Brantly Millegan is the Director of Operations of the Ethereum Name Service team, otherwise referred to as ENS! ENS is all about human-readable addresses in the Ethereum and greater crypto ecosystem! Brantly has a wealth of knowledge of both the new ENS system, as well as how it compares to the old DNS system. Topics - Why we need ENS - How ENS names are sold - Where does the money go? - How ENS disincentives squatting on domains - Subdomains! - Using ENS for Bitcoin - ENS vs Unstoppable Domains...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 24 min
Mariano Conti, Head of Smart Contracts at the Maker Foundation, comes to POV Crypto to discuss his recent efforts in promoting and growing the Dai Stablecoin. Much-Cooler Dai was recently released by the Maker Foundation, which Mariano had a large role in. Mariano recently gave a 4x🔥talk at Devcon V in Osaka He also things that Devcon VI should be in Buenos Aires. Everyone agrees! He also turns everything into Ether, making him the King Midas of Ethereum. We talk about all these things, and mor...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 18 min
CK and David coming back at you all with our 10th Fight Night episode. In this podcast we discuss what is web 3 and its future, where Bitcoin fits into the future of the web, the transition from Single Collateral Dai to Multi Collateral Dai. Enjoy this wide ranging debate of POV Crypto! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [SPONSOR] eToro - Sign up for the best trad...
Nov 19, 2019•42 min
The great Zak Cole returns to POV Crypto for his second interview. Per usual, Zak holds nothing back and provides us with unfiltered insights into both the Bitcoin and Ethereum world. We discuss the following. Launching WhiteBlock Genesis Changes to the Eth 2 shards and what that means Why Zak works on Eth 2 Why Zak still believes in BTC and PoW What we need to do to actually bring crypto to the world. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on ...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Money is the Game, and the Game is Winning Money. Dan Elitzer comes to PoV Crypto to discuss an under-reported arena of Ethereum: Money Games Money games are player-vs-player economic games where some people lose, and some people win! What does this mean for Ethereum? Get your imagination going! - Dan Elitzer's background - PoolTogether, as a money-game - Proof-of-Weak-Hands - FOMO3d - Just.GAME - Dex Liquidity Game - All these "Money-Games" lockup ETH as a function of their operation. An explos...
Nov 12, 2019•1 hr 18 min
David invites two other Ethereum evangelists to POV Crypto for a discussion on Ethereum as an alternative financial platform. We get a little of that, but mostly a Bitcoin vs Ethereum as money debate! TOPICS - Risk of Bitcoin security model - Chain security in relation to moneyness - Commodity money vs pure money - the importance of scaling L1 to achieve mass adoption/moneyness Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @Trust...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 38 min
Leighton Cusack is the CEO of PoolTogether. David and Leighton have been collaborating on possible ways to tokenize the PoolTogether application with a value capture token. This episode is about that Topics - How PoolTogether works - The importance of the Dai reserve - The two token models to tokenize the Dai reserve. Pros and Cons of each. - Building on Ethereum "I would rather fail on Ethereum than succeed on anything else" - Leighton - Compounding contract risk - How PoolTogether is a financi...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Andrew Keys has been with Ethereum since day 1. He has been integral in the development of the ecosystem and the community, and has lately migrated to helping build out the institutional investment wing of Ethereum. We bring Andrew onto POV to get his perspective on institutional involvement in Ethereum. TOPICS - Andrews early involvement with Ethereum - The institutional value prop of Ether - Institutional perspective of DeFi - The significance of --EY building on Ethereum --JP Morgans Quorum -...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 21 min
David and Christian go through recent news and developments in the crypto-space! - Wyre releases new on-ramp vehicle that allows instant on-chain delivery of funds, via Apple or Google Pay. - Christian brings up his concerns about EIP 1559 and how it takes from the users and gives to the stakers - Eric Conner - New sharding spec design released by Vitalik. Does this delay Ethereum 2? - Christian's bet that Phase 0 will be delayed. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod ...
