CORE MAGAZINE September 2016 | Page 39

Core Radio Interview with Sasha Ivanov of the Waves Platform:

Angelo: “Sasha is an “idol” in the crypto universe. He’s an inspirational leader with a great business mentality. In my opinion, Sasha is an investor’s dream because he doesn’t say “hocus-pocus”; …he gets things done. He focuses on one technology, and he makes it work. I believe this is what you’re trying to do, right Sasha?”

Sasha: “Thank you Angelo, for having me here on your great show, and thank you for the kind words. I hope you are right. That is the way I intend to proceed. I like to be focused on real word use cases and real world applications – try to realize what can be done now and not wait for some development… or fancy smart contracts. I want to disrupt existing business practices, right now. So, we are focusing on value transfer and crowd funding with waves. Some alternative to existing venture ecosystem where you would go to a venture fund and ask for money with money. For Blockchain projects, it is pretty hard to raise money in Silicon Valley. There was some hype there recently but, it’s sort of over now…

WAVES q&a