As you all know, from the Steemit article I wrote in Rolling Stone, I've started covering crypto and blockchain for the magazine whenever I can. Today, we broke new ground there, and did the first major profile of someone who is arguably the most interesting and controversial person in that space:
Brock Pierce, who recently made the Forbes crypto richest list and has pledged to give away a billion dollars to charity through a token he's creating called One.
In today's market, that's actually more than his fortune. Pretty unprecedented.
You can read the full article here:
And, as always, I'm going to be doing something expanded and special for Steemit.
In this case, we captured almost the entire experience on camera: 60 hours of video.
So I'm going to work with Kai Bickle Nygard, who filmed it all, to turn the footage into something great for DTube.
In the meantime, let me know your notes, thoughts, and reactions.
And let me know any recommendations on who to cover next...
Dan Larimer! 👍
Great call. He's at the top of my list too!
Yes!
Dan's vision is one I hope we all have the opportunity to witness during our lifetime...
Yes, Dan Larimer please. Vitalik, too.
Yeap, Dan Larimer is the man! @preparedwombat & @neilstrauss 🙌
ByteMaster!!!!
Agreed, Dan Larimer!
Satoshi Nakamoto?
2PAC AND BIGGIE!
Wow, somebody hit trending without paying for votes!
AND you respond to replies!
Miracles never cease.
Haa, thanks. And perhaps I’m naive, but hope what you’re saying isn’t totally true.
Pretty much, the whales, mostly, make you buy votes now rather than give them away.
Not all, but enough to notice.
The class walls have gotten taller, too.
I used to get some love, but there was less than 2k authors then, now we got 20k.
Even my longterm voters sell their votes rather than support original content.
Im lucky to get a couple dollars on posts not picked up by @tribesteemup.
I was getting 5 or 6 nearly every time.
My one dollar voter sells his vote now.
Its been pretty dismal for many, its why 93% of newbs stop trying.
For me, rewards are a bonus, i'm just happy to escape the forums.
You should check out @kennyskitchen.
If it wasnt for him, i would be living in a tin shed north of the rio grande.
It's so great to see you posting here again Neil! You have been missed :)
In my opinion, behind the scenes is such a trail blazing aspect in this era because of the value it offers to the reader/viewer... Everyone loves to see how a story develops, how a piece of content - or even project - is created, and thank you so much for doing that :)
P.S: Such an excellent article btw, and on those lines my recommendation would probably be Roger Ver (Personally I would prefer Dan, and especially knowing more about his vision, drive, his dreams of changing the world, his universal basic income ideas..etc ).
But maybe for the readers Roger Ver could be a fascinating story how he went from being the Bitcoin Jesus to one of the most controversial figures to some, just because he's trying to stay true to Satoshi's vision and his struggle as well.
More importantly, I think that a humanized profile of Roger would be good for the crypto community in an era where it's easy to label people as hero or heel... But at the end of the day, everyone is working on a similar goal :)
Good call - he’s on my list of top possibilites along with Dan. And thanks for getting it: It’s aboit humanizing people who others turn one-dimensional.
Dan would be pretty interesting - What would be pretty cool, would be getting different philosophies from these heavy-weights.
For example, Dan's thoughts on decentralisation vs Vitalik's. Obviously STEEM's founder would be a good interview too.
hey @neilstrauss: My top interview candidates would be:
Keep it up!
Given @neilstrauss’s unique style and background of interviewing rock stars, that could be a very interesting interview with Vitalik - quite different than the dime-a-dozen technical-focused one from conventional crypto reporters...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: This type of behind-the-scenes content (what you have planned for DTube) is what Steemit desperately needs. I always enjoy your quality writing. I'm about halfway through with a cup of coffee. I, especially, love this:
To spend time with Pierce is to experience a new form of doing business... “I’m normally running three to 10 meetings at a time,” Pierce says. “I just pile them all up. I have no schedule and everybody just kind of meets at the same time. It sometimes makes people who are really important in their minds very uncomfortable ."
