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Last week the biggest blockchain-focused developer conference took place in Shanghai, China: Ethereum's DevCon 2. Epicenter show host Meher Roy was at the conference and brought back his impressions and insights for a comprehensive discussion of the current state of Ethereum projects and the Ethereum community.

Topics covered included:

- What Ethereum's developer conference DevCon 2 was like

- The big change in going from concepts to alpha version over the last year

- The continued lack of sustainable business models in Ethereum

- The lack of interest by Venture Capitalists and the big tech companies in Ethereum and blockchain technology

- The current state and incentive problems of crowdsales

- Three areas of focus in Ethereum: Scalability, Privacy and Governance

- The search for the next protocol

Links mentioned in this episode:

- Ethereum Foundation Website http://bit.ly/1IBWsHV

- Ethereum YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/2dls6Wl

- Insanity and Brilliance at Ethereum's Developer Conference http://bit.ly/2dmqSX4

- Melonport: Decentralized Asset Management on Ethereum http://bit.ly/2dwAGkD

- Golem: Worldwide Supercomputer http://bit.ly/2dwAVvR

- Metamask: Ethereum Browser Extension http://bit.ly/2dtZFCa

- Cosmos Whitepaper http://bit.ly/2du03Au

Sponsors:

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Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.