The Oslo Freedom Forum in New York: Why Decentralization Matters - Ep.85

Unchained

Laura Shin

Business News, News, Tech News

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this fascinating and compelling panel on Why Decentralization Matters at the Oslo Freedom Forum in New York, I spoke with Alejandro Machado, a researcher at Zcash; Amber Baldet, founder and CEO of Clovyr, a decentralized software and developer tools company; Andy Bromberg, cofounder and president of CoinList, a compliant token offering platform; and Megha Rajagopalan, correspondent for Buzzfeed and former China bureau chief. In this discussion, we cover what is happening in authoritarian regimes like China and Venezuela that highlight the importance of decentralized technologies, how people in those countries are using crypto assets, and how technologists think about decentralization and censorship-resistance. We also talk about the usability issues of decentralized technologies and how people in authoritarian regimes can even get access to them. Plus, we also look at how bad state actors are also using the same technology to oppress people or evade sanctions. Thank you to our sponsors! StartEngine: https://www.startengine.com Episode links: PC Mag story on how cryptocurrency is both "an oppressor and a lifeline" in Venezuela: https://www.pcmag.com/feature/362486/in-venezuela-cryptocurrency-is-an-oppressor-and-a-lifeline Naval on Unchained talking about how money is now speech: http://unchainedpodcast.co/naval-ravikant-on-how-crypto-is-squeezing-vcs-hindering-regulators-and-bringing-users-choice Google's Dragonfly project: https://theintercept.com/2018/09/14/google-china-prototype-links-searches-to-phone-numbers/ For more on how decentralization and blockchain technology can help Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation on Unconfirmed: http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/alex-gladstein-of-the-human-rights-foundation-on-the-first-crypto-war-ep021 A previous interview with Amber Baldet on Unconfirmed: http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/sxsw-episode-amber-baldet-blockchain-program-lead-at-jpmorgan-on-the-potential-clash-between-blockchains-and-the-right-to-be-forgotten A previous interview with Andy Bromberg on Unconfirmed: http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/coinlists-andy-bromberg-on-the-one-big-regulatory-issue-facing-crypto-ep030 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hi everyone, welcome to Unchained. I'm your host Laura Shin. This is a special
1:06.2	episode of Unchained from the Oslo Freedom Forum in New York. There I spoke with Alejandro
1:11.3	Machado, a researcher at CECASH, Amber Balday, founder and
1:15.3	CEO of Clover, a decentralized software and developer tools company, Andy Bromberg, co-founder
1:20.8	and president of Poinlist, a compliant token offering platform, and
1:25.0	mega Rajakopollin, correspondent for BuzzFeed and former China Bureau Chief.
1:30.2	The topic of our panel was why decentralization matters.
1:33.7	In this discussion we cover what is happening in authoritarian regimes like China and Venezuela
1:39.1	that highlight the importance of decentralised technologies. How people in those countries are using crypto assets. of Plus we also look at how bad state actors are using the same technology to oppress people or evade sanctions.
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