Listener Mail: Laura Answers Your Questions on the Markets, Velocity, Privacy and More! - Ep.88

Published: Oct. 16, 2018, 2:30 a.m.

b"This week, because I was busy with my TEDx talk and my book, I decided to do an episode in which I answer your questions. Thank you to everyone who submitted one, and I'm so sorry I didn't get to all your questions. In this episode, I talk about what's necessary to gain wider adoption, how I think the next bull run will manifest and how Bitcoin would behave in a serious financial crisis. Plus, I reveal which areas of the industry I think will blossom, and which areas I'm less optimistic about. I also answer what people who are just getting into the technology can do in the space, why the oracle problem is so challenging and how it can be resolved, and what the velocity problem is, and whether it applies especially to Ethereum. I also delve into privacy coins, whether or not the lower overall crypto market volatility we're seeing now will continue, and where this trend with stablecoins is going. There are a LOT of episode links -- be sure to check them out!\\nThank you to our sponsors!\\nAltlending: https://altlending.com\\nBlockdaemon: http://blockdaemon.com/unchained/\\nEpisode links:\\nSenate hearing on cryptocurrencies: https://www.c-span.org/video/?452837-1/senate-banking-panel-explores-cryptocurrencies-blockchains\\nTweets with me, Nouriel and Vitalik: https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1050782831859752960\\nMy conversation with Soona Amhaz of Token Daily about Nouriel Roubini on Unconfirmed: http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/how-were-misusing-the-word-decentralization-ep041\\nMilken Institute panel featuring Nouriel Roubini: http://www.milkeninstitute.org/videos/view/cryptocurrencies-irrational-exuberance-or-brave-new-world\\nSkeptics' Episodes:\\nPreston Byrne & Angela Walch: http://unchainedpodcast.co/the-skeptics-episode-preston-byrne-and-angela-walch-on-what-the-industry-and-regulators-get-wrong-in-crypto\\nMeltem Demirors & Jill Carlson: http://unchainedpodcast.co/episode-74\\nSingularity University episode discussing usbaility: http://unchainedpodcast.co/singularity-university-global-summit-how-do-we-get-consumer-adoption-ep83\\nMy Forbes article on phone hijacking: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/20/hackers-have-stolen-millions-of-dollars-in-bitcoin-using-only-phone-numbers/#2ada233b38ba\\nUSV blog post on apps and infrastructure:\\xa0https://www.usv.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-infrastructure-phase\\nCryptoKitties episode: http://unchainedpodcast.co/what-makes-a-cryptokitty-worth-140000-ep75\\nToken Foundry standards: https://blog.tokenfoundry.com/token-foundry-standards/\\nCivil: https://civil.co\\nForbes magazine feature on blockchain not Bitcoin, featuring Chain: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2015/09/09/bitcoins-shared-ledger-technology-moneys-new-operating-system/#66bb2f4c7dd1\\nRecent episode with Barry Silbert: http://unchainedpodcast.co/barry-silbert-on-what-wall-street-says-privately-about-crypto-vs-what-it-says-publicly-ep87\\nDecentralized Finance series:\\n0x: http://unchainedpodcast.co/will-warren-of-0x-on-why-decentralized-exchanges-are-the-future\\nDharma: http://unchainedpodcast.co/nadav-hollander-on-how-dharma-could-create-new-forms-of-debt-ep80\\nCompound: http://unchainedpodcast.co/how-youll-earn-interest-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep82\\ndYdX: http://unchainedpodcast.co/how-dydx-allows-you-to-take-a-short-position-in-one-token-ep86\\nInstitutional money:\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"