Camila Russo on Ethereum's biggest origin stories
The crypto bull market in 2017 inspired journalist Camila Russo to tell the story behind the creation of Ethereum.
Russo's book, "The Infinite Machine," has caught the attention of Ridley Scott, whose production company Scott Free Productions has signed on to co-produce the film adaption. Ridley Scott is best known for helming such blockbusters as "Gladiator", "Alien", "Blade Runner", "Thelma & Louise", among many others.
In this episode of The Scoop, Camila Russo recounts how her personal experience using crypto in South America showed her the advantages of decentralized systems and shares some striking revelations from time spent researching the origins of Ethereum.
According to Russo, an important early dispute among Ethereum's eight cofounders centered around Ethereum's business model:
"It was, 'Are we are we building a foundation to encourage building on top of this open source platform?' or, 'Are we building a for-profit company that's going to make tons of apps on top of this protocol?' . . . At the end of that, Vitalik had to make the call, and he decided that this would be a nonprofit foundation."
One takeaway Russo hopes readers get from her book is the idea that "there is an alternative being built," when it comes to things like the internet (web3) and our financial system (DeFi).
As of yet, there is no release date for the film adaptation of "The Infinite Machine," although the community has created an NFT collection to raise funds for the film.
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Ethereum's Hollywood Moment | Camila Russo
Camila Russo, founder of The Defiant, is bringing Ethereum to Hollywood with the feature film adaptation of her fantastic book "The Infinite Machine."
This is the first project of its kind and is gaining speed, recently attaching Scott Free Productions (Ridley Scott's company) to produce. With these headwinds, The Infinite Machine movie is set to disrupt Hollywood in more ways than one.
Reflecting on how she got to this point and the long road ahead, our biggest questions are... wen movie? Who's going to play Vitalik? And how can YOU get involved?
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Camila Russo: https://twitter.com/CamiRusso?s=20&t=7RSAv0_0myTciEikiAR7mw The Defiant: https://twitter.com/DefiantNews?s=20&t=7RSAv0_0myTciEikiAR7mw The Infinite Machine (book): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-infinite-machine-camila-russo?variant=32123333836834 The Infinite Machine (movie): https://www.theinfinitemachinemovie.com/
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Camila Russo | Layer Zero
Camila Russo is the author of The Infinite Machine and founder of The Defiant, the DeFi-focused media company. Camila has a rich backstory, taking her from Chile to Argentina, Miami, Madrid, Chicago, and eventually New York. With an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for storytelling and journalism, Cami has earned her reputation as a leader in the space.
As the Defiant expands into new territories of both data and content, Camila discusses her story of breaking into the world of journalism and finding crypto. As institutions flock to the space, it’s important to remember that stories and narratives are what capture the heart and minds of the people.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro 3:30 Cami Russo & South America 9:20 Entrepreneurial Spirit 15:22 Cami’s Start 21:28 Educating 25:35 The Dopamine of Scoops 31:05 Bitcoin to Ethereum 40:00 Why Ethereum? 46:05 Joining the Community 52:40 The Infinite Machine 1:01:23 The Power of Stories 1:07:44 Starting the Defiant 1:15 :08 Talking Shop 1:23:04 Narrative & Subjectivity 1:26:38 Maximally Successful Defiant 1:30:30 Closing
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Camila on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CamiRusso?s=20 The Defiant: https://thedefiant.io/
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Camila Russo on the Most Pivotal Moments in Ethereum's History - Ep.182
Camila Russo, founder of The Defiant and author of a new book on Ethereum, "The Infinite Machine," speaks about how currency controls in Argentina got her interested in crypto and explains why she chose to tell the Ethereum story. She discusses:
how she started covering the crypto space
what it was like living through currency controls in Argentina
why she started focusing on Ethereum instead of Bitcoin
what’s in her new book, The Infinite Machine
the most pivotal moments in Ethereum’s history
possible risks to Ethereum 2.0 because of delays
whether competing protocols could take market share away from Ethereum
the most surprising aspect of the Ethereum story
starting her own DeFi-focused media platform, The Defiant
why she launched ‘CAMI’ tokens and how they are used
the significance of ERC-20 tokens having a higher market cap than ETH
her predictions about trends and promising projects in the DeFi space
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Episode links:
Camila Russo: https://twitter.com/CamiRusso
The Infinite Machine: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-infinite-machine-camila-russo
The Defiant: https://thedefiant.substack.com/
Excerpt from The Infinite Machine on CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/sale-of-the-century-the-inside-story-of-ethereums-2014-premine
Decrypt review: https://decrypt.co/35466/the-incredible-story-of-ethereum-the-infinite-machine
Camila on what Ethereum has accomplished in five years: https://www.coindesk.com/five-years-on-ethereum-really-is-the-minecraft-of-crypto-finance
Hidden Forces podcast with Camila: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-ethereum-future-defi-transformation-crypto-media/id1205359334?i=1000484635053
Camila in the Keen On podcast: https://lithub.com/camila-russo-on-ethereum-and-the-future-of-the-internet/
Ethereum 2.0 phase 0 may not go live until 2021: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/71155/eth-2-phase-0-ama-2021
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