Epicenter brings you in-depth conversations about the technical, economic and social implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Every week, we interview business leaders, engineers academics and entrepreneurs, and bring you a diverse spectrum of opinions and points of view. Epicenter is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy and Felix Lutsch. Since 2014, our episodes have been downloaded over 8 million times.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 68 days 1 hour 16 minutes
episode 526: Aki Balogh: DLC Link – Self-Wrapped Bitcoin (dlcBTC)
We were joined by Aki Balogh, co-founder of DLC Link, to discuss discreet log contracts, their trust assumptions and what they mean for Bitcoin’s use cases and liquidity.
episode 525: Yat Siu: Animoca Brands – From NFTs & Blockchain Gaming to the Open Metaverse
We were joined by Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands, to discuss the importance of digital culture in our modern-day lives and how NFT ownership unlocks community building in the open metaverse.
episode 524: Marek Olszewski & Rene Reinsberg: Celo – The Mobile-First High-Throughput Blockchain
We were joined by Marek Olszewski & Rene Reinsberg to discuss Celo's mobile-first approach to building a low-fee, high-throughput blockchain with real-world applications, and their transition to OP L2
episode 523: Rand Hindi: Zama - Fully Homomorphic Encryption in Blockchain Applications & Privacy
We were joined by Rand Hindi, CEO of Zama, to discuss fully homomorphic encryption solutions, how they differ from ZKPs & MPC, and how they can be leveraged to ensure compliant programmable privacy.
episode 522: Ye Zhang: Scroll - EVM-compatible ZK rollup
We were joined by Ye Zhang, co-founder of Scroll, to discuss the EVM-compatible zero knowledge landscape and how Scroll aims to stay true to Ethereum’s values and community.
episode 521: Charles d'Haussy: dYdX V4 - Decentralised Perpetual Exchange on a Cosmos Appchain
We were joined by Charles d’Haussy, CEO of dYdX Foundation, to discuss dYdX V4 migration to a Cosmos appchain and what challenges it solves: order book decentralisation, validator distribution and UX.
episode 520: Nick Johnson: ENS - Multichain ENS Domains and Decentralised Identities
We were joined by Nick Johnson, founder of ENS, to discuss the state of decentralised naming services from a multichain & L2 perspective, and how these ultimately tie into decentralised identities.
episode 519: Simon Harman: Chainflip - Native cross-chain AMM
We were joined by Simon Harman, founder of Chainflip, to discuss multi-chain liquidity fragmentation and how Chainflip’s JIT AMM (Just in Time) aims to solve it, by providing cross-chain native swaps.
episode 518: Guy Young: Ethena - USDe Synthetic Dollar via Delta-Neutral Staked Ethereum Hedging
We were joined by Guy Young, co-founder of Ethena, to discuss the stablecoin landscape and their synthetic eUSD, backed by staked ETH and its inverse perpetual swap.
episode 517: Evgeny Yurtaev: Zerion - Web3 Wallet UX 2.0
We were joined by Evgeny Yurtaev, co-founder & CEO of Zerion, to discuss the challenges of building a Web3 wallet and how Zerion aims to improve user experience, while still maintaining security.