Podcasts: #583 Bitcoin OG Explains How To Keep An Open Mind - Erik Voorhees 🔗 3 years ago

Erik Voorhees is the founder and CEO of ShapeShift, a crypto trading platform that leverages 100% decentralized finance protocols to execute all functionality for users without KYC. 

In this conversation, we discuss centralization, decentralization, KYC, financial regulation, privacy gains, commoditization of trading, THORchain, Bitcoin, open source software, maximalism, and religious fundamentalism. 

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