#390: Ben Golub on Decentralized Computing & Storage

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Ben Golub is a serial entrepreneur and CEO, who has played a key role in building six start-ups. Three of these were as CEO, including Docker, Gluster, and Plaxo. Today he serves as Executive Chairman and Interim CEO of Storj Labs. In this conversation, we discuss decentralized cloud storage, economic incentives, scaling software companies, acceleration of computing trends, and real world use cases. ============================== Crypto.com is the only all-in-one platform that allows you to BUY / SELL / STORE / EARN / LOAN / INVEST crypto all from one place. Join over 1 million users currently using the Crypto.com app. Download and earn $50 USD using my code ‘pomp2020’, or use the link https://platinum.crypto.com/r/pomp2020 when you sign up for one of their metal cards today. ============================== Coinbase Wallets are adding support for .crypto and .zil domains through their partnership with Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable Domains provides an all-in-one solution for blockchain domains. You can send money using these new domains instead of long Bitcoin wallet addresses, while also storing your domain in Coinbase's collectibles section. Go to unstoppabledomains.com in the dapp browser to register and manage your domains. ============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp
0:05.3	podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off. Ben Gallup is the serial
0:12.0	entrepreneur and CEO who has played a key role in building six startups. Three of these were as
0:18.0	CEO, including Docker, Gluster, and Plaxon. Today, he serves as executive
0:23.4	chairman and interim CEO of Storage Labs. In this conversation, we discussed decentralized cloud
0:29.8	storage, economic incentives, scaling software companies, acceleration of computing trends,
0:36.2	and real-world use cases. I really enjoyed talking
0:39.4	with Ben, and I hope you enjoy this one as well. Before we get into this episode, I want to
0:44.4	quickly talk about our sponsors. First up is crypto.com. They're an all-in-one platform that allows
0:50.8	you to buy, sell, store, earn loan, or invest crypto all from one place.
0:55.3	You can join over 1 million users currently using the crypto.com app.
0:59.2	All you've got to do is go to crypto.com and download the mobile app where you can buy,
1:03.9	sell, store, earn loan, or invest crypto all from one place.
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