EP08 - Privacy is a non-negotiable. Your crypto isn't private today, btw - a conversation with Alan Scott at Railgun
Episode description
In this episode, I welcome Alan Scott, co-founder of Railgun, a privacy and anonymity system built directly on-chain on Ethereum from which you can interact directly with decentralized exchanges, lending platforms, and popular smart contract applications. Show notes:
- What is privacy, why is it important, and why should people care about it?
- How do we think about the trade-offs that come with privacy?
- The role of public servants, regulators, and law enforcement in the fight for privacy
- Cash vs Crypto
- Zero Knowledge and Privacy
- Monero, Zcash, Hermes, Aztec, Mina
- Apple, encryption, the crypto wars
- Is a person one or many identities?
- "I didn't want people to see that I had been rugged"
- Railgun and privacy
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Learn more about Railgun:
Twitter: @RAILGUN_Project | @tsu_kareta
Telegram: Church of Railgun - @railgun_privacy
Website: https://railgun.org/
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Twitter: @guocamole | @solirvine | @omodotso
Website: https://omo.so
Youtube: omo
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