About the Guest:
Beniamin Mincu is a tech entrepreneur, particularly focused on Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence. He is the founder & CEO of Elrond.com, where he spends most of his time.
He worked at NEM as part of their founding core team, which is a blockchain technology that delivers a world-class platform for the management of almost any kind of as.
In this conversation we talked about:
- The impact of having access to basic financial infrastructure
- What is the promise of Elrond / Decentralized Finance
- How is Elrond different? What is Maiar, the cash app on the blockchain?
- How Elrond was built & how an effective team works together to make such great progress.
Time Stamps:
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 02:18 - What is Beniam Mincu’s Mission
- 06:12 - The Importance of The Financial System in The World
- 11:37 - The Impact of Having Access to Basic Financial Infrastructure
- 18:58 - What is Elrond and How is Different
- 22:59 - What is the Performance Criteria for Elrond Transactions
- 28:27 - What is the Innovation that Allows doing 10,000 Transactions per Second
- 35:08 - What is Maiar - the Cash App on Blockchain
- 38:40 - How Romania Would Look Like if it Would Run on Elrond
- 45:48 - What are Beniamin's Thoughts on GameStop / Robinhood Situation
- 48:15 - What are Some other Top Fundamental Problems That Blockchain Could Solve
- 52:12 - What is the Differentiator Factor That Allowed to Make Great Progress so Fast
- 57:22 - What Was the Initial Founding Team
- 59:22 - How Can People Contribute
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