MONEY REIMAGINED: Punk 6529 Shares Life in Pseudonymity
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🗓️ 19 August 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This episode is sponsored by Circle and NEAR.
For many in the crypto community the practice of pseudonymity for security and privacy is common and has purpose in working toward self-sovereignty. But is there a downside of pseudonymity? In our society especially, we are all too often familiar and perhaps too comfortable with sharing our identity or at least some form of it with others and sometimes the world. Does that make it hard for us to interact with those around us who choose to remain anonymous or create an identity that allows them to be protected… to be pseudonymous?
For an interesting analysis of how pseudonymity affects how we interact with people, “Money Reimagined,” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren speak with guest Punk 6529. The identity and voice of the person behind this pseudonym will not be disclosed, and therefore, both the video and audio have been modulated.
See also: Who You Really Are: A Conversation About Pseudonymity With Default Friend at Consensus
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| 0:00.0 | CoinDesk is calling on visionaries in the digital economy to present at our newest event. |
| 0:09.0 | Ideas, investing in digital assets and enterprises summit. |
| 0:13.0 | Ideas is the place for you to present your marketing opportunity in front of leading investors poised to help you get your idea off the ground. |
| 0:29.2 | Apply today to become a presenter at Ideas 2020 by CoinDesk. Visit CoinDest.com forward slash ideas for more information. This episode is sponsored by Circle and Near. |
| 0:35.8 | Money is changing. |
| 0:39.9 | So where do we go from here? |
| 0:45.2 | Through high-profile interviews and thought-provoking analysis, join Michael Casey and Sheila Warren for the Money Reimagined podcast as they explore the connection between finance, |
| 0:49.7 | human culture, and our increasingly digital lives. |
| 0:54.3 | And just a reminder, CoinDesk is a new source and does not provide investment advice. |
| 0:59.7 | And now, here's Michael Casey. |
| 1:03.5 | Hello and welcome to Money Reimagined. I'm Michael Casey. |
| 1:07.0 | If you don't follow Punk 62529 on Twitter, you really should. |
| 1:12.8 | After little more than a year on the site, |
| 1:18.8 | the account has amassed a following of more than 390,000. It's a trove of insights into the emerging Web3 economy and musings on the principles of open platforms. In that time, 6529 has leveraged |
| 1:25.5 | that large following, as well as some timely investments in key |
| 1:29.2 | NFTs, including the piece from the CryptoPunks collection from which their name and avatar |
| 1:33.7 | has taken, to build something of a venture operation. One outcome of that is Om, a vision for |
| 1:40.1 | the Metaverse that is deliberately open and free from centralized control. Now, even if you're not aware of punk 6529, you've probably guessed that that isn't the |
| 1:49.2 | actual name of the person behind this operation. |
| 1:52.1 | It is, quite obviously, a pseudonym. |
| 1:54.8 | It's this aspect of their life that we want to discuss today with the person behind |
| 1:58.8 | 6529, whom we are honored to have as a guest. The video |
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