Aleksandr Bulkin (@coinfund_al), co-founder of CoinFund and creator of ADAPT (adaptk.it) joins Erik on this episode to discuss:

- How Alex got involved in crypto and why the Ethereum white paper and Augur white paper contributed so much to his interest.
- His time working at Goldman Sachs on human-computer interaction and how he transitioned from Goldman to the crypto world, as well his predictions on where Goldman will be disrupted and where it will stick around in a new crypto-oriented world.
- How he got started on ADAPT, how it works, and what the promise of ADAPT is.
- What an "initial witness offering" is and how it compares to other initial offerings in crypto.
- Why he's skeptical of value capture via TCRs and governance in crypto.
- The reason that he thinks a decentralized, paid Wikipedia will fail.
- What "cost of attack" means and how it affects crypto projects.
- The idea of UX security, and why it is equally as important as technical security.

Articles mentioned in this episode:

Quantifying Decentralization by Balaji Srinivasan: https://news.earn.com/quantifying-decentralization-e39db233c28e

Scalability of value in decentralized networks by Aleksandr Bulkin: https://blog.coinfund.io/scalability-of-value-in-decentralized-networks-795ed9c91eee

Can Tokens Save Lives? by Aleksandr Bulkin: https://blog.coinfund.io/can-tokens-save-lives-8c0f1cf5dfa9

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