t1 Protocol: Unifying Ethereum's L2 Liquidity Through Real-Time Proving - Can Kisagun

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Topics covered in this episode:

Can’s background
Why Enigma/Secret Network built on Cosmos
Solving Ethereum’s liquidity fragmentation
t1’s rollup & real-time proving in TEEs
Sequencer setup inside the TEE
Dealing with other rollup trust assumptions
Integrating new L2s
Permissionless TEEs
Potential attack vectors
TEE alternatives
Asset issuance on mainnet vs. L2s
t1 development
Partnerships & BD
Solana vs. Ethereum UX
TEE misconceptions

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This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.

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Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

t1 Protocol: Unifying Ethereum's L2 Liquidity Through Real-Time Proving - Can Kisagun

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published לפני 25 ימים

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Topics covered in this episode:

Can’s background
Why Enigma/Secret Network built on Cosmos
Solving Ethereum’s liquidity fragmentation
t1’s rollup & real-time proving in TEEs
Sequencer setup inside the TEE
Dealing with other rollup trust assumptions
Integrating new L2s
Permissionless TEEs
Potential attack vectors
TEE alternatives
Asset issuance on mainnet vs. L2s
t1 development
Partnerships & BD
Solana vs. Ethereum UX
TEE misconceptions

Episode links:

Sponsors:

Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io
Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one

This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.

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‘Attention Is All You Need’, co-wrote by Illia Polosukhin in 2017, laid the foundation for arguably one of the most consequential tech breakthroughs in our recent history. 1 year later, Illia founded Near AI, which later became Near Protocol. They were visionaries ahead of their time and, although AI took several more years before becoming a viable product, the experience of scaling databases would later prove valuable and applicable in blockchain world. As a result, Near Protocol aims to become the infrastructure layer for AI apps and the agentic economy. In order to achieve this, scaling was paramount, thus Near is one of the first blockchains to implement execution layer sharding, asynchronous execution and stateless validation, which brought the finality time down to 1.2 seconds, with a block time of 0.6 seconds. Topics covered in this episode: Bowen’s background Near’s pivot from AI to blockchains The role of Near One Near’s tech stack upgrades Optimizing network architecture Stateless validation & block propagation Sharding & asynchronous execution Message passing between shards & shard ‘equality’ Challenges of implementing stateless validation Applications benefiting from Near’s finality speed Intent-based infrastructure AI use cases on Near Expanding Near’s ecosystem Development challenges Near’s vision and goals Episode links: Bowen Wang on X Near One Near on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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t1 Protocol: Unifying Ethereum's L2 Liquidity Through Real-Time Proving - Can Kisagun 1:01:41

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While L2 rollups did help scale Ethereum, they also created siloed ecosystems, all fighting over the same liquidity, users and devs. t1 Protocol is building layer-2 infrastructure to achieve seamless cross-rollup interoperability through real-time proving, powered by TEEs. t1's low-latency with 1-second block times provides faster preconfirmations, significantly improving UX, all while maintaining full Ethereum composability. Topics covered in this episode: Can’s background Why Enigma/Secret Network built on Cosmos Solving Ethereum’s liquidity fragmentation t1’s rollup & real-time proving in TEEs Sequencer setup inside the TEE Dealing with other rollup trust assumptions Integrating new L2s Permissionless TEEs Potential attack vectors TEE alternatives Asset issuance on mainnet vs. L2s t1 development Partnerships & BD Solana vs. Ethereum UX TEE misconceptions Episode links: Can Kisagun on X t1 Protocol on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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After a decade of existence, Ethereum has gone a long way from its initial whitepaper, yet many efforts in scaling and finding product-market-fit have been severely criticized for falling short of their promise. However, despite numerous other ‘Ethereum killers’ being launched over the years, none has managed to attract so many developers and liquidity while sticking true to ethos that (once) powered and united this industry. This year’s ETHPrague plans to confront exactly these existential challenges and steward community culture towards addressing outside criticism and external reality checks. Ethereum’s development, while adapting to market pressures, it always aimed to stick true to its core values in order to remain a technological bedrock for the future of humanity. Topics covered in this episode: The vision for ETH Prague Takeaways from main sessions High-level overview of ETH Prague The resurgence of Polkadot European crypto summer events The general state of the Ethereum ecosystem Celo’s transition to L2 L2 liquidity fragmentation Choosing the right L2 to build Improving hackathons Lightning round Final words Episode links: Austin Griffith on X Marek Olszewski on X Brenda Loya on X Joseph Schweitzer on X BuidlGuidl DAO on X Celo on X Tellor on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Founded by former Meta Diem team members, Sui is a high-performance, layer-1 blockchain designed for horizontal scaling and low-latency transactions. It uses an object-centric data model and the Move programming language to enable transaction parallelization which can handle >200,000 txs/s. Sui’s goal is to combine the benefits of blockchains with Web2’s security & frictionless UX. From account abstraction & ZKLogin, to on-chain storage & data availability solutions like Walrus, Sui rebuilds the Google/AWS stack, fully on-chain and composable. Topics covered in this episode: Adeniyi’s background, from Libra to Sui Sui’s long-term vision The tech stack of Sui & its primitives ZKLogin & account abstraction Object-based approach Transaction processing & parallelization DevEx on Move vs. EVM vs. SVM Consensus & scalability MEV Gaming & SuiPlay DeFi on Sui Walrus data storage Nautilus Future roadmap Episode links: Adeniyi Abiodun on X Mysten Labs on X Sui on X Walrus on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Maple Finance: On-Chain Institutional Yield & Lending Markets - Sidney Powell 54:49

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With an extensive experience in traditional money markets, Maple Finance was envisioned as an institutional capital marketplace which combines the transparency & capital efficiency of blockchains with the regulatory framework of TradFi. Unlike many DeFi protocols that require over-collateralized loans (e.g. Aave), Maple also specializes in under-collateralized lending, enabling greater capital efficiency for institutional borrowers. With over $6b in loans since its inception, Maple plans to further expand its offerings by including RWAs as collateral assets. Topics covered in this episode: Sid’s background The vision behind Maple Finance Maple’s tech stack Deciding risk profiles Over-collateralized vs. under-collateralized loans Assets accepted as collateral Deploying to other blockchains Institutional appeal Managing defaults RWA Converging DeFi & TradFi Biggest challenges Exciting upcoming trends Future roadmap Crypto correlation or decoupling? Episode links: Sid Powell on X Maple Finance on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Namechain is an L2 developed by ENS Labs, to enhance the scalability and efficiency of managing decentralized identities on Ethereum. It is designed to work in tandem with ENS V2, which introduced a hierarchical registry system for more efficient subdomain management and custom resolvers. A key vision for Namechain is to unify multi-chain user identities, creating a "digital identity chain" that simplifies how users interact with the broader blockchain ecosystem. This is achieved through features like L2-to-L2 bridging, which allows users to initiate ENS-related activities from various Ethereum Layer 2 networks, not just Namechain itself. Topics covered in this episode: High level overview of ENS Crosschain functionality through CCIP Read Domain squatting Onboarding ENS users via Paypal and Venmo Google & GoDaddy integrations ENS V2 upgrade & Namechain Transferring tokens from Namechain to L1 Sequencer security assumptions Scalability New features & use cases ENS roadmap & metrics Ethereum ecosystem status Episode links: Nick Johnson on X ENS on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake created a unique set of conditions (i.e. lack of protocol-level delegation, 32 ETH requirement, long exit queues, etc.) that led to Lido’s liquid staking model to gain huge traction, significantly eclipsing other LSD providers on native PoS chains. stETH added on-demand liquidity, bypassing withdrawal windows, while also increasing DeFi utilization and increasing yields. Moreover, by allowing users to stake any amount of ETH in pools, it removed the requirement for 32 ETH increments, ultimately improving decentralisation through long tail distribution of individual stakers. Lido V3 introduces modular stVaults which enable staking customization. This allows professional actors, such as institutional stakers, to have granular control over validators, MEV and other parameters, diversifying their investment strategies. Topics covered in this episode: Hasu’s background Discovering Lido Liquid staking and the early days of Lido Why liquid staking gained traction on Ethereum The evolution of Lido Initial decentralisation concerns and the importance of dual governance Restaking Lido V3 and vaults Institutional staking & ETFs Ethereum’s ‘crisis’ and its values Episode links: Hasu on X Lido on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Ronin: How Axie Infinity Kickstarted the Blockchain Gaming Revolution - Jeff Zirlin 54:34

לפני 17 weeks54:34

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While DeFi’s ultimate goal is to provide an alternative for TradFi, blockchain gaming caters to retail masses, onboarding millions of users to crypto through incentives and fun gameplay. The greatest success story in Web3 gaming thus far has been, without a doubt, Axie Infinity. Apart from creating an engaged community whose early adopters also experienced rags-to-riches stories, it kickstarted an entire movement around play-to-earn gaming. Many have tried copying it, yet most of them failed. Axie Infinity managed to design a sustainable economy that combined NFTs and fungible tokens. The result was the first gamified crypto mining event, at scale. In order to accommodate such a massive demand, in a time when L2 rollups were still in R&D, Sky Mavis founded Ronin, a gaming-oriented Ethereum sidechain. The community that formed around Axie Infinity created a tremendous network effect, solidifying Ronin’s PMF as a gaming powerhouse. Before long, many up-and-coming titles migrated to Ronin, and the growth effects in all their key metrics (i.e. DAUs, transactions, revenue, etc.) further fuelled the flywheel. Topics covered in this episode: Jeff’s background Cryptokitties Joining Axie Infinity and how it evolved Monetizing Axie’s economy The recipe for successful blockchain games Building Ronin, the gaming L1 On-chain vs. off-chain game elements Community building Ronin’s economy & composability Most suitable gaming genre for Web3 AI x gaming Crypto gaming investments Ronin’s current state and future roadmap Axie’s upcoming MMO Episode links: Jeff Zirlin on X Axie Infinity on X Ronin on X Sky Mavis on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Solana: From On-Chain Nasdaq to the Pump Fun Craze - Anatoly Yakovenko 1:18:28

לפני 18 weeks1:18:28

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Solana needs no introduction. Ever since its inception, it pushed throughput scaling on a single chain, without the need of sharding or rollups. Despite its ups and downs that culminated at the bottom of the bear market after the FTX crash, it managed to not only survive, but build a vibrant community around crypto's (arguably) most prominent PMF (thus far). Join us for a fascinating discussion and learn about Anatoly's take on controversial topics such as MEV, concurrent block leaders (the equivalent of Ethereum's PBS proposal), L2 rollups, Solana economics, how to tackle potential exploits and more. Topics covered in this episode: How the original Solana vision turned out What makes blockchains valuable MEV & program writable accounts Concurrent block proposers Current bottlenecks for scaling Solana Mainnet vs. L2 rollups Firedancer upgrade Halting the network vs. rollbacks Solana’s scaling roadmap DoubleZero Worst hacks on Solana UI exploits, Bybit hack and smart contract security Solana economics and the SIMD-0228 proposal Future improvements Use cases for blockchains Solana mobile Episode links: Anatoly Yakovenko on X Solana on X Solana Mobile on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Martin Köppelmann.…

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Build on Bitcoin: Combining Bitcoin's Security With Ethereum's Versatility - Alexei Zamyatin 1:10:10

לפני 19 weeks1:10:10

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Bitcoin’s security and reliability as a store of value are undeniable. However, its liquidity remained untapped for too long due to a lack of trustless bridges and native smart contract capabilities. As BTC is only native to Bitcoin’s L1, any attempt to include it in DeFi relies on the trust assumptions of third party custodians that wrap it. Build On Bitcoin (BOB) aims to expand Bitcoin’s functionality by integrating it with Ethereum’s smart contract capabilities. BOB operates as an OP Stack L2 with a hybrid design incorporating ZKPs, Bitcoin staking, and Ethereum for data availability. By functioning as a rollup, BOB processes transactions off-chain and batches them for settlement on Bitcoin and Ethereum, significantly improving transaction speed and reducing costs compared to Bitcoin’s base layer. Topics covered in this episode: Alexei’s background Setbacks for Bitcoin DeFi Bitcoin bridges BitVM BOB operators and trust assumptions BOB architecture & Bitcoin staking Bitcoin LSTs The future of Bitcoin DeFi Episode links: Alexei Zamyatin on X Build on Bitcoin on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Puja Ohlhaver: Why Community Currencies Are Crucial for Governance in DeSoc 1:04:42

לפני 21 weeks1:04:42

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In the digital networked age, people’s attention often overlooks local problems in favour of global ones, which don’t necessarily impact them in their daily lives, or over which they don’t have a say due to the skewed Pareto distribution of power in modern day societies. Puja Ohlhaver, in her recent research paper ‘Community currencies’, proposes a dual-currency model that prices attention and influence in each community, with the ultimate goal of creating a Gaussian distribution of power, either locally, or globally through the dynamic interaction of multiple local communities. This model allows community members to stake their currency to earn non-transferable governance rights, creating a substrate for decentralised societal coordination that favours social innovation. Topics covered in this episode: Puja’s background Web3 research ‘Community currencies’ Pareto vs. Gaussian distributions Global vs. local power distributions The community currencies model Meritocracy vs. influence Quadratic funding Governance, bribery and the crisis of legitimacy Experimenting with community currencies Episode links: Puja Ohlhaver on X 'Community Currencies' Research Paper 'Decentralized Society' Research Paper Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Nevermined: Payment System for the AI Agentic Economy - Don Gossen 1:04:38

לפני 21 weeks1:04:38

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Even though current LLM providers usually charge flat rates regardless if the subscriber is a ‘power user’ or not, as AI agents become the workhorses of the online economy, a dynamic AI-to-AI payments infrastructure would prove crucial for proper remuneration. Nevermined proposes a blockchain-agnostic, AI-agnostic credit system, that each builder can use to implement custom pricing strategies for their users. As the next trillion transactions will be mostly performed by AI agents, a universal payment system would help streamline integrations and economic interactions. Topics covered in this episode: Don’s background Integrating payment systems in the agentic economy Marketplaces vs. payment systems AI agentic economy Fixed vs. variable pricing strategies License tokenization Settlement and payment for AI agents Estimating price and avoiding overcharges Nevermined’s tech stack and integrations Value prop Nevermined metrics Episode links: Don Gossen on X Nevermined on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: one of the largest node operators worldwide, trusted by 175,000+ accounts across more than 60 networks, Chorus One combines institutional-grade security with the highest yields at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Turtle Club: Helping Web3 Users Monetize Their On-Chain Activity - Esfandiar Lagevardi 1:09:25

לפני 22 weeks1:09:25

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As more and more protocols compete for marketshare, user acquisition represents one of the most important elements of the GTM strategy. Web3 projects, through their governance tokens, can incentivise users directly to participate in meaningful activities for each protocol, subsidising their revenue generation through vested upside in the project. Turtle Club built the first distribution protocol of Web3, helping its users maximise their rewards they get for meaningful on-chain activities that help bootstrap projects. Topics covered in this episode: Esfandiar’s background The evolution of DeFi Yield sustainability in DeFi DeFi vs. TradFi Quantifying risk Main blockers for DeFi adoption On-chain transparency or privacy? What is missing in DeFi? Genesis story of Turtle Club How Turtle Club users accrue rewards Episode links: Esfandiar Lagevardi on LinkedIn Turtle Club on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Story Protocol: Tokenizing Intelligence Into Programmable IP Assets - Jason Zhao 58:54

לפני 24 weeks58:54

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As online content becomes predominantly AI-driven, intellectual property (IP) rights should not be neglected as (human) creators will heavily rely on them. While the main use cases for blockchains revolve around financial applications, one could argue that our everyday lives constantly intersect IPs in different forms. Although the legal framework is abundant, proper recording, monetization and disputes are often a burden for independent creators. Story Protocol aims to create a decentralised framework for IP management, tokenizing it both through NFTs and fungible tokens, allowing creators to register fully programmable IP, that is also recognized and enforced through the traditional judiciary system. Using smart contracts and programmable metadata, Story Protocol ensures proper monetization for creators whenever their IP is used. Topics covered in this episode: Jason’s background Current IP pain points Tokenizing IP Story Protocol blockchain Preventing IP infringement Story Protocol validators Interoperability Onboarding traditional IP to Story Protocol Story Protocol’s legal framework Enforcing IP rights on Story Protocol Hiding or demonetizing on-chain IP Governance & disputes Roadmap Episode links: Jason Zhao on X Story Protocol on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Balancer: Custom AMMs and Liquidity Solutions - Fernando Martinelli 1:04:35

לפני 25 weeks1:04:35

1:04:35

While AMMs (automated market makers) represent a DeFi innovation in themselves, research and experimentation have pushed the possibilities well beyond the limitations of the classic x*y=k constant product formula originally used by LPs. One of the main innovators in this field remains Balancer - from multi-token pools with different weights replicating TradFi indices, to dynamic ratios that can be changed under certain conditions preventing further imbalances, Balancer set in place user protection measures. With the recent release of Balancer V3, developers get more freedom to experiment with AMMs, introducing features such as hooks that enable limitless pool customisation, boosted pools that combine LP fees with yield farming from money markets, and many more. Topics covered in this episode: Balancer’s inception The evolution of AMMs Balancer vs. other AMM competitors Fungible vs. non-fungible liquidity Balancer v3 Boosted liquidity pools DevEx and hooks in Balancer v3 Preventing stablecoin depegs MEV mitigation & CoW AMM Scaling to L2s Gyroscope & QuantAMM Balancer’s B2C & B2B solutions Episode links: Fernando Martinelli on X Balancer on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Kiln: Democratising Value Creation in Digital Assets - Laszlo Szabo 59:58

לפני 26 weeks59:58

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Kiln operates as a staking-as-a-service platform, primarily focused on Ethereum, enabling users to stake assets programmatically, managing validators, rewards, and commissions through an API-first approach. In addition, it offers white-label solutions that allow institutional clients to integrate staking functionalities into their own offerings, with unified API for all assets and rewards, making it easier for businesses to provide staking services without developing the infrastructure themselves. With more than $13bn worth of assets secured, Kiln has proven its reliability, having no slashing events thus far. Moreover, Kiln widget offers a no-code experience for launching custom earn options, integrated with every major wallet and custodian. Topics covered in this episode: Laszlo’s background Founding Kiln Enterprise-grade validators and slashing DevOps & infrastructure maintenance ETH staking and custody Liquid staking and restaking The evolution of staking providers and requirements DeFi yield Institutional investors Kiln roadmap Episode links: Laszlo Szabo on X Kiln on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Babylon: Self-Custodial Bitcoin Native Staking & Bitcoin-Secured Networks - David Tse 49:43

לפני 27 weeks49:43

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Throughout the years, there were many attempts of tapping into Bitcoin’s liquidity and security, but almost all of them came with different caveats. Most notably, wrapped BTC (wBTC) depended on the wrapper contract security. However, the recent surge in research and development for native solutions has led to breakthroughs previously thought impossible. Babylon launched native BTC staking and plans to further expand this to secure other blockchains, in a model similar to that of mesh security. This would not only help secure other networks, but it would also unlock liquidity from the mother chain through liquid staking derivatives. Topics covered in this episode: David’s background The evolution of Babylon The Bitcoin Renaissance Technical challenges of implementing Bitcoin staking The OP_CAT upgrade Babylon’s Bitcoin staking & Bitcoin-secured networks Bridging liquidity & LSTs Securing multiple chains and slashing Babylon chain - aggregating Bitcoin-secured networks Could Bitcoin become a POS chain? Babylon upgradeability Episode links: David Tse on X Babylon on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sebastien Couture.…

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RedStone: The Oracle Pioneering the Future of DeFi - Marcin Kaźmierczak 1:04:40

לפני 28 weeks1:04:40

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The DeFi landscape has significantly evolved since 2018 when Chainlink was launched. Recent developments such as L2 rollups, liquid staking, restaking and the rise of BTC DeFi have created huge demand for more customizable, modular oracles that would be able to provide accurate data for countless use cases, crosschain. RedStone set out to do exactly that and are now securing over $6.6 bn worth of assets (1000+ assets), across more than 60 chains, without a single mispricing event. Topics covered in this episode: Marcin’s background Early oracle landscape RedStone’s technical architecture Network incentives Data aggregation module Node operator module Push vs. Pull oracles RedStone’s business model The role of RedStone token Pyth vs. RedStone Restaking Oracle extractable value Synergies between oracles and institutional investors Episode links: Marcin Kazmierczak on X RedStone on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Privado ID & Quark ID: On-Chain ZK-Powered Unified ID - Diego Fernandez & Evin McMullen 1:06:49

לפני 29 weeks1:06:49

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Traditional KYC and AML regulations have often forced companies to comply, without having the right tools to do so. Simply storing users’ personal information led to the creation of security honeypots which haven’t gone unnoticed by hackers. Web3 solutions like Privado ID aim to cryptographically prove certain traits from a user’s personal data, without disclosing it to the enquirer. This is usually made possible through zero knowledge proofs which allow users to store their personal data on their own device and only exchange verifiable credentials with trusted issuers. City of Buenos Aires has adopted a similar implementation through their Quark ID system, a digital trust framework that creates a new digital identity system, giving people control over their information. Topics covered in this episode: Evin’s background and founding Disco Polygon ID acquisition and blockchain agnostic decentralized IDs Diego’s background, from private to public practice Privado ID and its registry of reputation issuers Use cases, DevEx and UX KYC and regulations Buenos Aires digital ID system Real world applications of Quark ID UX frictions and solutions ZK verification Societal impact and adoption Ethical considerations around DIDs The role of blockchains in other real world applications Episode links: Evin McMullen on X Diego Fernandez on X Privado ID on X Quark ID on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Abundance: The First 1 Gigagas/second Stack for Sovereign Rollups - Hilmar Orth 1:09:00

לפני 30 weeks1:09:00

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One of the most limited blockchain resources is blockspace. From Bitcoin’s Blocksize Wars to Ethereum’s scaling roadmap, a common denominator seems to have emerged in the form of rollups. Advancements in zero knowledge proofs have enabled trustless bridges, which are a cornerstone to onboarding liquidity to any blockchain. Furthermore, Celestia’s modular approach to blockchain architecture and their recent commitment to gigabyte blocks of data availability marked the beginning of commoditization for rollups. Abundance is the first rollup-as-a-service platform that is able to scale to 1 gigagas/second throughput, finally bringing off-chain applications, on-chain. Topics covered in this episode: Gelato’s pivot to rollup-as-a-service platform Sovereign rollups Enshrined bridges and settlement proofs Abundance and 1 Gigagas/second rollups Modularity Security assumptions Sequencer (de)centralisation Social consensus Celestia’s DA layer bandwidth Ethereum native rollups Decentralisation and censorship-resistance Episode links: Hilmar Orth on X Gelato Network on X Abundance on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Monad: The EVM-Compatible 10,000 TPS L1 Blockchain - Keone Hon 1:10:54

לפני 31 weeks1:10:54

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The status quo for developers choosing an ecosystem for their blockchain usually revolves around trade-offs: do they go for Ethereum’s network effect, liquidity and decentralisation, or sacrifice some features in favour of a higher throughput. Monad aims to combine the best of both worlds, while not being limited by excessive hardware requirements. Monad built an EVM-compatible L1 from the ground up, completely rethinking execution and consensus, in order to achieve the infamous 10,000 TPS. This extreme scalability is made possible through Monad’s optimistic parallel execution which is asynchronous from consensus. The latter has also been optimized in order to achieve single-slot finality. Monad’s proprietary database architecture allows for states to be stored on SSDs instead of RAM, which ensures that consumer-grade hardware can run a Monad node, further increasing decentralisation. Topics covered in this episode: Keone’s background TradFi vs. DeFi and how Monad was founded EVM’s network effect vs. other VMs How Monad aims to improve EVM’s performance MonadDB MonadBFT - New consensus mechanism Asynchronous execution MEV and proposer-builder separation (PBS) Monad’s throughput Further scaling and limitations Alternatives & trade-offs DevEx Community & ecosystem development Episode links: Keone Hon on X Monad on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Succinct: Every Rollup Will Be a ZK Rollup! - Uma Roy 49:28

לפני 32 weeks49:28

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Polynomials are quintessential in machine learning for establishing relationships between outputs and inputs. However, there is also a field in cryptography which could not be made possible without polynomials - zero-knowledge technology. In zero-knowledge proof systems, computations are often represented as arithmetic circuits, and these circuits are translated into polynomials. This process is crucial for generating proofs that can demonstrate the correctness of computations without revealing the underlying data. The involved complexity explains the massive adoption hurdle for zk rollups compared to optimistic ones. Succinct aims to simplify the use of zero-knowledge proofs by providing a zkVM (SP1) that allows code written in languages like Rust to be proven in a privacy-preserving way. By doing so, it aims to lower the barrier to implementing zk-rollups and increase their adoption. Topics covered in this episode: Uma’s background and her interest in zero knowledge tech How Succinct’s story began ZK light clients ZK circuits SP1 and the RISC-V instruction set The prover network Use cases ZK rollups and commoditizing ZKPs Incentivizing provers Succinct’s business model Supported blockchain applications Bottlenecks in ZK adoption Succinct metrics SP1’s competitive advantage and future roadmap The real world impact of verifiability Episode links: Uma Roy on X Succinct on X Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Bitcoin OS: Bitcoin Block 853626 Changed Everything For BTC Smart Contracts - Edan Yago 1:10:20

לפני 33 weeks1:10:20

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Bitcoin’s Taproot update paved the way for a new & exciting era for Bitcoin, as it expanded its use case far beyond that of an immutable ledger. However, Ordinals, BRC-20 tokens and, more recently, Runes, have limited functionality compared to what DeFi is capable of, on other smart contract blockchains. BitcoinOS envisions a revolutionary Bitcoin economy that stems from truly programmable tokens, unlocking staking, governance and many other use cases. Using BitSNARK and Grail, BitcoinOS enables Bitcoin “rollups”, which act as execution environments that use BTC as gas fee and inherit security from the L1. The missing link was always a trustless bridge between Bitcoin L1 and any potential L2. And Grail Bridge achieved just that - using zero knowledge cryptography, BTC could be transferred to other chains without relying on other custodians’ trust assumptions. In that sense, Bitcoin block #853626 is historically meaningful as it contains the first-ever onchain verification of a zero knowledge proof, on Bitcoin. A truly programmable smart contract operating system on Bitcoin was no longer a mere concept…it became a reality through BitcoinOS. Topics covered in this episode: Yago's background The effect of Trump’s election on the crypto industry The goal behind BitcoinOS The history of Bitcoin’s programmability Verifying ZK proofs on Bitcoin Taproot Ordinals BitSNARK, Grail bridge and Merkle Mesh BitcoinOS modularity and sequencing An impending (r)evolution of the industry Bitcoin vs. Ethereum L2 landscape Bringing Bitcoin liquidity to Cardano BitcoinOS roadmap Episode links: Edan Yago on Twitter Bitcoin OS on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture.…

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Symbiotic: Scaling Shared Security Through Restaking - Misha Putiatin 1:05:36

לפני 34 weeks1:05:36

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Bootstrapping and maintaining a validator set can be a challenging endeavour, especially for projects that are in search of a product market fit. However, this does not mean one should abandon the ethos of decentralisation in favour of a more streamlined centralised approach. The notion of shared security had been previously explored in the Cosmos ecosystem, but Symbiotic takes it a step further, making it readily available for any project, regardless of its native blockchain, through restaking. Symbiotic is a modular coordination layer that sources node operators and economic security in a maximally capital-efficient manner. Topics covered in this episode: Misha’s background Symbiotic’s origin story How Symbiotic tackles decentralisation The role of restaking in proof-of-stake models The economics of restaking The architecture of Symbiotic Liquid restaking tokens (LRT) Expanding restaking beyond Ethereum Slashing Symbiotic smart contract immutability and future updates Ecosystem development Episode links: Misha Putiatin on Twitter Symbiotic on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Ari Juels: Can AI Weaponize Blockchain Smart Contracts? - Chainlink 1:04:05

לפני 35 weeks1:04:05

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A smart contract’s rigid rule system represents a double-edged sword. ‘The Code is Law’, but what happens when rogue large language models or AI agents bend the Law? Can smart contracts be weaponised to serve a criminal agenda? In his ‘Oracle’ novel, Ari Juels explores this thesis and issues an eery warning regarding the blockchain x AI intersection. In this imminent future, oracles play a crucial role, allowing LLMs to push data on-chain or smart contracts to pull off-chain data. Topics covered in this episode: Criminal Smart Contracts Oracle x LLM convergence Preventing malicious intents through oracle systems AI x crypto use cases DAOs Entropy in voting behaviours Dark DAOs TEEs & private smart contracts MEV & proofs of transaction ordering Future blockchain research Episode links: Ari Juels on Twitter 'The Oracle: A Novel' by Ari Juels Chainlink on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Citrea: Modular Rollup Framework on Bitcoin - Orkun Mahir Kilic 44:15

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Bitcoin’s lack of native programmability, coupled with advancements in zero knowledge cryptography, has led to rollups being explored as a substitute for an execution layer. Citrea’s approach involves using Bitcoin as a data availability & settlement layer for their zero knowledge rollup. These rollups not only lower transaction costs, but they also enable smart contracts to use Bitcoin’s L1 security and further incentivise miners to secure the chain despite halving rewards. In order to inherit Bitcoin’s security, zk proofs are inscribed in Bitcoin blocks. Topics covered in this episode: Orkun’s background Inscriptions, BitVM and zk rollups on Bitcoin Optimistic bridging Sequencer Programmability solutions on Bitcoin BitVM development Citrea ecosystem development cBTC vs. custodial wrapped BTC There is no second best! PoW, halving block rewards and how rollups incentivise miners Citrea’s efficiency & fee reduction Bitcoin as an inflation hedge Episode links: Orkun Mahir Kilic on Twitter Citrea on Twitter BitVM Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch.…

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Anoma: Solving Cross-Chain Interoperability Through Intents - Adrian Brink 1:05:02

לפני 37 weeks1:05:02

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Inspired by Cosmos’ IBC ethos, Anoma takes interoperability a step further, from VM (virtual machine) to IM (intent machine). While traditional dApps that run on virtual machines require step-by-step instructions to achieve a desired outcome, Anoma’s universal intent machine design allows users to simply define their end-results which are then aggregated and an optimal combination of intents is selected - cross-chain, simple, elegant. Moreover, intents also enable on-chain privacy, a concept explored by Namada. Topics covered in this episode: The vision behind Anoma OS for decentralised applications What is Anoma? Building dApps with Anoma Native generalised intents Anoma’s L1 blockchain The importance of decentralisation On-chain privacy Namada The collapse of the banking system Roadmap Episode links: Adrian Brink on Twitter Anoma on Twitter Namada on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Dappnode: Plug-n-Play Decentralization - Eduardo Antuña, Pol Lanski 1:18:46

לפני 38 weeks1:18:46

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In a world where everyone chases every basis point of marginal return, core values are often overlooked. The emergence of liquid staking protocols made stake delegation a norm rather than an exception. The hassles of running their own node and dealing with slashing risks were often too much of a burden for regular users. Dappnode offers both hardware and open-source software solutions for home stakers which are as facile to implement as a plug-n-play device. Their newly released Dappnode Smooth aims to offer the advantages of staking pools (via smart contracts), without centralisation risks. Topics covered in this episode: Eduardo’s and Pol’s backgrounds Founding Dappnode Dappnode userbase Supported networks Dappnode’s tech stack Setting up Dappnode Dappstore Updating nodes Dappnode hardware usage percentage Dappnode Smooth Solo staking vs. liquid staking Distributed validator technology (DVT) Restaking ETH issuance Future roadmap for Dappnode Episode links: Eduardo Antuna on Twitter Pol Lanski on Twitter Dappnode on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Dan Held: Bitcoin DeFi Will Change Everything! - Asymmetric 58:07

לפני 39 weeks58:07

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One of the best known educators in the space and OG Bitcoin maxi, Dan Held joined us to discuss his crypto journey from entrepreneur to marketing & growth specialist and why he decided to start the Asymmetric Bitcoin DeFi Fund. Although initially a contentious topic, the emergence of Ordinals revealed Bitcoin’s untapped potential, sparking tremendous interest for Bitcoin L2s and DeFi on the ‘mother chain’. Apart from bringing new utility to the highest liquidity blockchain, the new-found demand for blockspace significantly increased fees, thus incentivising miners to further secure the chain despite halving rewards. Topics covered in this episode: Dan’s background ZeroBlock Increasing marketing reach ZeroBlock acquisition & marketing at Kraken Asymmetric Bitcoin DeFi Fund Bitcoin’s history: NFT & DeFi emergence OP_CAT & trustless bridging Bitcoin ‘governance’, forks & BIPs Usecases for DeFi on Bitcoin Bitcoin block reward subsidy and long-term security Episode links: Asymmetric on Twitter Dan Held on Twitter Blockchain.com on Twitter Taproot Wizards on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Blockworks: The Future of Crypto = AI, Memecoins and DePIN - Jason Yanowitz Live @Permissionless 59:58

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From a cross-platform media company, to launching their own conference and, more recently, an advisory branch, Blockworks has seen and done it all. We couldn’t miss Permissionless III, one of the largest crypto conferences in the US, where we sat down with Jason Yanowitz to discuss emerging trends in the industry and where the attention might shift over the coming months. Topics covered in this episode: Blockworks’ evolution The crypto conference landscape Blockworks advisory Apps & infrastructure Regulations ZK & AI Stablecoins Podcasting Episode links: Jason Yanowitz on Twitter Blockworks on Twitter Permissionless on Twitter Empire Podcast on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal.…

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Konstantin Lomashuk: '#bitcoin is like a #memecoin' - cyber·Fund 1:06:57

לפני 41 weeks1:06:57

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Outside of BTC’s cypherpunk movement, the early days of crypto were more or less barren in terms of innovation. However, this presented a huge opportunity for visionaries and angel investors to either launch or back bold projects, recognizing the potential of crypto stretching far beyond than just payments. One of them was Konstantin Lomashuk, co-founder of cyber•Fund which was a key actor in bootstrapping the cybernetic economy. Apart from early investments in Ethereum, Polkadot, Cosmos, Solana and many others, Konstantin recognized the potential threats to the core ethos of decentralisation and also co-founded Lido DAO in order to stave off Ethereum’s centralization risks. Topics covered in this episode: Konstantin’s background cyber·Fund & cybernetic economy Entrepreneurship vs. angel investing Delegating tasks and scaling businesses Lido’s origin story Lido DAO proposals and improvements Solana vs. Ethereum The evolution of Ethereum’s economy Konstantin’s other areas of interest AI’s risk of centralization The impact of AI on crypto How CyberFund invests in new narratives Episode links: Konstantin Lomashuk on Twitter cyber·Fund on Twitter P2P org Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Celestia: 1Gb Blocks, Rollup Interoperability & Lazy Bridging. Ismail Khoffi & Mustafa Al-Bassam 1:03:48

לפני 42 weeks1:03:48

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As Ethereum’s roadmap shifted to a rollup-centric approach, a plethora of rollups have been launched, to the point where L3s have been conceptualized. Celestia sits at the forefront of modularity as it aims to replace the monolithic blockchain architecture with specialized layers that are more suited for scalability and customization. As a result, Celestia strictly focuses on data availability to accommodate the recent rollup expansion, as data storage represents the largest portion of fees on L2s. The Lemongrass upgrade lays the foundation for further use cases being enabled through Celestia, mainly revolving around interoperability and zk proof enabled ‘lazy bridging’. Topics covered in this episode: The vision behind Celestia Rollup architecture Centralised sequencers and the role of fraud proofs Celestia’s market share Rollkit & sovereign rollups Governance & light clients The importance of decentralisation: L1s vs. rollups Celestia’s data availability capacity Latency & Celestia block times Interoperability & ‘lazy bridging’ The Lemongrass upgrade On-chain economics & value accrual Interchain accounts on Celestia Crypto’s mainstream adoption Future roadmap Episode links: Mustafa Al-Bassam on Twitter Ismail Khoffi on Twitter Celestia on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Numerai & Predictoor: How AI Changed Crypto Prediction Markets - Trent McConaghy & Richard Craib 1:20:36

לפני 44 weeks1:20:36

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Prediction markets were one of the first use cases of smart contracts, yet their popularity only recently spiked, following Polymarket’s social media spread. However, while prediction markets are generally zero-sum games, the rise of AI models trained on large datasets led to AI-powered prediction feeds and hedge funds. Crypto offers a unique array of use cases as it allows data scientists to not only share their data sets and models with complete privacy, but also access decentralised computing and model training. While Predictoor employs Ocean’s data infrastructure to run AI-powered prediction bots on lower timeframes, Numerai developed its own AI hedge fund for stocks, that recently also expanded to crypto (Numerai does not trade cryptocurrencies, and Numerai’s Hedge Fund(s) have no relation to Numerai Crypto). Topics covered in this episode: Predictoor & Numerai overview Prediction markets Prediction feeds Prediction markets in TradFi and other use cases Implementation of Ocean’s tech in Predictoor Predictions vs. Futures Market participants Numerai hedge fund Numerai’s trust assumptions The role of AI The evolution of AI and how it might solve market inefficiencies Numerai crypto and how it differs from Predictoor Predictoor x Numerai collaborations The future of prediction markets Episode links: Trent McConaghy on Twitter Richard Craib on Twitter Predictoor on Twitter Numerai on Twitter Ocean Protocol on Twitter Oasis Protocol on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Skip Protocol: The API for Seamless Cross-Chain Experiences on Cosmos & Beyond - Sam Hart 58:24

