How I Became a Blockchain Monk [Video]

In a time of unprecedented and accelerating technological breakthroughs, trust appears to be at an all-time low around the world. People have material comforts at their fingertips that would have been unfathomable a generation or two ago. Yet amid this abundance, people are increasingly bereft of meaning and purpose. We have become materially rich and spiritually poor.

Those who are driven to create something new in the world often emerge from interesting backgrounds. They are products of their time. And while I don’t claim any extraordinary achievement or particular insight, I think it is fair to say that my own journey as an entrepreneur has been molded by the forces of discontent around us and the search for something true. And I am here to tell you: Truth and trust can be found in the most disparate of places, from ancient monasteries to the Ethereum blockchain.

I grew up in …