COVID-19 is the great leveler. Glen Weyl, like all of us, is cooped up in his apartment. “Love? The bleach stuff is fine for downstairs, I think,” he says to his wife from the other end of our Skype call. “Alcohol wipes would be great for the phones and for things like that.” The coronavirus has turned us all into neat freaks. And it’s a refreshingly human moment from someone who, at times, seems like a superhuman force. Weyl is the fast-talking, faster-thinking, 35-year-old co-author of the manifesto “Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society,” and founder of […]
Consensus:Distributed
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Crypto finance is far bigger now than four years ago when the first Consensus conference took place, and so is Consensus. Since 2015, Consensus has quickly gained attention as a “must attend” event, growing from 500 attendees and 12 sponsors to 4,700 attendees and 175 sponsors in 2019. Despite immense challenges this year from social distancing restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, we’re welcoming 10,000+ registered attendees from around the world to join us May 11-15 at this year’s completely virtual event, Consensus: Distributed. CoinDesk’s editorial team continues to drive the narrative around the future of money, leading attendees through the […]