Douglas Jackson - Lessons from E-Gold (EP.52)
Mar 16, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 52
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Episode description
Douglas Jackson, the founder of E-gold, arguably the first widely-used electronic medium of exchange, appears on the show. In this episode we discuss:
- Douglas' motivations for starting E-gold - His disagreements with his cypherpunk contemporaries - Why private monetary issuers might be more responsible than public ones - The challenge of creating an open payments system which is also compliant - His critiques of stablecoins and native-unit cryptocurrencies
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