Video @ https://youtu.be/O9n5r_2aU8k

Brom hasn't researched cryptocurrencies in a few years. This week, for the inaugural episode of the System 2 podcast, he takes a deep dive into the cryptosphere and tries to answer questions like:   

• have bitcoin and etherium lived up to their original promises? 
• what is decentralized finance, and is it providing anything of value? 
• what is the oracle problem?  has it been solved?   
• why aren't there any popular decentralized, blockchain-based social media platforms?  this seems especially surprising given the recent controversies involving free speech, twitter, aws and parler.  
• what in the world is an nft?   
• can non-fungible tokens and decentralized nft trading venues unlock a new way for independent artists to monetize their work? 
• can spotify and onlyfans be replaced by blockchains? 
• will people spend $20k on digital art to hang in their virtual reality living rooms?  
• how is Logan Paul benefiting from work done by Vitalik Buterin   crypto is a wild world, but it's here to stay, and that means we need to try and understand it.