2020-10-30 · timestamps by Eric Czuleger
AMA 10/30/2020
- Addresses harsh troll criticism of the Goguen rollout, explaining a phased, multi-partner smart contract deployment instead of an unrealistic all-at-once launch.
- Reports an accelerating release cadence across Byron, Shelley, Goguen and Voltaire tracks, over ninety research papers, and major partnership deals expected to close in November.
- Discusses the SingularityNET AI collaboration with Ben Goertzel, a possible Cardano-Ethereum two-way peg, and progress on his own game, Legends of Valor.
- Argues ADA price is not a vanity metric, comparing Cardano's trajectory to Amazon's rebuild after the dot-com crash and pushing for a twenty to thirty company federation.
- Shares political and pandemic commentary, including a Taiwan versus US COVID-19 comparison, the Great Reset, and how he would moderate a presidential debate.
- Fields personal questions on his ranch, books, watches, cars and games, and says he would welcome testifying before the Senate.
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Opens Friday night musings live from Colorado, joking about Halloween being cancelled due to the pandemic.
IOG's sentiment tracking apparatus and the bipolar reaction to yesterday's Goguen show.
Reads a harsh troll comment from a self described ex R and D manager predicting Cardano will fail.
Unrealistic expectations, not the product itself, caused the mixed reaction since a phased multi exchange rollout can't happen overnight.
Confirms native assets and the mint network are coming in 2020, the first step toward smart contract deployment.
Lists the four smart contract development environments coming to Cardano: Glow, Marlowe, Plutus and Yolo.
Contrasts builders who value iterative technical progress with speculators chasing big name partnership headlines.
Highlights the accelerating release cadence and dedicated release managers tracking the full scale of the Goguen rollout across db sync, SMASH, cardano node, the wallet backend, Daedalus, Atlas and PRISM.
Byron, Shelley, Goguen and Voltaire release cycles are all running in parallel, tripling major releases in six months, alongside a research archive past ninety papers.
Teases high probability partnership deals expected to close in November that will shape 2021.
Observes that troll activity always spikes right before major breakthroughs, as it did before the Shelley launch.
Moves into audience Q&A, joking that he has no life outside constant work.
Responds to a viewer's fear of a US civil war over the election, urging people to focus on family.
Doing two to three positive media interviews a week with great engagement.
Banters with a viewer jokingly threatening to drop out of hairstyling school over disappointment with the show.
He unwinds from a hectic Cardano schedule, reading AI, philosophy, history and poetry books.
Recommends the game Event Zero, where players negotiate with a marooned space station's AI using natural language.
Updates on the SingularityNET collaboration with Ben Goertzel, covering DSLs and AI driven projects.
Floats building an AI curated social network and a two way peg letting tokens move between Cardano and Ethereum.
Jokes that a Sofia robot that stops being scary would be the truly frightening outcome.
Reminisces about AOL Gold Box RPGs and Neverwinter Nights, wishing he could buy and rebuild the IP.
Reports a breakthrough on Legends of Valor's plot and plans for innovative story driven, educational game design.
His team will lobby Wyoming in 2021 to adopt Cardano infrastructure for voting systems.
Continues reminiscing about Bard's Tale and Might and Magic, recalling he bought the Legends of Valor IP for fifty thousand dollars.
Funding IOG's continued development from the treasury is a 2021 question requiring smart contracts and a working voting system first.
Argues ADA's price isn't a vanity metric, comparing Cardano to Amazon's rebuild between the 1999 and 2011 valuations.
Wants to expand the federation of companies building Cardano from five to twenty or thirty by 2021.
He was deeply disappointed by Alex Jones's Joe Rogan Experience appearance, criticizing Spotify's pressure to constantly fact check guests.
Recalls enjoying Art Bell and George Noory's Coast to Coast AM overnight radio show while working night shifts.
Confirms a friendly informational meeting with Google continues, with an open dialogue for future collaboration.
A Goguen celebration will be announced at the Goguen summit once it happens.
Jokes that Kanye West's presidential run is a deal with Jared Kushner to pull votes from Biden.
Says if Cardano fails he'd become a Taoist monk living in exile in Montana, anonymously mailing literature.
Jokes that people who've annoyed him will appear as coin shilling NPCs in the Legends of Valor pubs.
The Dark Side of the Moon and Wizard of Oz synchronicity theory, admitting he's never tested it.
Addresses hospital ransomware attacks, recounting his own father's hospital being hit, and blockchain's potential role in medical data security.
Andreas Antonopoulos is aware of Cardano and may eventually write a book about it once it's large enough.
