In this episode we speak with Shin’ichiro Matso, a research Professor at Georgetown and a leading authority in cryptographic protocols. Matso speaks on many subjects, including security economics and its relationship to crypto economics, who has the incentives in blockchain and criticisms of Bitcoin protocol.

Major topics

• Criticisms of Blockchain Protocols
• Security Economics and its relationship to Crypto Economics
• Incentivizing Crypto Minors
• Sallows Consortium
• BCF Network
• Countries that are ahead in blockchain

Biography

• Research Professor at Georgetown
• Cryptographer Inventing Protocols
• A leading authority in Cryptographic Protocols
• MIT Media Labs (liaison between MIT and Japan)