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: 67 days 22 hours 3 minutes
episode 494: Ali Yahya: Andreessen Horowitz – A16z Crypto Investment Thesis
We were joined by Ali Yahya, GP at Andreessen Horowitz, to discuss about a16z structure, operations and investment thesis, as well as the broader crypto landscape and value proposition.
episode 493: Jose Macedo: Mars Protocol – Red Bank' Credit on Cosmos via Osmosis
We were joined by Jose Macedo, founder of Delphi Labs, to discuss the history of Delphi Digital, their learnings from incubating projects and the vision behind Mars’ ‘Red Bank’ DeFi products.
episode 492: John Letey: KYVE – Decentralised and Accessible Data Storage
We were joined by John Letey, founder and CTO of KYVE Network, to discuss the challenges and use cases of decentralised data storage and how blockchain interoperability could benefit from it.
episode 491: Tim Galebach: Uqbar – Smart Contracts on Urbit
We were joined by Tim Galebach, founder of Uqbar, to discuss the different design choices involved, from Hoon programming DevEx to a hybrid ZK-optimistic rollup.
episode 490: Ryan Zurrer: Dialectic AG - A Decade of Crypto Ventures: From BTC mining to P2E gaming
We were joined by Ryan Zurrer, founder of Dialectic AG, to discuss about the crypto investment landscape and the evolution of the industry from BTC to P2E gaming.
episode 489: Barry: Dymension – Modular Blockchains and RollApps
Sebastien was joined by Barry, Head of Product at Dymension, to discuss the advantages of developing modular blockchains, their scalability and how RollApps integrate in this environment.
episode 488: Laurence Ion & Vincent Weisser: Vita DAO – From DeSci to Longevity Research
We were joined by Vincent Weisser & Laurence Ion, stewards of Vita DAO, to discuss the advantages of DeSci in general, and the progress of longevity research in particular.
episode 487: David Schwartz & Jordi Baylina: Polygon zkEVM – From Mainnet to Mass Adoption - Part 2
We were joined by Jordi Baylina (tech lead) & David Schwartz (CTO) from Polygon's zkEVM, to discuss about Polygon's multiple zk rollups, their use cases, as well as network statistics for zk-EVM.
episode 486: David Schwartz & Jordi Baylina: Polygon zkEVM – From Circuits to Mainnet - Part 1
We were joined by Jordi Baylina (tech lead) & David Schwartz (CTO) from Polygon zkEVM, to discuss the different milestones & challenges they overcame in designing a zk rollup, from circuits to mainnet.
episode 485: Jesse Pollak: Base – The Optimistic Gateway to Crypto Adoption
We were joined by Jesse Pollak, Head of Protocol at Coinbase, to discuss the thesis & business model behind Base and how it'll act as an interoperable bridge to onboard the next billion users on-chain.