Episode #12: Daniel Jeffries (Author, Writer, Futurist)

Around The Block Podcast
Blockstreet HQ
Published in
1 min readSep 22, 2018
Elaine Ramirez, Host of Around The Block Podcast, with Daniel Jeffries

Daniel Jeffries is a writer, not only of dystopian sci-fi, but also on the decentralized world of blockchain technology. In this interview, Daniel and Elaine talk about how he differentiated himself from other writers in the blockchain space when he started years ago, how distribution at point of creation will be key for the wider adoption of cryptocurrencies, and how the community will one day create a killer app without even realizing it.

List of Topics Covered in This Episode:

00:00 — Introduction to Daniel Jeffries

01:30 — Sci-Fi writing, discovering blockchain

02:52 — Categories vs. iterations of technology

05:40 — The evolution of money

07:24 — How blockchain can go wrong

10:00 — Parallel economic operating systems

13:50 — Shifting the focus from creation of cryptocurrency to distribution

16:52 — Triple-entry accounting

18:45 — “Right now… If crypto is chess, it needs to become checkers”

20:30 — Bitcoin’s 50/50 shot at survival

23:15 — Daniel Jeffries plan for the future

25:00 — Closing remarks

You can always find the latest by following us:
Blockstreet HQ | Twitter | Medium | Soundcloud

--

--

Around The Block Podcast
Blockstreet HQ

@BlockstreetHQ brings you a podcast featuring some of the most exciting and interesting names in cryptocurrency. Hosted by Elaine Ramirez (Forbes, Bloomberg).