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Welcome back to another episode of your weekly Dose of DeFi

Founder & CEO of Bison Trails, Joe Lallouz and I sit down and discuss all things blockchain infrastructure & product! What we cover in today's podcast: Joe's background and the funny story as to how he got into the blockchain space His Angel investing career - "I'm a pretty strong believer that you shouldn't be an advisor unless you invest in a company" How Bison Trails is helping more people & companies get access to protocols and the technical decisions they've made to make this possible The unique product challenges Bison Trails faces as a blockchain infrastructure company Joe's approach to customer development What slashing is & how Bison Trails helps validators avoid getting slashed Joe's advice for other product founders in the blockchain space What's Bison Trails? - Bison Trails is the easiest way to run secure node infrastructure on multiple blockchains. Their platform provides enterprise-grade security, multi-cloud / multi-region distribution, and a 99.9% platform uptime guarantee. Want to launch a staking node, voting node, storage node, private node, baking node, encode node or relay node? You can do this on Bison Trails! Links mentioned: Website - https://bisontrails.co/ Bison Trails -https://twitter.com/BisonTrails Joe Lallouz Twitter - https://twitter.com/JoeLallouz Thank You, Aave for Partnering With Us ❤️: Website - https://aave.com/ Discord - https://discord.com/invite/AnSqnvV Github - https://github.com/aave/aave-protocol Please Subscribe to Our Newsletter

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Topic 1: Trustless Stablecoins, after DAI? sUSD usage picked up (-> Curve Pool) RAI (MetaCoin/Reflexer) & iDOL (Lien.Finance): no over-collateralization + governance minimised Lien.Finance: 2 synthetic assets to "crystalise" inertia (SBT) and volatility (LBT) MetaCoin - uses Reflex Bonds to deliver a "more stable" version of ETH then used as collateral for a stablecoin (RAI) Topic 2: BTC on Ethereum? https://btconethereum.com/ - Dashboard wBTC picks up traction (1000 BTC eq minted by a whale) - usable as collateral in Maker since May 03. tBTC launches & then shuts down (relaunching soon) wBTC picks up traction (1000 BTC eq minted by a whale) RenBTC? + Curve.fi Pool (with wBTC) BTC++ on Katana Topic 3: UNISWAP v2 & DeRisking DeFi: Guarded Launches Risk Management is a Killer Feature Guarded Launches: Protecting Users with Limits Examples - Maker, Compound & Uniswap

Links mentioned: SKALE Labs website >>> https://skale.network/ Chadwick's Spotify Page :) >>> https://spoti.fi/2ypbsRa Chadwick's post on ETH2.0 >>> https://skale.network/blog/ethereum-2-0-simplified/ Christine’s post on Layer 2 Migration >>> https://skale.network/blog/migrating-to-layer-2-using-a-phased-approach Chadwick's Recommendation >>> https://newmodels.io/ Chadwick's ETHBoston talk - Running EVM Solidity on SKALE >>> https://youtu.be/4AIrcs__Cek How you can get involved: SKALE Innovator Program >>> https://skale.network/innovators-signup SKALE’s Github >>> https://github.com/skalenetwork SKALE’s Sgxwallet >>> https://github.com/skalenetwork/sgxwallet SKALE’s BFT consensus >>> https://github.com/skalenetwork/skale-consensus SKALE’s libBLS >>> https://github.com/skalenetwork/libBLS

Argent: - Website >>> https://www.argent.xyz/ - Itamar's Ethereal Talk >>> https://youtu.be/Hc_YrEOAOR4 - Argent Tweetstorm >>> https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts/status/1174765294910353410?s=20 Hosts: - TokenBrice >>> http://tokenbrice.xyz/ - Abel >>> https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts - Our Newsletter >>> http://abelsabstracts.substack.com/

Links mentioned: Topic 1 (Aave): - Aave website >>> https://aave.com/ - Aave Ethereal Announcement >>> https://youtu.be/TvAAFscZ4Ag - Great Summary of News From Defi Rate >>> https://defirate.com/aave-lend-governance/ Topic 2 (GasToken): - GasToken(GST2) website >>> https://gastoken.io/ - Video Explanation of GasToken >>> https://youtu.be/1N6yLcqss2Q - Github >>> https://github.com/projectchicago/gastoken Topic 3 (DeFi Events Recap): - DeFi Discussions >>> https://defi-discussions.dystopialabs.com/ - Ready Layer One >>> https://readylayer.one/ - Ethereal Summit >>> https://www.etherealsummit.com/ Additional Links: - Article from TokenBrice >>> https://tokenbrice.xyz/posts/2020/great-defi-filter/ - DeFi Panel, The Layerization of Decentralised Finance: Synthetic Assets, Futures, Options: What's Next? >>> https://youtu.be/WllCpM8ki5o Hosts: - TokenBrice >>> http://tokenbrice.xyz/ - Abel >>> https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts - Our Newsletter >>> http://abelsabstracts.substack.com/ - Our mDeFi Panel >>> https://twitter.com/monolith_web3/status/1250424425540771848

Links: Topic 1: - https://twitter.com/hegicoptions/status/1253937104666742787?s=21 - https://twitter.com/dguido/status/1254260710470815744 - https://discordapp.com/invite/B4kjkgv Topic 2: - https://twitter.com/PoolTogether_/status/1253025782735220742 - https://defirate.com/pooltogether-pods/ - https://decrypt.co/26636/pooltogether-odds-winning-crypto-no-loss-lottery-just-got-better Topic 3: - https://twitter.com/AdamScochran/status/1255332313241706498 - https://twitter.com/AdamScochran/status/1250938829449674752 Hosts: - TokenBrice >>> http://tokenbrice.xyz/ - Abel >>> https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts - Our Newsletter >>> http://abelsabstracts.substack.com/ - Our mDeFi Panel >>> https://twitter.com/monolith_web3/status/1250424425540771848

Links mentioned in the podcast: Fireblocks >>> https://www.fireblocks.com/ The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win >>> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Successful-Strategies/dp/0989200507 Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets >>> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Play-Bigger-Dreamers-Innovators-Dominate/dp/0062407619 Masters Of Scale - Escape the competition - Peter Thiel, Co-founder & CEO of PayPal >>> https://mastersofscale.com/peter-thiel-escape-the-competition/ About this episode: PayPal's Peter Thiel knows: Your goal isn’t to beat the competition — it’s to escape the competition altogether. Thiel is a former colleague, frequent co-investor and long-time intellectual sparring partner with Host Reid Hoffman. Enjoy the sparks. Masters Of Scale - Look Sideways - Diane Greene, Co-founder & Former CEO of VMware >>> https://mastersofscale.com/diane-greene-look-sideways/ About this episode: Cloud computing pioneer Diane Greene knows: You don’t need a scaleable idea from day one. You might not know what your product will look like, or how you’ll get to market, or how you’ll make money. It's OK. The most scalable ideas often come at you sideways.

Links: Topic 1: - DeFi SDK: Making Money Lego Work >>> https://blog.zerion.io/defi-sdk-making-money-lego-work-1dc08b8982cf - DeFi SDK GitHub >>> https://github.com/zeriontech/defi-sdk - Reach out to Zerion team on discord >>> https://discordapp.com/invite/B4kjkgv Topic 2: - A Summary of the Attack on Lendf.Me on April 19, 2020 >>> https://medium.com/dforcenet/a-summary-of-the-attack-on-lendf-me-on-april-19-2020-e2f1c5d96640 - Good breakdown on twitter from @FrankResearcher >>> https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1251771278719098886 Topic 3: - Balancer >>> https://balancer.finance/ - ELI5: What is Balancer Labs? >>> https://medium.com/token-terminal/eli5-what-is-balancer-labs-16c8cfe092d9 - Katana Pools >>> https://katanapools.com/ - Katana Pools Explained >>> https://blog.bancor.network/user-generated-liquidity-pools-new-self-service-portal-for-creating-on-chain-amms-71a5bac1177 0x Protocol >>> https://0x.org/ Uniswap >>> https://uniswap.org/ Events: - https://readylayer.one/ >>> May 4-6th 2020 - https://hackathon.money/ >>> Starts April 24th - https://www.etherealsummit.com/ >>> 7 - 8 May 2020 Community: Maker - https://github.com/makerdao/community Synthetix - https://www.synthetix.io/community/ Compound - https://compound.finance/discord Aave - https://discordapp.com/invite/AnSqnvV Hosts: - TokenBrice >>> https://twitter.com/TokenBrice - Abel >>> https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts - Our Newsletter >>> http://abelsabstracts.substack.com/ - Monolith >>> https://monolith.xyz/ - Our mDeFi Panel >>> https://twitter.com/monolith_web3/status/1250424425540771848

