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Introducing The New Blocks, the podcast where we discuss the new building blocks of the decentralized financial system and internet of tomorrow. Each week, we’ll dive deep into one new concept and slowly descend further down into this seemingly endless rabbit hole. (Episode updated on 4/23/2021)TIMESTAMPS:3:30 – Definitions 6:44 – What problems do cryptocurrencies solve? 10:52 – Non-level playing field 12:54 – Lack of transparency 14:18 – Trust-maximizing 17:15 – Insecure 19:02 – Innovation is hard 22:05 – Slow, inefficient, expensive 29:17 – Central points of failure 30:47 – Compete instead of collaborate 34:23 – We need global coordination tools 36:24 – Non-speculative usage 39:33 – Trust machines 40:57 – Disclaimers