It's not a coincidence these two industry areas - Silicon Valley and Hollywood - use the same jargon. They share a common language, the language of the creator, of the entrepreneur.
What happened at Mt. Gox is not an isolated incident. This is a plague that continues to play like a bad broken record. As long as this continues to happen, how are we ever going to instill confidence in this industry? How are we better than the old financial system?
I built a supply chain of 400,000 people in China to play games professionally to mine digital currency.
We're here to take our skills - our superpowers - and figure out how to help Puerto Rico, the Earth and the people.
I care about how many people's lives I've positively impacted. That's the unit of measurement I measure myself by.
AngelList Syndicates are perfectly aligned with Bitcoin's ideology. They democratize the system so everyone has access to high value dealflow; it's the power of the people.
The Internet didn't become usable until Netscape because that gave the average person a user interface that was intuitive, simple, friendly - this made it accessible.
The bitcoin/blockchain protocol has never been compromised. Businesses building applications on top of it run the risk of making mistakes.
Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?
Facebook has revolutionized social games, as friends can see your points, achievements and in game events.
Most people heard about Bitcoin for the first time in the context of the Mt. Gox collapse. It is our Lehman Brothers.