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Charles Hoskinson: Privacy and Identity Are the Last Mile for Trillions of Dollars in Crypto Adoption

Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK and co-founder of Cardano, discussed the future of cryptocurrencies and their path toward mainstream adoption during an interview with Bloomberg TV. He categorized the evolution of the crypto space into four generations, with Bitcoin being the first and Cardano representing the third generation. Hoskinson highlighted that privacy and identity are the remaining challenges for real-world assets to flow into the crypto space. He emphasized the importance of these issues for regulation and dispute resolution. Hoskinson also discussed Cardano's unique decentralized governance structure and how it benefits institutional adoption. He compared it to the Linux Foundation, where competing companies collaborate due to the stability and fairness of the governance structure. He suggested that the fourth generation of cryptocurrencies will encourage collaboration between blockchains through multi-resource consensus models. Hoskinson expressed amazement at how quickly the industry has grown and its dependence on further developing coordination mechanisms. He also addressed the issue of token dilution, expressing confidence in Cardano's long-term value proposition and its loyal and evangelistic community.

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