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Summary This week Anna (https://x.com/AnnaRRose) and Zaki Manian (https://x.com/zmanian) dive into the Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) ecosystem and ask the question: is Cosmos Dead? They explore key events, teams and players who worked on Cosmos during different eras before teasing out the strengths and structural flaws that made the project what it is today. The conversation wraps with a discussion around new initiatives aimed at reviving the ecosystem and aligning factions in Cosmos together towards a central goal. Here's some additional links for this episode: 03:50 * Episode 286: Paris 2023 Recap with Uma, Zaki and Tarun (https://zeroknowledge.fm/286-2/) 20:38 * Episode 263: Cosmos, Sommelier and Emerging Assets with Zaki Manian (https://zeroknowledge.fm/263-2/) 32:16 * Episode 337: Restaking Research with Naveen & Tarun (https://zeroknowledge.fm/337-2/) 55:11 * Cosmos SDK GitHub (https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk) * Cosmos Website (https://cosmos.network/) * Cosmos SDK Documentation (https://docs.cosmos.network/) * Privacy in Cosmos Live: Zaki Manian (Sommelier)- The Unbearable Weight of Sovereign Multichain UX (https://youtu.be/rBdl_xbk_Cw) Check out the ZK Jobs Board (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/) for the latest jobs in ZK at jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/) zkSummit12 is happening in Lisbon on Oct 8th! Applications to attend are now open at zksummit.com (https://www.zksummit.com/), apply today as spots are limited! Episode Sponsors Get ready to build with intention. Anoma (https://anoma.net/) is the universal intent machine, introducing a new era of applications where you define the outcomes you want. Follow Anoma on X to learn more at x.com/anoma (https://x.com/anoma) Aleo (http://aleo.org/) is a new Layer-1 blockchain that achieves the programmability of Ethereum, the privacy of Zcash, and the scalability of a rollup. As Aleo is gearing up for their mainnet launch in Q1, this is an invitation to be part of a transformational ZK journey. Dive deeper and discover more about Aleo at http://aleo.org/ (http://aleo.org/) If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on YouTube (www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g)
Zaki Manian is a Co-Founder of Sommelier, the decentralized asset management protocol whose mission is to make DeFi more accessible, profitable, and efficient for everyone. He's also a Co-Founder of Iqlusion, which provides infrastructure like a data center and a Cosmos validator for next-gen crypto technologies. Previously, Zaki helped build the Cosmos ecosystem, including launching the first public Cosmos testnet, and served as a Director of Tendermint. Zaki has been a leading developer in the blockchain space since 2014, when he taught himself cryptography and began contributing to projects including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash, and Tendermint. Having studied history of science at the University of Pennsylvania, Zaki's skill sets in software engineering, programming, and computer science are largely self-taught.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week, host Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and guests Uma Roy (https://twitter.com/pumatheuma), Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) and Tarun Chitra (https://twitter.com/tarunchitra) recap all things EthCC Paris (https://www.ethcc.io/). This impromptu chat takes a look back at the topics, talks, parties and goings-on of the Paris week and what really caught their attention. Expect some spicy takes, offtopic rambles, inside scoops and more. Here's some additional links for this episode: EthCC Links EthCC Website (https://www.ethcc.io/) EthCC Side Events (https://www.ethccweek.fr/events/) EthCC Mary Maller - How can we use Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Ethereum? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsNoMKSh2e8&pp=ygUQZXRoY2MgcGFyaXMgMjAyMw%3D%3D) EthCC Vitalik Buterin - a history of account abstraction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLf8qpOmxQc) EthCC6 After Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_p4tVaZ85k&pp=ygUQZXRoY2MgcGFyaXMgMjAyMw%3D%3D) EthCC6 Main Playlist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PbF5FvHb1E&list=PLM-Xjhvin-uURP4lmYyP0iys2mxq-rCKU) Modular Summit Talks Modular Summit (https://modularsummit.dev/) Modular Summit Day 1 - Fourier Stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNGVz-FRjKY&pp=ygUZbW9kdWxhciBibG9ja2NoYWluIHN1bW1pdA%3D%3D) Modular Summit Day 2 - Fourier Stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaN8poAmr4) Modular Summit Day 1 - Galois Stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHyQKCVQTPo) Modular Summit Day 2 - Galois Stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYH7n4M016A) Other Talks and Links Episode 285: Intents with Chris Goes from Anoma (https://zeroknowledge.fm/285-2/) Gnosis Pay (https://gnosispay.com/) DeFi Security Summit (https://defisecuritysummit.org/) ZK Paris ZK Validator Geometry Tweet (https://twitter.com/__geometry__/status/1674094444486983681) Research Day 2023 Playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrTmn1_Dm_UpwHsAAyn3L0f2OZUA02YjC) Intent-Based Architectures and Their Risks by Georgios Konstantopoulos (https://www.paradigm.xyz/2023/06/intents) Ethereum DeFi Protocol Beanstalk Hacked for $182 Million—What You Need to Know (https://decrypt.co/98118/ethereum-defi-protocol-beanstalk-hacked-182-million-what-you-need-know) Another $103M Disappears From Multichain in Potential ‘Rug Pull' (https://decrypt.co/148133/multichain-anyswap-rug-pull-hack-103-million-chainalysis) zkSummit 10 is happening in London on September 20, 2023! Apply to attend now -> zkSummit 10 Application Form (https://9lcje6jbgv1.typeform.com/zkSummit10). Speaker applications close this Friday! Polygon Labs (https://polygon.technology/) is thrilled to announce Polygon 2.0: The Value Layer for the Internet (https://polygon.technology/roadmap). Polygon 2.0 and all of our ZK tech is open-source and community-driven. Reach out to the Polygon community on Discord (https://discord.gg/0xpolygon) to learn more, contribute, or join in and build the future of Web3 together with Polygon! Aleo (https://www.aleo.org/) is a new Layer-1 blockchain that achieves the programmability of Ethereum, the privacy of Zcash, and the scalability of a rollup. For questions, join their Discord at aleo.org/discord (http://aleo.org/discord). If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on YouTube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/)
Zaki Manian is the Cofounder of Sommelier Protocol and early contributor to the Cosmos ecosystem Zaki Manian's Twitter: @zmanian Sommelier's Twitter: @sommfinance Sommelier's Website: https://www.sommelier.finance/ Logan Jastremski's Twitter: @LoganJastremski Frictionless's Twitter: @_Frictionless_ Frictionless's Website: https://frictionless.fund/
How can #shieldedtransactions/#privacy-protecting initiatives change the way we interact in society? What can we do to safeguard our identities in the future of this #crypto economy? Are there certain utopias and dystopias to embrace or to avoid?Zaki Manian wears many hats in the blockspace. He is currently a cofounder of the iqlusion. They are working Armistice, an open source hardware security solution. Iqlusion advises, and supports a number of blockchain projects. He is also an advisor to the Electric Coin Company. He taught himself after college software engineering, programming and computer science. From 2008-2013, he was tech lead on scientific instrumentation product at ReaMetrix. He started an enterprise blockchain company called Skuchain in 2014 and started teaching himself cryptography.In 2017, Zaki co-founded the Trusted IoT Alliance and iqlusion, and also started contributing more to Cosmos. He helped build the first validator dashboard and then Figment ran with the idea. He helped launch the first public Cosmos testnets. He spent a lot of 2018 working part time at All In Bits, building out the validator ecosystem, and figuring how to do quality assurance to enable the Cosmos launch.After All In Bits proved too unstable to finish the work, he resigned in Feb 2019 and is completing the IBC work with the community from contributors from Agoric, Interchain Berlin and Informal.https://zaki.manian.org/The Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.The host, Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees, and shares this work with the public. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. Apply to Foresight's virtual salons and in person workshops here!We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page.Visit our website for more content, or join us here:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEvery word ever spoken on this podcast is now AI-searchable using Fathom.fm, a search engine for podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're entering a new multi-chain and secure cross-bridge world very soon. With Axelar's General Message Passing launch, a new era for interoperability has been unlocked. Tune in to hear from CEO/Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov, Zaki Manian, Co-Founder of Sommelier Protocol, Co-Founder of Iqlusion, & Steven Goldfeder, Co-founder of Offchain Labs, and contributor to Arbitrum ------
This week, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) catches up with Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian), co-founder of Iqlusion (https://iqlusion.io/) and Sommelier (https://www.sommelier.finance/). They embark on a comprehensive recap of the history of Cosmos to-date, covering all ground since their last interview 2 years ago. They also dive into topics such as the IBC launch, Osmosis, how the ecosystem grew and accelerated up until the Luna crash and how it continues to recover in its next phase. They then chat about Sommelier and how it has evolved, as well as the concepts of emerging asset types, such as real world assets, and how ZKPs for privacy may finally find a product market fit that could build up real market adoption. You won't want to miss this one! Here are some additional links for this episode: Episode 108: Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint (https://zeroknowledge.fm/108-2/) Episode 174: Through the Cosmos Stargate Upgrade (https://zeroknowledge.fm/174-2/) Episode 201: DeFi's Multichain Future with Zaki Manian from Sommelier (https://zeroknowledge.fm/episode-201-defis-multichain-future-with-zaki-manian-from-sommelier/) ATOM 2.0 Whitepaper (https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmWXkzM74FCiERdZ1WrU33cqdStUK9dz1A8oEvYcnBAHeo) ATOM 2.0 Forum Discussion (https://forum.cosmos.network/t/proposal-82-rejected-atom-2-0-a-new-vision-for-cosmos-hub/7328) iqlusion (https://iqlusion.io/) Sommelier (https://www.sommelier.finance/) Apply for zkSummit9 here: zkSummit9 Ticket Application (https://9lcje6jbgv1.typeform.com/to/FCoktPh9?typeform-source=www.zksummit.com). Aleo (https://www.aleo.org/) is a new Layer-1 blockchain that achieves the programmability of Ethereum, the privacy of Zcash, and the scalability of a rollup. Interested in building private applications? Check out Aleo's programming language called Leo by visiting http://developer.aleo.org (http://developer.aleo.org) You can also participate in Aleo's incentivized testnet3 by downloading and running a snarkOS node. No sign-up is necessary to participate. For questions, join their Discord at aleo.org/discord (https://discord.com/invite/aleohq). If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on Youtube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/) * Head to the ZK Community Forum (https://community.zeroknowledge.fm/) * Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://zeroknowledge.fm/gitcoin-grant-329-zkp-2)
In this week's episode of 0xResearch, we bring on Zaki Manian, Youssef Amrani and Rowland Graus to discuss how Inter Protocol is building Cosmos' first [sustainable] decentralized stablecoin. We explore Inter Protocol's roadmap, IST's peg stability mechanics, how liquidation auctions work, IST's multichain strategy and more! Cosmos now has swaps (Osmosis), lending (Mars) and a native stablecoin (IST). Is Cosmos summer on the horizon? Tune in to find out. - - Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:57) Hot Seat/Cool Throne (23:25) Solana's Evolution by Flipside (26:31) “Chainalysis Ad” (27:31) Interview Start: Inter Protocol (IST) (36:19) Native USDC vs Bridged USDC (39:25) Minting IST and Build Boost (41:23) “Chainalysis Ad” (42:05) Minting IST and Build Boost (46:54) The Liquidation Process (53:16) Role of the Econ Committee (1:02:25) Encouraging Integrations Across Cosmos (1:04:15) Oracles, New Collateral Types and Liquidity - - Follow Zaki: https://twitter.com/zmanian Follow Youssef: https://twitter.com/youssef_amrani Follow Rowland: https://twitter.com/rowlandgraus Follow Dan: https://twitter.com/smyyguy Follow Sam: https://twitter.com/swmartin19 Follow Blockworks Research: https://twitter.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Resources: Jon Charbonneau's Ethereum model https://twitter.com/jon_charb/status/1619705380875169794 Inter Protocol https://inter.trade/ Inter Protocol's Twitter https://twitter.com/inter_protocol Agoric https://agoric.com/ Agoric's Twitter https://twitter.com/agoric -- Chainalysis is the leading blockchain analytics company. Web3 companies like Dapper, Gemini, and Crypto.com manage risk, drive investigations, and inform growth strategies with Chainalysis. Together, we build trust in blockchains, grow safe consumer access to cryptocurrency, and promote more financial freedom with less risk. Visit Chainalysis.com/blockworks to learn more now. -- Flipside has the most comprehensive data in web3 to get you the insights you need to work smarter. Instantly query the data yourself (for free!) or browse dashboards by elite analysts to find hidden alpha and get the edge you need to win. Earn up to $75 USDC by completing 0xResearch's exclusive bounty for analysts on Flipside: https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/drops/0xresearch-bounty-defi-users-7f5442 - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
Season 3 | Episode 2 In this episode of Bell Curve, Zaki Manian and Sam Hart join us to discuss how Aggregation Theory applies to crypto protocols. We explore if applications can covert user relationships into sticky profits, crypto moats, blockspace as a commodity, the benefits of controlling the full tech stack and more! PS: don't miss the "Smiling Curve" section of the episode - it's an under-discussed idea that will start appearing in crypto value-capture debates! - - Timestamps: (00:00) Intro: Pre-Interview (02:29) The AppChain Thesis (09:31) Aggregation Theory (25:31) Do Moats Exist? (31:34) Is Blockspace a Commodity? (38:25) The Smiling Curve (47:04) Will dYdX Validate the AppChain Thesis? (52:28) Controlling the Entire Stack (1:01:22) Recap: Post-Interview - - Follow Myles: https://twitter.com/MylesOneil Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_ Follow Zaki: https://twitter.com/zmanian Follow Sam: https://twitter.com/hxrts Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3R1D1D9 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3pQTfmD Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cpKZXH - - Resources: Ben Thompson's Aggregation Theory https://stratechery.com/aggregation-theory/ - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Bell Curve is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mike, Jason, Michael, Vance and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
In this week's episode of 0xResearch, we bring on Zaki Manian and Sun Raghupathi to discuss how Sommelier democratizes active portfolio management. We start with the underlying mechanics of Sommelier, including why they launched on Cosmos and Sommelier's multichain strategy. We then discuss Sommelier's staking mechanics, how to incentive strategists, bridge risks, why it's hard to build for Cosmos DeFi and more! - - Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:04) Hot Seat/Cool Throne (14:46) “Chainalysis Ad” (15:26) Osmosis Liquidity Pool Flows by Flipside Insights (18:57) Interview Start: Sommelier (25:20) Bridge Risks and Security (27:34) Sommelier's Investment Strategies (41:30) “Chainalysis Ad” (42:13) Why It's Hard to Build for Cosmos DeFi (46:35) Staking Reward Mechanics (51:40) How to Launch Sommelier Vaults (53:15) POV as a Sommelier Strategist (1:00:52) Insurance Experiments & Decentralization (1:04:00) The DAO Treasury Opportunity (1:05:37) Real USD Yield Strategy & Backtesting - - Follow Zaki: https://twitter.com/zmanian Follow Sun: https://twitter.com/callmesunn Follow Dan: https://twitter.com/smyyguy Follow Sam: https://twitter.com/swmartin19 Follow Blockworks Research: https://twitter.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Resources: David's Cosmos DeFi Summer Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/EffortCapital/status/1613197333164093442 Sommelier https://www.sommelier.finance/ -- Chainalysis is the leading blockchain analytics company. Web3 companies like Dapper, Gemini, and Crypto.com manage risk, drive investigations, and inform growth strategies with Chainalysis. Together, we build trust in blockchains, grow safe consumer access to cryptocurrency, and promote more financial freedom with less risk. Visit Chainalysis.com/blockworks to learn more now. -- Flipside has the most comprehensive data in web3 to get you the insights you need to work smarter. Instantly query the data yourself (for free!) or browse dashboards by elite analysts to find hidden alpha and get the edge you need to win. Earn up to $75 USDC by completing 0xResearch's exclusive bounty for analysts on Flipside: https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/drops/0xresearch-bounty-defi-users-7f5442 - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
Today on the Ether we have a space hosted by Zaki Manian discussing Cosmos prop 82 and the paths forward. You'll hear from Jelena, Curious J, Cephii, jehan, Travis, bullishitter, BetterFuture, Jack Zampolin, Mike-Loyal, Multivax, and more! Recorded on November 9th 2022. If you enjoy the music at the end of the episodes, you can find the albums streaming on Spotify, and the rest of your favorite streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
Today on the Ether we have Saga hosting a space with Zaki Manian discussing if single, multi, or app chain should be focused on for web3 gaming. You'll hear from Rebecca Liao, Jin Kwon, Shayan Ghose, and more! Recorded on November 3rd 2022. If you enjoy the music at the end of the episodes, you can find the albums streaming on Spotify, and the rest of your favorite streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
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Since its announcement a few weeks ago at Cosmoverse in Medellin, Atom 2.0 has sparked intense debate in the Cosmos community and throughout the blockchain ecosystem. It proposes three pillars for the Cosmos Hub: Interchain Security, the Interchain Allocator, and the Interchain Scheduler. However, parts of the paper have been contested and debated over fears of token holder dilution, potential treasury mismanagement, and even the collapse of the Hub. We chat with Ethan Buchman and Zaki Manian to dive deep into Atom 2.0 and its vision for Cosmos moving forward.Topics covered in this episode:The ATOM 2.0 announcement and follow upThe goal of the whitepaperInterchain Security and its role in Cosmos' futureInterchain Security vs. Mesh SecurityCosmos scalabilityLiquid staking in the Cosmos ecosystemDistributing funds through the AllocatorAtom issuance modelThe motivation behind the Interchain SchedulerThe governance process - voting on the whitepaperNext steps to community adoptionEpisode links: Atom 2.0 WhitepaperAtom 2.0 forum postAtom 2.0 Debate episode on The InteropEthan on TwitterZaki on TwitterJoin Epicenter!Sponsors: Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycashThis episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/466
In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Zaki Manian, co-founder of Sommelier and Iqlusion. They talk about his path from Cosmos to Sommelier, DeFi's revolutions and end state, and what sets this new system apart from TradFi.Zaki Manian is co-founder of Sommelier and Iqlusion. Using Cosmos technology, Sommelier makes it possible for decentralised actively managed DeFi strategies to be used throughout the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem.Sommelier is developed on the Cosmos SDK to optimise interoperability with other blockchains. It employs one of the top-performing Ethereum bridges and is currently expanding its access to other chains to ensure that strategies are not only dependent on high-gas ETH markets.[1:50] Dave's journey into the Ethereum ecosystem, Cosmos, and Sommelier[12:09] What are the properties of Cosmos that made it preferable to build Sommelier there rather than in Solidity on Ethereum?[13:46] Bridging Ethereum and Sommelier while maintaining trust [18:55] Government's purpose is to slow down rapid change. This is an intriguing notion because two things are colliding in DeFi. On the one hand, people desire the ability to move swiftly, innovate, construct new things, and experiment. On the other hand, we are dealing with significant sums of money, and checks and balances must be in place. Piers predicts that DeFi will go down the growth path of Sommelier. However, what aspects of TradFi are we not emulating? What features of the new system will make it superior to the previous one?[27:29] Decentralised communities as quasi-nations and the governance system of Cosmos and its structure[31:50] Censorship resistance at the heart of a potential future political crisis in Ethereum that might fracture the community[34:33] What is the end state for DeFi according to Zaki? What direction is the industry taking?[37:59] DeFi's ability to create liquidity for assets with high trading volumes, as well as the enormous amount of innovation it can unleash[41:35] The next wave of DeFi will involve increased complexity and sophistication of financial products, as well as increased complexity in their management. The next revolution will most likely be the abstraction of all of that to something relatively basic and user-friendly. Is Sommelier's eventual goal to turn to a simple user state, or will it always focus on the institutional rather than the retail?Further resourcesWebsite: sommelier.finance Twitter: @sommfinanceZaki's Twitter: @zmanianDiscord: discord.com/invite/ZcAYgSBxvY Telegram: t.me/getsomm
