IO Radio #18 - In the Garden of Snakes with Stephen Diehl

IO-RADIO - The Technology and Ethics Podcast

Oct 24 2023 • 1 hr

"When cryptocurrency’s malign influence on the software industry began to be felt in 2019, an engineer working in finance took notice. After seeing first hand how public permissionless blockchains could be used to pervert incentives and undermine common interests, Stephen Diehl’s views on the decade old tech changed. What he had previously dismissed, he now saw as dangerous, and Stephen began to write a series of influential blog posts that have helped educate the public about the true nature of crypto. In the intervening years Stephen’s written dozens of articles and two books on the subject and has become one of crypto’s most prominent critics. He’s also become an activist against the well funded cryptocurrency industry and has challenged those seeking to exploit and defraud the public by organizing with others who are critical of the tech. We sit down with Stephen to discuss his activism, the ever changing ecosystem of tokenized fraud known as cryptocurrency, and if we should let Sal burn it with fire or apply the law according to Adam. Tune in! https://ioradio.org" Full video available here: https://youtu.be/Z6QmCAkdOY4 Please be sure to subscribe to our YouTube at: https://youtube.com/americanscreamvideo?sub_confirmation=1

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