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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 45:33

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 113:19

On the this episode we back in action! Debate goes on Ladies if you make 100 thousand a year would you speak (Date) to someone who works at Mcdonald's? Would you call muscle man a narcissist? @Shimmydaprince @__Dollienana @iamvanessacesar @_levelup24 @paidwaypk

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021

Episode 576 Has Rob and Stuart having a catch up, going through the list of films they have watched since the last episode, and taking in some topics including whether or not its difficult to come up with their own Top 50 Films. Check out https://frompage2screen.com/ for more content including reviews, competitions, interviews and movie news that you dont see everywhere else. No Bob this week as he is working his day job Stuarts Twitter: https://twitter.com/FromPage2Screen Robs Twitter : https://twitter.com/MrRDyer Our Pateron is here https://www.patreon.com/frompage if you find yourself with some spare change. You wont get any extra content for it, but will go towards other projects that are in development. Check out 'thegeekhouse' in groups on Facebook Video Content at https://www.youtube.com/frompage2screen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frompage2screen/

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ETH2.0: How ‘Green' Can Bitcoin Really Be? A Comparison of PoW and PoS

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 33:15

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss major investments in layer 2 Ethereum scaling solutions and debate whether Elon Musk's attempts to “greenwash” the Bitcoin network are working. This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io.Over the last few months, investments in Ethereum startups focusing on layer 2 technologies have been on the rise. In late March, billionaire investor Mark Cuban made an investment in Polygon, previously known as the Matic Network. Polygon enables users to send transactions on Ethereum with greater speed and lower cost by moving computations to a separate side blockchain or “sidechain.” On March 1, venture capital firm Union Square Ventures led a Series A funding round for Matter Labs, another Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution. In February, Silicon Valley VC Andreessen Horowitz led a $25 million investment for the team behind the Optimistic Ethereum Network, another still yet different layer 2 Ethereum-scaling service. “It seems like capital galore going into layer 2s and if any of our listeners we're around for Consensus [last] week, we also heard a lot of [decentralized finance] developers … talking about how layer 2 scaling is going to be the solution to one of their biggest challenges, which is high fees and limited transaction throughput on Ethereum,” Kim said. Along with greater investment in various layer 2 scaling solutions, there is heightened competition among these startups. As end users have started to compare and contrast the merits of one layer 2 solution over another, controversy has been brewing on social media according to Edgington. “There are trade-offs all over the space and it's hard to see how this is going to fall out,” he said. “With Polygon, it's certainly gaining a lot of traction and [its future] will depend on how people feel in the long term about the security trade-offs in the security model.”Speaking of controversies, Edgington and Kim also discussed Elon Musk's latest attempts to improve the environmental footprint of the Bitcoin blockchain by creating a new “green” initiative within the North American Bitcoin mining community. While Edgington viewed these efforts as nothing more than a “PR effort to greenwash Bitcoin,” Kim pushed back on whether these efforts could make a significant impact in making bitcoin mining more energy sustainable in the long run. Even if bitcoin mining were to become more sustainable, Edgington noted bitcoin would still consume magnitudes more energy than Ethereum's proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain because PoS doesn't rely on intensive computer computations for network security but instead relies on the collective stake, or wealth, of users. To listen to the full debate between Edgington and Kim on bitcoin's energy consumption, listen to this week's episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -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.

How ‘Green' Can Bitcoin Really Be? A Comparison of PoW and PoS

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 33:15

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss major investments in layer 2 Ethereum scaling solutions and debate whether Elon Musk's attempts to “greenwash” the Bitcoin network are working. This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io.Over the last few months, investments in Ethereum startups focusing on layer 2 technologies have been on the rise. In late March, billionaire investor Mark Cuban made an investment in Polygon, previously known as the Matic Network. Polygon enables users to send transactions on Ethereum with greater speed and lower cost by moving computations to a separate side blockchain or “sidechain.” On March 1, venture capital firm Union Square Ventures led a Series A funding round for Matter Labs, another Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution. In February, Silicon Valley VC Andreessen Horowitz led a $25 million investment for the team behind the Optimistic Ethereum Network, another still yet different layer 2 Ethereum-scaling service. “It seems like capital galore going into layer 2s and if any of our listeners we're around for Consensus [last] week, we also heard a lot of [decentralized finance] developers … talking about how layer 2 scaling is going to be the solution to one of their biggest challenges, which is high fees and limited transaction throughput on Ethereum,” Kim said. Along with greater investment in various layer 2 scaling solutions, there is heightened competition among these startups. As end users have started to compare and contrast the merits of one layer 2 solution over another, controversy has been brewing on social media according to Edgington. “There are trade-offs all over the space and it's hard to see how this is going to fall out,” he said. “With Polygon, it's certainly gaining a lot of traction and [its future] will depend on how people feel in the long term about the security trade-offs in the security model.”Speaking of controversies, Edgington and Kim also discussed Elon Musk's latest attempts to improve the environmental footprint of the Bitcoin blockchain by creating a new “green” initiative within the North American Bitcoin mining community. While Edgington viewed these efforts as nothing more than a “PR effort to greenwash Bitcoin,” Kim pushed back on whether these efforts could make a significant impact in making bitcoin mining more energy sustainable in the long run. Even if bitcoin mining were to become more sustainable, Edgington noted bitcoin would still consume magnitudes more energy than Ethereum's proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain because PoS doesn't rely on intensive computer computations for network security but instead relies on the collective stake, or wealth, of users. To listen to the full debate between Edgington and Kim on bitcoin's energy consumption, listen to this week's episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -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.

ETH2.0: The Need for Centralization in Times of Crisis, Ethereum Dodges a Bullet

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 32:54

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss a “severe threat” against Ethereum that was recently fixed and disclosed by non-profit organization the Ethereum Foundation. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.On Tuesday, May 18, the Ethereum Foundation published a blog post detailing a previously unknown attack vector on Ethereum where certain transactions could overwhelm the network and delay block production from a matter of seconds to minutes. “It wasn’t a sort of classic security vulnerability in that nobody was going to get hacked,” said Edgington. “It was more a [Denial of Service] opportunity, a griefing attack. So there was potentially a way that the chain could be slowed down. Blocks would take much longer to produce and process than they ought to.”According to the blog post, this security vulnerability was first discovered by Ethereum researchers Hubert Ritzdorf and Matthias Egli who shared their findings with members of the Ethereum Foundation through the organization’s bug bounty program on October 4, 2019 . While attempts were made to reduce the effects of the attack by the broader Ethereum developer community, it wasn’t until April 15, 2021 that the issue was solved for good as a result of the activation of two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), EIP 2929 and EIP 2930. For the six months that developers were working on a solution to the known threat, it was important to keep work somewhat hidden from the public view. The last thing developers wanted was for a potential attacker to find out about this security vulnerability and take advantage of it before a fix to the network was implemented. While this may raise concerns about transparency and centralization, Kim notes that “no code is absolutely perfect.” “These kinds of security vulnerabilities are unavoidable,” said Kim. “It’s just a matter of preparing for them by having these centralized players like the Ethereum Foundation to fund bug bounties and to have a known core development team … to keep [things] on the down low until they figure out a fix.” To listen to the full commentary about Ethereum development and ongoing progress for Ethereum 2.0, listen to this week’s episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) Dodging a bullet: Ethereum State Problems (https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/05/18/eth_state_problems/) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

The Need for Centralization in Times of Crisis, Ethereum Dodges a Bullet

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 32:54

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss a “severe threat” against Ethereum that was recently fixed and disclosed by non-profit organization the Ethereum Foundation. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.On Tuesday, May 18, the Ethereum Foundation published a blog post detailing a previously unknown attack vector on Ethereum where certain transactions could overwhelm the network and delay block production from a matter of seconds to minutes. “It wasn't a sort of classic security vulnerability in that nobody was going to get hacked,” said Edgington. “It was more a [Denial of Service] opportunity, a griefing attack. So there was potentially a way that the chain could be slowed down. Blocks would take much longer to produce and process than they ought to.”According to the blog post, this security vulnerability was first discovered by Ethereum researchers Hubert Ritzdorf and Matthias Egli who shared their findings with members of the Ethereum Foundation through the organization's bug bounty program on October 4, 2019 . While attempts were made to reduce the effects of the attack by the broader Ethereum developer community, it wasn't until April 15, 2021 that the issue was solved for good as a result of the activation of two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), EIP 2929 and EIP 2930. For the six months that developers were working on a solution to the known threat, it was important to keep work somewhat hidden from the public view. The last thing developers wanted was for a potential attacker to find out about this security vulnerability and take advantage of it before a fix to the network was implemented. While this may raise concerns about transparency and centralization, Kim notes that “no code is absolutely perfect.” “These kinds of security vulnerabilities are unavoidable,” said Kim. “It's just a matter of preparing for them by having these centralized players like the Ethereum Foundation to fund bug bounties and to have a known core development team … to keep [things] on the down low until they figure out a fix.” To listen to the full commentary about Ethereum development and ongoing progress for Ethereum 2.0, listen to this week's episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) Dodging a bullet: Ethereum State Problems (https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/05/18/eth_state_problems/) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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ETH2.0: Ethereum’s ‘Hard’ Governance Process Is a Feature Not a Bug, Says Tim Beiko

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Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 35:52

