Ep. #19: Decentralised Service Marketplace with JP Thor (CEO CanYa) - a podcast by Tushar Aggarwal - Founder of Decrypt Asia and Blockchain investor

Our guest for this show is JP Thor, CEO of CanYa, a global marketplace of peer-to-peer services with a cryptocurrency payment layer.

JP is a former Air Force pilot, an early Bitcoin adopter and a Blockchain ambassador. He serves as an advisor to multiple Blockchain startups including Loki and Trust Wallet.Tune in to hear about:

Background and transition from being an air force pilot to the blockchain/cryptocurrency ecosystemWhy JP started a decentralised service marketplace
What does the customer journey look like as a service provider or userUse of the token (CAN) on the platform and the tokeneconomics
How the hedged escrow function works to ensure that the service provider gets paid fairly and not be subject to price fluctuationsThoughts on most people in the world not investing or buying cryptocurrency but getting into crypto by earning it
How CanYa plans to cope with the learning curve required for anyone to store crypto assetsWhy CanYa took the strategy of being centralised in the beginning and over time move towards greater decentralisation - with the eventual goal to be a DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation)
How CanYa aims to achieve decentralisation over a period of timeHow CanYa is developing infrastructure around having a decentralised marketplace as well
On-chain governanceEthereum 2.0
Layer 1 vs Layer 2 discussionProjects mentioned: Digix, Origin Protocol, uPort, OmiseGo, Humaiq, Trust wallet, Loom Network amongst others

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