Co-founded Blockstack, now Stacks, a platform for smart contracts and apps anchored to Bitcoin, in 2013 and ran it as CEO until 2018; later advised the US Food and Drug Administration on artificial intelligence.
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A novel of a hacker in a corporate-run America and its virtual world, the Metaverse.
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How shared fictions such as money, nations and gods let humans cooperate at scale.
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1997 forecast of digital money weakening the nation state
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| Biography | Ryan Shea | 2026-10-22 |
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| Ryan Shea: Battling the Internet Giants Pt. 2 | The Pomp Podcast | 2018-08-29 |
| Ryan Shea, Blockstack for Beginners | The Bitcoin Game | 2017-04-24 |
| Ryan Shea, co-Founder of Blockstack Labs - Interview | Flyover Labs Podcast | 2016-07-12 |