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Elena Nadolinski is a computer scientist and software engineer, and the CEO of the Iron Fish Foundation, the organization supporting the Iron Fish network, a dedicated privacy layer for Web3 with built-in compliance solutions.Prior to founding Iron Fish in 2017, Elena worked as a software engineer at companies including Microsoft, Tilt, and Airbnb. Elena is a Forbes 30 under 30 alum, and has been honored with awards from both the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency for her outstanding achievements.In this conversation, we discuss:- Iron Fish 101 & Iron Fish's recent Mainnet launch- Making crypto accessible (making it easy to run nodes, mine tokens, etc.)- Zero-knowledge proof technology and applications- Proof-of-work vs. Proof-of-stake- The importance of privacy in Web 2.0 + Web3- Merging privacy and compliance in Web3- The world of L2s- Stories from working at Microsoft, Tilt, and Airbnb- Living in SFIron Fish Website: ironfish.networkX: @ironfishcrypto Telegram: t.me/ironfishcryptochatElena NadolinskiX: @leanthebeanLinkedIn: Elena Nadolinski --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
Balancing Privacy and Regulatory Concerns in the Crypto Space Balancing privacy and programmability is notoriously difficult. In this episode of the Public Key Podcast, host Ian Andrews speaks with the creator of a Layer 1 privacy focused blockchain, Elena Nadolinski, Founder and CEO of the Iron Fish foundation. Elena explains what it means to have programmability in a fully private environment and how the Iron Fish Foundation is balancing privacy and regulatory concerns in the crypto space. She also demystifies the differences between mixers and privacy coins, while explaining how Iron Fish as a privacy platform has the ability to support multiple assets and their plans to bridge other chains. Elena clarifies what is zero knowledge proof and how view keys are utilized in a way that is very much analogous to how the non-crypto financial world works today. Minute-by-minute episode breakdown (2:15) - Introduction to Iron Fish's L1 blockchain and its privacy features (4:04) - Elena's background and journey from AirBNB into crypto (7:25) - Evolution of zero-knowledge proofs and their importance in privacy (13:06) -Differences between mixers, ZCash and Iron Fish's privacy protocol and multi-chain capabilities (17:05) - Iron Fish's focus on usability and blockchain interoperability (21:02) -Balancing privacy and regulatory concerns in the crypto space (26:05) - Explaining the concept of view keys for privacy and transparency (31:37) - Future roadmap for Iron Fish including asset support and community growth Related resources Check out more resources provided by Chainalysis that perfectly complement this episode of the Public Key. Website: Iron Fish: Seamless, Safe Crypto Blog: Verified Assets on Iron Fish! Article: Sequoia Capital - Elena Nadolinski: Privacy for the People Blog: Web3 = Web2++: The Iron Fish Vision Announcement: The Privacy Layer for Web3, Iron Fish, Launches Node Application, Enabling Privacy-conscious Users to Run a Full Node in One Clicks Blog: Understanding View Keys in Iron Fish Blog: Vulnerability in Curve Finance Vyper Code Leads to Multi-Million Dollar Hack Affecting Several Liquidity Pools [UPDATED 8/8/23] YouTube: Chainalysis YouTube page Twitter: Chainalysis Twitter: BuildCareers at Chainalysising trust in blockchain Tik Tok: Building trust in #blockchains among people, businesses, and governments. Telegram: Chainalysis on Telegram Speakers on today's episode Ian Andrews * Host * (Chief Marketing Officer, Chainalysis) Elena Nadolinski (Founder and CEO, Iron Fish) This website may contain links to third-party sites that are not under the control of Chainalysis, Inc. or its affiliates (collectively “Chainalysis”). Access to such information does not imply association with, endorsement of, approval of, or recommendation by Chainalysis of the site or its operators, and Chainalysis is not responsible for the products, services, or other content hosted therein. Our podcasts are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Listeners should consult their own advisors before making these types of decisions. Chainalysis has no responsibility or liability for any decision made or any other acts or omissions in connection with your use of this material. Chainalysis does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of the information in any particular podcast and will not be responsible for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies of any part of such material. Unless stated otherwise, reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Chainalysis. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Chainalysis employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the company.
