Aleksandr Bulkin's guest appearances

Aleksandr Bulkin

Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

Village Global's Venture Stories

Dutch blockchain rocks!

Kyle Samani

Richard Craib

Ameen Soleimani

Jake Brukhman

Robin Hanson

Amir Bandeali

Joey Krug

Joe Lallouz

Adam Draper

Peter Czaban

Arianna Simpson

Glen Weyl

Sean Adams

Jimmy Song

Vinay Gupta

OwlTail

CoinFund is one of the earliest crypto-funds to have taken shape, forming in early 2016. The fund is well known for running an active Community Slack, conducting great podcast interviews with cryptocurrency projects and an emphasis on building network nodes / services. We are joined by Jake Brukhman, CEO, and Alexander Bulkin, Chief Alchemist, to discuss their latest thoughts on investing in the cryptocurrency space. We cover a wide variety of themes such as their opinions on the “fat protocol hypothesis,” thesis on value capture in the cryptocurrency space, their efforts to build network nodes; and their effort to build an open source token-less technology that allows entrepreneurs to launch their blockchains. Topics covered in this episode:  Coinfund’s history What is a cryptofund? Coinfund approach to investing in the cryptocurrency space Generalised mining – what it is, and how it offers cryptofunds a competitive advantage The ADAPT toolkit – a tokenless toolkit for rapid blockchain innovation  Episode links:  CoinFund Slack CoinFund interviews The ADAPT project Fat protocols are not an investment thesis Generalised mining CoinFund Twitter  Thank you to our sponsors for their support:  Simplify your hiring process &amp; access the best blockchain talent . Get a $1,000 credit on your first hire at toptal.com/epicenter. The open, decentralized trading protocol for ERC20 tokens using the Dutch auction mechanism. More at epicenter.tv/dutchx.  This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/256

CoinFund is one of the earliest crypto-funds to have taken shape, forming in early 2016. The fund is well known for running an active Community Slack, conducting great podcast interviews with cryptocurrency projects and an emphasis on building network nodes / services. We are joined by Jake Brukhman, CEO, and Alexander Bulkin, Chief Alchemist, to discuss their latest thoughts on investing in the cryptocurrency space. We cover a wide variety of themes such as their opinions on the “fat protocol hypothesis,” thesis on value capture in the cryptocurrency space, their efforts to build network nodes; and their effort to build an open source token-less technology that allows entrepreneurs to launch their blockchains. Topics covered in this episode: <ul> <li>Coinfund’s history</li> <li>What is a cryptofund?</li> <li>Coinfund approach to investing in the cryptocurrency space</li> <li>Generalised mining – what it is, and how it offers cryptofunds a competitive advantage</li> <li>The ADAPT toolkit – a tokenless toolkit for rapid blockchain innovation</li> </ul> Episode links: <ul> <li><a href="http://slack.coinfund.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CoinFund Slack</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyvV4hIPfAjCod5KkM3Xl_Q/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CoinFund interviews</a></li> <li><a href="https://adaptk.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The ADAPT project</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.coinfund.io/fat-protocols-are-not-an-investment-thesis-17c8837c2734" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fat protocols are not an investment thesis</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/notation-capital/notation-blockchain-mining-2-0-dcf46a28f7eb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Generalised mining</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/coinfund_io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CoinFund Twitter</a></li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors for their support: <ul> <li>Simplify your hiring process &amp; access the best blockchain talent . Get a $1,000 credit on your first hire at <a href="http://toptal.com/epicenter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">toptal.com/epicenter</a>.</li> <li>The open, decentralized trading protocol for ERC20 tokens using the Dutch auction mechanism. More at <a href="https://epicenter.tv/dutchx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/dutchx</a>.</li> </ul> This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/256/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/256</a>

Aleksandr Bulkin & Jake Brukhman: CoinFund – Crypto-Investing by Community Building

