In Conversation with Kathleen Breitman
TQuorum Sessions
English - July 15, 2020 15:13 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
TQ Tezos president and co-founder, Alison Mangiero, chats with Tezos co-founder, Kathleen Breitman, about the current state of the Tezos ecosystem and her active role, how blockchain innovations can be applied to the gaming space, and her latest venture, Coase.
TQ Tezos president and co-founder, Alison Mangiero, chats with Tezos co-founder, Kathleen Breitman, about the current state of the Tezos ecosystem and her active role, how blockchain innovations can be applied to the gaming space, and her latest venture, Coase.
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Session Notes
2:40
TQ Tezos’s President and Co-founder Alison Mangiero had a moderated discussion with Tezos Co-founder Kathleen Breitman.
Q: In reference to Coindesk’s piece about What Bitcoin and Tezos Have in Common, which animating principles and values of the Tezos community attract people to the project?
6:28
Alison emphasizes the point that people need to know the Bitcoin and Ethereum protocols in order to understand the improvements that Tezos is trying to make.
7:05
Q: People talk a lot about different use cases, but a lot of the digital transactions are now taking place in different communities and various kinds, especially during the pandemic. What was the bet you made on digital money and how has that changed in today’s time?
11:38
Q: Gaming spaces have digital economies and are trying to figure out how to hold value and transfer value. What makes public Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain particularly valuable for gaming?
14:00
Q: How can you replicate the success that Magic Gathering and Emergents had?
17:46
Q: Could you talk about how you are balancing financial economics and creating a compelling game?
20:22
Q: What are some of the most fun things and the challenges you've encountered building the game on the platform?
22:32
Q: What other projects are you working on? Which projects are you interested in?
25:10
Alison mentions that she is excited about the digital collectibles space, not just about ownership of actual digital assets but also about how they are represented in real life, how to fracture ownership, and how to monetize things that were not originally able to be.
Kathleen thinks people have found a way to build brand and loyalty through smart contracts and blockchain gives a low-cost way to do this.
28:58
Q: Coming out of crypto 2019, what do you see as an animating trend of crypto (DeFi, Bitcoin narrative, etc.) in 2020?
33:37
Q: Tezos has gone through multiple upgrades. What excited you most about its governance in the first project upgrade?
37:20
Q: As of now, how do you see your role in the Tezos community?
39:09
Audience Q&A Session:
Moderator Alison asks Kathleen questions from community members.
Q: In terms of the gaming space, what do you think can attract more entrepreneurs to build on Tezos?
44:32
Q: When do you think we will be at a point where there will be mass adoption of cryptocurrencies? Do you think we are at the tipping point now?
46:43
Q: What do you see as the most interesting use case for Tezos besides gaming?
50:52
Q: Can Tezos be deployed as a private network for a consortium in which participants don't want to expose the data on a public network?
52:54
Closing remarks
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