DAO Episode 2: Risks Ahead or Can the Experiment Fail?
The DAO is grabbing the world’s imagination with disruptive new concepts. We hear it’s decentralized, autonomous, with no CEOs or directors - but can it actually work? Hope may turn around. Many seem to think it will as they send 11 million ethers to the DAO smart contract, but there are considerable risks. Voters may not participate, legal uncertainties may give protection to scammers, the crowd may become emotional and irrational, focus may be lost, hope may turn to hate. For one of the most exciting experiments to flourish a new consciousness may need to arise, replacing the current....
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Watch This Episode on YouTube Listen To This Episode: SpotifyAppleGoogleLibsynOvercast[00:00:07] AG: Hello, everyone. [00:00:09] CK: What's up, Alex? How's it going? [00:00:11] AG: Going very well today. Very excited about this. [00:00:15] CK: Me too. Let's get Adam in here and I'll go ping Aaron ...
In this episode I talk to the host of Bitcoins and Gravy, John Barrett, about many things, including being a performer working for Bitcoin. Later in the episode, after The Ode to Satoshi is played, Andrew Vegetabile from the Litcoin Association comes on board to talk about the recent rise of Litecoin, and things related to the major altcoin. If you have any requests for people you'd like to see featured on this podcast, just e-mail me. Thanks!