This week we’re re-broadcasting a very special episode of Founders Talk. Adam was invited by our friends at Square to host a fireside chat with Jack Dorsey as the featured finale of their annual developer conference called Square Unboxed. Jack is one of the most prolific CEOs out there. He’s a hacker turned CEO, often working at the very edge of what’s to come. He’s focused on what the future has to offer and an innovator at scale. He’s also a Bitcoin maximalist and has positioned himself and Block long on Bitcoin.

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Featuring:

• Jack Dorsey – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• Block.xyz
• Square Unboxed 2022
• Square Unboxed 2022’s replay on YouTube
• Square Unboxed 2022’s recap blog post
• Jack Dorsey on Lex Fridman (#91)

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Welcome(01:12) - Sponsor: Fly.io(03:33) - Hey Jack(04:04) - What does it mean to be a hacker turned CEO?(06:44) - What is Jack hacking on today?(08:40) - This new world(13:54) - Building tools to inrease access to the economy(18:18) - What is Square today?(21:53) - Sponsor: FireHydrant(23:30) - This platform for developers to build on(24:15) - The opportunity for developers on Square(25:11) - Our Bitcoin wallet and miner will be open source(26:47) - This is going to sound like a non-answer but...(27:27) - The reason Square is successful(30:42) - Why Block acquired Afterpay(32:43) - Sponsor: Soucegraph(35:40) - Sponsor: InfluxData(37:15) - How Square won the SoFi Stadium project(39:29) - The biggest thing we can do for Bitcoin(41:06) - The start of LDK Lightning Development Kit(42:50) - Will Bitcoin take over the US Dollar