The following is a conversation with Sylvia McColley, a computer scientist at MIT,

winner of the Toring Award, and one of the leading minds in the fields of cryptography,

information security, game theory, and most recently, cryptocurrency and the theoretical

foundations of a fully decentralized, secure, and scalable blockchain and Algorand,

a company of cryptographers, engineers, and mathematicians that he founded in 2017.

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As a side note, let me say that I will be having many conversations this year on the topic of

cryptocurrency. I'm reading and thinking a lot on this topic. I just recently finished reading

the Bitcoin Standard, a book I highly recommend. As always, with this podcast, I'm approaching

it with an open mind, with compassion, with as little ego as possible, and yes, with love.

I hope you go along with me on this journey, and don't judge me too harshly on any likely

missteps. As usual, I will play devil's advocate, I will, on purpose, sometimes ask simple,

even dumb questions, all to try and explore the space of ideas here, with as much grace as I can

muster. I have no financial interests here, I only have a simple curiosity and a love for knowledge,

especially about a set of technologies that may very well transform the fabric of human civilization.

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