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim welcomes special guest Tim Beiko who recently took over as chair of the bi-weekly All Core Developers (ACD) meetings. ACD calls bring together various Ethereum stakeholders to discuss and reach consensus on proposed changes to the Ethereum protocol. They are streamed live on YouTube and generally reach an audience of roughly 10,000 viewers for each call. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.For Beiko, the most nerve-racking thing about his newest role as chair of the ACD calls is setting up the YouTube livestream. “Setting up the [Open Broadcaster Software] and all that for streaming and getting the audio right to the mic; this stresses me out so much because there was one call where I streamed it to everybody except myself,” Beiko said. Before taking over this role from the previous chair, Hudson Jameson, Beiko had been an active participant in these calls for three years as product manager of one of the Ethereum software client teams. As background, ACD calls are a long-running tradition in the Ethereum community that started as early as 2015. Aimed at bringing together and coordinating development of the Ethereum protocol, these meetings are a crucial component of the informal governance process that shapes the ongoing evolution of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. These calls, according to Beiko, are also how Ethereum protocol developers provide transparency to the broader community of the network, which includes a growing number of users, decentralized application (dapp) developers and investors. “It’s very easy for core developers and folks like myself who are basically paid to be on the calls to spend time and prepare for them,” said Beiko. “But if that’s not your job, if you’re running an application or you’re a journalist, you don’t have five hours per week to spend on protocol development for Ethereum. So I’ve tried to summarize it … [and] find ways to describe to the community what’s happening so that folks can keep tabs on [Ethereum] but don’t need to invest hours.”One area of continued discussion and debate is around the upcoming change to Ethereum’s fees, as outlined by Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. Beiko is confident the majority of users and dapp developers are in favor of activating EIP 1559 later this July. As for other stakeholders such as miners who have not been as enthusiastic about the upgrade, Beiko explained that there are other incentives he believes will encourage their support for the fee market change when it comes time for activation. To hear Beiko’s full remarks on EIP 1559 implementation as well as more on the governance process around the other code changes that will be bundled along with EIP 1559, tune in to this week’s episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.”Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) London Network Upgrade Specification (https://github.com/ethereum/eth1.0-specs/blob/master/network-upgrades/mainnet-upgrades/london.md#ecosystem-readiness-checklist) Why EIP 1559? By Tim Beiko (https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/why-1559) Flashbots: Frontrunning the MEV Crisis (https://medium.com/flashbots/frontrunning-the-mev-crisis-40629a613752) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

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Daryl Ruiter: JC Tretter has valid points, but off-season workouts needed to be negotiated in the CBA

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Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 15:03

Daryl Ruiter joined Baskin and Phelps and gave a recap of the Cavaliers season and shared his opinions about LeBron James and Steph Curry in the play-in tournament. He also discussed the latest news with veterans not showing up to OTAs, his takeaways from rookie camp, and why he thinks Tim Tebow will make it onto the Jaguars' roster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ethereum's ‘Hard' Governance Process Is a Feature Not a Bug, Says Tim Beiko

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Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 35:52

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim welcomes special guest Tim Beiko who recently took over as chair of the bi-weekly All Core Developers (ACD) meetings. ACD calls bring together various Ethereum stakeholders to discuss and reach consensus on proposed changes to the Ethereum protocol. They are streamed live on YouTube and generally reach an audience of roughly 10,000 viewers for each call. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.For Beiko, the most nerve-racking thing about his newest role as chair of the ACD calls is setting up the YouTube livestream. “Setting up the [Open Broadcaster Software] and all that for streaming and getting the audio right to the mic; this stresses me out so much because there was one call where I streamed it to everybody except myself,” Beiko said. Before taking over this role from the previous chair, Hudson Jameson, Beiko had been an active participant in these calls for three years as product manager of one of the Ethereum software client teams. As background, ACD calls are a long-running tradition in the Ethereum community that started as early as 2015. Aimed at bringing together and coordinating development of the Ethereum protocol, these meetings are a crucial component of the informal governance process that shapes the ongoing evolution of the world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. These calls, according to Beiko, are also how Ethereum protocol developers provide transparency to the broader community of the network, which includes a growing number of users, decentralized application (dapp) developers and investors. “It's very easy for core developers and folks like myself who are basically paid to be on the calls to spend time and prepare for them,” said Beiko. “But if that's not your job, if you're running an application or you're a journalist, you don't have five hours per week to spend on protocol development for Ethereum. So I've tried to summarize it … [and] find ways to describe to the community what's happening so that folks can keep tabs on [Ethereum] but don't need to invest hours.”One area of continued discussion and debate is around the upcoming change to Ethereum's fees, as outlined by Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. Beiko is confident the majority of users and dapp developers are in favor of activating EIP 1559 later this July. As for other stakeholders such as miners who have not been as enthusiastic about the upgrade, Beiko explained that there are other incentives he believes will encourage their support for the fee market change when it comes time for activation. To hear Beiko's full remarks on EIP 1559 implementation as well as more on the governance process around the other code changes that will be bundled along with EIP 1559, tune in to this week's episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.”Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) London Network Upgrade Specification (https://github.com/ethereum/eth1.0-specs/blob/master/network-upgrades/mainnet-upgrades/london.md#ecosystem-readiness-checklist) Why EIP 1559? By Tim Beiko (https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/why-1559) Flashbots: Frontrunning the MEV Crisis (https://medium.com/flashbots/frontrunning-the-mev-crisis-40629a613752) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Making Valid Points

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 45:05

Matt wrote about the case for Jokic as MVP... why Jokic is the most complete player in the league... why doesn't Jokic get more calls?.... more fans in Ball Arena starting in the playoffs... a look at the wild and wacky playoff scenarios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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ETH 2.0: The Intersection of Eth 2.0 Validating and Cloud Computing Explained

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 27:44

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the security and running costs of CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 staking operations with special guest, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs. They also explain the main features of Eth 2.0’s first major backwards-incompatible upgrade, Altair, which is tentatively scheduled for release in July. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In February, CoinDesk activated an Eth 2.0 validator, nicknamed Zelda, by staking 32 ETH, worth roughly $52,000 at the time, on Ethereum’s parallel proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network. Since then, Zelda has been participating in network consensus by helping produce and validate blocks. In return, Zelda’s operations have earned CoinDesk a total of 0.62 ETH over the past three months, worth about $2,600 at time of writing. Unlike other validator set-ups, Beggs explained that CoinDesk’s staking operations don’t require any hardware. “Our Eth 2.0 validator is set-up in cloud computing so we’re not running our validator locally. We’re running it inside of our multi-tenant environment,” Beggs said. “This produces some challenges regarding the security infrastructure setup because we’re just not able to … unplug it or log into it. We have to account for many users being able to access the same environment that our validator is running.”On the flip side, one of the main benefits to running Zelda on the cloud is its accessibility to a remote workforce. Due to the restrictions and concerns caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, most offices, including CoinDesk’s in New York City, were forced to temporarily close. In lieu of a physical space, Beggs turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a safe alternative to host Zelda. Beggs is presently looking into the costs associated with running an Eth 2.0 validator on the cloud. “The server itself, just running it, we know costs about $200 a month thereabouts, but there’s network charges in and out. So that’s what we’re waiting to learn ... because that can be a lot of data or a little data depending on how the network is running. So it’ll be interesting to see how that’s actually playing out,” said Beggs. Looking ahead to the future of Zelda and all Eth 2.0 validators, Edgington noted that a mandatory software upgrade was in the works by protocol developers. “It’s time to take off the training wheels,” said Edgington. “We’ve still got some stabilizers on [Eth 2.0] but eventually we’ll be able to put in the full crypto economically correct amounts for these penalties and slashing penalties. So it’s a good sign that we’re moving in the right direction.” For the entire explanation of what Eth 2.0 validators can expect to change about the network after the Altair upgrade, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

The Intersection of Eth 2.0 Validating and Cloud Computing Explained

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Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 27:44

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss the security and running costs of CoinDesk's Ethereum 2.0 staking operations with special guest, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs. They also explain the main features of Eth 2.0's first major backwards-incompatible upgrade, Altair, which is tentatively scheduled for release in July. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In February, CoinDesk activated an Eth 2.0 validator, nicknamed Zelda, by staking 32 ETH, worth roughly $52,000 at the time, on Ethereum's parallel proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network. Since then, Zelda has been participating in network consensus by helping produce and validate blocks. In return, Zelda's operations have earned CoinDesk a total of 0.62 ETH over the past three months, worth about $2,600 at time of writing. Unlike other validator set-ups, Beggs explained that CoinDesk's staking operations don't require any hardware. “Our Eth 2.0 validator is set-up in cloud computing so we're not running our validator locally. We're running it inside of our multi-tenant environment,” Beggs said. “This produces some challenges regarding the security infrastructure setup because we're just not able to … unplug it or log into it. We have to account for many users being able to access the same environment that our validator is running.”On the flip side, one of the main benefits to running Zelda on the cloud is its accessibility to a remote workforce. Due to the restrictions and concerns caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, most offices, including CoinDesk's in New York City, were forced to temporarily close. In lieu of a physical space, Beggs turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a safe alternative to host Zelda. Beggs is presently looking into the costs associated with running an Eth 2.0 validator on the cloud. “The server itself, just running it, we know costs about $200 a month thereabouts, but there's network charges in and out. So that's what we're waiting to learn ... because that can be a lot of data or a little data depending on how the network is running. So it'll be interesting to see how that's actually playing out,” said Beggs. Looking ahead to the future of Zelda and all Eth 2.0 validators, Edgington noted that a mandatory software upgrade was in the works by protocol developers. “It's time to take off the training wheels,” said Edgington. “We've still got some stabilizers on [Eth 2.0] but eventually we'll be able to put in the full crypto economically correct amounts for these penalties and slashing penalties. So it's a good sign that we're moving in the right direction.” For the entire explanation of what Eth 2.0 validators can expect to change about the network after the Altair upgrade, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Making Valid Points

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 48:50

Matt wrote about the case for Jokic as MVP... why Jokic is the most complete player in the league... why doesn't Jokic get more calls?.... more fans in Ball Arena starting in the playoffs... a look at the wild and wacky playoff scenarios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Staking on Ethereum Is About to Get More Lucrative. Here's Why.

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 29:35

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss the future of validator rewards post-merge to proof-of-stake (PoS) and the significance of the Steklo test network launch. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Currently, if you're staking on Ethereum 2.0, Ethereum's parallel PoS network, your operations are earning you a roughly 8% annual percentage return (APR). But once Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0 merge, validators stand to earn more than triple this amount. “It looks like around 25% per annum is the expected initial total annual return for [validators]. So on your 32 ether, you'll be earning about eight ether per year, on average,” said Edgington. The reason why is because a merge to Eth 2.0 will mean all transactions and smart-contract operations on Ethereum are processed by validators instead of Ethereum miners. This means validators will begin earning extra rewards from users and decentralized applications (dapps) in the form of transaction fees. Prominent Ethereum community members such as Ethereum Foundation's Tim Beiko and Trenton Van Epps have cautioned miners about planning operations beyond the end of 2021. “To all Ethereum miners: Plan conservatively for an end to mining EOY 2021,” said Van Epps in a tweet. Testing is ongoing for Ethereum's merge to PoS. Last Friday, April 30, developers launched the first multi-client test network for this upgrade, dubbed “Steklo.” Steklo “was only up for a day. That was pre-planned. It wasn't supposed to be a test network that would be up and running for weeks a time,” said Kim. For the few hours it was functional, Steklo faced a number of issues and errors. For the complete commentary on the troubles the network faced and what developers learned from their first major attempt at modelling the merge of Ethereum and Eth 2.0, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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ETH 2.0: Staking on Ethereum Is About to Get More Lucrative. Here’s Why.

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 29:35

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the future of validator rewards post-merge to proof-of-stake (PoS) and the significance of the Steklo test network launch. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Currently, if you’re staking on Ethereum 2.0, Ethereum’s parallel PoS network, your operations are earning you a roughly 8% annual percentage return (APR). But once Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0 merge, validators stand to earn more than triple this amount. “It looks like around 25% per annum is the expected initial total annual return for [validators]. So on your 32 ether, you’ll be earning about eight ether per year, on average,” said Edgington. The reason why is because a merge to Eth 2.0 will mean all transactions and smart-contract operations on Ethereum are processed by validators instead of Ethereum miners. This means validators will begin earning extra rewards from users and decentralized applications (dapps) in the form of transaction fees. Prominent Ethereum community members such as Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko and Trenton Van Epps have cautioned miners about planning operations beyond the end of 2021. “To all Ethereum miners: Plan conservatively for an end to mining EOY 2021,” said Van Epps in a tweet. Testing is ongoing for Ethereum’s merge to PoS. Last Friday, April 30, developers launched the first multi-client test network for this upgrade, dubbed “Steklo.” Steklo “was only up for a day. That was pre-planned. It wasn’t supposed to be a test network that would be up and running for weeks a time,” said Kim. For the few hours it was functional, Steklo faced a number of issues and errors. For the complete commentary on the troubles the network faced and what developers learned from their first major attempt at modelling the merge of Ethereum and Eth 2.0, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

ETH 2.0: ‘When One Client Dominates’: A Case Study of the First Major Incident on Eth 2.0

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 33:26

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington talk about what caused 70% of validators on Ethereum 2.0 to stop producing blocks on the network and the important takeaways for protocol developers in light of this event. They also discuss the updated roadmap for the Eth 2.0 upgrade as outlined by Vitalik Buterin in a recent presentation. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Last Friday, April 23, founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, gave a presentation at the Scaling Ethereum Summit on the upgrades he expects to come after the network’s transition to a new, environmentally friendly proof-of-stake (PoS) protocol. “The first set of things here is a lot of security improvements, some economic sustainability improvements and some features,” said Buterin at the event. “The far future is just about really nailing down and improving and having extremely strong guarantees about the security of the system.”Buterin detailed a number of different upgrades after PoS including sharding, rollups, verifiable delay functions, Ethereum Virtual Machine improvements and more. To Kim, the main takeaway from the presentation was not the individual upgrades and their technicalities, but the sheer breadth of work still to be done on the protocol even after its long-awaited merge with the Eth 2.0 network. “When are we going to get to the end here? ... There seems to be a lot more that we’re going to have to continue to talk about when it comes to Ethereum finally reaching its production ready, world computer phase,” said Kim. To this, Edgington noted the vision outlined by Buterin was indeed ambitious and big but that he was in full support of such a roadmap. “I love this idea that we just keep on growing and evolving. It keeps me engaged. There are lots of very interesting problems to solve,” said Edgington. Speaking of a problem, the Ethereum 2.0 network had its first major incident on April 24 after 70% of validators on the network were suddenly unable to produce blocks. Developers quickly identified the root cause of the issue was from a bug in the Eth 2.0 software client, Prym. A patch was rolled out to affected validators the same day. The issue still persisted through till Sunday, however, for certain validators who hadn’t upgraded to the latest version of Prysm. The important lesson, according to Edgington, is for validators, staking pools and developers to be more proactive about client diversity on Ethereum 2.0. “Here’s an example where the network would have been much more robust if each of the four clients had 25% of validators each. In that case, you’d only be missing a quarter of the blocks if this had happened and the network would have been more or less fine,” said Edgington. “But when one client dominates and that client has a problem, it’s really serious for the whole network.”Catch the full breakdown of how developers are responding to Saturday’s incident by listening to the entire podcast episode of Mapping Out Ethereum 2.0 hosted by Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) ‘What Happens After the Merge’ Presentation by Vitalik Buterin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ggwLccuN5s) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

‘When One Client Dominates': A Case Study of the First Major Incident on Eth 2.0

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 33:26

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington talk about what caused 70% of validators on Ethereum 2.0 to stop producing blocks on the network and the important takeaways for protocol developers in light of this event. They also discuss the updated roadmap for the Eth 2.0 upgrade as outlined by Vitalik Buterin in a recent presentation. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Last Friday, April 23, founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, gave a presentation at the Scaling Ethereum Summit on the upgrades he expects to come after the network's transition to a new, environmentally friendly proof-of-stake (PoS) protocol. “The first set of things here is a lot of security improvements, some economic sustainability improvements and some features,” said Buterin at the event. “The far future is just about really nailing down and improving and having extremely strong guarantees about the security of the system.”Buterin detailed a number of different upgrades after PoS including sharding, rollups, verifiable delay functions, Ethereum Virtual Machine improvements and more. To Kim, the main takeaway from the presentation was not the individual upgrades and their technicalities, but the sheer breadth of work still to be done on the protocol even after its long-awaited merge with the Eth 2.0 network. “When are we going to get to the end here? ... There seems to be a lot more that we're going to have to continue to talk about when it comes to Ethereum finally reaching its production ready, world computer phase,” said Kim. To this, Edgington noted the vision outlined by Buterin was indeed ambitious and big but that he was in full support of such a roadmap. “I love this idea that we just keep on growing and evolving. It keeps me engaged. There are lots of very interesting problems to solve,” said Edgington. Speaking of a problem, the Ethereum 2.0 network had its first major incident on April 24 after 70% of validators on the network were suddenly unable to produce blocks. Developers quickly identified the root cause of the issue was from a bug in the Eth 2.0 software client, Prym. A patch was rolled out to affected validators the same day. The issue still persisted through till Sunday, however, for certain validators who hadn't upgraded to the latest version of Prysm. The important lesson, according to Edgington, is for validators, staking pools and developers to be more proactive about client diversity on Ethereum 2.0. “Here's an example where the network would have been much more robust if each of the four clients had 25% of validators each. In that case, you'd only be missing a quarter of the blocks if this had happened and the network would have been more or less fine,” said Edgington. “But when one client dominates and that client has a problem, it's really serious for the whole network.”Catch the full breakdown of how developers are responding to Saturday's incident by listening to the entire podcast episode of Mapping Out Ethereum 2.0 hosted by Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) ‘What Happens After the Merge' Presentation by Vitalik Buterin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ggwLccuN5s) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io .-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What Crypto Exchange Coinbase and Infrastructure Provider Infura Have in Common

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 32:24

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss the significance of three events: an Ethereum 2.0 milestone, an Ethereum hard fork upgrade and the public listing of a major cryptocurrency exchange. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, The Sun Exchange.Beginning with Coinbase's direct listing on Nasdaq, Kim and Edgington consider whether this watershed moment in the cryptocurrency industry is really something to get excited about. “Bitcoin was created to be this peer-to-peer payments network, where you don't need any financial middlemen; but here's Coinbase. Everyone is getting so excited and happy [about] Coinbase even though it's doing the very thing that Bitcoin was created to deal with and get rid of,” Kim said. Concerns over centralized actors overshadowing the decentralized purpose of blockchains is also relevant to Ethereum. Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura is an example of a company who has faced criticism in the past for their expanding role as the “gatekeeper” to Ethereum. “It's an interesting spectrum and we've only just begun on this journey,” said Edgington. “Only a few million people have interacted with the blockchain, any blockchain, so far, and there are a few billion yet to reach. I think we need to make it as easy as possible from them to do so.” Kim and Edgington also discussed the milestone of the Ethereum proof-of-stake network, also called Ethereum 2.0, reaching its one millionth slot. A slot on Eth 2.0 is space for a block containing transactions and user data to be processed and finalized. Every 12 seconds validators, which are the equivalent of miners, can propose a block into a slot and earn rewards. “It's just a number, but it's a good point to take stock of where we are. [Eth 2.0] has been running for four and a half months now and it's been totally trouble free. It's just been incredible,” said Edgington. Finally, the two dissect the post mortem of Ethereum's latest backwards-incompatible system-wide upgrade known as the Berlin hard fork. Everything didn't go as planned and, as Kim notes, it'll become increasingly important that things do work as Ethereum releases more ambitious upgrades in future. Check out the full podcast episode hosted by Edington and Kim to get all the latest commentary around Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.ioThe Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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ETH2.0: What Crypto Exchange Coinbase and Infrastructure Provider Infura Have in Common

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 32:24

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the significance of three events: an Ethereum 2.0 milestone, an Ethereum hard fork upgrade and the public listing of a major cryptocurrency exchange. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, The Sun Exchange.Beginning with Coinbase’s direct listing on Nasdaq, Kim and Edgington consider whether this watershed moment in the cryptocurrency industry is really something to get excited about. “Bitcoin was created to be this peer-to-peer payments network, where you don’t need any financial middlemen; but here’s Coinbase. Everyone is getting so excited and happy [about] Coinbase even though it’s doing the very thing that Bitcoin was created to deal with and get rid of,” Kim said. Concerns over centralized actors overshadowing the decentralized purpose of blockchains is also relevant to Ethereum. Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura is an example of a company who has faced criticism in the past for their expanding role as the “gatekeeper” to Ethereum. “It’s an interesting spectrum and we’ve only just begun on this journey,” said Edgington. “Only a few million people have interacted with the blockchain, any blockchain, so far, and there are a few billion yet to reach. I think we need to make it as easy as possible from them to do so.” Kim and Edgington also discussed the milestone of the Ethereum proof-of-stake network, also called Ethereum 2.0, reaching its one millionth slot. A slot on Eth 2.0 is space for a block containing transactions and user data to be processed and finalized. Every 12 seconds validators, which are the equivalent of miners, can propose a block into a slot and earn rewards. “It’s just a number, but it’s a good point to take stock of where we are. [Eth 2.0] has been running for four and a half months now and it’s been totally trouble free. It’s just been incredible,” said Edgington. Finally, the two dissect the post mortem of Ethereum’s latest backwards-incompatible system-wide upgrade known as the Berlin hard fork. Everything didn’t go as planned and, as Kim notes, it’ll become increasingly important that things do work as Ethereum releases more ambitious upgrades in future. Check out the full podcast episode hosted by Edington and Kim to get all the latest commentary around Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.ioThe Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

ETH2.0: Mining or Staking: Which Blockchain Protocol Will Win Out?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 33:30

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the future of cryptocurrency mining and staking with former CoinDesk Market Reporter Will Foxley. “I’m pro both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work. I don’t know which one wins out over the years [but] to me it comes down to capital costs,” said Foxley. “Both have capital costs no matter what and both use energy just in different ways.”To Foxley, the new Editorial Director at Compass Mining, these two seemingly opposing blockchain systems are really two sides of the same coins. Both rely on computers to devote a certain amount of energy towards securing and maintaining a decentralized digital ledger. While mining does require comparatively more computing power than staking, validators in proof-of-stake networks do still rely on energy expenditure in some form, according to Foxley. The key question is how we define where energy comes from.From Edgington’s viewpoint, the matter isn’t quite so ill-defined. “Proof-of-stake for me wins heavily here,” says Edgington, “because the amount of energy needed to secure the network is something like one ten thousandth of what Ethereum is currently using for proof-of-work mining and that’s not a small difference. That’s a material difference to the heat emissions and CO2 emissions on the planet.”. The long-run sustainability of either system depends on the types of users that will be most incentivized to participate either as a miner or staker. While miners are becoming increasingly professionalized and centralized, the more lucrative a cryptocurrency becomes, the more people will be incentivized to become validators in a proof-of-stake network and greater numbers of users will engage in staking. For the full commentary on this topic of mining versus staking, check out this week’s episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0: Ethereum as it was meant to be. Starting next week, Edgington and Kim will take over as show co-hosts. To follow Foxley on his new voyage into the industry of cryptocurrency mining, subscribe to his new newsletter, Compass Mining Memo. Links mentioned in this podcast: Justin Drake Bankless Podcast Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWqhn1hXvVc) Rayonism Hackathon (https://rayonism.io/) What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points)

Mining or Staking: Which Blockchain Protocol Will Win Out?

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 33:30

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss the future of cryptocurrency mining and staking with former CoinDesk Market Reporter Will Foxley. “I'm pro both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work. I don't know which one wins out over the years [but] to me it comes down to capital costs,” said Foxley. “Both have capital costs no matter what and both use energy just in different ways.”To Foxley, the new Editorial Director at Compass Mining, these two seemingly opposing blockchain systems are really two sides of the same coins. Both rely on computers to devote a certain amount of energy towards securing and maintaining a decentralized digital ledger. While mining does require comparatively more computing power than staking, validators in proof-of-stake networks do still rely on energy expenditure in some form, according to Foxley. The key question is how we define where energy comes from.From Edgington's viewpoint, the matter isn't quite so ill-defined. “Proof-of-stake for me wins heavily here,” says Edgington, “because the amount of energy needed to secure the network is something like one ten thousandth of what Ethereum is currently using for proof-of-work mining and that's not a small difference. That's a material difference to the heat emissions and CO2 emissions on the planet.”. The long-run sustainability of either system depends on the types of users that will be most incentivized to participate either as a miner or staker. While miners are becoming increasingly professionalized and centralized, the more lucrative a cryptocurrency becomes, the more people will be incentivized to become validators in a proof-of-stake network and greater numbers of users will engage in staking. For the full commentary on this topic of mining versus staking, check out this week's episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0: Ethereum as it was meant to be. Starting next week, Edgington and Kim will take over as show co-hosts. To follow Foxley on his new voyage into the industry of cryptocurrency mining, subscribe to his new newsletter, Compass Mining Memo. Links mentioned in this podcast: Justin Drake Bankless Podcast Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWqhn1hXvVc) Rayonism Hackathon (https://rayonism.io/) What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ETH2.0: What Eth 2.0 Meant in 2014 and What It Means Today

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 33:34

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Will Foxley, along with Consensys’ Ben Edgington, discuss the importance of naming conventions around the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade and the impact of staking on the long-term market value of ETH. Did you know the first use of the term “Ethereum 2.0” was by founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin back in April 2014 when he first began exploring the benefits of proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain protocols?At the time, Ethereum 2.0 referenced one thing and one thing only: a version of the Ethereum blockchain protocol secured entirely through proof-of-stake validation, as opposed to proof-of-work mining. Over the years, Ethereum 2.0 as a term has evolved and grown to encompass other improvements to the network including optimizations for scalability, smart contract functionality and blockchain interoperability. Given recent discussion over proposals to speed up Ethereum’s transition to PoS, certain developers such as the Ethereum Foundation’s Danny Ryan are pushing back on using the loaded terminology of Eth 2.0. “It’s not just about naming things. It’s about how the Ethereum roadmap has kind of evolved over the years,” said Edgington, adding: “It’s not just about changing names for the sake of it. It’s about saying, ‘We’re not doing a new chain anymore. This is no longer the plan. We are upgrading the existing chain.’”As plans for Ethereum’s future change, so, too, will conventional naming for its updated roadmap. Keeping up with constant iteration to Eth 2.0 and what this upgrade will actually entail, however, is a “moving target” that, according to Foxley, many mainstream financial analysts are in the dark and left wondering about. Some, as I point out, are also worrying about the impacts of an imminent PoS protocol on the long-term value of ether. Given that under PoS it will require less computational energy to create new coins on Ethereum, could the market value of ether be negatively impacted as a result? Listen to the full podcast to hear from Foxley, Edgington and Kim on what’s at stake for Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points)

What Eth 2.0 Meant in 2014 and What It Means Today

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 33:34

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Will Foxley, along with Consensys' Ben Edgington, discuss the importance of naming conventions around the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade and the impact of staking on the long-term market value of ETH. Did you know the first use of the term “Ethereum 2.0” was by founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin back in April 2014 when he first began exploring the benefits of proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain protocols?At the time, Ethereum 2.0 referenced one thing and one thing only: a version of the Ethereum blockchain protocol secured entirely through proof-of-stake validation, as opposed to proof-of-work mining. Over the years, Ethereum 2.0 as a term has evolved and grown to encompass other improvements to the network including optimizations for scalability, smart contract functionality and blockchain interoperability. Given recent discussion over proposals to speed up Ethereum's transition to PoS, certain developers such as the Ethereum Foundation's Danny Ryan are pushing back on using the loaded terminology of Eth 2.0. “It's not just about naming things. It's about how the Ethereum roadmap has kind of evolved over the years,” said Edgington, adding: “It's not just about changing names for the sake of it. It's about saying, ‘We're not doing a new chain anymore. This is no longer the plan. We are upgrading the existing chain.'”As plans for Ethereum's future change, so, too, will conventional naming for its updated roadmap. Keeping up with constant iteration to Eth 2.0 and what this upgrade will actually entail, however, is a “moving target” that, according to Foxley, many mainstream financial analysts are in the dark and left wondering about. Some, as I point out, are also worrying about the impacts of an imminent PoS protocol on the long-term value of ether. Given that under PoS it will require less computational energy to create new coins on Ethereum, could the market value of ether be negatively impacted as a result? Listen to the full podcast to hear from Foxley, Edgington and Kim on what's at stake for Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ETH2.0: Ethereum’s Transition Could Be Months Not Years, Away

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 32:35

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Will Foxley, along with Consensys’ Ben Edgington, discuss the latest proposals fast-tracking Ethereum’s transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus protocol. The promises of Ethereum 2.0 are changing in important ways. On Thursday, March 11, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin published a blog post detailing how the network’s transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus protocol to PoS could be executed far more quickly than developers had originally planned. “It would leave a lot of loose ends that we’d have to work on and tidy up later, but it’s looking like this [transition] could be months rather than years [away],” said Edgington. There are several reasons why a move to PoS in the near term, rather than long term, looks attractive in the eyes of Ethereum developers. First, it would mean the resistance from proponents of the Ethereum miner community towards reductions in block reward through Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559 and changes to the network’s consensus algorithm would be short-lived. With a PoS upgrade, miners would effectively be forked from the Ethereum protocol entirely and replaced with other network stakeholders known as “validators.” Second, Edgington noted there’s been “a big backlash” about the environmental impact of Ethereum’s PoW algorithm securing the value of several high-profile non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As the value on Ethereum grows through decentralized applications (dapps) and tokens, there is greater pressure to reduce the energy consumption of the underlying protocol and reduce the network’s environmental footprint through a switch to PoS. At the same time, there are equally important reasons why a move to PoS in the near term could negatively impact Ethereum. First, the process for coming to an agreement about the development roadmap and timeline for Eth 2.0 has been restricted to a comparatively small group of developers and researchers. Moving forward with a transition to PoS now would mean all decisions are made with a much larger community of network stakeholders and through a more complicated process of governance. This is likely to slow research and development for other innovative aspects of Eth 2.0 – namely, the scalability promises of this multi-year upgrade. The second reason for resisting a move to PoS for Ethereum in the near future is that in order to do so, core features and functionalities initially envisioned for the protocol would need to be delayed. For example, sharding, which is the primary scaling solution for Ethereum on a protocol layer, would have to wait in order for an Eth 2.0 transition to happen posthaste. Are protocol developers giving up too much of the grand vision originally outlined for Eth 2.0 in favor of a quick fix solution to PoS? Listen to the full podcast to hear from Kim, Foxley and Edgington on what’s at stake for Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points)

