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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 -
Ameen Soleimani: Moloch DAO – A Simple Yet Unforgiving DAO to Fund Ethereum Development
July 24th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Ameen Soleimani, Co-founder and CEO of SpankChan. Recently, Ameen headed a project called Moloch DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization with the goal to fund Ethereum 2.0 development. Read More -
Jerry Brito: The Case for Electronic Cash in an Open and Free Society
July 16th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Jerry Brito, Executive Director of Coin Center. In 2014, he founded Coin Center, a leading research and advocacy center focussing on cryptocurrencies. Read More -
Robert Leshner: Compound – An Automated Money Market for Ethereum Tokens
July 9th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin In this episode, we caught up with Robert Leshner, founder of the Compound protocol. Compound is one of the first examples of a well-functioning lending market built using smart contracts, built on Ethereum. Read More -
Rob Dawson: PegaSys – Enterprise-Grade Ethereum Protocol Engineering
July 4th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Rob Dawson, Head of Product at PegaSys. PegaSys is the protocol engineering spoke of ConsenSys, and the team building Pantheon, a Java implementation of the Ethereum client. Read More -
Stephen Palley: The Regulatory Landscape for Cryptocurrencies and the SEC's Case Against Kik
June 25th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin Lawyer Stephen Palley joined us to discuss the SEC case against Kik, the evolving US regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies and the recent announcement of the Libra cryptocurrency. Read More -
Hayden Adams: Uniswap – An Automated Decentralized Exchange for Ethereum
June 18th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We were joined by Hayden Adams to discuss the decentralized exchange Uniswap. We covered their automated system, the economic incentives powering Uniswap and the importance of decentralized exchanges. Read More -
Tal Moran: Spacemesh – The Space-Time Consensus Blockchain
June 11th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Tal Moran, Chief Scientist at Spacemesh. This new consensus protocol is designed to run on home desktop PCs, filling free space on users' hard drives to create a Proof of Space-Time. Read More -
Dominic Tarr: Secure Scuttlebutt – The “Localized” but Distributed Social Network
June 4th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Dominic Tarr, a sailor, and the Founder of Secure Scuttlebutt. This curiously named project has a fascinating approach to creating a truly distributed social network. Read More -
Dan Robinson: Rainbow Network – Off-Chain Synthetics Exchange or “Multicolored Lightning”
May 28th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Dan Robinson, a research partner at Paradigm, and the author the “Rainbow Network” paper. The paper describes an off-chain decentralized synthetics exchange which leverages payment channels. Read More -
Jill Carlson: Open Money Initiative – Free Access to Finance as a Human Right
May 22nd, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We’re joined by Jill Carlson. Recently, she co-founded the Open Money Initiative, a research organization which looks into how people use money in closed economies. Their initial focus is on Venezuela where years of economic downturn and strict currency controls have created a humanitarian crisis which has political repercussions well beyond the country’s borders. Read More -
Aya Miyaguchi: The Role and Challenges of the Ethereum Foundation
May 16th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi joined us to discuss the role of the Ethereum Foundation, their grant program, governance approach and criticisms of the Ethereum Foundation. Read More -
Mark Miller: Agoric and the Decades-Long Quest for Secure Smart Contracts
May 7th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We were joined by Mark S. Miller, Chief Scientist at Agoric. We covered his visionary Agoric papers and the convergence of his conception of smart contracts as secure bilateral agreements with blockchain. Read More -
Mike Pieciak: NASAA – A “To The Moon” Approach to Regulating Crypto
April 30th, 2019 by epicenterbitcoin We're joined by Mike Pieciak, President of the North American Securities Administrators Association. In 2018, “Operation Cryptosweep” investigated over 200 ICOs for potential investor fraud. Read More
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