This Congressman Wants to Turn Taiwan into a Blockchain Island. We Asked Him How

It’s
been over ten years since the birth of Bitcoin, and
while many cryptocurrencies have come and gone, the technology under it all,
blockchain, has proved resilient to the fads and failed ICOs. One
legislator in Taiwan wants to integrate blockchain technology on a national
scale and move the whole country towards using blockchain technology for more
than just cryptocurrencies. Jason
Hsu, dubbed the “crypto congressman” by Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin, is an
entrepreneur-turned-legislator in Taiwan who wants to make the island a haven
for people working on different applications of blockchain technology. We
asked him how he plans to go about doing just that. You
were an entrepreneur before becoming a member of parliament: Why did you become
a legislator? Before
I became a member of parliament, I was a technology entrepreneur. I wanted to
bridge the gap between technology and public policy and remove legal barriers
to technology innovation in Taiwan, so I ran to be a legislator in 2016. Sinc…