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Mona El Isa: Enzyme – The Future of Asset Management
Episode 452
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 En…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Tim Beiko: Ethereum Foundation – The Ethereum Merge
Episode 451
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 …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Josh Lehman: Urbit – The Peer-to-Peer Network Re-Decentralizing the Internet
Episode 450
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 compa…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Jamal Raees & Yanni Giannaros: Wyre – Using Blockchain for Cross-Border Payments
Episode 449
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 leverage…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Ed Felten: Arbitrum – The Layer 2 Scaling Solution Increasing Speed and Reducing Fees
Episode 448
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…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Arjun Bhuptani: Connext – Speeding Up Secure Bridges Between Chains
Episode 447
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, …
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Dan Finlay: MetaMask – The ETH Based Wallet for Swaps and dApps
Episode 446
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 inter…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Nick Johnson: ENS – An Update on the Global Naming System for Ethereum
Episode 445
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 …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Stani Kulechov: Aave – 3.0
Episode 444
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, in…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Chun Wang: stakefish – From Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake
Episode 443
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 transformativ…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago