Alexander Zaidelson, the CEO of Beam, a cryptocurrency being built on the MimbleWimble protocol, talks about how he came to start Beam, how it differs from Grin, another cryptocurrency being[…]
Category: 2019
Grin: A More Private, Lighter Bitcoin
Daniel Lehnberg and Michael Cordner, core team members of Grin, discuss the first implementation of the MimbleWimble protocol, named after a tongue-tying curse in Harry Potter. We discuss the many[…]
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce: Come Talk to the SEC
In a fireside chat I moderated with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce held by the Blockchain Digital Asset Forum, in conjunction with the NYU Stern Executive MBA program, on March 26,[…]
Vitalik Buterin on Whether or Not Ethereum Is ‘Blowing It’
At the first Unchained Live, Vitalik explained why he thought it was “inevitable” Ethereum would lose some of its lead, when he would be upset if Ethereum were overtaken by[…]
MolochDAO: Could This Decentralized Autonomous Organization Help Ethereum Scale Faster?
Ameen Soleimani, CEO of Spankchain, comes on the show to discuss his latest effort to fund Ethereum development through the decentralized autonomous organization MolochDAO. He describes how it works, plus[…]
How Binance Could Become the First Decentralized Autonomous Corporation
Tushar Jain and Kyle Samani, managing partners of Multicoin Capital, discuss Binance, Binance Chain and BNB token, and why they believe Binance will become the first centralized company to successfully[…]
How Melon Could Make Asset Management Easier
Mona El-Isa, the cofounder and CEO of Melonport, explains how Melon, the asset management protocol which recently launched on Ethereum, makes launching a fund easier and less expensive, plus gives[…]
How Blockchains Can Help Create Little Democracies Everywhere
Glen Weyl, a political economist and social technologist, the coauthor of Radical Markets and a principal researcher at Microsoft, and Santiago Siri, the founder of Democracy Earth, discuss how blockchains[…]
Why Future Perfect Ventures Did Not Invest in ICOs
Jalak Jobanputra, founder and managing partner of Future Perfect Ventures, talks about how, in 2014, her experience as an investment bank and VC, her global background, and her observation that new[…]
How Casa Makes It Harder for Someone to Steal Your Bitcoins
Jeremy Welch of personal key security system Casa describes the company’s various services and products, including its $10,000-a-year premium service for HODLers of at least $500,000 worth of cryptocurrency and[…]