Into the Ether

Austin Griffith, director of research at Gitcoin and founder of the Burner Wallet joins Into the Ether to discuss xDai and the Burner Wallet. We discuss how the Burner Wallet functions and the benefits it gains via speed and cost by running on the xDai POA Network sidechain. Austin discusses some of the latest features and future plans for the wallet including modules. We then talk briefly about funding and what the ecosystem can do better to help fund projects like the Burner Wallet.

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the upcoming Ethereal Hackathon, the EthHub community forum launch and upcoming call, EIP-1559 progress in Berlin, big news about EY Nightfall, ConsenSys looking to raise $200mn, proposed Eth 2.0 validator reward increases, ENS upgrading and will they help fund grants, Dharm's ReFi with DeFi movement, Dai stability fee goes

Ryan John King, co-founder and CEO of FOAM, joins me to discuss FOAM. We talk about what proof of location is and how it's enabled through the use of zone anchors. We discuss how a map is being built out from users of the protocol by defining points of interest. This all comes together to create the ability for proof of location. The future use cases of this are vast and we dive into what those are. 

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Eric becoming a mod of /r/ethereum, Anthony's trip to EDCON, China bans Bitcoin (again), major 0x update around token economics, Augur v2 announced, trade derivatives around startups via Flex, stability fee flying up again, Dharma seeing nice growth and EIP discussion for Istanbul coming up in Berlin.

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Anthony going to EDCON and being on a governance panel, Eric's blog post on Ethereum 2.0 economics, EthHub's near term roadmap, SEC's no action letter and guidance on ICOs, Sigma Prime's Eth 2.0 client, TrustToken introduces a GDP stablecoin, LoanScan launching a nice DeFi rate table, Maker dominance waning a bit in DeFi and needing t

Mo Dong, Co-Founder of Celer Network, joins Into the Ether to discuss Ethereum. Celer Network is a layer-2 scaling platform that enables fast, easy and secure off-chain transactions for not only payment transactions, but also generalized off-chain smart contracts. It enables everyone to quickly build, operate, and use highly scalable decentralized applications through innovations in off-chain scaling techniques and incentive-aligned cryptoeconomics.

Arjun Bhuptani, founder of Connext, joins Into the Ether to discuss building out payment solutions on Ethereum. Connext is a layer 2 scaling solution built on Ethereum using payment channels. The team's ultimate goal is to replace legacy payment solutions with instant and extremely cheap payments built using their technology. Their first step at launching into the mainstream comes with the Dai Card. We talk about their technology, progress and vision.

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the EthHub community forum and call effort, Eth 2.0 testnets launching, Bithumb hacked again, What's new in Eth 2.0, Gitcoin experimenting with a platform fee, Multi-Collateral Dai update, trading stocks as ERC20s, active addresses on the rise and the EIP process.