Cosmos has grown to become one of the largest blockchain ecosystem, with apps and services trading at more than $59 billion market cap However, the community has always criticized ATOM, the token that powers the ecosystem, for its inability to accrue value ATOM 2.0 is here to change that. Today on Blockcrunch, we have 2 Cosmos experts to share with us: The 4 proposed changes of ATOM 2.0 How value can be accrued to ATOM after the change Timeline of upcoming updates Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:27) – Overview of Cosmos (00:05:07) – What is ATOM 2.0 (00:12:16) – Change in ATOM's monetary policy (00:15:21) – Rationale for channeling more emissions into Cosmos' Treasury (00:17:29) – Mechanics of ATOM liquid staking (00:19:42) – What is Interchain Security (00:25:33) – What is Interchain Scheduler (00:36:47) – What is Interchain Allocator (00:44:09) – Is Mesh Network synergistic with ATOM 2.0? ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Zaki Manian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/zmanian Sam Harts' Twitter: https://twitter.com/hxrts ATOM 2.0 whitepaper: https://bit.ly/3ESNu0m Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
Zaki Manian, cofounder of Sommelier Protocol and cofounder of Iqlusion and Jack Zampolin, founder of Strangelove Ventures, discuss everything about Cosmos, the new white paper, and how to improve MEV capture for ATOM holders. Show highlights: how Jack and Zaki got involved with crypto and Cosmos what the Sommelier protocol is, the role of Iqlusion, and what Strange Love does the basics of Cosmos and application-specific blockchains (ASB) why would a project choose to be an ASB rather than an application on a blockchain whether Cosmos can achieve network effects the reasons behind launching a new white paper for Cosmos why the team decided to pursue interchain security whether there would be an increase in fees with so many chains relying on the Cosmos Hub for security how much economic value the Cosmos Hub will end up securing if the proposal gets passed how the Cosmos Treasury could be used to fund development the role of the Interchain Scheduler to capture MEV whether centralized exchanges are going to start trading against the customers the new issuance model proposed for ATOM the role of an active governance community to make Cosmos more decentralized what problems Liquid staking solves how USDC will launch on a consumer chain Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Chainalysis web3 with a16z Jack: Twitter Zaki: Twitter Episode Links Previous Coverage of Unchained on Cosmos: How Osmosis Is Trying to Improve the Crypto User Experience New white paper Document Proposal Interchain security Paper The Block article The DeFi investor thread ATOM 2.0 Thread by Route 2 DeFi Youseff Amrain's thread Charlie Morris' thread Other articles Vaneck's article: Why we are bullish on Atom Alex Valaitis article: A deep dive into Cosmos Liquid Staking Native USDC on Cosmos
Zaki Manian, cofounder of Sommelier Protocol and cofounder of Iqlusion and Jack Zampolin, founder of Strangelove Ventures, discuss everything about Cosmos, the new white paper, and how to improve MEV capture for ATOM holders. Show highlights: how Jack and Zaki got involved with crypto and Cosmos what the Sommelier protocol is, the role of Iqlusion, and what Strange Love does the basics of Cosmos and application-specific blockchains (ASB) why would a project choose to be an ASB rather than an application on a blockchain whether Cosmos can achieve network effects the reasons behind launching a new white paper for Cosmos why the team decided to pursue interchain security whether there would be an increase in fees with so many chains relying on the Cosmos Hub for security how much economic value the Cosmos Hub will end up securing if the proposal gets passed how the Cosmos Treasury could be used to fund development the role of the Interchain Scheduler to capture MEV whether centralized exchanges are going to start trading against the customers the new issuance model proposed for ATOM the role of an active governance community to make Cosmos more decentralized what problems Liquid staking solves how USDC will launch on a consumer chain Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Ava Labs web3 with a16z Jack: Twitter Zaki: Twitter Episode Links Previous Coverage of Unchained on Cosmos: How Osmosis Is Trying to Improve the Crypto User Experience New white paper Document Proposal Interchain security Paper The Block article The DeFi investor thread ATOM 2.0 Thread by Route 2 DeFi Youseff Amrain's thread Charlie Morris' thread Other articles Vaneck's article: Why we are bullish on Atom Alex Valaitis article: A deep dive into Cosmos Liquid Staking Native USDC on Cosmos
Zaki Manian, cofounder of Sommelier Protocol and cofounder of Iqlusion and Jack Zampolin, founder of Strangelove Ventures, discuss everything about Cosmos, the new white paper, and how to improve MEV capture for ATOM holders. Show highlights: how Jack and Zaki got involved with crypto and Cosmos what the Sommelier protocol is, the role of Iqlusion, and what Strange Love does the basics of Cosmos and application-specific blockchains (ASB) why would a project choose to be an ASB rather than an application on a blockchain whether Cosmos can achieve network effects the reasons behind launching a new white paper for Cosmos why the team decided to pursue interchain security whether there would be an increase in fees with so many chains relying on the Cosmos Hub for security how much economic value the Cosmos Hub will end up securing if the proposal gets passed how the Cosmos Treasury could be used to fund development the role of the Interchain Scheduler to capture MEV whether centralized exchanges are going to start trading against the customers the new issuance model proposed for ATOM the role of an active governance community to make Cosmos more decentralized what problems Liquid staking solves how USDC will launch on a consumer chain Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Chainalysis web3 with a16z Jack: Twitter Zaki: Twitter Episode Links Previous Coverage of Unchained on Cosmos: How Osmosis Is Trying to Improve the Crypto User Experience New white paper Document Proposal Interchain security Paper The Block article The DeFi investor thread ATOM 2.0 Thread by Route 2 DeFi Youseff Amrain's thread Charlie Morris' thread Other articles Vaneck's article: Why we are bullish on Atom Alex Valaitis article: A deep dive into Cosmos Liquid Staking Native USDC on Cosmos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zaki Manian, cofounder of Sommelier Protocol and cofounder of Iqlusion and Jack Zampolin, founder of Strangelove Ventures, discuss everything about Cosmos, the new white paper, and how to improve MEV capture for ATOM holders. Show highlights: how Jack and Zaki got involved with crypto and Cosmos what the Sommelier protocol is, the role of Iqlusion, and what Strange Love does the basics of Cosmos and application-specific blockchains (ASB) why would a project choose to be an ASB rather than an application on a blockchain whether Cosmos can achieve network effects the reasons behind launching a new white paper for Cosmos why the team decided to pursue interchain security whether there would be an increase in fees with so many chains relying on the Cosmos Hub for security how much economic value the Cosmos Hub will end up securing if the proposal gets passed how the Cosmos Treasury could be used to fund development the role of the Interchain Scheduler to capture MEV whether centralized exchanges are going to start trading against the customers the new issuance model proposed for ATOM the role of an active governance community to make Cosmos more decentralized what problems Liquid staking solves how USDC will launch on a consumer chain Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Ava Labs web3 with a16z Jack: Twitter Zaki: Twitter Episode Links Previous Coverage of Unchained on Cosmos: How Osmosis Is Trying to Improve the Crypto User Experience New white paper Document Proposal Interchain security Paper The Block article The DeFi investor thread ATOM 2.0 Thread by Route 2 DeFi Youseff Amrain's thread Charlie Morris' thread Other articles Vaneck's article: Why we are bullish on Atom Alex Valaitis article: A deep dive into Cosmos Liquid Staking Native USDC on Cosmos
✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/the-cosmos-thesis-debrief Sunny Agarwal and Zaki Manian are crypto OGs that have been in the Cosmos ecosystem and community from the very beginning. Sunny started the Blockchain at Berkeley, the largest student organization for crypto in the world, and also co-hosts the Epicenter podcast. Zaki is helping ship Cosmos's IBC, is working on the validator ecosystem, and is also an advisor to the Electric Coin Company, the org behind Zcash and is also a co-founder of Iqlusion. On today's episode, Sunny and Zaki share what the Cosmos Thesis is, how Cosmos is similar and different to Ethereum, and what Cosmos's ATOM 2.0 unlocks for the ecosystem. Zero to 60 in one episode. This is the Cosmos Thesis. ------
In this episode of Empire, Jason and Santi are joined by Zaki Manian and Jack Zampolin to explore the past, present and future of the Cosmos ecosystem and tech stack. What are the advantages of application-specific chains? How will IBC and Interchain security shape the future of cross-chain interactions? What is ATOM 2.0? We discuss these questions and more in this Cosmos deep dive. - - Follow Zaki: https://twitter.com/zmanian Follow Jack: https://twitter.com/jackzampolin Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Santi: https://twitter.com/santiagoroel Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod Subscribe on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7 Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw -- Timecodes: 00:00 Introduction 01:21 History of Cosmos & Tendermint 18:18 App Chain Thesis 30:47 DyDx's Move to Cosmos 40:57 Circle Ad 42:39 Cosmos & ATOM Value Accrual 50:29 ATOM 2.0 Alpha 52:33 Asynchronous Composability, Flash Loans and New Innovations 1:05:44 Expanding Cosmos, MEV and IBC Ethereum 1:16:52 Pros and Cons of the Cosmos Developer Collective -- Circle's USDC has quickly become one of the most trusted and widely used stablecoins because of its composability, stability and reserve transparency. As a seamless, trusted digital currency, USDC is a zero-to-one opportunity for the global financial system. Check out their Transparency Hub at circle.com/transparency that outlines everything from links to USDC weekly reserve reports, monthly attestations, and blog posts written by their executive team highlighting how and why USDC was built the way it is. - - Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew sit down with Zaki Manian, a veteran crypto entrepreneur and co-founder of Sommelier Finance. DeFi is moving at such a rapid clip, it is difficult for most investors to stay on top of the latest trends and even more challenging to make educated investment decisions. Sommelier Finance aims to solve this problem by providing access to proven strategies supported by on-chain data in a fully decentralized way, essentially acting as a ‘guide' to the bewildering world, similar to a wine sommelier. Sommelier is an Ethereum application built with Cosmos technology. But really, this is a stepping stone to a future state. Zaki believes by next year, Cosmos will be so advanced that most of the DeFi mind-share will be in that ecosystem, rather than Ethereum. In the spirit (ahem) of viniculture, if Ethereum is France (home to wine making for many years) than Cosmos is California – still undeveloped but with the potential for better terroir!
