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Jacob Hansen is the CEO and Co-Founder of CrowdCurity, a Silicon Valley-based security startup incubated by boost.vc and funded by Tim Draper and Kima Ventures. He is an advocate of decentralization and crowdsourcing applied to monetary systems and web security. Prior to co-founding CrowdCurity, he documented Bitcoin adoption globally through his work at Bitcoinfilm.org.
1Interview
2014First on the show
Oct 2014Latest appearance
5 minOn camera
4:50
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In their own words
“Crowdsourcing will come to any industry and all over because it's a way of decentralizing a workforce and then it basically works it's a lot more effective a lot more dynamic.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Crowdsourcing applies the model of distributed task completion to web security by leveraging many researchers instead of individual consultants.
- Bitcoin adoption varies by country and use case, with significant adoption in Argentina and Uganda for circumventing monetary restrictions and international transfers.
- CrowdCurity uses crowdsourced security researchers to identify vulnerabilities on websites, providing a more effective alternative to traditional security consulting.
- Bitcoinfilm.org documents real-world Bitcoin use cases through short documentaries showing how ordinary people benefit from cryptocurrency in daily financial activities.
- Companies increasingly recognize security as a critical issue in the Bitcoin space and are reaching out to CrowdCurity for solutions.