Ethereum's Transition Could Be Months Not Years, Away

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 32:35

In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Will Foxley, along with Consensys' Ben Edgington, discuss the latest proposals fast-tracking Ethereum's transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus protocol. The promises of Ethereum 2.0 are changing in important ways. On Thursday, March 11, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin published a blog post detailing how the network's transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus protocol to PoS could be executed far more quickly than developers had originally planned. “It would leave a lot of loose ends that we'd have to work on and tidy up later, but it's looking like this [transition] could be months rather than years [away],” said Edgington. There are several reasons why a move to PoS in the near term, rather than long term, looks attractive in the eyes of Ethereum developers. First, it would mean the resistance from proponents of the Ethereum miner community towards reductions in block reward through Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559 and changes to the network's consensus algorithm would be short-lived. With a PoS upgrade, miners would effectively be forked from the Ethereum protocol entirely and replaced with other network stakeholders known as “validators.” Second, Edgington noted there's been “a big backlash” about the environmental impact of Ethereum's PoW algorithm securing the value of several high-profile non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As the value on Ethereum grows through decentralized applications (dapps) and tokens, there is greater pressure to reduce the energy consumption of the underlying protocol and reduce the network's environmental footprint through a switch to PoS. At the same time, there are equally important reasons why a move to PoS in the near term could negatively impact Ethereum. First, the process for coming to an agreement about the development roadmap and timeline for Eth 2.0 has been restricted to a comparatively small group of developers and researchers. Moving forward with a transition to PoS now would mean all decisions are made with a much larger community of network stakeholders and through a more complicated process of governance. This is likely to slow research and development for other innovative aspects of Eth 2.0 – namely, the scalability promises of this multi-year upgrade. The second reason for resisting a move to PoS for Ethereum in the near future is that in order to do so, core features and functionalities initially envisioned for the protocol would need to be delayed. For example, sharding, which is the primary scaling solution for Ethereum on a protocol layer, would have to wait in order for an Eth 2.0 transition to happen posthaste. Are protocol developers giving up too much of the grand vision originally outlined for Eth 2.0 in favor of a quick fix solution to PoS? Listen to the full podcast to hear from Kim, Foxley and Edgington on what's at stake for Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Forget Merging, the New Plan Is to ‘Dock' Ethereum to Eth 2.0

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 32:45

In this week's episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0,” CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Will Foxley and Consensys' Ben Edgington talk about the “sneak” update made to the Ethereum 2.0 protocol that will help enable trustless staking pools to emerge on the network. All Eth 2.0 validators after staking 32 ETH on the network are required to generate two cryptographic keys. One is used to sign off validator responsibilities such as attesting to blocks. The other, called the “withdrawal key,” is held until a validator exits the network and withdraws his or her staked ether. Up until mid-February, no user could be certain where funds would be deposited after a validator withdraws their stake. Developers have recently upgraded Eth 2.0 code so that withdrawals of validator funds can be linked to Ethereum accounts and wallets active on the original Ethereum blockchain. To be clear, the pathway for where validator funds would land has been specified in the Eth 2.0 protocol through this update, but withdrawals and ether transfers are still not enabled on the network. Clarity on where funds will go after validators can move their stake off the network is positive news for Eth 2.0 staking pools. The first code update of Eth 2.0 enables staking pools to set up trustless smart contracts on Ethereum to divide up earned rewards between participants. This, according to Edgington, is “a big deal” for decentralized staking services such as RocketPool that differentiate themselves from competitors by offering a transparent and distributed way to validate on Eth 2.0. The mechanism that allows validators funds to be withdrawn to existing Ethereum accounts also signals a change in the Eth 2.0 development timetable. “[The Eth1 and Eth2] merge has come forward in the timetable. Previously, it was envisaged at being quite distant after we've done sharding and after we've done some kind of execution environment technology. But now we are bringing the merge forward in the timetable and just putting Eth1 on top of the beacon chain,” said Edgington. The new plan is to “dock” Eth1 like a plane to Eth2. Listen to the full podcast episode to learn more about the docking plan for Ethereum. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (eth2.news)Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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ETH 2.0: Forget Merging, the New Plan Is to ‘Dock’ Ethereum to Eth 2.0

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 32:45

In this week’s episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0,” CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Will Foxley and Consensys’ Ben Edgington talk about the “sneak” update made to the Ethereum 2.0 protocol that will help enable trustless staking pools to emerge on the network. All Eth 2.0 validators after staking 32 ETH on the network are required to generate two cryptographic keys. One is used to sign off validator responsibilities such as attesting to blocks. The other, called the “withdrawal key,” is held until a validator exits the network and withdraws his or her staked ether. Up until mid-February, no user could be certain where funds would be deposited after a validator withdraws their stake. Developers have recently upgraded Eth 2.0 code so that withdrawals of validator funds can be linked to Ethereum accounts and wallets active on the original Ethereum blockchain. To be clear, the pathway for where validator funds would land has been specified in the Eth 2.0 protocol through this update, but withdrawals and ether transfers are still not enabled on the network. Clarity on where funds will go after validators can move their stake off the network is positive news for Eth 2.0 staking pools. The first code update of Eth 2.0 enables staking pools to set up trustless smart contracts on Ethereum to divide up earned rewards between participants. This, according to Edgington, is “a big deal” for decentralized staking services such as RocketPool that differentiate themselves from competitors by offering a transparent and distributed way to validate on Eth 2.0. The mechanism that allows validators funds to be withdrawn to existing Ethereum accounts also signals a change in the Eth 2.0 development timetable. “[The Eth1 and Eth2] merge has come forward in the timetable. Previously, it was envisaged at being quite distant after we’ve done sharding and after we’ve done some kind of execution environment technology. But now we are bringing the merge forward in the timetable and just putting Eth1 on top of the beacon chain,” said Edgington. The new plan is to “dock” Eth1 like a plane to Eth2. Listen to the full podcast episode to learn more about the docking plan for Ethereum. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (eth2.news)Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points)

Falling Down the 'Ethereum Rabbit Hole' With Eth 2.0 Developer Ben Edgington

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 30:26

“There was a period [in early 2016] when all our sales teams … were coming back from client meetings saying that all our clients want to talk about something called blockchain. Can you find out what it is?”That's Ben Edgington, the lead product owner of the Ethereum 2.0 client Teku and the new co-host for the CoinDesk podcast series, “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.” He fell down the “Ethereum rabbit hole” in 2016 when his colleagues at Hitachi Europe, his employer at the time, recommended he look into the buzz about blockchain technology. His research compelled him to spend his weekends and evenings learning more about Ethereum. Then, in October 2017, Edgington made his passion his full-time job. “I joined ConsenSys in October 2017 initially to work on enterprise Ethereum topics but my passion was really on public network stuff. I just love to understand things from the bottom up. I like to understand the nuts and bolts of what makes things work,” said Edgington. This naturally led him to focus more of his time at ConsenSys on Ethereum 2.0 and developing its base layer technology through Teku. Written in the programming language Java, Teku is branded as the software client for institutions that want to stake their ether on Eth 2.0 and earn validator rewards. Speaking to the development process for Eth 2.0, Edgington admitted the open-source nature of the technology and protocol results in a “massive coordination problem” for developers. Without a single source of authority guiding research and development, the work to advance Eth 2.0 is often inefficient and difficult. That said, this entire process has its strengths. “I would much rather be doing things this way than in a [private] lab,” said Edgington, adding, “It ends up with a much better product at the end of the process.”To hear more about Edgington's work on Eth 2.0 and his career in blockchain, listen to the full podcast episode. Links mentioned in the podcast: Valid Points newsletter - https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points What's New in Eth2 newsletter - https://eth2.newsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ETH 2.0: Falling Down the 'Ethereum Rabbit Hole' With Eth 2.0 Developer Ben Edgington

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 30:26

“There was a period [in early 2016] when all our sales teams … were coming back from client meetings saying that all our clients want to talk about something called blockchain. Can you find out what it is?”That’s Ben Edgington, the lead product owner of the Ethereum 2.0 client Teku and the new co-host for the CoinDesk podcast series, “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.” He fell down the “Ethereum rabbit hole” in 2016 when his colleagues at Hitachi Europe, his employer at the time, recommended he look into the buzz about blockchain technology. His research compelled him to spend his weekends and evenings learning more about Ethereum. Then, in October 2017, Edgington made his passion his full-time job. “I joined ConsenSys in October 2017 initially to work on enterprise Ethereum topics but my passion was really on public network stuff. I just love to understand things from the bottom up. I like to understand the nuts and bolts of what makes things work,” said Edgington. This naturally led him to focus more of his time at ConsenSys on Ethereum 2.0 and developing its base layer technology through Teku. Written in the programming language Java, Teku is branded as the software client for institutions that want to stake their ether on Eth 2.0 and earn validator rewards. Speaking to the development process for Eth 2.0, Edgington admitted the open-source nature of the technology and protocol results in a “massive coordination problem” for developers. Without a single source of authority guiding research and development, the work to advance Eth 2.0 is often inefficient and difficult. That said, this entire process has its strengths. “I would much rather be doing things this way than in a [private] lab,” said Edgington, adding, “It ends up with a much better product at the end of the process.”To hear more about Edgington’s work on Eth 2.0 and his career in blockchain, listen to the full podcast episode. Links mentioned in the podcast: Valid Points newsletter - https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points What’s New in Eth2 newsletter - https://eth2.news

