to proof of stake in September as the product lead for the Ethereum client Teku. But did you know he plays the saxophone and in college was a member of the Fitz Swing Band? He's also an Arsenal supporter and was bullied as a kid due to his love of math. Learn all this and more about Ben in this episode. Follow Ben on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Anthony D'Onofrio is better known in crypto as texture, his social media handle. He was present at the beginning of Ethereum, helped design the blockchain's first web site and has strong opinions about the protocol's beginning and his fellow co-founders.  Follow texture on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Austin Federa is the head of communications for the Solana Foundation, which supports the Solana blockchain. We talk about him growing up in western Massachusetts, the prevalence of ultimate frisbee in hippie towns, going to a DIY college and eventually his foray into web3 and blockchain.  Learn more about Solana  Follow Austin on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben Simon is director of NFT and crypto community giving for FreeWill where's he's trying to entice the web3 world to give billions to charity. He was an organizer for Greenpeace, though he never rammed any whaling boats, and worked for U.S. President Barack Obama where he was director of new media campaigns for the Democratic National Committee. He's also an ardent fan of crypto and generative art NFTs.   Learn more about FreeWill's crypto charity program Follow Ben on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lex Sokolin is the head economist at ConsenSys, the Ethereum developer studio created by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin. Sokolin came to the U.S. from Russia when he was 10 years old and has long been drawn to innovations that push financial technology. He was at Lehman Brothers when it failed at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, which taught him deep lessons about the ephemerality of institutions. While it took him some time to grasp crypto, he's all in now and is leading efforts at ConsenSys that focus on token economics, DAO strategy and treasury management.  Follow Lex on Twitter Lex on LinkedIn Lex's fintech newsletter on Substack See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ryan Breslow grew up in north Miami working jobs at his dad's driving range and bagging groceries at Publix, all the while graduating first in his high school class. He soon discovered Bitcoin and started the Stanford Bitcoin Club and had an idea for a payments startup that would eventually become Bolt, the "buy now" button service competing with Amazon that's valued at around $11 billion. His newest venture is Love DAO, a collective to help find and develop cures for diseases in a way that's outside the traditional pharmaceutical industry.  Follow Love DAO on Twitter Follow Ryan on Twitter The Love web siteSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.