The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 4 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Insight
Blockchain analytics first movers have a data moat latecomers cannot replicate
“Even if that data is preserved forever no one will be able to amass the same dataset if you're the first mover into that space.”
Jonathan Levin Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 11:29 Building a Data Company // Jonathan Levin, Chainalysis (FirstMark's Data Driven)
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Levin: Financial institutions won't enter crypto until compliance teams lead
“There is no way that institutions are actually going to get into this space until the compliance team actually leads from the front.”
Jonathan Levin Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 15:13 Building a Data Company // Jonathan Levin, Chainalysis (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Insight
Levin: Blockchains are engineered for consistency, not actionable intelligence
“Blockchains are engineered for consistency. They want to tell the truth all the time but not necessarily to, like, yield intelligence.”
Jonathan Levin Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 3:24 Building a Data Company // Jonathan Levin, Chainalysis (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Insight
Bitcoin entity attribution requires active network participation during the original transactions
“Actually, you need to be there at the time making transactions on the Bitcoin network in order to get attribution data on, you know you know, is this a gambling site or is this a darknet market?”
Jonathan Levin Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 7:23 Building a Data Company // Jonathan Levin, Chainalysis (FirstMark's Data Driven)
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