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Konstantin Richter

05/03/25

@ EO

I saw a gap in the market for tools to run Ethereum nodes efficiently, which would enable institutions to engage with blockchain technology.

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How Belief in Bitcoin Built a $3.3B Crypto CompanyㅣKonstantin Richter, Blockdaemon

@ EO

How Belief in Bitcoin Built a $3.3B Crypto CompanyㅣKonstantin Richter, Blockdaemon

05/03/25

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Anatoly Yakovenko

06/13/25

@ a16z crypto

I didn't see Ethereum as a competitor; my focus was on trading and execution, which I believed were the key areas where we could innovate and create value.

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Juan Benet

07/01/17

@ Y Combinator

I wanted to build an organization that could facilitate projects like Filecoin, which could be seen as a way to build collaboratively rather than in isolation.

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Konstantin Richter

05/03/25

@ EO

I wanted to contribute to Bitcoin because I know how to build and scale software companies and corral capital to address succinct problems.

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Konstantin Richter

05/03/25

@ EO

I believed in a world where there would be 100,000 nodes run by institutions by 2020, even when people laughed at me.

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Anatoly Yakovenko

06/13/25

@ a16z crypto

I had a Eureka moment over two coffees and a beer, which led to my rediscovery of verifiable delay functions, a key concept for building scalable blockchain solutions.

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Diane Greene

08/05/17

@ Y Combinator

I believed there was a need for a company focused on building applications for enterprises, as it involves more complexity with multiple users and access.

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Rich Barton

04/18/25

@ Tim Ferriss

I knew there would inevitably be a leading digital real estate marketplace in the US, and I wanted to be part of creating that solution.

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Alexandr Wang

11/14/23

@ Accel

We realized that there needed to be an infrastructure platform, like AWS or Stripe, specifically focused on data to power the AI industry.

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Parker Conrad

01/11/25

@ Y Combinator

I saw a hundred billion dollar opportunity in the market that others were oblivious to, and I knew exactly what to build to capture it.