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Hash Power - Part 1 | Colossus®

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Patrick: [00:00:00] The documentary you were about to hear started with an email from Matt Goetz, the now CEO of a cryptocurrency investment firm, BlockTower Capital. Matt emailed me and invited me to lunch. He had a great job at Goldman Sachs but was leaving it to start a new hedge fund that dealt in cryptocurrencies, to which I said, "That sounds cool. What the hell is a cryptocurrency?" His partner, Ari Paul, was also leaving his job as a portfolio manager at the University of Chicago's endowment. Ari would be the CIO and Matt would run the business. Over the next several months, with the significant help of Matt and Ari, I had conversations with leading thinkers and creators in the field, big picture philosophers like Naval Ravikant and Fred Harrison. Creators like Juan Benet and Mooney Bali. Investors like Ari Paul and Olaf Carlson-Wee. In the coming episodes, these leaders will be your guide to understanding blockchain technology, cryptocurrency investing, and the future of marke

Introduction Patrick The documentary you were about to hear started with an email from Matt Goetz, the now CEO of a cryptocurrency investment firm, BlockTower Capital. Matt emailed me and invited me to lunch. He had a great job at Goldman Sachs but was leaving it to start a new hedge fund that dealt in cryptocurrencies, to which I said, "That sounds cool. What the hell is a cryptocurrency?" His partner, Ari Paul, was also leaving his job as a portfolio manager at the University of Chicago's endowment. Ari would be the CIO and Matt would run the business. Over the next several months, with the

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