[Japanese translation] Airbnb of computing: talking about Julian Zawistowski and the Golem Project

I hadn’t been able to follow much information, but to understand those areas I translated into Japanese an article about Golem's progress. It is in an interview format.MBis the interviewer,JZis the response from Julian Zawistowski of Golem.

Computing's Airbnb: Talking with Julian Zawistowski and the Golem Project

I tend to be very skeptical about projects related to ICOs, but Golem has always captivated me as one of my few (and first) investments in an ERC20 token.

That dedicated team is actively working hard to develop a decentralized computing platform. On that platform, the base currency GNT is used, and users can lend their unused CPU/GPU cycles to other users who want to process complex tasks.

I was honored to have a Skype conversation with Julian Zawistowski the other day to interview him about recent progress. He is the founder of Golem and an advisor to OmiseGo.


MB: Straight to the point: what is happening on the development front?

JZ: We spend a lot of time assessing the boundaries. This is mainly because we are working on cutting-edge technology and trying to determine what is possible and what is impossible within the resources available. The roadmap described in the white paper has fallen significantly behind, so we plan to release a new one on Tuesday.

MB: Can you tell us anything about the new roadmap?

JZ: As I mentioned earlier, the roadmap will be released on Tuesday. At that time we will announce other features, and this roadmap will present a much more detailed plan than previous ones.

We are rolling out a series of testnets toward an alpha version, and we will release a new means to communicate our progress. Our team places a strong emphasis on transparency, and we have had some issues with the accuracy of the GitHub progress tracker. Therefore, to provide more precise visual information, we will use Trello to communicate the latest development status more clearly than ever before.

MB: You have previously been active about collaborating with other projects. Are there other projects you would like to work with?

JZ: In my opinion, broadly speaking, the cryptocurrency industry should cooperate more as a single community.

I see startups that use existing technology as developing on a plot of land. We don’t have such land. We face craters in the ground, and we must find a way to fill them. Cryptocurrency is such a new field, so before great advances come, we should all strive to build the foundations correctly.

I like IPFS, so eventually I would like to integrate it in some form. However, rather than such exploratory attempts, I want to release Brass Golem first.