לפני 45 weeks58:24

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Interoperability is the holy grail for a multi-chain future or the ‘internet of blockchains’. However, while IBC (inter-blockchain communication protocol) revolutionised permissionless cross-chain transfers, it was Skip Protocol’s Go API that took advantage of Cosmos’ infrastructure (and its numerous messaging protocols), to create an end-to-end interoperability platform, allowing developers to design seamless cross-chain user experiences. We were joined by Sam Hart, head of product at Skip Protocol, to discuss the challenges of interoperability across Cosmos & Ethereum, and how Skip:Go API & Skip:Connect push the crosschain boundaries towards end user adoption. Topics covered in this episode: Sam’s background The Other Internet Skip Protocol: bringing seamless interoperability to Cosmos Monetization for Skip:Connect & Skip:Go The Skip:Connect oracle and how Cosmos chains pull data Cross-chain MEV MEV blockers Ethereum vs. Cosmos ecosystem development and activity Ethereum bridges vs. Cosmos IBC Cross-chain interoperability Skip’s multi-chain expansion Episode links: Sam Hart on Twitter Skip Protocol on Twitter The Other Internet Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Arcium: Parallelized Confidential Computing Network - Yannik Schrade 1:02:10

לפני 46 weeks1:02:10

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In this day and age, privacy and confidentiality are more important than ever. Advancements in the cryptographic research of zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs), fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) and multi-party computation (MPC) paved the way for computational integrity and confidential computing. While FHE allows for computation to be performed on encrypted data without the need for prior decryption, it is MPC that enables compliance with regulations (e.g. AML). Arcium aims to build a global super computer for parallelised confidential computing, powered by custom MXEs (multi-party computation execution environments). Topics covered in this episode: Yannik’s background Confidentiality & decentralised compliance Confidential computing TEEs (trusted execution environments) & side-channel attacks ZKP vs. MPC vs. FHE Arcium’s global super computer architecture How Arcium differentiates itself from other privacy protocols Use cases Censorship risks Ecosystem development Episode links: Yannik Schrade on Twitter Arcium on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Felix Lutsch.…

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Polymer: A New Era for Interoperability...on Ethereum! - Bo Du 1:02:19

לפני 46 weeks1:02:19

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The future is multi-chain, scalable and modular. However, while Cosmos’ IBC set the standard for interoperability, Ethereum’s L2 shift revealed a huge problem of liquidity fragmentation across the many rollups fighting for market share. Polymer aims to bridge the two ecosystems and bring the best of both worlds: Ethereum’s native liquidity and Cosmos’ interoperability, through a modular framework using the OP-stack and IBC. Topics covered in this episode: Bo’s background and the evolution of Polymer Scaling limits of L1s vs. L2s The ‘endgame’ for rollup frameworks IBC Interoperability & network topology: 70’s/80’s vs. blockchains Polymer hub Monomer framework Pre-confirmation & finality trade-offs Cross-rollup interoperability Building appchains with Monomer Modularity Episode links: Bo Du on Twitter Polymer Labs on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture.…

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Zeal: The Day-to-Day Crypto Wallet for EVM Chains - Hannes Graah 55:27

לפני 48 weeks55:27

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Self-custodial wallets often represent the first point of contact for crypto users that venture away from centralised exchanges. As a result, their security and user experience should be paramount. This often explained Metamask’s first mover advantage and the users’ reluctance to change. However, as infrastructure evolves, new wallets are equipped from the get-go with features that are designed for normie adoption, such as: account abstraction, gas fee abstraction, easier on- and off-ramp, etc. Zeal was envisioned as a day-to-day wallet solution, allowing users true freedom to transact, both on-chain, as well as off-chain (i.e. real world spendings). Topics covered in this episode: Hannes’ background Existing wallet solutions and Zeal’s userbase Wallet UX, account abstraction and passkeys Security assumptions and passkey recovery Smart contract interactions Zeal’s mobile-first focus IBAN & Gnosis Pay integrations Capturing market share Banking the unbanked Gas fees Cross-chain interoperability DeFi & staking Monetisation Privacy Zeal’s backend Growth & business scaling in Web3 Zealot recruitment Episode links: Hannes Graah on Twitter Hannes Graah on LinkedIn Zeal on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Alkimiya: Blockspace, the Digital Real Estate - Leo Zhang 53:10

לפני 49 weeks53:10

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As the crypto industry matures, more sophisticated market participants become involved. As a result, risk management and hedging will evolve to levels seen in TradFi. However, regardless of the preferred market activity, when interacting with a blockchain, every actor competes for the same limited blockspace. Based on demand levels, the cost for securing that blockspace can fluctuate (in the form of miner fees for Bitcoin transactions, or gas fees for PoS blockchains). Therefore, a particular niche of power users could lower these costs by reserving blockspace in advance of elevated demand levels. Alkimiya set out to build just that - a marketplace for blockspace. Topics covered in this episode: Leo’s background The vision behind Alkimia Market participants for blockspace Hedging costs Use cases on Ethereum Proposer-Builder Separation and preconfirmations Reserving blockspace Polkadot’s blockspace allocation Current market sentiment. ETH vs. SOL Episode links: Leo Zhang on Twitter Alkimiya on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Nansen: AI & Blockchain Analytics - Alex Svanevik 58:06

לפני 50 weeks58:06

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The saying goes that knowledge is power, and this perfectly applies to blockchains due to their innate transparency and immutability. However, raw data could seem, at first, unusable. This is where analytics companies, such as Nansen, play a major role in demystifying blockchain data by labelling it. In turn, curated data holds value as it can give an edge to traders, by tracking ‘smart money’ wallets. In the age of AI, most of the heavy lifting of data analysis is performed by LLMs, but human input is equally valuable for discerning nuances and fine tuning the process. Topics covered in this episode: Alex’s background, from AI to crypto Nansen’s values Querying blockchain data Supported chains Ensuring data accuracy Generating wallet labels The role of LLMs and AI Data privacy and monetisation On-chain transparency, privacy and ethics Roadmap and further enhancements Episode links: Alex Svanevik on Twitter Nansen on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. P.S.: Our friends from @nansen_ai have offered us 10 discount codes for 10% off on their professional and pioneer plans! If you are interested in unlocking Nansen's true power, DM us on Twitter (X - @epicenterbtc) and we'll hook you up with a code (FCFS).…

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MultiversX: Blockchain Sharding 101 - Lucian Mincu 1:08:49

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In 2017, Vitalik Buterin defined the ‘Scalability Trilemma’ which consisted of 3 attributes that every blockchain had to balance depending on its intended use cases: decentralisation, scalability and security. While Ethereum sacrificed scalability in favour of security and decentralisation, others prioritised throughput over the other two. However, a solution was proposed, inspired from Web2 computer science - sharding. Despite the fact that Ethereum’s ossification and significant progress in zero knowledge research led to a shift in Ethereum’s roadmap away from execution sharding towards L2 rollups, there were other L1s that were designed from the get-go as sharded blockchains. One such example was Elrond, who implemented the beacon chain PoS consensus alongside a sharded execution layer. Their recent rebranding to MultiversX alludes to a multi-chain, interoperable ecosystem, in which sovereign chains can communicate in a similar manner to cross-shard transaction routing. Topics covered in this episode: Lucian’s background and founding Elrond (MultiversX) Elrond’s validator & shard architecture Cross-shard composability VMs, smart contracts and transaction routing Self sovereignty and modularity MultiversX vision Roadmap Episode links: Lucian Mincu on Twitter MultiversX on Twitter xPortal on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch.…

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Mel Project: Is Web3 Truly Decentralised? - Eric Tung 1:18:06

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Web3’s decentralisation is currently limited to smart contracts as they can be verified on-chain. However, until scalability and UX become on par with that of Web2, the only realistic way for crypto to reach mass adoption is threw off-chain dApps. This creates the premise for a security bottleneck in the form of centralised APIs used for on-chain querying. Mel Project aims to expand on-chain security and decentralisation (consensus) to off-chain apps, basically achieving off-chain composability through trustless light clients. Earendil, the backbone of their ecosystem, designed to resist ISP-level censorship, is a decentralized anonymous communication and payment network that enables autonomous applications and true P2P protocols. Topics covered in this episode: Eric’s background and founding Mel Project Why Ethereum came short Is Infura a security bottleneck? Liberating markets (and the Internet) Light clients and how Mel Project tackles them Use cases Smart contracts on Mel Project Scaling the ‘world computer’ Mel Project’s consensus: Streamlet Why Mel Project chose an UTXO model Earendil & ISP-level censorship resistance Roadmap The Geph VPN Mel Project’s low volatility (stable) coin $SYM: PoS token Misc. Episode links: Eric Tung on Twitter Mel Project on Twitter Geph VPN on Twitter Moxie Marlinspike's 'My first impressions on web3' article Streamlet BFT consensus model Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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How Gnosis 3.0 Paves the Way for Mass Adoption - Friederike Ernst 1:10:20

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One of the OG flag bearers for decentralisation, Gnosis initially set out to build a prediction market on Ethereum. However, unlike the vibrant ecosystem of today, the early Ethereum days were barren. As a result, Gnosis team decided to build out their own infrastructure and tooling to suit their needs. Before long, tools such as Gnosis Safe, Zodiac, etc. were quickly adopted by the entire industry. Nowadays, since the foundation has been tried and tested, Gnosis 3.0 aims to focus on improving consumer dApp UX in order to facilitate widespread adoption. Topics covered in this episode: Gnosis’ background and vision Gnosis 3.0 Gnosis DAO Capital allocation management How Gnosis Pay revolutionizes payment rails The ‘Baguette Conundrum’: privacy & regulatory compliance for on-chain payments The future of the EVM vs. modularity Would Gnosis shift to an L2 architecture? Episode links: Friederike Ernst on Twitter Gnosis DAO on Twitter Gnosis Chain on Twitter Gnosis Pay on Twitter Safe on Twitter CoW Swap on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture.…

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Ethereum at a Crossroads - Vitalik Buterin (Live from EthCC 7) 52:10

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We couldn’t miss EthCC 7, nor the chance to chat with Vitalik Buterin about Ethereum’s status quo as an L1 amidst the plethora of L2s competing for market share, and what challenges will most likely arise along the way (e.g. staking decentralisation). Tune in for a captivating discussion on the importance of decentralisation as a last stand of human empowerment in the current geopolitical context and how it could positively impact AI's trajectory. Topics covered in this episode: Types of Ethereum ‘hardnesses’ (sic) The L1 status quo Staking decentralisation & block building Non-financial crypto applications Account abstraction & interoperability Solana & Bitcoin ecosystems DeSci, biotech & longevity Geopolitics Ethereum nation state? The impact of AI Do not go gentle into that good night Episode links: Vitalik Buterin on Twitter EthCC on Twitter Ethereum on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Brian Fabian Crain.…

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‘Aave v4 Will Unify Cross-Chain Liquidity’ - Stani Kulechov 1:10:48

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One of the bluechip DeFi projects and backbone of Ethereum liquidity markets, Aave has recently announced their V4 upgrade proposal, which aims (among others) to unify crosschain liquidity. We were joined by Stani Kulechov, founder & CEO of Aave, to discuss the DeFi (r)evolution since ETH Lend to Aave V4, expanding to non-EVM chains and potentially even building a self-sovereign chain. Topics covered in this episode: The evolution of Aave Aave V3 risk management & MakerDAO feud Aave V4 Unified liquidity layer & risk pricing GHO stablecoin How the unified liquidity layer improves UX RWA & liquidation strategies in Aave V4 Expanding to non-EVM networks Building a self-sovereign chain Aave’s role in the future of DeFi How stablecoins will evolve DeFi institutional adoption Future roadmap Episode links: Stani Kulechov on Twitter Aave on Twitter Lens Protocol on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst.…

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Fabric Ventures' Investment Thesis Since the Dawn of Bitcoin to AI - Richard Muirhead 1:09:24

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It is one thing to invest in early stage companies, but to do so in a nascent industry that constantly reinvents and rediscovers itself is a whole different venture. Richard Muirhead co-founded Fabric Ventures in 2012 around the thesis of supporting the Open Economy. While at first this meant investing in Bitcoin-related projects, once Ethereum was announced, a new horizon unveiled, filled with tremendous potential. Since then, the Open Economy thesis was adapted to match technological breakthroughs, and it is now centered around artificial intelligence, distributed computing and self sovereignty (over both fungible, as well non-fungible assets). Topics covered in this episode: Richard’s background and how he founded a crypto VC Fabric Ventures’ thesis How the AI thesis evolved User-generated AI On-chain autonomous agents Upcoming DeFi innovations Web3 trends that took Richard by surprise Missed opportunities The impact of crypto liquidity & market cycles on VC investing How to vet projects in early investment phase Episode links: Richard Muirhead on Twitter Fabric Ventures on Twitter Fabric Ventures Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst.…

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Plurality: How Taiwan Managed to Unite Its People Through Tech - Audrey Tang & Glen Weyl 1:01:32

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In a world constantly torn by social division amplified by polarizing scissor statements throughout social media, Taiwan conducted a social experiment aimed at strengthening social unity while also embracing diversity. Plurality details how Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang and her collaborators achieved inclusive, technology-fueled growth that harnessed digital tools to provide an antidote to information chaos and warfare. The open-source book is living proof that present global challenges can be solved through democratic solutions that embody a decentralised ethos. We were joined by Audrey Tang and Glen Weyl, co-authors of Plurality, to discuss the social dynamics they studied and how technology can be used to unite rather than divide. Topics covered in this episode: How Audrey & Glen met and Plurality’s genesis Audrey’s journey from civic hacker to Taiwan’s Digital Affairs Minister How democracy is perceived around the world Establishing a co-creating mentality Scissor statements and how to avoid division How Polis works Leveraging Web3 to strengthen democracy & social collaboration Decentralised co-ownership Web3 governance Human facilitators Episode links: Audrey Tang on Twitter Glen Weyl on Twitter Plurality Book on Twitter Plurality Institute on Twitter Radical xChange Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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'Ethereum Needs Polygon's Aggregation Layer to Scale' - Brendan Farmer & Sandeep Nailwal 1:05:56

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As more and more L2s launch promising to scale Ethereum, they end up competing for the same market share, userbase and liquidity. Apart from this harsh reality, crosschain interactions should be as seamless as possible in order to bridge different L2 ecosystems. Polygon envisions a scalable future in which various zero knowledge rollups post their proofs on an aggregation layer before settling on Ethereum, thus lowering latency and transaction costs as crosschain interactions take place expeditiously, without involving the L1 mainnet. We were joined by Sandeep Nailwal & Brendan Farmer, to discuss Polygon’s aggregation layer and how it aims to solve the current fragmentation of Ethereum L2 scaling solutions. Topics covered in this episode: Polygon’s ZK expansion and the acquisition of Mir Protocol Polygon’s aggregation layer Block building between different L2s Shared sequencing & asynchronous sequencing Security guarantees of the aggregation layer Sequencer decentralisation & censorship resistance Chains using Polygon’s aggregation layer Pessimistic proofs Can optimistic rollups be included in the aggregation layer? Type 1 prover and Plonky3 The evolution of ZKP systems Ensuring ZK rollup integrity The future of scalability Episode links: Sandeep Nailwal on Twitter Brendan Farmer on Twitter Polygon on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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EthStaker: Ethereum Staking Wars - Nixorokish & Superphiz 1:02:09

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In a world where a handful of (centralised) entities hold the majority of staked Ethereum (either directly or via delegation), the network’s decentralisation and security might be in peril. While there are multiple proposals being discussed to address this pressing matter, from reducing issuance after a certain breakpoint (~30% of total ETH being staked) to introducing more severe slashing for colluding entities, education and guidance remain paramount. EthStaker is a community led project whose goal is to guide, educate, support and offer resources for stakers, in order to lower the barrier of entry for solo stakers. We were joined by Superphiz & Nixorokish, to discuss the current Ethereum staking landscape and what challenges need to be addressed to ensure the network’s decentralisation and security. Topics covered in this episode: Superphiz’ & Nixorokish’ backgrounds Ethereum staking evolution Staking options Liquid staking Centralization risks Incentivizing solo staking Lowering ETH issuance proposal & network security Solo stakers How a healthy staking ecosystem looks like The importance of client diversity Socio-political collusion Misc. Episode links: Superphiz on Twitter Nixorokish on Twitter EthStaker on Twitter EthStaker Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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PsyDAO: Decentralising Psychedelic Research - Dima Buterin & Paul Kohlhaas 1:21:46

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One could argue that psychedelic research has experienced a similar journey as crypto, in the sense that decentralised communities bound together to fund research where centralised entities refuse to do so. One of the greatest hurdles in modern science is access to research funding, and DeSci aims to provide a solution through decentralised crowdfunding. In addition, IP rights are incontestably attributed with the help of blockchain technology, as they cannot be altered at a later date. However, as the human mind is unique and moulded by each individual’s life story, establishing a causal relationship between consumption and their beneficial or detrimental effects can be extremely biased. We were joined by Dima Buterin & Paul Kohlhaas, to discuss the vast subject of psychedelics (especially in relationship to trauma), how research has progressed and how decentralisation pushes the field forward (DeSci). Topics covered in this episode: Dima’s & Paul’s backgrounds Discovering psychedelics Dealing with trauma Psychedelics throughout history and societies How Molecule DAO was founded DeSci & on-chain IP Ethereum early days, causality & rationality PsyDAO Network states Misc Episode links: Dima Buterin on Twitter Paul Kohlhaas on Twitter Molecule DAO on Twitter Psy DAO on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Crypto ETFs: Trojan Horse or Big Win? - Austin Griffith, Mona El Isa, Peter Van Valkenburgh 1:12:29

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The approval of Ethereum spot ETFs sent shockwaves through the industry as policymakers pivoted abruptly from threatening to veto FIT21 bill, to a pro-crypto discourse. One could say their hand was forced by the imminent US elections, but Ethereum is now officially classified as a commodity, nonetheless. As the regulatory hurdle seems, for the time being, surpassed, one should not forget the values promoted by the crypto movement from the get-go: decentralisation and permissionlessness. However, everyday users tend to overlook these aspects in favour of a more streamlined user experience. As technology evolves and scaling solutions mature, better UI & UX represent crucial goals in the race for end user adoption. Topics covered in this episode: Crypto regulations: FIT21 & Tornado Cash trial Ethereum spot ETF Is Ethereum a commodity or a security? Scaling solutions & end user adoption The importance of decentralisation How Web3 lowers barriers of (permissionless) competition Regulatory and legal hurdles Educating ‘normies’ & UX Technology: depoliticising money Berlin blockchain week & Dappcon 2024 wrap-up Episode links: Austin Griffith on Twitter Mona El Isa on Twitter Peter Van Valkenburgh on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst and Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Alluvial: Institutional Liquid Staking and Spot Ethereum ETF - Mara Schmiedt 52:41

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The massive success of the recently approved spot Bitcoin ETF showed tremendous interest from large institutional players. Even despite negative takes in public appearances, behind the curtain, more and more ‘smart money’ accumulate $BTC, either directly or through ETF shares. The same is to be expected for Ethereum, yet uncertainty still looms due to its proof-of-stake consensus model and, ultimately, staking yield. While crypto natives quickly embraced both ETH staking as well as liquid staking, institutions could not justify the higher risk profile and lack of regulatory compliance. Alluvial and Liquid Collective seek to change this and provide ultrasound infrastructure for enterprise-grade security in liquid staking. Topics covered in this episode: Mara’s background ETH 2.0 and the current staking landscape Liquid Collective ETH ETF and staking concerns The risks of adjusting staking emissions Restaking and new opportunities Institutional staking and risk optimization Episode links: Mara Schmiedt on Twitter Alluvial on Twitter Liquid Collective on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch.…

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Quadratic Funding and How Gitcoin Raised $60M for Public Goods - Kevin Owocki 48:43

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5 years, 20 Grants, 3715 projects crowd-funded and over $60M raised towards public goods funding, from 4.2M unique donations. Gitcoin’s headline numbers are indicative of the massive success their quadratic funding (QF) and public goods funding models (PGF) have seen over the years. With Gitcoin 2.0, crowd-funding is further decentralised, Allo Protocol being open-source and permissionless: any ecosystem treasury can create their own Gitcoin Grants program to help their community fund what matters to them. Topics covered in this episode: Kevin’s background and Gitcoin’s journey so far The utility of Gitcoin Passport Gitcoin Grants sybil protection dilemma Public goods & capital allocation Quadratic funding (QF) & retroactive public goods funding (RPGF) New allocation models introduced by Gitcoin 2.0 $GTC token utility & decentralising Allo Protocol The current landscape of DAOs Episode links: Kevin Owocki on Twitter Gitcoin on Twitter Gitcoin Governance Forums Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.…

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Near Protocol: 'Blockchains Cannot Scale Without Sharding!' - Illia Polosukhin & Alex Skidanov 1:45:33

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The initial scaling roadmap for Ethereum featured execution layer sharding. However, the rapid advancements of layer 2 scaling solutions in general, and zero knowledge proofs in particular, caused a restructuring of the original plan. The reason was that rollups would have required less changes made to Ethereum’s base layer, hence lower risks. On the other hand, Near Protocol was designed from the ground up as a sharded system, capable of withstanding billions of transactions simultaneously, without sacrificing decentralisation or security. Topics covered in this episode: Illia’s & Alex’s backgrounds Sharding and blockchain scalability Challenges of building a sharded blockchain Near namespace Shard security & validator sampling Stateless validation and data availability State witnesses and chunk producers Block production Shards vs. Rollups How Near could further improve Leaderless chunk production Chain abstraction Episode links: Illia Polosukhin on Twitter Alex Skidanov on Twitter Near Protocol on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Meher Roy.…

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'Is Tether's USDT Safe?' - Paolo Ardoino 1:27:32

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Long regarded as an impending black swan, Tether has successfully weathered out the contagion and bank runs caused by Luna’s collapse in the depths of the 2022-2023 bearmarket. Since then, a large portion of Tether’s reserves has been shifted to treasury bills, which are the closest dollar proxy, positioning Tether among the top 20 holders of T-bills, worldwide. However, navigating the Tether FUD was not the first rodeo for Paolo Ardoino, as he has also previously led Bitfinex, which successfully recovered after a $72M hack, back in 2016. The worldwide adoption of USDT, especially in emerging markets and developing economies, serves as a testament to Tether’s commitment to create a product with tangible real-life applications. Topics covered in this episode: Paolo’s background How Bitfinex succeeded DEX vs. CEX UX Entrepreneurship and company culture Founding Tether and its use cases Expanding Tether’s cross-chain support Tether’s reserves and long-term vision Stablecoin wars: BUSD & USDC Decentralized stablecoins and bank runs The potential of diversifying physical backing Holepunch & Keet - the P2P renaissance Incentivising P2P interactions Episode links: Paolo Ardoino on Twitter Tether on Twitter Bitfinex on Twitter Holepunch on Twitter Keet on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst.…

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Safe: Securing $100 Billion of Crypto Assets - Lukas Schor 1:06:24

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What started out as a plan to build prediction markets, Gnosis ended up building crucial Ethereum infrastructure and tooling. Safe is one of its many successes, which originated during the 2017 ICO mania, as a solution for managing the raised capital securely, via a multi-sig. Even back then, the multi-sig model was quickly adopted by the entire industry, as a gold standard for asset security. Smart accounts and ERC-4337 represent the next step towards mass-adoption, through achieving a Web2-like UX. Topics covered in this episode: Lukas’ background and how Safe was founded Bitcoin vs. Ethereum multi-sigs Smart accounts & ERC-4337 Safe’s design phylosohpy Safe CORE, SDK & API Safe wallet UX Expanding cross-chain support Safe account recovery OpSec Safe’s smart contract security Gnosis ecosystem evolution Episode links: Lucas Schor on Twitter Safe on Twitter Gnosis DAO on Twitter Gnosis Chain on Twitter Gnosis Pay on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture.…

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Saga: 'Ethereum and Solana CAN NOT Scale. Our Chainlets Fix This!' - Rebecca Liao 52:10

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One of the most important hurdles to mass adoption is represented by blockchain scalability, which also hinders the real-life utility of its numerous applications. While there are different solutions being experimented with, one should not overlook the importance of security and decentralisation. Saga introduces the concept of chainlets, interoperable Cosmos-based sovereign blockchains that share the security of Saga’s mainnet validator set. The majority of their parameters are fully customisable, allowing developers to tweak them towards their own needs. Saga’s main focus is building their very own Web3 gaming ecosystem, providing game devs the scaling needed to unlock their full potential and creativity. Topics covered in this episode: Rebecca’s background and Saga overview ‘Infinite’ horizontal scalability Saga chainlets and their focus on blockchain gaming Saga validators and fee model Building a gaming ecosystem. UGC Validator & infrastructure challenges Saga mainnet rollout $SAGA token launch and airdrop Takeaways Episode links: Rebecca Liao on Twitter Saga on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch.…

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Movement Labs: 'Facebook's MOVE Will Bring Billions of Users to Crypto' - Rushi Manche 58:14

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Classical, monolithic blockchains are inherently limited in their throughput due to their single-thread execution architecture. Modern VMs attempt to solve this issue through parallelisation being implemented from the get-go. Movement Labs employs the Move-VM to build a ZK L2 rollups on Ethereum, thus also deriving its security. Through parallel execution threads, Movement achieves a theoretical TPS of 160,000 while also ensuring sub-cent transaction fees. Topics covered in this episode: Impressions from ETH Denver Rushi’s background Move vs. Solidity EVM compatibility Parallelisation vs. intent-based transactions Security and parallel state transitions Transitioning from EVM to newer VMs Berachain’s approach to EVM-compatibility Movement Labs’ tech stack Decentralising the sequencer Movement’s M1 and M2 chains Celestia DA and the Dencun upgrade Restaking Bitcoin L2s IBC-compatibility and USDC on Movement Ethereum x Cosmos convergence dApps on Move Episode links: Rushi Manche on Twitter Movement Labs on Twitter Nebular Podcast 'Ethereum x Cosmos Convergence' Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst.…

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Wintermute: 'Avoid These Trading Mistakes!' Secrets of a Market Maker - Yoann Turpin 1:21:36

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Market makers help create more efficient markets and liquid order books, by positioning themselves on the receiving end of a trade that other market participants are unwilling to fill. Quantitative analysis is crucial in determining their position and size. Wintermute defines itself as a tech-first company that also became one of the largest spot market making firms in Web3. From angel investing in Web2, to market making in Web3, Yoann Turpin (co-founder of Wintermute) has a vast experience in both tech products & financial markets. He shares what differentiates good traders and how he approaches investing, trading and market making. Topics covered in this episode: Yoann’s background and his interest in trading The ever-changing trading landscape Wintermute’s genesis Trading vs. Investing vs. Market Making What defines a good trader On-chain trading vs. CEX trading How Wintermute succeeded Wintermute culture rsync blockbuilder Longterm predictions AI impact Misc. Learning new languages Episode links: Yoann Turpin on Twitter Wintermute on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.…

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Gearbox Protocol: 'DeFi Is Boring, Let's Reinvent Credit' - Ivan & Mikael Lazarev 1:19:03

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Credit is a widely used term, which could essentially be summarised as “more capital so you can do whatever you want”. In DeFi, there are numerous ways of getting exposure to an asset in a leveraged manner: from looping to perpetuals and margin trading, the possibilities are endless (especially when you also account for synthetic versions). Gearbox Protocol aims to create a universal, composable, on-chain ‘credit layer’, through credit account abstraction. This approach simultaneously addresses three concerns: liquidity, security and, ultimately, user experience (UX). Topics covered in this episode: Mikael’s and Ivan’s backgrounds Composable leverage explained Leveraged staking Gearbox credit account Managing smart contract risk Quotas and rate limits Leveraged restaking Governance and safety parameters Scaling Gearbox Fee structure Episode links: Mikael Lazarev on Twitter Ivan on Twitter Gearbox Protocol on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Meher Roy.…

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Humayun Sheikh: Fetch AI – Decentralising AI Economies 57:53

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While large language models (LLMs) are rather passive from an economic perspective on their own, AI agents offer a preview of what truly autonomous AI applications can achieve. Fetch.ai aims to create a platform for economic interactions in the AI economy, where participants can provide many different kinds of stake, ranging from purely financial, in the form of cryptocurrency tokens, to utility based, in the form of data sets that LLMs can be trained on. It thus creates a supply chain that links different actors of the AI economy. We were joined by Humayun Sheikh, co-founder & CEO of Fetch.ai, to discuss AI economic models and how LLMs can be integrated by agentic systems as a foundation for autonomous AI apps. Topics covered in this episode: Humayun’s background Founding Fetch.ai Multi-agent systems Autonomous economic agent Building a Cosmos based blockchain Integrating ML with agent economy Scalability & interoperability Use cases & partnerships AI x crypto projects Incentivising developers AI alignment problem Fetch AI roadmap The future of ML & LLMs Episode links: Humayun Sheikh on Twitter Fetch.ai on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/539…

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Jasper De Goojier: SEDA – Intent-Based Modular Data Layer 54:30

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As technology progresses, infrastructure should be commoditised, especially in Web3, in order to avoid the creation of bottlenecks and gatekeepers. Blockchains are naturally oblivious to off-chain data, so they need oracles to fetch data. However, given their past technical limitations, oracles have failed to provide a decentralised and permissionless framework for data query. SEDA seeks to change this by creating an intent-based modular data layer, which brings off-chain data on-chain, in order for it to be available to any party, regardless of who requested it first. We were joined by Jasper De Goojier, co-founder of SEDA Protocol, to discuss the oracle landscape and how SEDA aims to decentralise it and make data access permissionless. Topics covered in this episode: Jasper’s background High level overview of SEDA Oracle use cases How SEDA Protocol functions Intent-based data availability Verifying subjective data & LLM integration ZKPs & FHE for data privacy Interoperability & bridging Roadmap & optimistic oracles SEDA token migration Chain abstraction Episode links: Jasper De Goojier on Twitter SEDA Protocol on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/538…

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Anish Mohammed: Panther Protocol – Zero-Knowledge Compliant Privacy in DeFi 1:09:21

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Blockchains are, by default, public ledgers containing every transaction recorded by the network. While this ensures transparency, it also violates users’ privacy once an address is linked to an entity. Apart from creating additional risk for self-custody, institutions are also limited by what they can publicly share on a blockchain. As a result, there is great demand and utility for on-chain, compliant privacy, which still requires KYC (& KYT), but protects them through cryptographic constructs. Zero knowledge proofs attest computational integrity, allowing for transactions to be bundled together and their correctness verified, without revealing each individual interaction. We were joined by Anish Mohammed, co-founder & CTO of Panther Protocol, to discuss the importance of compliant privacy for on-chain transactions, powered by zero knowledge technology. Topics covered in this episode: Anish’s background Panther’s value proposition UX & on-chain privacy Panther’s multi-asset shielded pool architecture KYC & KYT Shielded zones and transactions Zone administrator Address mapping Roadmap & Panther mainnet Target audience & adoption Fee model & tokenomics Episode links: Anish Mohammed on Twitter Panther Protocol on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/537…

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Gil Binder & Yair Cleper: Lava Network – Decentralising RPC and Node Providers 54:43

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The monolithic blockchain era appears to be sunsetting. Among the first to contribute to this paradigm shift was Cosmos, which introduced the idea of specialized sovereign blockchains (appchains), made possible by the Cosmos SDK. Nowadays, the modular thesis employs external data availability and even execution solutions, which enables the creation of countless new chains. Each new blockchains comes with its own ‘specs’, and centralised RPC and node providers have to adapt to each chain’s setting. However, the saying ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’ applies in this scenario too - we have often witnessed RPC failures during high demand periods. Lava Network aims to provide a competitive marketplace for RPC and node providers, which would compete based on their performance and user feedback. We were joined by Gil and Yair to discuss Lava Network’s RPC decentralisation in the modular, multi-chain landscape. Topics covered in this episode: High-level overview of Lava Network What problem Lava Network solves Decentralised marketplace for RPC providers Quality of centralised vs. decentralised RPC providers Gateways Lava Network participants Specs & APIs Quality of service & provider optimizer How services are priced Relayers Modularity & chain abstraction Magma & Lava mainnet Episode links: Yair Cleper on LinkedIn Gil Binder on Twitter Lava Network on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/536…

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Zhiming Yang: Orbit Markets – Crypto Derivatives and Structured Products 1:07:41

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Prolonged range bound markets are a hallmark of bearmarkets and they usually end up chopping inexperienced or over leveraged traders. Customised structured products offer a solution for market participants that want to limit their downside, but also the upside, by introducing knock-outs at certain levels or triggers. Such custom options, usually with lower probabilistic chances of occurring, naturally come at a discount. This allows traders to hedge their risk, while also betting on certain outcomes or market scenarios. We were joined by Zhiming Yang, co-founder of Orbit Markets, to discuss crypto derivatives and how TradFi expertise applies to customising structured products for crypto markets. Topics covered in this episode: Zhiming’s background in investment banking FX derivative products Exotic options Crypto structured products Custom solutions for crypto miners Hedging Uniswap V3 impermanent loss Options based on prediction markets Managing counterparty risk Protocolising structured products Differences between TradFi and DeFi Episode links: Zhiming Yang on LinkedIn Orbit Markets on Twitter Orbit Markets website Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/535…

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David Goldberg: Founders Pledge – Maximising Charity Efficiency & Impact 1:02:39

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Measuring the social impact of a charitable donation is, oftentimes, an impossible task. Founders Pledge is a non-profit organisation that aims to funnel and streamline donations from successful entrepreneurs in order to maximise their efficiency, based on data and research. Having built a network of nearly 2000 like-minded philanthropists, the vision behind Founders Pledge was to ensure transparency, unbiased assessment, ease of access and incentive alignment for its members. Despite the hurdles of running and scaling a non-profit organisation, Founders Pledge managed to stay true to its values throughout its 10 years of activity. In the end, where there’s a will, there’s a way. We were joined by David Goldberg, founder of Founders Pledge, to discuss the landscape of charitable non-profit organisations and how data can streamline donations and maximise their social impact. Topics covered in this episode: David’s background Founding Founders Pledge How Founders Pledge works Joining Founders Pledge The challenges of managing a non-profit organisation Building a great company culture. Hiring process Maximising impact Assessing non-profit organisations’ efficiency Effective altruism How philanthropy changed over time Pledge Ventures Future challenges for Founders Pledge Episode links: David Goldberg on Twitter Founders Pledge on Twitter Founders Pledge website Pledge Ventures Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/534…

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Lefteris Karapetsas: Rotki – From Ethereum Devcon 0 to Building Rotki 1:11:24

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We are, arguably, still early in the crypto industry, but some people were really…really early. One of them is Lefteris Karapetsas, who joined EthDev in 2014 and contributed to building the Ethereum ecosystem, since before the genesis block. His crypto journey is one for the history books, as after EthDev he joined Slock.it, right around the time of The DAO raise…and hack. Lefteris remained a core supporter of decentralisation and an active member of the Ethereum community, being involved (and delegated) in multiple projects’ governance. More recently, he founded Rotki, an open source portfolio management app that aims to preserve user privacy. We were joined by Lefteris Karapetsas, true Ethereum OG, to discuss his 10-year long journey through the Ethereum ecosystem, from joining EthDev (pre-Devcon 0) to founding Rotki. Topics covered in this episode: Lefteris’ background Ethereum’s beginnings Joining Slock.it The DAO r(a)ise and hack Ethereum classic hard fork Brainbot & Raiden Network era Founding Rotki Crypto accounting privacy The challenges of building a local app Rotki membership tiers Upcoming portfolio management on Rotki Future roadmap for Rotki How Ethereum’s culture evolved over time Ethereum public good funding. Optimism governance Hopes and fears regarding Ethereum’s future Episode links: Lefteris Karapetsas on Twitter Rotki on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/533…

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David Minarsch: Autonolas – Autonomous AI Agents 1:06:53

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The Autonolas stack aims to address the ‘A’ in DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation), through its Open Autonomy framework, which enables the creation of autonomous, off-chain services for crypto applications. A key component for ensuring the proper operation of these off-chain autonomous economic agents, is the consensus mechanism. The protocol is overseen by the Governatooorr, the world’s first autonomous, AI-powered governor. We were joined by David Minarsch, co-founder of Valory, to discuss the ever-changing landscape of AI agents and how they can be used to automate crypto applications. Topics covered in this episode: David’s background and founding Valory Agentic AI systems Multi-agent systems Autonolas’ agent framework Collaborative agent economy & composability DAO optimisation via autonomous agents Potential attack vectors & AI risks Episode links: David Minarsch on Twitter Autonolas on Twitter Valory on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/532…

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Andreas Tsamados & Vijay Krishnavanshi: Fileverse: A Trustless Stack to Decentralize Knowledge and Collaboration 1:08:19

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Web2 file storage relies heavily on centralised entities, which have mostly outgrown their competitors, establishing a quasi-monopoly. The reasons for this are twofold: enormous operating costs and seamless user experience (e.g. social logins and account recovery), which, until recently, could only be solved through centralisation. Add to this the reluctance to change platforms as users need to re-upload their files, and you get an ossified user base. However, data leaks and hacks are a constant threat to users’ privacy, and indicate the disruptive potential of decentralised file storage and sharing. We were joined by Andreas Tsamados & Vijay Krishnavanshi, co-founders of Fileverse, to discuss their decentralised file sharing solution and how they plan to disrupt the Web2 quasi-monopoly. Topics covered in this episode: Returning to the P2P roots of the Internet Web2 vs. Web3 user experience (UX) Business models for Web2 data Decentralising data Web3 data storage Costs of data storage Managing file updates and permissions Fileverse use cases The business model of Fileverse Improving UX Future roadmap Episode links: Andreas Tsamados on Twitter Vijay Krishnavanshi on Twitter Fileverse on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/531…

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Guy Itzhaki & Guy Zyskind: Fhenix – FHE-powered End-to-End Encrypted Ethereum L2 58:36

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Fully homomorphic encryption, also known as the Holy Grail of cryptography, allows for computation to be performed on encrypted data, without the need for prior decryption. Its blockchain applications would enable programmable, institutional-grade, compliant privacy. With the addition of fhEVM libraries, solidity developers don’t have to worry about the complex cryptography and only decide what layers of the UX should be private. We were joined by Guy Itzhaki & Guy Zyskind, to discuss fully homomorphic encryption and how Fhenix plans to leverage it to build an end-to-end encrypted Ethereum L2 with compliant privacy. Topics covered in this episode: Guy(s)’ backgrounds and why they chose FHE The differences between TEE, MPC, ZK and FHE Threshold decryption The challenges with FHE. Hardware acceleration. Zama’s fhEVM Fhenix architecture fhEVM Use cases for FHE & composability Compliant privacy Fhenix roadmap Episode links: Guy Zyskind on Twitter Guy Itzhaki on Twitter Fhenix on Twitter Encryption Day @ ETH Denver (Feb. 28, 2024) registration Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/530…

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Illia Polosukhin: Near Protocol – From AI to High-Throughput Blockchain 1:28:47

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What began as an AI company trying to seek solutions in order to pay remote (unbanked) workers, Near AI became, in 2018, Near Protocol. Its sharded design was inspired by modern database architecture and large language model (LLM) training. Near Protocol aimed to solve the scalability trilemma, through a modular approach, combining data availability sharding with stateless validation. By abstracting away archaic blockchain standards, Near basically enabled decentralised full stack development and, in terms of UX, a distributed custodial solution via chain abstraction and account aggregation. We were joined by Illia Poloshukhin, co-founder of Near Protocol, to discuss Near’s journey, from AI company to high-throughput L1 blockchain, and how LLM training influenced the modular design choice. Topics covered in this episode: Illia’s background in AI & ML Scaling large language models (LLMs) and the role of attention Stochastic Parrot vs. Understanding spectrum From Near AI to Near Protocol and the role of LLMs How Near abstracted the blockchain away and enabled decentralised full stack development Defining ecosystem standards to improve UX Chain abstraction, account aggregation and interoperability Chain threshold signature Near’s intent layer Near’s modularity, Nightshade sharding & stateless validation EigenLayer integration Episode links: Illia Polosukhin on Twitter Near Protocol on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Meher Roy & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/529…

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Isidoros Passadis: Lido DAO – Staking Decentralisation for Ethereum and LSTs in DeFi 1:30:53

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As Ethereum ‘merged’ to its current proof-of-stake consensus model, the steep (for retail) minimum stake of 32 ETH created a serious risk of centralisation through staking delegation to centralised entities. Lido DAO was envisioned to preserve staking decentralisation, while also providing additional value for staked ETH in the form of liquid staking tokens (LST). However, as its market share reached the first threshold of 33%, concerns have started to be voiced regarding Lido’s own risk of centralisation. Through its dual governance model where stakers can veto $LDO voters, and the upcoming implementation of distributed validator technology (DVT) and community staking module (CSM), the Lido DAO aims to preserve staking decentralisation. We were joined by Isidoros Passadis, contributor and Master of Validators at Lido DAO, to discuss Ethereum’s current liquid staking landscape, Lido’s governance model and what steps it takes to ensure staking decentralisation. Topics covered in this episode: Isidoros’ background and how he started working at Lido DAO Lido’s core architecture and how it ensures decentralisation Transitioning from a curated node operator set to a permisionless model Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) Lido’s dual governance model stETH bridging and use cases in DeFi How Lido adapts to Ethereum forks & EIPs Maximum validator effective balance and minimal staking issuance Ethereum vs. Lido governance Lido’s approach to MEV Restaking & Eigenlayer Expanding Lido to other chains Lido’s market share and other liquid staking competitors Episode links: Isidoros Passadis on Twitter Lido on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/528…

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Epicenter - 10-Year Anniversary Livestream 2:25:11

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10 years ago, Adam B Levine, the host of ‘Let’s Talk Bitcoin!’, decided that it was time to encourage other voices to step onto the crypto podcast scene. Among many applicants, Sebastien and Brian were the only 2 Europeans, so Adam suggested that they teamed up in order to record the pilot episode. On December 20th 2013, Sebastien and Brian released ‘Regulation and the Future of Bitcoin’, which marked the beginning of a 10-year (and counting) long journey. The rest is history. On this anniversary episode, our hosts were joined by special guests and friends of Epicenter, to share their favourite moments and fun stories gathered during the 10 years of epicness. Topics covered in this episode: Adam B Levine - Epicenter’s godfather & the early days of Epicenter Trent McConaghy - From Ascribe to Ocean. Ahead of the NFT and inscription hype Sebastien Buergel - How he got into crypto, early ventures and Meher’s secret Griff Green & Lefteris Karapetsas - The DAO hack and Sebastien Buergel’s alleged role Sam Jernigan & Anna Rose - From TradFi to ZK Jordi Baylina & Ryan Zurrer - Standing in the Epicenter of the storm and the unsung hero of the DAO hack Richard Muirhead - The future of zk proofs, privacy and AI Episode links: Adam B Levine on Twitter Trent McConaghy on Twitter Sebastian Buergel on Twitter Griff Green on Twitter Lefteris Karapetsas on Twitter Sam Jernigan on Twitter Anna Rose on Twitter Jordi Baylina on Twitter Ryan Zurrer on Twitter Richard Muirhead on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy, Felix Lutsch and Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/527…

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Aki Balogh: DLC Link – Self-Wrapped Bitcoin (dlcBTC) 1:04:03

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gnosis.io Unlike Ethereum ‘programmable money’, Bitcoin lacks native smart contracts by design. In an attempt to expand Bitcoin past its store of value narrative, wrapper contracts provided wBTC on other chains for DeFi applications. However, wBTC does not directly represent the native asset and it is, therefore, subject to potential exploits. DLC Link introduces a novel approach, by allowing entities to self-wrap dlcBTC. We were joined by Aki Balogh, co-founder of DLC Link, to discuss discreet log contracts, their trust assumptions and what they mean for Bitcoin’s use cases and liquidity. Topics covered in this episode: Aki’s background and switching from AI to crypto Discrete Log Contracts (dlc) Trust assumptions in dlc BTC bridges and dlc attesters The non-fungibility of dlcBTC Potential regulations Current status and roadmap Other BTC bridges Episode links: Aki Balogh on Twitter DLC Link on Twitter Epicenter's 10-year anniversary live stream Sponsors: Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one This episode is hosted by Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/526…

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Yat Siu: Animoca Brands – From NFTs & Blockchain Gaming to the Open Metaverse 1:10:55

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When it comes to NFTs and blockchain gaming, very few companies can rival with Animoca Brands’ early conviction, investment thesis and time horizon. They understood early on that community building and network effects are the core pillars for a true paradigm shift in gaming. However, culture and narratives transcend the boundaries of gaming, becoming social phenomena. Animoca’s latest undertaking, the Mocaverse, aims to unite communities in a truly open metaverse. We were joined by Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands, to discuss the importance of digital culture in our modern-day lives and how NFT ownership unlocks community building in the open metaverse. Topics covered in this episode: Yat’s background and Animoca Brands’ interest in NFTs Digital culture & narratives Animoca Brands’ investment thesis Blockchain & NFT adoption by Web2 brands Financial inclusion & financial literacy Ownership & play-to-earn gaming: East vs. West NFT use cases & IP rights Interoperability Decentralisation & the value of ownership Mocaverse Long-term vision & the open metaverse Episode links: Yat Siu on Twitter Animoca Brands on Twitter Sandbox on Twitter Axie Infinity on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/525…

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Marek Olszewski & Rene Reinsberg: Celo – The Mobile-First High-Throughput Blockchain 1:07:15

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With an average block time of 5 seconds and sub-cent transaction gas fees, Celo focuses on scalability and ease of access in order to bring DeFi to those that need it the most. Celo’s vision of ensuring equal access is reflected through their mobile-first design, aiming to disrupt legacy TradFi. The upcoming transition to an L2 rollup aims to tap into Ethereum’s security, while maintaining minimal costs through Celo’s scalability and EigenLayer’s data availability solutions. We were joined by Marek Olszewski & Rene Reinsberg to discuss Celo's mobile-first approach to building a low-fee, high-throughput blockchain with real-world applications, and their transition to an Ethereum L2. Topics covered in this episode: Rene’s and Marek’s backgrounds Celo’s design principles Celo’s scalability Mobile compatibility for blockchains and dApps Wallet UX Stablecoins as gas token & transaction confirmation times Optimising mobile accessibility SocialConnect & off-chain social identifiers Celo’s transition to an Ethereum L2 Single block finality in an optimistic rollup Sequencer decentralisation Lowering costs of settling on Ethereum via EigenDA Credit Collective & Impact Market Mento DAO The future of Celo Episode links: Marek Olszewski on Twitter Rene Reinsberg on Twitter Celo on Twitter MiniPay on Twitter cLabs on Twitter Credit Collective on Twitter Impact Market on Twitter Mento Labs on Twitter Sponsors: dYdX Foundation: The recently launched dYdX chain features new governance and token economics, that empower stakers and promote validator decentralisation. Bridge your DYDX tokens and contribute to the evolution of dYdX chain, fully permissionless and community driven. - https://bit.ly/47kqG59 This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/524…

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Rand Hindi: Zama - Fully Homomorphic Encryption in Blockchain Applications & Privacy 59:21

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Homo- (Greek prefix meaning ‘same’); -morphic (Greek suffix meaning ‘having a specific shape/form’) Intuitively, one could deduct that homomorphic encryption indicates that the initial data and the encrypted result (cipher) could share the same form. Based on this property, it can be inferred that computation can be performed on the encrypted data, without prior decryption. By decrypting the result, you get the same output as the computation performed on the unencrypted data. While homomorphic encryption can be either additive or multiplicative, fully homomorphic encryption supports both types of operations. Unlike ZKPs, which are proofs of computational integrity, fully homomorphic encryption allows for encrypted data computation, without revealing additional information about the original data. This could provide the missing link for ensuring private transactions on blockchains’ public ledgers. We were joined by Rand Hindi, CEO of Zama, to discuss fully homomorphic encryption solutions, how they differ from ZKPs & MPC, and how they can be leveraged to ensure compliant programmable privacy. Topics covered in this episode: Rand’s background and his interest in privacy Meeting Pascal and founding Zama Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) Zero knowledge proofs vs. Multi-party computation vs. Fully homomorphic encryption Taking fully homomorphic encryption 'mainstream' Zama’s products fhEVM How multi-party computation would secure fhEVM Multi-key homomorphic encryption & functional encryption Deploying an FHE rollup FHE use cases Privacy Zama’s business model Episode links: Rand Hindi on Twitter Zama on Twitter Fhenix on Twitter Sponsors: dYdX Foundation: The recently launched dYdX chain features new governance and token economics, that empower stakers and promote validator decentralisation. Bridge your DYDX tokens and contribute to the evolution of dYdX chain, fully permissionless and community driven. - https://bit.ly/47kqG59 This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/523…

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Ye Zhang: Scroll - EVM-compatible ZK rollup 1:11:57

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"The advancements of zero knowledge proving technology, hardware acceleration and proof recursion have significantly increased the efficiency of EVM-compatible zk provers. As a result, the former tradeoff in efficiency implied by EVM-compatibility is gradually improving. Translating Ethereum’s virtual machine bytecode ensures seamless scaling for applications, without the need for additional audits and security compromises. We were joined by Ye Zhang, co-founder of Scroll, to discuss the EVM-compatible zero knowledge landscape and how Scroll aims to stay true to Ethereum’s values and community. Topics covered in this episode: Ye’s background in zk research Hardware limitations for zk tech Founding Scroll Why Scroll went for EVM compatibility Efficiency of EVM- vs. non-EVM-compatible zk provers The timeline of ideating Scroll Scroll mainnet launch Building the Scroll community Scroll token Sequencer decentralisation Data availability, validiums and security tradeoffs L2 bridges and interoperability Roadmap Episode links: Ye Zhang on Twitter Scroll on Twitter Sponsors: dYdX Foundation: The recently launched dYdX chain features new governance and token economics, that empower stakers and promote validator decentralisation. Bridge your DYDX tokens and contribute to the evolution of dYdX chain, fully permissionless and community driven. - https://bit.ly/47kqG59 This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/522…

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Charles d'Haussy: dYdX V4 - Decentralised Perpetual Exchange on a Cosmos Appchain 1:12:39

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Leading decentralised perpetual exchange, dYdX V4 recently migrated to Cosmos to build its own sovereign appchain, in order to provide its users a much better trading experience, while continuing to deliver DeFi innovations (e.g. permisionless markets). By having full control over the appchain’s parameters, the dYdX DAOs can shape the future of the protocol, starting from the very bedrock, ensuring proper distribution and incentives for the validator set. From early adopter of L2 zero knowledge proofs (STARKs), to building its own Cosmos appchain, dYdX has proven once again to be a trailblazer for new technologies. We were joined by Charles d’Haussy, CEO of dYdX Foundation, to discuss dYdX V4’s recent migration to a Cosmos appchain and what challenges it solves in terms of: order book decentralisation, validator distribution and user experience. Topics covered in this episode: Charles’ background, from Asia to CEO of dYdX dYdX’s history and V4’s transition to a Cosmos appchain How perpetual futures work dYdX supported assets and permissionless markets DeFi innovations vs. CEX UX The current state of dYdX V4’s alpha mainnet dYdX validator dynamics & order book decentralisation dYdX’s DAOs & governance Mitigating MEV (feat. Skip Protocol) Migrating to Cosmos Astropolis The intersection of crypto & AI Episode links: Charles d'Haussy on Twitter dYdX on Twitter dYdX Foundation on Twitter Charles' Astroprolis Keynote (Cosmoverse Istanbul) Cosmos on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/521…

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Nick Johnson: ENS - Multichain ENS Domains and Decentralised Identities 1:06:11

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The very nature of Ethereum addresses, expressed as random hexadecimal character strings, represents a big hurdle for mass adoption, as they are not human-readable. ENS domains were envisioned to not only solve this and provide a seamless UX, but to also be the cornerstone of on-chain identities. However, in the current multichain landscape, a plethora of decentralised naming services arose, which led to a heterogeneous domain name pool. As a result, ENS aims to expand to L2s and non-EVM chains, attempting to provide consistency, in order to further reduce user friction and limit conflicting domain names. We were joined by Nick Johnson, founder of ENS, to discuss the current state of decentralised naming services from a multichain and L2 perspective, and how these ultimately tie into decentralised identities. Topics covered in this episode: Nick’s background and ENS history The plethora of decentralised naming services ENS use cases Interacting with Web2 DNS L2 compatibility for ENS via CCIP Read ENS wrapper and subdomains CCIP Read Bridging ENS to non-EVM L2s Coinbase’s cb.id ENS and on-chain privacy OPSEC Account abstraction The future of ENS Governance Episode links: Nick Johnson on Twitter ENS on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/520…

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Simon Harman: Chainflip - Native cross-chain AMM 1:03:59

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While competition fosters innovation, the proliferation of different blockchains has resulted in the fragmentation and isolation of liquidity within each ecosystem. Early attempts to address this issue primarily involved bridges and wrapped assets. Unfortunately, these solutions were often vulnerable to hacks and exploits, and the value of wrapped assets was contingent on the security of the wrapper contract, rather than the underlying asset. Cross-chain swaps of native assets hold the promise of resolving liquidity fragmentation, but numerous technological challenges must be overcome to make them as seamless as same-chain swaps. We were joined by Simon Harman, founder of Chainflip, to discuss multi-chain liquidity fragmentation and how Chainflip’s JIT AMM (Just in Time) aims to solve this, by providing cross-chain native swaps. Topics covered in this episode: Simon’s background (Legacy) Bridging vs. Threshold Signature Scheme Chainflip’s Just in Time (JIT) AMM vs. Uniswap’s V3/X Providing liquidity on Chainflip Slippage and UX Deciding trading pairs Chainflip validators Validator stake auctions Governance Roadmap and bootstrapping liquidity Episode links: Simon Harman on Twitter Chainflip on Twitter This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/519…

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Guy Young: Ethena - USDe Synthetic Dollar via Delta-Neutral Staked Ethereum Hedging 52:52

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Stablecoins represent a safe haven against crypto’s volatility, allowing participants to remain in the market, without off-ramping to fiat. While the major stablecoins are centrally issued (e.g. USDT, USDC, BUSD), there is a pressing need for an algorithmic variant or a synthetic dollar asset. (DAI is somewhere in between since approximately 50% of its collateral is USDC). After Luna’s collapse, many jumped to point out its design flaws, yet such a concept would be crucial for crypto’s decentralisation and self-sustainability. Arthur Hayes proposed an interesting concept of NAKA synthetic dollar (NUSD), backed by Bitcoin and its inverse perpetual swap short. However, yield generation on $BTC is significantly lower than that of $ETH. A sustainable yield would help balance the cases in which funding rates would be negative (a minority in crypto). We were joined by Guy Young, co-founder of Ethena, to discuss the stablecoin landscape and their synthetic eUSD, backed by staked ETH and its inverse perpetual swap. Topics covered in this episode: Guy’s background and founding Ethena The history of stablecoins The stablecoin trilemma and transparency eUSD synthetic dollar mechanics Ethena’s insurance fund and hedging Minimising the impact of depegging Leveraging centralised liquidity while maintaining self custody through MPC User experience Risk factors CEX vs. DEX: liquidity, infrastructure, UX The potential of fixed return rates Supply & rates equilibrium Episode links: Guy Young on Twitter Ethena Labs on Twitter Arthur Hayes' article proposing the Naka synthetic dollar This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/518…

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Evgeny Yurtaev: Zerion - Web3 Wallet UX 2.0 57:36

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One of the best known memes in crypto is: 'Not your keys, not your coins'. This usually resurfaces whenever a (custodial) centralised exchange is hacked or goes bust altogether. Although Web3 provides the infrastructure for self custody, this often shares the fate of Pandora. Self-custody requires increased security measures, from both end-users, as well as application developers. Web3 wallets are the interface between users and decentralised applications deployed on blockchains. While Metamask still maintains the largest market share, a multitude of wallets have emerged, promising additional features and a better UX. We were joined by Evgeny Yurtaev, co-founder & CEO of Zerion, to discuss the challenges of building a Web3 wallet and how Zerion aims to improve user experience, while still maintaining security. Topics covered in this episode: Evgeny’s background The motivation behind building a Web3 wallet Zerion UX and security Seed phrase storing Zerion user profile Challenges in building a new wallet app Protecting users and potential attack vectors Supported blockchains and (seamless) bridging Account abstraction and MPC Business models for Web3 wallets Episode links: Evgeny Yurtaev on Twitter Zerion on Twitter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/517…

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Niklas Kunkel: Chronicle – Ethereum's First-Ever Oracle 1:11:14

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Back in 2017, there was no DeFi as we know it today, yet MakerDAO were already envisioning and building towards what they thought to be a certainty. The backbone of DeFi is represented by stable coins, and MakerDAO quickly understood this: they set out to build a decentralised stable coin, $DAI (and its precursor $SAI). Being collateral-backed, the smart contract needs to know the value of that collateral, but any off-chain price data is not readily available on-chain. This is where oracles come in and provide data feeds on-chain. MakerDAO’s internal oracle has been active since 2017 on Ethereum and has recently branched out, forming Chronicle. By using aggregated Schnorr signatures, Chronicle solves the problem of oracle cost-efficient scaling. We were joined by Niklas Kunkel, founder of Chronicle, to discuss the challenges and tradeoffs that oracles regularly face, and how Chronicle is solving them, continuing the ethos of early MakerDAO. Topics covered in this episode: Niklas’ background and the early days of MakerDAO How MakerDAO evolved over time and the adoption of DAI MakerDAO’s core principles Why Chronicle branched out from MakerDAO Oracle challenges & tradeoffs Oracle validators Business model for oracles Providing oracle services to different blockchains Schnorr signatures Chronicle’s supported chains and oracle offerings Real-world assets (RWA) and credit delegation Episode links: Niklas Kunkel on Twitter Chronicle on Twitter Maker DAO on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/516…

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Elias Simos: Rated Network - Reputation for Machines = Transparent Blockchain Infrastructure 1:09:47

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Data immutability and transparency are key features that define a blockchain’s public ledger. However, while transactions are indeed transparent, information surrounding the blockchain’s infrastructure layer is not readily available. Since Ethereum’s Merge to PoS and the introduction of staking delegation, actionable data on the validator and client status quos became crucial for the wellbeing of the network. Rated Network aims to build a reliable ‘reputation system for machines’ forming the infrastructure layer, through better data curation and improved transparency. We were joined by Elias Simos, founder of Rated Network, to discuss data interpretation in blockchain infra and what conclusions can be drawn about validator performance, client diversity & much more. Topics covered in this episode: Elias’ background and founding Rated Network Providing transparency in blockchain infrastructure layer Tapping into Ethereum’s data. The subjectivity of performance The consumer profile of Rated data Ethereum’s credible neutrality & client diversity EIP-7514 & managing Ethereum’s state bloat Governance: dev council vs. on-chain Expanding Rated to other PoS networks Episode links: Elias Simos on Twitter Rated Network on Twitter This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/515…

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Misha Komarov: =nil; Foundation – The Marketplace for ZK Proof Generation 52:07

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Zero knowledge proof systems have found tremendous cryptographic utility in scaling blockchains, due to their ability to prove computational integrity, succinctly. However, despite recent advancements in ZKP R&D, their construction still requires special prover circuits. Their complexity is what gatekeeps zero knowledge technology to a select few astute teams. =nil; Foundation aims to challenge this status quo by providing an alternative through their zkLLVM circuit compiler and zk proof marketplace. By commoditising the production of custom proofs, =nil; Foundation unlocks an entire new range of applications employing zero knowledge technology. We were joined by Misha Komarov, co-founder of =nil; Foundation, to discuss the use cases and challenges of building the first marketplace for (outsourced) zero knowledge proofs. Topics covered in this episode: The vision behind =nil; Foundation Use cases for zk tech zkLLVM circuit compiler Homomorphic encryption, ZKPs & privacy solutions ZKP marketplace Why proof markets (currently) run on DBMS Marketplace actors Proof generators vs. PoW miners Infrastructure challenges Future roadmap Episode links: Mikhail Komarov on Twitter =nil; Foundation on Twitter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/514…

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Robbie Ferguson: Immutable - The Web3 Gaming one-stop-shop 1:01:15

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Apart from its numerous financial applications, blockchain technology could also disrupt the gaming industry, causing a paradigm shift towards true digital ownership, one that would create new incentive models for both players, as well as developers. Up until recently, technological barriers seemed cumbersome for most game developers, but the advancements of layer 2 scaling solutions made on-chain integrations viable. Immutable set out to create an all-in-one platform for developers, empowering them to create a lush gaming ecosystem to seamlessly onboard Web2 players. We were joined by Robbie Ferguson, co-founder of Immutable, to discuss the state of Web3 gaming and Immutable's contribution to this paradigm shift. Topics covered in this episode: Robbie’s background and founding Immutable The pitfalls of centralised in-game asset marketplaces Web3 game development challenges Onboarding the Web2 gaming scene Immutable’s value prop Integrating Polygon’s zkEVM with the STARK-powered Immutable X Immutable SDK & DevEx AppStore’s Web3 policies Immutable Passport Enforceable royalties $IMX Episode links: Robbie Ferguson on Twitter Immutable on Twitter Gods Unchained on Twitter Guild of Guardians on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/511…

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Stani Kulechov: Lens Protocol – Decentralised Social Media Primitive 51:50

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Social media revolves around content creation, and while the content itself could be tokenised through NFTs, SocialFi aims to take it a step further. The recently released friend.tech app went to show that users might be interested in something more than just content - creator shares. This implicitly links back to handles and profiles, and we can slowly start to unveil the primitives of social media. Lens Protocol predates the friend.tech venture, in both timeline, as well as scope. While social media became synonymous with monopolistic central entities, Lens Protocol aims to build the decentralised bedrock for Web3’s social layer. These primitives would not only be interoperable with any Web3 application, but they would redefine content creation, feed generation and monetisation. We were joined by Stani Kulechov, founder of Lens Protocol & Aave, to discuss decentralised social graphs and how to leverage smart contracts to build the primitives for Web3's social layer. Topics covered in this episode: The vision behind Lens Lens V2 and smart contract capabilities Social media development platform Defining the Web3 social media primitive Feed generation algorithm on Lens Integrating on-chain and off-chain infrastructure The tragedy of the commons in decentralised social media Can a public good architecture also accommodate private goods? Growth model, sponsored transactions and monetisation Governance and decentralised social media Episode links: Stani Kulechov on Twitter Lens Protocol on Twitter Aave on Twitter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/512…

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Stephane Gosselin: Frontier Research - Solving Ethereum's MEV Problem 1:00:56

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The maximal extractable value (MEV) problem, if left unchecked, could represent an existential threat to Ethereum’s core values. One might argue that it is a natural result of solving market inefficiencies, but it entices to centralisation and collusion in order to extract the highest amount of value. Additionally, through front-running and back-running, it creates unnecessary overhead, which caused up to 2.4% of the total network congestion back in DeFi summer of 2020 (according to Flashbots’ research). As current infrastructure cannot eliminate MEV altogether, Flashbots and other research groups have tried to come up with solutions to address its aftermath. We were joined by Stephane Gosselin, co-founder of Flashbots and Frontier Research, to discuss the MEV landscape, what research breakthroughs have been recorded and how they impact DevEx and UX. Topics covered in this episode: Reflecting on ‘Frontrunning the MEV crisis’ Decentralising the MEV ‘supply chain’ The vision behind Frontier Research Request-for-Quotation (RFQ) explained Block building Uniswap X and how it might impact LPs & block building Decentralising block building Proposer-builder separation (PBS) MEV burn How MEV influenced different applications’ UX Intents Episode links: Stephane Gosselin on Twitter Frontier Research Frontier Research on Twitter Flashbots This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/511…

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Marko Baricevic: Cosmos SDK - The Internet of Appchains 58:04

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From the very beginning, Cosmos set out to provide an alternative to the monolithic blockchain architecture proposed by Ethereum. Cosmos SDK was the cornerstone of this vision, as it allowed developers to spin up blockchains effortlessly. Its modularity enabled custom, self-sovereign chains to become a reality. And, instead of being a jack of all trades, those chains were centred around a sole purpose, thus transforming them into appchains. In turn, as the ecosystem grew, appchains had to be interoperable with one another, but this was already a core feature of Cosmos, via IBC. Before Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap, appchains were thought to be a much-needed scaling solution. However, with the advancements of zero knowledge technology, the Cosmos SDK now faces another set of challenges as it navigates the market demand for L2 scaling solutions. We were joined by Marko Baricevic, Cosmos SDK product lead, to discuss the development philosophy behind the Cosmos Hub and how appchains evolved over time. Topics covered in this episode: Marko’s background Cosmos SDK’s history and high-level overview Cosmos SDK modules and VMs Ethereum’s & Cosmos’ development philosophies Cosmos SDK value prop and use cases Cosmos SDK vs. other frameworks (e.g. Substrate) Token value accrual and the fragmentation dilemma Using the Cosmos SDK to build rollups Cosmos SDK vs. Avalanche’s HyperSDK Adoption of fraud proofs and validity proofs by the Cosmos SDK Episode links: Marko Baricevic on Twitter Cosmos on Twitter Cosmos SDK on Twitter Interchain Foundation on Twitter Binary Builders on Twitter This episode is hosted by Meher Roy & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/510…

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Sandeep Nailwal: Polygon 2.0 - The New Value Layer of the Internet? 1:10:44

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What started out as Matic Network, in 2017, and later rebranded to Polygon, in 2021, it is now facing another major milestone: Polygon 2.0. Apart from a tokenomics update, their plans include building an aggregation layer for every scaling solution that will settle on Ethereum. This will not only provide crucial rollup interoperability, but it will also further offload Ethereum by recursively combining multiple proofs into a single one. We were joined by Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, for a fascinating discussion on Polygon’s future revamp, their views on infrastructure decentralisation and interoperability. Topics covered in this episode: Sandeep’s background and the vision behind Matic Polygon 2.0 ZK rollup vs. Validium Multi-purpose sharding Tokenomics Staking decentralisation Interoperability The multi-chain future outlook Blockchain adoption and use cases Episode links: Sandeep Nailwal on Twitter Polygon on Twitter Polygon Labs on Twitter This episode is hosted by Meher Roy & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/509…

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Stephen Young & Storm: NFTFi – P2P NFT Lending Protocol: From PFPs & Art to RWA 1:06:41

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After a 2021 frothy bull market, NFTs are currently experiencing the depression phase of the market cycle. However, despite the fact that only NFT art has truly found its product-market fit, NFTs in general represented the consumerist moment for crypto. In addition, they also provided a solution for tokenising real world assets (RWA) and intangibles, potentially penetrating markets worth hundreds of trillions of dollars. Moreover, similar to digital art, the advent of AI poses a challenge when it comes to establishing provenance, but this represents another utility for NFTs, as they can be traced back to their origin, given the public nature of blockchains. We were joined by Stephen Young and Storm from NFTFi, to discuss the general state of the NFT market, future prospects for NFT development and how their P2P NFT lending platform unlocks new sources of liquidity in this bear market. Topics covered in this episode: Stephen’s & Storm’s backgrounds and what allured them to NFT finance NFT market overview Tokenised real world assets (RWA) NFTFi’s peer-to-peer vs. peer-to-pool models How other DeFi derivatives apply to the NFT market NFT vs. fungible token market size Blur’s Blend NFT royalties NFT lending protocols differences How escrow contracts affect NFT ownership and utility NFTFi roadmap Interest rates for different collections NFT art market AI art Collateralizing RWA Episode links: Stephen Young on Twitter Storm on Twitter NFTFi on Twitter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/508…

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Alex Gluchowski: zkSync - A new Era for EVM-compatible zk rollups 1:18:49

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Ethereum scaling solutions often resort to tradeoffs, sacrificing security or decentralisation in favour of scalability. However, zk rollups hold the potential of increasing throughput, while also inheriting the layer 1’s security. This is achieved through zero knowledge validity proofs, which are published on Ethereum mainnet. The final hurdle remains the sequencer decentralisation. zkSync was designed around EVM-compatibility, offering custom scaling solutions through its hyperchain architecture. We were joined by Alex Gluchowski, co-founder & CEO of Matter Labs, to discuss the zk rollup landscape, its bottlenecks, and what makes zkSync stand apart as the most popular rollup. Topics covered in this episode: High-level overview of zero knowledge proofs ZK rollups zkSync Era ZK ecosystem taxonomy Rollup performance: bottlenecks & tradeoffs Bridging between zkSync hyperchains Data availability. Validium vs. Volition Governance & security layers Sequencer decentralisation Episode links: Alex Gluchowski on Twitter zkSync on Twitter Matter Labs on Twitter This episode is hosted by Meher Roy & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/507…

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Patrick O'Grady: Avalanche – Building High Performance VMs With HyperSDK 1:17:35

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The recent history of L2s has shown that there doesn’t need to be ‘one chain to rule them all’ or an ‘ETH killer’. Instead, a healthier approach would be to find the best solution for a specific need, taking into consideration any potential tradeoffs. Avalanche has done just that, focusing from the get-go on delivering high transaction throughput, using their unique subnet architecture, consensus protocol and warp messaging. HyperSDK continues this conviction, offering a framework for developers to spin up customisable, high performance virtual machines. We were joined by Patrick O’Grady, VP of Engineering at Ava Labs, to discuss HyperSDK and how it enables building customisable, high performance VMs on Avalanche subnets. Topics covered in this episode: Patrick’s background Avalanche’s consensus protocol Subnets AvalancheGo design concepts Warp messaging Staking and subnet validators HyperSDK HyperSDK vs. Cosmos SDK Avalanche throughput parameters Custom solutions for developers Episode links: Patrick O'Grady on Twitter Ava Labs on Twitter Avalanche on Twitter This episode is hosted by Meher Roy & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/506…

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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum - MEV, Staking Derivatives and Privacy (EthCC 6) 1:03:24

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We couldn’t miss EthCC 6 and we got to sit down with Vitalik Buterin to discuss hot topics from the Ethereum ecosystem: MEV, staking derivatives, privacy, decentralisation and future interoperability. Ethereum’s merge to proof-of-stake brought with it the emergence of liquid staking derivatives (LSD). Similarly to mining pools in proof-of-work consensus models, staking pools could pose a risk to Ethereum’s decentralisation. In terms of privacy preserving solutions, the advances in zero knowledge research were a big breakthrough, especially as EVM-compatibility became possible. Maximal extractable value (MEV) remains a pressing matter, but hopes are that the upcoming proposer-builder separation (PBS) will alleviate it. Topics covered in this episode: EthCC 6 updates and development across Ethereum’s ecosystem MEV and proposer-builder separation (PBS) Liquid staking derivatives (LSD), governance and decentralisation Privacy ZK proofs and decentralised identifiers (DID) Ecosystem interoperability Cross-chain bridge security Conclusions Episode links: Vitalik Buterin Ethereum Foundation on Twitter EthCC on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Friederike Ernst & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/505…

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Avril Dutheil: Neutron – Interchain Smart Contracts on Cosmos 1:17:29

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Blockchains are secured through the economic incentives offered to their validators/miners. The more robust the network effect among validators, the more difficult it is for that blockchain to be compromised. However, building a truly decentralised and reliable validator set is not a trivial task. As a result, hub and spoke ecosystem designs like Cosmos’ (and even Polkadot’s), aim to share the main hub’s validator set and security to their ‘consumer’ chains (parachains in Polkadot’s case). Neutron relies on interchain queries, interchain accounts and interchain (replicated) security to deliver the most secure CosmWasm smart contract platform in the Cosmos ecosystem. We were joined by Avril Dutheil, GM at Neutron, to discuss Neutron’s smart contract platform and how it leverages replicated security (ICS) and interchain accounts (ICA). Topics covered in this episode: Avril’s background and the value prop behind Neutron Practical examples Interchain accounts and different use cases Interchain security Atom hub vs. Polkadot relay chain. Onboarding and security models Offboarding Cosmos consumer chains Replicated security vs. Modular blockchains Neutron’s token utility and governance Episode links: Avril Dutheil Neutron on Twitter This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/504…

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Sveinn Valfells: Monerium – Regulated On-Chain Euro (EURe) 59:55

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Stablecoins represent the backbone of DeFi, allowing complex financial applications to be protected from external volatility. From fiat-backed to algorithmic, there are multiple approaches to issuing and backing stablecoins. While US regulations are looming over the crypto industry, Monerium released a fully regulated on-chain euro stablecoin, the EURe, enabling direct SEPA transfers, on- and off-ramp. We were joined by Sveinn Valfells, CEO of Monerium, to discuss the European E-Money Directive and how it set the ground for fully regulated on-chain currencies (EURe) built on top of SEPA. Topics covered in this episode: Sveinn’s background and building Monerium Regulated on-chain EUR and seamless SEPA on- and off-ramps How electronic money regulation differs from MiCA What assets back EURe Monerium’s business model EURe’s adoption compared with other stablecoins (USDC, USDT) Issuing other currencies on-chain CBDCs and the banking sector Challenges of building on SEPA IBAN discrimination KYC limitations DeFi and stablecoin backing Real world assets used as on-chain collateral Episode links: Sveinn Valfells on Twitter Monerium on Twitter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/503…