Impossible Standards

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 76:04

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ETH 2.0: ‘Keep It Simple’: Prevent Your Eth 2.0 From Being Slashed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 33:40

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with the co-lead developer of Prysmatic Labs, Raul Jordan, the common reasons behind slashing events on Ethereum 2.0 and how they can be prevented. “Keep it simple.”Jordan’s best advice to prevent validators who have staked 32 ETH (worth roughly $56,500 at time of writing) from being booted off the Eth 2.0 network for suspicious behaviour was to make operations as straightforward and uncomplicated as possible. “A lot of people try to get really clever at their staking setup. They’re like I need zero down time. I cannot afford having my software down for a second. … A lot of stakers at home try to go for these really complicated setups and I mean to be honest they’re fairly sophisticated. They know what they’re doing but there’s always room for something to go wrong,” Jordan said. Validators are the equivalent to miners on Ethereum’s new proof-of-stake blockchain dubbed Eth 2.0. These users earn rewards in the form of interest on their staked ether for running software that verifies and helps produce new blocks. Over-engineering validator setups can lead to what are called slashing events, according to Jordan, which are penalties exacted by the network to deter users from launching malicious attacks. However, it’s impossible for the software of Eth 2.0 to discern what is a premeditated network attack from an honest mistake by a sophisticated user simply trying to maximize his or her earnings as a validator. As a result, the best way to ensure a validator on Eth 2.0 isn’t slashed is to accept some downtime on the machine. Downtime means any period of time where validator operations aren’t actively running or connected to the internet and therefore not earning rewards. “If you’re online for only two-thirds of the year, you’re still profitable as a validator. So why do this? The risk is not worth it,” said Jordan. “If you get slashed you’re going to lose some funds. You’re going to get ejected [from the network] and then your ether is locked in there not earning anything until you can withdraw in the future.” Mining on Ethereum and other proof-of-work blockchains such as Bitcoin are notorious for being activities where feats of engineering and specialization actually increase the chances of earning rewards. Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are prime examples of technologies built to maximize the profits of Ethereum and Bitcoin miners. However, the potential for slashing on Ethereum 2.0 is one of the main characteristics of the network that discourages similar types of innovation from profit-motivated validators.If there’s any upside to slashing, it’s that it has encouraged Eth 2.0 developers like Jordan to work harder at building standards between all Eth 2.0 software clients to make the user experience as smooth and as seamless as possible. To learn more about these standardization efforts and how they’re helping educate users about running validator operations on Eth 2.0, listen to the full podcast episode with Christine Kim, Will Foxley and Raul Jordan. For more weekly insights on Eth 2.0 development, consider checking out Foxley and I’s weekly newsletter, Valid Points. Links mentioned in the podcast: Raul Jordan’s blog post - https://medium.com/prysmatic-labs/eth2-slashing-prevention-tips-f6faa5025f50

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‘Keep It Simple': Prevent Your Eth 2.0 From Being Slashed

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 33:40

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with the co-lead developer of Prysmatic Labs, Raul Jordan, the common reasons behind slashing events on Ethereum 2.0 and how they can be prevented. “Keep it simple.”Jordan's best advice to prevent validators who have staked 32 ETH (worth roughly $56,500 at time of writing) from being booted off the Eth 2.0 network for suspicious behaviour was to make operations as straightforward and uncomplicated as possible. “A lot of people try to get really clever at their staking setup. They're like I need zero down time. I cannot afford having my software down for a second. … A lot of stakers at home try to go for these really complicated setups and I mean to be honest they're fairly sophisticated. They know what they're doing but there's always room for something to go wrong,” Jordan said. Validators are the equivalent to miners on Ethereum's new proof-of-stake blockchain dubbed Eth 2.0. These users earn rewards in the form of interest on their staked ether for running software that verifies and helps produce new blocks. Over-engineering validator setups can lead to what are called slashing events, according to Jordan, which are penalties exacted by the network to deter users from launching malicious attacks. However, it's impossible for the software of Eth 2.0 to discern what is a premeditated network attack from an honest mistake by a sophisticated user simply trying to maximize his or her earnings as a validator. As a result, the best way to ensure a validator on Eth 2.0 isn't slashed is to accept some downtime on the machine. Downtime means any period of time where validator operations aren't actively running or connected to the internet and therefore not earning rewards. “If you're online for only two-thirds of the year, you're still profitable as a validator. So why do this? The risk is not worth it,” said Jordan. “If you get slashed you're going to lose some funds. You're going to get ejected [from the network] and then your ether is locked in there not earning anything until you can withdraw in the future.” Mining on Ethereum and other proof-of-work blockchains such as Bitcoin are notorious for being activities where feats of engineering and specialization actually increase the chances of earning rewards. Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are prime examples of technologies built to maximize the profits of Ethereum and Bitcoin miners. However, the potential for slashing on Ethereum 2.0 is one of the main characteristics of the network that discourages similar types of innovation from profit-motivated validators.If there's any upside to slashing, it's that it has encouraged Eth 2.0 developers like Jordan to work harder at building standards between all Eth 2.0 software clients to make the user experience as smooth and as seamless as possible. To learn more about these standardization efforts and how they're helping educate users about running validator operations on Eth 2.0, listen to the full podcast episode with Christine Kim, Will Foxley and Raul Jordan. For more weekly insights on Eth 2.0 development, consider checking out Foxley and I's weekly newsletter, Valid Points. Links mentioned in the podcast: Raul Jordan's blog post - https://medium.com/prysmatic-labs/eth2-slashing-prevention-tips-f6faa5025f50 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Literary Treks : 316: Baby Steps

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 65:34

Synthesis. The Titan crew find themselves confronting one of their deepest fears which have only been accentuated by their recent experience with the Borg invasion, will they be able to over come and save the universe from extinction? In this episode of Literary Treks host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bruce Gibson, who returns to the show to continue the 24th century novels with Synthesis. We discuss where the Titan is, AI, valid points the Sentries, pride and prejudice, unintended consequences, the Null, ratings and final thoughts. In the news section Chris Jones joins Matthew to wrap up the Seven's Reckoning series with it's fourth and final issue. News Seven's Reckoning #4 (00:02:08) Feature: Synthesis Welcome Back Bruce (00:13:51) Where the Titan Is (00:16:12) AI (00:16:59) Valid Points (00:25:25) The Sentries (00:27:11) Pride and Prejudice (00:36:27) Unintended Consequences (00:49:04) The Null (00:53:32) Ratings (00:58:28) Final Thoughts (01:00:58) Hosts Matthew Rushing and C Bryan Jones Guest Bruce Gibson Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)

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316: Baby Steps

Literary Treks: A Star Trek Books and Comics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 65:34

Synthesis. The Titan crew find themselves confronting one of their deepest fears which have only been accentuated by their recent experience with the Borg invasion, will they be able to over come and save the universe from extinction? In this episode of Literary Treks host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bruce Gibson, who returns to the show to continue the 24th century novels with Synthesis. We discuss where the Titan is, AI, valid points the Sentries, pride and prejudice, unintended consequences, the Null, ratings and final thoughts. In the news section Chris Jones joins Matthew to wrap up the Seven's Reckoning series with it's fourth and final issue. News Seven's Reckoning #4 (00:02:08) Feature: Synthesis Welcome Back Bruce (00:13:51) Where the Titan Is (00:16:12) AI (00:16:59) Valid Points (00:25:25) The Sentries (00:27:11) Pride and Prejudice (00:36:27) Unintended Consequences (00:49:04) The Null (00:53:32) Ratings (00:58:28) Final Thoughts (01:00:58) Hosts Matthew Rushing and C Bryan Jones Guest Bruce Gibson Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)

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ETH2.0: How Staking and Eth 2.0 Makes the Ethereum Economy More “Sustainable”

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 42:30

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with David Hoffman, the co-founder of Bankless, the market implications of a dual Ethereum blockchain and what new realities staking presents to the long-term value proposition of ether. According to Hoffman’s “Ether as a triple-point asset” thesis, Ethereum 2.0 bolsters ether’s value proposition as a capital asset. This is because Eth 2.0 enables staking on the protocol level. For all ether holders with a minimum balance of 32 ETH, they can earn an annual percentage return for locking in their crypto assets to the network and becoming a validator. This is a use case for ether on top of its existing functionalities as a form of payment for fees and as a store of value in decentralized finance applications. Eth 2.0 strengthens the diverse ways in which ether can be used. However, it also complicates the monetary policy of the Ethereum protocol. Instead of ether issuance being restricted to one blockchain network, the launch of Eth 2.0 has effectively created two parallel networks both issuing ether and driving up the crypto asset’s total supply. However, the dual issuance of ether is a temporary state that in the long run will make the Ethereum economy more “sustainable,” according to Hoffman. “Ethereum has committed to this early research and development phase in the beginnings of its genesis. That’s the whole entire effort behind Eth 2.0 and that’s why the monetary policy of ether is so jagged and unpredictable because the monetary policy of ether is a tool for Ethereum to reach its goals,” said Hoffman. And what are Ethereum’s goals exactly? Listen to the full episode to find out! For more weekly insights on Eth 2.0 development, be sure to check out and subscribe to Will Foxley and I’s weekly newsletter, Valid Points. Links mentioned in the podcast: EthHub Explainer on Ethereum Monetary Policy - https://docs.ethhub.io/ethereum-basics/monetary-policy/ Lyn Alden’s blog post - https://www.lynalden.com/ethereum-analysis/Rocket Pool - https://www.rocketpool.net

