Balaji Srinivasan on the Power and Promise of the Blockchain

Conversations with Tyler

Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

When Balaji Srinivasan sat down for his conversation with Tyler he was the CEO of Earn.com. Today he is the CTO at Coinbase, which acquired his company in the intervening weeks (congrats Balaji!). But while his job title has changed, his passion remains the same: harnessing the power of the blockchain to launch a new generation of entrepreneurs, businesses, and entire markets.

Balaji talks with Tyler about the potential of the blockchain and beyond, including how firewalls may become the new immigration policy tool, why drones are still underrated, the future of news and academia, what the Silicon Valley opener reveals about how America views the tech industry, and more.

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Recorded April 2nd, 2018

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1:10.3	I'm here today with Balaji Sreenivasan.
1:13.0	Mark Andreessen has described Balaji as the man who has more ideas, good ideas,
1:19.3	than anyone else in the Bay Area.
1:21.3	He is the CEO of Earn.com, where we're sitting right now, a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz,
1:27.5	formerly a general partner, and he has co-founded the company Council in addition to many other
1:33.1	achievements on top of all that, being thought of as simply one of the most generative thinkers,
1:38.5	talkers, and speakers in Silicon Valley.
1:41.2	Balaji, thank you for doing this.
1:43.0	Tyler, and I see you.
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