Really Quick Questions with Andreas Antonopoulos

Key Takeaways

hey grace how's it going good how are you Suraj pretty good do you mind if I ask you 67 questions sure why not what is one thing you really like about Bitcoin that it takes power away from centralized institutions that gives it to people favorite part of the software stack the peer-to-peer components your host the less talk bitcoin podcast describe it in one word three people who have great chemistry chatting about stuff from different perspectives not technical but a bit of everything political technical social what was the last project you worked on oh let's see the Internet of money vol 2 which the book I published three days ago if you could spend an evening with one famous person who would it be oh that's a hard one but bit confused rich Hyndman he died unfortunately what do you do to relax yeah I fly planes do you miss California yes it's the one place in the world outside of Greece where I can really make a Greek salad last thing you made with your hands oh let's see drone I built one myself where is a lot of blockchain development happening right now mostly California bizarrely enough what advice would you give yourself 10 years ago be more confidence and don't question your opinions what website you waste time off reddit far too much last person you emailed oh let's see um you they're getting all expenses paid trip to one city where do you go uh huh boy no Cyrus would you visit Mars yes what is one thing you can't live without my smartphone where do you envision Bitcoin will lead us to a more equitable world what text-editor do you use Adam or vim what open-source libraries you really like pie coin the Python library for a Bitcoin what's one of your favorite movies whoo let's see I guess The Matrix really what is something you do to come up with project ideas I sleep on them what is one of your hobbies outside of watching well again that's flying planes and learning how to be a good pilot what was the first program you've ever made it was a simple game on the ZX spectrum in 1981 what's a music genre you're currently into deep house and ambient electronica is there a programming language you really don't like JavaScript favorite professor my high school physics professor programming language of choice for blockchain developments Python what is one area of distributed computing that interests you a lot who well other than Bitcoin is distributed information security what is a misconception people have about Bitcoin that it's all about money name one person you really admire right now I'm currently digging your videos to rush what's the most beautiful thing in the world well that's a hard one I don't pass what do you want to work on the most machine learning applications in blockchain what are the people you've met at blockchain conferences like well it depends if it's a blockchain banking conference it's mostly full of douchebags and if it's a Bitcoin conference it's full of cypher punks and I really dig cypher bugs what is one thing that excites you meeting people who care more about the projects the passionate about than money best advice you've ever received be authentic what's the bravest thing you've ever done ooh my first solo flights in a plane who's your favorite computer scientist favorite that would be Alan Turing you think you need a PhD to do blockchain development no I would hope so I hope not because I don't have one will the singularity happen it's already happening what is one area of blockchain that doesn't get enough love let's see the fact that decentralization is the most important thing not money what is the meaning of life doing what you love the most and doing it authentically with all of your heart what was the last thing that frustrated you trying to book a taxi in Helsinki where the taxi cartel has kicked out tuber what's your spirit animal a honey badger favorite scientist Richard Fineman if you had a time machine when would you visit a hundred years from now in the future tell me a secret about yourself just one let's see hmm [Music] secret about myself don't know pass where would you like to see yourself in the next five years I actually really like where I am right now so I'd like to be able to do what I do today favorite Linux distro Debian who is one person you would love to collaborate with um see one person I'd love to collaborate I can't answer Suraj again can I sure better yet have you ever been in love yes I'm currently in love what's the best cryptocurrency to invest in investing your skills have you built an app with blockchain that you use in your day-to-day life yes a seed storage management and key and signing application called granary what's something you've learned in the past month ooh let's see how to work better with Amazon's machine learning publishing algorithms what is one really cool use case for blockchain that you haven't seen done yet large-scale remittances to third-world countries do you think will create mainstream decentralized apps in your lifetime yes absolutely if you ran the world what is one law you'd enact disbanding the authority that allowed me to run the world what's a problem that you would love to see solved concentration of power in fewer and fewer hands what is a risk that comes from blockchain that it's co-opted by centralized powers and has to be disrupted yet again by something else who is one person you looked up to when you were in college my English literature teacher what's a problem that you would love to see solved reputation and Identity Management what is it voice 1 what were you like as a kid in grade school Oh awkward shy unsure of myself and very very geeky what resource do you use to learn the most about the latest breakthroughs in blockchain I read what's something that excites you about the future well right now I mean it's really simple I'm excited by decentralized open public block chains if you were to start from scratch today what is the learning resource you would use to learn blockchain development I think I tried to learn more about JavaScript for cramping economist 3 because it's a weakness of mine and I'd also try to learn more about machine learning awesome well thanks Andres for answering those questions awesome thank you sir I have a good one take care