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 ecosystem
• Why JP started a decentralised service marketplace
• What does the customer journey look like as a service provider or user
• Use 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 fluctuations
• Thoughts 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 assets
• Why 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 time
• How CanYa is developing infrastructure around having a decentralised marketplace as well
• On-chain governance
• Ethereum 2.0
• Layer 1 vs Layer 2 discussion
• Projects mentioned: Digix, Origin Protocol, uPort, OmiseGo, Humaiq, Trust wallet, Loom Network amongst others