Ep. 532 A look Under the Hood at Coinbase with Will Robinson

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Crypto 101 we talk to Will Robinson who is the VP of Engineering at Coinbase. Coinbase is a leader of crypto development and bringing web3 to the people of the United States and the world so it is important to hear what they are working on under the hood which is what this episode brings. Learn about Will’s transition from traditional tech into crypto and how Coinbase is launching new products like Base (a Layer-2) and Wallet as a Service. (WaaS)

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0:00.0	All right, everyone, welcome back to the Crypto 101 podcast.
0:12.8	It is all your host, Pizza Mind here.
0:14.7	And I'm joined today by the VP of Engineering over at Coinbase.
0:20.6	That's right, the one and only Coinbase, Will Robinson.
0:24.5	Thank you so much for taking some time to talk about all the amazing updates that are coming
0:29.4	out over there. How are you doing? Thanks so much for having me. Do it well. It's a pleasure.
0:33.9	So right now, Coinbase is really the talk of everything. I mean, there's so many things going on between Brian Armstrong and the SEC and stuff. All kinds of dark clouds hanging over crypto and banks and stuff. But we're going to keep things positive and ignore all that because underneath all those clouds, there are some amazing seeds that are
0:56.3	sprouting right now, especially over at Coinbase specifically. So let's talk about some of these
1:01.8	major updates that are not just changing for, not just changing the company, but changing the industry
1:08.2	as you guys continue to be leaders, even 10 years after you began.
1:13.8	But before we get into that stuff, let's get an idea of your background first.
1:19.0	Give us the high-level story of Will Robinson and how you got into crypto and to become the VP of engineering over at Coinbase.
1:26.1	Sure thing.
1:26.9	So thanks again for having me. I
1:29.0	came up as an honest engineer and then engineering leader, spent a lot of time at Google and
1:34.2	an alphabet, and a bit of time at an AI startup before joining Coinbase in late 2021. And, you know,
1:42.2	for a couple years before I joined Coinbase, I would say crypto was my
1:45.3	secret hobby. Just my poor long-suffering wife was the only one who got all this stuff for me.
1:51.3	I wasn't that guy at parties, but I was just increasingly, increasingly fascinated by the space.
1:56.0	And when I was looking for my next thing, and I knew a few people at Coinbase. And they bent my ear very
2:02.5	quickly. And the opportunity to work in an area that had been my all-consuming hobby for a
2:10.2	couple of years and also reached the billions of people I think Coinbase is ultimately able to reach
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