Defying Fear at Compound w Robert Leshner

In this fantastic conversation with Lex Sokolin, Robert Leshner reveals his vivid memory of the choices he made to move from traditional finance to DeFi. Robert covers the signals he had before launching Compound: his financial trauma and the DAO blow up. These major events led him with a strong desire to build the coolest product ever using smart contracts. In this episode, the CEO of Compound demonstrates how technical constraints help boost innovation and how fear helped to build a playbook for progressive decentralization.

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ConsenSys, the market-leading blockchain technology company, presents "SIGNAL," a podcast to empower the technology ecosystem through stories from the people that are participating in the next generation of the internet. Hear from the most captivating Ethereum insiders—from technologists and entrepreneurs to designers and creatives from all around the world—and join us for inspiring conversations on the future of finance, crypto, and what's making the Web3 world.