Our fifth DISRUPTORS guest, Zaki Manian, is the Co-founder of Sommelier Finance and iqlusion. He is a foremost contributor to Cosmos, having helped launch their first testnet. Subsequently, he's furthered the Cosmos roadmap by completing IBC. Zaki joined us for the first live DISRUPTORS to explore: What's next for Cosmos? The masterclass presentation was followed by a Q&A open to all on YouTube Live. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:33) – Overview of Cosmos. (00:12:33) – Cosmos principles. (00:15:38) – What is Cosmos? (00:18:33) – Application-Specific blockchains. (00:22:48) – Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC). (00:28:20) – Modular blockchain architecture. (00:30:50) – Cosmos hub. (00:32:54) – Q&A. Social links: Zaki's Twitter: https://twitter.com/zmanian Zaki's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zmanian Sommelier's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sommfinance Resources: iqlusion Website: https://www.iqlusion.io/ Sommelier Website: https://www.sommelier.finance/ More
Zaki Manian, former director of Tendermint Labs and cofounder of Sommerlier Protocol and Iqclusion, talks about the history of Cosmos, his own projects Sommerlier and Iqclusion, and his advice to Web3 builders about the key considerations when choosing a chain.
Zaki Manian, former director of Tendermint Labs and cofounder of Sommerlier Protocol and Iqclusion, talks about the history of Cosmos, his own projects Sommerlier and Iqclusion, and his advice to Web3 builders about the key considerations when choosing a chain.
In this week's episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) catches up with Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) from Sommelier (https://twitter.com/sommfinance) and Dean Tribble (https://twitter.com/deantribble) from Agoric (https://twitter.com/agoric). They check-in with the latest project news, recap about the UST collapse, and look into IST - Inter Stable Token - a project by the Agoric team that aims to become the Cosmos native multi collateral stablecoin. Here are some links for this episode: * Ep 218: Hardened JS and the Architecture of Agoric with Dean Tribble (https://zeroknowledge.fm/218-2/) * Ep 201: DeFi's Multichain Future with Zaki Manian from Sommelier (https://zeroknowledge.fm/episode-201-defis-tichain-future-with-zaki-manian-from-sommelier/) * Ep 174: Through the Cosmos Stargate Upgrade (https://zeroknowledge.fm/174-2/) * Ep 108: Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint (https://zeroknowledge.fm/108-2/) * Inter.Trade (https://inter.trade/) * Gaunlet (https://gauntlet.network/) * Agoric (https://agoric.com/) * Agoric Signs on Gauntlet for Inter Protocol Stablecoin Risk Optimization on Cosmos (https://medium.com/gauntlet-networks/agoric-signs-on-gauntlet-for-inter-protocol-stablecoin-risk-optimization-on-cosmos-df1fe738d42f) We're excited to announce ZK Whiteboard Sessions (https://zkhack.dev/whiteboard/) – a weekly educational video series focused on the building blocks of ZK. Produced by ZK Hack (https://zkhack.dev/) and powered by Polygon (https://polygon.technology/). zkSummit 8 (https://www.zksummit.com/) is happening in Berlin on Sept 15th during Berlin Blockchain Week! Apply to attend: https://www.zksummit.com/ (https://www.zksummit.com/) Today's episode is sponsored by Aleo (https://www.aleo.org/). Aleo is a new Layer-1 blockchain – if you're building private applications then check out Aleo's programming language called Leo which enables non-cryptographers to harness the power of ZKPs. Visit leo-lang.org (https://leo-lang.org/) to start building. You can also participate in Aleo's incentivized testnet 3 by downloading and running a snarkOS node. No sign-up is necessary to participate. For questions, join their Discord at aleo.org/discord (https://discord.com/invite/aleohq) If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on Youtube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/) * Head to the ZK Community Forum (https://community.zeroknowledge.fm/) * Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://zeroknowledge.fm/gitcoin-grant-329-zkp-2)
Governance Proposal #72 is live on the hub! It aims to launch a DeFi hub that will leverage Interchain Security. Therefore, DeFi projects shall be incentivized to launch on the new hub. The idea is also to strengthen the tokenomics of $ATOM. However, many Cosmonauts are against this proposal. Few validators even voted "No with Veto" on governance proposal #72. In today's episode, we will talk about what proposal #72 aims to do and clarify some misunderstandings. Enjoy! - - - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR:
Zaki Manian is the Co-Founder of Sommelier Finance, a DeFi platform and coprocessor for the EthereumVM. Why you should listen Zaki believes that regulators can be supportive of the incredible innovation going on in the DeFi space by developing a regime of awards rather than punishments for DeFi projects that move the industry towards reasonable integration with financial safeguards that regulators are bound to pursue. Sommelier is a bet that Ethereum will be a dominant player in the global economy. Sommelier consists of the Cosmos Stargate SDK, its Tendermint-based consensus layer, and a decentralized, bi-directional Ethereum bridge, managed by a global network of validators. Liquidity Providers (LPs) will be able to use the Sommelier to author and execute complex, and automated financial transactions, such as portfolio rebalancing, limit orders, batched orders, as well as a host of other features that traders have come to expect from CeFi, but that are not currently available in DeFi. Supporting links Masterworks Sommelier Finance Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
How will Dweb, DeSci, NFTs, zkps & lex cryptographia impact your life?Zaki Manian, CosmosKate Sills, AgoricJazear Brooks, SifChainChristine Webber, Spritely, Josh Tan, MetaGovMusic: I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100199Artist: http://incompetech.com/Remarks: The length of this recording has been altered.Session summary: Cryptocommerce & Web 3 Tech Tree | Vision Weekend US 2021 - Foresight InstituteThe Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees, and shares this work with the public. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. Apply to Foresight's virtual salons and in person workshops here!We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page.Visit our website for more content, or join us here:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEvery word ever spoken on this podcast is now AI-searchable using Fathom.fm, a search engine for podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, we talk to Ismail Khoffi, Co-Founder and CTO at Celestia Labs, the first modular blockchain network. Celestia is the first modular consensus and data network to power scalable, secure Web3 applications. It is a minimal blockchain that only orders and publishes transactions and does not execute them. By decoupling the consensus and application execution layers, Celestia modularizes the blockchain technology stack and unlocks new possibilities for decentralized application builders. Ismail's Twitter (https://twitter.com/KreuzUQuer) We spoke to Ismail about Celestia, and: IT & programming Math & coding Merkle trees Rollups & execution Apps & fees Bots & smart contracts Adoption Simplicity DeFi The metaverse Validating Architectures Motivation The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | IBC (https://ibcprotocol.org/) | Celestia (https://celestia.org) | Informal Systems (https://informal.systems) | Ethereum (https://www.ethereum.org/) | Google (https://www.google.com/) | EPFL (https://www.epfl.ch/en/) | Jae Kwon (https://twitter.com/jaekwon) | Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) |Ethan Buchman (https://www.citizencosmos.space/ethan-buchman-cosmos) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://youtu.be/r1-q8S25snA) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss) Special Guest: Ismail Khoffi.
