E125: SUI NETWORK FOUNDER: I Left Facebook at 50 to Build What Crypto Couldn't
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Evan left his position at Facebook at age 50 to solve what the entire crypto industry couldn't: building technology that actually works.

After leading Facebook's $3 billion Libra project that got shut down, Evan realized every crypto attempt has "completely, repeatedly failed" and fallen back to centralization. So he started Mysten Labs with 4 co-founders to build Sui - what crypto was always supposed to be.

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DISCLAIMER

The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.

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0:00 Introduction 

1:40 Please Subscribe

2:06 Partnerships

2:55 The Problem With Centralization

7:23 Why Ethereum Is Centralizing

12:35 Who is Evan Cheng?

13:15 Self Custody with Trezor

14:08 Timing a 20-Year Vision

15:11 Motivation From Being Ignored

19:31 Giving Everyone Real Agency

20:45 High Agency Person

22:47 Proving Skeptics Wrong

26:51 Nothing Has Truly Won

27:55 Cryptocurrencies Fascination

29:29 Lessons Learned From Novi

35:17 Starting a Company at 50

40:09 Why I Became the CEO

41:22 Challenges of a CEO

42:14 Not Destiny, Just Conviction

44:03 What is Mysten Labs?

45:51 Five Unmanageable Founders

48:11 How Five Co-Founders Work

54:02 What is SUI Network?

55:19 Is SUI the Next SOL?

56:50 Progress on Big Vision

59:55 Decentralized Business Potential

1:04:06 Proud, But Never Satisfied

1:06:34 What Truly Makes Me Happy

1:08:13 Non-Consensus Beliefs

1:09:17 Prediction for the Next 12 Months

1:13:10 Concluding Remarks