Ep 4 Radical Decentralization and Hackerspaces [WCEF 2018 Coverage]

Chelsea Palmer is a mega curious academic, activist and passionate decentralist. What is a decentralist you might ask? Well, it's someone who espouses the values of decentralization and Chelsea is it. (She also does rap around Technology and other open sourced philosophies)

With humble beginnings in the northeast USA, Chelsea eventually moved to Vancouver where she is helping run DCTRL, a decentralized hackerspace, located in British Colombia, Canada.

As stated on the DCTRL Meetup: "We are a Collaborative Community inspired by the ideas behind Bitcoin, Decentralization, and the Open Source movement."

Ready to become a decentralist? Great!

After listening to this episode you will learn:

• What is Decentralization?
• What is DCTRL and how do they preserve the principles of Decentralization?
• How Decentralization is kind of like Burning Man
• What is the Blockchain and how does that fit in with Decentralization?
• Why Decentralization scares people yet offers unprecedented freedom?
• What excites and concerns Chelsea about the future of the ecosystem

For show notes and more please visit: https://coinstructive.com/lab-radio/