Brian Armstrong & Cryptocurrency | Siraj Raval Podcast #2

On the second episode of my educational podcast, I interview the CEO of the largest cryptocurrency company in the world, Brian Armstrong. I knew Brian years ago when Coinbase was a relatively humble startup and it's been mind blowing to see how far they've come in such a short period of time, managing the equivalent of billions of dollars in wealth in cryptocurrency. I admire Brian because he wakes up everyday determined to solve the 'meta-problem' of financial freedom using cryptocurrency, which he believes can indirectly alleviate poverty, increase entrepreneurship, and help reduce corruption in governments around the world. The President of the USA tweeted about Bitcoin and Facebook released it's "Libra" cryptocurrency, so it's an extremely exciting time in the space. I also ask him about his most ambitious ideas regarding the future of payments, and was pleasantly shocked by his answers. Enjoy! It would mean so much to me if you subscribe to my YouTube Channel! https://bit.ly/2SvhG7v 0:35 Intro 2:00 What is Bitcoin? 2:55 Trump tweeted about Bitcoin 5:38 Love/Hate relationship with Twitter 7:50 Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency 14:14 Mobile Money Transfer Systems 18:18 Universal Basic Income 19:35 Cryptonetworks 24:00 Coinbase Custody 26:25 Being calm under stress 29:43 Having an Executive Coach 30:50 Brutal Honesty 33:11 Decentralized Compute, Storage, Bandwidth 35:15 Machine Learning at Coinbase 37:55 AI Apocalypse 42:58 Decentralized Social Networks 44:00 Helping Entrepreneurs 46:35 China 50:15 Getting rejected from MIT 51:10 Favorite Book 51:38 The Singularity Want more education? Connect with me here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sirajraval Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sirajology instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirajraval Find my podcast on these sites (it will appear here 24 hours after the release of this video, Youtube always gets it first ) Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sirajraval iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/siraj-raval-p