Andreas Brekken, Founder of SideShift.ai, on Bull Run, Meme Coins, and Ethereum Sharding | Ep. 327
Andreas Brekken, the founder of SideShift.ai, a platform offering direct-to-wallet trading, sat down (in his hammock) for an exclusive interview with the Cryptonews Podcast.
Talking with host Matt Zahab, Brekken recalled how difficult it was for people to buy BTC in 2011, noting that the ease of purchase today contributes to its adoption.
He remarked that meme coins are actually great for the crypto space because they are fun, cheap to get, and generally harmless. Importantly, they are stress-testing the biggest chains in the sector.
The crypto veteran talked about multiple markets happening simultaneously and the potential significance of the Ethereum Dencun upgrade.
Brekken also touched upon the necessity to re-examine our interaction with centralized exchanges and the need for services like SideShift.
In this interview, Brekken discussed:
Brekken gave a wide-ranging exclusive interview, which you can see above or read below.
Brekken discovered Bitcoin in 2011.
At that time, he said, there were very few routes for people to get BTC. One option was dark web markets, including the infamous Silk Road.
“But in my case, I’m just too much of a nerd,” Brekken remarked. He didn’t know about this avenue at the time.
But he had an advantage over an average Joe: he was a programmer.
Therefore, Brekken discovered information on BTC online and started learning about the novel technology.
Notably, at the time, anyone interested in BTC needed to install a program on their PC to get it. This program would create addresses and allow users to find a place to buy the coin, receive it, and send it.
This was obviously a much more difficult system than what we have today.
But Brekken said another advantage a programmer or engineer would have at the time
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