Today on the Ether we have a space hosted by Sagan Network discussing the next 1000 chains in the multiverse with Rebecca Liao, Jin Kwon, Zaki Manian, Jack Zampolin, Jacob Mcdorman, and more! Recorded on March 10th 2022. Make sure to check out our sponsors, Orbital Command, Luart, Talis, WeFund, and Glow Yield! We appreciate their support.
Today on the Ether we have the Cosmos Hub weekly fireside chat. This CosmWasm focused chat was hosted by Cosmos Hub with Zaki Manian, Sam Hart, and more! This space was recorded on February 16th 2022. Make sure to check out our sponsors, Orbital Command, Luart, Talis, and WeFund! We appreciate their support.
What is Sommelier Finance? Sommelier makes retail liquidity participation in automated market makers (AMM), accessible, understandable, profitable for the masses. We are excited about what is happening in the decentralized exchange (DEX) space, I think there's a tremendous amount of innovation there, but one of the gaps that I observed is that while there's a lot of focus on the trader experience, there's not as much focused on the liquidity provider (LP) experience. And taking all the technologies that I have, I've been worked been working on for all these many years and I'm starting to bring them together to improve the liquidity provider experience. As much as possible.
Today on EP. 196 of the BlockHash Podcast, Co-founder Zaki Manian joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Iqlusion. They provide infrastructure for next-generation cryptocurrency technologies which are designed and built to scale to real-world demands. Listen to the full episode wherever you go on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon Music and more! The podcast is available on… Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockhash-exploring-the-blockchain/id1241712666 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6dc84ee4-845b-4bea-b812-b876daab2c7e/BlockHash-Exploring-the-Blockchain Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AGqU8qxIYVkxXM4q2XpO1 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iNmNhNWM0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Website: www.blockhashpodcast.com On Social Media… Website: https://www.iqlusion.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/iqlusioninc Twitter: https://twitter.com/zmanian Find Brandon Zemp & the podcast on Social Media… Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblockhash/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zempcapital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zempcapital Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblockhash LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brandonzemp NFTs by BlockHash… OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/zemp OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/kiseokkim OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/officialcryptoghosts Sign up for the newsletter… (FREE) Blockchain Weekly: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/zemp (MEMBERS ONLY) Blockchain Insider: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/zemp/members
In this episode, we talk to Jack Zampolin, co-founder of Sommelier finance & Strangelove validator. Sommelier is a bet that Ethereum will be a dominant player in the global economy. Sommelier consists of the Cosmos Stargate SDK, its Tendermint-based consensus layer and a decentralized, bi-directional Ethereum bridge, managed by a global network of validators. Strangelove Validation Services operates a secure validator node on the Cosmos network. Strangelove has been running the hub software (starting with testnets) since the summer of 2018. Jack's Twitter (https://twitter.com/jack_zampolin) We spoke to Jack about Sommelier finance, the Cypherpunk's Manifesto, and: Jack's professional path The importance of soft skills What inspires founders What do advisors do Economic models The technical aspects of Sommelier finance Zero sum game in blockchain Feckups Building teams Entrepreneurship culture Jack's dog Cosmos Ecosystem development Communities Professional journalism Validators The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | Sommelier finance (https://sommelier.finance/) | Strangelove Ventures (https://www.strangelove.ventures/) | Akash (https://www.citizencosmos.space/akash) | Ethereum (https://ethereum.org/en/) | Uniswap (https://uniswap.org/) | IBC (https://github.com/cosmos/ibc) | Kava (https://www.kava.io/) | Osmosis (https://www.citizencosmos.space/osmosis) | Cardano (https://cardano.org/) | Juno (https://junochain.com/) | A Cypherpunk's Manifesto (https://nakamotoinstitute.org/cypherpunk-manifesto/) | Gravity DEX (https://cosmos.network/gravity-dex/) | Elon Musk (https://twitter.com/elonmusk) | Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) | Twitter (https://twitter.com) | Evmos (https://evmos.org/) | Agoric (https://www.citizencosmos.space/agoric) | Conversations with Jack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCRG5sAp_Sc&list=PLem9m7LMmHUeWBtXjTR91Ft-qni7vHZbB) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j1Ir87S4) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss)
This week, Anna (https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose) catches up with Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) and his new project Sommelier (https://sommelier.finance/). They explore how Sommelier aims to develop strategies to better serve the more complex emerging DeFi projects like Uniswap V3, and how this would allow the average user to benefit from these new powerful tools. They also discuss Zaki's vision for multichain DeFi and how the space has evolved over the last few years. Here are a few links for this episode: * iqlusion Validator (https://www.iqlusion.io/) * Episode 108: Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint (https://zeroknowledge.fm/108-2/) * Episode 174: Through the Cosmos Stargate Upgrade (https://zeroknowledge.fm/174-2/) Look out for ZK Hack (https://www.zkhack.dev/) kicking off October 26th — a multi-round online event with workshops and puzzle solving competitions. Put together by this podcast and the ZKValidator and supported by all of our fantastic sponsors. Think Hackathon meets CTF meets Dark Forest round based competition. There will be a leaderboard and prizes. And deep dive learning sessions with the best teams in the space. Signup & Join the discord (https://discord.gg/6Y9kxu6x7U)! Thank you to this week's sponsor, Anoma (https://anoma.network/). Anoma is a multivariate & multivariable bartering protocol that enables bartering among N-parties of arbitrary assets, including NFTs, all with zero-knowledge privacy. Check out Awa's twitter thread (https://twitter.com/awasunyin/status/1422508932635967489?s=20) to learn more about this project: . Be sure to stay tuned for Anoma's first public testnet, in which you'll be able to play with Anoma's Proof-of-Stake, intent gossip/matchmaking layer, and custom validity predicates. Check Anoma's codebase on GitHub (https://github.com/anoma) and the team building Anoma is hiring. Find their jobs on the ZK Jobs Board (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/company/44/heliax-anoma/) *If you like what we do: * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com/) to not miss any event! Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/TORo7aknkYNLHmCM) Catch us on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g) Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/zkpodcast) Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2) Support us on the ZKPatreon (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Donate through coinbase.commerce (https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/f1e56274-c92b-4a99-802f-50727d651b38)
In this episode, we talk to Gautier Marin, director of product at Emeris. Emeris is your one-stop portal to a new world of DeFi. Emeris connects the best cross‑chain DeFi protocols, starting with Gravity DEX. It is a future marketplace for all blockchain dapps. Transfer and trade assets. Access a decentralized exchange. Earn competitive yields. Gautier's Twitter (https://twitter.com/gautier_md) We spoke to Gautier about Gravity DEX, Emeris and: Emeris as a future marketplace for dapps How to find a product-market fit What would the ideal platform for dApps look like Cool frontends in the blockchain industry Product intuition & product hype Osmosis vs Emeris The story of Gautier, France and personal motivation How to explain the blockchain financial system What the future will look like IBC UX The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | Emeris (https://emeris.com/) | Keplr (https://wallet.keplr.app/) | Osmosis (https://app.osmosis.zone/) | Gravity DEX (https://cosmos.network/gravity-dex/) | Ethereum (https://ethereum.org/en/) | Dfinity (https://dfinity.org/) | IBC (https://github.com/cosmos/ibc) | Coinbase (https://www.coinbase.com/) | Epicenter (https://epicenter.tv/) | The Three-Body Problem book (https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032) | Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) | Christopher Goes (https://twitter.com/cwgoes) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqOdtceQle8) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss)
What is the point of creating synthetic stocks and ETFs to trade on the blockchain with cryptocurrencies? Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, explains how mirrored assets like these work, what type of demand they can fill, and potential regulatory pitfalls. Also joining this episode is Kwon's collaborator Zaki Manian, co-founder of Iqlusion and the Sommelier Protocol. The pair also discuss the effects of crypto scams on the world of decentralized finance, and why a novelty token like Dogecoin became such a big hit. Mentioned in this podcast: Fake Tesla, Apple Stocks Have Started Trading on Blockchains Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
In this episode we talk to Konstantin Lomashuk, the founder of P2P, a secure, non-custodial staking service for your cryptocurrency. Konstantin's Twitter (https://twitter.com/Lomashuk) P2P validator provides highly-secure, non-custodial staking infrastructure for your portfolio optimization and guarantees a successful staking experience. P2P is one of the largest validators across the POS blockchain space, validating such networks as Cosmos, Polkadot, Solana, etc. We spoke to Konstantin about liquid staking, and: Custodial and non-custodial validation Building unicorn projects Distribution of voting power Timing and team quality. The 2 necessary components for a projects success Hiring people with the same values Fairlaunch Experiments in the blockchain space NFT's DeFi Interoperability and security Failures and mistakes DAO's Challenges of remote work The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | P2P (https://p2p.org/) | Ethereum (https://ethereum.org/en/) | Tezos (https://tezos.com/) | IBC (https://ibcprotocol.org/) | Dfinity (https://dfinity.org/) | Solana (https://solana.com/) | Polkadot (https://polkadot.network/) | Binance (https://www.binance.com/) | Lido.fi (https://lido.fi/) | Kraken (https://www.kraken.com/) | Maker (https://makerdao.com/) | Commun (https://github.com/communcom) | Certus.one (https://certus.one/) | Stakefish (https://stake.fish/) | Staking Facilities (https://stakingfacilities.com/) | A16Z (https://a16z.com/) | Sushiswap (https://sushi.com/) | Uniswap (https://uniswap.org/) | Ethermint (https://docs.ethermint.zone/) | Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) | Aragon (https://aragon.org/) | Kava (https://www.kava.io/) | Terra (https://terra.money/) | Regen Network (https://www.regen.network/) | Swarm (https://swarm.ethereum.org/) | The LAO (https://www.thelao.io) | Vasiliy Shapovalov (https://twitter.com/_vshapovalov) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGJD7HA1DGM) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss)
