I was at Consensys briefly in 2017. From my perspective (inside the venture half), it was more of a playground than a workplace. I was vaguely aware of the "consulting" half, and that they were working with banks who wanted into crypto at this period of peak hype.
There were some incredibly smart people working on interesting problems, but a significant portion of the people working there seemed (to me) detached from reality – solving problems of their own creation. That's not necessarily a bad thing, the let a thousand flowers bloom approach, but it doesn't strike me as something that JP Morgan would touch? It must have sobered up since 2017.
There were some incredibly smart people working on interesting problems, but a significant portion of the people working there seemed (to me) detached from reality – solving problems of their own creation. That's not necessarily a bad thing, the let a thousand flowers bloom approach, but it doesn't strike me as something that JP Morgan would touch? It must have sobered up since 2017.