Into the Ether

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss StarkWare’s Reddit onboarding demo, mStable going live on mainnet, Balancer starts liquidity mining, Devcon6 will be in Colombis, OMG Network v1 goes live on mainnet and Spencer Noon on 10 signs of the impending bull market.

Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX, joins the podcast to talk about their decentralized exchange product. We talk about the history of dYdX and how it has evolved over the years. Antonio explains how they take a non-custodial approach to the UX while making sure they don't give up too much on user experience when it comes to the trading experience. He then talks about their new product, the BTC perpetual and why they think it will be a home run.

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Gitcoin’s announcement of KERNEL, DC’s thoughts on the moon mission fund, BlockFi’s data breach, Argent launched v1, a large range of eth2 updates including a new multi-client testnet, Uniswap v2 goes live and a discussion on high gas prices.

Roman Storm and Roman Semenov of the Tornado Cash team join the show to discuss their non-custodial privacy solution on Ethereum. We discuss the origins of the team and then walk through how the product functions from contract to zk-proofs to relayers. We discuss the issues with such a product when it comes to funding on Ethereum and how the community can help them build their vision for a v3.

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss how EthGlobal’s HackMoney is going, Reddit community points on Ethereum, ErisX launches ETH future contracts, Visa patent mentions using Ethereum, a wide range of eth2 updates, $TAPE drops on Zora and tBTC hits a bug during launch and is delayed.

Grammy award winning artist RAC joins the podcast to talk about his interest in Ethereum and launch of $TAPE. RAC recently released his album Boy and partnered with Zora to release limited edition cassette tapes of the album. The launch of $TAPE was a big success and we discuss why that is. Andre talks about the difficulties of the music industry and where Ethereum could come in to play to help artists better capitalize on their work. 

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss how Ethereal Summit went, Immutable X exchange is using zk-rollups, Synthetix Layer 2 demo using Optimism. POAP details their next steps, a discussion on Ethereum’s lead over other SC platforms and the growing staking community.

Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys joins us from the Ethereal Summit. In this episode, we talk about how Joe initially get involved with the original Ethereum team and how the journey for Ethereum has been so far. We then dive into the history of ConsensSys, where they are going next and what he looks most forward to when it comes to the future of Ethereum.

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the process of Eth2 and the multi-client testnet, Telegram takes a regulatory hit with TON, Gnosis Safe Apps goes live for multisig applications, Everest Registry launches a TCR for crypto projects, Tornado.cash goes through a trusted setup ceremony, wBTC is added as collateral to MakerDAO, UMA does a Uniswap offering and Adam Cochran’s 10k audit thread.

The Gitcoin team joins the podcast to talk about sustainable funding for Ethereum. Gitcoin has a very successful bounties product but recently has been catching a lot of popularity with their Grants product. They talk about the use of CLR matching, what it means and why it enables better distribution of matching funds. We dive into lessons they've learned and how the product can be better scaled in future rounds.