Jakub Rehor (YC 95), Co-founder and CIO of LucyLabs CryptoFinance Firm
“A certain amount of idealism goes a long way”
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Eric Dixon (YLS 94), Legal Advisor at Blockchain Technologies Corporation, Blocktech, and Zap Utility Token
“Maybe that doesn’t mean much in societies like the United States or Western Europe, where we have a system of the rule of law, of accountability, of relatively trustworthy institutions, but in most of the world, people don’t know what a trustworthy institution is. They prize what we take for granted.”
Jon Gordon (YC 90), Advisor on Blockchain Patent Prosecution for Haug Partners
“Using these tools—blockchains, these data structures, and this computer infrastructure—will change who you trust in many cases, but again, it does not eliminate the need for trust.”
Tomicah Tillemann (YC 01), Director of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator and Chairman of the Global Blockchain Business Council
“Getting blockchain technology right will supercharge a new chapter in the story of human cooperation.”
John Song (Yale SOM), Director of Special Situations Investments for Angel Capital and Advisor to LucyLabs Crypto Firm
“[Chinese tech firms] didn’t call them “cryptocurrencies,” and the digital currency makes their ecosystem all-the-more vibrant than those of U.S. technology firms.”
Dr. Philipp Hacker (Yale LLM 14), Humboldt Legal Scholar and Research Fellow at the Centre for Blockchain Technologies
“While blockchain technology certainly facilitates transactions between diffused agents, it remains inescapably attached to, and to a certain extent dependent on, legal mechanisms”
Nick Tomaino (Yale SOM), Founder of 1confirmation, Crypto Fund Backed by Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Marc Cuban
“If you’re relying on existing institutions or mainstream media for your understanding of this space, then you’re not going to be in a good spot.”
Steven Nam (YC 05), Managing Editor of The Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy
“What’s the point of fighting the same old battles, of becoming what we’re trying to replace? What’s the point of trying to be the biggest umbrella paradigm, the “one ring to rule them all” in a given sector?”