Camila Russo on the Most Pivotal Moments in Ethereum's History - Ep.182

Camila Russo, founder of The Defiant and author of a new book on Ethereum, "The Infinite Machine," speaks about how currency controls in Argentina got her interested in crypto and explains why she chose to tell the Ethereum story. She discusses:
how she started covering the crypto space
what it was like living through currency controls in Argentina
why she started focusing on Ethereum instead of Bitcoin
what’s in her new book, The Infinite Machine
the most pivotal moments in Ethereum’s history
possible risks to Ethereum 2.0 because of delays
whether competing protocols could take market share away from Ethereum
the most surprising aspect of the Ethereum story
starting her own DeFi-focused media platform, The Defiant
why she launched ‘CAMI’ tokens and how they are used
the significance of ERC-20 tokens having a higher market cap than ETH
her predictions about trends and promising projects in the DeFi space
 
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Episode links: 
Camila Russo: https://twitter.com/CamiRusso
The Infinite Machine: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-infinite-machine-camila-russo
The Defiant: https://thedefiant.substack.com/
 
Excerpt from The Infinite Machine on CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/sale-of-the-century-the-inside-story-of-ethereums-2014-premine
 
Decrypt review: https://decrypt.co/35466/the-incredible-story-of-ethereum-the-infinite-machine
 
Camila on what Ethereum has accomplished in five years: https://www.coindesk.com/five-years-on-ethereum-really-is-the-minecraft-of-crypto-finance
 
Hidden Forces podcast with Camila:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-ethereum-future-defi-transformation-crypto-media/id1205359334?i=1000484635053
 
Camila in the Keen On podcast: https://lithub.com/camila-russo-on-ethereum-and-the-future-of-the-internet/
Ethereum 2.0 phase 0 may not go live until 2021: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/71155/eth-2-phase-0-ama-2021
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