Transcript Ep. 327: Why Chatroulette Founder Andrey Ternovskiy Fell in Love With Crypto

Laura Shin:

Hi, all. I had a really wonderful first official book reading here in New York at The Strand. It was totally sold out and people were even being turned away at the door. We will try to do another reading somewhere in New York for those of you who couldn’t make it. It was a blast meeting so many of you. Thanks to those of you who came and asked such engaging questions. Thanks also to Christine Lee of CoinDesk who did a fantastic job moderating.

There are a few more in-person events that I’ll be doing in case you want to get your book signed or just say hello. For folks in the Bay Area on Tuesday, March 8 I’ll be doing a reading and signing at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club moderated by the Information’s Kate Clark. Doors open at 5:15 p.m., the program begins at 6 p.m., and the book signing is at 7 p.m.

For people in Seattle I’ll be doing a reading and signing as part of Town Hall Seattle on March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at The Forum, moderated by Steve Scher of Town Hall Seattle.

Check out the show notes to buy tickets to both of these events, and I may also be at South by Southwest on March 12, details still TBD, and I might also be in Boston at Harvard the weekend of March 26. No promises on either score but I guess if you feel strongly about either one you can Tweet at me as that might tip the scales.

On April 5 I will be in Miami doing a reading, and on April 9 I’ll be in Annapolis at the Annapolis Book Festival.

Finally, on March 23 I’ll be doing a virtual reading with Powell’s bookstore at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific, and Jeff Roberts, Executive Editor of Decrypt and author of King’s of Crypto will be moderating.

Thanks again for attending if you came to New York, and if you want to come to the San Francisco or Seattle events you can check out the show notes for tickets. And now, onto the show.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things crypto. I’m your host, Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians. I started covering crypto six years ago and as a senior editor at Forbes was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full time. This is the March 8, 2022, episode of Unchained.

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Today’s guest is Andrey Ternovskiy, founder of Chatroulette. Welcome, Andrey.

Andrey Ternovskiy:

Hello.