Aleksandr Bulkin (@coinfund_al), co-founder of CoinFund and creator of ADAPT (adaptk.it) joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- How Alex got involved in crypto and why the Ethereum white paper and Augur white paper contributed so much to his interest.- His time working at Goldman Sachs on human-computer interaction and how he transitioned from Goldman to the crypto world, as well his predictions on where Goldman will be disrupted and where it will stick around in a new crypto-oriented world.- How he got started on ADAPT, how it works, and what the promise of ADAPT is.- What an "initial witness offering" is and how it compares to other initial offerings in crypto.- Why he's skeptical of value capture via TCRs and governance in crypto.- The reason that he thinks a decentralized, paid Wikipedia will fail.- What "cost of attack" means and how it affects crypto projects.- The idea of UX security, and why it is equally as important as technical security.Articles mentioned in this episode:Quantifying Decentralization by Balaji Srinivasan: https://news.earn.com/quantifying-decentralization-e39db233c28eScalability of value in decentralized networks by Aleksandr Bulkin: https://blog.coinfund.io/scalability-of-value-in-decentralized-networks-795ed9c91eeeCan Tokens Save Lives? by Aleksandr Bulkin: https://blog.coinfund.io/can-tokens-save-lives-8c0f1cf5dfa9Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner Erik Torenberg, and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Aleksandr Bulkin (@coinfund_al), co-founder of CoinFund and creator of ADAPT (<a href="http://adaptk.it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adaptk.it</a>) joins Erik on this episode to discuss: - How Alex got involved in crypto and why the Ethereum white paper and Augur white paper contributed so much to his interest. - His time working at Goldman Sachs on human-computer interaction and how he transitioned from Goldman to the crypto world, as well his predictions on where Goldman will be disrupted and where it will stick around in a new crypto-oriented world. - How he got started on ADAPT, how it works, and what the promise of ADAPT is. - What an "initial witness offering" is and how it compares to other initial offerings in crypto. - Why he's skeptical of value capture via TCRs and governance in crypto. - The reason that he thinks a decentralized, paid Wikipedia will fail. - What "cost of attack" means and how it affects crypto projects. - The idea of UX security, and why it is equally as important as technical security. Articles mentioned in this episode: Quantifying Decentralization by Balaji Srinivasan: <a href="https://news.earn.com/quantifying-decentralization-e39db233c28e" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://news.earn.com/quantifying-decentralization-e39db233c28e</a> Scalability of value in decentralized networks by Aleksandr Bulkin: <a href="https://blog.coinfund.io/scalability-of-value-in-decentralized-networks-795ed9c91eee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.coinfund.io/scalability-of-value-in-decentralized-networks-795ed9c91eee</a> Can Tokens Save Lives? by Aleksandr Bulkin: <a href="https://blog.coinfund.io/can-tokens-save-lives-8c0f1cf5dfa9" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.coinfund.io/can-tokens-save-lives-8c0f1cf5dfa9</a> Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at <a href="http://villageglobal.vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">villageglobal.vc</a> or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal. Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner Erik Torenberg, and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Crypto Stories: Aleksandr Bulkin on ADAPT, "Initial Witness Offerings" and Crypto Disruption

Duco &amp; Bart interviewed Aleksandr Bulkin, New York based investor (co-fouder at CoinFund) and renowned blockchain tech visonair &amp; entrepreneur. We had the chance to interview him while he was in Amsterdam for strategic talks with Groningen based Dutchchain.Aleksandr Bulkin is setting up Adapt which is a toolkit you can use to set up decentralised networks. As we speak with Aleksandr we learn that most likely not all parts of your decentralised application should be secured with blockchain governance. As using blockchain is generally expensive and slow, application design should be a precise and thoughtfull process with regards to where to apply blockchain. The Adapt toolkit is presented as a way to move forward.

Duco &amp; Bart interviewed Aleksandr Bulkin, New York based investor (co-fouder at CoinFund) and renowned blockchain tech visonair &amp; entrepreneur. We had the chance to interview him while he was in Amsterdam for strategic talks with Groningen based Dutchchain. Aleksandr Bulkin is setting up Adapt which is a toolkit you can use to set up decentralised networks. As we speak with Aleksandr we learn that most likely not all parts of your decentralised application should be secured with blockchain governance. As using blockchain is generally expensive and slow, application design should be a precise and thoughtfull process with regards to where to apply blockchain. The Adapt toolkit is presented as a way to move forward.

Adapt - Interview with Aleksandr Bulkin on how to set up decentralized networks