Laura Shin on Solving Ethereum's Greatest Mystery with Her New Book, Cryptopians

This week, we speak to Laura Shin. Laura is a former senior editor at forbes, and one of the first mainstream journalist to report full-time on crypto, Laura Shin has seen it, been there and written about it all. She has been reporting on the space as long as I have.

She is the creator and host of the popular podcast - Unchained, and recently she launched her new book ‘The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze.’ to much acclaim. But where did it all start for Laura and when did she first start reporting on this space? And where did her inspiration for the book stem from?

Timestamps:
00:00 Laura Shin Intro
01:52 Section 1 How did Laura start covering crypto?
06:09 Sponsor
06:49 What got Laura interested in the space?
07:45 What was the origin and process for the book?
13:40 Sponsor
14:09 Section 2 Who is "The DAO Hacker"?
26:00 Did Laura interview them and is this actually a crime?
32:33 Chainmixers and privacy
33:35 Sponsor
34:21 Section 3 Ethereum behind the scenes
37:44 Public reception and reaction to "The Cryptopians"
43:25 What can the space learn from this?
51:22 Sponsor
52:00 Section 4 Unchained Podcast
55:36 Upcoming projects and a second book?

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