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  <title>Erick K. Watson</title>
  <subtitle>Erick Watson is a fractional CPO and venture partner with $1.33B+ in revenue impact, 4 exits, and 15+ years at Google, Microsoft, and Protocol Labs. AI, blockchain, and product strategy.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
  
  <author>
    <name>Erick Watson</name>
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  <entry>
    <title>Token2049</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Token2049/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Token2049/</id>
    <updated>2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson represents Randamu and dcipher.network at Token2049 Dubai, the premier global crypto conference connecting the Web3 ecosystem.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Pioneering Threshold Crypto</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Pioneering-Threshold-Crypto/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Pioneering-Threshold-Crypto/</id>
    <updated>2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson explains Randamu&#39;s implementation of threshold cryptography, covering the drand protocol, League of Entropy, and decentralized randomness infrastructure.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Power of Randomness</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Power-of-Randomness/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Power-of-Randomness/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-29T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson discusses how Randamu&#39;s decentralized randomness infrastructure enables fair, unbiased outcomes in gaming, DeFi, and governance applications worldwide.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Permissionless IV</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Permissionless-IV/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Permissionless-IV/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson attends Permissionless IV in Brooklyn, representing Randamu&#39;s threshold cryptography and decentralized infrastructure solutions at one of crypto&#39;s largest conferences.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Save Billions</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Save-Billions/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Save-Billions/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson discusses how Randamu&#39;s bridgeless interoperability and threshold cryptography could prevent the billions lost annually to cross-chain bridge exploits.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Randamu and DIA Data</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Randamu-and-DIA-Data/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Randamu-and-DIA-Data/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Randamu deepens its partnership with DIA to deliver enterprise-grade onchain randomness through DIA&#39;s Lumina oracle platform, serving institutional DeFi and TradFi clients.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Finance Day QnA</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Finance-Day-QnA/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Finance-Day-QnA/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Finance Day interviews Erick Watson on Randamu&#39;s threshold cryptography, bridgeless interoperability, the Threshold Association, and the company&#39;s $3.3M pre-seed raise.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fighting MEV</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Fighting-MEV/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Fighting-MEV/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-19T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson comments on Flashbots&#39; research into MEV spam bots, explaining how Randamu&#39;s threshold cryptography adds enforcement layers for blockchain scalability.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>SI Partner Program</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/SI-Partner-Program/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/SI-Partner-Program/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Randamu launches its Systems Integrator Partner Program to accelerate enterprise adoption of dcipher.network with tiered token revenue sharing up to 20%.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Security w/o Sacrifice</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Security-wo-Sacrifice/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Security-wo-Sacrifice/</id>
    <updated>2025-06-11T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Published on Bob&#39;s Guide, this article explores how threshold cryptography resolves the security-versus-usability tradeoff in digital wallets and blockchain applications.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Big Tech to Blockchain</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Big-Tech-to-Blockchain/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Big-Tech-to-Blockchain/</id>
    <updated>2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>C-Suite Brief interviews Erick Watson on his journey from Google and Microsoft to co-founding Randamu, building digital trust through threshold cryptography and Web3 infrastructure.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bridge Hacks</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Bridge-Hacks/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Bridge-Hacks/</id>
    <updated>2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>At Consensus 2025, Erick Watson explains how Randamu&#39;s bridgeless interoperability approach addresses the $62 billion lost to cross-chain bridge exploits.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Consensus 2025</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Consensus-2025/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Consensus-2025/</id>
    <updated>2025-05-16T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson presents Randamu&#39;s bridgeless interoperability at Consensus 2025 in Toronto, named a CoinDesk PitchFest finalist for threshold cryptography infrastructure.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Behind Intents</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Behind-Intents/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Behind-Intents/</id>
    <updated>2024-11-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson joins a Devcon panel exploring how blockchain intents are transforming onchain interactions, alongside leaders from Nomial, Liquorice, and Propellerheads.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Angel Investing 101</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Angel-Investing-101/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Angel-Investing-101/</id>
    <updated>2020-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson shares startup fundraising strategies and angel investing fundamentals at the Seattle Angel Conference, covering how founders can find and pitch investors.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Data Panel Discussion</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Data-Panel-Discussion/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Data-Panel-Discussion/</id>
    <updated>2018-06-20T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson joins a Blueprint Technologies panel discussion on data strategy, analytics, and the evolving role of machine learning in enterprise data management.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Data Pioneer</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Data-Pioneer/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Data-Pioneer/</id>
    <updated>2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson shares insights on anticipating buyer behavior through machine learning, data-driven customer experiences, and predictive analytics in this Data Pioneer interview.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Data Hero</title>
    <link href="https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Data-Hero/"/>
    <id>https://erickwatson.com/Appearances/Data-Hero/</id>
    <updated>2017-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Erick Watson discusses automated valuation models, real estate data science, and predictive analytics as VP of Corporate Development at Quantarium in this Data Hero interview.</summary>
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