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Transcript: Vlad Zamfir on the Dangers of Unstoppable Software
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Cryptocurrencies are becoming increasingly enmeshed in the world of traditional, buttoned-up finance. But they originated from a very different world than Wall Street. For a long time, Bitcoin, and blockchain technology more generally was regarded as dangerous anarchist technology. So can these worlds really mesh? And is unstoppable software potentially dangerous. On this episode, we spoke with Vlad Zamfir, one of the earliest participants in both Bitcoin and the Ethereum project, about his concerns, blockchain governance, and what people in crypto get wrong. Below is a lightly edited transcript of the conversation.