In this episode we talk to Dean Tribble, the CEO at Agoric, a secure smart contract platform built with the help of Tendermint & Cosmos-SDK. Dean's Twitter (https://twitter.com/DeanTribble) Agoric are a smart contracts platform (transfers of rights enforced in code). Agoric uses an object-capability (ocap) security architecture, in which access to a programming object itself is the authority to use the object. This approach has been used successfully to create secure operating systems, and to control untrusted scripts in Google’s Caja project and Salesforce’s Locker Service. Agoric is developing a secure distributed ocap platform for smart contracts and market-oriented programming. It supports the development of smart contracts and market institutions across many scales, from large public blockchains to small two-party contracts. We spoke to Dean about smart contracts, and: What is Agoric How Agoric is different from CosmWasm The team behind Agoric and their experience The use of Tendermint and Cosmos in Agoric The Cosmos community and its role in the development process What is SCS for JavaScript and what is Jessie Open Source VS proprietary software The key ceremony of Z-cash Oracles and decentralized OS Can decentralization help to reduce vulnerability of human mistakes Top information sources according to Dean The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | Agoric (https://agoric.com/) | Midori Micorosoft (https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/Midori_(operating_system)) | AMiX (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Information_Exchange) | SunLabs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems_Laboratories) | Epay (https://www.epay.com/) | Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/) | PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/) | Venmo (https://venmo.com/) | Ethereum (https://ethereum.org/en/) | Bitcoin (https://bitcoin.org/) | IBC (https://ibcprotocol.org/) | WebAssembly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly) | JavaScipt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript) | CosmWasm (https://www.cosmwasm.com/) | Z-cash (https://z.cash/) | Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/) | Chainlink (https://chain.link/) | EVM (https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/evm/) | SeL4 (https://sel4.systems/) | Swing set Agoric (https://github.com/Agoric/SwingSet) | ZK rollups (https://medium.com/matter-labs/optimistic-vs-zk-rollup-deep-dive-ea141e71e075) | Corda (https://www.corda.net/) | Halo (https://electriccoin.co/blog/explaining-halo-2/) | Innovation University of Australia (https://www.iru.edu.au/about/our-universities/) | Mark Miller (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_S._Miller) | Jae Kwon (https://github.com/jaekwon) | Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian) | Ethan Buchman (https://www.citizencosmos.space/ethan-buchman-cosmos) | Adriana Mihai (https://www.citizencosmos.space/adriana-passion) | Zooko Wilcox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko_Wilcox-O%27Hearn) | Christofer Lemmer Webber (https://www.patreon.com/cwebber) | Kate Sills (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-sills-79170a14) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeRbY6tiAio) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss)
In today’s episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose) and James (https://twitter.com/_prestwich) chat with three representatives of the Cosmos ecosystem — Zaki Manian, Tess Rinearson and Shahan Khatchadourian — to learn all about its recent milestone upgrade, Stargate. First up is Zaki Manian (https://twitter.com/zmanian), co-founder of Iqlusion and Sommelier Finance, who sets the stage for what Stargate achieved and why the upgrade was the most comprehensive and complex yet for Cosmos. Next is Tess Rinearson (https://twitter.com/_tessr), VP of Engineering at Interchain, who recounted her deep involvement in the Stargate upgrade with an almost hour-by-hour replay. Finally comes Shahan Khatchadourian (https://twitter.com/shahankhatch), Cosmos Hub lead, who talks about his recent transition from the Ethereum ecosystem and how Stargate impacts the Hub, its users and its validators. Here are some links for this episode: * Cosmos and IBC with Chris Goes, Zero Knowledge episode 115 (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/115) * Catch up with Zaki Manian, Zero Knowledge episode 108 (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/108) * Diving into Cosmos with Sunny, Zero Knowledge episode 78 (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/78) * An introductory article (https://blog.cosmos.network/stargate-architecting-v-0-40-of-the-cosmos-sdk-dd8cb3de8360) into Stargate and Cosmos. * How the Cosmos development teams (https://blog.cosmos.network/how-seven-teams-collaborated-to-deliver-the-biggest-software-upgrade-in-the-cosmos-universe-2288f4f9afe8) collaborated to deliver Stargate. Check out the latest Feb installment (https://zkmesh.substack.com/p/zkmesh-feb-2021-recap) of zkMesh, a monthly newsletter overviewing every important development in zk land. Subscribe now to receive timely updates by Anna and Mikerah (https://twitter.com/badcryptobitch) at the beginning of every month. Thanks to this episode’s sponsor, Least Authority (https://leastauthority.com). Least Authority is a security consulting company known for their dedication to pushing the limits on how to build privacy-respecting solutions. Known for audits of Eth 2.0 Specification, Protocol Lab's Gossipsub Protocol, Mina Protocol, Kolibri Smart Contracts and Stably’s Tezos Stablecoin for Tezos Foundation, Blockstack's Investor Wallet, and more. They want to help teams improve the security of their protocol and use of cryptography, including zero knowledge proofs: from design to implementation. With over 50 completed public audits to-date, join the growing list of audited projects, book a free consult at leastauthority.com/consult (https://leastauthority.com/consult) *If you like what we do: * Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA) Catch us on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g) Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/zkpodcast) Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2) Support us on the ZKPatreon (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Donate through coinbase.commerce (https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/f1e56274-c92b-4a99-802f-50727d651b38) *Or directly here: * ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ
Episode 3 of Sharing Secrets is an interview with Zaki Manian, cofounder of Iqlusion, formerly of Tendermint Labs. Tor asks Zaki: What brought him to the blockchain space, and what secrets did he learn along the way? What's the best way to develop products and processes in a decentralized ecosystem? How is DeFi on Cosmos manifesting with IBC and beyond? And importantly, what kind of role can Secret Network and privacy play in building more sustainable and more usable open economies? Iqlusion: https://www.iqlusion.io IBC: https://cosmos.network/ibc --- Sharing Secrets - a new series from the Secret Foundation - explores the biggest secrets of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Featuring everything from interviews, to monologues, to special guests, to technical explainers, to surprises, and beyond. The Secret Foundation is a key organization in the Secret Network ecosystem. It is dedicated to building, researching, and scaling adoption of open-source, privacy-centric technologies and networks. Its guiding values are Usability, Sustainability, Impact, and Empowerment. Secret Network is the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without revealing it to anyone, even the nodes in the network. Using groundbreaking privacy technologies (such as trusted execution environments), Secret Network allows developers to build new types of powerful, permissionless, privacy-preserving applications - Secret Apps. Join our communities and help us build! Homepage: https://scrt.network Official Chat: https://chat.scrt.network Community Telegram: https://t.me/scrtcommunity Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretnetwork
This episode Corey and Collin Bring on Lucas Geiger and Zaki Manian to talk about OpenLibra. OpenLibra is a technology platform and currency for financial inclusion, and it is definitely not run by Facebook. We want to figure out what their goals are and how they plan to achieve them. As always we dive in and have an interesting conversation, enjoy! Links: OpenLibra Lucas Twitter Zaki Twitter Donate to Hashing It Out
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The team sits down w/ Zaki Manian and Dean Tribble, to discuss Interoperability and why it matters, how Cosmos ($ATOM) is leading the charge, building out Agoric, and why iterations on DeFi are dangerous but positive for crypto. JOIN LAYER1 Telegram - https://t.me/joinlayer1 Twitter - https://twitter.com/layer1pod 2:45 Dean and Zaki's Story 8:16 Why We Build Blockchains? 17:45 Interoperability Breakdown and Timeline 21:38 Will Ethereum Dominate 24:45 What is Inter-Blockchain Communication and how Cosmos fits in 27:02 Will there be Blockchains for everything? 31:28 What is Agoric? 39:27 Upgrades or Forks effect on Interoperability 43:13 CosmosHUB and Stargate update 50:22 Thoughts on DeFi on NFTs 53:45 Are DeFi users “Sticky”? 59:45 Bitcoin Macro Thoughts 1:04:12 Book Recommendation Inter-Blockchain Communication https://cosmos.network/ibc Agoric https://agoric.com/ Zaki Manian https://twitter.com/zmanian Dean Tribble https://twitter.com/DeanTribble ___________________________________________ bitcoin, ethereum, eos, cryptocurrency, crypto, altcoin, blockchain, decentralized, news, best investment, top altcoins, ethereum, tron, stellar, binance, cardano, litecoin, 2019, 2020, crash, bull run, bottom, crash, tether, bitfinex, rally, youtube, macro, price, prediction, podcast, interview, trump, finance, stock, investment, halving, halvening, when, fed, federal reserve, interest rates, rates, cut, economy, stock market, defi, compound All the songs, images, and graphics used in this video belong to their respective owners, Layer1: Crypto Show channel does not claim any right over them.