Oct 29, 2019•49 min
Eric Martindale ( https://twitter.com/martindale ) @martindale comes to PoV Crypto to discuss his project Fabric, how it adds to Bitcoin, and a variety of other crypto related topics. Fabric https://fabric.pub Fabric on Twitter https://twitter.com/FabricProtocol - The crypto industry is an industry trying to get to the truth of the world at large. - Crypto-economics as a motivation for learning what is true about the world - Comparing Bitcoin vs Ethereum genesis stories - Too late to stop Bitcoi...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Peter McCormack joins POV Crypto for a relaxed and fun conversation. This episode is full of great insights from Peter. We cover the following topics. The evolution of What Bitcoin Did Launching Defiance News Fighting for libertarian ideals How Bitcoin is revolutionizing money Getting attacked by an angry Twitter Mob Why Peter is not interested in Ethereum Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Ke...
Oct 24, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Amber is an App simply for dollar-cost averaging into Bitcoin. Do-away with FOMO and trading, and responsibly stack sats with Aleks' app https://getamber.io/ Aleks has been around the Bitcoin space for a long time, and comes to POV Crypto to discuss a number of various topics. The topic turns to Where and How Ethereum plants its flag in the Bitcoin world. TOPICS - Interest Rates manipulating Time Preference - Bitcoins relationship with non-hard currencies - When we do away with fiats all togethe...
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Rockstar Developer from BTC Pay Server and Zap joins the POV boys to talk Bitcoin, Ethereum and how to be a rockstar. We cover the following topics: What is BTC Pay Server Meme warfare on Twitter Zap and the magic of Jack Mallers What’s the point of a Blockchain? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Rockstar Developer @r0ckstardev [SPONSOR] @havenprivacy Get...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Cory Klippsten is the Founder of a brand new company, Give Bitcoin, that dedicated to on-boarding people from no-coiner to Bitcoiner, without loosing them to XRP! https://givebitcoin.io/ is a new website for buying and giving Bitcoin to someone, with the security that they can't go and sell it or trade it for shitcoins. Corey comes and discusses a number of related topics - Give + Timelock + Educate = Bitcoiner - Monthly onboarding material - Locking 1M Bitcoins off the market - Onboarding: The ...
Oct 15, 2019•43 min
David and Christian discuss recent arguments, debate, and laugh in this latest edition of Fight Night! David and Christian discuss recent arguments, debate, and laugh in this latest edition of Fight Night! - Common Bitcoiner criticisms of Ethereum - Is the EF an authority on Ethereum's direction? - Difference between business models of autonomous applications vs. businesses - Using Peter Thiel's metaphors: Bitcoin is 0-1, is Ethereum a 10x improvement? - POV Crypto has a token! 69 POV's worth $6...
Oct 10, 2019•42 min
Brandon Green of Bitcoin Magazine comes on to POV Crypto for an unorthodox episode. In the episode Brandon, Christian, and David discuss several topics outside of our normal scope. We cover the following. BTC Price prediction What's Wrong with education Rant about factory farming How the internet changes everything An unusual amount of agreeing Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twi...
Oct 07, 2019•59 min
Former CTO of Core Scientific and co creator of the Programmable Proof of Work hashing algorithm, Kristy-Leigh Minehan join POV Crypto for the second time to discuss ProgPoW and Ethereum. We cover the following topics. How and why ProgPoW was created The difference between ASIC & GPU miners and users Kristy’s experience with Ethereum governance. Leaving Core Scientific to defend ProgPoW Why EthHash fails to prevent ASICs The coming challenges for the transition from Eth1x to Eth2x Please rat...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Kenny Rowe was part of the early days of MakerDAO, and focuses his ideas on DAOs and various concepts around them. We pick Kenny's brain and discuss the intricacies of DAOs and their efforts. Kenny is part of the DAO side of MakerDAO, as well as a general Ethereum ecosystem participant. With extensive history in blockchain-based social organization, Kenny brings a unique perspective to POV Crypto. You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Chris...
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Blockchain developer and former miner, Jacob Gadikian comes onto POV Crypto to discuss the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and application-specific blockchains. We get into the following. Proof of work vs Proof of Stake Monetary use cases vs nonmonetary use cases for a blockchain Why Bitcoin is the perfect internet money Why Ether is the perfect internet money Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on ...
Sep 26, 2019•59 min
Brian Hoffman is the CEO of OB1, a small team behind the big projects of OpenBaazar and the Haven App. Join POV Crypto in this discussion about open and free markets using modern tech and crypto! The Haven App is an interface for viewing items for sale on OpenBaazar, a marketplace like Craigslist or Amazon for buying and selling items, without requiring sign-ups or identity. Topics of Discussion: - The Beginnings of OpenBaazar - The Ethos of the OpenBaazar community - The tech that powers OpenBa...
