Since bitcoin’s inception in 2008, many who’ve invested in the cryptocurrency have done so in the view that the decentralized, blockchain-based asset – today worth some $31,000 – could be the future of finance and the web.
And while Amy-Rose Goodey started out down the bitcoin “rabbit hole”, today the head of operations at industry body Blockchain Australia believes it would be naïve to believe the current iteration of blockchains could form the future of the internet.
Goodey has her money on other distributed ledger technology which she believes could prove more useful for the enormous number of new businesses and industries hoping to get involved with the emerging space.
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald spoke to Goodey for our weekly series You, Me and Web3, which aims to examine, challenge and demystify the ideas behind the emerging industry by speaking to the people who live and breathe it.
How did you first get involved with Web3?
It was 2016, and I had built up a nice amount of savings, and my partner at the time told me I should invest it in something, which I was a bit hesitant about because I’d never done that before. My father-in-law was a traditional investor, so I asked him if he could assist me, and he just made it sound so complicated.
But I come from a tech background, and for a while, people had told me I should buy some bitcoin. And I did a bit of research, figured out it was way easier than buying equities, and I just went to Coinbase and bought some with my credit card. And then once you do that, you just end up down this rabbit hole.
So, I became very passionate about it and I started a podcast and an online course in crypto and blockchain. Then I decided to go for a job at Blockchain Australia, and the rest is really history – I’ve been embedded ever since.
Continue reading: https://www.smh.com.au/business/entrepreneurship/why-the-future-of-web3-will-be-more-than-crypto-and-blockchain-20221006-p5bnp5.html
And while Amy-Rose Goodey started out down the bitcoin “rabbit hole”, today the head of operations at industry body Blockchain Australia believes it would be naïve to believe the current iteration of blockchains could form the future of the internet.
Goodey has her money on other distributed ledger technology which she believes could prove more useful for the enormous number of new businesses and industries hoping to get involved with the emerging space.
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald spoke to Goodey for our weekly series You, Me and Web3, which aims to examine, challenge and demystify the ideas behind the emerging industry by speaking to the people who live and breathe it.
How did you first get involved with Web3?
It was 2016, and I had built up a nice amount of savings, and my partner at the time told me I should invest it in something, which I was a bit hesitant about because I’d never done that before. My father-in-law was a traditional investor, so I asked him if he could assist me, and he just made it sound so complicated.
But I come from a tech background, and for a while, people had told me I should buy some bitcoin. And I did a bit of research, figured out it was way easier than buying equities, and I just went to Coinbase and bought some with my credit card. And then once you do that, you just end up down this rabbit hole.
So, I became very passionate about it and I started a podcast and an online course in crypto and blockchain. Then I decided to go for a job at Blockchain Australia, and the rest is really history – I’ve been embedded ever since.
Continue reading: https://www.smh.com.au/business/entrepreneurship/why-the-future-of-web3-will-be-more-than-crypto-and-blockchain-20221006-p5bnp5.html