This week's Unchained is my panel at Ready Layer One! We talk everything layer one with four key players and projects -- Illia Polosukhin of NEARprotocol, Zaki Manian of Cosmos, Rob Habermeier of Polkadot, and Arthur Breitman of Tezos — to find out how these projects plan to compete with Ethereum and attract developers and users. We discuss: What platforms they are building and at which stage in development they are How they differentiate themselves from Ethereum, and what problems they believe need to be solved How they plan to attract devs in an industry of network effects Whether or not Bitcoin and Ethereum are direct competitors Whether, in the long run, crypto will be more winner-take-all or there will be multiple, interoperable chains How they plan to bring new users into the space How they think the transition to ETH2.0 will shake up the existing blockchain space Take our survey! Tell us what would you like to see from Unchained! Please take a moment to fill out the survey to let us know what you'd like from the show: surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020. Crypto.com has offered our survey respondents a chance to win a metal MCO Visa card -- and Crypto.com will stake these cards indefinitely! Ten lucky winners will enjoy card benefits including free Spotify, free Netflix and 3% back on all spending, and they'll earn extra interest on their crypto deposit and more! Thanks, Crypto.com! Again, take the survey now: surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020. Unchained is hiring! Come work at Unchained! We have an opening for a remote editorial assistant — find out more about the gig and apply here: https://unchainedpodcast.com/seeking-remote-editorial-assistant/ Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Stellar: https://www.stellar.org/ Episode links: Illia Polosukhin: https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon Near protocol: https://near.org Zaki Manian: https://twitter.com/zmanian Cosmos: https://cosmos.network Rob Habermeier: https://twitter.com/rphmeier Polkadot: https://polkadot.network Arthur Breitman: https://twitter.com/ArthurB Tezos: https://tezos.com Near protocol on mainnet: https://near.org/blog/near-mainnet-genesis/ Electric Capital report on the number of developers in Ethereum: https://unchainedpodcast.com/electric-capital-on-the-coins-punching-below-their-weight/
This week’s Unchained is my panel at Ready Layer One! We talk everything layer one with four key players and projects -- Illia Polosukhin of NEARprotocol, Zaki Manian of Cosmos, Rob Habermeier of Polkadot, and Arthur Breitman of Tezos — to find out how these projects plan to compete with Ethereum and attract developers and users. We discuss: What platforms they are building and at which stage in development they are How they differentiate themselves from Ethereum, and what problems they believe need to be solved How they plan to attract devs in an industry of network effects Whether or not Bitcoin and Ethereum are direct competitors Whether, in the long run, crypto will be more winner-take-all or there will be multiple, interoperable chains How they plan to bring new users into the space How they think the transition to ETH2.0 will shake up the existing blockchain space Take our survey! Tell us what would you like to see from Unchained! Please take a moment to fill out the survey to let us know what you'd like from the show: surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020. Crypto.com has offered our survey respondents a chance to win a metal MCO Visa card -- and Crypto.com will stake these cards indefinitely! Ten lucky winners will enjoy card benefits including free Spotify, free Netflix and 3% back on all spending, and they’ll earn extra interest on their crypto deposit and more! Thanks, Crypto.com! Again, take the survey now: surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020. Unchained is hiring! Come work at Unchained! We have an opening for a remote editorial assistant — find out more about the gig and apply here: https://unchainedpodcast.com/seeking-remote-editorial-assistant/ Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Stellar: https://www.stellar.org/ Episode links: Illia Polosukhin: https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon Near protocol: https://near.org Zaki Manian: https://twitter.com/zmanian Cosmos: https://cosmos.network Rob Habermeier: https://twitter.com/rphmeier Polkadot: https://polkadot.network Arthur Breitman: https://twitter.com/ArthurB Tezos: https://tezos.com Near protocol on mainnet: https://near.org/blog/near-mainnet-genesis/ Electric Capital report on the number of developers in Ethereum: https://unchainedpodcast.com/electric-capital-on-the-coins-punching-below-their-weight/
CoinDesk's annual conference on the future of the global financial system is happening this week. Consensus: Distributed features hundreds of hours of programming with more than 150 speakers over five days, from May 11th-15th. HighlightsYves Mersch on Central Bank Digital CurrenciesMember of the Executive Board, Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board • European Central BankYves Mersch was appointed to the Executive Board of the ECB in 2012 when serving his third term as Governor of the Banque centrale du Luxembourg, a position he had held since 1998. In 2019 he was appointed Vice-Chair of the ECB's Supervisory Board.Before setting up his country's central bank, he represented his country in the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Investment Bank and other multilateral organisations, as well as in private companies where he has been globally active in both financial and industrial areas.Mr Mersch holds postgraduate degrees in political science from Paris Sorbonne, and law from Paris Panthéon University. He is the longest-serving member on the ECB's Governing Council. Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers & fintech author and futurist Dave Birch Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is one of America's leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as Director of the White House National Economic Council in the Obama Administration, as President of Harvard University, and as the Chief Economist of the World Bank.Dr. Summers' tenure at the U.S. Treasury coincided with the longest period of sustained economic growth in U.S. history. He is the only Treasury Secretary in the last half century to have left office with the national budget in surplus. Dr. Summers has played a key role in addressing every major financial crisis for the last two decades. David G.W. Birch is an author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services. He is Global Ambassador for Consult Hyperion (the secure electronic transactions consultancy that he helped to found), Technology Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (the London-based think tank) and a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey Business School. Chris Giancarlo and the Digital Dollar Project & Dante Disparte of Libra AssociationThe Honorable J. Christopher (“Chris”) Giancarlo is an American attorney and former business executive who served as 13th Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Dante Disparte is the vice chairman and Head of Policy and Communications for the Libra Association, a newly-formed organization that has brought together social impact organizations and a diverse group of leading businesses from around the world to create a low-friction, high-trust payment system that empowers billions of people. Gavin Wood on Chain Mergers and AcquisitionsGavin Wood, an original co-founder of Ethereum, took a few good swipes at the second-largest cryptocurrency he helped create, calling out its lack of “agency” when upgrading to its next version, Ethereum 2.0.Plan B discussion: Saifedean Ammous, Erik VoorheesSaifedean Ammous is the author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, the first academic study of the economics of bitcoin. He also runs saifedean.com, a platform for online courses in economics. Erik Voorhees is among the top-recognized serial Bitcoin advocates and entrepreneurs, understanding Bitcoin as one of the most important inventions ever created by humanity. US Banking Regulator Suggests Federal Licensing Framework for Crypto Firms - Brian Brooks, chief operating officer of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the nation's national bank overseer, said Monday he believes crypto companies could fall under a federal licensing regime – if they provide what can be described as payment services. Speaking at CoinDesk's Consensus: Distributed virtual conference, the former Coinbase chief legal officer said many crypto companies are payments companies, and it therefore might make sense to treat these startups – and other fintech firms like Stripe – the same way as banks are treated federally. "Crypto is one of those areas where we have to ask ourselves, does it make more sense to think of crypto projects as local projects or global projects. If they're global, then the rational for a single national license makes more sense," he said. "Increasingly, it looks a lot like crypto is banking for the 21st century."This would give these startups an alternative to the state-level money transmitter licenses when building operations.The European Central Bank (ECB) is looking into what a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) form of the euro might look like - The ECB set up a task force earlier this year to look into what its potential CBDC could look like, and the group expects to publish a preliminary report in the coming weeks, said Mersch, an executive board member at the ECB. "A wholesale CBDC, restricted to a limited group of financial counter-parties, would be largely business as usual," Mersch said. "However, a retail CBDC, accessible to all, would be a game changer, so a retail CBDC is now our main focus." A retail CBDC could be based on a digital token circulated "in a decentralized manner," without a central ledger, Mersch said, though he stopped short of saying the words "blockchain" or "distributed ledger." He acknowledged that the traceability of digital transactions would raise privacy concerns among a population used to paying for some things with paper notes.Cold Currency War is brewing - Every sector is competing in a type of arms race to be a leader in the digital currency race.Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum 2.0 protocol upgrade in July - Eth2 will change the consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake (PoS), is well on its way to launching sometime in July.Zcash Alliance Aims to Bring Privacy Tech to Bitcoin, Cosmos and Ethereum -A handful of big names in crypto want in on the privacy features offered by Zcash. The Electric Coin Company (ECC) announced Monday the launch of the Zcash Developers Alliance (ZDA), an invite-only working group that includes the Lightning Network startup Bolt Labs, the cross-chain technology startup Thesis, the Ethereum conglomerate ConsenSys and two leading startups working on the Cosmos project, Agoric and Iqlusion, just to name a few. “The ZDA is an attempt to introduce a way to collaborate with the ECC, and the Zcash ecosystem, which focuses around other people's priorities,” Iqlusion founder Zaki Manian said. “Product-market fit is other people [beyond fans and founders] actually caring about it.” Manian said the “Zcash anonymity set” is a “valuable public good,” describing how the privacy coin allows shielded transactions and the construct that allows individual transactions to get lost in the metaphorical crowd. References: CoinDesk
