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“It’s a Big Club… And You’re Not In It” — Charles Hoskinson

Feb 26, 2026
Charles Hoskinson, entrepreneur and blockchain engineer who co-founded Ethereum and founded Cardano, discusses how blockchain can replace centralized control. He explores broken governance, rewiring incentives for accountability, opting out with crypto, prediction markets, and practical Web3 use-cases. Short, probing conversations about systems, decentralization, and rebuilding trust.
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INSIGHT

Tiny Opt-Outs Stack Into A New Economy

  • Small, cumulative opt-outs create economic tipping points when enough people use crypto for payroll, remittances, and commerce.
  • Hoskinson: adoption in developing countries (Argentina, Nigeria, Vietnam) drives real-world network effects and utility.
ADVICE

Pay Workers With Stablecoins To Remove Remittance Middlemen

  • Opt for stablecoins and noncustodial wallets to avoid remittance fees and custody freezes when paying global workers or family.
  • Hoskinson notes Filipino remittances and Argentine contractors refusing pesos as concrete adoption drivers for crypto payroll.
INSIGHT

Bitcoin As Digital Gold, Other Chains As Digital Oil

  • Bitcoin's design choice was to be digital gold, not a universal smart-contract platform, so other chains handle dApps and tokenization.
  • Hoskinson frames coexistence: Bitcoin as store-of-value, other chains as 'digital oil' running apps and governance.
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