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Eli Ben-Sasson: Starknet - zk-STARKs and Cairo 1.0 upgrade 1:07:57

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Layer 2 zero knowledge roll-ups have initially been used for achieving private transactions on blockchains. However, past simple transfers, interacting with a public smart contract posed a serious challenge. As research and technology evolved, proof construction became much more efficient, enabling zk-powered scalability. There is a variety of pros and cons for each type of proof system, but given the impending rise of qunatum computers, we have witnessed a recent migration from SNARKs to STARKs. While the former relies on trusted setups, zk-STARKs are quantum-resistant. We were joined by Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of Starkware, to discuss Starknet's layer 2 architecture, as well as the upcoming update to Cairo 1.0 and how it will impact scalability performances for STARKs. Topics covered in this episode: Shifting from privacy to scalability ZK roll-up taxonomy and main differences between SNARKs and STARKs Why scalability is easier to implement than privacy solutions Constructing proofs efficiently in Cairo Starknet’s layer 2 architecture Built-in account abstraction Volition, data availability and trust assumptions Sequencer decentralisation and crypto regulations Storage proofs Cairo upgrades & TPS Council-based vs. DAO governance Future developments Episode links: Eli Ben-Sasson on Twitter Starknet on Twitter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/502…

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Luka Müller: Sygnum Bank & MME Legal – Crypto Regulations & Institutional Investors 56:17

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As institutional money set their eyes on crypto, some degree of centralisation and regulation was inevitable. However, the key aspect is to limit it to access gateways and not affect protocols’ decentralisation. Recent events have shown that price manipulation is easily achieved in conditions of low liquidity, hence regulated fiat on- and off-ramps will, in the end, also benefit retail consumers. It once again all boils down to achieving these goals while maintaining privacy for users and ensuring that regulations will not stifle innovation. We were joined by Luka Müller, co-founder of MME Legal Firm & Sygnum Bank, to discuss about crypto regulations, institutional investors, user privacy & CBDCs. Topics covered in this episode: The evolution of MME Legal Firm & Sygnum Bank Sygnum Bank’s pro-crypto services & target clients The impact of FTX’ collapse. DeFi vs. CeFi Investor protection post-Terra Luna’s demise Expanding in the APAC region Switzerland’s pro-crypto regulations User privacy vs. KYC & AML US’ crypto policy: regulation by enforcement EU’s MiCA framework Luka’s insights on crypto’s value proposition CBDC vs. cash privacy Exciting crypto trends and innovations Episode links: Sygnum Bank on Twitter MME Legal on LinkedIn This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/501…

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Epicenter – Looking Back on 10 Years of Crypto. AI Doom & Gloom? SPECIAL 1:21:52

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As Epicenter hits the 500 episode milestone, our hosts look back on almost 10 years of crypto developments, analysing the good, the bad and the ugly. What projects & narratives have surprised our hosts? Has Bitcoin failed in becoming a reliable store of value? Will ZK proofs provide the much needed solution to AI’s alignment problem? Last but not least, are we still early? Get ready for a fascinating discussion, albeit gloomy for this special occasion. Thank you for being part of this amazing journey! We wouldn’t have made it so far without your continuous support! Looking forward to the next 500 episodes! Topics covered in this episode: Brian’s health update Looking back on 10 years of Epicenter & crypto development Are we still early on Bitcoin or has that ship already sailed? Stores of value: Bitcoin vs. Gold vs. Market Indexes The need for stablecoins, including algorithmic ones! Projects & narratives that took a 180 degree turn AI vs. verifiable computation via ZK proofs The control & alignment AI problems Decentralised identity systems (DID) Looking forward to the next 500 episodes Sponsors: CoinGecko : CoinGecko API provides access to the most comprehensive data aggregator in the market, supporting more than 10,000 crypto assets from over 700 exchanges! Visit https://gcko.io/epicenterCGpromo today and use the promo code ""EPICENTER"" to unlock an additional 10% OFF! This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy, Sunny Aggarwal & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: [epicenter.tv/500](https://epicenter.tv/500)…

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Zac Williamson & Joe Andrews: Aztec - Privacy-preserving, hybrid ZK rollup 1:18:21

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In order to achieve true transaction privacy, it is not enough to encrypt or build ZK proofs for transaction bundles, as long as the underlying blockchain uses an account-based model. Aztec is building a ZKVM that superposes an UTXO model, so that balances are constantly updated as new, untraceable, log entries. The upcoming Aztec 3 aims to enable privacy-preserving smart contracts, using a hybrid, multi-layered rollup. This approach allows for both public and private smart contracts to be executed simultaneously. We were joined by Zac Williamson & Joe Andrews, to discuss the evolution of Aztec, from ZK Money to their upcoming privacy-preserving hybrid ZK rollup. Topics covered in this episode: The evolution of Aztec, from ZK money to Aztec 3 How Aztec’s ZKVM ensures privacy for Ethereum transactions The need for UTXO model for privacy-preserving encrypted databases Interacting with public smart contracts in a private manner Technical roadmap and challenges faced along the way How Aztec differs from Mina protocol Recursive proofs Estimating gas Main-net sequencer decentralisation Goblin Plonk The future of programmable privacy Episode links: Zac Williamson on Twitter Joe Andrews on Twitter Aztec on Twitter This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/499…

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Fig: Squid Router – Sub-20 Second Cross-Chain Swaps. Axelar-Powered Interoperability 46:18

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As crypto evolves, it becomes clearer that the future will be multi-chain. Presently, moving funds between different blockchains is frustrating...to say the least. The current bridging solutions are prohibitive from a UX perspective, mainly due to how finality is reached across different blockchains. This translates to long wait times and anxiety when interacting with new protocols, caused by the incertitude of funds arriving safely on the other side. Another major blockage consists of gas fees, particular to each blockchain, which often require an additional swap. But what if, users could enjoy near-instant cross-chain swaps (sub-20 second) and one-click transaction aggregators? We were joined by Fig, co-founder of Squid Router, to discuss how they leverage Axelar's infrastructure to achieve one-click, near-instant cross-chain swaps, creating user-friendly interoperability. Topics covered in this episode: Fig’s background How Squid tackles interoperability Building a better DevEx & UX on top of Axelar’s security Choosing what DEXes to wrap & aggregate in Squid Optimising gas fees, prices & MEV cross-chain Squid’s business model Integrating other messaging protocols Addressing finality to reduce swap times below 20 seconds How Squid x Axelar solve other bridging protocol issues (e.g. multichain hack) Squid use cases Episode links: Fig on Twitter Squid on Twitter Axelar on Twitter This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/498…

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Collin Myers & Oisín Kyne: Obol Network - Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) 1:10:40

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Ethereum's merge and transition to a proof-of-stake consensus implied switching from proof-of-work mining to transactions being validated by entities that have an economic stake in the network. Proof-of-stake distributed networks are subject to complex game theory models (e.g. slashing). Distributed validator technology (DVT) enables a more modular validator stack at every level: key pairs, hardware and entities. This reduces trust dependencies and increases security for validator entities. We were joined by Collin Myers & Oisín Kyne, founders of Obol Network, to discuss Ethereum's 2.0 PoS consensus, the current validator landscape and how distributed validator technology (DVT) allows for an increased security and overall smoother UX for validator entities. Topics covered in this episode: Collin’s & Oisín’s backgrounds Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) explained How DVT improves user experience for different staking models Reducing validator costs and increasing fault tolerance through DVT Obol middleware approach Obol v.2 Interacting with other middleware from the Ethereum stack Expanding DVT to other ecosystems Future validator landscape How post-Danksharding data availability will be handled by an Obol cluster L2 Ethereum equivalence Episode links: Collin Myers on Twitter Oisín Kyne on Twitter Obol Network on Twitter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/497…

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Ben DiFrancesco: Umbra – Privacy Preserving Token Transfers 1:09:07

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Public transaction history in blockchains represents one of their key features which, alongside immutability, aim to provide an alternative to CeFi. However, this transparency comes at a price: privacy. As a result, different solutions have been proposed, that preserve privacy while maintaining all the other benefits of blockchain technology, but there currently isn't a one-size-fits-all answer to this problem. For example, zero knowledge proofs convey the validity of a transaction batch without sharing any other details, but the underlying arithmetic circuits are both complex as well as computational intensive. Umbra proposes a system that relies completely on elliptic curve cryptography, employing multiple private-public key pairs to achieve stealth payments. We were joined by Ben DiFrancesco, founder & CEO of ScopeLift, to talk about Umbra's privacy preserving stealth token transfer system and if the need for privacy on blockchains outweighs any implicit UX frictions. Topics covered in this episode: Ben’s background Umbra's mission How Umbra works Non-interactive key distribution Potential solutions (& trade-offs) for Umbra's computational intensity Generating private-public key pairs by the Umbra smart contract User experience (UX) for senders and receivers Fee structure for deterring griefing attacks How Umbra works for ERC20 tokens & NFTs Privacy preserving withdrawals from stealth addresses Privacy vs. UX friction Smart wallets & account abstraction Prioritising privacy Episode links: Ben DiFrancesco on Twitter Umbra on Twitter ScopeLift on Twitter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/496…

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Emin Gün Sirer: Avalanche – The Future of Crypto: From Gaming to LLM-Powered Smart Contracts 1:03:21

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As the second Avalanche summit drew to a close, Sebastien Couture and Sunny Aggarwal sat down with Emin Gün Sirer for a fascinating conversation exploring future innovation narratives in crypto. Longtime friend of Epicenter, Ava Labs' founder and CEO shared his unique insights on the industry, from both a founder, as well as a former academia perspective. Given Avalanche's consensus & architecture, it boasts high TPS and scalability properties, incentivising founders to build better products in the AVAX ecosystem. One of the most controversial narratives is that of LLMs (i.e. ChatGPT) powering smart contract development by bypassing programming languages and even bytecode altogether. The question arises if replacing the human third-party with an AI fixes trust issues or not, but only time will tell which piece of code we can actually consider 'law'. Topics covered in this episode: Emin’s background, from academia to running a multi-billion dollar company Main takeaways from the 2nd Avalanche summit Innovation narratives in the Avalanche ecosystem. NFTs & blockchain gaming The Avalanche architecture, consensus & scalability Avalanche’s evolution ChatGPT smart contracts & no-code blockchains Auditing AI & security Innovation vs. Stagnation Bitcoin, BTC.b & ordinals Bridging Cosmos with Avalanche: IBC x Warp Best & worst products built by crypto Episode links: Emin Gün Sirer on Twitter Avalanche on Twitter Ava Labs on Twitter Shrapnel on Twitter Gunzilla Games on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/495…

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Ali Yahya: Andreessen Horowitz – A16z Crypto Investment Thesis 1:12:50

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When it comes to top-tier VCs, very few equal Andreessen Horowitz' (a16z) impressive portfolio, which stretches over both Web2 and Web3. Their crypto venture arm includes investments in most industry verticals, from infrastructure projects to NFTs and blockchain gaming. Constructing such a solid investment thesis requires conviction in the long-term prospects of the industry, as well as an influential network. We were joined by Ali Yahya, GP at Andreessen Horowitz, to discuss about a16z structure, operations and investment thesis, as well as the broader crypto landscape and value proposition. Topics covered in this episode: Ali’s background Why Google didn’t embrace crypto a16z’s team structure The role of a GP in a VC a16z’s thesis when it comes to crypto investing Which crypto niches Ali is most bullish on Governance vs. platform risk Valuation-based investments Protocol revenue and monetary premium for L1s Token vs. Equity How to prevent banking crisis contagion for crypto projects Episode links: Ali Yahya on Twitter a16z crypto a16z This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/494…

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Jose Macedo: Mars Protocol – Red Bank' Credit on Cosmos via Osmosis 59:24

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The end of 2022 and beginning of 2023 were marked by centralised institutions failing: from CEXes to CeFi itself, contagion spread quickly in over-leveraged and opaque entities. Amidst this chaos, (crypto)people turned their hopes, once again, to DeFi. However, in lack of traditional enforcing mechanisms, not even battle-tested decentralised lending protocols could find a solution to provide under-collateralised loans, aka credit. Mars Protocol, with its unique hub & outposts architecture, aims to answer this need in the Cosmos ecosystem, by deploying on Osmosis and tapping into its deep liquidity. From manual leverage to credit and yield farming, Mars will feature a wide suite of DeFi products. We were joined by Jose Macedo, founder of Delphi Labs, to discuss the history of Delphi Digital, their learnings from incubating projects and the vision behind Mars’ ‘Red Bank’ DeFi products. Topics covered in this episode: Jose’s background Delphi Digital’s history Incubating projects on Solana and Terra Learning from Terra The vision behind Mars Protocol Mars’ DeFi suite Different risk parameters and collaterals Mars’ module architecture (outposts) in the Cosmos ecosystem How Mars Protocol differs from Osmosis Mars Protocol roadmap & Mars v.2 Ecosystem accelerator Episode links: Jose Macedo on Twitter Delphi Labs on Twitter Delphi Digital on Twitter Mars Protocol on Twitter Astroport on Twitter Osmosis on Twitter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/493…

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John Letey: KYVE – Decentralised and Accessible Data Storage 59:31

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We often take data storage for granted, but the rise of centralised storing facilities (i.e. AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) hangs over like Damocles’ sword. When it comes to blockchains, full nodes store that network’s complete data history. Even if storage costs are set to decrease as technology evolves, so do blockchains accumulate more data over time. An interesting solution would be to create a decentralised backup for blockchain data and Arweave is a prime candidate for it. There is but a missing link represented by uploading and validating different blockchains’ data. This is where KYVE steps in, offering a decentralised validating solution to verify uploaded blockchain data and even retrieve it from Arweave, on demand. This also extends to off-chain data, opening new possibilities for data availability and scalability. We were joined by John Letey, founder and CTO of KYVE Network, to discuss the challenges and use cases of decentralised data storage and how blockchain interoperability could benefit from it. Topics covered in this episode: John’s background Why KYVE migrated to a Cosmos app-chain High-level explanation of KYVE KYVE’s data pools and data streams How KYVE connects to Arweave Validating uploaded blockchain data How Arweave works KYVE v.2 How slashing is handled KYVE use cases Future roadmap Episode links: John Letey on Twitter KYVE Network on Twitter KYVE Network Arweave This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/492…

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Tim Galebach: Uqbar – Smart Contracts on Urbit 1:31:25

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Building a truly decentralised, peer-to-peer network, based on a built-in identity system, limits the ecosystem’s interoperability with the outside world. Onboarding developers and users to Urbit was only the first hurdle. On-ramping crypto was a whole different & daunting task. Uqbar set out to build an execution layer on top of Urbit, enabling smart contracts, which would ultimately settle, via a ZK rollup, on Starknet. We were joined by Tim Galebach, founder of Uqbar, to discuss the different design choices involved, from Hoon programming DevEx to a hybrid ZK-optimistic rollup. Topics covered in this episode: Tim’s background Urbit explained How Uqbar took shape Integrating crypto in the Urbit stack Hoon’s usability and DevEx AI-enabled Uqbar Uqbar interoperability Rollup vs. L1 approach for Uqbar Hybrid ZK-optimistic rollup Getting from programming in Hoon to ZK proofs Use cases for Uqbar & Urbit Episode links: Tim Galebach on Twitter Uqbar on Twitter Urbit on Twitter Uqbar This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/491…

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Ryan Zurrer: Dialectic AG - A Decade of Crypto Ventures: From BTC mining to P2E gaming 1:22:57

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Considering the abundance of cryto projects launching constantly, making sound investment decisions requires both ample experience in the space, as well as a reliable network. Predicting future trends in such a volatile industry is a skill very few possess, especially since narratives evolve at a rapid pace. Ryan Zurrer is one of the OG participants and investors in the blockchain industry, with an experience of more than 10 years and an impressive portfolio of investments. From BTC mining to ICOs, DeFi and more recently NFTs & play-to-earn gaming (P2E), Ryan has witnessed all the major cycles in crypto. We were joined by Ryan Zurrer, founder of Dialectic AG, to discuss about the crypto investment landscape and the evolution of the industry from BTC to P2E gaming. Topics covered in this episode: Ryan’s background, from BTC mining to ICOs and P2E gaming Keepers in blockchain networks explained Axie Infinity and the evolution of play-to-earn gaming Web2 vs. Web3 gaming and the importance of communities NFTs in art, culture and blockchain gaming Traditional vs. digital fine art Dialectic’s investment strategies MEV & market efficiency Geopolitical climate and crypto investments Psychedelics & MAPS Episode links: Ryan Zurrer Dialectic AG Vine Ventures MAPS This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/490…

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Barry: Dymension – Modular Blockchains and RollApps 1:10:58

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When it comes to scaling blockchains, there are 2 main types of off-chain solutions: sidechains and L2s (i.e. rollups, state channels). These are all intended to scale monolithic L1 blockchains. However, the core functional layers of a blockchain could also be reinvisioned as customisable building blocks. This idea led to the creation of modular blockchains, which handle execution, consensus and data availability separately from one another, thus considerably increasing throughput. Dymension is a Cosmos modular blockchain hub that acts as settlement layer for RollApps (app-specific chains). Sebastien was joined by Barry, Head of Product at Dymension, to discuss the advantages of developing modular blockchains, their scalability and how RollApps integrate in this environment. Topics covered in this episode: Barry’s background The evolution of scaling solutions & Dymension’s RollApps The nuances of different types of rollups (L1 vs. L2, Ethereum vs. Cosmos) The scalability trilemma and modular blockchains Cosmos’ ICS scaling The architecture of Dymension and its RDK How RollApps choose the data availability layer RollApp interoperability Incentivising sequencer neutrality Network roles in Dymension and differences between SDK & RDK Use cases & limitations of RollApps Future roadmap Episode links: Barry on Twitter Dymension on Twitter Dymension's website The Interop Podcast on Twitter Celestia on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/489…

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Laurence Ion & Vincent Weisser: Vita DAO – From DeSci to Longevity Research 1:14:29

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Scientific research & publishing are gruelling tasks that extend outside the scope of science itself. Centralised publications abound in archaic practices that span from submitting a paper to getting it peer-reviewed and finally published, process which may take even up to years. In addition, research requires funding from very early stages of pursuing an idea, all the way to its finality (i.e. clinical trial or real-life applications). In TradSci (traditional science), funding is usually obtained once progress has already been achieved or when a startup has been formed. DeSci (decentralised science) sets out to change this paradigm by funding early stage research via DAOs. When it comes to scientific publications, peer reviewing is also decentralised and incentivised, considerably speeding up the process. Moreover, contributions can be clearly retraced, avoiding false claims over IP, and the research itself becomes much more easily accessible and disseminated. We were joined by Vincent Weisser & Laurence Ion, stewards of Vita DAO, to discuss the advantages of DeSci in general, and the progress of longevity research in particular. Topics covered in this episode: Vincent’s background and his interest in longevity Laurence’s background and his interest in biotech The purpose of DeSci Which science branch is better suited for DeSci How DeSci fixes contribution acknowledgement & incentive misalignment From research idea to startup via DeSci funding $VITA token utility Accelerating scientific publishing via DeSci How IP is attributed in a DeSci setting Project review and governance in Vita DAO Episode links: Vincent Weisser Laurence Ion Vita DAO Molecule DAO Vita DAO projects Molecule Bio DAO launchpad The Longevity Prize The Longevity Decentralized Review This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/488…

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David Schwartz & Jordi Baylina: Polygon zkEVM – From Mainnet to Mass Adoption - Part 2 55:13

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While Part 1 (#486) focused on the technological advancements that allowed proofs to be generated in a practical manner, lowering both the time and the hardware requirements, in this episode, we take a closer look at the use cases of different types of zk rollups and how they could promote blockchain mass adoption. Polygon's zk EVM equivalence, coupled with low transaction fees, promise a frictionless user experience. As with all L2 rollups, sequencer decentralisation remains a pressing issue that needs to be solved. We were joined by Jordi Baylina (tech lead) & David Schwartz (CTO) from Polygon's zkEVM, to discuss the relationship between Polygon's multiple zk rollups, their use cases, as well as network statistics for zk-EVM. Topics covered in this episode: The relationship between Polygon and zkEVM The differences between Polygon’s multiple zk rollups Network participant roles in zkEVM Transaction submission stages Sequencer decentralisation Transaction costs Use cases for different zk rollups Open-sourceness, decentralisation and the licensing of zkEVM’s prover The decentralised identity project (DID) Roadmap after main-net launch Episode links: Polygon zkEVM – From Circuits to Mainnet – Part 1 Jordi Baylina on Twitter David Schwartz on Twitter Polygon zkEVM on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/487…

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David Schwartz & Jordi Baylina: Polygon zkEVM – From Circuits to Mainnet - Part 1 57:00

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With the upcoming launch of Polygon's zkEVM mainnet, L2s are undoubtedly a huge narrative that is unfolding in 2023. It is time to take a step back and recognise the incredible amount of effort that has gone into researching and building L2 scaling solutions in general and zk rollups in particular. Tech-wise, we barely scratched the surface of general purpose processors that can handle zk circuits, so there is still tremendous room to grow. As layer 2s become more efficient, so will the applications that are dependent on blockchain throughput. We were joined by Jordi Baylina (tech lead) & David Schwartz (CTO) from Polygon's zkEVM, to discuss the different milestones & challenges they had to overcome in designing a zk rollup, from circuits to mainnet. Topics covered in this episode: Jordi’s & David’s backgrounds The idea behind Hermez Network zkEVM scaling & validity proofs How different ZK rollup models function What challenges zkEVM encountered during development Evolutionary pathways in the realm of ZKPs Auditing zkEVM Trusted setup requirement for zkEVM Episode links: Jordi Baylina on Twitter David Schwartz on Twitter Polygon zkEVM on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/486…

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Jesse Pollak: Base – The Optimistic Gateway to Crypto Adoption 1:04:15

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Layer 2 scaling solutions are widely regarded as the next step forward in the mainstream adoption of crypto as they enable higher throughput and lower transaction fees. Coinbase’s recent announcement of building an optimistic rollup solution called Base is proof (no pun intended) that major centralized actors view this as an opportunity to onboard new users in a decentralized crypto economy. The following years will abound in innovation as both optimistic and zero-knowledge rollup solutions still have plenty of room to grow, but the involvement of centralized entities will act as a catalyst from a technological, as well as a regulatory standpoint. We were joined by Jesse Pollak, Head of Protocol at Coinbase, to discuss the thesis & business model behind Base and how it will act as an interoperable bridge to onboard the next billion users on-chain. Topics covered in this episode: Jesse’s background and his role as Head of Protocol at Coinbase Base’s business model & thesis Building on the Optimism stack Permissionlessness How regulations are going to influence users of Base (vs. Coinbase) Learning from the competition (BSC) Different fee markets to offset transaction costs Why Base chose the Optimism stack Base’s upgradeability Tackling Optimism’s withdrawal period Bootstrapping Base Future roadmap and mainnet timeline Episode links: Jesse Pollak on Twitter Base on Twitter Coinbase on Twitter Optimism on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/485…

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Rebecca Liao: Saga – Bootstrapping Chainlets in the Multiverse 1:12:44

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Building a blockchain from the ground-up is a daunting task in itself, one that should not be a concern when designing an end-user application. Moreover, as Web3 aims to move away from centralized vertical scalability towards a multi-chain decentralized environment, horizontal scalability and cross-communication should represent a standard. While Cosmos solves the latter, deploying application-specific blockchains has not been a streamlined process. Saga aims to address this by providing automated means of deploying application-specific blockchains, called chainlets that use the validator set of Saga. This leads to a simplified user (and developer) experience, presently much needed in the Web3 gaming and entertainment industries. We were joined by Rebecca Liao, co-founder & CEO of Saga, to discuss bootstrapping app-specific chains in just one click, leveraging the scalability & security of Cosmos, thus allowing developers to focus more on the product and less on the blockchain infrastructure. Topics covered in this episode: Rebecca’s background & building Saga Leveraging Cosmos SDK, IBC & ICS to bootstrap other chains Chainlets Saga validators & tokenomics IBC & elastic scaling for chainlets ICS & Saga’s tech stack Chainlet customization Partnerships & use cases Chainlet ‘Musical chairs’ auction Targeting gaming and entertainment industries Multi-chain future and inter-chain communication Episode links: Rebecca Liao on Twitter Saga on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/484…

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Luis Schliesske & Hilmar Orth: Gelato Network - Web3 Backend Automation & Relay 1:06:31

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Web3 has always been criticised for its not so friendly user experience. While one might argue that it requires a mere learning curve, similar to that of e-mail services when first introduced, Web2’s ease of use has become the norm. Account abstraction and smart contract automation are just 2 solutions for unlocking higher flexibility in transaction execution logic. These backend improvements, alongside scaling solutions and a more user-friendly frontend (e.g. wallets, interfaces) will represent the main drivers of adoption. We were joined by Luis Schliesske & Hilmar Orth, founders of Gelato Network, to discuss about Gelato Network’s approach to decentralising Web3's backend through automation and relaying, in order to onboard the next 100 million users. Topics covered in this episode: Luis’ and Hilmar’s backgrounds The need for automation in smart contracts How bots operate in automation processes Interacting with Gelato’s node network Automation, relayers & gasless transactions How automation impacts trust assumptions Gelato beta start & use cases Account abstraction & user experience Episode links: Luis Schliesske on Twitter Hilmar Orth on Twitter Gelato Network on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/483…

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Joel Thorstensson: Ceramic – Building the Dataverse 57:40

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The Metaverse has taken the world by storm in 2021 and even though many have and are still opposing it, the fact that we are spending the majority of our lives online is an undeniable truth. The boundaries between physical and digital worlds are slowly eroding away. Our digital presence generates a data footprint that is currently being stored in big tech’s centralized silos. As a whole, these user-generated data breadcrumbs represent our digital identity. Web3 has, so far, mainly focused on financial aspects, disregarding user specific data even though the latter actually represents the vast majority (>90%) of all generated data. We were joined by Joel Thorstensson, co-founder of 3Box Labs, to discuss Ceramic’s goal of decentralizing ‘social’, account-based data in the form of user-generated event streams, that could unlock true application interoperability built on a composable data layer. Topics covered in this episode: Joel’s background & founding Ceramic The concept behind Ceramic Ceramic’s event stream design vs. other data solutions The need for consensus in Ceramic Use cases for Ceramic Data privacy potential Application interoperability Data redundancy & protection Ceramic’s ecosystem & business model Episode links: Joel Thorstensson on Twitter Ceramic on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/482…

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Trent McConaghy: Ocean Protocol – AI & the Data NFT Marketplace (V4) 1:29:27

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From technological breakthrough to philosophical defiance, the topic of AI has always sparked intense debates ever since Alan Turing & John McCarthy advanced this branch of computer science. One might argue that this was caused by expectations overwhelmingly surpassing technological capabilities. However, the recent public release of ChatGPT has rekindled former sci-fi apocalyptical scenarios, even if it is (still) just a trained language model. Humanity gazed in awe as a simple input/output text interface could instantly disrupt fields such as software engineering or copywriting. Worst part? It also challenged (arguably) the most important human-specific trait: creativity (Midjourney). Data is the lifeblood of AI as it increases the model’s prediction accuracy: larger input sample translates into more outputs that help fine-tune weights during back-propagation cycles (the model ‘learns’). We were joined by Trent McConaghy, founder & CTO at Ocean Protocol, to discuss the advantages of implementing blockchain (& NFT) technology in data management and trading, what makes a particular data set valuable and what challenges derive from AI implementations and the data digital gold rush. Topics covered in this episode: Trent’s AI background & founding Ocean The evolution of Ocean Protocol Managing third-party access to data NFTs Minting data NFTs & their metadata Discovering & verifying data quality AI generated data sets & intellectual property Ocean marketplace user base Data farming Data curation & veOcean rewards Episode links: Trent McConaghy on Twitter Ocean Protocol on Twitter Ocean Marketplace Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/481…

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Paul Frambot: Morpho Labs – Peer-to-Peer DeFi Lending Protocol 1:07:17

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DeFi lending protocols operate accordingly to their smart contracts and are perfect examples of ‘Code is law’, even if some recent exploits have not quite abided to this harsh truth. From well established protocols to degenerate DeFi farms with astronomic APYs, they all mainly use liquidity pools. Morpho Labs proposes a peer-to-peer approach that operates on top of another protocol’s liquidity pool (i.e. Aave, Compound), offering better rates for lenders as well as borrowers. We were joined by Paul Frambot, co-founder and CEO of Morpho Labs, to discuss about the benefits and challenges that arise from a peer-to-peer lender-borrower matching system and what failsafes are in place. Topics covered in this episode: Paul’s background and diving into DeFi Founding and funding Morpho The concept behind Morpho Improving lending & borrowing APYs How lenders and borrowers are matched Managing gas fees in a P2P setting Securing collateral in peer matches Sharing liquidity with Aave and Compound Morpho token economy Managing liquidations User experience & integrations Morpho’s business model Future roadmap Episode links: Paul Frambot on Twitter Morpho Labs on Twitter Morpho Labs Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/480…

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Antonio Juliano: dYdX – Decentralized Perpetual Exchanges 1:12:55

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2022 has proven time after time that centralised entities are prone to multiple points of failure, intentional or not. Decentralised finance (DeFi) addresses these, but the user experience has often been lacklustre compared to that from centralised finance (CeFi). Exchanges are the backbone of any market, but high throughput is required in order to ensure that both makers and takers can proficiently use them. Decentralised exchanges have long faced issues due to bandwidth constraints native to blockchains, but recent L2 scaling solutions have provided a considerable increase in terms of throughput. For example, dYdX is currently the largest consumer of STARKs, but growing institutional and retail interest in derivative financial products urges for an even better alternative. We were joined by Antonio Juliano, founder & CEO of dYdX perpetual exchange, to discuss about the upcoming transition to dYdX V4 and what challenges decentralised exchanges have to face amidst technological bottlenecks and upcoming regulations. Topics covered in this episode: Antonio’s background & timing products dYdX product overview Price feed oracles dYdX user demographics & UX Development timeframes & taking risks Order book vs. AMM Building a sovereign blockchain on Cosmos The challenges of decentralising order books IBC integrations and composability Current state of scaling solutions Migrating from dYdX V3 to V4 & token utility DeFi vs. CeFi DeFi education & regulatory outreach Episode links: Antonio Juliano on Twitter dYdX on Twitter dYdX exchange This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/479…

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Carl Beekhuizen & Trent van Epps: Ethereum Foundation – EIP-4844 & KZG Ceremony 1:04:02

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The recent advancements of layer 2 scaling solutions, especially zero-knowledge rollups, led to a complete redesign of Ethereum’s scalability roadmap. As a result, the initial concept of sharding the execution layer was abandoned and replaced by the idea of data sharding. This proposal, named after its author, is know as Danksharding. EIP-4844 is also referred to as proto-danksharding as it sets the foundation for data sharding, through the introduction of data blobs. We were joined by Carl Beekhuizen & Trenton Van Epps from the Ethereum Foundation, to discuss about the upcoming EIP-4844 timeline and its KZG ceremony. Topics covered in this episode: Trent’s and Carl’s backgrounds Danksharding and scaling Ethereum Data BLOBs and data availability KZG ceremony How trusted setups evolved KZG commitment requirements How trust is ensured Combining randomness How storing secrets is prevented General contribution details Special contributions Quantum vulnerability General EIP-4844 timeline Episode links: Carl Beekhuizen on Twitter Trenton Van Epps on Twitter Morgan Peck's article Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/478…

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Anna Rose & Kobi Gurkan: Zero Knowledge Proofs – State of the ZK Ecosystem - Part 2 48:27

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While Part 1 (#476) focused more on the general landscape of the ZK ecosystem, covering team updates and developments, in this episode, we take a closer look at specific use cases for ZK proofs and if the focus has shifted from privacy to blockchain scalability. Moreover, as the dusk of 2022 introduced chatGPT to the world, it seems only fitting to explore ZKP integrations in machine learning (ML). In Part 2 of this 2-part episode, we were joined by Anna Rose, host of Zero Knowledge Podcast and founder of ZK Summit, ZK Validator and ZK Hack, and Kobi Gurkan, Head of Research at Geometry, to discuss current applications for ZK proofs and what narratives are going to shape 2023 for the ZK ecosystem. Topics covered in this episode: Applications and use cases for ZK proofs ZK bridges Audits and ZK security ZKML (Machine Learning) Succinctness vs. Privacy 2023 predictions for the ZK ecosystem Privacy - human right or concern? Episode links: Zero Knowledge Podcast on Twitter Zero Knowledge Podcast on YouTube Anna Rose on Twitter Kobi Gurkan on Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/477…

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Anna Rose & Kobi Gurkan: Zero Knowledge Proofs – State of the ZK Ecosystem - Part 1 53:12

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Blockchains are immutable record keepers, storing information about every transaction ever recorded. However, this attribute comes at a cost: as more and more transactions occur, so does the size of the record expands. In turn, the hardware requirements for running a node increase which ultimately affects decentralization. Another aspect frequently criticized is how transactions are being processed by legacy blockchains in terms of speed. For both of these aspects there is a cryptographic solution that addresses scalability: zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs). These allow one entity (prover) to prove to another entity (verifier) that a statement is true, without revealing any additional information about the process or data involved. When applied to blockchains, ZKPs improve scalability and privacy by certifying that state transitions occurred, without the need to relay the underlying information. In Part 1 of this 2-part episode, we were joined by Anna Rose, host of Zero Knowledge Podcast and founder of ZK Summit, ZK Validator and ZK Hack, and Kobi Gurkan, Head of Research at Geometry, to discuss the state of the ZK ecosystem and how this promising technology is evolving. Topics covered in this episode: Anna’s background & her involvement in the ZK ecosystem Kobi’s background in cryptography Trusted setups, a brief history: Plumo & Aztec ZK Hack(athon) The State of the ZK ecosystem How the ZK landscape evolved: from SNARKs to STARKs Trade-offs: compatibility, security, performance Aztec & Noir DSL The need for performance benchmarks ZK L1s: Zcash, Mina, Aleo Episode links: Zero Knowledge Podcast on Twitter Zero Knowledge Podcast on YouTube The paper Kobi mentioned (by Ariel Gabizon) Anna Rose on Twitter Kobi Gurkan on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/476…

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Ted Blackman & Gary Lieberman: Urbit - Decentralized Computing Platforms 1:11:28

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When discussing the widespread adoption of true, peer-to-peer decentralization, one could easily identify various social and political obstacles. However, there is also an often overlooked technological impairment as the underlying architecture of computer networks was not designed to achieve global-scale decentralization. Ideally a complete restructuring would be necessary, from applications and programming language, to as profound as rewriting operating system kernels. This is what Urbit is trying to achieve; a decentralized network where users have full control over their computer, running a unified operating system, where applications function seamlessly, without centralized chokepoints. We were joined by Ted Blackman, CTO of Urbit Foundation, and Gary Lieberman, the Chorus One Team Lead for Urbit, to discuss how Urbit reshapes the way we interact with computers, its current development stage, and what challenges it has to overcome. Topics covered in this episode: - Ted's background - What Urbit is building - The disruptive potential of Urbit - Gary's motivation behind joining Urbit - Urbit's impact on user experience - Current development stage and potential limitations - General timeframe for Urbit adoption - Other use cases for Urbit - Implications Urbit might have for crypto (synergies) - Privacy vs. Accountability Episode links: - Urbit: https://bit.ly/3A9COrX - Urbit Foundation: https://bit.ly/3G8KZXR - Ted Blackman: https://bit.ly/3Wuqyde - Gary Lieberman: https://bit.ly/3YJcRt6 Sponsors: - Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/475…

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Nick Dodson: Fuel Labs – Modular Execution Blockchains 54:18

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As crypto adoption increases, so does the pressing need for blockchain scalability. Monolithic blockchains provide data availability, consensus and execution on a single, base layer, which makes scaling them a difficult endeavour. Multiple layer-2 (L2) scaling solutions have been proposed to address computation and/or data availability, but they reach the same design bottlenecks: limited bandwidth, account state models, sequential transaction processing, etc. Modular blockchains separate the core functionalities, redesigning them as customisable building blocks. This allows for greater flexibility and scalability, adapting blockchain structure to its intended function. We were joined by Nick Dodson, CEO and co-founder of Fuel Labs, to discuss modular execution layers and how they approach different aspects of blockchain design and scalability. Topics covered in this episode: Nick’s background and founding Fuel Labs Why most blockchain designs are not scalable The vision behind Fuel Labs’ modular execution layer The difference between L2 roll-ups and modular execution layers Blockchain design philosophies and integrations UTXO and multi-thread parallel transactions UTXO vs. account model systems Fuel Labs’ own virtual machine (VM) Multiple native assets support Developer experience switching to Sway DSL Bridging to a settlement layer and interoperability Building on Fuel Episode links: Fuel Labs Fuel Labs on Twitter Nick on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/474…

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Epicenter Hosts – The Bear Is Back: Recollections From 2022 1:13:01