Learn more about iqlusion - https://www.iqlusion.io/Iqlusion provides infrastructure for next-generation cryptocurrency technologies which are designed and built to scale to real-world demands.Sign up for Game of Zones - https://cosmos.network/goz/
Guests:Illia Polosukhin (@ilblackdragon) - debating FOR the motionZaki Manian (@zmanian) - debating AGAINST the motionHost:Richard Yan (@gentso09)In a world where decentralized applications proliferate, will these applications be built on top of a few or many public blockchains? Exploration of this topic would help us understand the merits of the coexistence of many protocols. On the extreme, each dapp can have its own chain, so that the developers/community for each app can have maximal control over the full stack of their product.The guests we have for this episode have essentially voted on their position with their feet. The oligopoly advocate is cofounder of a layer-1 protocol, and the multiplicity supporter is a major contributor to one of the earliest, if not the earliest, blockchains designed with interoperability in mind.Be sure to also check out our previous episodes too, on Bitcoin's store of value status, tokenization and smart contracts, DeFi, bitcoin halvening, China's future in blockchain, and POW vs POS.If you would like to debate or want to nominate someone, please DM me at @blockdebate on Twitter.Please note that nothing in our podcast should be construed as financial advice.Source of select items discussed in the debate:Inter-Blockchain Communication: https://cosmos.network/ibc/Near protocol: https://nearprotocol.com/
Want to incorporate blockchain into IoT? Well, that's a pretty tall order but you have two ways to go about it. Go it alone to build the world's best IoT blockchain protocol and hope it's adopted or join others that have similar goals to build the world's best IoT blockchain protocol in hopes that it's adopted. In this episode of the IoT Business Show, I speak with Zaki Manian about the technology and business advantages of blockchain in IoT and the approach the Trusted IoT Alliance is taking to make them a reality. Read the rest of the show analysis notes including the transcripts at: http://bit.ly/IoTPodcast93notes This show is brought to you by DIGITAL OPERATING PARTNERS Related links you may find useful: Season 1: Episodes and show notes Season 1 book: IoT Inc Season 2: Episodes and show notes Season 2 book: The Private Equity Digital Operating Partner Training: Digital transformation certification
Tendermint Director of Research Zaki Manian reflects on the origins of the Cosmos project, including their 2017 crowdsale and the success of their “Game of Stakes” incentivized testnet. He also provides some color on why he thinks the Cosmos ATOM token has value right now, the role it currently plays in the Cosmos ecosystem as well as the role it can play in the future. Lastly, he weighs in on the global smart contracting platform landscape, ETH 2.0, the regulatory environment that has projects looking to Asia and the latest on the Binance DEX, which is being built using the Cosmos SDK & Tendermint consensus. --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io
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Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital is joined by Zaki Manian, the Director of Research at Tendermint Inc and Dean Tribble, the CEO of Agoric. On this episode we dive into into how IBC (inter-blockchain communication) will connect blockchains to enable new use cases. On this episode we discussed a lot of philosophical questions around a multi-chain vs few chain world, chain sovereignty, Agoric's targeting the world's 20M javascript developers for its smart contract platform, the use cases IBC enables across chains, the status of IBC and so much more. The discussion involves how Cosmos plays into IBC, and how eventually IBC will be a part of Cosmos' SDK. To help support the show, please hit the subscribe button on iTunes so we can keep bringing you episodes like these! Follow Zaki on Twitter Follow Dean on Twitter Follow Tom on Twitter Resources: Inter-Blockchain Communication Website Delphi Digital's Research Visit Delta Exchange For A $10 Welcome Bonus! Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, STX, SNX, RUNE and sUSD . Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle and/or the end of the episode. - Advertisers: To be a sponsor on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
This week we catch up with Zaki Manian, Director at Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/), the company building Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) architecture, and co-founder of Iqlusion (https://www.iqlusion.io/) Validator. We chat about the blockchain in Silicon Valley, why SF loves DeFi, the challenge of balancing pragmatism and regulation with a decentralised ideology, the nuances of PoS systems, the wins of 2019 and what is on the horizon. Here are links to a few things we discuss: -Tarun Chitra's paper (https://docsend.com/view/697feid) on how the existance of derivatives can undermine the security of a PoS system -Blog post summarizing Tarun's paper here (https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697) -ZKValidator (https://zkvalidator.com/) Give the Zero Knowledge Podcast some feedback. Whether you are a long-time listener or new to the show, we would love to hear from you! Please share your feedback with us here: https://forms.gle/LtQQyKJV6r7LrSND7 If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA) Catch up with us on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g) Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast) Support us on the ZKP Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ
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IBC is a standard that permits anyone to quickly and securely transfer money across the web. Zaki Manian is the head of research at Tendermint Inc, an implementation of BFT consensus algorithm & PoS cryptoeconomics and a core contributor to the Cosmos Network. Dean Tribble, CEO at Agoric, is working on providing a safer, simpler way to program smart contracts. Support this podcast by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Also follow us on Twitter to let us know your thoughts. Thanks for listening!
On this episode, I speak to Zaki Manian from Tendermint. We get deep into the weeds of interoperability, his notions of interop between fast chains and fast and slow chains. We discuss the IBC protocol, which is a spec for adapters between different chains along with all the complexities when dealing with cross-chain communications. Moreover, we examine design and development principles when building product in this space, and the differences when building traditional software product. Zaki goes over some exciting projects that are building on Cosmos as well. Topics: Who Zaki is Talking about interoperability Two classes of blockchains What is Cosmos trying to do Main issues when getting different chains to talk to one another Main design principles when setting out to design the Cosmos network Interesting projects he see people building with Cosmos Talking about consensus system and incentive system Minimal Viable Ecosystem Acceleration talk Links: Cosmos Network - https://cosmos.network/ Twitter - Cosmos Network - https://twitter.com/cosmos Telegram - Cosmos Network - https://t.me/Cosmos_Network Zaki's Twitter - https://twitter.com/zmanian Minimal Viable Ecosystem Acceleration talk at MIT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqopwqXyURw Cosmos SDK Tutorial - https://github.com/cosmos/sdk-application-tutorial Cosmos Game of Stakes - https://blog.cosmos.network/game-of-stakes-closing-ceremonies-eddb71d3b114
Champion of decentralization, Zaki Manian, rejoins us for updates on Cosmos since their Mainnet launch. We dive into the design principles of Cosmos, their consensus mechanisms, incentivisation model, and how to integrate your decentralized application into the Cosmos Network. We also learn more about who is currently using Cosmos and how, what Zaki and Cosmos will be speaking on at NYC Blockchain Week events, as well as how Cosmos differentiates itself from other technologies being produced. Riveting as always! Show Links: MIT talk about launch cosmos Zaki's Twitter
Champion of decentralization, Zaki Manian, rejoins us for updates on Cosmos since their Mainnet launch. We dive into the design principles of Cosmos, their consensus mechanisms, incentivisation model, and how to integrate your decentralized application into the Cosmos Network. We also learn more about who is currently using Cosmos and how, what Zaki and Cosmos will be speaking on at NYC Blockchain Week events, as well as how Cosmos differentiates itself from other technologies being produced. Riveting as always! Show Links: MIT talk about launch cosmos Zaki's Twitter
Zaki Manian, founder of SkuChain, Head of Tendermint Labs and too many other things to put in notes here joins Base Layer today to discuss the state of the state of Cosmos and Tendermint and why they are so important to the growth of the crypto ecosystem; in addition to we discuss why he got into the space in the first place. We discuss why he founded SkuChain after spending lots of time reviewing the legacy financial system and seeing sophistication but cracks in the system (i.e. people still needing to use fax machines). Great deep conversation. Listen and enjoy!
James Prestwich of Summa, Ali Yahya of Andreessen Horrowitz, and Zaki Manian of Cosmos discuss the types of trade offs that various smart contract platforms are making, and the implications of usability and dapp development.
We had the pleasure of interviewing Zaki Manian, prolific engineer, Founder of SkuChain, Head of Tendermint Labs, Advisor on the Interchain Foundation, and Executive Directory of the Trusted IoT Alliance. Phew, that's a lot of hats. Zaki gives us a glimpse into what it's like designing a scalable, secure consensus protocol. We speak to him about the philosophy behind scaling solutions, the differences in approach to consensus mechanisms, the role of blockchain as the world grows accustom to trust, and get a really solid look into the history of the blockchain space that led to where we are today.
Chuck and Fongaboo are joined by Zaki Manian from Restore the Fourth San Francisco… who discusses how they were successful at passing ordinances at the municipal level to restrict surveillance in the Bay Area… as well as lobbying to protect encryption at the state level. He also gives a full breakdown of Rule 41, which … Continue reading Episode 3 – GUEST: Zaki Manian, Restore the 4th San Francisco
Fongaboo was joined by Alex Marthews and Zaki Manian of Restore the Fourth for a pre-inaugural episode of Privacy Patriots on Radio Statler at the 2016 HOPE Conference.
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