# Why programmable money mattered

Alex Gordon-Brander

> the idea of a programmable currency — the idea of a world computer and an interoperable financial system — blew me away

Alex describes his reaction to Ethereum in an interview about his work at CoDEX. It predates OpenAlpha.

Davos interview published 8 June 2022, paragraph on the 2015 Ethereum launch

[Cointelegraph interview with Alex Gordon-Brander](https://cointelegraph.com/news/digital-assets-still-make-a-lot-of-sense-says-codex-co-founder)

[OpenAlpha’s founding story](https://agbrander.com/openalpha.md)

[All passages](https://agbrander.com/words.md)

[Web page](https://agbrander.com/words/#programmable-money-davos)