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$1.5 billion gone in an instant. And what's worse, to fund a nuclear weapons program. The largest crypto hack in history just hit Bybit, and the culprit is the infamous North Korean hacking group, Lazarus. Known for some of the most sophisticated cyber heists ever, they often use social engineering tactics and start by tricking low level employees. Although they can often wait to launder funds, in the case of Bybit they started right away. How did this happen? Could it have been prevented? And what does this mean for the security of the entire crypto industry? Taylor Monahan, security at MetaMask, and Jonty, a senior investigator at zeroShadow, talk all about it. Show highlights: 2:53 Taylor's and Jonty's backgrounds and why they are relevant to this discussion 6:06 What the mechanics of the hack were 13:03 How Lazarus usually operates and the tactic of blind signing 17:11 Jonty's important tips for people handling large amounts of crypto 23:45 How Bybit was able to say almost immediately that their other assets were secure 29:02 How much exchanges typically hold in each cold wallet 32:00 Why the evidence of the hack points to North Korean group Lazarus 41:01 Why North Korean hackers don't care if their attack is linked to them 49:30 How Lazarus typically social engineers its hacks 53:48 Why Jonty thinks the industry needs a serious upgrade in terms of security 58:08 How the funds get laundered in such cases and what the industry can do 1:09:54 The chances Lazarus actually makes money from the hack 1:15:34 How DeFi protocols should approach this problem Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Mantle Bitwise Guests: Taylor Monahan, Security at MetaMask Jonty, a senior investigator at zeroShadow Links Previous coverage on Unchained about North Korean hackers: How North Koreans Infiltrated the Crypto Industry to Fund the Regime Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp GitHub - pcaversaccio/safe-tx-hashes-util: bash script that checks that the Safe transaction that you are signing is the one that you intend to sign Cointelegraph: Crypto exchange eXch denies laundering Bybit's hacked funds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

$1.5 billion gone in an instant. And what's worse, to fund a nuclear weapons program. The largest crypto hack in history just hit Bybit, and the culprit is the infamous North Korean hacking group, Lazarus. Known for some of the most sophisticated cyber heists ever, they often use social engineering tactics and start by tricking low level employees. Although they can often wait to launder funds, in the case of Bybit they started right away. How did this happen? Could it have been prevented? And what does this mean for the security of the entire crypto industry? Taylor Monahan, security at MetaMask, and Jonty, a senior investigator at zeroShadow, talk all about it. Show highlights: 2:53 Taylor's and Jonty's backgrounds and why they are relevant to this discussion 6:06 What the mechanics of the hack were 13:03 How Lazarus usually operates and the tactic of blind signing 17:11 Jonty's important tips for people handling large amounts of crypto 23:45 How Bybit was able to say almost immediately that their other assets were secure 29:02 How much exchanges typically hold in each cold wallet 32:00 Why the evidence of the hack points to North Korean group Lazarus 41:01 Why North Korean hackers don't care if their attack is linked to them 49:30 How Lazarus typically social engineers its hacks 53:48 Why Jonty thinks the industry needs a serious upgrade in terms of security 58:08 How the funds get laundered in such cases and what the industry can do 1:09:54 The chances Lazarus actually makes money from the hack 1:15:34 How DeFi protocols should approach this problem Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Mantle Bitwise Guests: Taylor Monahan, Security at MetaMask Jonty, a senior investigator at zeroShadow Links Previous coverage on Unchained about North Korean hackers: How North Koreans Infiltrated the Crypto Industry to Fund the Regime Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp GitHub - pcaversaccio/safe-tx-hashes-util: bash script that checks that the Safe transaction that you are signing is the one that you intend to sign Cointelegraph: Crypto exchange eXch denies laundering Bybit's hacked funds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2024 was nothing short of transformative for the crypto world. From bitcoin's relentless climb amidst macroeconomic shifts to Solana's continued rise amidst meme coin mania, this year saw narratives unfold that no one could have predicted.  In this special episode that has become a tradition at Unchained, Laura revisits the biggest moments of the year, featuring insightful clips from the standout guests who joined Unchained and Bits + Bips in 2024. Whether it was further institutional adoption, debates over decentralization, the victory over Gary Genser's regulation by enforcement strategy, or the taking off of AI agents, this year marked a turning point for crypto. Tune in for a reflective journey through the year that was—and a glimpse of what lies ahead in 2025. Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Robinhood & Arbitrum Highlights and Timestamps: 03:15 | Matt Hougan on the significance of spot bitcoin ETFs 04:31 | Jesse Pollak explains the impact of Ethereum's Dencun upgrade 05:43 | Eric Balchunas on the rapid adoption of bitcoin ETFs 07:53 | Kyle Davies reflects on 3AC's collapse 10:11 | Carlos Domingo discusses BlackRock's BUIDL fund 11:13 | Sam Enzer on the reasoning behind SBF's sentencing 13:04 | Arthur Hayes debates the potential of a bitcoin supercycle 15:44 | Ansem breaks down the memecoin craze 16:42 | Eric Balchunas and Matt Hougan on ether ETF approval 18:18 | James Seyffart on SEC politics and ETF decisions 19:51 | Laura Brookover on the end of the Ethereum 2.0 probe 21:08 | Bryan Pellegrino on tackling Sybil attacks with LayerZero 23:42 | Iggy Azalea on her fascination with memecoins 24:31 | Joe McCann on how the assassination attempt influenced Trump's win 25:47 | Ro Khanna on the democratic party's stance on crypto 26:44 | George Selgin critiques a U.S. bitcoin reserve proposal 28:35 | Nick Tomaino on the truth-finding power of prediction markets 29:50 | Jack Booth on TON's viral growth strategies 31:58 | Jeff Dorman on why the ETH sell-off was a buying opportunity 32:29 | Caitlin Long and Michelle Kallen on their lawsuit against the Fed 33:52 | Justin Bons on why layer 2s might be parasitic to Ethereum 35:13 | Taylor Monahan on how North Koreans infiltrated crypto companies 36:42 | Taylor Monahan recounts a failed North Korean job interview 39:13 | Teng Yan on how truth terminal redefined AI and crypto 40:36 | Ryan Salame on DOJ dealings and his guilty plea 42:40 | Alex Kruger on Trump's election and its crypto impact 43:44 | Jeff Park on Uniswap and Solana's post-election gains 44:57 | Faryar Shirzad on the success of the FairShake PAC 46:15 | Eric Balchunas on the importance of bitcoin ETF options 47:26 | Cody Carbone on Paul Atkins' nomination as SEC chair 48:19 | Mike Selig on David Sacks as crypto and AI czar 49:27 | French Hill on token standards under FIT21 50:33 | Maria Shen on Solana's rise in new developer activity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2024 was nothing short of transformative for the crypto world. From bitcoin's relentless climb amidst macroeconomic shifts to Solana's continued rise amidst meme coin mania, this year saw narratives unfold that no one could have predicted.  In this special episode that has become a tradition at Unchained, Laura revisits the biggest moments of the year, featuring insightful clips from the standout guests who joined Unchained and Bits + Bips in 2024. Whether it was further institutional adoption, debates over decentralization, the victory over Gary Genser's regulation by enforcement strategy, or the taking off of AI agents, this year marked a turning point for crypto. Tune in for a reflective journey through the year that was—and a glimpse of what lies ahead in 2025. Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Robinhood & Arbitrum Highlights and Timestamps: 03:15 | Matt Hougan on the significance of spot bitcoin ETFs 04:31 | Jesse Pollak explains the impact of Ethereum's Dencun upgrade 05:43 | Eric Balchunas on the rapid adoption of bitcoin ETFs 07:53 | Kyle Davies reflects on 3AC's collapse 10:11 | Carlos Domingo discusses BlackRock's BUIDL fund 11:13 | Sam Enzer on the reasoning behind SBF's sentencing 13:04 | Arthur Hayes debates the potential of a bitcoin supercycle 15:44 | Ansem breaks down the memecoin craze 16:42 | Eric Balchunas and Matt Hougan on ether ETF approval 18:18 | James Seyffart on SEC politics and ETF decisions 19:51 | Laura Brookover on the end of the Ethereum 2.0 probe 21:08 | Bryan Pellegrino on tackling Sybil attacks with LayerZero 23:42 | Iggy Azalea on her fascination with memecoins 24:31 | Joe McCann on how the assassination attempt influenced Trump's win 25:47 | Ro Khanna on the democratic party's stance on crypto 26:44 | George Selgin critiques a U.S. bitcoin reserve proposal 28:35 | Nick Tomaino on the truth-finding power of prediction markets 29:50 | Jack Booth on TON's viral growth strategies 31:58 | Jeff Dorman on why the ETH sell-off was a buying opportunity 32:29 | Caitlin Long and Michelle Kallen on their lawsuit against the Fed 33:52 | Justin Bons on why layer 2s might be parasitic to Ethereum 35:13 | Taylor Monahan on how North Koreans infiltrated crypto companies 36:42 | Taylor Monahan recounts a failed North Korean job interview 39:13 | Teng Yan on how truth terminal redefined AI and crypto 40:36 | Ryan Salame on DOJ dealings and his guilty plea 42:40 | Alex Kruger on Trump's election and its crypto impact 43:44 | Jeff Park on Uniswap and Solana's post-election gains 44:57 | Faryar Shirzad on the success of the FairShake PAC 46:15 | Eric Balchunas on the importance of bitcoin ETF options 47:26 | Cody Carbone on Paul Atkins' nomination as SEC chair 48:19 | Mike Selig on David Sacks as crypto and AI czar 49:27 | French Hill on token standards under FIT21 50:33 | Maria Shen on Solana's rise in new developer activity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Kessler and Taylor Monahan explain how North Korea is getting its coders hired at crypto companies to steal funds for the regime's nuclear program.The crypto community is facing a new kind of threat—North Korean devs are infiltrating crypto companies to steal millions and funnel funds back to the regime in order to bypass sanctions. In this episode, Sam Kessler, CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols, and Taylor Monahan, security at MetaMask, explain how North Korea has embedded its operatives into the crypto space, the red flags companies should watch for, and what these hackers are doing once inside crypto firms.Plus, they share their most interesting stories about how these hackers have gotten hired at crypto companies and the red flags the industry should know about. Show highlights:What Sam found in his investigation about North Koreans infiltrating the industryHow Taylor has found that this is a recurring issue Why Sam and Taylor refer to these infiltrated workers as ‘IT' workersThe most interesting stories that Sam and Taylor have discoveredThe trends in the hiring process that lead to North Koreans being hired and also what the big red flags areHow “easy it is to de-anonymize” addresses and transactions in blockchainsWhat assets and networks these workers often use to get paidHow, after infiltrating a company, those projects get hackedHow to deal with a situation in which you've already hired North KoreansHow to protect a protocol from another type of North Korean hack: by hacking groups Whether the industry is getting better at securityVisit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.comThank you to our sponsors!PolkadotMantleGuests:Sam Kessler, CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocolsCoinDesk: How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto IndustryTaylor Monahan, security at MetaMaskPrevious appearances on Unchained:The QuadrigaCX Case: Taylor Monahan on What We Know From the BlockchainMyCrypto's Taylor Monahan on Why She's Not a Fan of ICOsLinksPrevious coverage of Unchained on North Korea:Why North Korea Is Interested in CryptocurrencyYeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration CampUnchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The crypto community is facing a new kind of threat—North Korean devs are infiltrating crypto companies to steal millions and funnel funds back to the regime in order to bypass sanctions.  In this episode, Sam Kessler, CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols, and Taylor Monahan, security at MetaMask, explain how North Korea has embedded its operatives into the crypto space, the red flags companies should watch for, and what these hackers are doing once inside crypto firms. Plus, they share their most interesting stories about how these hackers have gotten hired at crypto companies and the red flags the industry should know about.  Show highlights: What Sam found in his investigation about North Koreans infiltrating the industry How Taylor has found that this is a recurring issue Why Sam and Taylor refer to these infiltrated workers as ‘IT' workers The most interesting stories that Sam and Taylor have discovered The trends in the hiring process that lead to North Koreans being hired and also what the big red flags are How “easy it is to de-anonymize” addresses and transactions in blockchains What assets and networks these workers often use to get paid How, after infiltrating a company, those projects get hacked How to deal with a situation in which you've already hired North Koreans How to protect a protocol from another type of North Korean hack: by hacking groups Whether the industry is getting better at security Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Mantle Guests: Sam Kessler, CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols CoinDesk: How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry Taylor Monahan, Co-Founder of MyEtherWallet Previous appearances on Unchained: The QuadrigaCX Case: Taylor Monahan on What We Know From the Blockchain MyCrypto's Taylor Monahan on Why She's Not a Fan of ICOs Links Previous coverage of Unchained on North Korea: Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp Others: DL News: North Korean hackers are infiltrating crypto job boards in a ‘quiet war' that rakes in $600m FBI PSA: North Korea Aggressively Targeting Crypto Industry with Well-Disguised Social Engineering Attacks Chainalysis:  2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 1: Cybercrime Climbs as Exchange Thieves and Ransomware Attackers Grow Bolder Funds Stolen from Crypto Platforms Fall More Than 50% in 2023, but Hacking Remains a Significant Threat as Number of Incidents Rises Russian and North Korean Cyberattack Infrastructure Converge: New Hacking Data Raises National Security Concerns ZachXBT: How Lazarus Group laundered $200M from 25+ crypto hacks to fiat from 2020–2023 Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:59 Sam's findings on North Korean workers infiltrating crypto projects 04:04 Taylor on the recurring nature of the issue 09:05 Why they're referred to as ‘IT' workers 16:17 Most interesting infiltration stories 34:16 Hiring trends and red flags for North Korean operatives 44:02 How easy it is to de-anonymize blockchain transactions 51:05  Assets and networks used for payment 54:06  How infiltrated companies end up getting hacked 58:36 What to do if you've already hired North Korean operatives 1:00:21 How to protect a protocol from being hacked 1:06:22 Is the industry improving in security? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crypto community is facing a new kind of threat—North Korean devs are infiltrating crypto companies to steal millions and funnel funds back to the regime in order to bypass sanctions.  In this episode, Sam Kessler, CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols, and Taylor Monahan, security at MetaMask, explain how North Korea has embedded its operatives into the crypto space, the red flags companies should watch for, and what these hackers are doing once inside crypto firms. Plus, they share their most interesting stories about how these hackers have gotten hired at crypto companies and the red flags the industry should know about.  Show highlights: What Sam found in his investigation about North Koreans infiltrating the industry How Taylor has found that this is a recurring issue Why Sam and Taylor refer to these infiltrated workers as ‘IT' workers The most interesting stories that Sam and Taylor have discovered The trends in the hiring process that lead to North Koreans being hired and also what the big red flags are How “easy it is to de-anonymize” addresses and transactions in blockchains What assets and networks these workers often use to get paid How, after infiltrating a company, those projects get hacked How to deal with a situation in which you've already hired North Koreans How to protect a protocol from another type of North Korean hack: by hacking groups Whether the industry is getting better at security Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Mantle Guests: Sam Kessler, CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols CoinDesk: How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry Taylor Monahan, Co-Founder of MyEtherWallet Previous appearances on Unchained: The QuadrigaCX Case: Taylor Monahan on What We Know From the Blockchain MyCrypto's Taylor Monahan on Why She's Not a Fan of ICOs Links Previous coverage of Unchained on North Korea: Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp Others: DL News: North Korean hackers are infiltrating crypto job boards in a ‘quiet war' that rakes in $600m FBI PSA: North Korea Aggressively Targeting Crypto Industry with Well-Disguised Social Engineering Attacks Chainalysis:  2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 1: Cybercrime Climbs as Exchange Thieves and Ransomware Attackers Grow Bolder Funds Stolen from Crypto Platforms Fall More Than 50% in 2023, but Hacking Remains a Significant Threat as Number of Incidents Rises Russian and North Korean Cyberattack Infrastructure Converge: New Hacking Data Raises National Security Concerns ZachXBT: How Lazarus Group laundered $200M from 25+ crypto hacks to fiat from 2020–2023 Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:59 Sam's findings on North Korean workers infiltrating crypto projects 04:04 Taylor on the recurring nature of the issue 09:05 Why they're referred to as ‘IT' workers 16:17 Most interesting infiltration stories 34:16 Hiring trends and red flags for North Korean operatives 44:02 How easy it is to de-anonymize blockchain transactions 51:05  Assets and networks used for payment 54:06  How infiltrated companies end up getting hacked 58:36 What to do if you've already hired North Korean operatives 1:00:21 How to protect a protocol from being hacked 1:06:22 Is the industry improving in security? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Taylor Monahan is the founder of MyCrypto, an Ethereum wallet, and today she's helping build MetaMask. As part of her job, she has become a full-time blockchain detective. She's also a character in my book, The Infinite Machine! Taylor is the first one who alerted us to the fact that in the past several months, a mysterious hack has taken over crypto wallets, draining $10 million worth of ether from OGs in the space. We begin our conversation with Taylor breaking down the hack from the beginning and also the latest in this saga. Then we go over her own, long history in the space, she gives risk management advice for crypto users and developers, and ponders some deep questions on whether code is law and whether DeFi should really be immutable.

