Some in the bitcoin community have always taken an anti-government, anti-fiat, anti-bank approach to their philosophy. Ripple takes the orthogonal side of each of those.

Blockchain is like the new big data or AI - too many people are using it as a buzzword and not focused solving a real problem. We like to call them Blockchain tourists!

When you look around Silicon Valley at new companies, there are very few ideas that are going to make a dent in the universe.

I think any great culture is born out of transparent, authentic communication. You almost can't overcommunicate. You can try, and you might think, 'Oh, do I really have to say this again?' And the answer is yes.

A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people.

Specifically, in the software industry, progress is highly sequential: progress is typically made through a large number of small steps, each building on the previous ones.

There's no question that the Internet generally, and Netflix specifically, upended the traditional content-distribution supply chain and caused profound changes in the entertainment industry.

My interests in the world of technology are mainly video games, but I like tech as a means to help solve big issues, such as the demands on natural resources.