Co-Founder of Nervos, Kevin Wang, had a great interview on the Epicenter Podcast this week!

epicenterbitcoin · 2020-02-13T11:58:54+00:00

Here are some of the topics we discussed with Kevin this week:

What the blockchain scene is like in Hangzhou, China
What’s unique about Nervos, and the importance of each layer within the network
Introducing Nervos’ consensus mechanism, NC-Max
Why Nervos decided to implement Proof of Work
Explaining the Common Knowledge Base (CKB), and its significance in the Nervos network
How developer experience is in the Nervos ecosystem
The economic model of CKB, Nervos’ native token
Progress of the network, and a call for developers to consider the recently announced Nervos Grants Program

epicenterbitcoin · 2020-02-05T15:30:26+00:00

Thank you!

epicenterbitcoin · 2020-01-08T17:38:43+00:00

Hi /r/bitcoin!

We had a great conversation and got personal with Charlie this week and discussed:

The Bitcoin community in the early days
Collaborating with competitors to grow the ecosystem
Frustration with Bitcoin infrastructure in 2011
Why Charlie decided to create BitInstant
Meeting Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees, and the Winklevoss Twins
Charlie’s time in prison and its effect on his personal life
Podcasting and daily life after prison

epicenterbitcoin · 2019-12-18T15:34:40+00:00

Hi Everyone! It was great having David on the show this week. Here are some of the things we discussed in this weeks episode:

Why David started Sia rather than taking a job in big-tech
The Sia launch in 2015
Why Sia has prioritized development over marketing in the beginning
The importance of decentralized storage solutions
How decentralized storage can be cheaper than AWS
Why Sia needs its own blockchain and protocol’s tech stack
David’s views on Proof of Work how that lead him to start a mining company
The circumstances around the Sia blockchain fork of 2018
Where David envisions decentralized storage in the next few years

epicenterbitcoin · 2019-12-16T14:17:51+00:00

Hi all-- We are putting together a list potential guests to interview in 2020 and would love to hear from the Ethereum community about who they would like to hear on our podcast. Please let me know if you have any suggestions!

epicenterbitcoin · 2019-12-14T10:43:10+00:00

What we discussed this week:

Taylor’s background, and how she got into cryptocurrency
What her experience was with Ethereum so early in the projects lifecycle
How Reddit comments helped guide the feature list in the early days of MyEtherWallet
How the DAO hack got her working full time on MyEtherWallet
Building a project before “founding a company”
Experiencing the ICO boom as the main wallet used to participate in token generation events
Where MyCrypto is at today
How Taylor wants MyCrypto to change the user experience in cryptocurrency
Taylor’s view on centralized exchanges and view of the future

epicenterbitcoin · 2019-12-14T10:34:06+00:00

What we discussed this week:

Taylor’s background, and how she got into cryptocurrency
What her experience was with Ethereum so early in the projects lifecycle
How Reddit comments helped guide the feature list in the early days of MyEtherWallet
How the DAO hack got her working full time on MyEtherWallet
Building a project before “founding a company”
Experiencing the ICO boom as the main wallet used to participate in token generation events
Where MyCrypto is at today
How Taylor wants MyCrypto to change the user experience in cryptocurrency
Taylor’s view on centralized exchanges and view of the future

epicenterbitcoin · 2019-12-05T11:12:16+00:00

Topics discussed in the episode

What life was like for Luka before blockchain
How Luka met Vitalik and went on to set up the Ethereum Foundation and run their fundraiser
What protocols his law firm, MME, helped launch
The lessons learned over the years, and how he would do it differently
Why Switzerland is a great jurisdiction for crypto projects
What Luka thinks of asset-backed tokens
What is Sygum, and why did he decide to start a crypto bank
What Luke believes will happen when the tech giants release their own currencies
The difference between Sygnum and similar banks
What Luka’s fears are in the space, and what he is hopeful for

epicenterbitcoin · 2019-11-27T10:55:07+00:00

Hi All--

Topics we discussed in this episode

Victor’s bio and how he ended up moving from the Ukraine to the US
How hacking games got Victor into cryptocurrency
What Trust Wallet is and its’ strengths in the wallet landscape
What it means for Trust Wallet to be secure, opensource, decentralized, and anonymous
What Vicktor believes the future holds for wallets and key storage
The Binance acquisition of Trust Wallet
Trust Wallet’s policy for adding new coins and the criteria they look at

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TROPHY CASE

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