Taylor Monahan is Product Lead at MetaMask, a crypto wallet and gateway to blockchain apps.As an early crypto adopter, Taylor has watched almost every cycle of crypto come and go. About a year after the Ethereum presale, she learned there were real blockchain apps popping up on the Ethereum blockchain. And even in these early days, she recognized the industry's need for something critical — better wallets. Taylor pivoted into working on creating her own wallet with a more user-friendly interface and….actual buttons and stuff. This turned into My Ether Wallet, which was later bought by MetaMask. Taylor has been building web3 tooling and working on making wallets easier to use ever since.During our discussion with Taylor, we dive into wallet security and cover basic wallet 101 info. She runs us through some best practices and ways in which your wallet can become compromised, as well as how a recovery phrase/seed phrase works and how to prevent attacks. Taylor also shares how she almost got scammed, Diana shared how her sister did get scammed, and we go over the importance of double checking, triple checking, and gut checking before you sign a transaction. Taylor also informs us of some steps you can take to cross-examine the validity of whatever site you are interacting with. Finally, Taylor shares how the web3 space (and wallets in particular) have evolved over the years of her long and successful career, and she leaves us with some spicy hot takes on the future of web3.  

The concepts of digital identity and empowering individuals are core tenets of the social movement driving the development of the metaverse. Taylor Monahan from MetaMask joins us to break down philosophically how they view building in web3, the wallet as the potential gateway to your digital identity, bridging the needs and desires of a broad range of potential consumers in web3 and the outlook for regulation of the crypto sector.

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. In this episode, Taylor Monahan, matriarch of Metamask, joins the show to discuss the contagion of major crypto firms, the bear market, SBF saving crypto, and much more! Show topics: The importance of UX and security How Three Arrows Capital's practice of borrowing to leverage their bets has caused a crisis for crypto lenders that rippled out to many customers How the GBTC arbitrage trade was part of 3AC's undoing, and how that trade was one many other crypto trading institutions had previously abandoned How crypto lenders were being degens with customers funds Why SBF stepped in and made sure these BlockFi and Voyager didn't default on customers' deposits Whether this whole wind-down reflects a credit cycle How DeFi protocols were built to avoid these kinds of centralized finance problems  How the systemic issues caused by CeFi institutions like Celsius, BlockFi and Voyager are reminiscent of the Great Financial Crisis What are the similarities between this crypto meltdown, the Mt. Gox debacle, and the 1907 and 2008 financial crises What are the consequences of losing retail money vs. institutional money How surviving a credit cycle crisis creates the best risk managers The lessons to be learned from all these crises  How MakerDAO is trying to figure out what to do with its money What happened with Solend and why the DAO resorted to a centralized action Why DeFi needs more clauses about how to handle edge cases The difference between doing dumb things and wrong things Why Tarun is impressed with Solana's DAO tooling Why Taylor is thankful for the bear market Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra  Robert Leshner, founder of Compound  https://twitter.com/rleshner    Guest: Taylor Monahan Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ Taylor's thread on resources to learn about all things crypto: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1509380091184246784?s=20&t=kNk8fJ7pJAWfEEVZQHwpvg   Episode Links   Crypto Contagion 3AC: https://blockworks.co/three-arrows-capital-brink-default-owes-voyager-657m/ Voyager Celsius + Goldman buyout? https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/goldman-celsius-bankruptcy BlockFi bailout: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/21/blockfi-receives-250m-credit-facility-from-ftx/ Unchained newsletter on BlockFi's bailout: https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-says-this-deserves-mockery/ CoinFlex: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-27/crypto-exchange-coinflex-to-issue-tokens-after-withdrawal-freeze?sref=Q2SpVkJl Babel: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/20/babel-finance-reaches-debt-agreement-with-counterparties-after-withdrawal-freeze/ Unchained Coverage: Why Possible Insolvencies by Celsius and 3AC Could Spell Disaster for Crypto: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-possible-insolvencies-by-celsius-and-3ac-could-spell-disaster-for-crypto/ Solend DAO situation: Unchained Coverage: Solend and Bancor Drama: Did These DAOs Violate the Ethos of Crypto? – Ep. 366: https://unchainedpodcast.com/solend-and-bancor-drama-did-these-daos-violate-the-ethos-of-crypto-ep-366/ https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/06/19/solana-defi-platform-votes-to-control-whale-account-in-bid-to-avoid-liquidation-chaos/ Covered on Unchained Newsletter: https://unchainedpodcast.com/does-this-dao-deserve-emergency-power%e2%81%89%ef%b8%8f/ MakerDAO governance proposal: https://www.theblock.co/post/154515/maker-governance-is-voting-to-invest-500-million-in-us-treasury-bills

