Ep 9 - Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, co-founder of Rootstock, an Ethereum-level smart contract platform for Bitcoin

Diego is a veteran Technologist and Entrepreneur with a focus in
Latin America and Argentina, having grown up there and along with
various successful startups he built.


Diego's track record includes being part of the founding
teams of Clarín Digital (a top Argentina newspaper website),
Patagon.com (a financial community eventually sold to Banco
Santander), Internet Argentina (the first Argentinean ISP to
provide ADSL), and Edunexo (a SaaS platform for educational
institutions).


He also founded countless startups including:
Xinergia (web development company), Cero a Cien (tutoring
platform for entrepreneurs), Arraiga (IT training platform)
and Restocoins (a payment system for bitcoin)


In 2011, Diego first encountered Bitcoin and feel in love with
the technology and how it could benefit not only the world but
Argentinean and Latin grassroots communities. This led to
him co-founding Rootstock, the first open-source peer-to-peer
smart-contract platform and payment network.


Diego is also a relentless community builder as one of the
founders of the Argentinean Bitcoin Community with over 20,000
members in its online community. In addition, he organized the
first bitcoin conference in Latin America (www.labitconf.com)
which is rapidly becoming not only a top even in Latin America
but worldwide.


His reach includes helping other grassroots communities in places
such as: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México,
Nicaragua, Perú, Paraguay and Uruguay.


After listening to this episode you will learn:


How Diego and his team took Rootstock from an idea into a
working testnet

How you can participate in what Rootstock is doing

How your reputation is your collateral with this system

How Diego's solutions are being replicated across Latin
America

Why community building is a often overlooked yet critically
important activity for companies in the Blockchain space

The challenges the Blockchain ecosystem faces to see full
adoption and build-outs needed to change society

How one of the most important takeaways is to follow your
passions and let that be your guiding force



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