How Staking and Eth 2.0 Makes the Ethereum Economy More “Sustainable”

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 42:30

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with David Hoffman, the co-founder of Bankless, the market implications of a dual Ethereum blockchain and what new realities staking presents to the long-term value proposition of ether. According to Hoffman's “Ether as a triple-point asset” thesis, Ethereum 2.0 bolsters ether's value proposition as a capital asset. This is because Eth 2.0 enables staking on the protocol level. For all ether holders with a minimum balance of 32 ETH, they can earn an annual percentage return for locking in their crypto assets to the network and becoming a validator. This is a use case for ether on top of its existing functionalities as a form of payment for fees and as a store of value in decentralized finance applications. Eth 2.0 strengthens the diverse ways in which ether can be used. However, it also complicates the monetary policy of the Ethereum protocol. Instead of ether issuance being restricted to one blockchain network, the launch of Eth 2.0 has effectively created two parallel networks both issuing ether and driving up the crypto asset's total supply. However, the dual issuance of ether is a temporary state that in the long run will make the Ethereum economy more “sustainable,” according to Hoffman. “Ethereum has committed to this early research and development phase in the beginnings of its genesis. That's the whole entire effort behind Eth 2.0 and that's why the monetary policy of ether is so jagged and unpredictable because the monetary policy of ether is a tool for Ethereum to reach its goals,” said Hoffman. And what are Ethereum's goals exactly? Listen to the full episode to find out! For more weekly insights on Eth 2.0 development, be sure to check out and subscribe to Will Foxley and I's weekly newsletter, Valid Points. Links mentioned in the podcast: EthHub Explainer on Ethereum Monetary Policy - https://docs.ethhub.io/ethereum-basics/monetary-policy/ Lyn Alden's blog post - https://www.lynalden.com/ethereum-analysis/Rocket Pool - https://www.rocketpool.netSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eth 2.0 Development: Next Steps to Upgrade and Diversify

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 35:01

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan the roll-out of the Ethereum 2.0 development roadmap, starting with the launch of phase 0 and the Beacon Chain. “Not a surprise but a relief.”That's how Ryan characterized how he felt about the successful activation of the Eth 2.0 network in early December. “We were confident going in but it's been excellent to see it go so well,” Ryan said. “Compared to some of our testnet launches, they got better and better. But the mainnet launch was more successful than any of those.”As of Jan. 27, the parallel Ethereum network dubbed “Ethereum 2.0” has accumulated over $3.6 billion in staked ether. There are over 72,000 active participants called “validators” securing network operations, with another 16,000 awaiting activation in a queue for entry into Eth 2.0. The absence of unexpected bugs, hacks and attacks has certainly been the source of much celebration for Ethereum developers. Ben Edgington, product owner for Eth 2.0 software client Teku, wrote in a weekly newsletter on Dec. 12, “It's been a wonderfully dull [11] days since genesis: [A]pparently it all just works.”It's not all perfect, however. Ryan explained that there are a few fixes, tweaks and improvements he'd like to see made on Eth 2.0 over the next few months. First and foremost is “an iterative upgrade in the middle of this year which would clean up a couple of things in state management, more technical-side things and also add a nice feature which enables light clients as a first class citizen for the Beacon Chain.” (More information on Eth 2.0's first planned upgrade here.)Ryan mentioned he is optimistic the distribution of software clients being used by validators to connect to the network would diversify.“It looks like 50% of nodes on the network are Prysm,” Ryan said. Nodes are computers that store and share blockchain data. “It's not quite where we want it to be. I'll say time and time again there are four fantastic clients out there. I don't run Prysm in my own setup and I'm stable and happy.”Find out more about what other developments and milestones Ryan expects the Eth 2.0 network to accomplish this year by listening to the full podcast episode. For weekly analysis and commentary about Ethereum 2.0, be sure to sign up for CoinDesk's Valid Points newsletter. Links mentioned in the podcast: Danny Ryan's blog post - https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/01/20/the-state-of-eth2-january-2021/ Etherscan's breakdown of Eth 2.0 deposits - https://bi.etherscan.io/public/dashboards/KH9jbP687szqlAnHiNEfNictrwNhvdOEQl0PwB6m?org_slug=default See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

MAPPING OUT ETH 2.0: Eth 2.0 Development: Next Steps to Upgrade and Diversify

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 35:01

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan the roll-out of the Ethereum 2.0 development roadmap, starting with the launch of phase 0 and the Beacon Chain. “Not a surprise but a relief.”That’s how Ryan characterized how he felt about the successful activation of the Eth 2.0 network in early December. “We were confident going in but it’s been excellent to see it go so well,” Ryan said. “Compared to some of our testnet launches, they got better and better. But the mainnet launch was more successful than any of those.”As of Jan. 27, the parallel Ethereum network dubbed “Ethereum 2.0” has accumulated over $3.6 billion in staked ether. There are over 72,000 active participants called “validators” securing network operations, with another 16,000 awaiting activation in a queue for entry into Eth 2.0. The absence of unexpected bugs, hacks and attacks has certainly been the source of much celebration for Ethereum developers. Ben Edgington, product owner for Eth 2.0 software client Teku, wrote in a weekly newsletter on Dec. 12, “It’s been a wonderfully dull [11] days since genesis: [A]pparently it all just works.”It’s not all perfect, however. Ryan explained that there are a few fixes, tweaks and improvements he’d like to see made on Eth 2.0 over the next few months. First and foremost is “an iterative upgrade in the middle of this year which would clean up a couple of things in state management, more technical-side things and also add a nice feature which enables light clients as a first class citizen for the Beacon Chain.” (More information on Eth 2.0’s first planned upgrade here.)Ryan mentioned he is optimistic the distribution of software clients being used by validators to connect to the network would diversify.“It looks like 50% of nodes on the network are Prysm,” Ryan said. Nodes are computers that store and share blockchain data. “It’s not quite where we want it to be. I’ll say time and time again there are four fantastic clients out there. I don’t run Prysm in my own setup and I’m stable and happy.”Find out more about what other developments and milestones Ryan expects the Eth 2.0 network to accomplish this year by listening to the full podcast episode. For weekly analysis and commentary about Ethereum 2.0, be sure to sign up for CoinDesk’s Valid Points newsletter. Links mentioned in the podcast: Danny Ryan’s blog post - https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/01/20/the-state-of-eth2-january-2021/ Etherscan’s breakdown of Eth 2.0 deposits - https://bi.etherscan.io/public/dashboards/KH9jbP687szqlAnHiNEfNictrwNhvdOEQl0PwB6m?org_slug=default

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 0:30

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ETH 2.0: The Unexpected Challenges of CoinDesk’s First Staking Venture

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 31:36

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs how the idea of staking on Ethereum 2.0 came about and the early decisions that had to be made to get the project started. “I feel I have become paranoid doing this project.”At the start of the new year, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs began working on setting up an Ethereum 2.0 validator node. The process, he explained, was particularly interesting from “the security perspective.” “You really do think about security. Where are you storing your keys and your mnemonics? … You start thinking in a really paranoid manner,” said Beggs.Ethereum 2.0 is a new parallel Ethereum blockchain that launched in December. Designed to ultimately replace Ethereum’s base layer technology and radically improve network scalability, the only actors on Eth 2.0 able to engage meaningfully with the new blockchain are so-called validators.As unveiled in November, CoinDesk has embarked on a project to run validator operations in-house and glean direct, real-time data about Eth 2.0. The goal is to deepen CoinDesk’s editorial coverage of the network at its most untested and potentially vulnerable phases of development. At the same time, this project has also offered important lessons about the trade-offs and decisions the users who are considering joining the Eth 2.0 network will make. Outside of learning about security, CoinDesk tech reporter Will Foxley recounts wrestling with the decision of whether to use a staking-as-a-service provider or run a validator node independently during the early weeks of the Valid Points project. “We started looking around at staking-as-a-service providers, and there are a lot out there. There’s gotta be over 15 at this point, not including [cryptocurrency] exchanges that operate staking services like Coinbase or Kraken. We were looking at who can do this for us quickly so we can get up and start running … and who can provide data for us,” said Foxley. For the full breakdown of how CoinDesk is going about staking on Ethereum 2.0, the important decisions that were made along the way and the lessons learned, listen to the inaugural episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.” Foxley and Kim also have a weekly newsletter tied to the Valid Points project where they dive deeper into Ethereum 2.0-related topics and the health of CoinDesk’s validator node. To get these updates straight to your inbox, sign-up for free here.

