#8: Going from Wall Street to Ethereum ft. Vijay Krishnan from Consensys

One of the most boring phrases in all of crypto is – “Enterprise Blockchain Technology.” 🥱

But we know someone who can make it fun and someone who’s been in the enterprise blockchain space since 2016. 😯

In this episode, the Normies talk with Vijay Krishnan, the director of technology at ConsenSys, a blockchain software company founded by a co-founder of Ethereum, Joseph Lubin.

They chat about:

- Cool use-cases for Metamask!

- What tf is Infura and how does it work?

- How Vijay set up a mining rig in THREE days!

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Timestamps:

0:48-9:42- Vijay's Intro and backstory 

9:46- 12:35- 2016 Ethereum vs Current Ethereum

12:38-17:22- What is Consenys

17:24-18:23- How does Consenys manage the product

18:27-22:25- Future of Consenys

22:46-26:16- Some exciting use-cases

26:17-27:20- Future for Metamask

27:21- 28:49- Will Consensys go non-EVM 

28:54-33:43-Views on Account Abstraction 

37:51-41:56- The Infura story

41:57-45:09 Will the world be multichain? 

45:11-49:42- About ZK EVM

49:45-52:56-Will Consenys go vertical? 

53:00-56:15- Consenys' India plans