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'Anything That Can Be Decentralized Will Be Decentralized' 6 Years Later

After one of the most challenging weeks in recent memory we're talking about a new consensus-driven approach to DeFi oracles and revisiting Johnston's Law (anything that can be decentralized will be decentralized) with the man who coined the phrase so many years ago.

Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash
Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash

The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Last week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss a new consensus-driven approach to DeFi oracles and to revisit Johnston's Law (anything that can be decentralized will be decentralized) with the man who coined the phrase so many years ago.

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On today's podcast we're joined by early investor and entrepreneur David Johnston to discuss:

  • A new "consensus-based" alternative to "reserve based," "game theory based" or trusted oracle-based Stablecoins
  • The growing relevance of DeFi even for those who aren't using it
  • Johnston's Law six years later, how far we've come and real reasons for optimism on the decentralized evolution of everything.

Further listening: The original panel where Johnston's Law was introduced in 2014

Credits for LTB#430 - Anything that can be decentralized will be decentralized six years later.

This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! is sponsored by Purse.io and eToro.com.

This episode featured Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, David Johnston and Adam B. Levine.

Today's episode was produced by Adam B. Levine, edited by Jonas with music provided by Jared Rubens and Adam B. Levine.

Would you like to sponsor a future episode of the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show? Do you have any questions or comments? Email adam@ltbshow.com

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Adam B. Levine

Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos. Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017. With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.

Adam B. Levine