DeFi needs better primitives — that is to say, DeFi needs better base-monies! Just as HTTP and FTP were the primitive building blocks of the web, today’s decentralized assets, BTC and ETH, are the primitive building blocks of the new DeFi economy. These assets can be arranged to construct instruments for lending, debt, synthetic equities, and more. But today their limitations lie in their volatility and high correlation to one another — hence the requirement for extreme over-collateralization and the looming risk of auto-liquidation. Join Evan Kuo and I as we speak about this in today's episode! Links mentioned in the podcast : Website >>> https://www.ampleforth.org/ Ampleforth Twitter >>> https://twitter.com/ampleforthorg Defi Needs Better Primitives Blogpost >>> https://medium.com/ampleforth/defi-needs-better-primitives-6402c633b799 Telegram >>> https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@AmpleforthOrg My Twitter >>> https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts Our Newsletter >>> http://abelsabstracts.substack.com/

We're back :) Here are some of the links mentioned in the podcast: Hackathon >>> https://consensyshealth.com/covid-19/ More info on Hackathon >>> https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/ep-58-healthcare-industry-revolution-heather-flannery-ceo-consensys-health TokenBrice >>> https://twitter.com/tokenbrice?lang=en-gb mDeFi >>> https://www.meetup.com/monolith/ Monolith >>> https://monolith.xyz/ Our mDeFi Panel >>> https://twitter.com/monolith_web3/status/1250424425540771848 My Twitter >>> https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts Our Newsletter >>> http://abelsabstracts.substack.com/

Covid-19, Financial Market Meltdown & another Crypto Crisis It's been an interesting past few weeks, in this podcast we reflect on all that's happened so far! In this episode, we discuss: Some thoughts on Covid-19 Thoughts on the recent Financial Market Meltdown Crypto Crisis, what happened + potential new episodes on MakerDAO Relevant links discussed: Covid-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN-goy9VOY https://sites.google.com/view/sourcescorona https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP2rTwJDhic Let's stay in touch :) My twitter - https://twitter.com/AbelsAbstracts Newsletter - https://abelsabstracts.substack.com

What's it like building a new blockchain from scratch? Well, that's exactly what you'll find out in today's podcast! In this episode, we discuss: What Near Protocol is + how it works The lessons Sasha and the team at Near learned along the way What the Open Web Collective is and how it works Relevant links discussed: https://nearprotocol.com/ Product teams - https://openwebcollective.com/ Developers - https://nearprotocol.com/developers/ Developers - https://docs.nearprotocol.com/ Discord - http://near.chat/ Sasha's twitter - https://twitter.com/aliaksandrh?lang=en

The 8th largest decentralised finance protocol has been attacked! In this episode, we discuss: What bZx, Fulcrum, Margin Trading + Flash loans are Exploit 1 + 2 of the bZx protocol What product and protocol teams can learn from this exploit Timestamp to skip if you're already familiar with bZx, Fulcrum, Margin Trading + Flash loans: 05:09 Relevant links discussed: https://ethtrust.org/ https://mythx.io/ https://samczsun.com/taking-undercollateralized-loans-for-fun-and-for-profit/ Julien Bouteloup's Twitter thread with a breakdown of what happened (Exploit 1) - https://twitter.com/bneiluj/status/1228757175595438080?s=20 https://medium.com/@1inch.exchange/yes-we-hacked-bzx-fulcrum-but-one-month-ago-3f7e5c437ee3 https://medium.com/@peckshield/bzx-hack-analysis-exposes-challenging-defi-inherent-composable-liquidity-risks-e3e1c623b7bd https://etherscan.io/txs/label/bzx-exploit Larry Cermak's Twitter thread with a breakdown of what happened (Exploit 2) - https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1229671232456593408 https://bzx.network/blog/postmortem-ethdenver

For Today's EP here we’re going to cover: A few Event Updates Product Launches Crypto/DeFi Ecosystem Updates Event Updates: ETHDenver 2020 - Denver, CO - February 14-16 https://www.ethdenver.com/ https://www.cobizmag.com/Trends/A-Practical-Guide-to-ETH-Denver-2020/ ETHLondon 2020 - London, UK - February 28th - March 1st https://ethlondon.com/ https://twitter.com/ETHLondonUK Product Launches: Activate Launch - https://activate.codefi.network/ https://codefi.consensys.net/blog/proof-of-use-activating-networks-through-encoded-participation https://codefi.consensys.net/blog/activate-token-launch-standards SKALE - https://skale.network/ https://skale.network/whitepaper

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