FLOSS Weekly 489: Pillar




FLOSS Weekly (Audio) show

Summary: <p>The Pillar Project is a non-profit foundation in Switzerland, and it promises to empower individuals through decentralized technology and help them take ownership of their personal data. David Siegel is a serial entrepreneur, web pioneer, prolific author, and founder and CEO of the Pillar Project, building an open-source "smart wallet" in London. David led the Pillar team to a successful ICO in 2017, raising over $20 million and making the Pillar token sale one of the most successful grassroots fundings in history.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/randal-schwartz">Randal Schwartz</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jp_bennett" target="_blank">Jonathan Bennett</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href="https://medium.com/@pullnews/david-siegel-jack-of-none-998a70be0e57" target="_blank">David Siegel</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly</a></p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/flossweeklyguests" target="_blank">Here's what's coming up for FLOSS in the future</a>.</p> <p>Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email Randal at <a href="mailto:merlyn@stonehenge.com">merlyn@stonehenge.com</a></p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a> for providing the bandwidth for this podcast and <a href="http://lullabot.com/" target="_blank">Lullabot's</a> Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.</p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://RocketMortgage.com/floss">RocketMortgage.com/floss</a></li> </ul>