Former Coinbase exec posits blockchain-driven vision of future societies
Attendees of the Network State Conference in Amsterdam believe that a new tomorrow is possible with decentralized technologies. The Dutch city of Amsterdam — no stranger to international conferences dedicated to cryptocurrencies, block chain and decentralization — was recently host to the Network State Conference, which explored decentralization at an entirely different level. Conference speakers and attendees gathered to discuss and debate whether a new form of decentralized country is possible. The conference kicked off with an energetic host directing the crowd to chant and shout the title before Balaji Srinivasan, an entrepreneur, investor and former chief technology officer of Coinbase, entered to make his opening speech. During his initial remarks, Srinivasan asks, “Are new countries even possible?” Srinivasan delivered an opening address to the Network State Conference. Source: Cointelegraph In his book The Network State, Srinivasan proposes that new countries are possible vi...