The Proust Questionnaire – an old-style magazine format popular in the French novelist’s day – asks a series of personal, philosophical and prosaic questions that, in theory, present a side of a person not often seen. Here, Kristin Smith, the heart, soul and often face of industry lobbying group The Blockchain Association, reveals something of her “true nature” and the crypto industry. Smith is a speaker at CoinDesk’s Consensus festival, June 9-12, in Austin, TX.