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Podcast: ioRadio - The Technology and Ethics Podcast
Episode: IO Radio #4 - The Filecoin Controversy - Interview with Kevin Mauro
Description: An odd post on the /r/Buttcoin subreddit led us to look into FileCoin and the man making serious allegations about the file storage crypto project. We talk to Kevin Mauro, creator of the website dukedupe.com, to find out why he's willing to go so far as to drive a van around Duke University to call attention to their endowment's supposed connection to FileCoin. Is crypto incentivizing the distribution of harmful, illegal, and exploitative material online or are innovative technologies being criticized based on speculation and circumstantial evidence?
Full video version here: https://youtu.be/ijElHICwHuY