In this episode of Web3 with Sam Kamani episode I am interviewing Elena from Iron Fish. This discussion is heavily focused on privacy, Does Privacy matter? Do we need a Privacy L1 Chain, What is the different Privacy blockchain and a Private blockchain what crypto is doing in 2023, what is going to bring adoption of crypto,use of AI in developer ecosystems. Also we touch on a wide range of topics such as where does the name Iron Fish come from, World War 2 and keeping secrets. You are going to find this episode highly engaging. Elena is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to all things blockchain. Nothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. Finally, I don't run ads on my podcast. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on ApplePodcasts or share this podcast with a friend. Connect with Elena and IronFish here. https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenanadolinski/ https://ironfish.network/ Join our Web3 Discord community - "https://discord.gg/2eJ7DVGcx6" Connect with me here - https://twitter.com/samkamani or https://www.linkedin.com/in/samkamani/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/web3podcast/message
Elena Nadolinski is a computer scientist and software engineer, and the CEO of the Iron Fish Foundation, a dedicated privacy layer for Web3 with built-in compliance solutions. Prior to founding Iron Fish in 2017, Elena worked as a software engineer at companies including Microsoft, Tilt, and Airbnb. Elena is a Forbes 30 under 30 alum, and has been honored with awards from both the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency for her outstanding achievements. About Iron Fish Iron Fish is a proof-of-work (PoW) based blockchain network, intended to serve as a fully-compliant privacy layer for digital assets and Web3. Using zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKS) and robust encryption standards, Iron Fish enables users to transact in a fully private way, without compromising on accessibility. Investors include: a16z, Electric Capital, and Sequoia Advisors include: Balaji Srinivasan, Linda Xie Elena on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leanthebean Iron Fish on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ironfishcrypto --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support
We have Elena Nadolinski, the founder and CEO of Iron Fish, join us as we discuss ZK-Proof technology, bridging, and trusted set-up which are all integral pieces in building the Iron Fish security system. Iron Fish is a Layer 1 blockchain that offers the highest levels of privacy for every transaction. Visit their website at https://ironfish.network/ and follow their official Twitter accounts @ironfishcrypto @leanthebean (Elena) --- Let's connect on socials Twitter @mikojava Miko Matsumura on Linkedin @GumiCryptos https://www.gumi-cryptos.com/
In this episode of Crypto 101 we sit down with Elena Nadolinski the CEO of Iron Fish who focuses on encryption and privacy and believes Iron Fish brings privacy to crypto for everyone. Decentralized currency should be easy-to-use and convenient while offering developers a needed base for building sophisticated applications on our encrypted network. Come learn about this project and how they leverage ZK-Snark Technology in this engaging episode with Elena and Pizzamind.Please Support our Sponsors:www.hellofresh.com/crypto10116Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrency today: https://www.cryptorevolution.com/freeSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcastFollow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101Guest Links:https://solanamobile.com/*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved 2023. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Elena Nadolinski, Founder and CEO of Iron Fish. Listen in as they discuss Elena's incredible journey from working at Microsoft and Airbnb to Web3, private yet compliant-friendly protocol designs, exciting types of potential new use cases and applications, Iron Fish's asset issuance functionality and tokenomics, $IRON utility, the network's node running sustainability, and more!
Elena Nadolinski is Founder + CEO of Iron Fish. Elena's parents, both software engineers, told her not to become a software engineer; however, reverse psychology came into play as Elena ignored their advice and began her career at Microsoft before joining the start-up world and eventually discovering crypto in 2017. Iron fish is a censorship resistant, privacy-enabled platform for everyday crypto transactions. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Elena on Twitter: @leanthebean Follow Iron Fish on Twitter: @ironfishcrypto -- Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast -- *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.
Elena Nadolinski is the Founder & CEO of Iron Fish (www.ironfish.network).Backed by Sequoia, a16z, Electric Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, & more, Iron Fish encrypts every transaction, shielding your sensitive asset information from public view. With read-only view keys, you remain compliant and in control. In this episode, we discuss Elena's journey up to the creation of Iron Fish, the use cases and second-order possibilities of Iron Fish, the biggest early surprises and challenges (and how their team navigated them), advice to crypto founders about productive dialogue with regulators, and why the future is bright for crypto.Recorded Monday May 1st, 2023.
