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Matthew Green

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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He specializes in applied cryptography and privacy-preserving protocols, frequently serving as an expert commentator on encryption vulnerabilities and digital surveillance. Green is best known as a co-creator of the Zerocoin and Zerocash protocols and co-founder of encryption startups like Zeutro and Sealance.

What they said4 Shows1

Everything Matthew Green said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Insight

Green: Exchange inefficiencies, not network effects, limit altcoin adoption

“See, actually, I don't agree with that. I think that there's room for a large number of altcoins, and I think the reason that the existing altcoins are not as popular is just because of inefficiencies in the way that exchanges work.”

Matthew Green Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:11 a16z Podcast | Beyond Bitcoin -- The Blockchain

a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated

Green: Autonomous software agents transacting funds will make a huge impact

“I think companies is a terrible way to explain this, but I think software agents that have these capabilities, including the ability to essentially transact funds, ah, would make a huge difference.”

Matthew Green Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:07 a16z Podcast | Beyond Bitcoin -- The Blockchain

a16z Disclosure

Green: Bitcoin core developers rejected early, inefficient versions of Zerocoin

“So we actually, when we initially came out with zero coin, it was not very efficient. We approached Bitcoin and said, Hey, this is great. You guys should adopt it. And they kind of looked at it as funny and they said, you know, this is not efficient.”

Matthew Green Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:50 a16z Podcast | Beyond Bitcoin -- The Blockchain

a16z Assertion Supported

Green: Altcoins are experimenting with supernodes for fast transaction confirmations

“So some of the altcoins, actually anonymous altcoins, have middle, semi, semi-decentralized layers, where there are the users, and then there's kind of a small number of supernodes. And an experiment that some of these altcoins are doing is trying to use those…”

Matthew Green Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:39 a16z Podcast | Beyond Bitcoin -- The Blockchain

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Matthew's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University	1	4	100% 1/1	full record on the a16z Podcast →