In this episode we explore the incentives of both consensus systems and defi with Tarun Chitra the Founder & CEO of Gauntlet. Tarun is applying his experience of AI and financial simulation to blockchains. Using ‘agent based simulation’ he helps protocol designers to discover unexpected strategies to extract more than their share of value.
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 4 min
In this roundtable discussion, our Guest Host is Wayne(Yes2Crypto)from the Slack(Please Join), who goes over price predictions with Dee. Our Guest making his sixth appearance on the show the one and only Emin Gün Sirer.
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Swan is an application that allows you to buy bitcoin through your bank account in small amounts and create a Bitcoin Savings Account automatically. The boys bring on Brady Swenson, Chief Education Officer of Swan to discuss how this works and why someone would want to use this. During the roundtable, Dee and Corey discuss the concepts of "wrapped BTC" (wBTC) and "liquid BTC" and their differences. Corey then goes on to do a technical explainer on how to deploy smart contracts, and some things t...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Kevin and Stephen of Ava Labs return to the show to give updates on the progress happening with Ava Labs. Join our Slack and continue the discussison about Ava Labs.
May 28, 2020•1 hr 9 min
On this round table discussion, Dee shares a story of on Ramping his Dad into Crypto using Coinbase. Corey and Dee answer the technical question of the Episode: What a Multi-Signatures is in Bitcoin? Please, join our Slack so you can participate in contributing technical questions to be answered by Corey. Our guest this week is Jessica Angel, a Crypto Artist.
May 25, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Lucian and Evan are back to talk about this week's Ethereum news. Evan's Week in Ethereum is now his full time gig! Brave has over 5 Million daily active users, so we share our tips on how we use it. Reddit launched an Ethereum wallet for /r/fortnightBR and /r/cryptocurrency.
May 22, 2020•1 hr 1 min
If you are into CryptoTwitter, it was an extra messy this week. If you are not into CryptoTwitter, this is what happen J.K. Rowling asked Twitter- I don’t understand bitcoin. Please explain it to me. Well, that did not go very well. Please share this series with anyone who may ask this question of you. This show is one of the easier explainers on Bitcoin in this space. Do not be CryptoTwitter. On part four of our ten-part series into How Bitcoin Works- Dee and Jesse continue their journey of und...
May 22, 2020•57 min
Dee and Corey talk about the state of cryptocurrency as JP Morgan decides to come in the space big time. Both Dee and Corey answer the technical question of the week- How ETH fees work ? The Guest this week is Ian Kar of the Newsletter FinTech Today.
May 18, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Dr. Corey Petty is joined by John Mardlin as co-host to interview returning guest Niran Babalola of Panvala. This show dives deep into the building of a community and using the subsidies model of Bitcoin to fund communities within the Ethereum ecosystem.
May 15, 2020•54 min
Jesse and Dee move along on their journey in understanding Bitcoin. On this episode cover, is Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme and how mining works in Bitcoin.
May 12, 2020•47 min
Dee and Corey touch on the bitcoin halving and have a rare discussion on the price of Bitcoin. Dee built an app this week and Corey gives a technical answer for what Deep Work is for everyone. Our guest is CTO Fazri Zubair of Lucid Sight a company that has developed a blockchain game called Crypto Space Commander. This is a MMO style game that launched on Aug 26Th 2019 and is currently in an Alpha release on Steam.
May 10, 2020•1 hr 25 min
This Episode is Collin Cusce, Swan Song, as he leaves Hashing It Out to focuses on his work at AVA Labs. With Collin leaving, he passes the torch to the two new hosts Dean Eigenmann of Status and John Mardlin [Maurelian] of Consensys. Thank You, Collin, for your diligent work and excellent insight as the better half of Hashing It Out, we will miss you.
May 08, 2020•58 min
Dee and Corey in this roundtable answer a question from The Slack about Computer Time (You Should Join) and what makes an individual an expert. We have a great guest Muneeb Ali the CEO of Blockstack, who gives us a very in-depth understanding of network infrastructures.
May 04, 2020•1 hr 18 min
What The Headers is Dee and Jesse's journey to The Beginning of Bitcoin and coming to a full understanding of What is Bitcoin? On this Episode Jesse and Dee cover what a block is, mining, nodes, and merkel roots. Special Guest Appearances by Dee's Mom. Join them on their Journey.
May 01, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Unstoppable Domain is a crypto blockchain domain company and browser maker that connects users to .crypto domain names on the Ethereum blockchain. These human-readable domain names allow users to be able to connect any cryptocurrency address to receive payments or to establish a censorship-resistant website.