I'll send you an Instagram DM with a few more thoughts once I've gotten through the full article.
@NeilStrauss and I will get the content out soon on Dtube - Excited to have just joined steemit - Kai Bickle Nygard
I agree. Me and @rulesforrebels were talking about that type of thing before as well. Right now no one can really do longer form content or documentaries for the STEEM blockchain. If original content could truly be sponsored and published here then more people would come.
Right now it is a total crap shoot to try to get the delegated power upvotes so it almost makes more sense to just post random pictures 50 times / day on here.
Excited to hear that you want to see that type of footage. I really agree with you and because Neil and Brock were both open to it, we were able to get content that makes u feel like ur right there throughout the journey
Puerto Rico my favourite place
Ke Xu!
That would be really interesting!
Would be nice if you guys could catch up, she is regularly seen in the ONO English group on telegram: https://t.me/ONOUS
Why not @ned?
Interviewed @ned for the Steemit story. Definitely worth a follow up.
Indeed, he's become a little more public lately, so it'll be interesting to see if/how he's changed through your eye's.
I just looked at your oldest posts out of boredom wondering if I was reading the numbers wrong, clicked around in the comment sections for a while, recognized a bunch of people and stories I'd only heard about before, and goddamn is it some level of schadenfreude or what to see people messaging other people memos like, "hey you can right your actions plz come back," to people who ghosted the platform after receiving their one-off paydays.
Not saying your posts were bad or anything, you even got a little earnest when you were telling people to remember what they really wanted to do when they were young, but holy shit anyone who can say that superlinear voting and the premine distribution wasn't a broken as hell combo from day 1 in regards to the necessary starting foundation for building an actual social media site's content base with a straight face is an ape. Didn't do anything but force everyone to cater to the wishes of a handful of people with incredibly out-of-touch tastes in the modern social media world, and guaranteed that the only people who would be interested in the place at all would be those willing to clamor over one another for that fast money life.
Haven't read any of your books, I enjoyed your interview with the Overstock guy, Musky boy is turning out to be quite the douche on twitter, and I hope you have a nice day.
Oh, and why the fuck would you start a book club with Ulysses. Really wanted people to work hard for those steem bucks huh.
Have you ever interviewed John McAfee? He’s nuts, but I’m sure he’d be fun to talk to.
Ya he's a real Mother Teresa. Come on
Who to cover next:
Brad Garlinghouse
Always tread with caution. Brock Pierce is NOT Jesus, but thinks he is. He has all the hallmarks of a narcissist....Beware! DYOR....
Really it is intresting
@sls232333 https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@gurmeetsingh/don-t-miss-airdrop-like-ontology
Great Charity!!!!
Hi Neil!
I can invite you to Switzerland... so you can interview me... Steemitri The Mannequin the first, unique, plastic-fantastic mannequin-blogger-influencer... It's the only one in the whole Galaxy ;-)
Have a great day!
Big Plastic Hug
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@steemitri
Will see if Plastic Rolling Stone is interested :)
Haha thanks :-)
Will wait for the Brock Pierce Dtube video ;-)
Great choice!
Great interview Mr. @neilstrauss
Thank you for taking the time to explore the depths of such a fascinating person.
After reading suggestions from the community, I began to think about how you might be able to stay on the edge with your interviews and I just felt like throwing a couple of names out there.
I really like Dan, but he is a very humble and may not offer us the thrill we are seeking through the eyes of your subject. Vitalik is awesome, but I have seen him many times on camera and off. So who does that leave us?
There is one person who seems to fascinate the crypto community in a catch-me-if-you-can sorta way.
Zhao Changpeng
In my opinion, It's the greatest untold story next to uh, you know... what's his name? Nakamoto something or other but good luck finding him :)
@neilstrauss guess who just got on... let’s make some DTube magic and share the Brock Experience exclusively with the steemit community !
nice post
Fascinating look at a public, but mysterious figure. Nice to see you posting again!