Welcome to The Chopping Block! Crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, and Tarun Chitra chop it up about the latest news in the digital asset industry. In this episode, Taylor Monahan, matriarch of Metamask, joins the show to discuss the contagion of major crypto firms, the bear market, SBF saving crypto, and much more! Show topics: The importance of UX and security How Three Arrows Capital's practice of borrowing to leverage their bets has caused a crisis for crypto lenders that rippled out to many customers How the GBTC arbitrage trade was part of 3AC's undoing, and how that trade was one many other crypto trading institutions had previously abandoned How crypto lenders were being degens with customers funds Why SBF stepped in and made sure that BlockFi and Voyager didn't default on customers' deposits Whether this whole wind-down reflects a credit cycle How DeFi protocols were built to avoid these kinds of centralized finance problems  How the systemic issues caused by CeFi institutions like Celsius, BlockFi and Voyager are reminiscent of the Great Financial Crisis What are the similarities between this crypto meltdown, the Mt. Gox debacle, and the 1907 and 2008 financial crises What are the consequences of losing retail money vs. institutional money How surviving a credit cycle crisis creates the best risk managers The lessons to be learned from all these crises  How MakerDAO is trying to figure out what to do with its money What happened with Solend and why the DAO resorted to a centralized action Why DeFi needs more clauses about how to handle edge cases The difference between doing dumb things and wrong things Why Tarun is impressed with Solana's DAO tooling Why Taylor is thankful for the bear market Hosts Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/hosseeb Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures https://twitter.com/tarunchitra  Robert Leshner, founder of Compound  https://twitter.com/rleshner    Guest: Taylor Monahan Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ Taylor's thread on resources to learn about all things crypto: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1509380091184246784?s=20&t=kNk8fJ7pJAWfEEVZQHwpvg   Episode Links   Crypto Contagion 3AC: https://blockworks.co/three-arrows-capital-brink-default-owes-voyager-657m/ Voyager Celsius + Goldman buyout? https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/goldman-celsius-bankruptcy BlockFi bailout: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/21/blockfi-receives-250m-credit-facility-from-ftx/ Unchained newsletter on BlockFi's bailout: https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-says-this-deserves-mockery/ CoinFlex: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-27/crypto-exchange-coinflex-to-issue-tokens-after-withdrawal-freeze?sref=Q2SpVkJl Babel: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/20/babel-finance-reaches-debt-agreement-with-counterparties-after-withdrawal-freeze/ Unchained Coverage: Why Possible Insolvencies by Celsius and 3AC Could Spell Disaster for Crypto: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-possible-insolvencies-by-celsius-and-3ac-could-spell-disaster-for-crypto/ Solend DAO situation: Unchained Coverage: Solend and Bancor Drama: Did These DAOs Violate the Ethos of Crypto? – Ep. 366: https://unchainedpodcast.com/solend-and-bancor-drama-did-these-daos-violate-the-ethos-of-crypto-ep-366/ https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/06/19/solana-defi-platform-votes-to-control-whale-account-in-bid-to-avoid-liquidation-chaos/ Covered on Unchained Newsletter: https://unchainedpodcast.com/does-this-dao-deserve-emergency-power%e2%81%89%ef%b8%8f/ MakerDAO governance proposal: https://www.theblock.co/post/154515/maker-governance-is-voting-to-invest-500-million-in-us-treasury-bills

What could be hard about building a crypto wallet? Taylor Monahan, founder of MyCryto (recently acquired by ConsenSys) and currently at MetaMask, joins the podcast to discuss the intricacies of wallets, the challenges in presenting something decentralized and yet user-friendly to a spectrum of users, and more.

MetaMask and MyCrypto are teaming up to build the ultimate crypto wallet. Revamping efforts on security, user experience, as well as features & integrations, this is a massive moment in the world of non-custodial crypto wallets. As the passport to Web3, improving and innovating the crypto wallet is increasingly vital as the entire industry continues to scale outwards. Building a secure and intuitive flow for asset management is do-or-die for the crypto space. With Dan Finlay from Consensys and Taylor Monahan from MyCrypto, we're exploring the implications of this monumental merger and what it means for the broader crypto user experience. ------

LinksAaron Lammer TwitterExit ScamAllison Reichel TwitterTaylor Monahan TwitterMycryptoShow PartnerThis episode is presented by Blockfolio. Trade on an awesome mobile interface fee-free, and still get all the great portfolio tracking features you know and love: https://uponly.tv/blockfolioShow NotesLedger & Allison Reichel Aaron Lammer Taylor MonahanLedgerOnlyTV notesExit Scam Podcast Story⁃ Quadriga (large Canadian exchange) had a decent reputation⁃ The Quadriga wallets did not lead to any cold storage – it was a ponzi scheme ⁃ Founder Gerald Cotten goes to India and dies, holding $280M in users funds locked on his laptop⁃ Going to have to listen to Exit Scam Podcast to hear the restCrypto Market⁃ It is easy to make it in crypto by not doing anything… so it's really hard to get people to work when you don't have to do anythingMyCrypto⁃ Using an ETH wallet as a Web3 login was a wow moment⁃ In 2015 Taylor imagined everyone would use a smart contract wallet⁃ Smart contracts require a certain confidence level – Taylor thinks the billions of dollars running through them daily might be getting ahead of ourselvesTechnical Question: CEXs⁃ When you see “5 ETH in wallet” there's no wallet with your ether in it lol⁃ CEXs have a huge mush pot of everyone's coins ⁃ Why can't CEXs actually just give everyone a wallet? ETH wallets are free⁃ Kraken used to have an audit feature to checkAaron Background⁃ 2017 newb —> 2021 farming expert⁃ “It's all just plagiarized from my chats”⁃ “not a videogame person but am bullish the metaverse”Allison Background⁃ Goes to an Austrian economics school (although not an Austrian economist herself) ⁃ Writes a newsletter “Inflated Expectations”“The only way to guarantee good content is to send them to UpOnlyTV” factsIs Gerald Cotten Dead?⁃ Taylor: “idkidkidk….dead”⁃ Allison: “alive”⁃ Ledge: “alive but wife is innocent”EIP-1559 Bear Case⁃ with DeFi miners can choose which order transactions are in⁃ “ultrasound money, deflationary, number go up” feels like too much hype⁃ devs getting over-optimized where users don't need itInflation/ Deflation⁃ Narrative is always inflation is so bad⁃ Hyperinflation is a symptom of bigger problems ⁃ Crypto is almost cheering for inflation… you gotta understand:⁃ With revolutions and regime changes comes mass destruction + global financial ruin⁃ Inflation of ~2% makes people put their money to work and can sometimes be good…fackChances of Going to 0?⁃ Bitcoin: 0.0000% ⁃ Ethereum: 0.0% ⁃ All others: non-0 chanceNotes by @cmsinternMusic by GiovanniPickle

Taylor Monahan, CEO of MyCrypto, and Tim Beiko, Ethereum Foundation core-dev facilitator, discuss the upcoming upgrade to the Ethereum network, EIP 1559. Show highlights: why Tim believes EIP 1559 is necessary what narrative is driving EIP 1559 what problems the network upgrade will solve how Ethereum transactions/fees work whether gas prices are correlated with ETH/USD the 3 main protocol changes that EIP 1559 proposes why Taylor, as the CEO of a wallet provider, is wary of EIP 1559 how EIP 1559 will affect Ethereum's block size what changes wallet providers are considering due to EIP 1559 whether ‘Black Swan' events will be more or less likely after the network upgrade how EIP 1559 will affect miners whether Tim or Taylor believes that miners could fork Ethereum to stop EIP 1559 how EIP 1559 will change the state of miner extractable value (MEV) how Taylor and Tim feel about the Ethereum as sound money narrative in light of EIP 1559 when EIP 1559 will go live Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2     Tezos: https://tezos.com/discover?utm_source=laura-shin&utm_medium=podcast-sponsorship-unconfirmed&utm_campaign=tezos-campaign&utm_content=hero     Conjure: https://conjure.finance      Episode Links   Taylor Monahan Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ MyCrypto: https://mycrypto.com/    Tim Beiko Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimBeiko Ethereum Foundation: https://ethereum.org/en/foundation/    EIP 1559 Resources: https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/1559-resources Taylor Monahan tweets https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1397725861575421953 https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1408000351916093441 https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1407853518493413379 Actual proposal: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1559.md  Research: http://timroughgarden.org/papers/eip1559.pdf 

Taylor Monahan, CEO of MyCrypto, and Tim Beiko, Ethereum Foundation core-dev facilitator, discuss the upcoming upgrade to the Ethereum network, EIP 1559. Show highlights: why Tim believes EIP 1559 is necessary what narrative is driving EIP 1559 what problems the network upgrade will solve how Ethereum transactions/fees work whether gas prices are correlated with ETH/USD the 3 main protocol changes that EIP 1559 proposes why Taylor, as the CEO of a wallet provider, is wary of EIP 1559 how EIP 1559 will affect Ethereum's block size what changes wallet providers are considering due to EIP 1559 whether ‘Black Swan' events will be more or less likely after the network upgrade how EIP 1559 will affect miners whether Tim or Taylor believes that miners could fork Ethereum to stop EIP 1559 how EIP 1559 will change the state of miner extractable value (MEV) how Taylor and Tim feel about the Ethereum as sound money narrative in light of EIP 1559 when EIP 1559 will go live Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2     Tezos: https://tezos.com/discover?utm_source=laura-shin&utm_medium=podcast-sponsorship-unconfirmed&utm_campaign=tezos-campaign&utm_content=hero     Conjure: https://conjure.finance      Episode Links   Taylor Monahan Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ MyCrypto: https://mycrypto.com/    Tim Beiko Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimBeiko Ethereum Foundation: https://ethereum.org/en/foundation/    EIP 1559 Resources: https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/1559-resources Taylor Monahan tweets https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1397725861575421953 https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1408000351916093441 https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1407853518493413379 Actual proposal: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1559.md  Research: http://timroughgarden.org/papers/eip1559.pdf 