Insists the monk comment wasn't a joke, describing six years of total dedication to Cardano and frustration at trolls who doubt his commitment.
Pushes back on the narrative that he can't collaborate, citing partnerships with ZenCash, Litecoin and Polymath.
Speculates the Sumerian Anunnaki myths may describe ancient alien visitors.
Denies being part of any secret society.
Cardano isn't in competition with Avalanche since the projects focus on different things.
Dismisses Hedera Hashgraph entirely, arguing patented projects can't be legitimate blockchains or cryptocurrencies.
Predicts a contentious 2020 election with both sides claiming victory and Trump likely winning.
Likes the idea of Cardano powering voting structures for workers' unions as a Catalyst project.
Recommends Nassim Taleb's Antifragile and recalls enjoying his speech at Wyoming's independent convention.
Ranch security with guard geese, dogs and armed staff, recounting a robbery while he was in Barbados.
Using his Massey tractor for snow clearing and needing a skid steer for the driveway.
Likes the idea of a Spotify style platform on Cardano paying artists directly, noting Catalyst's IdeaScale could enable such proposals.
Confirms plans to raise the k decentralization parameter to 500 then 1000 as soon as possible.
Shares favorite affordable cars, from a Ford Taurus and Fusion to a Toyota Camry.
A recent conversation with Erica Kang about Korean enterprise opportunities and an upcoming interview covering the Korean market.
Plans a heated, geothermal, glow in the dark driveway for the farm.
Geothermal HVAC loop systems for the farm's heating, cooling and hot water needs.
The Lamborghini handles the snow quite well.
Recalls enjoying a visit to the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and its IOT researchers.
Names Jaeger LeCoultre as his favorite high end watch brand and Frederique Constant as a favorite entry level Swiss brand.
He'd take any opportunity to meet Trump at the White House if he responded to a tweet.
Jokes he'll go to the moon before he dies, buried on a diamond pyramid.
Fields a viewer complaint about blurry video, explaining low bandwidth forces a lower broadcast resolution.
IOG would still build on Cardano without treasury funding but that it would hurt the ecosystem's ability to reach the next level.
Picks Ramses or Imhotep as the ancient Egyptian he'd most want to have dinner with.
He'd moderate a presidential debate, pressing candidates on health care, social security, UBI, GDP versus human development index, and ballot access for third parties.
Pushes back on a troll's claim that he refuses to explain the science, citing ninety papers and over three hundred videos.
He'll appear on Joe Rogan after Goguen ships, but feels sad watching Spotify curate and delete Rogan's episodes.
Presses a commenter named Peter to specify which science he means after another vague accusation.
Reflects on COVID-19, contrasting Taiwan's seven deaths with the failed, politicized US response.
Questions the unexamined origins of the coronavirus near a Wuhan lab and criticizes trusting China's official account.
Warns the Great Reset could swing the pendulum from capitalism toward socialism, echoing the 1930s Depression era.
Challenges a viewer's specific 0.05 dollar ADA price prediction, noting no one can reliably forecast crypto or stock prices.
He hasn't yet watched the documentary The Social Dilemma despite recommendations.
Reduced influenza cases as a side effect of pandemic hand washing and social distancing, not disappearance.
Open sourcing Cardano's code doesn't invite theft any more than Bitcoin or Ethereum, since community, not code, is what matters, citing JPMorgan and Samsung's failed attempts.
Shows off old paintings on his wall, nothing new added recently.
Plans to ask about a potential Cardano move in an upcoming interview.
Warns about a fake email impersonating him, noting people impersonate him daily and he can't stop it.
He'd welcome a Senate summons, contrasting his open, giving approach with the tech giants usually dragged before Congress.
Admires Nikola Tesla, mentioning Colorado Springs once hosted the world's largest Tesla coil.
He has friends across the political spectrum, from socialists to billionaires, judging people by character rather than politics.
Jokes about Korean youth chasing wen moon after being burned by the fiat and auto industries.
Boasts he'd relish a marathon Senate hearing and could talk for eleven or twelve hours straight.
Knowing Steve Cohen personally after news of his Mets purchase.
Answers whether he's a UFO enthusiast with the truth is out there.
Checks in on IOG's Athens team after news of a nearby earthquake.
Gives a shoutout to Croatia and the Croatian colleagues working at IOG.
Accepts that growing success means being increasingly labeled a conspiracy theorist.
He'd consider marrying if he met the right person.
Jokes about audio feedback, asking if his refrigerator is running.
Wraps up the stream, thanks viewers, and signs off for the night.