Emi?n Gün Si?rer on Rethinking Blockchain, Promoting Good Crypto Use and Leaving Stagnation Behind

Why wouldn't we have another one? How are you going to get your wealth out? Surely, that people would have enjoyed taking their wealth on a USB stick - if they could, back on the day - instead of leaving everything behind: their breakfast, their table, their houses.

The right way to do it is to rethink, to build, to provide vertical applications; where people don't even realize there are tokens or cryptocurrencies or blockchain underneath - they just see the end result of the technology that is better auditability, an even, open playing field and better platforms for all to use.

Role of scienceThis is going to be the year when people come up with much more efficient solutions to the blockchain issues.

One problem I see with our space that we can fix without having recourse to anything else, but just among ourselves: We should stop lying to people, stop pushing blockchain on a false premise.

I have heard so many supposed thought leaders pitch the blockchain idea and tell people it is valuable because it is scarce.

There are misconceptions that people have inherited, and there's a general lack of understanding - that most people couldn't define the difference between monetary versus fiscal.

People like Donald Trump do this very well, it plays into people's misconceptions.

It turns out that, if people use crypto to pay for crime, it is easier to track and easier to stem.

We are beginning to see people who know what they are doing coming to the space.

We are beginning to see people interact with the existing finance system.