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington interview Kosala Hemachandra, the co-founder and CEO of My Ether Wallet (MEW), about MEW's two-step solution to staking on Ethereum 2.0.This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io.“Whenever we see a bottleneck, whenever we see a problem, like an accessibility problem for us … that's where we jump in,” said Hemachandra. “We're like, okay, let's reduce it down to three steps maximum and then let's take [users] through these steps and then it'll make it easy for them to get into Ethereum and use Ethereum. Therefore, Ethereum will grow.” Hemachandra has watched Ethereum grow from as early as 2014 when the network was merely a technical concept defined by a yellow paper. When the network officially launched in July 2015, Hemachandra noticed a major pain point for users trying to access the network. There was no user-friendly interface to send and receive on-chain transactions. As a back-end developer and web programmer by trade, Hemachandra along with his co-founder Taylor Monahan created MEW as a wallet service that could offer users an alternative for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain, which at the time could only be done through a command line interface. Fast forward to 2021 and a lot has changed about Ethereum, as well as MEW. MEW is one of several crypto wallet services actively helping onboard new users to the Ethereum blockchain, which has now amassed a market capitalization of over $272 billion. Ethereum has also spawned a second, parallel blockchain network known as the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain on which ETH holders can stake their coins and earn rewards. Eth 2.0 is envisioned to one day replace Ethereum's existing consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) and thereby significantly reduce the overall energy costs of the network. Similar to 2015, Hemachandra noticed another pain point at the creation of Eth 2.0. “[To stake,] you have to be knowledgeable in running nodes, running validators, having them on 24/7, and like a lot of backend stuff,” said Hemachandra. “That's when we jumped in. We're like, okay, a regular user will not be able to accomplish these things so we have to make it easy for them.”This was how the idea to introduce staking services on MEW was born. Since launching their staking services in December 2019, close to $200 million worth of ether has locked into Eth 2.0 using MEW's 2-step solution. To learn more about the MEW's Eth 2.0 staking services and what Hemachandra sees as the next major pain point on Ethereum to solve, listen to this week's episode of Mapping Out Eth 2. Links mentioned in this podcast: MEV estimations by Ryan Berckmans (https://twitter.com/RyanBerckmans/status/1401586370678829069) Overview of MEV concerns on Ethereum 2.0 (https://hackmd.io/@Izzy-/Eth2VevStaking) Vitalik Buterin's ideas around MEV (https://ethresear.ch/t/proposer-block-builder-separation-friendly-fee-market-designs/9725) What is Flashbots? (https://github.com/flashbots/pm) Quarterly review of the staking industry by Staked (https://staking.staked.us/state-of-staking) -750,000,000 PMA tokens are now up for grabs. By depositing today, you will become part of the next evolution of DeFi payments. Go to PumaPay.io.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington interview Kosala Hemachandra, the co-founder and CEO of My Ether Wallet (MEW), about MEW's two-step solution to staking on Ethereum 2.0.This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io.“Whenever we see a bottleneck, whenever we see a problem, like an accessibility problem for us … that's where we jump in,” said Hemachandra. “We're like, okay, let's reduce it down to three steps maximum and then let's take [users] through these steps and then it'll make it easy for them to get into Ethereum and use Ethereum. Therefore, Ethereum will grow.” Hemachandra has watched Ethereum grow from as early as 2014 when the network was merely a technical concept defined by a yellow paper. When the network officially launched in July 2015, Hemachandra noticed a major pain point for users trying to access the network. There was no user-friendly interface to send and receive on-chain transactions. As a back-end developer and web programmer by trade, Hemachandra along with his co-founder Taylor Monahan created MEW as a wallet service that could offer users an alternative for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain, which at the time could only be done through a command line interface. Fast forward to 2021 and a lot has changed about Ethereum, as well as MEW. MEW is one of several crypto wallet services actively helping onboard new users to the Ethereum blockchain, which has now amassed a market capitalization of over $272 billion. Ethereum has also spawned a second, parallel blockchain network known as the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain on which ETH holders can stake their coins and earn rewards. Eth 2.0 is envisioned to one day replace Ethereum's existing consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) and thereby significantly reduce the overall energy costs of the network. Similar to 2015, Hemachandra noticed another pain point at the creation of Eth 2.0. “[To stake,] you have to be knowledgeable in running nodes, running validators, having them on 24/7, and like a lot of backend stuff,” said Hemachandra. “That's when we jumped in. We're like, okay, a regular user will not be able to accomplish these things so we have to make it easy for them.”This was how the idea to introduce staking services on MEW was born. Since launching their staking services in December 2019, close to $200 million worth of ether has locked into Eth 2.0 using MEW's 2-step solution. To learn more about the MEW's Eth 2.0 staking services and what Hemachandra sees as the next major pain point on Ethereum to solve, listen to this week's episode of Mapping Out Eth 2. Links mentioned in this podcast: MEV estimations by Ryan Berckmans (https://twitter.com/RyanBerckmans/status/1401586370678829069) Overview of MEV concerns on Ethereum 2.0 (https://hackmd.io/@Izzy-/Eth2VevStaking) Vitalik Buterin's ideas around MEV (https://ethresear.ch/t/proposer-block-builder-separation-friendly-fee-market-designs/9725) What is Flashbots? (https://github.com/flashbots/pm) Quarterly review of the staking industry by Staked (https://staking.staked.us/state-of-staking) -750,000,000 PMA tokens are now up for grabs. By depositing today, you will become part of the next evolution of DeFi payments. Go to PumaPay.io.

Links: MyCrypto Website Twitter Telegram Discord Medium Github Links: Taylor Monahan Twitter The Future of Ethereum Doesn't Have Wallets

Host Laura Shin recaps the biggest stories of the year in crypto, with clips from shows throughout the year. In this episode, we cover how the pandemic drove Bitcoin to new all-time highs, how regulation began to come for the crypto space in a big way, plus new trends in DeFi, corporate structures, and how ETH will change as an asset.    Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: http://crypto.com 1inch: https://1inch.exchange   Episode links:  Meltem Demirors on Bitcoin’s behavior during the recession https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/   Mike Novogratz and Raoul Pal on Bitcoin’s relation to fiat https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-mike-novogratz-and-raoul-pal-on-the-single-greatest-brand-of-the-last-10-years/   Chamath Palihapitiya on Bitcoin as a financial hedge https://unchainedpodcast.com/chamath-palihapitiya-why-bitcoin-will-be-the-category-winner/   Cathie Wood and Dan Tapiero on corporate adoption of Bitcoin https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-bitcoin-under-a-biden-administration/   Dave Jevans and Siân Jones on regulation and VASPs https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/    Jake Chervinsky and Kristin Smith on the Swiss Rule and self-hosted wallets https://unchainedpodcast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-battle-over-privacy-in-crypto/   Jeremy Allaire and Kristin Smith on Mnuchin’s proposed FinCEN rule https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-is-the-proposed-fincen-rule-for-unhosted-wallets-being-pushed-so-quickly/   Jessi Brooks and Zia Faruqui on cryptocurrencies facilitating illicit activity https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-this-doj-strike-force-hunts-down-cryptocurrency-criminals/    Brian Brooks on Americans accepting more privacy restrictions https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/   Meltem Demirors on privacy being under attack https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/   Haseeb Qureshi on the maturation of DeFi https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-decentralized-trading-has-10xed-in-a-few-months/    Vitalik Buterin on risks that still exist in DeFi https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/   Taylor Monahan and Dan Guido on DeFi security https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/    Vitalik Buterin reflecting on the last five years of Ethereum https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/    Ryan Watkins on Ethereum 2.0 https://unchainedpodcast.com/ethereum-2-0-what-you-need-to-know/    Olaf Carlson-Wee on DeFi impacting the traditional corporate structure https://unchainedpodcast.com/olaf-carlson-wee-if-there-is-a-money-losing-exploit-the-money-is-gone/ Andrew Cronje on shifting corporate structures https://unchainedpodcast.com/andre-cronje-of-yearn-finance-on-yfi-and-the-fair-launch-im-lazy/

Host Laura Shin recaps the biggest stories of the year in crypto, with clips from shows throughout the year. In this episode, we cover how the pandemic drove Bitcoin to new all-time highs, how regulation began to come for the crypto space in a big way, plus new trends in DeFi, corporate structures, and how ETH will change as an asset.    Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: http://crypto.com 1inch: https://1inch.exchange   Episode links:  Meltem Demirors on Bitcoin's behavior during the recession https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/   Mike Novogratz and Raoul Pal on Bitcoin's relation to fiat https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-mike-novogratz-and-raoul-pal-on-the-single-greatest-brand-of-the-last-10-years/   Chamath Palihapitiya on Bitcoin as a financial hedge https://unchainedpodcast.com/chamath-palihapitiya-why-bitcoin-will-be-the-category-winner/   Cathie Wood and Dan Tapiero on corporate adoption of Bitcoin https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-bitcoin-under-a-biden-administration/   Dave Jevans and Siân Jones on regulation and VASPs https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/    Jake Chervinsky and Kristin Smith on the Swiss Rule and self-hosted wallets https://unchainedpodcast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-battle-over-privacy-in-crypto/   Jeremy Allaire and Kristin Smith on Mnuchin's proposed FinCEN rule https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-is-the-proposed-fincen-rule-for-unhosted-wallets-being-pushed-so-quickly/   Jessi Brooks and Zia Faruqui on cryptocurrencies facilitating illicit activity https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-this-doj-strike-force-hunts-down-cryptocurrency-criminals/    Brian Brooks on Americans accepting more privacy restrictions https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/   Meltem Demirors on privacy being under attack https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/   Haseeb Qureshi on the maturation of DeFi https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-decentralized-trading-has-10xed-in-a-few-months/    Vitalik Buterin on risks that still exist in DeFi https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/   Taylor Monahan and Dan Guido on DeFi security https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/    Vitalik Buterin reflecting on the last five years of Ethereum https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/    Ryan Watkins on Ethereum 2.0 https://unchainedpodcast.com/ethereum-2-0-what-you-need-to-know/    Olaf Carlson-Wee on DeFi impacting the traditional corporate structure https://unchainedpodcast.com/olaf-carlson-wee-if-there-is-a-money-losing-exploit-the-money-is-gone/ Andrew Cronje on shifting corporate structures https://unchainedpodcast.com/andre-cronje-of-yearn-finance-on-yfi-and-the-fair-launch-im-lazy/

