Dean Masley and Nathalie Drost of NestEgg share their vision in decentralized ownership of infrastructure assets on the blockchain.
NestEgg is a relatively young project in the blockchain space, which won a hackathon in the Netherlands, and is currently being developed in collaboration with the APG pension fund. It experiments with investing in and co-owning green energy assets, houses, public transport, self-driving cars and other infrastructure capacities. As Nathalie and Dean explain, the aim of the project is to make these pieces of infrastructure accessible to ordinary people, so they can reduce their costs of living in the future.The idea of investing in a sustainable futures took us into to a deeper discussion on the most exciting aspects of the blockchain space and technology, as well as the problems and limitations that may or may not be overcome with its wider adoption.
What we cover in this episode
- Advantages of the bottom-up development in the blockchain space
- Evolution of the blockchain space from idealism to pragmatism
- Cultural differences between Europe and US in approaching blockchain
- Degree of decentralization – a competitive strategy in the future crypto market
- Possible applications of big data
- How to prevent hypercentralization of the ownership in NestEgg and related projects
- User experience as a big challenge for NestEgg
- NestEgg’s current status and established partnerships
- Share economy and universal basic income as future solutions to rising automation and loss of jobs