Sep 21, 2019•45 min
Alex Gladstein the chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation joins POV Crypto to talk about how Bitcoin is becoming an invaluable tool in the fight for human rights. We discuss the following. How Totalitarian countries compare to Democratic countries. Whats happening in Hong Kong. Whats wrong with identity on the blockchain. How Alex changing his mind about Dai and Tether. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium...
Sep 16, 2019•59 min
77 - tBTC with James Prestwich The new gold standard for bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum, tBTC is a new trustminimized protocol for creating an ERC20 on Ethereum that has the value of Bitcoin. Lead developer James Prestwich comes to POV to discuss the protocol, and the long-term implications for both chains. Topics - How the tBTC system works - What other protocols and designs have features in tBTC - The mint/redeem loop of tBTC - Different stakeholders and participants in the protocol - What does ...
Sep 10, 2019•57 min
In episode 76 of POV Crypto Jake Yocom-Piatt, CEO of Project Zero and the Decred Project Lead comes on for an interview. This interview seeks to understand why Decred. We dive into Jake’s history, Decred’s foundation in fairness, Decred’s path to decentralization, and the new Decred mixing protocol. Please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Jake Yocom-Pratt! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Chr...
Sep 05, 2019•59 min
In this week's installment of POV Crypto Fight Night, the boys debate the following: How to Maker and other crypto networks are trying to bootstrap scarcity. The contentious ProgPoW proposal for Ethereum Long-time preference and the Bitcoin Standard The Compound Finance audit by Open Zeppelin. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bd...
Sep 03, 2019•37 min
Dan Finlay is one of the Big Brains behind MetaMask, a browser extension that represents the core interface for interacting with Ethereum and Web 3.0. Dan has a lot of great thoughts to share, about how the web experience should be turned inside out, in order to produce a user-centric experience. Dan Finlay on Twitter @danfinlay Topics! - Traditional Web 2.0 Login System doesn't make sense on a blockchain - Providing User empowerment and control on the internet - Design decisions for Metamask - ...
Aug 29, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Evan Bayless, Growth Marketer for Kraken’s Cryptowatch comes on to POV Crypto to discuss the trends, narratives, and macroeconomic events necessary for mass adoption of Bitcoin and Crypto. Evan discusses the challenges with DeFi and why “Number go up” is such an important meme. Please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Evan Bayless! Evan also created https://whatismoney.info to help people understand the impact of our monetary system on their daily lives. Please rate and share the podcast...
Aug 26, 2019•50 min
Alex Stokes (@ralexstokes) comes to PoV to discuss progress in ETH 2 developments, mechanisms and tradeoffs for its design choices. Topics - Finality in Ethereum 2 - Transfering finality to Ethereum 1 - Reduced issuance / high security of PoS - Running Ethereum through Tor - Social Attacks with PoW vs PoS - Bullish/Bearish on timeline trajectory Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Tw...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Bitcoiners and Ethereans are fighting on Crypto-twitter again. Bitcoiners claiming scam and fraud is apart of Ethereum's DNA Ethereans claim double-standard, for a blockchain that requires perpetually growing BTC price... David and Christian attempt to parse out details and nuances. - @Bitstein triggers everyone - ICO's are scams is now relevant again - Cryptotwitter is fighting - ETHTrader forks to ETHFinance - BTC and ETH till the end Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryp...
Aug 20, 2019•55 min
Friend of the Podcast, and all-around good guy, Mariano Conti comes to POV to provide his perspective about the drop in value of the Argentine Peso. Today, we pause and remember why we are in crypto, as 45 Million people lose 30% of their buying power overnight, due to the consequences of government-controlled money. Mariano on Twitter: @Nanexcool Topics 15% drop in value in the Argentine Peso The election that brought in the populist government Why did the market react this way? The state of Ar...
Aug 13, 2019•37 min
Topics MolochDAO Update Summary of Moloch productions Lessons of Gen-1 DAOs, forecasting Gen-2 DAOs Moloch nimbleness with decision-making vs a legacy alternative Metacartel DAO YangDAO Trustless BTC on Ethereum Ethereum vs Bitcoin Security, Memes, and Value Props Spankchain Marketing! _____________________________ Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Andrew on Twit...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 13 min