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This year has been quite a rollercoaster for the crypto industry. From the long-awaited success of the Ethereum Merge to the spectacular collapse of FTX, this year has been full of lessons, resilience, and insights. This is also one of a few bear markets where activities and developments continue to feel vibrant across the board, while long-term adoption and regulations seem evermore uncertain. With that backdrop, our hosts sit down for a conversation on the current state of crypto and look back on 2022. The topics range from the general public sentiment to key developments within the industry, as well as exciting themes that the hosts are looking forward to in the upcoming future. Throughout the conversation, the hosts also express concerns over the issues with privacy and regulations, and how the ecosystems can resiliently move forward. Topics covered in this episode: General public sentiment heading into the new year, after Luna and FTX collapse CeFi versus DeFi Crypto Regulations and adoption trends The Ethereum Merge, MEV, and OFAC-sanction Roadmap and community development for censorship resistance zkEVM and Eigen Layer The future of Cosmos Ecosystem and Cosmos Hub The state of Urbit Urbit and crypto Thoughts on the Solana community and ecosystem Episode links: Brian on Twitter Sebastien on Twitter Felix on Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/473…

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Fredrik Haga: Dune Analytics – The Open Data Platform 1:07:16

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Dune Analytics is a platform aggregating blockchain data, making data easier to query and understand for the larger public. Over the past years, Dune has become the go-to tool for blockchain analytics, as well as the home of a community of dune wizards numbering in the thousands, with its fundraising at a 1 Billion valuation as a testament to the growth of the project over the past 4 years. In today's episode, we are joined by the project's co-founder, Fredrik Haga. We discuss the products Dune Analytics offers, why it's hard to aggregate data that in principle is public, and how a community of data wizards was built in a grassroots effort. We also chatted about product focus and vision for the future, as well as useful lessons for bootstrapping a project on a shoestring budget. Topics covered in this episode: The beginning of Dune The challenges and difficulties in building a blockchain data product. Technical improvements on Dune V2 Supporting for non-evm chains Business models, userbases, and valuations Interesting use cases on Dune Community Building The focus on product experience and next steps for the project Episode links: Dune Analytics's website Dune Analytics Twitter Fredrik Haga's twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/472…

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Ben Fielding & Harry Grieve: Gensyn – The Deep Learning Compute Protocol 1:20:09

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Artificial Intelligence is a fascinating field that has made tremendous development over the past few years. From GPT-3 to Dall-e and Stable Diffusion, the vastness of the scope of applications for AI and neural computing is becoming clearer than ever. At the base layer, there is a need for decentralized p2p AI compute platform that provides flexible access to the wider public. Gensyn sets out on the mission to provide just that by building a market place protocol for AI compute - ultra-low cost, hyperscale, permissionless. In today’s episode we are joined by the project's co-founders Ben Fielding and Harry Grieve. We take a deep dive into the current landscape for AI and AI compute, the reasonings and trade-offs in building Gensyn, the protocol’s focus and edge cases, and how the protocol is utilizing the blockchain technology as both incentive layer and credibly neutral platform. Topics covered in this episode: The founders' background and reasonings for development on Blockchain The current state of AI development and breakdown of AI concepts The current landscape for AI modeling and compute Gensyn's difference to other protocols, such as Golem How Gensyn is adhering to the decentralized default, and making trade-offs in product building Building Gensyn as a Layer-1 protocol Deep dive into the Gensyn Protocol and edge cases Other players in the protocol: solvers, verifiers, and whistle blowers Building a blockchain Episode links: Gensyn Gensyn on Twitter Ben Fielding on Twitter Harry Grieve on Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/471…

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Sreeram Kannan: EigenLayer – The Ethereum Restaking Protocol 1:23:02

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EigenLayer is a 'programmable slashing' layer2 protocol built on Ethereum which leverages security through the method of restaking. This is a bootstrapping mechanism which allows existing Eth2 stakers to access the collateral in the staking system to provide additional services, for additional yield, while taking on additional risk. We were joined by founder Sreeram Kannan who explained to us the concept of re-staking, how this works in the EigenLayer protocol, use cases, and the roadmap ahead. Topics covered in this episode: Sreeram's background and how he got into crypto His role at the University of Washington Blockchain Lab EigenLayer and the concept of re-staking The risk with 'programmable slashing' The participants in the EigenLayer economy Impact on decentralization and home stakers EigenDA and other EigenLayer use cases Combatting malicious slashing The EigenLayer roadmap Episode links: Episode B007 - Devcon Panel – Censorship Resistance and Credible Neutrality EigenLayer EigenLayer on Twitter Sreeram on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/470…

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Anastasiya Belyaeva & Luis Cuende: Nation3 – Creating a Sovereign Cloud Nation 1:03:19

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For centuries, we have been led to believe that nation states are the only way to organize humankind at scale. But governments all around the world are failing to react swiftly to the severe destruction of our planet from things like war and climate change, and this is endangering our whole species. Nation3 is ready to overturn this, by building a Web3-powered, tax-free, solarpunk sovereign cloud nation. It is structured as a DAO, meaning there is no legal entity, no gatekeepers, and no influence by trad states. The goal is to gradually build or invest in products and services that allow citizens to be actively involved in economic activity. The $NATION token serves as the gateway to participate in the community Discord, participate in governance decisions, receive an NFT passport, and eventually receive services provided by the new cloud nation. We were joined by founders Luis and Anastasiya to chat about why they see this is as necessary for humankind, how the legal, governance and economic aspects will work, and the long term visions for the project. Topics covered in this episode: Luis and Anastasiya's backgrounds The problem that Nation3 is trying to solve How the legal system works The differences between Nation3 and traditional nations The core services Nation3 will provide Why is the nation tax-free and how will the economy be supported? Issues with selling passports How will democracy work? The biggest learnings from Aragon What is the vision for acquiring land Episode links: Nation3 Nation3 Techtree Nation3 on Twitter Anastasiya on Twitter Luis on Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/469…

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Dev Bharel: Wormhole – The Cross Chain Messaging Protocol 55:09

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Wormhole is a decentralized cross chain messaging protocol powering the transfer of value and information across high value chains. A network of Guardian nodes secure the protocol by observing and attesting to events and data on its connected chains. These attestations are gossiped around the open Wormhole peer-to-peer network, allowing anyone connected to the network to observe the flow of information. Portal is a bridging app built on top of Wormhole where users can seamlessly bridge tokens and NFTs across supported chains and easily enter the network’s ecosystem. We were joined by Dev Bharel, Developer Relations for Wormhole. He gave us great insight into how the protocol works, security assumptions and incidents, the concept of generalized messaging passaging, and the Portal Bridge as a first adopter of the Wormhole protocol. We also chatted about what else is being built on Wormhole, and how you can get involved. Topics covered in this episode: Dev's background and how he got into crypto An overview of Wormhole The different network ecosystems in Wormhole and challenges with adding new networks The Wormhole guardian network and its plans for expansion The user experience on Portal Bridge Relayers on the network Using Wormhole bridge assets directly with non-native tokens The Wormhole hack and the changes that have been made Using zero knowledge proof on bridges Episode links: Portal Bridge Wormhole hack Bug bounty program Developer docs Wormchain xHack hackathon Wormhole on Twitter Dev on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/468…

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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum – State of Affairs After the Merge 1:03:08

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With the long awaited Ethereum Merge successfully executed last month, we caught up with Vitalik at DevCon in Bogota to talk shop: How does he see the state of the network, does he think looming centralization is a threat. Was Ethereum's danksharding plus third party layer 2s a good architecture decision? How much of an issue is MEV? Topics covered in this episode: The state of the network and credible neutrality Should validators have agency? How much of a problem is MEV The Ethereum Surge The road to Danksharding Decentralizing the sequencer The future of the space The one most important thing we need to get right in the coming year for the ecosystem to succeed Episode links: Ethereum Devcon 6 Episode 402 - Ethereum – Can It Go Beyond DeFi? Join the Epicenter team! Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/467…

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Ethan Buchman & Zaki Manian: ATOM 2.0 – Deep Dive 1:15:41

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Since its announcement a few weeks ago at Cosmoverse in Medellin, Atom 2.0 has sparked intense debate in the Cosmos community and throughout the blockchain ecosystem. It proposes three pillars for the Cosmos Hub: Interchain Security, the Interchain Allocator, and the Interchain Scheduler. However, parts of the paper have been contested and debated over fears of token holder dilution, potential treasury mismanagement, and even the collapse of the Hub. We chat with Ethan Buchman and Zaki Manian to dive deep into Atom 2.0 and its vision for Cosmos moving forward. Topics covered in this episode: The ATOM 2.0 announcement and follow up The goal of the whitepaper Interchain Security and its role in Cosmos' future Interchain Security vs. Mesh Security Cosmos scalability Liquid staking in the Cosmos ecosystem Distributing funds through the Allocator Atom issuance model The motivation behind the Interchain Scheduler The governance process - voting on the whitepaper Next steps to community adoption Episode links: Atom 2.0 Whitepaper Atom 2.0 forum post Atom 2.0 Debate episode on The Interop Ethan on Twitter Zaki on Twitter Join Epicenter! Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/466…

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Anett Rolikova, David Hoffmann, Joseph Schweitzer & Nick Johnson: Devcon 6 Recap – Live From Bogota 44:44

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After a 2 year hiatus, Devcon was back for its 6th and best year so far, this time in Bogota, Colombia. As things wrapped up we grabbed a few of the Ethereum community's most prominent names for a recap on the conference. Hear as we chat to Nick Johnson from ENS, Anett Rolikova from Nethermind, David Hoffmann from Bankless, and Joseph Schweitzer from the Ethereum Foundation, about their particular standouts of the event, the LatAm and wider Ethereum community, and what they see coming next for Devcon 7 and beyond. Topics covered in this episode: Introductions and a look back over the conference The LatAm Ethereum community Favourite talks from the conference Having a booth at Devcon What's in store for Devcon7 next year The future vision for the event Episode links: Devcon Devcon 4 recap from Prague Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/465…

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Devcon Panel – Censorship Resistance and Credible Neutrality 50:03

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Bonus Episode: At a side event at Devcon in Bogota Colombia, Friederike moderated a panel discussion on censorship resistance and credible neutrality with Phil from Flashbots, Patrick from Infura, Sebastian from HOPR, Martin from Gnosis, and Sreeram from EigenLayer. We dove deep into what credible neutrality constitutes, whether it needs defending, and if so how we should go about it. Topics covered in this episode: Introduction to the panel What is censorship resistance and credible neutrality? When has Ethereum been or not been crediably neutral, and where is it today Recent cencorship instances in the space The roadmaps for more credible neutrality Episode links: Devcon This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/B007…

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Cryptocito: Cosmoverse – Where Cosmonauts Unite 56:07

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We caught up with Cosmoverse co-founder and YouTuber Cryptocito, for a chat from this year's event in Medellin. We look back on the 2nd edition of the conference and how the ecosystem has grown since last year. We also dive into some of the announcements, notably, ATOM 2.0. Topics covered in this episode: Cosmoverse in Medellin Cryptocito's background and how Cosmoverse was born Highlights from the conference Mesh security systems Cosmos community growth Thoughts on Interchain Foundation (ICF) ATOM 2.0 Episode links: Cosmoverse Crytpocito's youtube Cosmoverse on Twitter Cryptocito on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/464…

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Sebastian Bürgel: HOPR – The Peer to Peer Network Changing Data Privacy 1:14:45

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HOPR is a decentralized and incentivized peer-to-peer mixnet open to anyone who wants to join and run a node. The network allows people, companies, and devices to exchange information online with its metadata stripped. People who communicate and transact using HOPR — or apps and services which run on top of the platform — can be sure that no-one can find out what data is being shared, who is sending or receiving it, or even how much data is being sent. HOPR gets its name from the fact that it provides metadata privacy by sending data packets through multiple nodes - or “hops” – in the network. Decentralization ensures that the network is fully independent and there is no entity that can control it or intercept the traffic. We were joined by HOPR founder Sebastian Bürgel, who chatted about the need for a platform such as this in the space, how it works by sending packets through nodes, the HOPR token, and The DecenGov DAO. Topics covered in this episode: Sebastian's background An overview of HOPR Mixnet vs onion routing Who is the HOPR user? How packets move through the network The distribution requirements for HOPR nodes The costs involved The HOPR token The DecenGov DAO Why privacy systems in crypto have such a hard time finding traction Episode links: HOPR HOPR on Twitter Sebastian on Twitter Join the Epicenter team! Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/463…

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Hyung Lee: Crescent Network – The Hybrid AMM/Orderbook Decentralized Exchange 1:16:15

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Crescent is an AMM/Orderbook Hybrid Decentralized Exchange that allows trading inter-chain assets in a cost-efficient manner. Crescent is a sovereign Cosmos chain that was created after migrating the Gravity Dex from the Cosmos Hub. Crescent particularly focuses on efficient use of liquidity by giving powerful tools to market makers to use their capital and provide good prices for traders. We were joined by the founder of Crescent Network, Hyung Lee, to chat about his involvement in the Cosmos ecosystem, B Harvest, the Gravity DEX, and combining AMMs and orderbooks. We also hear about Crescent's roadmap and future role within the ecosystem. Topics covered in this episode: Hyung's background and how he got into crypto and the Cosmos ecosystem Launching Crescent on its own chain The vision for Crescent's role within the ecosystem Liquidity formation for the project Comparing AMM and orderbooks and the advantages/disadvantages of each How AMM and orderbooks have been combined The future of AMMs Difference between a market maker and a liquidity provider Cross chain dex aggregation MEV and the interchain world Episode links: The Crescent Ethos Crescent Network Crescent on Twitter Hyung on Twitter Sponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support. https://omni.app/ - This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/462…

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Dappcon – Roundtable: The Ethereum Merge 1:03:59

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In the countdown to the merge, Sebastien and Friederike teamed up with Eduardo Antuña, Co-founder of DappNode, at this year's Dappcon which is back after a 2 year hiatus. Hear as they chat about what the merge means for the broader Ethereum ecosystem. Topics covered in this episode: Update on Dappcon The implications of the Tornado Cash sanctions in the wider crypto space ZK bridging and the merge The Gnosis ecosystem The importance of privacy The user experience in crypto and how its important for onboarding POAP distribution Episode links: Dappcon The Merge Dappcon on Twitter Eduardo on Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/461…

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Ameen Soleimani: RAI – A Low Volatility Trust-Minimized Stablecoin 1:10:58

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Decentralized stablecoins have long been regarded as a fundamental building block for the decentralized web. The first ground-breaking project in this area is Maker with their stablecoin DAI. Multiple ideas existed for how Maker should evolve and the path Maker chose was to add multiple types of collateral and rely on governance input to maintain stability. Over time, the vast majority of Maker's collateral came to be represented by USDC, a centralized stablecoin issued by regulated US institutions. Rai Reflex Index (RAI) decided to fork Maker and choose a path favoring trust-minimization over faster scaling. Unlike with Maker, only ETH is accepted as collateral and a different mechanism is used to maintain low volatility that doesn't rely on governance input. We were joined by Reflexer Labs' co-founder Ameen Soleimani to chat about the philosophical differences to Maker, the mechanisms used to ensure the stability of RAI, the threat of regulatory intervention for DAI and how we can create truly trust-minimized stablecoins to ensure the resilience and neutrality of DeFi. Topics covered in this episode: Ameen's background and the vision behind Reflexer How RAI differs from Maker The problem with DAI becoming multi-collateral and adding more governance control RAI's stability mechanism The function of the redemption price Who holds RAI and how stable is it? FLX governance How decentralized stablecoins can scale Episode links: Reflexer Labs Reflexer on Twitter Ameen on Twitter Sponsors: Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/460…

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Preethi Kasireddy: DappCamp – Becoming a Web3 Developer 54:57

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DappCamp is a 21-day cohort-based course for Web2 developers making the shift to Web3. It offers hands-on experience on how to architect, develop, and scale a Web 3.0 app on Ethereum. Participants are given the opportunity to collaborate with like-minded peers to learn and build together, and also meet world-class founders who built some of the most successful apps on Ethereum to understand best practices and common pitfalls. Preethi Kasireddy, Founder of DappCamp, started her crypto journey while at a16z and later joined Coinbase as a software engineer. After teaching herself Ethereum Dapp development during the 2017 ICO boom she built smart contracts for various crypto projects and created TruStory where she and her team built a blockchain on Cosmos. She also writes a great blog which often see her posts go viral. Preethi joined us to chat about how her journey in crypto has evolved, her love of writing, learning and teaching, why she created DappCamp, and being a woman in the crypto space. Topics covered in this episode: Preethi's background and how she got into crypto Her early days with Coinbase and TruStory Preethi's love of writing which led to her blog DappCamp What are the major struggles people face with learning web3 development? Opportunities for DappCamp graduates How DappCamp will evolve in the future Being a woman in crypto Keeping up to date with the crypto industry Episode links: DappCamp Preethi’s Blog DappCamp Twitter Preethi’s Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/459…

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Peter Van Valkenburgh: Coin Center – The Sanction on Tornado Cash 1:39:01

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On August 8, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash, citing allegations it helped North Korea's Lazarus hacker group launder millions of dollars worth of crypto proceeds stolen from various crypto projects over the past few years. Coin Center believe that OFAC has overstepped its legal authority by adding certain Tornado Cash smart contract addresses to the Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons (SDN) List, potentially violating US Americans' constitutional rights to due process and free speech. Peter Van Valkenburgh, Director of Research at Coin Center, joined us for an in-depth look at how OFAC operates, why he believes this sanctioning represents an overreach, what's next for Tornado Cash, and what this means for the rest of the blockchain ecosystem. Topics covered in this episode: An overview of the Tornado Cash case What is the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)? How is it determined who gets on the OFAC list? What happens to you if you're on the list? Does this only apply to US Americans? How does one get removed from the list? What did Tornado Cash do wrong, and what should they have done? Is there an acceptable level of maliciousness within the system? Comparison to PGP Why Tornado Cash was targeted over other privacy enhancing tools The reaction from the crypto ecosystem Episode links: OFAC - The Office of Foreign Assets Control Coin Center Tornado Cash on Twitter Coin Center on Twitter Peter on Twitter Join the Epicenter team! Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/458…

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Ethan Frey: CosmWasm – The Smart Contracting Platform for Cosmos 1:14:28

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CosmWasm is a smart contracting platform built for the Cosmos ecosystem. It's the Cosmos (Cosm) way of using WebAssembly (Wasm). CosmWasm is written as a module that can plug into the Cosmos SDK, meaning that anyone currently building a blockchain using the Cosmos SDK can quickly and easily add CosmWasm smart contracting support to their chain, without adjusting existing logic. We were joined by the project's founder, Ethan Frey, for a deep dive into what WebAssembly is and the benefits of its integration with Cosmos SDK, its interaction with IBC and use cases for other cross-chain apps, and the roadmap ahead. Topics covered in this episode: Ethan's background and how he got into crypto and in particular Cosmos What Ethan worked on during his time at Tendermint Why CosmWasm was created What is WebAssembly and what are its advantages How does WebAssembly compare with the EVM? What are the pros and cons of developing Cosmos SDK modules vs building things in CosmWasm? How CosmWasm interacts with the IBC module The roadmap for CosmWasm Potential use cases on cross-chain CosmWasm apps The CosmWasm Academy Episode links: CosmWasm CosmWasm Academy WYND DAO CosmWasm on Twitter Join the Epicenter team! Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/457…

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Brett Scott: Cloudmoney – The Future of Cash 1:11:14

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A cashless society - one where paper and coin currency is no longer used and instead replaced with electronic transactions. Many countries are already moving in this direction with benefits noted as including lower crime rates and reduced money laundering, and of course convenience. But going cashless does have its downsides. Brett Scott is the author of Cloudmoney, a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech, which requires physical cash to be replaced by digital money or 'cloudmoney'. Diving beneath the surface of the global financial system, He uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure waging a covert war on cash, as banking and tech companies promote a cashless society under the banner of progress. He joins us to dive deeper into the thesis behind his book and to share his views on how cryptocurrency and blockchain fits into this. Topics covered in this episode: Brett's background and how he got into the Fintech space The central thesis of Cloudmoney The meaning of 'not all money is created equally' The arguments around Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Privacy and the value of digital payment data Central bank digital currency Brett's views on the blockchain industry IOU vs money as a commodity Where to buy Brett's book Episode links: Cloudmoney Brett's newsletter Brett on Twitter Join Epicenter as our Community Manager Sponsors: Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/456…

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Stephane Gosselin & Vasiliy Shapovalov: MEV-Boost – Preparing for the Merge 1:18:17

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Flashbots has pioneered the work around MEV which has become one of the most important topics in crypto today. MEV-Boost is an implementation of proposer-builder separation (PBS) built by Flashbots for proof of stake Ethereum. Validators running MEV-Boost maximize their staking reward by selling their blockspace to an open market while protecting Ethereum decentralization. It is estimated that validators running MEV-Boost can increase their staking rewards by over 60%. MEV-Boost is free, open-source, and neutral software. Lido has become the leading liquid staking solution on Ethereum with a huge amount of stake and has also taken on a key role in shaping the future of staking on Ethereum. We were joined by Stephane Gosselin, co-founder of Flashbots, to chat about MEV and the importance of MEV-Boost, how it works and it's impact on Ethereum. Also joining the chat is Vasiliy Shapovalov, Tech Lead at Lido, to share with us the significant impact MEV-Boost will have on Lido. Topics covered in this episode: Stephane and Vasily introductions What is MEV and why is it important? MEV supply chain and the centralization risks with it The significance of MEV for Lido Lido MEV policy for node operators The economics around MEV-Boost Flashbot Protect - will this still exist in MEV-Boost? Beyond Ethereum - what are the solution for cross-chain MEV The impact of L2s and rollups on MEV and MEV-Boost Timelines as we approach The Merge Episode links: Flashbots Lido MEV-Boost in a nutshell Why your blockchain needs an MEV solution - Hasu Stephane on Twitter Vasily on Twitter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/455…

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Epicenter Hosts – Is the Ethereum Roadmap the Right Path for Eth Holders? 1:10:56

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An interesting question that has sparked debate in the Twittersphere and amongst our hosts. Hear as Meher, Friederike and Brian discuss scaling visions currently in the ecosystem, with particular focus on Ethereum Layer 2s and whether or not this is a good path forward for holders of Eth. Topics covered in this episode: Introduction to the hosts Meher's opinions and recent twitter thread on Ethereum How Layer 1s and Layer 2s work together Smart contract sharding Bitcoin vs Ethereum Solana The Ethereum roadmap from here Episode links: Meher's twitter thread Epicenter - About Us Brian on Twitter Friederike on Twitter Sponsors: Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/454…

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Bettina Boon Falleur, Griff Green & Jerome de Tychey: EthCC 5 – A Recap of This Year's Event 39:48

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EthCC is over for another year and what a week it was! 6 stages, 2,000 attendees, over 200 speakers, 40 hours of talks and content, 40 sponsors, and 130 side events (and parties) all over Paris. The Ethereum France team pulled it off again with the fifth edition of the Ethereum Community Conference bringing the community together in the city of love. Keeping with tradition we did an EthCC recap panel and were joined by Ethereum France President Jerome de Tychey, EthCC Project Manager Bettina Boon Falleur, and Founder of Giveth Griff Green. We talk about the standout moments of this year's event, how the conference has grown over the years, NFT tickets, the European Ethereum community, and the future of EthCC. Episode links: EthCC 5 Ethereum France Giveth Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/453…

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Mona El Isa: Enzyme – The Future of Asset Management 1:21:33

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Enzyme Finance, previously named Melon, is a decentralized protocol built on Ethereum (ETH) that allows users to create, manage and invest in custom crypto asset management vehicles onchain. Using Enzyme Smart Vaults, individuals and communities can build, scale and monetize investment strategies that employ the newest innovations in decentralized finance. Enzyme enables Depositors to interact with Vaults in a way that is non-custodial and requires minimal trust between parties. Vault Managers can be bound to performing certain actions or forbidden from others. We were joined by Mona El Isa, CEO & founder at Avantgarde Finance and Enzyme Finance, for the second time after her first appearance 5 years ago. We chat about the transition from Melon to Enzyme and the current state of the protocol, how vaults work on the platform, decentralized governance and how to survive a bear market. Topics covered in this episode: The transition from Melon to Enzyme Has the vision for Enzyme changed? How does the protocol work? Choosing your vault and redeemability Who are Enzyme users? Becoming a vault manager and sharing your vault 24/7 reporting The MLN token Governance - Enzyme’s path to decentralization Episode links: Episode 158 - The Polkadot Protocol – One Blockchain to Connect Them All Enzyme Enzyme on Twitter Mona on Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/452…

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Tim Beiko: Ethereum Foundation – The Ethereum Merge 1:09:34

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The hotly anticipated Ethereum merge due later this year, will see the joining of the existing execution layer of Ethereum (the Mainnet we use today) with its new proof-of-stake consensus layer, the Beacon Chain. It eliminates the need for energy-intensive mining and instead secures the network using staked ETH. This is a truly exciting step in the Ethereum vision of more scalability, security, and sustainability. Tim Beiko, Protocol Support for the Ethereum Foundation, is heavily involved in the project. He joined us to give some deep insights into governance within Ethereum, a full update on how the merge is coming along and the next steps, and how Ethereum will look post-merge. Topics covered in this episode: Tim's background and how he got involved in the space Unpacking governance on Ethereum The Ethereum client ecosystem The current state of Ethereum's testnet landscape The Merge: what is it, and where do we stand? What is coming next in the lead up to the merge and how is success measured? How did the very recent Sepolia test go? Scaling - what will the ecosystem look like post-merge? The Ethereum roadmap Episode links: Nebular Summit Ethereum Foundation The Merge Ethereum on Twitter Tim on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Joseph Schweitzer. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/451…

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Josh Lehman: Urbit – The Peer-to-Peer Network Re-Decentralizing the Internet 1:14:15

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Urbit is an exciting new operating system and peer-to-peer network that’s simple by design, built to last forever, and 100% owned by its users. Under the hood it's a from-scratch software stack compact enough that individual developers can understand and control it completely. Urbit deconstructs the client-server model in favor of a federated network of personal servers with built-in, cryptographically-owned identity, each of which is capable of distributing and running their own applications that communicate over the Urbit network. We were joined by the Executive Director of the Urbit Foundation, Josh Lehman, who explained in depth how the Urbit ecosystem was built and now runs, the advantages of the network from user and developer perspectives, the bridge with crypto, and how the roadmap for the kernel is looking going forward. Topics covered in this episode: Josh's background and how he became involved with Urbit An overview of Urbit and the current state of the system What’s changed about Urbit over the last three years Urbit's address space consisting of galaxies, stars and planets What Urbit applications are and how they differ from iphone applications or a dApps The advantages of the Urbit user and developer experiences The connection between Urbit and crypto The projects currently being built on Urbit - Holium, Uqbar, Tirrel What the roadmap for the underlying Urbit kernel looks like How you can get involved Episode links: Episode 205 - A Digital Republic Reinventing the Internet Urbit Urbit Grants Urbit on Twitter Josh on Twitter Sponsors: Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/450…

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Jamal Raees & Yanni Giannaros: Wyre – Using Blockchain for Cross-Border Payments 1:09:43

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Wyre is a leading fiat-to-cryptocurrency and payment infrastructure company for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In blockchain time, Wyre has been around forever -- it was founded in 2013. Wyre leverages blockchain to facilitate cross-border payments, bridging the gap between traditional payment processing and digital assets. Focusing on developers, the company provides easy-to-integrate APIs which enable thousands of developers to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. The company has “on-ramped” over 15 million end users to their partners and has processed over $10B in payments since inception. We were joined by Co-founder and CEO Yanni Giannaros, and Director of Crypto Strategy Jamal Raees, to chat about payments applications in general and in web3, how Wyre works on a technical and business level including regulatory constraints, their recent acquisition by Bolt, and the roadmap for the platform. Topics covered in this episode: The history of Wyre and the changes they have seen in the space over the past 10 years Yanni and Jamal's backgrounds and how they met A technical overview of Wyre The challenges of running an onramp Bolt's recent acquisition of Wyre Payments applications in web 3 - what works and what doesn't The Wyre business model and fees The jurisdictional restrictions for using Wyre and Yanni and Jamal's thoughts on the current regulatory environment The future of crypto interfaces The Wyre roadmap Episode links: Wyre Wyre on Twitter Yanni on Twitter Jamal on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/449…

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Ed Felten: Arbitrum – The Layer 2 Scaling Solution Increasing Speed and Reducing Fees 1:28:18

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Arbitrum is a Layer 2 scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain which helps reduce high transaction gas fees. Arbitrum uses a multi-round optimistic rollup that regularly checks in with Ethereum’s main chain. OG cypherpunk and ex deputy CTO of the USA, Ed Felten, is one of the creators of Arbitrum. He joined us for an in depth chat about how transactions are processed on the protocol, who validates them, what the security guarantees are, and how the economics will work in the longer term. Topics covered in this episode: Ed's background (including his time as deputy CTO of the USA!) and what led him to creating Arbitrum A walk back to pre-blockchain crypto Why Arbitrum chose to build on top of Ethereum What are roll-ups and what's the user experience with them on Arbitrum? A deep dive into how transactions work on Arbitrum How nodes work on the platform Transaction fees on Arbitrum How is Arbitrum designed differently to Optimism? Arbitrum and bridges to ETH and other assets How will different scaling solutions co-exist in the future? Episode links: Arbitrum Arbitrum on Twitter Ed on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/448…

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Arjun Bhuptani: Connext – Speeding Up Secure Bridges Between Chains 1:15:15

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Connext is a crosschain liquidity network that speeds up fully-noncustodial transfers between EVM-compatible crosschains (xapps) and L2 systems. Connext works in tandem with nomad bridge technology, enabling fast transfer of value between blockchains and interchain DeFi protocols. Their goal is to create a world where users never need to know what chain or rollup they're on, and developers can build applications that utilize resources from many chains/rollups simultaneously. We were joined by Connext founder Arjun Bhuptani to chat about bridge technology in general, Connext's pivot from state channels to bridges, their recent partnership with Nomad, and what is coming next. Topics covered in this episode: Arjun's background and how he got into the space Arjun's involvement with the Moloch DAO What is Connext? The history of interoperability Connext and the bridges they utilize Connext's partnership with Nomad Bridge hacks Finality and rollbacks - dealing with reorgs and probabilistic finality What is Connext's capital efficiency model Episode links: Connext Nomad Connext / Nomad partnership Connext on Twitter Arjun on Twitter Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/447…

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Dan Finlay: MetaMask – The ETH Based Wallet for Swaps and dApps 1:10:14

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MetaMask is the de-facto standard self-custodial wallet for Ethereum. It started off as a web browser extension on chromium. More recently, it also launched a mobile app. MetaMask allows you to interact with decentralized applications (dapps) natively. We were joined by Dan Finlay, Founder & Group Manager at MetaMask, to chat about the motivation for building MetaMask, the security of the platform, decentralization, the future of seed phrases and much more! Topics covered in this episode: Dan's background and how he got into the space The journey of creating MetaMask Consensys Why this was built as a browser extension MetaMask mobile: What’s the scope? How do people use it? Number of MetaMask accounts, funds stored in MetaMask wallets and some use cases Security on the platform The future of seed phrases How thinking has shifted from smart wallers to EoA's with enhanced capabilities What is MetaMask Snaps? When will we see the MetaMask token? Episode links: MetaMask Forum Twitter Dan on Twitter Sponsors: CowSwap: CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Felix Lutsch. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/446 "…

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Nick Johnson: ENS – An Update on the Global Naming System for Ethereum 57:56

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The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) allows users to register .eth domain names, which can be used natively in some browsers and all Ethereum wallets. It provides a solution to long crypto addresses with a human-friendly format, analogous to DNS domain names that point to IP addresses. There are now 1.1 million registered domains on ENS. Nick Johnson, Lead Developer of ENS, was last on the show 5 years ago when ENS had just been created. We had him back on to give us an update on how the project had evolved and to chat about the kinds of content ENS domains point to, the ENS token airdrop, the governance of the platform, and the road ahead, particularly with respect to scaling solutions and spiralling Ethereum gas costs. Topics covered in this episode: What is Domain Name Service (DNS)? How do you register a top level domain? The relevance of ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) The kinds of content ENS domains point to and some use cases The fees associated with .eth domains The ENS token airdrop Governance - how the process of using delegates worked The kinds of decisions delegates have made so far Trading ENS tokens Nick's views on the major challenges facing the ethereum ecosystem today Episode links: Episode 183 - ENS – A Global Naming System for Ethereum ICANN ENS ENS Governance ENS on Twitter Nick on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/445…

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Stani Kulechov: Aave – 3.0 1:04:45

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Aave is an open-source moneymarket protocol. An Ethereum native, it's deployed on Avalanche and Polygon, with more than $1 billion deposited on each. V3 is now live on seven different blockchains, including Fantom, Arbitrum, Optimism and Harmony. Aave, which has a decentralized governance system, collects about $50 million in revenue per year to its treasury through its various activities, which makes it self-sustainable. Two years after his last visit to the show and after the recent Aave 3.0 release, we had Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave, back on to chat about governance within the DeFi space, his new project Lens Protocol, and the road ahead for not only his projects, but also the ecosystem as a whole. Topics covered in this episode: In view of the situation this week with Terra and UST, we hear Stani's take on stable coins and stable coin mechanisms and how this has evolved over time New collateral - how a collapse of an asset can affect lending markets Governance within Aave and DeFi protocols in general How interoperability looks for a lending protocol Stani's new project LensProtocol - the composable and decentralized social graph Why have other decentralized social networks not managed to take off? Stani's recent ban from Twitter #freestani The roadmap for both Aave and Lens over the next 2 years What is coming next for the ecosystem? Episode links: Aave Lens Protocol Aave on Twitter Lens on Twitter Stani on Twitter Sponsors: Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - CowSwap: CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/444…

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Chun Wang: stakefish – From Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake 47:38

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Chun Wang started mining Bitcoin in 2011 and later created F2Pool, one of the leading Proof-of-Work mining pools. Despite his deep involvement in Proof-of-Work, Chun also recognized the transformative impact of Proof-of-Stake and started stakefish. stakefish has become one of the leading staking provider. Chun joined us to talk about his journey and reflections on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Proof-of-Stake. We also dove into the topic of humans becoming a multi-planetary species and whether Bitcoin's consensus could be modified to allow mining on different planets. Topics covered in this episode: Chun's background and how he got into crypto Why he created the mining pool F2Pool The biggest differences between running validators like stakefish vs a mining pool like F2Pool What led him to build stakefish Chun's views on Ethereum Why Bitcoin is more decentralized than Ethereum The future of Proof-of-Stake Stakefish's Ethereum staking product Chun's thoughts of MEV and how will stakefish deal with it in the future Making Bitcoin multiplanetary Episode links: stakefish F2Pool stakefish on Twitter Chun on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/443…

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Florian Glatz: The European Crypto Initiative – Why Europe Needs a Regulatory Shift to Avoid Crypto Irrelevance 1:06:09

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Florian Glatz, blockchain.lawyer, is one of the most knowledgeable OG's at the intersection of crypto and law. He was last on the show 6 years ago when we talked in great detail about smart contracts and the DAO. We welcomed him back to discuss the regulatory environment, with a focus on Europe. We covered key topics like the recently floated Proof of Work ban, Travel of Funds Regulation (TFR), and Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) regulation. We also discussed the European Crypto Initiative, a new lobby organization that Florian co-founded, which is advocating for crypto-friendly regulation on a European level. Topics covered in this episode: What Florian got wrong about DAOs when he was on the show in 2016 The story of the Geman blockchain association Bundesblock that Florian co-founded and was president of The European Crypto Initiative - Why a European-level organization is needed The most important regulatory questions facing crypto today Why crypto taxation is a particularly challenging issue How will competition between different nation states play out? Whether we will see the rise of new nation states or digital nations Episode links: Episode 125 - Defining a Legal Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) The Sovereign individual blockchain.lawyer Florian on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/422…

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Kyle Samani & Tushar Jain: Multicoin Capital – An Update From the Thesis-Driven Investment Firm 1:23:19

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Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in the crypto space. They manage a hedge fund and a venture fund, investing across both public and private markets. Since their founding in 2017, they have become known for their high returns. We were joined by founders Kyle Samani and Tushar Jain, for Multicoin's third visit on the show, to chat about how they came together to form Multicoin, their current investment thesis and how it has evolved, and the road ahead in the blockchain ecosystem. Topics covered in this episode: Tushar and Kyle's backgrounds and what led to Multicoin Why did they choose to create an investing company? Their current investment thesis and how it has evolved Multicoin's decision to not invest in certain lucrative projects How they chose what to invest in The Proof of Physical Work thesis The process of how they select an investment and the strategy behind their portfolio Projects they regret not investing in A prediction of how the blockchain ecosystem will look in three years Dominance of DeFi Episode links: Episode 361 with Kyle Episode 223 with Kyle and Tushar Protocols dont capture value, DAOs manage risk - thesis Multicoin on Twitter Kyle on Twitter Tushar on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/441…