Thanks, been busy with that story and a few others, plus a missing persons investigation I'll fill you all in on.
Very cool Neil, thank you. I'm diving into it now. He's definitely a complex figure that deserves the king of perspective that only some one like you can provide with clarity and accuracy.
As for other figures I would say Nick Szabo, @Clifhigh. I'd love to hear a conversation between you and Clif!
Or if we're talking Steem blockchain my dudes from the #SteemPhilly Crew @yabapmatt - who builds amazing projects like @steembottracker and @SteemMonsters and @knircky who's a super-savey crypto educator and investor and runs @steembounty. Both great guys who are doing great things for Steem and the crypto world. Please check em out.
Will keep an eye out for the videos. That's gotta be the crypto/blockchain equivalent of your time from The Game. :)
The Videos are coming !
Thanks for saying that. And that's exactly it, and why he makes a great candidate for an in-depth profile. Will look into your recommendations now!
Interview Synth from Skycoin, he's a sound bite machine. Super smart, very weird, and can go on forever. There are some wild stories coming out of that corner.
@cryptofinance24 https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@gurmeetsingh/don-t-miss-airdrop-like-ontology
Thanks, will look into him!
Eso es progreso verdadero
I think it’s great charity is gonna be helped :)
Nice 😎
Super interesting article. I didn't realize he was involved in the video game industry.
or that Steve Bannon was!
The guys... @Dan or @Ned :)
I think @stackin should be interviewed. He is a mystery up there in Vegas! :-)
I'm new 2 the Steam Community, and you look like a very interesting person to follow. Nice article.
Thanks - and velkommen!
Awesome work here. Have you interviewed Charles Hoskinson. yet from ADA Cardano? If not, that would be fascinating. Sorry if you have already, I'm really new to Steemit, but not new to crypto. Peace Be Unto You!
I haven’t - good call! And welcome to Steemit.
Hello Dears
Tell me Which 5 coin is Best for invest.. Those give back 10x++ profit in this year..
Now i think about ETF... How can manage my current cryptocurrency sell or HODL
Great RS story! What a character. McAfee would be a colorful interview. Szabo would also be great as well as Andreas. Maybe some of the more institutional guys who are into it like Mike Novogratz or Tim Draper. The Winklevoss twins too.
Those are all fascinating (and mostly controversial) characters! Adding to the list.
@NeilStrauss McAfee would be really interesting to hang with for a week
I am glad he is doing what he is doing. At the same time there are people not liking him at all in there, they speak that it's a form of colonialism, that they go there because of the tax benefits and not because they really want to help and so on.. source
True. And that’s a very important and nuanced discussion worth having! Thanks for bringing it up.
https://steemit.com/mgsc/@sandy666/reasoning-behind-the-etf-rejection-bitcoin-again-below-8000-dollors
I Just love Puerto Rico
Time to visit again - see when they’re doing their next Restart conference there, would be a great time.
Do you know when the One token will drop?
There working on the whitepaper still. And planning to make an announcement on where things are at on 8/8/18.
What's the One token? I couldn't find a google link for it.
Congratulations @neilstrauss!
Your post was mentioned in the Steemit Hit Parade in the following category:
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Great info!
I gave you an upvote on your post! Please give me a follow and I will give you a follow in return and possible future votes!
I would love to hear more from Tony Churyumoff, creator of Byteball Bytes. He's a soft-spoken man, but brilliant (obviously) and his coin--more specifically its android app and website, binarybytes, where you can literally wager real crypto, quickly and easily against the top 10 cryptos on short futures-- is the most exciting thing i've seen since steemit itself.
Podria regalarme algo, no? XD
Interesting read.!
hehe pretty good but he could give me a little, and seriously, he has a gesture and I admire him
Alguien de sur america? jaja
Amazing article
I just give you upvote. Kindly do same forme
Let's the redistribution of income fall on us!! on all of us we have upvoted this post!! hahahaha
Looking mini gold Berg ;)
Wim Hof would make a great article.