Into the Ether

Will Villanueva, currently working on research and development for Ethereum 2.0 Phase 2 at ConsenSys, as part of the Quilt team, joins the podcast. Will explains what the Quilt team has been up to and discusses the progress in research and development around Ethereum 2.0. He does a great job at breaking down complex and important concepts such as cross-shard communication, execution environments, stateless clients and much more. For anyone curious about the progress of Ethereum 2.0, this...

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the impending Istanbul hard fork, Eric’s “Ultimate Guide to ENS Names”, RBC is rumored to be launched a crypto exchange, Maker’s Multi-Collateral Dai launches, Compound raises $25mn in Series A round, UMA develops an actual shitcoin in SF and Chris Burniske’s thread on ETH as a SoV and money. Support our show by donating funds to ethhub.eth! Buy EthHub Merch Get on the email list at...

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Eric’s trip to ETHWaterloo, the popularity of the ENS, RealT integrating Uniswap, Dai ceiling is raised, Ethereum marketing DAO launches, Maria Paula’s thread on being saved by crypto when bank account was frozen and a great Ethereum node tutorial by Justin Leroux. Support our show by donating funds to ethhub.eth! Buy EthHub Merch Get on the email list at ethhub.substack.com

ETHWaterloo was an Ethereum hackathon put on by ETHGlobal that took place in Waterloo, Canada from November 8-10, 2019. Eric was at the event and in Part 1 of the recap talked to 7 different Ethereum developers and community members. The guests include Josh Stark (ETHGlobal), Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum founder), Austin Griffith (Burner Wallet), Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin), Evan Van Ness (Week in Ethereum News), Brantly Millegan (Ethereum Name Service) and Victor Rortvedt (rDai). We discuss what...

Zak Cole, founder and CEO of Whiteblock joins the podcast to talk about what his team is up to and the developments around Eth2. We start with Zak’s background and how it led him to creating Whiteblock Genesis which is a network testing tool which can be used to test things like Ethereum EIPs, contracts and protocol changes. Whiteblock has been vital in Ethereum 2.0 research and development and recently received a grant from the Ethereum Foundation. He explains how this will be used and...

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the launch of the new EthHub merch shop, Austin Griffith brings the Burner Wallet to a large non-crypto conference, BitMEX has an email leak, Maple Finance is introduced, Vitalik writes “skinny EIP-1559”, DeFiZap is announced, Uniswap celebrates its birthday with a good blog post, David Hoffman’s “follow thread” and is Ethereum unforkable because of DeFi? Support our show by donating...

Stefan George, co-founder and CTO of Gnosis, joins the podcast to discuss smart contract wallets. We start with a background on Gnosis and then immediately dive into the origins of smart contract wallet development. The initial idea of the Gnosis multi-sig has taken on a new form in the Gnosis Safe. We discuss what features the Safe and smart contract wallets in general enable for users on Ethereum. The most important ones highlighted are around security and improved user experience. Get...

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss our time at DevCon 5, CFTC chairman says ETH is a commodity, Bermuda accepts USDC for taxes, China starts to embrace blockchain, Vitalik writes a lot of eth2 research posts, Maker gives multi-collateral Dai a launch date, Uniswap and Plasma Group team up, Istanbul fork on December 4th and Chris Burniske’s post on “Ethereum killers”. Support our show! Buy EthHub Merch Get on the email...

This week, Tom Pocock and Zac Williamson of AZTEC protocol join the podcast to discuss how they are bringing privacy to the Ethereum main chain. AZTEC is an on chain privacy protocol for Ethereum which enables efficient zero knowledge transactions. The protocol is just weeks away from a launch on mainnet which will start to enable users to have zero-knowledge (private) tokens such as Dai as well as enable dapp developers to create private applications. Privacy is a must for the future of...

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Gitcoin grants CLR matching round 3, plans for DevCon, drama around Kik and their Kin token, Istanbul testnets going online for the upcoming network upgrade, the ridiculousness that is the “crypto ratings council”, Gods Unchained raises $15mn for Ethereum game, an NBA player is tokenizing his contract and Eric’s blog post explaining Ethereum gas, blocks and the fee market. Support our...

Ryan Sean Adams, founder of the Bankless program and Mythos Capital joins the podcast. Ryan is a big believer and advocate for the open finance movement and has recently launched his Bankless program in order to help educate the masses. We dive into what he’s trying to create with Bankless and he shares his thoughts on some general open finance topics. We then discuss why Ether (the native asset of Ethereum) is money, what money really means, and how Ether will accrue value over time. He...

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 money. Support our show! Buy EthHub Merch Get on the email list at ethhub.substack.com

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 future. Kain also shares his opinion on Ethereum layer 2...

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. Support our show! Buy EthHub Merch Get on the...

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 open finance movement. Finally we...

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. Support our show! Buy EthHub Merch Get on the email list at...

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 to leave the project as it went...

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 is introduced and does Compound really have more devs than EOS? Support our show! Buy EthHub Merch Get on the email list at ethhub.substack.com

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...

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. Support our show! Buy EthHub...