On this week's episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests are Elena Nadolinski and Craig Timm of Iron Fish. Iron Fish is a decentralized, proof-of-work based, censorship-resistant, and publicly accessible blockchain project that aims to become the universal privacy layer for all of Web 3. We dive into the project and discuss the role of privacy in the evolution of blockchains. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the most pressing issues in Web 3.0 and the projects that are working to solve them.Topics Covered: · 0:00 Introduction · 5:00 Elena's Background· 11:40 Use Case for Privacy Solutions· 14:00 Introduction to Iron Fish· 17:30 Why Change from Rust to TypeScript?· 26:00 Why Change from a Browser-Based Node?· 29:00 Why and How Iron Fish Expanded to Other Chains· 33:55 Craig's Background· 37:30 Discussing Tornado Cash· 46:00 Implications on the Entire Space· 52:00 What Has Changed for Iron Fish? · 57:00 Is There a Bullish Case? Resource List:· Elena's LinkedIn· Elena's Twitter· Craig's LinkedIn· Craig's Twitter· Iron Fish· Iron Fish: The Privacy Platform For Web3· United States Sanctions Tornado Cash· What is Rust and why is it so popular?· Web RTC· Zcash· Sapling· Aleo· Money Laundering and Bank Integrity Unit· North Korea using Tornado Cash · The Downside of Sanctioning Tornado Cash Follow The Encrypted Economy on your favorite platforms! Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Facebook
This week Anna (https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose) and James (https://twitter.com/_prestwich) chat with Elena Nadolinski (https://twitter.com/leanthebean), founder of Iron Fish, about the new privacy network and what led her to this point. Elena recounts her journey into crypto, starting from AirBnB and falling into the rabbit hole of Ethereum hackathons, Solidity, and NFTs, eventually leading her to exploration of zero knowledge proofs for honest computation. This deep dive into SNARKs and Sapling led to the creation of Beanstalk, later Iron Fish, which aims to be the shielded pool for all other blockchain assets. Note: James is an investor in Iron Fish Here are some links: Elena’s slides (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qsOtMLiBVhVMbeB_R0heTSMRsKnhuOKfhACFiXKM-J0/edit#slide=id.p) about Sapling from Zcon Iron Fish whitepaper (https://ironfish.network/docs/whitepaper/1_introduction) Halo with Sean Bowe and Daira Hopwood, Zero Knowledge Episode 123 (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/123) Zexe: Zero Knowledge Computation with Pratyush Mishra, Zero Knowledge Episode 85 (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/85) Ariel Gabizon on his work with zkSNARKs, Zero Knowledge Episode 86 (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/86) Don’t forget to subscribe to the ZkMesh newsletter (https://zkmesh.substack.com), aggregating all of the latest developments in ZK each month. The next release is due this week! We also launched a newsletter for announcements (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com/) related to what we do at ZK podcast. Subscribe to make sure you never miss a zkSessions or studyClub event! If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/TORo7aknkYNLHmCM) Catch us on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g) Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/zkpodcast) Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2) Support us on the ZKPatreon (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Donate through coinbase.commerce (https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/f1e56274-c92b-4a99-802f-50727d651b38) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ
This was a great conversation with Elena Nadolinski, who is the CEO and founder of Beanstalk. She is a whiz and super insightful person when it comes to blockchain, crypto, and all the way to remote work. She is also a Pioneer, like many of my other guests. ———Quick note - You’ll hear a sound in the background for the first third of the video. This will go away in the middle of the recording.—————In this conversation I ask her some of the following questions: Can you dive into your background?What is Beanstalk?What is the difference between Ethereum and Bitcoin?What are some practical use cases of blockchain and cryptocurrency? Why does privacy matter in cryptocurrency?How are you making your own blockchain?When’s the killer app coming? Why hasn’t it come yet?What is Libra and will Libra matter in a century?Is it too early to build on blockchain technology or is it perfect timingWhat do you think about when you’re not thinking about Beanstalk?What is the remote ecosystem missing to help it breakthrough?If you had $100,000,000 to invest, what areas would you invest in first?Will investors be more remote-friendly in the future?What advice do you have for early professionals who want to have a great career?What tips do you have for someone who wants to start a company but doesn’t know the best step?Thanks again for tuning in. You can catch Elena on Twitter here. You can find Beanstalk right here. Thank all for tuning in and I’ll see you tomorrow :) And if you haven’t subscribed yet, you know what to to do.
