The New Internet Economy with Beniamin Mincu (CEO Elrond)

Mar 12, 2021

About the Guest:

Beniamin Mincu is a tech entrepreneur, particularly focused on Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence. He is the founder & CEO of Elrond.com, where he spends most of his time.

He worked at NEM as part of their founding core team, which is a blockchain technology that delivers a world-class platform for the management of almost any kind of as.

In this conversation we talked about:

• The impact of having access to basic financial infrastructure
• What is the promise of Elrond / Decentralized Finance
• How is Elrond different? What is Maiar, the cash app on the blockchain?
• How Elrond was built & how an effective team works together to make such great progress.

Time Stamps:

• 00:00 - Introduction
• 02:18 - What is Beniam Mincu’s Mission
• 06:12 - The Importance of The Financial System in The World
• 11:37 - The Impact of Having Access to Basic Financial Infrastructure
• 18:58 - What is Elrond and How is Different
• 22:59 - What is the Performance Criteria for Elrond Transactions
• 28:27 - What is the Innovation that Allows doing 10,000 Transactions per Second
• 35:08 - What is Maiar - the Cash App on Blockchain
• 38:40 - How Romania Would Look Like if it Would Run on Elrond
• 45:48 - What are Beniamin's Thoughts on GameStop / Robinhood Situation
• 48:15 - What are Some other Top Fundamental Problems That Blockchain Could Solve
• 52:12 - What is the Differentiator Factor That Allowed to Make Great Progress so Fast
• 57:22 - What Was the Initial Founding Team
• 59:22 - How Can People Contribute

Resources:

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beniaminmincu/
• Website - https://elrond.com/