Dan Elitzer, investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures, and Will Price, data scientist at Flipside Crypto, discuss the yield farming craze. In this episode, we cover: the goals of protocols offering liquidity mining the goals of users yield farming right now whether users of Compound will have much awareness of COMP in the future how Compound is trying to dampen inorganic activity and properly align incentives  how incentives in one DeFi protocol can screw up another's such as changes in Compound's liquidity mining program causing Dai to lose its peg whether the activity created by liquidity mining is sustainable and how whether Compound is overvalued and how to determine valuations for DeFi tokens the security risks that come with trying yield farming how teams can keep their protocols safe given the composability of DeFi and the growing number of developments in the space whether the yield farming craze will cause the price of ETH to rise and why the prevalence of stablecoins might prevent that whether new DeFi tokens could push flagging layer 1s out of the top 10 what will happen if even more Bitcoin comes to DeFi how the next big thing in DeFi might be trying to stack yield across protocols and eventually prime brokerage protocols Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com   Episode links:  Dan Elitzer: https://twitter.com/delitzer IDEO CoLab Ventures: https://www.ideocolab.com/ventures/ Will Price: https://twitter.com/will__price Flipside Crypto: https://flipsidecrypto.com   Total value locked in Compound: https://defipulse.com/compound   What liquidity bootstrapping pools are: https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/building-liquidity-into-token-distribution-a49d4286e0d4    Dan on earning more from borrowing USDT than lending it on Compound: https://twitter.com/delitzer/status/1272642107128164354    Tony Sheng on how yield farming works and how much you can earn from it: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274393189231689728   And his followup on the risks of yield farming: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274780457729617920   The purpose of COMP for governance: https://medium.com/compound-finance/compound-community-ownership-ee0ed1252cc3  https://medium.com/compound-finance/expanding-compound-governance-ce13fcd4fe36   Risks of so much BAT being held in Compound: https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1276897377446776832?s=20 https://twitter.com/defiprime/status/1277026665952980992?s=20 https://twitter.com/devops199fan/status/1274732220192829441?s=20   Cyrus of MakerDAO concerned about the risks COMP poses to the Dai peg: https://forum.makerdao.com/t/upcoming-comp-farming-change-could-impact-the-dai-peg/2965   Dan Guido and Taylor Monahan on Unchained discussing DeFi security: https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/   Twitter discussion on whether ETH price will rise due to yield farming: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1274781676875452421   What will happen to other Layer 1s? https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119/status/1274376237239189504?s=20  Aquaponic yield farming: https://bankless.substack.com/p/aquaponic-yield-farming

Dan Elitzer, investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures, and Will Price, data scientist at Flipside Crypto, discuss the yield farming craze. In this episode, we cover: the goals of protocols offering liquidity mining the goals of users yield farming right now whether users of Compound will have much awareness of COMP in the future how Compound is trying to dampen inorganic activity and properly align incentives  how incentives in one DeFi protocol can screw up another's such as changes in Compound's liquidity mining program causing Dai to lose its peg whether the activity created by liquidity mining is sustainable and how whether Compound is overvalued and how to determine valuations for DeFi tokens the security risks that come with trying yield farming how teams can keep their protocols safe given the composability of DeFi and the growing number of developments in the space whether the yield farming craze will cause the price of ETH to rise and why the prevalence of stablecoins might prevent that whether new DeFi tokens could push flagging layer 1s out of the top 10 what will happen if even more Bitcoin comes to DeFi how the next big thing in DeFi might be trying to stack yield across protocols and eventually prime brokerage protocols Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com   Episode links:  Dan Elitzer: https://twitter.com/delitzer IDEO CoLab Ventures: https://www.ideocolab.com/ventures/ Will Price: https://twitter.com/will__price Flipside Crypto: https://flipsidecrypto.com   Total value locked in Compound: https://defipulse.com/compound   What liquidity bootstrapping pools are: https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/building-liquidity-into-token-distribution-a49d4286e0d4    Dan on earning more from borrowing USDT than lending it on Compound: https://twitter.com/delitzer/status/1272642107128164354    Tony Sheng on how yield farming works and how much you can earn from it: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274393189231689728   And his followup on the risks of yield farming: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274780457729617920   The purpose of COMP for governance: https://medium.com/compound-finance/compound-community-ownership-ee0ed1252cc3  https://medium.com/compound-finance/expanding-compound-governance-ce13fcd4fe36   Risks of so much BAT being held in Compound: https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1276897377446776832?s=20 https://twitter.com/defiprime/status/1277026665952980992?s=20 https://twitter.com/devops199fan/status/1274732220192829441?s=20   Cyrus of MakerDAO concerned about the risks COMP poses to the Dai peg: https://forum.makerdao.com/t/upcoming-comp-farming-change-could-impact-the-dai-peg/2965   Dan Guido and Taylor Monahan on Unchained discussing DeFi security: https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/   Twitter discussion on whether ETH price will rise due to yield farming: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1274781676875452421   What will happen to other Layer 1s? https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119/status/1274376237239189504?s=20  Aquaponic yield farming: https://bankless.substack.com/p/aquaponic-yield-farming

Dan Guido, cofounder and CEO of Trail of Bits, and Taylor Monahan, founder and CEO of MyCrypto, discuss all the recent hacks in DeFi, how it can be made more safely and who is responsible.  We tackle:  the Hegic security incident: whose responsibility it was to make sure the contract was secure — the auditor (Trail of Bits) or the team (Hegic) — what Trail of Bits was saying in its audit summary, and how to read between the lines of an audit summary how long an audit should be upgradeability: particularly around when more advanced technology and contracts interface with older technology/contracts centralization vs. decentralization: whether contracts can be made safely while maintaining adhering to the principle of decentralization, why Taylor would prioritize centralization and security, and how teams can create different levels of risk for users  bug bounties: why asking what amount they should be is the wrong question the security threats posed by oracles and what a checklist for DeFi teams might look like Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: https://crypto.com  Kraken: https://www.kraken.com  Stellar: https://www.stellar.org Episode links:  Dan Guido: https://twitter.com/dguido Trail of Bits: https://www.trailofbits.com Taylor Monahan: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ MyCrypto: https://mycrypto.com Initial tweet by Hegic calling the security issue a typo: https://twitter.com/HegicOptions/status/1253937104666742787?s=20 Hegic tweet saying, “It’s not a security issue”: https://twitter.com/HegicOptions/status/1253954145113038849?s=20   Trail of Bits saying it will no longer work with Hegic: https://twitter.com/dguido/status/1254260725431894020?s=20  Taylor breaks down the audit summary: https://twitter.com/MyCrypto/status/1254058121342803968?s=20 Molly Wintermute’s Medium post on requesting a week audit vs. three-day review: https://medium.com/@molly.wintermute/post-mortem-hegic-unlock-function-bug-or-three-defi-development-mistakesthat-i-feel-sorry-about-5a23a7197bce  Unconfirmed episode with Haseeb Qureshi on the Lendf.me attack: https://unchainedpodcast.com/haseeb-qureshi-on-the-unbelievable-story-of-the-25-million-lendf-me-hack/ Unchained interview showing Matt Luongo's approach to kill switches and upgradeability with tBTC: https://unchainedpodcast.com/tbtc-what-happens-when-the-most-liquid-crypto-asset-hits-defi/ Discussion of the bZx attacks on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-bzx-attacks-unethical-or-illegal-2-experts-weigh-in/ Issue with Curve contract: https://blog.curve.fi/vulnerability-disclosure/  Compound bug bounty program: https://compound.finance/docs/security#bug-bounty Taylor on “upgradeability makes things more insecure”: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1222564979657723904?s=20  Synthetix oracle incident, allowing a bot to profit $1 billion: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-synthetix-became-the-second-largest-defi-platform/ Taylor’s tips on how to get more ROI on an audit: https://twitter.com/MyCrypto/status/1254061500244713474?s=20 Tips to follow before getting an audit: https://blog.openzeppelin.com/follow-this-quality-checklist-before-an-audit-8cc6a0e44845/  Resources for security in DeFi:  crytic/building-secure-contractsGuidelines and training material to write secure smart contracts - crytic/building-secure-contractsgithub.com https://consensys.github.io/smart-contract-best-practices/  https://forum.openzeppelin.com https://swcregistry.io https://diligence.consensys.net/blog/2020/03/new-offering-1-day-security-reviews/

Dan Guido, cofounder and CEO of Trail of Bits, and Taylor Monahan, founder and CEO of MyCrypto, discuss all the recent hacks in DeFi, how it can be made more safely and who is responsible.  We tackle:  the Hegic security incident: whose responsibility it was to make sure the contract was secure — the auditor (Trail of Bits) or the team (Hegic) — what Trail of Bits was saying in its audit summary, and how to read between the lines of an audit summary how long an audit should be upgradeability: particularly around when more advanced technology and contracts interface with older technology/contracts centralization vs. decentralization: whether contracts can be made safely while maintaining adhering to the principle of decentralization, why Taylor would prioritize centralization and security, and how teams can create different levels of risk for users  bug bounties: why asking what amount they should be is the wrong question the security threats posed by oracles and what a checklist for DeFi teams might look like Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: https://crypto.com  Kraken: https://www.kraken.com  Stellar: https://www.stellar.org Episode links:  Dan Guido: https://twitter.com/dguido Trail of Bits: https://www.trailofbits.com Taylor Monahan: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ MyCrypto: https://mycrypto.com Initial tweet by Hegic calling the security issue a typo: https://twitter.com/HegicOptions/status/1253937104666742787?s=20 Hegic tweet saying, “It's not a security issue”: https://twitter.com/HegicOptions/status/1253954145113038849?s=20   Trail of Bits saying it will no longer work with Hegic: https://twitter.com/dguido/status/1254260725431894020?s=20  Taylor breaks down the audit summary: https://twitter.com/MyCrypto/status/1254058121342803968?s=20 Molly Wintermute's Medium post on requesting a week audit vs. three-day review: https://medium.com/@molly.wintermute/post-mortem-hegic-unlock-function-bug-or-three-defi-development-mistakesthat-i-feel-sorry-about-5a23a7197bce  Unconfirmed episode with Haseeb Qureshi on the Lendf.me attack: https://unchainedpodcast.com/haseeb-qureshi-on-the-unbelievable-story-of-the-25-million-lendf-me-hack/ Unchained interview showing Matt Luongo's approach to kill switches and upgradeability with tBTC: https://unchainedpodcast.com/tbtc-what-happens-when-the-most-liquid-crypto-asset-hits-defi/ Discussion of the bZx attacks on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-bzx-attacks-unethical-or-illegal-2-experts-weigh-in/ Issue with Curve contract: https://blog.curve.fi/vulnerability-disclosure/  Compound bug bounty program: https://compound.finance/docs/security#bug-bounty Taylor on “upgradeability makes things more insecure”: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1222564979657723904?s=20  Synthetix oracle incident, allowing a bot to profit $1 billion: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-synthetix-became-the-second-largest-defi-platform/ Taylor's tips on how to get more ROI on an audit: https://twitter.com/MyCrypto/status/1254061500244713474?s=20 Tips to follow before getting an audit: https://blog.openzeppelin.com/follow-this-quality-checklist-before-an-audit-8cc6a0e44845/  Resources for security in DeFi:  crytic/building-secure-contractsGuidelines and training material to write secure smart contracts - crytic/building-secure-contractsgithub.com https://consensys.github.io/smart-contract-best-practices/  https://forum.openzeppelin.com https://swcregistry.io https://diligence.consensys.net/blog/2020/03/new-offering-1-day-security-reviews/

CEO and founder of Ethereum wallet MyCrypto join POV Crypto to discuss the DeFi, the best way to leverage it, and the biggest misconceptions around DeFi. Taylor is optimistic about the Ethereum DeFi movement but she has seen what can go wrong and she is very wary of false promises and naive decision making.  Topics: How MyCrypto was created Reflections and lessons from 2017 The implications of flash loans Dai Savings rate vs just holding ether The merits of cold storage Dangerous attack vectors in DeFi  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Taylor Monahan @tayvano_ [SPONSOR]  eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Unchained Capital - Easy BTC multi sig cold storage and BTC backed loans. Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth

Taylor Monahan is the founder and CEO of MyCrypto. In this interview as part of The Breakdown’s end of year coverage, she argues that the level of discourse in crypto matured in 2019, with more focus on things that actually matter. That’s important, because in 2020, she predicts a major fork-in-the-road moment, where the industry as a whole could either stay on the path set out in its cypherpunk roots, or be significantly co-opted and corrupted by the entrace of corporate and government actors into the space.

