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Outside of BTC’s cypherpunk movement, the early days of crypto were more or less barren in terms of innovation. However, this presented a huge opportunity for visionaries and angel investors to either launch or back bold projects, recognizing the potential of crypto stretching far beyond than just payments. One of them was Konstantin Lomashuk, co-founder of cyber•Fund which was a key actor in bootstrapping the cybernetic economy. Apart from early investments in Ethereum, Polkadot, Cosmos, Solana and many others, Konstantin recognized the potential threats to the core ethos of decentralisation and also co-founded Lido DAO in order to stave off Ethereum’s centralization risks.
Topics discussed in this episode:
0:00 - Introduction
3:04 - Konstantin’s background
11:39 - Cyber Fund & cybernetic economy
15:26 - Entrepreneurship vs. angel investing
27:50 - Delegating tasks and scaling businesses
31:49 - Lido’s origin story
39:41 - Lido DAO proposals and improvements
44:10 - Solana vs. Ethereum
48:31 - The evolution of Ethereum’s economy
50:50 - Konstantin’s other areas of interest
53:39 - AI’s risk of centralization
1:00:18 - The impact of AI on crypto
1:02:27 - How CyberFund invests in new narratives
Links mentioned in this episode:
Konstantin Lomashuk on Twitter: https://bit.ly/47VInsF
cyber·Fund on Twitter: https://bit.ly/480rtJI
P2P org: https://bit.ly/4eTlHvG
Sponsors:
Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at https://gnosis.io/ -
Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at https://chorus.one/?utm_source=epicenter -
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.
Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/568
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