Balaji Srinivasan on building digital commonwealths (EP.43)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
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Show Notes
Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and the co-founder of Earn.com, Counsyl, Teleport and Coin Center. In this episode we discuss:
- the 100x' crypto has delivered over traditional finance - how Balaji's views of what Bitcoin is good for have changed over time - the 'sovereign collective' versus the sovereign individual - whether Twitter is a functioning digital commonwealth and the prospects for Bluesky - why handles on social media might more closely resemble property than a platform - what Balaji is trying to achieve with nakamoto.com