Team Concordium brings together outstanding researchers, software engineers and business leaders from all over the world and we are proud to introduce them to the rest of our community. Today we would like you to meet Jacob Pouncey.

Jacob Pouncey

Who are you?

I was born in New Orleans USA which is objectively one of the best cities in the world (I will die on this hill). It is the birthplace of jazz and cocktails. I enjoy being active and playing board games. I believe everyone should become hyper-local citizens. This means favoring your neighborhood shop over the big box retailer or supporting local farmers and artists.

How did you get involved in the blockchain world?

I first started in blockchain back in 2011 or 12 when I heard about the Silk Road (#FreeRoss), after the summer I forgot about it. Then I saw an article when I was an undergrad studying finance and I began to look at Bitcoin more closely. I was shocked that it was still around and the value was appreciating. Since then I have been trying to read everything about the technology and its applications.

How can the world benefit from Blockchain?

Okay, putting on my Ancient Terrestrials aluminum foil hat: I think blockchain can and will be used as a tool for individuals to claim domain over more of their digital footprint. This ability will liberate humans from the necessity to support intermediaries that may be corrupt, inefficient, or downright useless. In short, blockchain will allow for the governing and enforcement of rules at the individual level, self-sovereignty.

How did you get involved in Concordium?

I worked at one of Lar’s previous projects as a cryptocurrency analyst. Also, I decided to write my thesis on the Concordium project. The unique combination of the science and technical talent in addition to the commercial acumen of the advisor network is what really excites me about Concordium. This is THE team.

What would you like to see blockchain doing in the future?

I think the potential for blockchain technology lies in its ability to decentralize many of the mechanisms that govern daily life, and in doing so it opens up new markets. I think a world where blockchain is mainstream is the opposite of where we are today, with a large portion of the revenue and web traffic being aggregated to a few centralized services. The flipside of this is a few protocols facilitating numerous decentralized services that offer greater privacy and security while giving control of the platform to the users.

If you could describe Concordium in 2 words, which ones would it be?

Primordial soup.

Why should everyone follow closely Concordium’s journey?

I think everyone should keep an eye out on Concordium, even if you do not believe in our mission. If Concordium is able to facilitate even a small fraction of business enabled by blockchain then it will already be wildly successful. If you think there is a non-zero chance that Concordium will be the bridge to bring the traditional business world and the crypto world together then why not follow us?