The Jed McCaleb Story: Founding Stellar, Ripple & the Journey from eDonkey to MtGox

Jed McCaleb, founder of Mt Gox, Ripple, and Stellar, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Charlie and Jed discuss what has motivated Jed to found pivotal projects in crypto, his work on the file-sharing network eDonkey in the 1990's, other industries that interest Jed such as AI, the spectrum of decentralization, the scaling debate, privacy and fungibility, and Stellar, its validators, partners, and what's up for 2020.Watch the video version of this interview on YouTube.---If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.