The Unexpected Challenges of CoinDesk's First Staking Venture

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 31:36

In this episode, Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs how the idea of staking on Ethereum 2.0 came about and the early decisions that had to be made to get the project started. “I feel I have become paranoid doing this project.”At the start of the new year, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs began working on setting up an Ethereum 2.0 validator node. The process, he explained, was particularly interesting from “the security perspective.” “You really do think about security. Where are you storing your keys and your mnemonics? … You start thinking in a really paranoid manner,” said Beggs.Ethereum 2.0 is a new parallel Ethereum blockchain that launched in December. Designed to ultimately replace Ethereum's base layer technology and radically improve network scalability, the only actors on Eth 2.0 able to engage meaningfully with the new blockchain are so-called validators.As unveiled in November, CoinDesk has embarked on a project to run validator operations in-house and glean direct, real-time data about Eth 2.0. The goal is to deepen CoinDesk's editorial coverage of the network at its most untested and potentially vulnerable phases of development. At the same time, this project has also offered important lessons about the trade-offs and decisions the users who are considering joining the Eth 2.0 network will make. Outside of learning about security, CoinDesk tech reporter Will Foxley recounts wrestling with the decision of whether to use a staking-as-a-service provider or run a validator node independently during the early weeks of the Valid Points project. “We started looking around at staking-as-a-service providers, and there are a lot out there. There's gotta be over 15 at this point, not including [cryptocurrency] exchanges that operate staking services like Coinbase or Kraken. We were looking at who can do this for us quickly so we can get up and start running … and who can provide data for us,” said Foxley. For the full breakdown of how CoinDesk is going about staking on Ethereum 2.0, the important decisions that were made along the way and the lessons learned, listen to the inaugural episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.” Foxley and Kim also have a weekly newsletter tied to the Valid Points project where they dive deeper into Ethereum 2.0-related topics and the health of CoinDesk's validator node. To get these updates straight to your inbox, sign-up for free here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 92:49

Local rapper and another member from Glass Park comes on to talk about his EP on Sound Cloud “Full Circle” having features such as Matt Shields, Thisis509, Jzsha, & Zaeshaun Haze. He also gives some details on a up incoming project. P.S. He is also another local rapper that has been tattooed by Chris Fulton. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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ValidPoints: Meet Kristin Begley Chief Commercial Officer @WildflowerHlth

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 29:00

On this episode of Valid Points, our guest is Kristin Begley, PharmD, the Chief Commercial Officer of Wildflower Health, a health IT company committed to “Growing healthy families” that has developed an enterprise platform for user personalization allowing healthcare to feed the same way Netflix delivers spot on recommendations or how Pinterest helps you find your next great purchase. Wildflower Health was born from the experiences of the founder and CEO Leah Sparks, who struggled with two high-risk pregnancies and has expanded the mission from pregnancy alone to now supporting women in all life stages of family life with personalized education, tracking and calls to action for kids, dads and aging parents. Wildflower does this by combining information from demographics, EMR data, and a host of tools/trackers, to customize individual experiences while amplifying the impact of health plans, providers and employer procured vendors. Allowing us to bring employer, payer and provider resources together in one digital user experience, connecting consumers to the right support at the right time via their smart phone or tablet for the evolving needs of families across all life stages. Follow Kristin and Wildflower Health's work on the web via www.wildflowerhealth.com and on twitter @wildflowerhlth ==##==

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 45:55

Episode 71 is the LAST EPISODE of 2019!! This Episode I share my first Sermon and the tactics I chose to use to gain the people’s attention. I want the questions asked to challenge you. My second oldest talks about why Santa Clause doesn’t make sense and then I end the show talking about Moses....

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 20:46

I just gotta go in on this shit one last time --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Valid Points: Meet Nelson Griswold President Bottom Line Solutions

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 27:00

On this episode of Valid Points, our guest is Nelson L. Griswold President of BottomLine Solutions a Nashville based NexTGen Benefits Consulting and Advisory firm. You can follow Nelson's work on the web via www.insurancebottomline.com and on twitter @nelsongriswold Do mark your calendars for the ASCEND's'Agency Growth & Leadership Summit'January 9-12th, 2020 - Dallas, TX where top benefit firm leaders discover innovative strategies and industry solutions to grow their business. Details on Ascend can be found at www.attendascend.com Finally, for more cutting edge insights into the emerging value based health benefits advisory space be sure to subscribe to the ‘Valid Points’ newsletter; and this Valid Points podcast for an informative series featuring top industry talent. Go to www.validationinstitue.com/validpointspodcast and follow Validation Institute’s work on twitter via @valid_institute. ==##==

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Valid Points: The RosenCare Model

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 28:00

On this episode of Valid Points, our guests are Ashley Bacot, President at ProvInsure and Kenneth Aldridge, Jr., RN, BSN, MS-HSA Director of Health Services for Rosen Medical Center. The show is hosted by Brian Klepper PhD, Principal at Worksite Health Advisors and Executive Vice President at Validation Institute. Validation Institute is a network of trusted healthcare vendors, health benefits advisors and purchaser benefit managers focusing on delivering better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare. For more information or to learn how you can move the needle towards a sustainable, value oriented healthcare economy go to Validation Institute. Be sure to subscribe to the ‘Valid Points’ newsletter; and this Valid Points podcast for an informative series featuring top industry talent. Follow Validation Institute’s work on twitter via @valid_institute. ==##==

Valid Points: Meet health economist, author and consultant Brian Klepper PhD

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 25:00

On this episode of Valid Points, our guest is Brian Klepper PhD, Principal at Worksite Health Advisors. Brian also serves as Executive Vice President at Validation Institute. The mission of Validation Institute is: "to deliver better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional health care." Brian is interviewed by Fred Goldstein, President of Accountable Health, LLC. Validation Institute is a network of trusted healthcare vendors, health benefits advisors and purchaser benefit managers focusing on delivering better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare. For more information or to learn how you can move the needle towards a sustainable, value oriented healthcare economy go to Validation Institute. Be sure to subscribe to the ‘Valid Points’ newsletter; and this Valid Points podcast for an informative series featuring top industry talent. Follow Validation Institute’s work on twitter via @valid_institute. ==##==

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Valid Points: Meet Karen van Caulil PhD Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2019 29:00

On Valid Points Podcast, our special guest is Karen van Caulil, Ph.D., the President and CEO, of the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value (formerly the Florida Health Care Coalition). Karen joined the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, formerly known as the Florida Health Care Coalition, in 2011. She teaches graduate level courses in health services administration and health informatics and lectures frequently on a wide array of topics in the healthcare field. Karen serves on several state, regional and national boards and committees that address quality of care, patient safety, healthcare delivery and payment reform. She is the Vice Chair of Florida’s Consumer Health Information and Policy Analysis Advisory Council, charged with overseeing the State’s transparency efforts including implementation of the state’s all payer claims database. Join us! ==##==

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 70:15

Sixth Episode of Valid Points and we switched it up and now we're talking about everything under the sun tune in to see what topics we touched on

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Valid Points: Meet Brian Klepper PhD, Executive VP Validation Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 27:00

On this episode of Valid Points, our guest is Brian Klepper PhD,Principal at Worksite Health Advisors. Brian also serves as Executive Vice President at Validation Institute. The mission of Validation Institute is: "to deliver better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional health care." Brian is interviewed by Fred Goldstein,President of Accountable Health, LLC. Validation Institute is a network of trusted healthcare vendors, health benefits advisors and purchaser benefit managers focusing on delivering better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare. For more information or to learn how you can move the needle towards a sustainable, value oriented healthcare economy go to Validation Institute. Be sure to subscribe to the ‘Valid Points’ newsletter; and this Valid Points podcast for an informative series featuring top industry talent. Follow Validation Institute’s work on twitter via @valid_institute. ==##==

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 102:45

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2019 78:22

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Valid Points: Meet Population Health Scientist Linda Riddell

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 27:00

Validation Matters is a podcast series of Validation Institute (VI). A membership organization, Validation Institute is a trusted independent, third-party resource for healthcare purchasers, vendors and benefits advisors. The mission of VI is to deliver better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare. Today’s episode features data scientist and practical epidemiologistLinda Riddell, MS, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, who’s role at Validation Institute is the objective review of third party company claims ranging from ad copy to the value proposition of promised outcomes or results. Join us for an informative chat! ==##==

Valid Points: Meet Linda Riddell Validation Institute @Valid_Institute

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 27:00

On Valid Points our guest is Linda RIddell, MS, VP, Strategic Solutions, Validation Institute. Valid Points is a podcast series of Validation Institute (VI). A membership organization, Validation Institute is a trusted independent, third-party resource for healthcare purchasers, vendors and benefits advisors. The mission of VI is to deliver better health value and stronger outcomes than conventional healthcare. Today’s episode features data scientist and practical epidemiologist Linda Riddell, MS, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, who’s role at Validation Institute is the objective review of third party company claims ranging from ad copy to the value proposition of promised outcomes or results. Join us for an informative chat! ==##==

Valid Points: Meet Al Lewis Chief Executive Officer at @Quizzify

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 29:00

Our special guest on Validation Institute's series Valid Points is Al Lewis, the CEO of Quizzify.com. Quizzify teaches client company employees how to get the care they need while avoiding the "care"? they don't...and does it all in a user-friendly fashion. Imagine Jeopardy-meets-health benefit education-meets-Comedy Central. Listen in as a thoughtful and evidence based practitioner shares his insights in the health benefits space and beyond. For more information or to subscribe to the podcast or 'Valid Points' newsletter, visit Validation Institute. ==##==

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 69:03

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Valid Points: Meet Al Lewis CEO @Quizzify

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 29:00

Our guest on this episode of Validation Matters is Al Lewis, the CEO of Quizzify. Quizzify teaches client company employees how to get the care they need while avoiding the "care"? they don't...and does it all in a user-friendly fashion. Imagine Jeopardy-meets-health benefit education-meets-Comedy Central. Validation Matters is a podcast series sponsored by Validation Institute.

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Valid Points: Meet RD Whitney CEO Validation Institute @Valid_Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 28:00

On the inaugural launch of the Validation Institute podcast series 'Validation Matters", my colleague Fred Goldstein chats with RD Whitney, CEO of Validation Institute. More about RD: 'With 29 years in leadership at 15 companies building professional communities in 23 industries, I am putting my skills, passions and networking connections to work in a venture that can truly make a difference in the nation’s competitiveness and in people’s lives. Warren Buffett called heath care the “tapeworm” of the US economy. This is all about to change through the power of a new community! There is a movement of very smart and passionate leaders and conscious capital investors poised to fix healthcare through the Validation Institute (www.ValidationInstitute.com ) which I have been given the privilege to head up as CEO. The Validation Institute advocates for organizations and approaches that deliver better health value - stronger health outcomes at lower cost. We connect, train and certify health care purchasers, and we validate and connect providers delivering superior results.' Validation Matters is a bi-weekly podcast series produced by Health Innovation Media for Validation Institute. Follow on twitter via @valid_institute, and subscribe to Valid Points newsletter here. ==##==

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Valid Points: A conversation with RD Whitney, CEO, Validation Institute