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Gregory Landua: Regen Network – The Blockchain for Planetary Regeneration 1:15:03

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Regen Network is a blockchain focused on ecological regeneration and reversing climate change. Their aim is to reinvent the economics of agriculture so that farmers are seen not only as food producers, but also as land stewards. Regen Network serve as the foundation on which which other projects and protocols may build upon and harness to execute their own climate-focused business models. Using a distributed ledger and modern remote sensing technology, the Regen team are creating new tools allowing humanity to reconnect with the environment. We were joined by CEO & Co-founder of Regen, Gregory Landua, to chat about what has motivated him to create Regen. We took a deep dive into how Regen Network works and especially discussed carbon credits and the Nature Carbon Ton (NCT), a novel carbon credit token they are launching. Topics covered in this episode: Gregory's background and what motivated him to create Regen Why he chose to build Regen on Cosmos What are carbon credits and how is their impact measured? How the Nature Carbon Ton (NCT) token works and what is the vision for how it evolves The 2 modules Regen have built on Cosmos SDK - Ecocredits and Data Regen 4.0 - what is coming next? Episode links: Regen website Regen on Medium Regen on Twitter Gregory on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/440…

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Felix Lutsch: Chorus One – On Proof-of-Stake, Interoperability & Crypto Markets 1:06:21

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Brian was joined by Felix Lutsch, CCO of Chorus One, for a discussion of what is going on in crypto today. The discussion included the evolving Proof-of-Stake landscape, the role of and trends around liquid staking and interoperability. They also discussed the crypto markets and the possible impact of a changing macro environment with increasing inflation. Topics covered in this episode: Felix's background and how he got into crypto How the staking landscape is evolving The increasing complexity within the staking industry and the impact this will bring, including compliance and MEV Liquid staking - where it is today and where it is headed Interoperability - IBC adoption, Terra, composability Crypto markets - inflation and predicting the future Episode links: Chorus One Chorus One on Twitter Felix on Twitter The Q-Trap by Arthur Hayes Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/439…

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Adrian Brink & Christopher Goes: Anoma – The Blockchain 'Undefining Money' 1:15:11

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Anoma is a set of protocols that puts privacy front and center. It aims to facilitate “Self-Sovereign Communities” by providing tools that grant increased control to individuals and communities governing their day-to-day interactions and activities. We were joined by co-founders Adrian Brink and Christopher Goes, to help unravel the complex offering that is the Anoma Network. Hear as we chat about why they created Anoma, some use cases to explain how it works, and the roadmap going forward. Topics covered in this episode: What led Adrian and Christopher to starting their own PoS blockchain What 'undefining money' actually means How Anoma works The Namada blockchain Multi asset shielded pools - why aren't they used more often? A deep dive into the technical components of Anoma The relationship between Anoma and Namada Thoughts on FATF and recent moves to make sending KYC information with transactions mandatory Timelines for upcoming launches Episode links: Anoma Discord Anoma on Twitter Adrian on Twitter Christopher on Twitter Sponsors: Tally: Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash CowSwap: CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/438…

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Federico Kunze Küllmer: Evmos – The Ethereum Virtual Machine on Cosmos 1:11:00

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Leveraging the Cosmos SDK, Evmos is the first IBC-compatible EVM-based blockchain, bringing composability, interoperability, and fast finality to Ethereum. While much of the Cosmos ecosystem has embraced CosmWasm to deploy smart contracts, Evmos brings EVM capabilities to the Interchain and allows developers to write contracts in Solidity, the most widely used language in crypto. While the Evmos launch was halted in early March due to a critical vulnerability and a failed chain upgrade, the project is highly anticipated by the Cosmos community as it promises to bring speed, scale, and interoperability to Ethereum. This week, Sebastien was joined by the co-founder of Evmos, Federico Kunze Küllmer, to chat about the innovation that Evmos is bringing to the EVM ecosystem and the long-term vision for the project. This episode is an excerpt of an extended interview with Federico released on The Interop, a new podcast hosted by Sebastien Couture. To hear the full interview and subscribe to The Interop, check the episode links. Topics covered in this episode: Fede's background and how he got into crypto The early days at Tendermint and contributing to Ether Mint The delayed launch of the Evmos upgrade and how that has affected the project What innovation does Evmos bring to the EVM now and in the future Evmos' interoperability with other chains Bridges and the issue asset fungibility How sovereign chains will interact with smart contracts or addresses on Evmos What DeFi applications will be launched on Evmos Standout features of the token model Is fragmentation on the Interchain a good approach? Episode links: Hear the full interview on The Interop podcast Evmos Evmos on Twitter Federico on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/437…

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Laura Shin: The Cryptopians – Uncovering the Secrets of Early Ethereum 1:13:44

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After more than three years in the making, Laura Shin has just released her first book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze. In it she dives into the history of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO craze by telling the tale of the early tensions and power struggle that defined Ethereum's founding. It gives the inside story of The DAO, and depicts 2017's global initial coin offering tidal wave that boosted prices and fortunes. Laura Shin, former Forbes journalist, podcast host, and now author, joined us for a fascinating chat about the research that went into the book (including the 200+ interviews), revealing the infamous Ethereum hacker, and how the book has been received and her future plans for another. Topics covered in this episode: Laura's background and how she got into crypto Why did Laura choose to write this book? Researching for the book and the people she interviewed Laura's takeaways about the Ethereum founders The reveal of the hacker and the reactions from those close to them The Ethereum 'Shadow Government' The importance of Vitalik to Ethereum today and where he might be headed next Where are the other co-founders of Ethereum now? What's next for Laura? Episode links: Buy the book Laura Shin The Unchained Podcast Laura on Medium Laura on Twitter Sponsors: CowSwap: CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/436…

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Alex Blania: Worldcoin – The Eye Catching Crypto Coin 1:09:07

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Worldcoin is a start-up trying to engineer widespread adoption for its cryptocurrency by giving away tokens. Sound too good to be true? Depends how you look at it (literally). Participants must be willing to have their eyes scanned on registration by a proprietary iris scanner dubbed 'orb'. Worldcoin says the scan is necessary to prove that users are human and to verify they only register once. The start-up has attracted big investors but it has also raised concerns among an increasingly privacy-conscious public with some labeling it a MLM. We were joined by co-founder and CEO, Alex Blania, who explained the idea behind Worldcoin and the aspect of UBI, the current number of orbs in circulation and users, and he addresses the criticisms they have faced so far. Worldcoin is due to launch later this year. Topics covered in this episode: Alex's background and how he got into crypto The idea behind Worldcoin and the aspect of UBI How does the orb work? How they have reacted to some of the criticism regarding privacy and onboarding A deep dive into how the protocol works The incentive mechanism with Worldcoin An overview of Worldcoin users The corporate structure of Worldcoin Regulatory issues Episode links: Worldcoin Worldcoin on Twitter Alex on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/435…

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Amir Haleem: Helium – The People's Wireless Network 1:00:42

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Helium is a global, distributed network of long-range wireless coverage hotspots for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, powered by the Helium blockchain. Community run hotspots create 'The People’s Network' and they are rewarded with $HNT, the native cryptocurrency of the network, through the Proof-of-Coverage mechanism. Helium has managed to build the largest P2P network with over 600,000 hotspots and is now starting to deploy other networks like a 5g cellular network. We were joined by Founder and CEO of Helium, Amir Haleem, to chat about how Helium works and the most interesting use cases, how the Proof-of-Coverage mechanism allows the community to participate, and the road ahead for the network. Topics covered in this episode: What is a wireless network and what makes them so interesting The objective of Helium The use cases Amir is most interested in How cellular networks are utilized Helium and censorship resistance The architecture of the Helium Network Proof-of-coverage The HNT and Data Credit tokens The possibility of Helium becoming interoperable and hosting smart contracts The biggest challenges in Helium's future Episode links: Helium Helium on Twitter Amir on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally: Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/434…

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Sergey Gorbunov: Axelar – The Blockchain Interoperability Network 55:29

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Axelar is a highly scalable, decentralized blockchain that aims to connect all existing blockchains. The proof of stake network, built on the Cosmos-SDK, allows application developers to choose the best blockchain to deploy their applications and use Axelar’s cross-chain communication protocols to lock, unlock, and transfer assets between networks, as well as communicate with applications on other blockchains. Co-founder and CEO of Axelar, Sergey Gorbunov joined us to chat about his experience working on Algorand, the importance and future of interoperabilty protocols, and the vision behind Axelar. Topics covered in this episode: Sergey's background and how he got into crypto The lessons he learnt from his time at Algorand Why and how Axelar was built The future of interoperabilty protocols What are security challenges around interoperability Interoperability use cases beyond token transfers Atomic transactions with Alexar The road ahead for Axelar Episode links: Axelar Site Axelar Discord Axelar on Twitter Sergey on Twitter Nonconventional Podcast by Ela Crain Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/433…

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Gabriel Shipton & Stellar Magnet: AssangeDAO – The NFT Funding the Julian Assange Case 52:14

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It's been just short of 2 years since we had Julian Assange's father John, and Harry Halpin, on the show to chat about his imprisonment and the impact it could have on the crypto community. At that time it was unknown if/when Julian would be extradited to the US to face trial. On December 10 2021, the US government won its appeal of a British court ruling that barred Assange’s extradition to the US. On the very same day the AssangeDAO was born and now has a thriving community of 10k people behind it. The DAO raised over $50 million and the funds were used to bid on an NFT, Clock, which is part of a collection between Assange and digital artist Pak. The bid was successful and proceeds from the sale of the Clock NFT will go to support Assange’s legal defence fund and awareness campaign about the free speech implications of his case. We were joined by Julian's brother Gabriel, and Stellar Magnet, core contributors of the AssangeDAO. We spoke about Julian's case as it currently stands, how the DAO was born and why they chose to purchase the NFT, and the road ahead. Topics covered in this episode: Julian Assange and his imprisonment from his involvement with Wikileaks The Assange DAO and why an NFT was purchased with the funds raised What are the next step options that the DAO is considering? Where to learn more about the Assange DAO How to contribute Episode links: Episode 339 - What Julian Assange Represents to the Crypto Movement AssangeDAO site US based site UK based site AssangeDAO on Twitter Gabriel on Twitter Stellar on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/432…

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Alex Skidanov & Illia Polosukhin: NEAR Protocol – Scaling Blockchain to a Billion Users 1:20:47

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NEAR Protocol is a leading smart contract platform that aims for simplicity, security and scalability. NEAR was one of the first sharded blockchains and allows deploying smart contracts using Web Assembly on currently four different shards. NEAR's sharding design, Nightshade, splits the blocks into different segments, which allows for great scalability without negatively impacting user and developer experience. Since, its launch NEAR has evolved into one of the most active smart contract ecosystems. Illia and Alex, co-founders of NEAR, joined us to chat about the NEAR's protocol design and recent advances, such as the launch of Aurora, NEAR's EVM shard. We also discussed how their sharding solution works and how it can scale to support a massive amount of users and applications. Topics covered in this episode: Why Illia and Alex decided to build NEAR NEAR's core idea to scale through sharding NEAR’s Nightshade sharding design Dealing with interactions between programmes How cross-shard interoperability works Aurora - the EVM shard NEAR's focus on user experience Pagoda - the first web3 startup platform The biggest challenges ahead Episode links: NEAR Protocol Aurora NEAR on Twitter Alex on Twitter Illia on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally: Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/431…

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Kevin Owocki: Gitcoin – Building and Funding the Open Web 1:22:34

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Gitcoin is a platform which funds software developers for work in open source ecosystems. Open source creates value without capturing it: Gitcoin creates funding mechanism to correct the asymmetry between value created and value captured. So far they have raised $51million, which were then distributed to public goods projects. We were joined, for the second time, by Gitcoin's founder Kevin Owocki. Hear as we chat about quadratic and public good funding, the Internet of Jobs, and Kevin's book, Greenpilled - Regenerative CryptoEcononmics, which is out soon! Topics covered in this episode: An update on what's happened since Kevin was last on the show High level funding stats and measuring the success of Gitcoin Quadratic funding - why and how? Public good funding Impact DAOs and Regenerative CryptoEconomics Gitcoin's transformation to a DAO The Internet of Jobs (IoJ) - advantages and disadvantages Greenpilled - Kevin's book Episode links: Episode 257 - Gitcoin – Aligning Incentives in Open-Source Development Gitcoin results Greenpilled - Regenerative CryptoEconomics - book coming soon Take the Green Pill Gitcoin on Twitter Kevin on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe : Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally : Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/430…

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Dean Tribble: Agoric – The Secure JavaScript Smart Contracts Platform 1:17:09

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Agoric is an Proof-of-Stake blockchain built on the Cosmos-SDK that allows developers to create secure smart contracts written in JavaScript. It offers developers safe, reusable DeFi components and built-in economic primitives like a stablecoin, while connecting to the larger blockchain ecosystem via IBC. Besides covering the Agoric platform, we dove into the long prehistory with Agoric CEO Dean Tribble. Dean and his co-founders have been working on smart contracts and secure computing for decades, long before cryptocurrencies were invented, and a lot of that work shaped the Agoric platform today. We talked about underlying design principles like the Object Capability Security Model, but also the tradeoffs between Ethereum's model of scaling on a single chain versus the Cosmos model of sovereign chains interoperating asynchronously. Topics covered in this episode: Dean's background and how he got into crypto Smart contracts in pre-blockchain times Why was Agoric created? The Object Capability Security Model Why they chose to build on the Cosmos SDK and the problems that solves IBC transfers How much can Agoric scale? What's coming next for Agoric Episode links: Episode 286 - Agoric and the Decades-Long Quest for Secure Smart Contracts Agoric website Agoric on Twitter Dean on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One : Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/429…

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Zeus: Olympus DAO – The Decentralized Reserve Currency 1:20:06

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Olympus is a hotly debated project in the DeFi space. It posits to be a decentralized reserve currency protocol. Each OHM token is partially backed by the Olympus treasury, but how large the treasury is, depends on what is counted towards it. We would argue that OHM tokens should be discounted for this purpose. Users can interact with Olympus DAO through staking and bonding, which incentivizes users to deposit or sell their collateral to the Olympus treasury in return for discounted OHM tokens. We were joined by Olympus Founder Zeus to chat about why the protocol was created and how it works, and we address the debate about it being a Ponzi scheme. Topics covered in this episode: Zeus' background and how he got into crypto Why and how the OHM was created Bonding and staking within the protocol APY on Olympus DAO How Olympus would deal with a DAO run Is Olympus a Ponzi? The goals for Olympus this year Episode links: Olymus DAO website Olympus Discord Olympus on Twitter Zeus on Twitter Sponsors: Tally : Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash CowSwap : CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Zubin Koticha. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/428…

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Auryn Macmillan & Kei Kreutler: Zodiac – The Expansion Pack for DAOs 1:10:11

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Zodiac is a collection of tools built according to an open standard which proposes a composable design philosophy for DAOs. Built by the Gnosis Guild team, this extension pack for DAOs enables connection between platforms, protocols, and chains, no longer confined to monolithic designs. It not only changes access, but bridges chains, organizations, and networks through DAO-to-DAO (D2D) collaboration mechanisms. We were joined by Kei Kreuther and Auryn Macmillan, founders of Gnosis Guild, a core contributor to the Zodiac platform. Hear as we chat about the rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, the Zodiac Toolset and how it works, and the future of DAOs in not only the blockchain space but also in the real economy. Topics covered in this episode: Kei and Auryn's backgrounds and how they got into crypto Where DAOs came from and the arc of their evolution The overlap between DAOs and cooperatives Unraveling the abundance of DAO tools The components and modules of the Zodiac Toolset The types of legacy organizations or governance structures that are most ripe to transition into DAOs The future of DAOs and their place within the real economy Episode links: A prehistory of DAOs Ep 33 - Reality Keys – A Certificate Authority for Facts What DAOs and Cooperatives can learn from each other Fostering Worker Cooperatives with Blockchain Technology: Lessons from the Colony Project Gnosis Guild Blog Zodiac Gnosis Guild Discord Gnosis Guild on Twitter Kei on Twitter Auryn on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One : Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/427…

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Harry Halpin & Jaya Klara Brekke: Nym – The Next Generation of Global Privacy 1:10:35

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The current lack of privacy on the internet exposes billions of people to mass surveillance and data breaches, undermining trust in digital services and stifling innovation. Nym is a mixnet and develops the infrastructure to prevent this data leakage by protecting every packet’s metadata at the network and application layers. We were joined by Nym's CEO & Founder Harry Halpin, and CSO Jaya Klara Brekke, to chat about the threat mass surveillance has on society, what Nym sets out to do and take a deep dive into the architecture of the protocol. Topics covered in this episode: Harry and Jaya's backgrounds and how they got into crypto Harry's personal experience with surveillance Mass surveillance on the internet The rationale behind the cypherpunk manifesto “transparency for the powerful, privacy for the rest of us” The 'general public's' attitude towards privacy The Nym infrastructure, purpose and benefits How Nym works with other applications How does incentivization work Harry's relationship with Julian Assange Episode links: “Privacy for end users, transparency for the infrastructure” blog post Ep 339 - What Julian Assange Represents to the Crypto Movement Nym website Main Telegram Node Setup Help Chat GitHub Documentation YouTube Harry on Twitter Jaya on Twitter Nym on Twitter Sponsors: Tally : Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash CowSwap : CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/426…

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Guy Zyskind: Secret Network – Bringing Privacy to Blockchain 1:01:38

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Formerly Enigma, Secret Network is a blockchain-based, open-source protocol built using the Cosmos SDK. It uses Trusted Execution Environments on nodes to marry privacy-by-default with smart contracts. We welcomed Guy Zyskind, Founder & CEO of Secret Network, back on the show to chat about the progression of the project into the new protocol and why this is now built on Cosmos, advantages and drawbacks in using Trusted Execution Environments and SGX technology over cryptography only, and why people might want to keep NFTs private. Topics covered in this episode: Guy's background and how he got into crypto How Enigma/Secret Network evolved Why the Switch to Cosmos? Trusted Execution Environment and SGX The levels of privacy within the network Why CosmWasm? The future of SGX computation Secret contracts interacting with other IBC enabled chains The types of applications running on Secret today NFTs on Secret Episode links: Episode 246 - Enigma Secret Network Discord Secret Network on Twitter Guy on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/425…

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Amir Taaki, Ivan Jelincic & Rose O'Leary: DarkFi – Let There Be Dark (Part 2 of 2) 1:14:48

לפני 4 years1:14:48

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The DarkFi squad return for the second part of this 2 part episode. We chat about the FreeAssange DAO, totalitarianism in crypto, and hear about Amir's early involvement in many projects including Bitcoin, DarkMarket (OpenBazaar) and even Ethereum. Diving a bit more technical, we also cover the DarkFi platform, a new blockchain that prioritizes privacy. As a base layer for anonymous applications and smart contracts, it's a multichain interoperable, and open source product that anyone can build any type of applications on utilizing zero-knowledge proof. Topics covered in this episode: The Free Assange DAO Is transparency ever a good thing? DarkMarket Totalitarianism in crypto Amir shares his views on Ethereum Solarpunk Episode links: Dark.Fi DarkFi manifesto DarkFi Element channel DarkFi on Twitter Amir on Twitter Rose on Twitter Ivan on Twitter The Dark Forest Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally: Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/424…

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Amir Taaki, Ivan Jelincic & Rachel-Rose O'Leary: DarkFi – Let There Be Dark (Part 1 of 2) 1:15:42

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DarkFi is a new DeFi platform that prioritizes privacy. As a base layer for anonymous applications and smart contracts, it's a multichain interoperable, and open source product that anyone can build any type of application on utilising zero knowledge proof. The goal is to create a universe that anyone can access irrespective of their nationality or political beliefs. Amir Taaki, Rachel-Rose O'Leary and Ivan Jelincic, the members of the squad, joined us to chat about the importance of darkness and privacy within crypto utilizing zero knowledge proof technology. This is a 2-part series and in the next episode we explore AMMs, and the Free Assange DAO Topics covered in this episode: An introduction to the DarkFi team and how they got into crypto Darkness and why it's important The crisis of civilization in the West Crypto anarchy The connection between crypto and moral fiber The problems within crypto DarkFi is aiming to solve and how they are doing it Episode links: DarkFi Element channel DarkFi on Twitter Amir on Twitter Rose on Twitter Ivan on Twitter The Dark Forest The Sovereign Individual Secular Cycles Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/423…

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Joey Santoro: Fei Protocol – Introducing Fei v2 1:28:38

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Fei Protocol is a decentralized, liquid, and scalable stablecoin platform, based on a new concept called Protocol Controlled Value (PCV). After a rocky start, Fei is now back on the road to growth with an upcoming v2 and one of the biggest token mergers in crypto history. On the day before the Fei v2 launch, we were joined by Founder Joey Santoro to chat about the differences between v1 and v2, how the platform works on a PCV model, TRIBE and protocol governance, and the Rari merger. Topics covered in this episode: Joey's background and how he got into crypto and stablecoins specifically The Fei launch The mechanisms of Fei v1 Redeemability Use cases of Fei The Fei PCV system and Balancer's role The Rari Merger What's next for Fei Episode links: Fei Protocol Discord Fei on Twitter Joey on Twitter Sponsors: Tally : Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash Gnosis Safe : Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Statelayer. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/422…

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Epicenter – The Hosts Look Back on 2021 1:32:21

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2021 was an exciting year for the crypto space. We've seen all time market highs, dramatic regulatory shifts, and some use cases hit the main stream. 4 of our hosts got together to dissect the standout events of this year, and share their predictions for what is coming next. Topics covered in this episode: The NFT explosion of 2021 The DeFi bluechip decline Layer 1 wars & bridges DAO proliferation, tooling, and emergence of new organization paradigms Return of Dogecoin Bitcoin in El Salvador Looking ahead - crypto and its tax implications The future of MEV Urbit Episode links: Episode 374 - The Great Epicenter Host Extravaganza 2021 Epicenter - About Us Brian on Twitter Friederike on Twitter Sebastien on Twitter Sunny on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One : Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/421…

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Nicolas Julia: Sorare – Marrying Fantasy Sports and NFTs 1:19:51

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Sorare is a blockchain sports game which bridges fantasy football and NFT collectibles. A player collects a team of players in the form of NFTs and based on the performance of the players in the real world, scores points. At the end of the tournament, the Sorare participant is ranked and earns rewards. Nicolas Julia, Co-founder & CEO of Sorare, created the game in 2018, way before the NFT craze of 2021. He joined us to chat about fantasy sports and what convinced him of NFTs, working in the football industry and the impact of licenses, and the regulatory push backs they have faced as a company. Topics covered in this episode: Nicolas' background and how he got to into the crypto space How Nicolas got into NFTs in 2018 An overview of fantasy sports and Sorare Why did Sorare choose to work with licenses and how they work The challenges of working in the football industry Sorare as a Web3 product The size and value of the Sorare community Regulatory push backs against Sorare The motivations behind the numerous platform transitions The biggest entrepreneurial lessons Nicolas took away from his time at Stratumn and his vision for Sorare Episode links: Sorare website Sorare Community Discord Sorare on Twitter Nicolas on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe : Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/420…

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Emin Gün Sirer: Avalanche 1:02:00

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Avalanche is an open, scalable, and secure smart contracts platform. It targets three broad use cases; building application-specific blockchains, building and launching highly scalable decentralized applications (dapps), and building arbitrarily complex digital assets with custom rules, covenants, and riders (smart assets). It prides itself off on being blazingly fast, low cost, and eco-friendly. Emin Gün Sirer is the Founder & CEO of the Avalanche network. He is also a long time friend of the show, and joined us again for the 4th time after a 5 year break to share his journey since then, which led him to creating Avalanche. We also dove deep into the technical aspects of the protocol and how it fits into the blockchain ecosystem as a whole. Topics covered in this episode: Gun's journey over the past 5 years which led him to creating Avalanche The unique features and trade-offs in the protocol A deep dive into bridging within Avalanche MEV extraction within the protocol Avalanche consensus - reliance on seed anchors Episode links: Episode 76 - From Selfish Miners to The Miner’s Dilemma Episode 103 - Bitcoin-NG – Scientists Versus the Church Ep 134 - On a Rocky DAO Avalanche Ava Labs Avalanche on Twitter Gun on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/419…

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Anatoly Yakovenko: Solana – at Breakpoint 53:17

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Solana has pursued the vision of a single, fast and scalable blockchain from the start. Today, it has become one of the fastest growing ecosystems in crypto with hundreds of projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, Web3, and more. Last week 2,000 attendees descended on Lisbon for the first-ever Solana conference, Breakpoint. We caught up with Co-founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko at the event for a chat about the Solana journey and some of the most important questions they are facing today around decentralization, scalability, governance, and MEV. Topics covered in this episode: Solana's origin story and thesis The current state of Solana What censorship resistance is and why it matters Solana's bottlenecks and remaining scaling challenges Anatoly's views on governance Solana and Miner Extractable Value (MEV) Rollups as an Ethereum scaling solution Market and adoption cycle Episode links: Episode 312 with Anatoly Breakpoint Solana on Twitter Anatoly on Twitter Sponsors: CowSwap : CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/418…

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Jerry Brito & Peter Van Valkenburgh: Coin Center – The Current US Regulatory Landscape for Crypto 1:15:23

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Coin Center is an independant not-profit research and advocacy organisation focused on the public policy issues that affect cryptocurrencies and open permisionless blockchain networks. Their mission is to build a better understanding of technologies like Ethereum and Bitcoin and to promote a regulatory climate that preserves free speech and privacy. Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh joined us for a fascinating chat about the current regulatory landscape in the US and how that might affect the crypto ecosystem going forward. Topics covered in this episode: An overview of Coin Center How the political and regulatory has changed in the past 2 years since the release of Libra The regulatory topics currently impacting the US Ransomware and investor protection law Is the consumer protection force too tough? The Infrastructure Bill The US vs Europe approach The future of the ecosystem Episode links: Epicenter Episode 296 with Jerry Epicenter Episode 227 with Peter Coin Center on Twitter Jerry on Twitter Peter on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One : Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/417…

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Jérôme de Tychey: Cometh – The Blockchain Game at the Intersection of NFTs and DeFi 1:26:19

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Cometh is a game on Ethereum that lets users own yield-generating NFTs, integrating both DeFi and NFT features into a single, fun gaming experience. As a player, you control spaceships (also called astronomers) orbiting around giant stars and your goal is to position yourself close to the asteroids (also known as smart asteroids) passing by. When you are close enough, you will be able to mine tokens from that asteroid. Jerome de Tychey, founder of the project, joined us to chat about how the game works, interactions with AMMs and lending protocols, and the future of blockchain gaming. Topics covered in this episode: Jerome's background and his involvement building the French Ethereum community Jerome's role at Ledger and ConsenSys An overview of Cometh and how the game works How Cometh interacts with AMMs and lending protocols The game’s native tokens: MUST and DUST Cometh's use of Polygon and the launch of its own layer-2 network How Cometh taps into the existing NFT world The potential for games built on top of existing DeFi infrastructure The future of blockchain gaming and NFTs Episode links: Cometh Docs on Cometh Github GeckoCon Cometh on Twitter Jerome on Twitter Sponsors: CowSwap : CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity - including other dex aggregators such as Paraswap, 1inch and Matcha - offering the best prices on all trades. It provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/416…

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Ariah Klages-Mundt & Lewis Gudgeon: Gyroscope – The All-Weather Stablecoin 1:05:34

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Gyroscope is an "all-weather stablecoin" that is backed by a reserve portfolio that tries to diversify across many risk factors. By maintaining a reserve of many decorrelated assets, it makes Gyro Dollars more resilient, similar to how it is hard to move a spinning gyroscope. In a market where there's an explosion of new stablecoins, Gyroscope attempts to find a niche by providing a very stable and resilient option. We were joined by co-founders Lewis Gudgeon and Ariah Klages-Mundt to chat about how Gyroscope works and their strategy to try to make it a standard throughout DeFi. Topics covered in this episode: Their backgrounds and how they got into crypto An overview of the Gyroscope Stablecoin The collateral being used The mechanism used for stabilizing reserves Use cases of the Gyrodollar SAMMs and PAMMs Leverage loans Governance within the protocol The goals of the current testnet How to get involved Episode links: Gyroscope Discord Gyroscope blog Twitter Lewis on Twitter Ariah on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/415…

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Alessio Delmonti: PieDAO – The Asset Manager for Tokenized Portfolios 58:34

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PieDAO is is a decentralized asset manager for tokenized portfolios and enables anyone to create allocations for both crypto and traditional assets. PIES are non-custodial pools available to anyone in the world with an internet connection. PIES require no minimum deposits for users. DOUGH is the token that governs the platform. Token holders are given voting rights on all decisions. We were joined by the Founder of PieDAO, Alessio Delmonti, to talk about how the project works and why he is so committed to making wealth creation more accessible to all. Topics covered in this episode: Alessio's background and how he got into crypto Alessio's views on 'financial inclusion' What is PieDAO and its mission A breakdown of the different components of PieDAO NFTs in PieDAO Using ETFs in their methodologies KPI options and how that plays into governance The PieDAO Oven The roadmap for the project Episode links: PieDAO The Oven PieDAO Discord Governance Forum PieDAO on Twitter Alessio on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/414…

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Jeff Wu & Teddy Woodward: Notional Finance – The Fixed-Rate Lending Protocol 1:07:17

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Notional is a protocol on Ethereum that facilitates fixed-rate, fixed-term crypto asset lending and borrowing. The core concept of Notional is fCash, a zero-compound bond defined by a currency type and maturity date. Notional’s liquidity pools are built by liquidity providers who contribute cTokens and fCash and act as counterparty to the lenders and borrowers that are active on the protocol. We were joined by co-founders Teddy Woodward and Jeff Wu to chat about the benefits and tradeoffs of fixed rate interest borrowing, how Notional operates, and comparisons to other lending protocols in the space. Topics covered in this episode: Teddy and Jeff's backgrounds and how they got into crypto The benefits of a fixed rate over a variable interest rate loan The product from a user perspective The role of liquidity providers in the protocol Tradeoffs of using Notional as opposed to other lending platforms Lender and borrower obligations How Notional maintain security The ERC1155 token standard which is implemented on fCash The maturity parameter and how it's determined The Notional governance model Episode links: Notional Finance Notional Discord Notional on Twitter Teddy on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One : Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/413…

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Vasiliy Shapovalov: Lido – The Liquid Staking Solution for Ethereum 2.0 1:01:07

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Lido is a DAO that provides a liquid staking solution for Ethreum 2.0. It lets users stake their Ether, without locking assets or needing to maintain infrastructure, whilst participating in on-chain activities. Lido attempts to solve the problems associated with initial Ethereum 2.0 staking - illiquidity, minimum requirements, immovability and accessibility, by making staked Ether liquid and allowing for participation in DeFi. Vasiliy Shapovalov, Co-founder of Lido, joined us to talk about all things Ethereum staking and the benefits of liquid staking with Lido. Topics covered in this episode: Vasiliy's background and how he got into crypto An overview of Lido and the problem it solves How Ethereum 2.0 staking works Lido's fee structure and business model Lido's governance model and the LDO token How the ETH/stETH peg is maintained Liquid staking and its role in DeFi Lido for other blockchain networks like Solana The LEGO Grant program Episode links: Lido Vasiliy's talk at EthCC Lido on Twitter Vasiliy on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe : Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/412…

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Nevin Freeman: Reserve – Stable Currency as a Human Right 1:03:41

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The Reserve project is on a mission to provide every person in the world access to stable currency. They are working to rebuild financial services in countries such as Argentina and Venezuela, that have suffered from high inflation and ongoing currency devaluation. The protocol is designed to host a completely decentralized stablecoin that can not be manipulated by governments, with an end goal of a fully self-sustainable platform with decentralized governance and developments. We were joined by Co-founder & CEO, Nevin Freeman, to chat about Reserve's focus in Latin America, their support of activism, and the road ahead for the project. Topics covered in this episode: Nevin's background and how he got into crypto What is Reserve and what is the problem it's solving How do they get around regulatory pushbacks in Latin America The main components of the Reserve system - RSV and RSR Tackling high gas fees Reserve's go to market strategy and why the focus on Latin America Why Reserve encourage's activism Reserve's goal to eradicate hyperinflation The connection with Peter Tiel (Paypal) The Reserve business model Episode links: Reserve Reserve on Twitter Nevin on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/411…

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Jordi Baylina: Hermez – ZK Technology for Scaling Ethereum 58:32

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Hermez is an open-source ZK-Rollup optimised for secure, low-cost and usable token transfers on the wings of Ethereum. The Hermez network team is currently developing the next version of the decentralised ZK-Rollup with full support of Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) by making a full set of zkEVM opcodes. Jordi Baylina, the Technical Lead at Hermez, joined us to chat about how the protocol works, the recent merge with Polygon, and the roadmap leading to Eth2.0. Topics covered in this episode: Jordi's involvement in the infamous DAO hack The Giveth community he created with Griff Green How Hermez use EVM opcodes to combine zk and EVM How the protocol works as a user How do token transfers work? Currently the advantage is in scaling, could this also translate to privacy? Hermez's merge with Polygon - how the joint model will look The Hermez roadmap and how it fits with Eth2.0 Jordi's views on the future of blockchain Episode links: Hermez Giveth Jordi at EThCC 2021 Hermez on Twitter Jordi on Twitter Sponsors: CowSwap : CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity offering the best prices on all trades and provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/410…

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Erik Voorhees: ShapeShift – Decentralizing a Fox 1:04:34

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Erik Voorhees, CEO & Founder of ShapeShift, joins us for his 4th appearance on the show. ShapeShift recently announced they are decentralizing the company and its products, which would see the company transition from a centralized entity and platform to a DAO. With the largest airdrop in history they distributed FOX tokens to over a million customers and DeFi community members, who will eventually fully control the exchange. In this episode we hear the reasoning behind this shift, cross-chain Interoperability, the FOX token, and the future of the Shapeshift platform as a DAO. Topics covered in this episode: The journey of ShapeShift since Erik's last appearance on the show What led ShapeShift to becoming decentralized and the process so far ShapeShift as a product - its features and how it will be accessed The future structure of Shapeshift as a DAO Cross-chain Interoperability and the Cosmos ecosystem The goal of the FOX token The future of the ShapeShift ecosystem Episode links: Episode 300 - ShapeShift – There’s a New Fox in Town ShapeShift ShapeShift to Decentralize Entire Company; Largest Airdrop in History Shifts Governance to the Community FOX token airdrop ShapeShift on Twitter Erik on Twitter Seb's new podcast – The Zen Crypto Show Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One : Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/409…

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Mounir Benchemled: ParaSwap – Solving Liquidity for DeFi 55:21

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ParaSwap is a DEX aggregator that aims to provide the best prices over multiple DEXes on the Ethereum blockchain. Users are able to scan dozens of exchanges for the best possible crypto price points, and get the most for their swaps. We were joined by ParaSwap Founder, Mounir Benchemled, to chat about his role in the French DeFi community, DEX aggregators in general, and what makes ParaSwap an important slice of the DeFi ecosystem. Topics covered in this episode: Mounir's background and how he got into crypto Why did he start a DEX aggregator? The French DeFi ecosystem and community An overview of DEX aggregators - the advantages and challenges The role of the ParaSwap router The prospect of a ParaSwap token A DEX aggregator from a legal perspective How ParaSwap makes money Mounir's views on Layer 1 and Layer 2s The future of DeFi trading Episode links: ParaSwap ParaSwap on Medium ParaSwap on Twitter Mounir on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe : Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/408…

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Mike Novogratz: Galaxy Digital – Bridging Crypto and Institutional Worlds 1:06:22

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Mike Novogratz is the CEO of Galaxy Digital, an investment bank targeting institutional investors, which he also founded. He was formerly a Partner and President of Fortress Investment Group LLC and prior to that Partner at Goldman Sachs. Considered quite the risk taker, he has made and lost many fortunes over the years. We chatted to Mike about the cross over between finance and blockchain, regulatory affairs, and of course, wrestling. Topics covered in this episode: Mike's background in wrestling and transition into finance How he got into the crypto space How Mike and Galaxy Digital are providing a link between crypto and traditional finance The long term impact of crypto on the world The vision for Galaxy Digital Mike's views on the market cycles Episode links: Galaxy Digital Galaxy Digital on Twitter Mike on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting-edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/407…

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Dominic Williams: DFINITY – Smart Contracts and the Internet Computer 1:38:16

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The DFINITY Foundation is a not-for-profit scientific research organization with a mission to build, promote, and maintain the Internet Computer. The IC is a layer 1 smart contract enabled blockchain which achieves remarkable scaling properties through native sharding. We were joined by Founder and Chief Scientist of DFINITY, Dominic Williams, who explained his deep support for smart contracts, gave us an insight into the Internet Computer Ecosystem, and shared his visions for its future. Topics covered in this episode: Dominic's background and an update on DFINITY The advantages of smart contracts The Internet Computer ecosystem How DFINITY compares to Ethereum The concept of sharding - subnets The tokenomics of The Internet Computer Vision for the Internet Computer's future Episode links: DFINITY The Internet Computer Roadmap DFINITY on Twitter Dominic on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Martin Köppelmann. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/406…