Soona Amhaz sits down with Pioneer winners Elena Nadolinski & JZ to discuss everything under the crypto sun, from privacy preservation to biometric key recovery systems, and rogue government actors. ---- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io
Elena Nadolinski talks digital privacy and documents her journey down the rabbit hole—how teaching and testing turned her focus to identity and privacy. Why is privacy necessary for digital things, and why on earth don't we have it yet? What do the existing solutions get wrong and how is Beanstalk going to do privacy right? Also, since Elena used to work at AirBnB, Jonathan shares his story of the time he wrote a jingle for the founders...
Elena Nadolinski (@leanthebean), an engineer interested in the privacy space, and Avichal Garg (@avichal), Managing Partner at Electric Capital, join Erik on this episode to discuss privacy coins. They break down what a privacy coin is and why privacy is important in crypto. They talk about the three main privacy coins: Monero, Zcash and Grin — and discuss why it's important or not to have an auditable record of transactions, whether people will pay taxes, and whether the government will be able to penetrate a privacy coin.They discuss whether people will care about privacy given that less than 3% of all cryptocurrency transactions are done with a privacy coin. Avichal points out that perhaps not a lot of people will care about privacy but a large amount of dollars will. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
Elena Nadolinski (@leanthebean), an engineer interested in the privacy space, and Avichal Garg (@avichal), Managing Partner at Electric Capital, join Erik on this episode to discuss privacy coins. They break down what a privacy coin is and why privacy is important in crypto. They talk about the three main privacy coins: Monero, Zcash and Grin — and discuss why it's important or not to have an auditable record of transactions, whether people will pay taxes, and whether the government will be able to penetrate a privacy coin.They discuss whether people will care about privacy given that less than 3% of all cryptocurrency transactions are done with a privacy coin. Avichal points out that perhaps not a lot of people will care about privacy but a large amount of dollars will. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
Elena Nadolinski (@leanthebean), an engineer interested in the privacy space, and Howard Wu (@1HowardWu), co-founder of Dekrypt Capital, talk to Erik on this episode about zero-knowledge proofs and privacy.They talk about why privacy is important in general and the benefits of privacy in the crypto world. They explain what a zero-knowledge proof is and Howard talks about some of the more recent developments in cryptography. They get into how ZKPs are being used today and the promise they hold for future applications. Elena and Howard also get into the differences between privacy coins.Quotable lines from this episode:"Privacy is one of those things where people don’t appreciate it until they don’t have it." -HW"Just because a friend of mine and I shared a coffee, doesn’t mean I get to have the right to see all of their transactions. If we were to live in a world where all we used were cryptocurrency blockchains to do all our computations, I would basically be able to see all the transactions of all time from all the people I’ve ever interacted with." -EN"How do you ensure the integrity of a computation, especially one you outsource to a server elsewhere?" - HW"Zero-knowledge proofs basically allow you to say 'I can’t tell you the secret but I can prove to you that I know the secret.'" - HW"Scalability is like the offense on a football team and privacy is like the defense on the football team. They’re both equally important but the quarterback is much more sexy than the defense." -HWThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
Elena Nadolinski (@leanthebean), an engineer interested in the privacy space, and Howard Wu (@1HowardWu), co-founder of Dekrypt Capital, talk to Erik on this episode about zero-knowledge proofs and privacy.They talk about why privacy is important in general and the benefits of privacy in the crypto world. They explain what a zero-knowledge proof is and Howard talks about some of the more recent developments in cryptography. They get into how ZKPs are being used today and the promise they hold for future applications. Elena and Howard also get into the differences between privacy coins.Quotable lines from this episode:"Privacy is one of those things where people don’t appreciate it until they don’t have it." -HW"Just because a friend of mine and I shared a coffee, doesn’t mean I get to have the right to see all of their transactions. If we were to live in a world where all we used were cryptocurrency blockchains to do all our computations, I would basically be able to see all the transactions of all time from all the people I’ve ever interacted with." -EN"How do you ensure the integrity of a computation, especially one you outsource to a server elsewhere?" - HW"Zero-knowledge proofs basically allow you to say 'I can’t tell you the secret but I can prove to you that I know the secret.'" - HW"Scalability is like the offense on a football team and privacy is like the defense on the football team. They’re both equally important but the quarterback is much more sexy than the defense." -HWThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.