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Josh Cincinnati on the challenge of blockchain governance (EP.144)

Josh Cincinnati on the challenge of blockchain governance (EP.144)

FromOn The Brink with Castle Island


Josh Cincinnati on the challenge of blockchain governance (EP.144)

FromOn The Brink with Castle Island

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Length:
79 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Josh Cincinnati, former Executive Director of the Zcash Foundation, joins the show to talk about his tenure at that organization, and lessons he's taken from the experience. In this episode:  The genesis of the Zcash Foundation Prior foundation mistakes that Josh sought to avoid The difference between governing a non-cryptocurrency FOSS project and an open source protocol with an explicit monetary element Why Josh chose to step down from the Zcash Foundation How the monetary distribution of Zcash was initially devised and how the founder's reward became a developer fund The dynamics around the trademark sharing in Zcash Trademarks as a last resort tool of power in blockchain governance How public blockchains are 'Marxist in their goals, Leninist in their implementations' How the mandate of the Zcash Foundation was broader than simply the Zcash ecosystem The current outlook for funding Zcash development The subtle change in the social contract underlying development funding Why poorly formalized social contracts risk opening up projects to capture How 'aid dependency' is relevant to blockchain governance Why blockchain insiders hide the true mechanisms of power Why coin votes might be more of the output of power rather than the input Josh's advice to a founder trying to devise funding for a novel cryptocurrency Why Rawls' Veil of Ignorance is so important in determining initial conditions for a monetary protocol What Josh is working on now The story behind PonzICO.win Why there is no good satire in the crypto industry Content mentioned in this episode: Angela Walch, Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems James Prestwich, Zcash Dev Fund Opinions
Released:
Nov 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore the political, ethical, and economic significance of Bitcoin and other public blockchains and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC