Balaji: 1729 will issue on-chain micro-credentials to fund global talent
Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n · Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale · Aug 11, 2021 · at 5:11
Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase and GP at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses the long-term roadmap for his educational platform 1729 with host Joe Lonsdale.
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“Medium to longer term, what I'd like to do is use this as a way to find talent around the world educate them, fund them, lift them up, where you're not just giving them cryptocurrencies, but crypto credentials, which are not on chain money, but on chain effectively like micro diplomas.”
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