While I had known he was quite a programmer, it was his interview on Epicenter that blew me away. He has such a command of what he's doing and where he's taking EOS. And, the history he shared gave me a better understanding of Bitshares and Steemit.
https://steemit.com/eos/@solarsherpa/podcast-dan-larimer-eos-the-decentralized-operating-system-epicenter-197
I'd heard Stan (Dan's dad) say on one of his interviews that Satoshi was responding to questions from Dan on BitCoinTalk.rog. So, Dan's loaded with Street Cred when it comes to crypto.