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Joe Andrews & Zac Williamson: Aztec Protocol – Bringing Scalable Privacy to DeFi 1:01:43

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Aztec Protocol enables private transactions on Ethereum. It uses a zero-knowledge proof system, allowing users to effectively create shielded representations of tokens, which can then be sent and redeemed for the underlying token. They recently launched Aztec 2.0 and their rollup service for Ethereum, zk.money. This allows users to submit Ether to the Aztec rollup contract with the options to shield, send privately, unshield and emergency ushield (escape hatch). The latest version also allows DeFi users to save gas and participate anonymously in DeFi transactions. We were joined by Zac Williamson, Co-founder and CTO, and Joe Andrews, Head of Product, from Aztec, to give us an in-depth look into the Layer 2 project and explain how version 2 of the protocol in a game-changer in terms of privacy and scalability. Topics covered in this episode: What has happened in the last year since Aztec were last on the show High-level overview of Aztec How the Aztec rollup works in DeFi applications The challenges privacy introduces for DeFi SNARK, the core technology that powers Aztec Noir (zkSNARK DSL) Episode links: Episode 335 - Aztec Protocol – Bringing Zero-Knowledge Transactions to Ethereum zk.money Discord Aztec on Twitter Joe on Twitter Zac on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Dev Ojha. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/405…

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Chris Spadafora: BadgerDAO – Bridging Bitcoin and DeFi 1:08:07

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Badger is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) with a single purpose: To build the products and infrastructure necessary to accelerate Bitcoin as collateral across other blockchains. BadgerDAO is extremely community focused and has succeeded in creating a seamlessly operating DAO out of a group of random people with a shared set of values and a mission. BadgerDAO's founder, Chris Spadafora, joined us to talk about how he built this decentralized community, why Bitcoin & DeFi, and the products they have created including Sett and Digg. Topics covered in this episode: Chris' background and how BadgerDAO came about How they successfully built a strong community Why Bitcoin and DeFi? Who is the target audience for Badger? The Sett vaults - strategies Digg - the rebase system Chris' thoughts on “DeFi on Bitcoin” Episode links: Badger website BadgerDAO Wiki Discord Badger on Twitter Chris on Twitter Sponsors: CowSwap : CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity offering the best prices on all trades and provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/404…

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Paul Kohlhaas & Tyler Golato: VitaDAO – The Collective Funding Longevity Research 1:27:50

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VitaDAO is a decentralized collective funding early stage longevity research. Their mission is to extend human lifespan by researching, financing, and commercializing longevity therapeutics in an open and democratic manner. We were joined by Tyler Golato and Paul Kohlhaas, co-founders of Molecule and initiators of VitaDAO to talk about how drug discovery and approval currently works, what the status of longevity research is, what role IP plays -- and how all of this could change in the future with DAOs like VitaDAO. Topics covered in this episode: Paul and Tyler's backgrounds and how they came to work on VitaDAO Longevity - thinking of aging as a disease Where is the research at today? How longevity research currently takes place in the pharmaceutical industry How VitaDAO is alleviating patency issues The first funded project with the Knudsen lab in Copenhagen - Molecule How DAOs make the decisions Episode links: The Molecule blog VitaDAO Goldman asks: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?' VitaDAO Discord VitaDAO on Twitter Molecule on Twitter Paul on Twitter Tyler on Twitter Sponsors: Chorus One : Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter - paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/403…

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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum - Can It Go Beyond DeFi? 54:44

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Vitalik Buterin joins us for an in-depth conversation at EthCC 4 in Paris. During his keynote presentation, he expressed his hope for Ethereum to go beyond DeFi as he wishes to see more non-financial applications built on the platform. From better social media platforms to novel approaches for funding public goods, from his perspective, Ethereum has the potential to change the world for the better, beyond financial applications. Topics covered in this episode: How has the past year been for Vitalik and Ethereum The state of crypto today What interesting experiments are in crypto now defining membership Has Ethereum gone too far into financial applications Vitalik's views on using rollups on non-DeFi applications What are the biggest problems of the world today? NFTs and social media The concept of retroactive public goods funding The future of DAOs Episode links: Episode 171 - DAO Lessons, Casper and Blockchain Interoperability Vitalik's talk at EthCC 4 Vitalik on Twitter Sponsors: CowSwap : CowSwap is a Meta-Dex Aggregator built by Gnosis. It taps into all on-chain liquidity offering the best prices on all trades and provides some UX perks (no gas costs for failed transactions!) and protects traders against MEV. - https://epicenter.rocks/cowswap This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/402…

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Ambre Soubiran, Jerome de Tychey & Mounir Benchemled: EthCC 4 – Liberté, Égalité, Décentralisé 42:02

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EthCC is back and stronger than ever! Despite the pandemic, ongoing travel restrictions and sanitary passes, the Ethereum France team hosted the fourth edition of the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris. Over 1,000 people attended the week-long affair, which saw an impressive number of side events and, as always, legendary parties. For many attendees, it was their first conference since last year's edition, and the first time they were able to embrace their fellow Etherians since the beginning of the pandemic. For this EthCC recap panel, we're joined by Kaiko CEO Ambre Soubiran, Ethereum France President Jerome de Tychey, and ParaSwap Founder Mounir Benchemled. We discussed the conference, how the ecosystem has evolved this past year, the rapid growth of DeFi and NFTs, and what to look forward to as the community continues to grow. Episode links: Kaiko ParaSwap Ethereum France Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Start earning rewards and contribute to network security by staking with Chorus One, a staking provider securing over $1bn in assets on over 25 decentralized networks. Head over now to chorus.one to start your staking journey. This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/401…

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Sunny Aggarwal: Osmosis – The AMM Protocol Built for Liquidity Providers 1:01:44

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Recently launched Osmosis is a Cosmos based and IBC enabled AMM protocol that allows for a high level of customization by liquidity providers. As the main dex on the Cosmos network, Osmosis provides liquidity for IBC-enabled Cosmos assets like AKT and ATOM for the first time. Head of the Osmosis development team, Sunny Aggarwal, joined us for a chat about why the protocol was built and the problem it solves, the wider Cosmos ecosystem, and the roadmap for the protocol. Topics covered in this episode: Why the Osmosis project was built How Osmosis works on Cosmos What is IBC? What the ecosystem looks like What the AMM landscape looks like on Cosmos What the roadmap of Osmosis looks like The Gravity Bridge How was the chain bootstrapped? What is the ION? The Osmosis community Episode links: Osmosis Cosmos Osmosis on Medium Osmosis on Twitter Sunny on Twitter Sponsors: Solana: Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Zubin Koticha. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/400…

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Felix Leupold: CowSwap – Tackling the Shortcomings of AMMs 1:09:34

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Originally started with a focus on prediction markets, Gnosis has done innovative work around automated market makers (AMMs) and decentralized exchanges for years. The latest protocol launched by the Gnosis team is CowSwap. CowSwap introduces various innovations that could improve user experience, reduce gas costs, reduce the effects of MEV and result in better outcomes for retail traders. We were joined by Felix Leupold, software developer at Gnosis to discuss CowSwap and the future of decentralized exchanges. Topics covered in this episode: Felix's background and how he started working on CowSwap with Gnosis Why did Gnosis make the shift away from prediction markets, and why the return to focus on AMMs The relationship between Gnosis Protocol and CowSwap How CowSwap works from a user perspective How are solvers chosen and what are the incentives around providing solutions What MEV is and why it’s a problem The upcoming integration with Balancer V2 How fees in CowSwap work and the effect on LPs Where is CowSwap today and what is its roadmap Felix's views on the future of order-book based exchanges Episode links: CowSwap Gnosis CowSwap on Twitter Felix on Twitter Sponsors: Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/399…

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Cassidy Daly & Lucas Vogelsang: Centrifuge – Introducing Real-World DeFi 1:03:22

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Centrifuge is an open and permissionless protocol built on Polkadot and Ethereum that unlocks collateral for DeFi. Centrifuge allows for the tokenization of real world assets such as invoices, real estate, or goods, and puts them on the blockchain. This allows users to borrow against these assets from investors. Investors lend dai in exchange for an interest rate that depends on the borrower and the asset used as collateral. We were joined by Lucas Vogelsang, CEO & Centrifuge Co-founder, and Cassidy Daly, Token Design & Research at Centrifuge. They explained why they built the protocol and how it works, the first application built on top, Tinlake, its integration with other DeFi platforms such as Maker, and their vision for the future. Topics covered in this episode: How did Centrifuge come about and what is its vision What challenges do they face using real world assets as collateral How users are protected against spam and fraud The underwriter token model What are the value limits on what can be borrowed? Some use cases of where Centrifuge can make the biggest impact Who are the lenders involved in the protocol? How the protocol works on a technical level The Centrifuge token - CFG Altair - the Kusama parachain on Polkadot What the integration of Tinlake assets in DeFi looks like Episode links: Centrifuge website Tinlake Understanding Tinlake Centrifuge on Twitter Lucas on Twitter Cassidy on Twitter Sponsors: Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/398…

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Dankrad Feist: Ethereum Foundation – An Eth2 Progress Update #2 55:17

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Ethereum 2.0 is an upgrade to the Ethereum network that aims to improve the network's security and scalability. Recently, we chatted to Danny Ryan about the Merge and switch to Proof of Stake. As a follow up to that episode, we were joined by Dankrad Feist, who heads the sharding and statelessness research at the Ethereum Foundation. We dove deep into the technical infrastructure of how Eth2 addresses scaling through sharding, the pros and cons of data shards vs. execution shards, and how this links up with ZK-rollups. We also talked about the Ethereum state and how the state can be altered for protocol improvements. Topics covered in this episode: Dankrad's background and how he came to work on Ethereum An overview of potential protocol updates and where they’re at right now Data availability shards and the overall concept of sharding in the protocol How shards are maintained with validators and Proof of Stake How Rollups work and the vision for their future The role of execution shards and what they provide that data availability shards don't Composability across data shards Statelessness; what the Ethereum state is and how it is used What is state rent? EVM and parallelization Dankrad's views on the future of Ethereum and what it will bring to the blockchain space Episode links: Episode 393 with Danny Ryan Eth Research Ethereum Blog Ethereum Community Eth R&D Discord Ethereum on GitHub EF on Twitter Dankrad on Twitter Sponsors: Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/397…

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Alex Gluchowski: zkSync – The First EVM-Compatible zkRollup Protocol 1:08:51

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zkSync is a trustless protocol for scalable low-cost transactions on Ethereum. It's also the only zkRollup protocol which supports EVM smart contracts. Alex Gluchowski is co-founder of Matter Labs, and co-creator of zkSync. We spoke with Alex in depth about how the protocol works and the potential for a highly scalable transaction and application layer on Ethereum. Topics covered in this episode: Alex's background and how he got into the crypto space An overview of existing Ethereum scaling solutions Difference between Optimistic Rollup and zkRollup Transferring funds to the zkSync Layer 2 and gas fees involved How the zkSync transaction sequencer works Withdrawing funds to Layer 1 and timescales involved How the procol deals with reorgs How block formation works on zkSync The function of the zkSync token Episode links: zkSync For Developers zkSync on Twitter Alex on Twitter Sponsors: Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/396…

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Roman Semenov: Tornado Cash – Keeping Your Ethereum Transactions Private 41:07

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By default, all transactions made on Ethereum are public. Tornado Cash is a decentralized privacy preserving solution built on Ethereum which adds privacy through obfuscation. Users can place Ether and some stable coins in prescribed increments [1 Eth, 10 Eth, 100 Eth...] into the Tornado Pool. In return, they are issued a private note, with which they can withdraw funds at a later time to a different address. We were joined by Roman Semenov, co-founder of Tornado Cash, to talk about how the protocol works, how it was set up, community governance, and where he sees Tornado Cash's position in the quickly growing privacy ecosystem on Ethereum. Topics covered in this episode: Roman's background and how he got into crypto The problem Tornado Cash solves and how the protocol works What tokens are supported and can you swap tokens? Smart contracts and zero knowledge Costs involved for deposits and withdrawls Weaknesses of the protocol The Compliance Tool feature The regulatory threat to private coins in the future Tornado Cash's roadmap and how they see themselves positioned in the wider ecosystem Episode links: Tornado.cash Dune Analytics Tornado Cash on Twitter Roman on Twitter Sponsors: Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/395…

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Alex Masmej: Showtime – Building the Open Social Graph With NFTs 1:07:28

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are tokens that we can use to represent ownership of unique items. They let us tokenize things like art, collectibles, even real estate. They can only have one official owner at a time and they're secured by the Ethereum blockchain. And they have taken the crypto space by storm is recent months. Showtime is a NFT social media network where creators & collectors showcase their digital art. It reads all marketplaces and instead of buying and selling, you can comment, share and like. It's been described as the Instagram for NFTs. We were joined by Alex Masmej, Co-founder and CEO of Showtime, to chat about why he got into NFTs and in particular crypto art, how Showtime works and its purpose, and the future of the platform. Topics covered in this episode: Alex's background and how he got into crypto The story behind the $ALEX token Uncollateralized lending and why it's important The vision for Showtime Alex's views on the NFT craze What is the open social graph Why Alex chose to focus on crypto art How Showtime compares to similar platforms like Opensea and Zora The Showtime business model, funding sources, and 5 year plan Episode links: Showtime Showtime on Twitter Alex on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/394…

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Danny Ryan: Ethereum Foundation – An Eth2 Progress Update 1:17:45

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Ethereum will switch from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS) likely already later this year in a much anticipated upgrade to Ethereum 2. The switch to PoS aims to make Ethereum both more secure and more sustainable by securing the network through Ether instead of mining. A second Eth2 update will address scaling through sharding at a later time. Danny Ryan, Researcher with Ethereum Foundation, has been a major driving force behind the Eth2 project. He joined us for a progress update and we chatted about how the protocol will work in its steady state, what has launched so far, what happens in The Merge, and how PoS will affect centralization tendencies. Topics covered in this episode: Danny's background and how he got into crypto An overview of Eth2 - Phase 0, Beacon Chain The role of a validator and building blocks Penalties and rewards within the protocol including slashing What the epoch is and how it relates to finality The Proof-of-Stake merge Why Proof-of-Stake is favorable for security purposes What is the roadmap for sharding? Ethereum fees Episode links: Ethereum Community Eth R&D Discord Ethereum on GitHub Eth Research EF on Twitter EF blog Danny on Twitter Sponsors: Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Martin Köppelmann. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/393…

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Scoopy Trooples: Alchemix – Financial Alchemy Through Self-Repaying Loans 1:17:58

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Alchemix is a DeFi protocol that enables users to create self-repaying loans. Users deposit collateral (DAI) to take out a loan in Alchemix's native synthetic stablecoin, alUSD. Alchemix then uses the DAI deposits and puts them into the Yearn protocol to earn yield and over time, that yield automatically pays off your debt. We were joined by Alchemix co-founder Scoopy Trooples, who gave us a deep look into how the protocol works, alUSD and the ALCX token, and what is coming out soon with V2. Topics covered in this episode: Scoopy's background and how he got into crypto What is the story behind the name Scoopy Trooples and his anonymity? A high level overview and use case of Alchemix Scoopy's vision for alUSD The integration with Yearn Will alUSD drive down yields of other stablecoins? How Transmuter works to maintain the 1:1 peg The long term vision for Alchemix and biggest potential risks The Alchemix community How they raised their funds Episode links: Alchemix Website Alchemix Discord Alchemix on Twitter Scoopy on Twitter Sponsors: Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Zubin Koticha. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/392…

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Michael Egorov: Curve Finance – The Stablecoin Exchange Protocol 52:30

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Curve is an Automated Market Maker (AMM) that lets users and other decentralized protocols exchange stablecoins (DAI to USDC for example) with low fees and low slippage. Unlike exchanges that match a buyer and a seller, users transact with the smart contract itself. By providing a flatter curve targeted for relatively stable pairs, Curve has established the lead position for these markets. Curve is also leveraging its own token CRV to incentivize long-term adoption of the protocol and decentralize control of governance. We were joined by Curve Finance Founder, Michael Egorov, to chat about why he created the protocol and his long term vision for the project. Topics covered in this episode: Michael's background and how he got into crypto How Curve works from the perspective of a trader and as a liquidity provider How they came up with the stableswap design How Curve compares to Uniswap v3 Michael's take on forks, fork threat, and Curve's moat Curve's thesis on good governance How they keep the protocol secure An overview of the Curve community and ecosystem The long term vision for Curve Episode links: Curve Finance Curve Resources Curve on Twitter Michael on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap : ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter Solana : Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter Exodus : Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Zubin Koticha. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/391…

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Tim Roughgarden: EIP-1559 – Tackling the Gas Fee Problem on Ethereum 1:37:06

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Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-1559 is a proposal to make several tightly coupled additions to Ethereum’s transaction fee mechanism. Central to the design is a base fee, which plays the role of a reserve price and is meant to match supply and demand. Every transaction included in a block must pay that block’s base fee (per unit of gas), and this payment is burnt rather than transferred to the block’s miner. The base fee is adjusted after every block, with larger-than-target blocks increasing it and smaller-than-target blocks decreasing it. Tim Roughgarden is a Professor of Computer Science and member of the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. Tim did an extensive game theoretical review of EIP-1559 and joined us to chat about what the proposal is trying to do and why, and how it is doing it. Topics covered in this episode: What Tim's research focuses on and how he became involved with blockchain What made him interested in the fees problem The current fee system on Ethereum - the first-price auction and base fee EIP-1559 - the problem it solves and how it does it Increasing and decreasing of block sizes The threat of miners colluding to drive down base fees Deep dive into how the proposal works What are some alternatives to EIP-1559 Episode links: Tim Roughgarden EIP-1559 on GitHub An Economic Analysis of EIP-1559 Tim on Twitter Sponsors: Solana: Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter Exodus: Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap: ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage - http://paraswap.io/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/390…

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Phil Daian & Stephane Gosselin: Flashbots – The Good, Bad and the Ugly of MEV 1:38:50

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Flashbots is a research and development company focussed on Miner Extractable Value (MEV). MEV is the profit a miner can make through their ability to arbitrarily include, exclude, or re-order transactions from the blocks they produce. Flashbots has created a fork of the ethereum geth client, MEV-geth, to allow miners to exploit MEV, currently run by 80% of miners. Co-founders of Flashbots, Stephane Gosselin and Phil Daian, recently joined us to chat about the protocol and to deep dive into the good, the bad, and the ugly of MEV. Topics covered in this episode: Stephane and Phil's backgrounds and how they got into crypto What led them to creating Flashbots and what it does What is Miner/Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) A technical deep dive into how the project works with miners and searchers The progress on the SGX solution Spam attacks and reorgs on Flashbots Phil's reply to the perspective that MEV extraction is theft What is Generalized Frontrunning? How MEV differs at L1 vs L2 What's the plan for Flashbots going forward? Episode links: Flashbots on GitHub Flashbots on Medium MEV...what do? Stephane on Twitter Phil on Twitter Sponsors: Exodus: Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap: Give ParaSwap a try at https://paraswap.io/epicenter . This URL will allow you to claim a 50% refund on gas fees for your first swap of at least 1 Eth. This offer is available until May 1st 2021 and refunds will be made every Friday starting April 9th, 2021*Terms and conditions apply. - Solana: Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/389…

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Trevor McFedries: Brud – Using AI to Bridge Real and Virtual Worlds 1:10:23

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Trevor McFedries joined us for a fascinating chat about his background in the football and music industries, and how this led him into crypto. Trevor is the cofounder of Brud, a technology startup specializing in artificial intelligence and media. At Brud, they create social media personas with the help of CGI technology, the most well known being Lil Miquela. Lil Miquela is a sentient robot navigating life in LA -- and has millions of followers on instagram. Trevor also started Friends With Benefits, a gated online community on a private discord server with a community token. We talked with Trevor about the increasingly immersive social media experience, the future for creators and the future of organizations. Topics covered in this episode: Trevor's background in football and music, including his time working at Spotify An overview of Brud Who is Lil Miquela? How do these fictional characters fit into the 'real world'? How Trevor got into crypto The Friends with Benefits community Trevor's views on the future of DAOs Brud's experience with VCs as opposed to crowdfunding Trevor's take on NFTs and Lil Miquela's NFT drop The cultural impact of crypto to society and what the future looks like Episode links: Brud Lil Miquela Friends with Benefits Friends with Benefits on Twitter Trevor on Twitter Sponsors: Solana: Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter Exodus: Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter ParaSwap: Give ParaSwap a try at paraswap.io/epicenter . This URL will allow you to claim a 50% refund on gas fees for your first swap of at least 1 Eth. This offer is available until May 1st 2021 and refunds will be made every Friday starting April 9th, 2021*Terms and conditions apply. This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/388…

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Adrian Eidelman: RSK – The Bitcoin-Based Smart Contract Platform 1:09:15

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Bitcoin just got smarter. This episode is brought to you by RSK, the Bitcoin-based smart contract platform leading the DeFi for Bitcoin revolution. Be part of the future while building your personal wealth with the Bitcoin you already have. RSK is a secure smart-contract platform that enables decentralized applications secured by the Bitcoin Network to empower people and improve the quality of life of millions. The platform incorporates a Turing Complete Virtual Machine to Bitcoin. RSK believes that new use cases are necessary in order for Bitcoin to become the leading global cryptocurrency, and that adding smart-contract capabilities is key to secure that future. It also provides other enhancements to the network such as faster transactions and better scalability, features that they also believe will enable new usage scenarios. We chatted to Adrian Eidelman, Co-founder of RSK, about the vision they have for the project, how it works on a technical level, and how you can become involved. Visit rsk.co/openfinance to find out how you can put your Bitcoin to work. Topics covered in this episode: The journey of RSK since they were last on the show 5 years ago The vision they have for RSK The building blocks of the project RSK's 2-way peg How merged mining works RSK's compatibility with EVM Projects being built on RSK How you can get involved Episode links: Website Developers Portal Public Slack Workspace Github Public community discussions RSK on Twitter Adrian on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/B005…

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Matt Luongo: tBTC – Bringing Trustless Bitcoin to Ethereum 1:01:38

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The ability to move Bitcoin on other chains isn't a new idea, and many are trying to overcome the technical limitations which make this a technically challenging feat. The latest representation of Bitcoin on Ethereum is tBTC, a fully-backed ERC-20 token representing bitcoin collateral. tBTC is fully decentralized and relies on Keep Network, a decentralized multi-party computation which enables cross-chain bridging. We were joined by Matt Luongo, CEO of Thesis (the team behind tBTC and Keep Network) to chat about the tBTC technology, his vision for the future of interoperability and value propositions of different chains. Topics covered in this episode: - Matt's background - how he got into crypto and his experience in the space - The Keep Network - dencetralized multi-party computations - Why trustless minting of tBTC is important - tBTC and its security model - Dark DAOs and vote buying - The merge between Keep Network and NuCypher - What other mergers are being looked at for the future - Matt's views on the idea of BTC existing as tokenized asset on Ethereum and other chains Episode links: - [Thesis](https://thesis.co/) - [Keep](https://keep.network/) - [tBTC](https://tbtc.network/) - [Keep Discord](https://discord.com/invite/wYezN7v) - [Thesis on Twitter](https://twitter.com/thesis_co) - [Keep on Twitter](https://twitter.com/keep_project) Sponsors: - ParaSwap: Give ParaSwap a try at paraswap.io/epicenter . This URL will allow you to claim a 50% refund on gas fees for your first swap of at least 1 Eth. This offer is available until May 1st 2021 and refunds will be made every Friday starting April 9th, 2021 - Terms and conditions apply. - Solana: Solana is the high performance blockchain supporting over 50k transactions per second to power the next generation of decentralized applications. - https://solana.com/epicenter - Exodus: Exodus the easy-to-use crypto wallet available on all platforms and supporting over 100 different assets. - https://exodus.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: [epicenter.tv/387](https://epicenter.tv/387)…

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Sergej Kunz: 1inch – The DEX Aggregator 1:07:43

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1inch Exchange is a DEX aggregator routing cryptocurrency purchases through different DEXs to reduce slippage and get a better conversion rate for the user compared with just using a single DEX. The platform launched its governance token, 1INCH, in December 2020. We were joined by Co-founder of 1inch Sergej Kunz to chat about how 1inch works, how the 1INCH token provides liquidity to their liquidity platform, its integration with platforms such as Uniswap, and the roadmap from here. Topics covered in this episode: Sergej's background and how he got into blockchain How slippage is used in the 1inch protocol The liquidity protocol used The integration between Uniswap and 1inch network and the new restrictions with Uniswap v3 Their AMM protocol, Mooniswap The aggregation that 1inch has focused on and its defensibility The function of the 1inch token and where it is headed in terms of governance How 1inch plan to implement DAO How 1inch deal with the regulatory impacts of DEXes 1inch's stance on Ethereum gas costs Episode links: 1inch website 1inch blog 1inch on Twitter Sergej on Twitter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/386…

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Zubin Koticha: Opyn – The Release of V2 1:12:13

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Zubin Koticha, CEO & Co-founder of Opyn, joined us again on the show to give us an update on Opyn v2. Opyn v1 was focused on insurance. It's successor, Opyn v2, offers a more traditional options infrastructure. We discuss the problems of building trustless options infrastructure: choice of collateral, partial collateralization and efficient trading mechanisms for options. Topics covered in this episode: An overview of Opyn v1 and the different options created by DeFi users How options in DeFi work What is new in Opyn v2 How the oracle specification works Capital efficiency - nesting options for collateralization Fungibility of different options What makes Opyn different to other option platforms? Options and the AMM design Episode links: Opyn Epicenter Episode 344 - Opyn A beginner's guide to options: Opyn v2 YieldSpace Opyn GitHub Opyn on Twitter Zubin on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out paraswap.io/epicenter . ParaSwap’s state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage. *Terms and conditions apply. This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/385…

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Kolten Bergeron & Robert Lauko: Liquity – The Decentralized Borrowing Protocol 1:16:07

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Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol that allows you to draw interest-free loans against Ether used as collateral. In addition to the collateral, the loans are secured by a Stability Pool containing LUSD and by fellow borrowers collectively acting as guarantors of last resort. Liquity as a protocol is non-custodial, immutable, and governance-free. We were joined by Robert Lauko, CEO & Co-founder, and Kolten Bergeron, Head of Growth, of Liquity. We chatted about how the protocol is built and the mechanisms used, how to borrow, and the stability pool and liquidations. Topics covered in this episode: Robert and Kolten's backgrounds and how they got into crypto What led Robert to create Liquity What Liquity is and the liquidation mechanism used The function of the stability pool The process of existing troves taking on the debt of undercollateralized troves Liquity vs Compound & MakerDAO LUSD redemptions How the Recovery mode works The purpose of the LQTY token How the algorithmic monetary policy works Episode links: Liquity Liquity docs Liquity on Medium Liquity on GitHub Robert on Twitter Kolten on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Zubin Koticha. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/384…

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Joey Zacherl: KeeperDAO – The On-Chain Liquidity Underwriter 1:13:54

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KeeperDao is an on-chain liquidity underwriter for DeFi that combines yield farming and profits single-block arbitrage. The mining pool for Keepers incentivizes a game theory optimal strategy for cooperation among arbitrageurs. Their goal is to capture profit opportunities and distribute them to the various participants involved. We were joined by Joey Zacherl, Co-founder of KeeperDAO, to chat about what the protocol does and its mission, the grim triggering strategy, the ongoing hiding game, and the roadmap for the future. Topics covered in this episode: Joey's background and how he got into crypto An overview of VolleyFire What KeeperDAO does and its mission How KeeperDAO users pool funds to to profit from on-chain arbitrage and liquidation opportunities The grim trigger and hiding game strategies KeeperDAO integrations and gas costs The KeeperDAO governance roadmap The ROOK token Can keepers carry out malicious attacks? Episode links: KeeperDAO KeeperDAO on Medium The KeeperDAO whitepaper KeeperDAO on Twitter Joey Zacherl This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/383…

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Alex Salnikov: Rarible – The NFT Transformation 1:12:24

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NFTs are a new paradigm that opens possibilities for new types of interactions. In digital art, it has caught on like wildfire and is transforming how people think of ownership. Alex Salnikov has been immersed in the crypto world for many years and recognized the potential of NFTs. He created Rarible, an NFT marketplace that has seen rapid growth. But the vision of Rarible is to be more an open transaction protocol for NFTs and serve many different markets. He joined us to discuss the different NFT use cases and how NFTs can scale and function in a multi-chain world. It's a great conversation at the unfolding of a new paradigm. Topics covered in this episode: Alex's background and how he got into crypto How Rarible was created and why they decided to focus on NFTs What are NFTs and how are they different to other cryptocurrencies What’s driving the massive growth of NFTs right now? The link between owning an NFT and legal ownership How does Alex see NFTs and Rarible evolving in the future How NFTs work on a technical level, storing metadata securely, and the costs of minting NFTs The roadmap of Rarible as a marketplace and the challenges associated with it Episode links: Rarible Rarible on Medium Rarible on OpenSea Rarible on Twitter Alex on Twitter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/382…

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Julien Bouteloup: Stake Capital/Rekt – Uncovering the Dark Side of DeFi 1:23:38

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Julien Bouteloup is a serial entrepreneur, Ethereum developer and addict of crazy innovative ideas. He started his entrepreneurial career building websites and selling hardware technologies at age 14. Today he is involved with many projects including Stake Capital, Rekt, Curve Finance, and he advises several crypto companies. Julien strives to bring to light the dark side of crypto. As DeFi grows, so do the number of questionable projects and ethical concerns around certain practices. Julien joins us to talk about the excesses in the DeFi space and how the ecosystem should cope with them. Topics covered in this episode: Julien's background, how he found crypto, and the various projects Julien is working on today The Stake DAO - its purpose and vision Julien's views on the state of DeFi today Price arbitrage attacks in the ecosystem - Flashloans Julien's involvement in Curve Finance and how this platform is pushing towards more resilient DeFi protocols Julien's thoughts on NFT and Decentralized Monopoly Curve's reaction to the launch of Saddle The role of validators in the space Episode links: Stake Capital Rekt News Rekt Capital on Twitter Decentralised Monopoly Julien on Twitter Sponsors: Stacker Ventures: A community-run protocol for initiating and managing pooled capital on the Ethereum blockchain. Structured as a DAO, it initiates decentralized funds, accelerates portfolio investments through an involved community, and provides checks and balances to fund management - https://epicenter.rocks/stacker This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/381…

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Tieshun Roquerre: Namebase – Decentralizing DNS and Certificate Authorities 1:24:14

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Namebase is a top-level domain (TLD) name registrar that operates on the Handshake blockchain. It creates an ecosystem of TLDs that may be bought and sold using an on-chain auction mechanism. It takes a different approach to other decentralized domain name systems as Namebase is compatible with the ICANN namespace, the organization governs domain names globally. Users may register TLDs that don't yet exist in the ICANN namespace, like .epicenter or .ethereum, for example, creating the opportunity for new niche domain registrars to emerge. Tieshun Roquerre, CEO of Namebase, joins us to discuss his vision for Namebase and his ambitious goal to decentralize ICANN. Topics covered in this episode: Tieshun's background and how he got into crypto Why and how Namebase was created and its relationship to Handshake Domain name systems on blockchain The history of ICANN and how it functions Domain name censorship and security issues surrounding certificate authorities How are they preparing for the inevitable fork between ICANN and Handshake Namebase and Handshake improve on DNS and certificate authorities Namebase's business model and roadmap Episode links: Namebase Handshake Namebase on Twitter Tieshun on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/380…

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Muneeb Ali: Stacks – Building Decentralized Apps and Smart Contracts on Bitcoin 1:11:21

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Stacks is an open-source network of decentralized apps and smart contracts. It is a Layer-1 blockchain that connects to Bitcoin. Stacks uses a Proof of Transfer mining mechanism with bidding and staking capabilities. Clarity is the programming language used, a Turing-incomplete language which aims to give developers a safe way to build complex smart contracts where the code itself clearly shows what the program will do when run. Muneeb Ali is the CEO and Co-founder of Hiro Systems, one of the companies creating Stacks. He joined us to chat about why he felt there was a need for Stacks, why he chose to build on top of Bitcoin, and the types of apps that are currently being run on Stacks 2.0. Topics covered in this episode: Muneeb's background and how he got into crypto Why Stacks was created How this works being built on Bitcoin Mining and bidding on blocks Smart contracting on Stacks - Clarity programming language Stacks vs “Bitcoin on Ethereum” Stacks vs Rootstack The apps that currently run on Stacks 2.0 Episode links: Stacks website Stacks whitepaper Stacking Proof of Transfer Hiro Stacks on Twitter Muneeb on Twitter Sponsors: 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/379…

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Alexis Sellier & Eleftherios Diakomichalis: Radicle – The Decentralized Platform for Code Collaboration 1:19:10

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Radicle is a decentralized platform for code collaboration. It's built on Git and is an open-source decentralized alternative to platforms like GitHub. Tools like Radicle are an essential component of the decentralized technology stack and will enable DAOs to commit code through governance. Co-founders Alexis Sellier & Eleftherios Diakomichalis joined us to chat about why they felt it was important to create Radicle and how it fits into the DAO ecosystem with a more accessible governance system of code. Topics covered in this episode: - What Radicle is and the vision they are pursuing - After both working on Soundcloud, the lessons that were carried over to this project - The Cathedral vs Bazaar model - Git usage with the tool - The technical architecture of Radicle - The other differences between Radicle and GitHub - Storage and replicating solutions between peers - How Radicle promotes open source sustainability - Ethereum integration with the tool Episode links: - [Radicle website](https://radicle.xyz/) - [Radicle docs](https://docs.radicle.xyz/docs/what-is-radicle.html) - [Radicle on Twitter](https://twitter.com/radicle) - [Alexis on Twitter](https://twitter.com/cloudhead) - [Eleftherios on Twitter](https://twitter.com/lftherios) Sponsors: - 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: [epicenter.tv/378](https://epicenter.tv/378)…

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Harsh Rajat: Ethereum Push Notification Service – The Decentralized Notification Protocol 1:07:55

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Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) emerged from the Indian startup scene in 2020. It's a decentralized notification protocol that enables DApps to send push notifications to Ethereum wallet users. EPNS also provides incentives to users that opt-in for push notifications, creating the possibility for an ecosystem communities around topic-centric channels. We are joined by Harsh Rajat, Project Lead and Co-founder of EPNS. We chatted about why and how the protocol was built, its technical structure, the purpose of incentivizing users to receive notifications, and how they tackle spam. Topics covered in this episode: Harsh's background and how he got involved in crypto The beginning of Ethereum Push Notification Service The design patterns considered when building EPNS What is a decentralized push notification service? Unique use cases that could benefit from DeFi push notifications The structure of the protocol and how it actually works The purpose of incentivizing users to receive notifications The Spam Score - how EPNS filter spam How EPNS plan to onboard and incentivize wallets to integrate Episode links: EPNS website EPNS app Whitepaper EPNS on Twitter Harsh on Twitter Sponsors: 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/377…

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Aaron Wright: The LAO – DAOs From a Legal Perspective 1:17:53

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Aaron Wright is a professor at Cardozo Law School and Co-founder of OpenLaw. Before this he was a successful entrepreneur, having sold his first company to Wikia - the for-profit version of Wikipedia. Today Aaron is a renowned thought-leader in the blockchain space at the forefront of DAOs. Last year OpenLaw launched The LAO, a DAO on Ethereum for investors looking to earn returns on Ethereum-based projects. Aaron joins us to share his expert legal knowledge on all things DAO, and discuss his latest projects the LAO and Flamingo DAO. Topics covered in this episode: Aaron's background and how he got into blockchain and the DAO space The early vision for DAOs Stakeholder participation in DAOs Wrapped and unwrapped DAOs Proxy voting on DAOs Governance mechanisms The multi-token model How DAOs are characterized under law and the legislation surrounding them The Wyoming Blockchain Bill The different categories of DAOs Where does Aaron see the DAO ecosystem headed in the future Episode links: OpenLaw website The LAO Mike Hearn: Autonomous agents, self driving cars and Bitcoin Aaron's book - Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code OpenLaw on Twitter The LAO on Twitter Aaron on Twitter Sponsors: 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/376…

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Trent Elmore: YAM Finance 🍠 – The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of the OG Foodcoin 1:10:53

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During the DeFi Summer of 2020, YAM Finance launched with a bang, and had its share of ups and downs within its first couple of days. It started out as an experiment to bring together some of the more innovative ideas in the space. It sparked a movement which brought massive attention to yield farming, and started the food token craze. After a bug was discovered in the v1 contract, many thought the project was dead. But no, the team and community have been working diligently to bring the protocol back to life and it's now a community-run DAO innovating at the intersection of decentralized governance and programmable finance. Trent Elmore is one of the creators of YAM. He joins us to talk about the incredibly swift birth of the project, the rebase mechanism, the treasury, the infamous bug and how they saved the project. He also shares some of the new upcoming products on the YAM Roadmap, and how a truly decentralized community is rebuilding its brand. Topics covered in this episode: Trent's background and how he got into crypto and DeFi How YAM and food tokens were born The team behind YAM What was the vision of the project at the beginning? The proposed utility of the protocol How the treasury funding works in the context of the rebasing mechanism The Game Theory for YAM holders How they built their communities and choose tokens YAM's connection between their governance and Snapshot The infamous bug in V1 and how they recovered from it What plans do they have for the treasury and products going forward, including the recent UMA collaboration Episode links: YAM on Twitter YAM Finance Discord YAM on Medium Trent on Twitter Sponsors: 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/375…

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The Great Epicenter Host Extravaganza 2021 1:08:38

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The new year has brought with it a new bull run. This is great news for crypto holders, but at what cost? Will this bring with it a number of negative implications such as regulatory push back and privacy battles? Listen as the five hosts of Epicenter come together for an in-depth chat to share their predictions for the crypto space in 2021. Topics covered in this episode: Each of our hosts share how 2020 went for them In-depth individual predictions on where things are headed with the current bull market Public backlash to the crypto system Regulatory and tax related implications to crypto The battleground of privacy US regulatory pressure and the effect on the US Dollar Episode links: Omen Prediction Market - Will The Flippening happen in 2021? Brian on Twitter Friederike on Twitter Meher on Twitter Sebastien on Twitter Sunny on Twitter Sponsors: 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Meher Roy, Sunny Aggarwal & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/374…

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Eric Wall: Arcane Assets – The Future of Digital Investments 1:33:08

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Eric Wall is the Chief Investment Officer at Arcane Assets, but you may already know him from his writing and his presence on Twitter where he offers valuable insights on crypto markets. He joined us on the show to share with us his deep and timely insights into the current bull run and how this compared to 2017, where it is headed from here, and also he opens up on his normally guarded thoughts on the future of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Topics covered in this episode: Eric's background and how he got into crypto Eric's experience working with Cinnober and Nasdaq Using blockchain as an underlying substrate in the traditional finance ecosystem An overview of Arcane Assets Eric's thesis behind Bitcoin The current Bitcoin bull run How Arcane deals with transaction fee problems and solutions that may address these over the coming years Using the value proposition of Ether when Bitcoin is store value Eric opens up on how he thinks Ethereum will become adopted in mainstream finance Why does the Bitcoin community reject tokens? What is different in the current bull market compared to 2017 Eric's predictions on how this bull market will play out Episode links: Arcane Assets Arcane Crypto Nine Bitcoin Charts Already at All-Time Highs Crypto Market Structure 3.0 Arcane on Twitter Eric on Twitter Sponsors: 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/373…

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The Path to Digital Democracy 47:43

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In this digital age, counting ballots by hand, as recently seen in the US Presidential Election, is very analogue and behind the times. Although the US constitution is over two centuries old and hasn't had a major version update since 1992, European democracies are much more recent and utilizing the technology available today. This panel discussion looks at how open technologies and new systems of governance could be a path toward a future of democracy. We also hear about the avenues for improvement with modern voting techniques and liquid democracy. Topics covered in this episode: Introductions to all panel members The state of democratic processes in G20 countries today and which are at the forefront of innovation What are the incentives for different stakeholders in liquid democracy How can digital voting systems be trusted? Implementing and reviewing new democratic systems The journey forward for digital democracy Episode links: An information-theoretic model of voting systems Hacking Democracy with Fabric Ventures Jon Nash on Twitter Santiago Siri on Twitter Professor Amrita Dhillon Dr Grammateia Kotsialou Fabric Ventures CogX Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/372…

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Rethinking the Justice System: A Digital Jurisdiction for Decentralized Organisations 44:22

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In today's world, life and business is moving more into to a virtual space and this has of course been accelerated as a result of the Covid pandemic. Now more than ever it is important to rethink the very basis of how we organise, make decisions, and structure the world’s governance. And how can we do this in the context of crypto and Web3? Web3 infrastructure can provide the foundations of a digital jurisdiction. In the Web3 world rules are enforced by decentralized governance and DAOs allow for a group of stakeholders to participate in governance of an organisation that has no affiliation to a nation state. How do we treat that in the judicial system and how does it sit within existing national jurisdictions? Topics covered in this episode: What is a digital jurisdiction? How Aragon is helping create decentralised autonomous organisations and communities The behaviours of millennials today and how geographical borders have fallen How to ensure new digital jurisdictions remain utopian Some applications currently being built on Aragon Where new systems sit within current judicial systems Why Tim invested in the Aragon Network Token (ANT) model Episode links: Powered By Aragon Aragon Project on Twitter Draper Associates Luis Cuende on Twitter Tim Draper on Twitter Luis on Epicenter: Episode #236 Rethinking the Justice System: A Digital Jurisdiction for Decentralised Organisations | CogX 2020 Fabric Ventures CogX Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/371…

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Leonard Tan & Yong Zhen Yu: The Decentralized Key Management and Login System for Web3 1:15:08

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Torus is an open-source and universal key management system for the Web3 ecosystem. It's simple, secure and non-custodial, and suitable for anyone to manage their keys. Torus runs a Distributed Key Generation protocol built on Shamir's Secret Sharing. Supporting over a hundred thousand authentications a month on popular applications like AAVE, KyberSwap, Augur, GoodDollar, and MyCryptoHeroes, Torus empowers decentralised applications with seamless user onboarding flows while maintaining recoverability and high standards of security for key management. The Torus Wallet is the second layer to the system and allows one-click login and authentication on partners including Gmail, Facebook, or passwordless logins on Web3 applications. It is however reinforced behind the scenes by a clever distributed architecture. Notably, clever cryptography makes it possible for users to send crypto to social accounts that don't yet have crypto wallet. For example, one could send crypto to a Twitter username, which could be claimed once the recipient creates an account. The team also recently released a custom version of two-factor authentication (2FA), tKey. We were joined by Founders of Torus, Yong Zhen Yu and Leonard Tan, who gave us fascinating insight into why and how Torus was built, the recent products released, and what their aims are for the future. Topics covered in this episode: Zhen and Leonard's backgrounds and how they got into crypto How and why Torus was formed The path Torus has followed over the past year Unwrapping the base layer, the Torus Network How Shamir's Secret Sharing works and why Torus chose to build on it The Torus Wallet and a step by step of how it works Torus and account portability Use cases and applications built on Torus The second layer of security, tKey Their plans for introducing Touch ID How Torus educate their users on how to stay secure The long term goal for Torus and how users are protected in the future Episode links: Torus website Torus Status A beginner’s guide to Shamir’s Secret Sharing Developer documentation Torus on Telegram Torus Charity Twitter Campaign What Distributed Key Generation Is Key Assignments, Resolution and Retrieval How to Share a Secret in Production tKey - An open standard for threshold key management - HackMD Torus on Twitter Zhen on Twitter Leonard on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/B003…

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Hasu & Kain Warwick: Diving Deep Into Liquidity Mining 1:18:51

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Crypto is largely reliant on incentive mechanisms, and liquidity mining is one of the more recent cryptoeconomic incentive models to emerge. When decentralized exchanges need liquidity, they can leverage liquidity mining to incentivize users to provide it. In turn, the “miners” generate revenue, generally in the form of a native tokens, proportional to their share of liquidity in a pool. This summer saw a surge in activity surrounding this concept, with Synthetix a notable player. Kain Warwick is the founder of Synthetix, a company creating synthetic assets for DeFi, enabling exposure to fiat currencies, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. Hasu is a crypto researcher and writer with a focus on game theory and economics. They joined us to explain the key concepts behind liquidity mining, how and why it was created, and its increasingly important role in DeFi. Topics covered in this episode: Introductions by Kain and Hasu How and when liquidity mining was created What they hoped to achieve with their liquidity mining programs How liquidity mining works in Synthetix Incentive mechanisms Yield Farming and 'getting rich' How Automated Market Makers (AMM) played a part in the success of liquidity mining How Uniswap leverages liquidity mining Projects that don't currently have liquidity mining but would benefit from it Use cases in pre-blockchain systems Episode links: Synthetix website Kain on Epicenter, Episode 325 Uncommon Core Deribit Insights Synthetix on Twitter Kain on Twitter Hasu on Twitter Sponsors: cPanel: cPanel's WordPress Toolkit is the all in one solution that makes hosting your website easier than it's ever been - https://epicenter.rocks/cpanel Algorand: Learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications - https://algorand.com/epicenter 1inch: Discover the best rates and most efficient swapping routes across leading DEXes. Optimize on gas cost and execute DeFi trades faster with 1inch V2 - https://epicenter.rocks/1inch This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/370…

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Sandeep Nailwal: Matic – A Scalable Layer-2 Dapp Platform for Ethereum 1:25:17

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Matic Network is a Layer-2 scaling solution that provides instant, low cost, and secure transactions on Ethereum. Built on an adapted implementation of Plasma and a decentralized network of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) validators, its goal is to solve the scalability and usability issues for developers building Dapps, whilst not compromising on decentralization and user experience. Sandeep Nailwal, COO & Co-founder of Matic, joins us to chat about how Matic works and the problems it's solving, and we also get a fascinating look into the crypto and startup community in India. Topics covered in this episode: Sandeep’s background and how he got involved in crypto What the crypto scene looks like within Bangalore’s startup ecosystem How have the Indian regulations on crypto affected Matic's business What Matic is and the main problem it’s solving A deep dive into Matic’s technical infrastructure and building on Tendermint Why choose Matic over other off-chain scaling solutions for Ethereum Matic's leveraging of hackathons in their go-to-market strategy Some of the trade offs one needs to make when using Matic How Matic will fit into the Ethereum 2.0 ecosystem as it develops Dagger, and other tools they are planning to build Learning more about Matic Episode links: Matic website What is Matic Network? Episode 352 with Jack O'Holleran of SKALE Labs Episode 336 with Jinglan Wang & Karl Floersch of Optimism Episode 340 with Daniel Wang of Loopring Matic on Twitter Sandeep on Twitter Sponsors: cPanel: cPanel's WordPress Toolkit is the all in one solution that makes hosting your website easier than it's ever been - https://epicenter.rocks/cpanel Algorand: Learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/369…

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Juan Benet: Protocol Labs – IPFS, Filecoin and the Vision for a Decentralized Web (Part 2 of 2) 1:18:28

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Filecoin is a peer-to-peer network data storage network, with built-in economic incentives for storage providers. It facilitates open-markets for storing and retrieving data, in which anyone can participate. Users can pay the network to access storage space, which can be encrypted, replicated, and highly available. After years of development and iteration, Filecoin recently launched its mainnet. The long term vision of the protocol is a fully decentralized future for the web. Juan Benet, Founder & CEO of Protocol Labs, returns for the second part of this 2-part episode. In this show we deep dive in to the technical aspects of Filecoin, how Juan and his team decided to design it, and the types of projects that are building on top of it. Topics covered in this episode: How Filecoin works under the hood and the life cycle of data The role of miners in the protocol The bridge between Filecoin and Ethereum How the economics of Filecoin were designed How governance works in the Filecoin network The Filecoin Foundation The projects that are building on top of Filecoin Juan’s views on blockchain scalability and Ethereum 2.0, and the challenges Web3 faces Episode links: Filecoin website Protocol Labs website IPFS website Episode #367 with Juan Benet (Part 1 in this series) Episode #100 with Juan Benet Filecoin on Twitter Juan on Twitter Sponsors: cPanel: cPanel's WordPress Toolkit is the all in one solution that makes hosting your website easier than it's ever been - https://epicenter.rocks/cpanel Algorand: Learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/368…

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IPFS, Filecoin and The Vision for a Decentralized Web (Part 1 of 2) 1:19:19

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IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a fully decentralized distributed system for storing and accessing files, websites, applications, and data. Released just over 5 years ago by Protocol Labs, it has had a tremendous impact in the Web3 space as the standard for how blockchain projects store data. Filecoin is a complementary protocol to IPFS and was recently launched on the mainnet. Filecoin is the economic layer which powers IPFS's decentralized file storage network. It enables users to store their files at hypercompetitive prices and verify that their files are being stored and replicated correctly. And it allows storage providers to sell their storage on an open market. Juan Benet is the Founder & CEO of Protocol Labs, which has had a huge impact in the blockchain ecosystem, as organisation behind IPFS and Filecoin. Juan returns to the show after 5 years to give us an important update on the long-term vision to fund innovative technologies, IPFS since it was created, and Filecoin as a foundation to a new decentralized cloud.This is a 2-part series and in the next episode we deep dive in to the technical aspects of Filecoin. Topics covered in this episode: An update on Protocol Labs and how it has grown on the Bell Labs model How they bridge the gap between a research foundation (Bell Labs) and a company (Protocol Labs) The intersection between computer science and crypto How the Protocol Labs organisation is setup and how Juan has led it as a solo founder An overview of IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) and how it has evolved since our last interview An introduction to the Filecoin blockchain and its unique design How Filecoin is fundamentally different from other layer-1 blockchains How hash rates and storage fees affect the Filecoin blockchain consensus system The potential impacts of Filecoin on a global level Episode links: Filecoin website Protocol Labs website IPFS website Episode #100 with Juan Benet Filecoin on Twitter Juan on Twitter Sponsors: cPanel: cPanel's WordPress Toolkit is the all in one solution that makes hosting your website easier than it's ever been - https://epicenter.rocks/cpanel Algorand: Learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/367…

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Trent McConaghy: Ocean Protocol – The Platform Making Waves in the Data Industry 1:19:58

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Data is a huge industry, worth about $500 billion in Europe alone. And currently there's a fundamental misalignment between those creating data and those consuming it. There's a one direction value flow in terms of those who are providing the value (the data) and those extracting it. These are big tech platforms that typically use that data to sell signals and advertising to brands and merchants. This is referred to as a shadow data economy and it's time to flip this model on its head. Ocean Protocol is a platform which creates data marketplaces, providing an alternative to the current model. Data providers can sell their data to the platform to whoever wants to buy it and that data set is represented as a token. The value is a function of the usefulness of that data. This creates a much more equitable market where value flow is more cyclical than one directional. Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol, joins us to chat about the platform. They have just released V3 which has seen the introduction of the data token, the Ocean Market, and a new home on the Ethereum Mainchain. Topics covered in this episode: Trent’s background and long history of building blockchain products The business models built around data and the “Shadow Data Economy” What Ocean Protocol is and what it achieves Technical components and stakeholders in the Ocean Protocol Staking and providing liquidity for datatoken markets The Ocean Market and activity since the launch Ocean Protocol and its compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR Ocean Protocol V3 and migrating from a sidechain to the mainnet The future of Ocean Protocol and the potential for data stream markets Episode links: Ocean Protocol website Ocean V3 release Episode 78 - Ascribe – The Internet of Ownership Episode 126 - BigchainDB – Scalable Public Distributed Databases Episode 184 - IPDB – The Interplanetary Database and its Applications in AI Ocean Protocol on Twitter Trent on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/366…

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Martin Köppelmann: Circles – Creating Universal Basic Income Economies for Everyone 1:18:02

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Circles UBI is a blockchain-based Universal Basic Income created to promote local economy within communities. It was recently launched on Ethereum’s POA network. The idea is to create a parallel economy by forming trust lines within Circles. Anyone who joins Circles receives a basic income regularly, without conditions. And the more connected your community is, the more valuable your Circles become. Also it is fully decentralized. What makes Circles special is that it doesn't market itself to anyone specific in crypto. It positions itself as an ecosystem and protocol that can help anyone create and promote a local economy within their local community. In the current economic crisis, this is a hugely powerful tool for societies to utilise. Martin Köppelmann, CEO of Gnosis, joins us for his third appearance on the show. He is also the creator of Circles and chats to us about why he believes the world needs this, and how the project works. Topics covered in this episode: What Universal Basic Income (UBI) is and Martin’s interest and support of it Pros and cons of funding UBI through taxation Explaining Circles’ decentralized UBI How ‘personal tokens’ work in Circles Issuance and trust connections Dealing with sybil attacks On throughput limits Conditions attached to your account How UBI keeps up with inflation Getting started with Circles Attracting non crypto users and driving demand Can Circles move onto Layer-2 - UX Design choices Learn more about Circles and get involved Episode links: Circles UBI website Circles Whitepaper Martin on Epicenter - Episode 271, How the dxDAO could become the world’s largest organization Martin on Epicenter - Episode 139, Gnosis – The Ethereum Prediction Market Find Circles on Meetup Circles Twitter Martin Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: Learn how to start building on Algorand – Free webinar on November 17th - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/365…

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Alchemy – A Powerful Developer Platform and API for Ethereum Apps 1:06:51

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Alchemy is a powerful blockchain developer platform providing a suite of developer tools. Developers building apps which interact with Ethereum can use Alchemy's powerful APIs to supercharge their apps, and leverage features not available in vanilla nodes. They also provide services like analytics, monitoring, alerting, logging and debugging. Today, a number of the top Dapps in the Ethereum ecosystem use Alchemy, and the company recently made their API available to the general public. We chatted to Nikil Viswanathan, CEO & Co-founder about the platform, how it works and the problems it solves. We also addressed the concerns around centralization and ecosystem resiliency. Topics covered in this episode: Nikil's background and how he got into crypto The Blockchain infrastructure Why Alchemy chose to focus Ethereum On building developer tools, and what Alchemy offers How it works on a technical level and how it’s different from what else is available on the market What can users do with supernodes Plans for expanding into validation and other services in the future Concerns for user privacy Adoption of Alchemy among crypto projects Nikil’s views on centralization concerns and ecosystem resiliency How Jay-Z become an investor/advisor and other interesting partnerships with Alchemy Where to learn more and join Alchemy Episode links: Alchemy Website Get started on Alchemy Alchemy Supernode Alchemy on Twitter Nikil on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: Learn how to start building on Algorand – Free webinar on November 17th - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/364…

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Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX & Project Serum – The World's First Decentralized Derivatives Exchange 1:19:35

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Alameda Research is a quant trading fund founded in 2017. Today it manages over $100 million in digital assets and trades $600 million to $1.5 billion per day across thousands of products: all major coins and altcoins, as well as their derivatives. Whilst running this fund, the team thought there was space for a robust crypto derivatives exchange build for traders which solves some of the issues they saw in derivatives trading. FTX is the crypto derivatives trading platform which came out of Alameda. In just under two years of existence, it has grown to become one of the top trading platforms for crypto, trading over $1B per day in derivatives. The FTX team are also working on Project Serum. It’s an ambitious project to create a fully decentralized and permissionless DEX and DeFi ecosystem with trustless cross-chain trading. Serum is being built on Solana to allow a centralized orderbook. This offers a much higher speed and throughput than Ethereum. The goal is to create a robust DEX ecosystem which can compete with centralized exchanges on speed, all while being fully interoperable with Ethereum. Today our guest is Sam Bankman-Fried, he is the CEO of FTX and Alameda Research, and co-founder of Project Serum. We hear all about his journey from Alameda, to FTX, and to his latest venture, Serum. Topics covered in this episode: Sam’s background and how he became involved in crypto trading Why and how FTX was created How FTX works and why the big focus on derivatives The cross-over between FTX and Alameda What Serum is and how it fits in the long term vision of FTX Sam’s view on where products on DeFi are falling short and how it can be fixed What are the trade-offs on Serum? The off chain Serum order book How cross-chain swaps work The boundaries of the Serum ecosystem in relation to Solana What is the governance mechanism on Serum Sam’s view on the AMM argument Where Sam thinks the DeFi ecosystem is heading and what is needed for it to gain legitimacy in the traditional finance world Episode links: FTX Alameda Research Project Serum Epicenter episode 312 with Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-founder and CEO of Solana SushiSwap Twitter thread FTX on Twitter Sam on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: Learn how to start building on Algorand – Free webinar on November 17th - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/363…

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Simon Polrot: Adan – Unraveling MiCA and the New Regulations Threatening Crypto in Europe 1:27:05

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Adan (Association for the Development of Digital Assets), is an organization which helps promote the development of the crypto industry in France, and more broadly in Europe. Its President, Simon Polrot, is also the Co-founder Ethereum France, which host the EthCC conference in Paris. The European Commission has released a regulatory proposal, MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets), which falls under The Digital Finance Package. The Adan team have been working hard to understand, dissect and establish positions with regards to this regulation. The scope of this MiCA is vast, and it covers nearly every type of activity which relates to cryptocurrencies, utility tokens, stablecoins, and security tokens in Europe. In addition to being broad, it puts enormous restrictions on the DeFi ecosystem by merely ignoring most decentralized use cases, making it nearly impossible for DeFi to continue existing as we know it. It's an important piece of regulation which would apply to almost every crypto asset company or issuer across the European continent, as well as companies who have customers or do business here. We chat to Simon who explains what the draft proposal means and the effects it will have on the European crypto industry. He also shares how the community can get involved in steering the regulation in favour of the industry before it's passed into law. Topics covered in this episode: Simon's background and how he became involved in crypto Adan's mission in France en Europe The high level principles of crypto regulations in Europe and the frameworks already in place The EU Commission's Digital Finance Package explained What MiCA is and who falls under this regulation How the Commission identifies “token issuers” How MiCA affects DeFi stablecoins like DAI What are Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASPs) and how they are concerned by MiCA How the regulations may impact mining and staking How MiCA favors financial institutions over startups in the crypto space Why Simon thinks there is a positive side to this regulatory proposal What Adan is doing to raise awareness and lobby to amend this proposal and repair the issues arising out of the draft proposal How crypto companies can take part in the work of getting this regulation amended before it passes into law The possibility for an alternative crypto finance ecosystem to emerge from this regulation Episode links: Adan Website About Adan Adan Webinar: Understanding the MiCA and Pilot Regime crypto regulation Become a member of Adan Adan on Twitter Simon on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: Learn how to start building on Algorand – Free webinar on November 17th - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/362…

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Kyle Samani: Multicoin Capital – The Thesis-Driven Cryptoasset Investment Firm 1:09:34

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Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies. They manage a hedge fund and a venture fund, investing across both public and private markets. They are extremely bullish on smart contract platforms and DeFi is one of their main areas of focus. They've invested in several projects and companies such as Algorand, Arweave, Nervos, Skale, Solana, to name a few. We originally had Multicoin on the show in February of 2018 when they were still reasonably new and we were in the height of the ICO bubble. Kyle Samani, Co-founder and Managing Partner, joins us back on the show to share not only how Multicoin has changed since then, but also the cryptoasset industry as a whole. Topics covered in this episode: What are the Multicoin theses and have they changed since Kyle was last on the show Why the most used smart contract platform will produce the winning store of value The role of gold in today's economy Bitcoin gaining traction in today's asset management circle Other assets that will eventually displace Bitcoin Which projects Multicoin are backing at the moment DeFi vs CeFi and latency Discussing what DeFi actually is Cryptocurrency's future role in the traditional financial system and the impact of potential new regulations How the cryptoasset industry has changed since Multicoin started and where it is headed The underrated areas Multicoin are looking at today Episode links: Multicoin Capital Multicoin's first appearance on Epicenter Multicoin blog The Multicoin Thesis Multicoin on Twitter Kyle on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: To learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications. - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/361…

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Ido Sadeh Man: Sögur – The Digital Coin Changing Global Currency for the Better (sponsored) 1:19:03

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Sögur, formerly known as Saga, aims to provide a global digital currency that acts as a store of value, a unit of account, and a medium of exchange. It is not impacted by any single nation state agenda and complements national currencies. And it is governed by its holders. The SGR is Sögur's digital coin. It's built to provide a self-sustaining, democratic and global currency. It uses a bonding curve market maker, which is modelled to control and mitigate volatility exposure and value loss when market conditions are fast-changing and unpredictable. All whilst creating an opportunity for sustainable intrinsic value growth. SGR holders are the currency decision makers, and enjoy democratic voting rights over how SGR operates now and as it continues to evolve. Sögur is interesting as it starts off looking like a stablecoin, but as the market grows it departs from its peg to become a free floating currency. It is currently pegged to the SDR (Special Drawing Rights). Deposits are held in FIAT reserves and as demand for SGR increases, the reserve ratio decreases. This causes the relative price to go up. Ido Sadeh Man is chairman of the board and founder of Sögur. He joins us on the show to discuss the background of the project and what it is hoping to achieve, and an in depth look into the monetary policy of the SGR. He also talks about the impressive team and advisory board that is behind the project. Topics covered in this episode: Ido's background and how he got into crypto Why the time is right for Sögur to have a positive impact Centres of stability on a global scale What Sögur is and what problem it solves How it works as a stablecoin The economics of the Sögur (SGR) currency The connection to the SDR (Special Drawings Right) Redeemability of reserves Why Sögur was built on Ethereum and not its own blockchain The effects of limitations and gas fees Will SGR bridge to all networks? The bonding curve model The governance structure of Sögur and the smart contract itself Stake-based voting vs participant-based voting Where reserves are held The team of investors backing Sögur The effects of changing regulations on Sögur The long term vision for Sögur Episode links: Sögur Website Sögur Monetary The Voting Mechanism Sögur on Medium Sögur on Twitter Ido on Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. This podcast episode was sponsored by Sögur .…

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Demetri Kofinas: Uncovering the Hidden Forces of Today's Society 1:20:03

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Hidden Forces is a podcast devoted to exploring the underlying forces driving the most powerful changes we see in the world. Demetri Kofinas, host of the show, holds conversations with some of the most brilliant minds in technology, finance, social science, and the hard sciences. He consults blockchain and distributed ledger technology companies, and hedge funds and venture capital firms on how to invest in and around these same emerging technologies. We chatted to Demetri about a range of current topics from the US presidential election, the financial crisis and the role of the federal reserve and how it's reacting to the crisis. Also the role of central banks going forward in this new reality in which we live. We also discussed crypto and specifically his thoughts on the DeFi space. He has some very interesting views there. Demetri does not hold back on what he wants to say, so this was a fun and interesting conversation which we are sure you will enjoy too! Topics covered in this episode: The US presidential election Demetri’s background and why he started Hidden Forces Hidden Forces and how he chooses guests and topics Demetri's health How Demetri sees the impact of blockchain on a societal level The current economic crisis The fundamental difference of the handling between past crises and the current one, by financial institutions Is the US on the brink of collapse? What is the role of the central bank if it can no longer function how it is supposed to, and can crypto play a role What are some past dApps that would contribute value to society Demetri’s views on Ampleforth Can a cryptocurrency become a world reserve currency? Episode links: Hidden Forces The story of Demetri's tumour Demetri's website Demetri on Medium Hidden Forces on Twitter Demetri on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: To learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications. - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/360…

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The Layer-1 Data Availability and Consensus Solution 1:17:15

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NB: Since the recording of this podcast LazyLedger changed their name to Celestia. Celestia is a scalable general-purpose data availability layer for decentralized apps and trust-minimized sidechains. It is a minimal, viable blockchain which does time stamping and block ordering. Think back to Bitcoin in the early days, before Ethereum. Layer-2 systems were being built on top of Bitcoin and were leveraging Bitcoin’s consensus layer. This is what Celestia is doing, although it is purpose built and scalable for the exact use case. The implementation details are a lot more complex, and the vision is to create a modular pluggable Layer-1 that does nothing but consensus and data availability. It is designed for people who want to create their blockchain without consensus. The project is yet to be launched, however we had Ismail Khoffi, Co-Founder and CTO, and Mustafa Al-Bassam, Co-Founder and CEO on the show to give us a deep technical overview and vision of Celestia. Topics covered in this episode: Ismail and Mustafa's backgrounds, and how they got into the crypto space How Ismail and Mustafa met and created Celestia The Data Availability paper which was co-written with Vitalik and introduction to Celestia The purpose and function of Celestia How data availability works and the advantages and disadvantages to their ledger The purpose of Celestia How transaction fees work The interoperability aspect Honest validators on the block Non-interactive proofs on Celestia The interaction between Celestia and Cosmos SDK How will Celestia compete with other Layer One's, in particular Filecoin When the ledger will be launched Episode links: Celestia website Celestia blog GitHub Celestia Twitter Ismail on Twitter Mustafa on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: To learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications. - https://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/359…

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Camila Russo: The Defiant – Laying Bare the Story of Ethereum 1:09:23

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Camila Russo is a financial journalist, starting her career writing for Chile's largest national newspaper. She then spent 8 years at Bloomberg covering the Argentine market from Buenos Aires, the European stocks from Madrid, and analysed macro emerging markets moves for the Markets Live blog in New York. She is the founder of the Defiant and recently wrote and released a book on the foundations of Ethereum, “The Infinite Machine”. This tells the story of how 19-year-old coding genius Vitalik Buterin led a “ragtag group of feuding hackers with no business plan and no live product” to pioneer a whole new way of raising money, on a platform that’s grown to a value of $27 billion. It is being hailed a complete hit and we highly recommend you give it a read. Camila joined us to chat about how her journey through journalism led her to crypto, and how she became a successful author. Topics covered in this episode: Camila's background and how she got into the crypto space Becoming involved with Bitcoin in Argentina back in 2013 Her move to the US and the introduction to Ethereum in 2017 What made her decide to write a book and the process involved Some interesting stories that didn't make the final cut Camila's views on the Ethereum narrative and how it has changed over time Camila's view on the current DeFi situation and the risks of regulators becoming more involved What is The Defiant? How to follow Camila Episode links: Camila Russo The Defiant The Infinite Machine Excerpt from The Infinite Machine “The Infinite Machine” review Camila on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: To learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications, visit algorand.com/epicenter - http://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/358…

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MacLane Wilkison: NuCypher – Proxy Re-Encryption for Distributed Systems 1:10:28

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NuCypher is a decentralized threshold cryptography network offering interfaces and runtimes for secrets management and dynamic access control. It provides cryptographic infrastructure for privacy preserving applications and it exists as a smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain. They are currently in testnet but once launched you will be able to use NuCypher to carry out proxy re-encryption. Proxy re-encryption is a cryptographic method that allows you to delegate re-encryption of data to a third party and in this case validators in the NuCypher network. With this method you issue a re-encryption key that is assigned to a specific public key and a third party has the ability to re-encrypt data for that third party to decrypt. In this case the NuCypher network acts as the third party service. It is useful for when you want to share data, with the ability to revoke access at a later stage. They also have an interesting token distribution mechanism called the WorkLock. This is similar to a Lockdrop but with work required from the participants. MacLane Wilkison, Co-founder and CEO of NuCypher talks about how and why the protocl was created, the challenges faced with it, and the problems it solves. Topics covered in this episode: - MacLane’s background and how he got into the blockchain space - Challenges with working with corporate entities and getting people to understand privacy preserving technologies - The zeroDB protocol and how that led to NuCypher - What was MacLane’s goal with starting NuCypher - What proxy re-encryption is and why it’s desirable over manual systems - What are threshold signatures - Attributability on the protocol - Some use cases of using FHE on NuCypher and why they have chosen this for the protocol - MacLane’s thoughts on trusted hardware - The infrastructure of NuCypher and why it is on Ethereum - Results from the testnet - WorkLock - their token distribution mechanism and how it compares to Lockdrop - How you can set up a node on NuCypher - Current gas costs and the impact of this - The NuCypher business model and how they make money - Where to learn more about NuCypher Episode links: - [NuCypher Website](nucypher.com) - [NuCypher Discord](https://discord.com/invite/7rmXa3S) - [NuCypher blog](https://blog.nucypher.com/) - [WorkLock](https://blog.nucypher.com/the-worklock/) - [NuCypher Twitter](https://twitter.com/NuCypher) - [MacLane's Twitter](https://twitter.com/MacLaneWilkison) Show notes and listening options: [epicenter.tv/357](https://epicenter.tv/357)…

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Tarun Chitra: Gauntlet – The Simulation Platform for Blockchain Protocols 1:13:37

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Gauntlet is a simulation platform for building financial models of blockchain protocols and applications. Their platform uses machine learning methods to simulate different environments with various user behaviors and see how the system holds up in those conditions. They perform analysis on things like core mechanisms to test for liveness, block propagation, and at higher layers like simulating markets. Their offering is complementary to security audits as their analysis goes beyond code functionality and looks at how systems may behave in real-life conditions. Tarun Chitra, CEO & Founder of Gauntlet, talks about his previous life in chip manufacturing and how he built Gauntlet. He also goes deep into the machine learning and statistical analysis involved with Gauntlet. It is quite a fascinating concept and when applied to blockchain systems, there is huge potential for this to become something that is expected by users, investors, and the community for new protocols. Topics covered in this episode: Tarun’s background and how he got into crypto Chip manufacturing in the US and its geopolitical implications What sorts of things does Gauntlet model? How does historical data play a part in predicting blockchain protocol behavior Simulation models used by Gauntlet Game design analysis The parts of the crypto economic stack that would benefit from this simulation work today How does Gauntlet complement a security audit for a new blockchain What tools they use for simulation What Gauntlet looks like as a business and what is the roadmap going forward Episode links: Gauntlet website Gauntlet on Medium Tarun on Medium Tarun's papers Gauntlet on Twitter Tarun on Twitter Sponsors: Algorand: To learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications, visit algorand.com/epicenter - http://algorand.com/epicenter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/356…

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Marek Olszewski & Rene Reinsberg: Celo – Towards Prosperity for Everyone 1:10:41

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Celo has a clear mission - to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity, for everyone. The Celo Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the growth and development of the open-source, decentralized Celo Platform. Its aim is to build a flexible network of applications built on a blockchain to facilitate payments and remittances to people’s phone numbers. Guided by the Celo community tenets, the Foundation contributes to education, technical research, environmental health, community engagement, and ecosystem outreach. These activities support and encourage an inclusive financial system that solves real-world problems such as lack of access to sound currency, or friction for cash-transfer programs aimed to alleviate poverty. They are aiming to create a new platform to connect people globally and bring financial stability to those who need it most. Rene Reinsberg and Marek Olszewski, founders of Celo, talk about how they are using blockchain technology to achieve this. Topics covered in this episode: Rene and Marek’s backgrounds and how they got into blockchain The history of Celo and its mission Some of the friction points with the project and how they have overcome them What Celo are doing differently than other networks How Celo are dealing with privacy issues Why they chose to build on the EVM The go-to-market strategy that Celo has chosen How cUSD works and how they deal with the scalability issue on the system As the reserve holds Bitcoin, how does the transfer of cUSD work? cUSD vs Maker The issuance protocol for transferring assets Host debrief Episode links: Celo website The Celo blog cLabs announces acquisition of Summa Rethinking Remittances with Blockchain Technology and Celo Celo Dollars Plumo Channel on Discord Valora Celo on Twitter Rene on Twitter Marek on Twitter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/355…

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Republic is an investment platform that allows anyone pretty much anywhere in the world, of any income and net worth, to invest in some of the best private equity startups. It allows regular people, not just a few wealthy accredited investors, to invest in highly vetted private startups, with as little as $10 or as much as $100,000 per investment. In the past, accredited investors were the only ones allowed to invest in startups through equity-based incentives. However the JOBS Act of 2016 created an exemption under the federal securities laws so that crowdfunding can be used to offer and sell securities to the general public. Republic launched just after the JOBS Act was passed with a goal to create an investment platform which was truly accessible to everyone. This was around the time that companies began raising funds with ICOs, and Republic was among the first platforms to offer a framework for Security Token Offerings. Republic has recently innovated again with their Republic Note product. This is a profit sharing token which allows investors to receive dividends when companies who raise money on the platform make an exit. The tokens are issued by Republic which distributes a portion of the exit profits to investors in proportion to their holdings. This is a similar model to the Binance Token, which isn't surprising since Republic was the first portfolio company of Binance Labs. Ken Nguyen, Co-founder and CEO of Republic, explains the advantages of crowdfunding over traditional investing, the long term regulatory implications, and the opportunities this model opens up for startup funding. Topics covered in this episode: Ken’s background and his history with AngelList The implications from the JOBS Act 2016 Ken’s vision for Republic and making investment more accessible for more people Overview of the US Securities Law and investing The interaction between Republic and crypto The types of start-ups and investors using Republic The importance of the community aspect within start-ups on Republic The Republic Note token Republic Note’s Reg A offering and what the benefits of this will be Where Republic Note can be traded Episode links: Republic website Republic on Medium Republic Note When will the Republic Note’s Reg A offering be qualified? Republic Twitter Ken Nguyen Twitter This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/353…

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George Samman is co-founder and COO of the Bitcoin derivatives exchange, BTC.sx. George helps us get a broad understanding of derivatives as a financial product, and we explore their uses in the context of Bitcoin. He also brings his perspective with regards to bridging the gap between Wall Street and the Bitcoin ecosystem. As a Chartered Market Technician, he has a very technical view on market movements and gives us his thoughts on the recent BTC price fluctuations. Episode links: BTC.sx SeedCoin George Samman This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/035…

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