Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Ed Felten is co-founder and chief scientist at Offchain Labs, the initial team behind the development of Arbitrum. Prior, Ed was a professor at Princeton University, where educated students in computer science and public affairs for nearly 30 years. He also had a stint as the White House's deputy U.S. chief technology officer, and served as chief technologist of the Federal Trade Commission.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.