Luis Bustamante

I would even argue that it is necessary to become actively involved in the further development of blockchains and smart contracts and the creation of a decentralized reality. Only, if we build the new reality together, will we ensure that a decentralized world can reach its full potential and offer greater transparency, convenience, and trust.

It was impossible to predict all the details of our modern world in 1844, and it is just as impossible to predict the details of the future in 2018. But we can certainly see the trend: a more distributed world where energy and resource allocation will still matter, but centralized supply chains, media & energy networks, and the perverse incentives they create will be gone. Blockchains and the distributive technologies discussed above form a mutually self-reinforcing autocatalytic set which will together distribute the world.

Growing a successful company requires a fine balance between having conviction around where the market is heading and listening to customers to solve for the real pain that exists today.