Taylor Monahan is the founder and CEO of MyCrypto. In this interview as part of The Breakdown’s end of year coverage, she argues that the level of discourse in crypto matured in 2019, with more focus on things that actually matter. That’s important, because in 2020, she predicts a major fork-in-the-road moment, where the industry as a whole could either stay on the path set out in its cypherpunk roots, or be significantly co-opted and corrupted by the entrance of corporate and government actors into the space.

Managing crypto-assets can be an anxiety-inducing experience for a lot of people. While it's quite empowering to “be your own bank,” it's also scary for a lot of people who understand the risks associated with self-custody. Although cryptocurrency wallets have made tremendous progress since the days when a full-sync of the blockchain was required, there are still significant hurdles that limit broad adoption. This conversation on the future of wallets at SF Blockchain Week Epicenter conference includes Taylor Monahan of MyCrypto, David Gold of FIO Protocol, Dan Finlay of MetaMask, and Ouriel Ohayon of ZenGo. They discuss design, app store policies, and the evolution necessary to enable more people to send, receive, and manage their tokens confidently. The panel is moderated by Epicenter host Sebastien Couture.Topics covered in this episode:Advancements in the usability of cryptocurrency wallets over the last yearThe importance of mobile-first developmentFrustrations with iOS and Android app storesHow to make developing wallets economically feasibleThe future of walletsSelf-custody vs. custodial walletsRegulation of self-custody walletsWhat to look forward to in the near-termEpisode links: MetaMaskZenGo - Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency WalletFIO Protocol Developer HubMyCryptoTaylor Monahan on TwitterDan Finlay on TwitterOuriel Ohayon on TwitterFIO Protocol on TwitterMetaMask on TwitterMyCrypto.com on TwitterZenGo on TwitterSponsors: Cosmos: Compete to win 100,000 ATOM by building and running Cosmos Zones - https://cosmos.network/goz/eToro: Automatically copy every trade of eToro's top crypto traders at the exact price in real-time - https://www.etoro.com/Pepo: Meet the people shaping the crypto movement - https://pepo.com/epicenterThis episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/319

Many people find that the crypto-finance space is quite difficult for non-technical people to understand and interact with the technologies. Some projects and people have made tremendous progress in creating tools and interfaces that allow a broader audience to participate, speculate, and learn.Taylor Monahan started MyEtherWallet as a side project in 2015, only for it to grow into one of the significant pieces of software people used to participate in the 2017 ICO boom. She has since "design-forked" the codebase and created MyCrypto, an open-source tool for generating ether wallets, handling ERC-20 tokens, and interacting with the blockchain with a clean and intuitive design.Topics covered in this episode:Taylor's background, and how she got into cryptocurrencyWhat her experience was with Ethereum so early in the projects lifecycleHow Reddit comments helped guide the feature list in the early days of MyEtherWalletHow the DAO hack got her working full time on MyEtherWalletBuilding a project before “founding a company”Experiencing the ICO boom as the main wallet used to participate in token generation eventsWhere MyCrypto is at todayHow Taylor wants MyCrypto to change the user experience in cryptocurrencyTaylor’s view on centralized exchanges and view of the futureEpisode links:MyCrypto Beta#MyCryptoWinter is back! (Medium)Try The New MyCrypto! (Medium)MyCrypto TwitterMyCrypto GitHubMyCrypto DiscordTaylor Monahan TwitterSponsors:Cosmos: Compete to win 100,000 ATOM by building and running Cosmos Zones - https://cosmos.network/goz/eToro: Automatically copy every trade of eToro's top crypto traders at the exact price in real-time - https://www.etoro.com/Pepo: -This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/317

Episode #9 What are Wallets w/ Taylor Monahan & Maria Carola *** this is not financial or legal advice*** This is one of the most important conversations you will hear when you first get into crypto. No, it is not what is bitcoin. No! It is not how to make money. That ALL doesn’t matter if you don’t know where to keep your crypto safe and secure. 

In this conversation an old friend Taylor Monahan of MyCrypto tells us all about wallets and security. She is helped out my a new friend Maria Carola of Guarda Wallet. Follow us at: Twitter: @whatiscrypto Website: Whatiscrypto.com FB Group & Page: What is Crypto YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspcykxjIbHo0C9ZOCM9YnA Taylor Monahan Twitter: @tayvano_ Website: https://mycrypto.com Maria Carola Twitter: @GuardaWallet Website: guarda.co Michael Nye (Host) Twitter: @MrMichaelNye IG: mrmichaelnye Matthew Aaron (Producer) Twitter: @MatthewAaronCLE Email: Matthew@iamnye.com For Bookings: https://www.whatiscrypto.com Editor: Jay LaBella Website: https://www.jaylabella.com Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHGlv0K8_fE Running Free by INOSSI https://soundcloud.com/inossi Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_running-free Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/QHGlv0K8_fE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Kb1PiMPcY Luv (ft. Anna Zitnikova) by Peyruis https://soundcloud.com/peyruis Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/luv-ft-anna-zitnikova Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/05Kb1PiMPcY © Copyright 2019 What is Crypto Media LLC All Rights Reserved

We speak with the CEO of MyCrypto, Taylor Monahan, to see how her mindset has changed and how MyCrypto has evolved since we last spoke to her over a year ago. Taylor shares why she believes DApps have a long way to go before they're truly useful to the masses, the personal security challenges that end users are facing in 2019, and also some of the upcoming new features of MyCrypto.

In this episode the roundtable is open. Ray Redacted, Jessie "The Man" Broke, Harry D and Taylor from MyCrypto all swing by to discuss security, why it is not sexy and what it needs to do to be sexy. Corey invents a new acronym, "SIS." Everyone in the roundtable agrees that it should be a new standard way of thinking. Also, Taylor reminds everyone in the crypto community that the worst user experience is the one where the user loses their money. Nobody wants that. Oh...and for good measure, if you aren't using 2FA or some form of MFA, then you are just waiting to get pwned. Waiting very patiently to get pwned.

This week’s Untold Stories delves into MyCrypto.com and coming features with founder Taylor Monahan. We cover a lot of ground on tech, privacy, crypto corporate culture and other topics you won’t want to miss, like:• Taylor’s take no prisoners approach to life• Why your Uber driver might be a CEO• The true measure of success — and failure.• Taylor’s dream job and Charlie’s all time favorite job. -----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

This week’s Untold Stories delves into MyCrypto.com and coming features with founder Taylor Monahan. We cover a lot of ground on tech, privacy, crypto corporate culture and other topics you won’t want to miss, like:• Taylor’s take no prisoners approach to life• Why your Uber driver might be a CEO• The true measure of success — and failure.• Taylor’s dream job and Charlie’s all time favorite job. -----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

Is crypto taking over your life? Can't stop checking the markets? Does your family think you are crazy because you use terms like FOMO, Moon, Lambo, or Rekt?? If you are having trouble balancing your crypto life with your family life then today's guest Taylor Monahan has some really great tips on how she manages being a new mother as well as the CEO of MyCrypto.com. I talk with her about multiple proven strategies to balance your crypto life with your friends and family on this weeks episode!

In this week's show we open up the lines again and the CEO of MyCrypto, Taylor Monahan, comes by to talk stablecoins and security. Ray "Redacted" pops in again as well as a long-time member of the Slack Community, Joe Blau. We spoke on everything from scaling solutions in place like Lightning Network, to the the actual use cases of stablecoins. MyCrypto.com

Ryan sits down with Taylor Monahan of MyCrypto

Aint nobody got time for 44 Steps. Taylor, Founder and CEO of MyCrypto brings up the biggest question we have got to answer on our way to massive crypto adoption. How do we onboard fiat to useful digital wallets. In the meantime, Taylor and MyCrypto are doing fine. Referenced during the conversation: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-24-delivering-crypto-to-masses-erik-voorhees-ceo/id1432912612?i=1000430652035&mt=2 Google Podcasts [Google Podcasts - Wyre Talks - Ep 24, Delivering Crypto to the Masses with Erik Voorhees, CEO of ShapeShift and Taylor Monahan, CEO of MyCrypto.](https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3Muc2ltcGxlY2FzdC5jb20vcG9kY2FzdHMvNzIxMi9yc3M&episode=ZDI3NGVhMzEtZjdmMi00YTcxLWI4OWQtZTQ1ZTc3ZjhiNzcx) And this usability panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WufVY9Jq9k [Gustavo Esquinca ~ UX & Usability Panel - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WufVY9Jq9k) Contact: @tayvano_ @MyCrypto

We’ve come a long way, baby. In fact, it’s mindboggling to consider the progress cryptocurrency has made, as an industry, since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009. But we’re still a long way from mass adoption. So, how can improvements in UX lower the barrier to entry? Who are the players working to push crypto adoption forward? And what potential catalysts could spark widespread use of crypto among the general public? Follow Erik on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikvoorhees Follow Taylor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelDunwort1 Follow Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomscaria

On today's show, my co-host is Taylor Monahan from My Crypto Wallet.Join us as we about MyCypto.com, Crypto Security and more.

