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Epicenter - Increasing Wallet Usability to Decrease the Anxiety of Self-Custody
December 30th, 2019 by
BTCMedia Managing crypto-assets can be an anxiety-inducing experience for a lot of people. While it's quite empowering to “be your own bank,” it's also scary for a lot of people who understand the risks associated with self-custody. Although cryptocurrency wallets have made tremendous progress since the days when a full-sync of the blockchain was required, there are still significant hurdles that limit broad adoption. Read More -
Epicenter: Dr. Luka Müller: MME – The Law Firm Behind the Rise of Switzerland’s CryptoValley
December 5th, 2019 by BTCMedia We were joined by Luka Mueller, who played a key role in establishing Switzerland as a cryptocurrency center and in laying the legal groundwork for the ICO boom. In 2014, his law firm MME worked with the Ethereum team to set up the Ethereum Foundation and run its public fundraiser. A model that was later copied by countless other projects and led MME to work with many other leading protocols like Cosmos and Tezos. Read More -
Epicenter - Viktor Radchenko: Trust Wallet – Building and Growing the Official Binance Wallet
November 27th, 2019 by BTCMedia As the crypto ecosystem continues to grow, wallets and exchanges are quickly evolving to differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace. Viktor Radchenko, CEO and founder of Trust Wallet, joins us this week to talk about why he created a noncustodial wallet solution, what makes Trust Wallet unique, and how the acquisition by Binance has allowed his team to focus on a long term vision. Viktor helps us understand what it means to be part of the Binance Ecosystem, and what he believes the future holds for wallets, key storage and custody. Read More -
Nishant Sharma: Bitmain – Rising to Mining Dominance
November 20th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this episode, we sit down with Nishant Sharma, Head of Community Relations, who is responsible for acting as a bridge between the Bitmain company and the many communities it interacts with through its mining and ASIC operations. We explore the origins of Bitmain and its founders, the economics of ASIC production, its past and current relationships with different communities, and the future of the company. Read More -
Jesse Powell: How Kraken Accelerates Cryptocurrency Adoption
November 12th, 2019 by
epicenterbitcoin Kraken CEO and Founder Jesse Powell joins us to discuss the history and values of Kraken, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges. Read More -
Anatoly Yakovenko: Solana – Reaching for the Limits of Blockchain Performance
November 5th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin Solana is building a hyper-scalable blockchain capable of 50,000 tps without sharding. We were joined by Solana CEO Anatoly Yakovenko to discuss their unique technological breakthroughs and approach to delivering blockchain scalability. Read More -
Rhys Lindmark: MIT's Digital Currency Initiative – Why We Need Blockchain Ethics
October 29th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Rhys Lindmark, Head of Community and Long-Term Societal Impact at the MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative. Read More -
Eli Ben-Sasson: StarkWare – Productizing zk-STARKs to Provide Blockchain Scalability and Privacy
October 22nd, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Eli Ben Sasson, Co-founder and Cheif Scientist in the East at Starkware. His company is developing a full proof-stack which leverages STARKs as a blockchain scalability solution. Read More -
Yoni Assia: eToro – The Social Trading Platform
October 15th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Yoni Assia, Founder and CEO of eToro. The concept behind this world-leading social trading platform is users invest smarter by automatically copying the top traders in the community. Read More -
DappCon 2019 – Tales of Governance: DAOs, Swarms and Anarchic Systems
October 8th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin This week, you'll hear a panel moderated by Sunny on DAO governance. The panelists where Ameen Soleimani of MolochDAO, Stephanie Hurder of Prysm Group, Jorge Izquierdo of Aragon One, and Sebastian Gajek of ditCraf. Read More -
DappCon 2019 – Look at My Flashy Colors And Rounded Corners!
October 2nd, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin As we take some time to record new interviews, we're releasing content from DappCon which took place in Berlin in August. This week, you'll hear a panel moderated by Sebastien on usability and user experience in blockchain-based apps and products. The panelists where Chriss Sugg of AirSwap, Alex Van de Sande of the Ethereum Foundation, Itamar Lesuisse or Argent and Pedro Gomez of Wallet Connect. Topics discussed in this episode: - The state of usability in the blockchain space - How ev... Read More -
Omer Shlomovits & Ouriel Ohayon: ZenGo – The Keyless Crypto Wallet
September 24th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Omer Shlomovits and Ouriel Ohayon, Co-founders of ZenGo. Their product is a ‘keyless’ crypto wallet, which means users never need to generate or store a key which gives them access to their funds. Read More -
Sharon Goldberg: Arwen – Centralized Exchange Trading Without Counterparty Risk
September 18th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin From a career in communications engineering, listen as Sharon Goldberg, CEO of Arwen, shares her journey into cryptography. From its beginnings with a whitepaper on eclipse attacks, Arwen has grown into a platform enabling atomic swaps on centralized exchanges. Read More -
David Chaum: The Forefather of Cryptocurrencies and the Cypherpunk Movement
September 10th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re pleased to be joined by the legendary cryptographer and computer scientist, David Chaum. From his early beginnings at Berkley, David pioneered many of the cryptographic techniques used in secure systems and cryptocurrencies today. Read More -
Ayo Akinyele: Bolt Labs – Zcash on Lightning
September 3rd, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Ayo Akinyele, CEO of Bolt Labs. Bolt is building a new privacy-focused layer-2 payment channel network design, initially built on Zcash. Read More -
Anthony Sassano & Eric Conner: EthHub – Ethereum Education and the Quest for Ether Dominance
August 27th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Eric Conner and Anthony Sassano, founders of EthHub. Started in January of 2019, EthHub’s goal is to provide a trusted, objective source of information for the Ethereum ecosystem. Read More -
Dan Shin: Terra – The Stable Currency Tackling the Ecommerce Payments Market
August 20th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin This week we're joined by Daniel Shin. He is the Co-Founder of Terra, an algorithmic stablecoin which is already seeing success for e-commerce transactions in Korea just weeks after launching. Read More -
Erik Voorhees: ShapeShift – There's a New Fox in Town
August 13th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Erik Voorhees, Founder & CEO of Shapeshift. who talks about the learning curves over the past 5 years and the launch of ShapeShift’s brand new V2 platform, which includes many new features. Read More -
Igor Barinov: POA Network – Enabling Scaling Through Trust in Public Notaries
August 6th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Igor Barinov, the tech lead of the POA network. The POA Network achieves a reduction in transaction costs by many orders of magnitude by having a set of trusted validators. Read More -
Rune Christensen: Maker DAO – The Central Bank of Web 3.0
July 30th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Rune Christensen, CEO and Co-Founder of MakerDAO to discuss the rise of DAI as the first successful algorithmically backed stable token as well as the challenges ahead. Read More
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