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Dee and Corey are back with another roundtable only episode giving everyone, not in the Slack( please join), a Network update. Then Corey breaks down what an NFT(Non-Fungible Tokens) are and where the future market place for NFT is heading. Very Sorry to our Guest, Jessica Angel.
Apr 27, 2020•27 min
A new beginning for Dee and Jesse Broke as they reformat their minds and the show with What The Headers. What The Headers is Dee and Jesse's journey to the Beginning of Bitcoin and coming to a full understanding of -What is Bitcoin? Join them on their Journey.
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Piotr Janiuk is CEO of Golem a worldwide, decentralized supercomputer that combines the computing power of every machine on its network. In the Golem ecosystem, you can loan out your computer’s spare resources to others who need the additional power to perform complex computations and tasks.
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Dee and Corey talk about quarantine life, and it is treating them each this week. Then Dee makes the most fabulous heel turn in Cryptocurrency history, and Corey not quite filling his role as hype-man for Dee. Henry Bitmod is a Crypto-Enthusiast and Evangelist in Nigeria.
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Alex is part of MetaCartel, a group of developers seeking to make Dapps decentralize as possible, beginning with their developers. Alex is also part of Rocket NFT, a company that aims to create Defi loans using NTFs as collateral.
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Dee and Corey have a discussion that goes deep into the DeFi ecosystem and how decentralizing of all the things is a bit of a lie. Our guest Camila Russo who is the creator of The Defiant, a DeFi newsletter and is also a freelance Journalist in the tech industry. Camila has written a book on Ethereum coming out July 2020- The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum.
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Certora provides security analysis tools for Smart Contracts. Certora has unique technology called Certora Prover capable of checking at compile-time that all executions of a Smart Contract fulfill a set of security rules.
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr
On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee, and Dr. Petty have a well-rounded chat with Ayo Akinyele of Bolt Labs. His firm is pioneering greater privacy for layer 2 technology (think Lightning) but with a support for multiple different public chains. He imagines an interoperable future of interconnectivity, with a privacy first mindset. We go in-depth on his background and how he got here, and how he sees layer 2 technology to evolve, while building a sustainable business outside of academia. ...
Apr 07, 2020•46 min
On this Host-only episode, Dee and Corey each share a story of their interactions with the cryptocurrency community this week. Dee's story leads into a lengthy discussion on the four pillars of money and which parts of these pillars best relates to bitcoin. Corey's story is about his insight on the attempt to enact a US Digital Dollar in the recent Stimulus Act.
Apr 06, 2020•52 min
Sunny, Brent, and Chjango of Tendermint breakdown the components of the Cosmos Network from the IBC, Cosmos SDK, and the Cosmos Hub. Sunny covers what the future of Cosmos will be within the coming year. Chjango talks about Cosmos test network named Game of Zones which launches May 1 2020.
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 8 min
On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dee have a conversation on the history of creating a P2P bitcoin merchant exchange with Chris Maurice. He’s been boots on the group helping to establish bitcoin dominance in Africa with his firm YellowCard. He breaks down what it takes to build a crypto business in Africa as a humble man from Alabama, his thoughts on growing Handshake in Africa, and how his firm helps to aid in crypto adoption. **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engag...
Apr 02, 2020•45 min
Support Evan's Week in Ethereum News on GitCoin: https://gitcoin.co/grants/237/week-in-ethereum-news Lucian and Evan Van Ness discuss the new round of GitCoin Grants, their incentive structure and how they deal with sybil attacks. We admire the development effort that has allowed Geth to reduce bandwidth consumption by 75%. Aztec implemented a rollup. Eth 2 phase 0 spec got a security audit. You can now run a Eth node on a Pi4!
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min
On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dr. Petty have a nice long discussion on the future of humanity with Vinay Gupta, CEO and Co-Founder of Mattereum. His firm (after having successfully assisting in launching Ethereum) is building a way to merge legal, real-world contracts, with on-chain smart contracts on Ethereum. His belief is that the digitization of tangible resources will be pivotal in solving some of humanity’s hardest problems — especially those in relation to climate change and ...
Mar 31, 2020•54 min
Dee and Corey talk about the potential of a digital dollar coming to everyone in our very near future courtesy of the US Govt. Then Dee carries over a conversation from last week about Smart Contracts and can Ethereum ever "BE" the stable asset that people need in the finical world. We have a very impressive Guests on this Ep from the Wasabi project, the very best Desktop Wallet for Bitcoin Right Now.
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol where every peer is validating and in charge of managing the root DNS naming zone with the goal of creating an alternative to existing Certificate Authorities and naming systems. Names on the internet (top level domains, social networking handles, etc.) ultimately rely upon centralized actors with full control over a system which are relied upon to be honest, as they are vulnerable to hacking, censorship, and corruption. Handshake aims...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 3 min