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To hear that a 29-year-old died of complications from Crohn's disease is shocking enough. But it's practically unbelievable when the person in question was in charge of a crypto exchange that held an estimated $150 million of customer funds and that he was the only person with access to the reserves. That's what many in the crypto community thought last week when news of the death of Gerald Cotten, the CEO of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, spread. Taylor Monahan, the CEO of MyCrypto, looked at the Ethereum blockchain itself to see what could be gleaned from QuadrigaCX's holdings. She talks about whether or not the exchange had "cold storage" -- addresses in which customer funds were held, what Quadriga was doing with customer funds and why some of the choices it was making seem at odds with the typical operations a crypto exchange. She also discusses what crypto users can take away from this debacle. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Taylor Monahan: https://twitter.com/tayvano_ My Crypto: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1092439754849759233 QuadrigaCX: https://www.quadrigacx.com/ Taylor's tweet storm about her findings from the blockchain: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1092439754849759233 CoinDesk article recapping what is currently known and not yet known about the case: https://www.coindesk.com/quadrigacx-explainer CoinDesk article on how the hospital has released information about Gerald Cotten's death: https://www.coindesk.com/quadrigacx-indian-hospital-releases-details-about-ceos-death Globe and Mail article noting Cotten finalized his will less than two weeks before he died: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/streetwise/article-quadriga-cant-access-190-million-following-ceos-death-court/ New York Times article on the situation: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/business/quadriga-cx-gerald-cotten.html

Ryón Nixon is General Counsel at MyCrypto and Founding Partner of Horizons Law & Consulting Group, a boutique crypto and blockchain corporate and litigation law firm. Ryón’s interest in working with startups led him to Boost VC, where his exposure to entrepreneurs in the blockchain space afforded the opportunity to build a pivotal business relationship with Taylor Monahan and eventually establish his own niche practice. Ryón’s diverse experience ranges from clerking for the US District Court in California to litigating business and class action suits to serving as in-house counsel for a startup. Follow the guest, Ryón on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/ryonnixon Follow the host, Thomas on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/tomscaria Follow the co-host, Jack on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/demonopolize

Cello and Corey are out so to fill in our buddy Ray Redacted and MyCrypto CEO Taylor Monahan join Dee on a full episode to discuss security and current events. $190 Million in Crypto Gone Forever, How Canada’s Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Lost it All, Non-fungible tokens...can they tap into everyone's inner Tomagachi rearing and spark adoption? Can they reignite pasttimes?-What is wrapped BTC and why would I need it? All this and more!

Some say one of the reasons the crypto markets have tanked is lack of regulation. Many have many waiting on the sidelines for the day that the SEC issues policy. Naomi Brockwell had the opportunity to catch up with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton recently and we’ve got an exclusive interview for you. Another item that can advance crypto adoption is easy-to-use wallets. We spoke with Taylor Monahan, CEO and founder of MyCrypto.com. Think MyEtherWallet, but mo betta. Spanning the globe and yet recording from Denver and Kansas City, it’s episode #214 of the the world’s baddest crypto show… The Bad Crypto Podcast. Full Show Notes at: http://badco.in/214 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast: http://badco.in/itunes Google Podcasts: http://badco.in/google Spotify: http://badco.in/spotify FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @BadCrypto - @joelcomm - @teedubya Facebook:  /BadCrypto - /JoelComm - /teedubyaw Facebook Mastermind Group: /BadCrypto LinkedIn: /in/joelcomm - /in/teedubya Instagram: @BadCryptoPodcast Email: badcryptopodcast[at]gmail[dot]com Phone: SEVEN-OH-8-88FIVE- 90THIRTY DONATE CRYPTO TO THE SHOW: If you'd like to donate a bit of cryptocurrency to The Bad Crypto Podcast, feel free to send copious amounts to the following locations:  $BTC: Bitcoin: 3GMgCH4dFUHSLdrPnLwEsfKPVnLnoGbzGZ  $ETH Ethereum: 0x1ccE8A04fa6743eD1D24cA063c7543D43B42F328  $LTC Litecoin: LavXqTWVHebEgVhBXdg3Hue3xEAmgtxLgr  $DOGE Dogecoin:  DMngvNMX1U8Sg8PkDjCC3UTS8Mmn9RqTP5 GET STARTED WITH CRYPTO WITH $10 BITCOIN FREE:We have an affiliate code with Coinbase.  If you decide to buy some crypto on Coinbase, you get $10 of free BTC, when you spend at least $100 in crypto.  The Bad Crypto Podcast also gets $10 BTC, as well. Win-Win. Coinbase is one of the most popular and well-known brokers and trading platforms in the world. Their platform makes it easy to securely buy, use, store and trade digital currency. Users can purchase bitcoins, Ether and now Litecoin from Coinbase through a digital wallet available on Android & iPhone. Do your own due diligence, some people have had some customer support issues. Neither Joel nor Travis can attest to that.  If you do use Coinbase, once your coins clear, move it to an offline wallet or if you choose, move them over to another exchange. Here is a list of all of the top crypto-currency exchanges.  Choose one that you like. DISCLAIMER: Do your own due diligence and research. Joel Comm and Travis Wright are NOT FINANCIAL ADVISORS. We are sharing our journey with you as we learn more about this crazy little thing called cryptocurrency.  We make NO RECOMMENDATIONS. Don't take anything we say as gospel. Do not come to our homes with pitchforks because you lost money by listening to us. We only share with you what we are learning and what we are investing it. We will never "pump or dump" any cryptocurrencies. Take what we say with a grain of salt. You must research this stuff on your own! Just know that we will always strive for RADICAL TRANSPARENCY with any show associations. Show Edited By: Aaron The Tech (http://aaronthe.tech) Support the show: https://badcryptopodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The most popular criticism of the crypto space is its lack of stability. What if you could solve for volatility, leveraging a decentralized stablecoin to mitigate the risk associated with a cryptocurrency portfolio? And how would a market risk manager from the traditional finance and investment industry assess the current risk profile of the blockchain space? Steven Becker is the President and COO of MakerDAO, a decentralized, autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain. Based in Santa Cruz, California, Maker seeks to realize the potential of cryptocurrency through its Dai stablecoin, collateral loans and decentralized governance. Steven spent two decades doing market risk assessment in the traditional finance and investment space prior to joining MakerDAO. Today, Steven joins us to discuss the current risk profile for cryptocurrency and the benefits of MakerDAO's decentralized model. He shares some of the differences between traditional financial services and the crypto space and offers insight around his decision to transition to the blockchain ecosystem. Listen in for Steven's take on the development of digital cultures and learn how technology, philosophy and economics inform crypto governance dynamics. Topics Covered Steven's background in risk management Traditional finance, investment space Identify weakest point in mechanism The current risk profile for cryptocurrency Perception as brand-new industry Disruption to change to adoption The idea behind MakerDAO Provides digital cash Decentralized stablecoin Solves for volatility in portfolio Steven's experience working in a distributed team Structured meetings (Google Hangouts) 20 hours of ‘open space of operations' How MakerDAO assesses opportunities Weigh against country, jurisdiction and community Top-down approach (i.e.: crypto adoption, ROI) Steven's introduction to the crypto space Inquiry around what stablecoin looks like MakerDAO closest to idea of ideal stablecoin Steven's philosophical approach to the blockchain Concept of distributed trust Stablecoin answer to volatility Steven's favorite part of the crypto space Governing dynamics that make it work Intersection of tech, philosophy and economics Steven's insight on the blockchain's cultural value Granular categorizations of corporate structure Develop value system that aligns with cultural beliefs Connect with Steven MakeDAO https://makerdao.com/ MakerDAO on Twitter https://twitter.com/MakerDAO MakerDAO on Medium https://medium.com/makerdao MakerDAO on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MakerDAO/ Steven on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-becker/ Resources Rehive https://rehive.com/ The Sun Exchange https://thesunexchange.com/ Google Hangouts https://hangouts.google.com/ Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Office-Required-Jason-Fried/dp/0804137501 MyCrypto https://mycrypto.com/ Taylor Monahan on Boost VC S2EP19 https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-boost-vc-podcast/season-2-ep-19-distributed-KnJjPs_iqRu/ The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando de Soto https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Capital-Capitalism-Triumphs-Everywhere/dp/0465016154 Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/ Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/ Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

In this episode, we sit down with Taylor Monahan of MyCrypto, to discuss how the project got started and share some customer support horror stories. We also reflect on the challenge of building UX that works for people while maintaining the spirit of decentralization, and finally, where she sees the space developing. Links: * Taylor on Twitter (https://twitter.com/tayvano_) * MyCrypto (https://mycrypto.com) * Solidity Honeypots (https://medium.com/@gerhard.wagner/the-phenomena-of-smart-contract-honeypots-755c1f943f7b) You can also find the Slither blog post from this week's sponsor Trail of Bits HERE (https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/10/19/slither-a-solidity-static-analysis-framework/)

Taylor Monahan, CEO of MyCrypto, one of the leading blockchain interfaces, fills in for Marcello as they dive into current events. Our interview this week is the all-powerful Samson, who is a classically trained anthropologist, entrepreneur and finance expert whose specialties include: fintech, digital transformation, crowdfunding, blockchain use cases, cryptocurrency regulations, initial coin offerings and explaining all the above, in plain English to investors, government officials, small children and c-suite executives. The majority of our audience are small children, so this works out really well.

We speak with Taylor Monahan, CEO of MyCrypto, about how she first created the company and some of the drama surrounding the split with her old company, MyEtherWallet. As well as this, Taylor gives her view on what the biggest adoption hurdles are for blockchain and where she sees the industry going. Full show notes: https://thecoinoffering.com/podcast/s02/e01-taylor-monahan/

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Recently CRYPTO 101 has been focused on the practical advice for the average person wanting to get into blockchain based businesses. This episode, Matthew and Dani sat with with Taylor Monahan to ask her real world practical advice on what to do and what not to do when shifting from hobby to company in the crypto space. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiypb60fRFU It´s True (Vlog Music) by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Tiypb60fRFU Johanlilja@live.se https://twitter.com/DjQuads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC08R... https://www.instagram.com/djquads/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOPIU2wRHXM Philae by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/HOPIU2wRHXM https://soundcloud.com/olivaw https://olivaw.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSL0sGLTgLQ Longing by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/wSL0sGLTgLQ music@joakimkarud.com http://www.joakimkarud.com/use-my-music/ https://twitter.com/JoakimKarud https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iAOX... https://www.facebook.com/joakimkarudm...Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Recently CRYPTO 101 has been focused on the practical advice for the average person wanting to get into blockchain based businesses. This episode, Matthew and Dani sat with with Taylor Monahan to ask her real world practical advice on what to do and what not to do when shifting from hobby to company in the crypto space. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiypb60fRFU It´s True (Vlog Music) by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Tiypb60fRFU Johanlilja@live.se https://twitter.com/DjQuads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC08R... https://www.instagram.com/djquads/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOPIU2wRHXM Philae by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/HOPIU2wRHXM https://soundcloud.com/olivaw https://olivaw.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSL0sGLTgLQ Longing by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/wSL0sGLTgLQ music@joakimkarud.com http://www.joakimkarud.com/use-my-music/ https://twitter.com/JoakimKarud https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iAOX... https://www.facebook.com/joakimkarudm...

