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

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How to Be a Better Human

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Join How to Be a Better Human as we take a look within and beyond ourselves. How to Be a Better Human isn’t your average self improvement podcast. Each week join comedian Chris Duffy in conversation with guests and past speakers as they uncover sharp insights and give clear takeaways on how YOU can be a better human. From your work to your home and your head to your heart, How to Be a Better Human looks in unexpected places for new ways to improve and show up for one another. Inspired by the popular series of the same name on TED’s Ideas blog, How to Be a Better Human will help you become a better person from the comfort of your own headphones. Follow Chris on Instagram at @chrisiduffy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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

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

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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:

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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As the summer tour of European crypto conferences landed in Berlin, one of crypto’s cradles, we couldn’t miss DappCon 25, where we got to sit with Jerome de Tychey, Nixorokish & Joshua Dávila to discuss Ethereum’s restructure and whether its culture is still relevant to the wider crypto community. Join us for a fascinating discussion on the impact of crypto politicization and how Ethereum’s ecosystem evolved amidst a society with ever-changing values. Topics covered in this episode: Jerome, Nixorokish & Josh backgrounds Ethereum Foundation restructuring Ethereum’s culture & crypto politicization DAOs & the evolution of Ethereum’s ecosystem Is privacy still a societal value? User experience & account abstraction Future hopes for Ethereum Episode links: Jerome de Tychey on X Nixorokish on X Joshua Davila on X DappCon 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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Lombard: Unlocking Bitcoin DeFi Through Liquid, Yield-Bearing LBTC - Jacob Phillips 1:11:09

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Bitcoin remains an untapped source of net-new liquidity that could be injected into DeFi. This would completely reshape Bitcoin’s utilization from a mere store of value to a liquid asset that can be ported cross-chain and traded like a liquid staking derivative. Lombard’s LBTC builds upon Babylon’s Bitcoin staking primitive and aims to unlock new yield sources for the industry’s leading asset by increasing its DeFi utilization. Topics covered in this episode: Jacob’s background Lessons gathered from Polychain Focusing on Bitcoin Why Bitcoin staking is crucial for BTC DeFi Building on top of Babylon LBTC minting Sources of BTC yield PoS inflation and native token incentives BTC as a trading pair in DeFi Lombard chain Future challenges to overcome Bitcoin L2s Lombard milestones Episode links: Jacob Phillips on X Lombard 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: 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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Staking Rewards: Is Crypto Staking Killing Decentralisation? - Mirko Schmiedl & Tobias Jung 54:55

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Apart from incentivising market participants to secure the network through inflationary rewards, many consider staking as an equivalent of stock dividend yield. As a result, although Bitcoin is regarded as digital gold, protocols are looking for ways to increase its utilisation in DeFi and, ultimately, generate yield. Nowadays, while newer networks are struggling to attract investors and sustain a healthy, decentralised validator set, more established blockchains capture the lion’s share of PoS actors. However, in a constant race for profit basis points, centralised consolidation of stakers seems inevitable. Join us for a fascinating discussion on the staking landscape and the challenges it may present to decentralisation. Topics covered in this episode: Increasing BTC utilization through BTC yield Looping yield products The maturation of the staking market Chorus One staking portfolio How to prevent staking consolidation Retail vs. institutional-grade operators Symbiotic, Eigenlayer & restaking yield Episode links: Mirko Schmiedl on X Tobias Jung on X Staking Rewards 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 & Sebastien Couture.…

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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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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

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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

35 weeks پیش1:18:46

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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

36 weeks پیش58:07

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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

37 weeks پیش59:58

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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

38 weeks پیش1:06:57

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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

39 weeks پیش1:03:48

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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

40 weeks پیش1:20:36

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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

41 weeks پیش58:24

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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

42 weeks پیش1:02:10

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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

43 weeks پیش1:02:19

1:02:19

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

44 weeks پیش55:27

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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

45 weeks پیش53:10

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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

46 weeks پیش58:06

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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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