Into the Ether

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the recent debates around ProgPOW, the DOJ brings extortion charges around ICO activities, Ethereum.org is getting a dedicated developer, ConsenSys launches DeFi Score, BitPay announces support for Ethereum, on chain Ethereum metrics look strong and David Hoffman on why ETH is strong

Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, joins the podcast to discuss bringing synthetics to the Ethereum blockchain. Synthetix allows users on Ethereum to gain price exposure to real world assets such as currencies, commodities, stocks and indices. The system is both fascinating and intricate and we dive into all of the details. Synthetix has gained a lot of popularity in the DeFi space recently and the team has big visions for the fut

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the Ethereum 2.0 interop event in Canada, Chaz Schmidt’s new DeFi doodles, Coinbase may be getting into Initial Exchange Offerings, the DeFi bootstrap fund is announced by Coinbase, Staked gets into the money robot game, UMA launching a synthetic token builder on Rinkeby and a discussion on the current Ethereum network gas situation.

Matteo Leibowitz, research analyst at The Block and long time Ethereum enthusiast joins the podcast. Matteo has been researching and studying Ethereum for years now and brings great insight into the hot topics surrounding the ecosystem. We discuss his thoughts on Ethereum 2.0 including why he thinks Proof of Stake is the clear winner in the long run over Proof of Work. Then he discusses why he thinks narratives are a bit over rated as we dive into the recent ope

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the EthBoston hackathon, Compound centralization concerns, Eth2 clients are talking to each other, Apple says they are keeping an eye on crypto, Maker announces Oracles v2, the ProgPOW audit is complete, DAOs get a legal structure with The LAO, a discussion on Ethereum competitors and the State of the Mixers report.

Camila Russo, author of an upcoming book about Ethereum, joins the podcast. Camila is working on a book about the history of Ethereum that follows the journey from whitepaper, through ICO boom, to present day. We discuss her journey from Bloomberg journalist to becoming fascinated with the idea of crypto. She then discusses how she’s gone about writing her book and shares insights she’s gathered along the way. We discuss the original founders, members deciding

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss our appearance on Epicenter, Ryan Sean Adams launches a newsletter, Pantheon joins Hyperledger, the Ethereum Foundation gives out $2mn in Eth2 grants, state channels are being unified, Dharma relaunches and builds on top of Compound, Pool Dai

Danny Ryan, core researcher for the Ethereum Foundation who works on Ethereum 2.0 joins the podcast. For those wanting a deep dive and update on the status of Ethereum 2.0 this episode is for you. We talk about why Ethereum 2.0 is needed and why some of the original design decisions were made. From there we discuss the phased approach and what each phase will bring. Then we move onto discussing early staking and how much ETH he’s expecting to be staked in Phase 0. Finally we wrap up with some general talk

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss our recap of Berlin blockchain week, /r/ethfinace is born on Reddit, INX to raise $130mn through Ethereum IPO, tBTC is announced as competitor to WBTC, Felix Feng introduces the idea of profit pools, rDai is introduced, Istanbul EIPs are now final, Coinbase announces WalletLink, what was built at EthBerlin hackathon and discussion on the bear market.

Michael Oved and Don Mosites join the podcast to talk about what their company Fluidity is building. Fluidity is behind AirSwap, the popular token swap tool built on Ethereum. We discuss what AirSwap is and where it’s headed. We then dive deep into their latest work, tokenized asset portfolios (TAPs). A TAP attempts to bring real world assets on chain and the first attempt is to tokenize US treasuries for use in the Maker multi-collateral Dai system. Get

Ryan Selkis, founder of Messari, joins the podcast to talk about what his company is building and the general state of crypto in 2019. We discuss how he broke the Mt. Gox hack news as ‘twobitidiot’ at the time, his journey through the years with Bitcoin, building a successful crypto company at Messari and the general state and narratives around crypto today. Messari is a great default homepage for any crypto lover and Ryan has been in the space for a long time and has i

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss going to Berlin next week, Aya Miyaguchi focusing on public blockchain implementations at the EEA, Tornado.cash mixer goes live on mainnet, MetaMoneyMarket launches and lets you chase the best DeFi rates, MetaCartel DAO funding wave 1, looking at DEx marketshare over time and what’s the best way to market and meme DeFi?

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the Ethereum ecosystem funding spreadsheet, Blockchain.com announced a new crypto exchange, Argent launched their in-app CDP creator, tipping tweets with BAT in Brave browser, the latest news about Eth 2.0 and a conversation on is some form of centralization ok?

Peter Pan joins Into the Ether to discuss MetaCartel and the formation of the MetaCartel DAO. What started out as a small working group to build out meta transactions on Ethereum for better UX has turned into the second largest active grants DAO on Ethereum. This is a great conversation around how we can improve the application layer on Ethereum, leading to better dapps and eventually mass

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss EIP-2025 and thoughts on block reward funding, Anthony and Eric going to Berlin for DappCon and ETHBerlin, Circle moving to Bermuda for Poloniex, Microsoft to use Ethereum for machine learning, pooling cDai to earn inte