Taylor Monahan is the CEO and founder of My Crypto. She was one of the minds behind MyEtherWallet.com, a site built out of personal need, which quickly exploded in popularity, playing an integral role in the Ethereum ecosystem, making it easy to interact with the blockchain. In this episode, Taylor shares what it was like growing into a CEO, the challenges of scaling to keep up with massive growth, 2018 plans for My Crypto, and advice for newcomers to crypto.Show highlights: - The story of starting MyEtherWallet and the challenges of scaling to keep up with exponential growth.- Security advantages and disadvantages of crypto and blockchain technology, such as understanding that a user is solely responsible for their private keys.- Recommended first steps for newcomers wanting to get into crypto.- My Crypto’s business model and plans for 2018.- What Taylor’s past year looked like from a personal development standpoint.- Breaking free of the traditional way of thinking to finally enter the world of crypto.- What Taylor is learning as a new CEO.- Taylor’s experience as a woman in the blockchain and crypto community.Links: https://mycrypto.com/https://twitter.com/tayvano_https://twitter.com/mycrypto

Taylor Monahan is the Co-Founder of MyEtherWallet, one of the most popular tools of choice for crypto-investors participating in ICOs on the Ethereum Blockchain. Taylor recently launched a new venture – MyCrypto – an open-source, client-side tool for generating Ether wallets, handling ERC-20 tokens, and interacting with the Blockchain more easily. In this episode, Taylor and I discuss: How MyEtherWallet came to be The absence of women in Crypto, and why this technology cannot go mainstream without women James Damore, the Google Engineer who got fired for his controversial memo on women’s suitability for engineering jobs (and what that has to do with the UFC and Ronda Rousey – yes, there is a connection) Taylor’s description of what the ideal ICO would look like Her prediction for ICOs over the next decade (hint: it’s not what you would think)

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Welcome back Taylor Monahan founder of mycrypto.com and Dani Amsalem decryptionary.com. Today we answer many of the crypto security questions we have when we wonder how to keep our coins safe. From kinds of wallets, backing up wallets and restoring, we touch on a little of everything. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJofixFlrhw YouMakeMe by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/PJofixFlrhw dizarofr@gmail.com https://open.spotify.com/artist/2atwG... https://www.deezer.com/fr/artist/1313... https://www.youtube.com/DIZARO https://www.facebook.com/Dizarofr/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJGegD-cOWA Star Eyes by urpleactus https://urpleactus.bandcamp.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/tJGegD-cOWA urpleactus@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/user/UrpleActus/ https://soundcloud.com/urpleactus https://urpleactus.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t76-d3lGWvc Ocean by Ehrling: https://soundcloud.com/ehrling Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/t76-d3lGWvc https://www.instagram.com/ehrlingoffi... https://www.facebook.com/EhrlingMusic https://ehrlingmusic.wordpress.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wo7d... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr0Rh4TVUSg Winter Sunshine by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Sr0Rh4TVUSg support@nicolai-heidlas.com https://twitter.com/NHeidlas https://www.youtube.com/user/Vercitty... https://www.facebook.com/nicolaiheidl... https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlasAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** Welcome back Taylor Monahan founder of mycrypto.com and Dani Amsalem decryptionary.com. Today we answer many of the crypto security questions we have when we wonder how to keep our coins safe. From kinds of wallets, backing up wallets and restoring, we touch on a little of everything. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJofixFlrhw YouMakeMe by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/PJofixFlrhw dizarofr@gmail.com https://open.spotify.com/artist/2atwG... https://www.deezer.com/fr/artist/1313... https://www.youtube.com/DIZARO https://www.facebook.com/Dizarofr/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJGegD-cOWA Star Eyes by urpleactus https://urpleactus.bandcamp.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/tJGegD-cOWA urpleactus@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/user/UrpleActus/ https://soundcloud.com/urpleactus https://urpleactus.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t76-d3lGWvc Ocean by Ehrling: https://soundcloud.com/ehrling Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/t76-d3lGWvc https://www.instagram.com/ehrlingoffi... https://www.facebook.com/EhrlingMusic https://ehrlingmusic.wordpress.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wo7d... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr0Rh4TVUSg Winter Sunshine by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Sr0Rh4TVUSg support@nicolai-heidlas.com https://twitter.com/NHeidlas https://www.youtube.com/user/Vercitty... https://www.facebook.com/nicolaiheidl... https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas

The cofounder of MyEtherWallet and CEO of newly launched MyCrypto walks us through the nuts and bolts of how MyCrypto works, how it differs from a company like Coinbase, why the keys you get from the site even enable to work offline -- and how the company makes money. She also describes how the crypto community changed in 2017, her crazy sleeping schedule during that year, and how she responds when users ask questions like whether or not an initial coin offering will really deliver on the returns promised. We also cover what it's like being a CEO when running a company was never in her game plan, how she got into crypto after starting off in film school and what her tips are for not losing your crypto. https://mycrypto.com/

The cofounder of MyEtherWallet and CEO of newly launched MyCrypto walks us through the nuts and bolts of how MyCrypto works, how it differs from a company like Coinbase, why the keys you get from the site even enable to work offline -- and how the company makes money. She also describes how the crypto community changed in 2017, her crazy sleeping schedule during that year, and how she responds when users ask questions like whether or not an initial coin offering will really deliver on the returns promised. We also cover what it's like being a CEO when running a company was never in her game plan, how she got into crypto after starting off in film school and what her tips are for not losing your crypto. https://mycrypto.com/

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** CRYPTO 101 is joined by Dani Amsalem of decryptionary.com to chat with the founder of My Ether Wallet and My Crypto Taylor Monahan. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_t4zpT6qVI Sur Ellz - Seasons (feat. Kid Astronaut) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJSDffgFNw Sur Ellz at OpenAir: "Echo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGB5JpydcCU Sur Ellz - Gotta Find Love (Audio) https://soundcloud.com/surellz/runnin Sur Ellz - Runnin'Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

*** this is not financial or legal advice*** CRYPTO 101 is joined by Dani Amsalem of decryptionary.com to chat with the founder of My Ether Wallet and My Crypto Taylor Monahan. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_t4zpT6qVI Sur Ellz - Seasons (feat. Kid Astronaut) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJSDffgFNw Sur Ellz at OpenAir: "Echo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGB5JpydcCU Sur Ellz - Gotta Find Love (Audio) https://soundcloud.com/surellz/runnin Sur Ellz - Runnin'

BREAKING NEWS STORY! The majority of the team behind MyEtherWallet has left to create a new company. The new hotness is MyCrypto. MyCrypto is a completely new company with the same people! The name MyCrypto allows them to expand into other blockchains in the future and add more functions and not just be a “wallet!” MyCrypto allows for the implementation of new blockchains, features, and partnerships that are going to be awesome. Additionally, they will soon be starting a public beta for those who want to test our new codebase so look out for that! Taylor Monahan joins us on the roundtable to talk about that. In addition Jameson Lopp is our special guest. We discuss the current state of the tech vs the hype around blockchain, challenges faced with creating infrastructure services and a bunch of other philosophically interesting stuff.

What is Taylor Monahans greatest challenge in managing a distributed team? They are TOO efficient! Technology has given rise to more and more distributed teams who work remotely from all over the world, especially in the cryptocurrency space. As the founder of a crypto technology startup, Taylor considers her ability to jump on a call and stir the pot—forcing the team to get to know each other and develop a strong culture—as one of her greatest strengths. Taylor created MyEtherWallet in 2015. The company is an open-source, client-side interface for generating Ethereum wallets. MyEtherWallets global collaboration of talented developers thrive on building intuitive products that easily and securely interact with the Ethereum blockchain. Prior to founding MyEtherWallet, Taylor worked as a front-end developer for Mangrove Web and digital producer for Americhip. She is also a proud NYU film school dropout. Today Taylor shares how she fell into the crypto rabbit hole and the experience that inspired MyEtherWallet. We discuss ICOs, the potential for bad decisions in the emerging crypto tech space, and the value of struggle—for individuals and companies. Listen in for Taylors insight around managing a remote team and keeping your team happy when money doesn't matter! Connect with Taylor: MyEtherWallet https://www.myetherwallet.com/ MyEtherWallet on Medium https://medium.com/@myetherwallet MyEtherWallet on Twitter https://twitter.com/myetherwallet MyEtherWallet on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MyEtherWallet/ Resources Mentioned: CoinMarketCap https://coinmarketcap.com/ Connect with Boost VC: Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/ Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/ Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

Part of our new Flyover Block series, this is an excellent interview with the Founder of MyEtherWallet, Taylor Monahan.

Taylor Monahan is building MyEtherWallet, an open-source, client-side interface for generating Ethereum wallets & more. Her technology is making it easier to interact with the Ethereum blockchain securely.   We had a great discussion about ICOs, early stages of learning about blockchain, and how to stay secure in the Wild West of crypto.   Attend my one-day conference January 27th in Pittsburgh.   Taylor’s Challenge; Don’t be dismissive of someone asking for help. Self-awareness will make this easier.   If you liked this interview, check out all of my interviews with people building the future of blockchain technology projects.

Taylor Monahan (a co-founder of MyEtherWallet) and I chat about security, the Parity exploit, audits, bounties, the tradeoffs in reusing code, and how to deal with scams/phishers. Support me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark Thanks to Shapeshift for sponsoring the show! https://shapeshift.io Thanks to Mike Goldin, John Desmond, Colin Wielga, Harry Lindmark, Joe Urgo, John Lindmark, Daniel Segal, Jacob Zax, Katie Powell, Jonathan Isaac, Brady McKenna, Jeff Snyder, Ryan X Charles, Chris Edmonds, Ned Mills, Kenji Williams, Scott Levi, Peter Rodgers, Keith Klundt, and Kenzie Jacobs for supporting me on Patreon!

In this episode: Simon, Colin and guests Kadhim Shubber and break down the top news stories of the last week including: - Bitcoin Segwit upgrade goes live - While Ethereum’s upgrade could still be a long wait - More regulators opine on tokens -And Burger King launches its own cryptocurrency We also have some fantastic interviews including: Andrew Chapin of Benja, talking about the BenjaCoin and proactively working with regulators; and Taylor Monahan of MyEtherWallet about the industry trends, and scam prevention. We hope you're enjoying the show - don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Get in touch with us on Twitter @bchaininsider, and we'd also love it if you could leave us a review on iTunes! Special Guests: Andrew Chapin, Kadhim Shubber, and Richard Burton.