This week on the show I chatted to Arthur Breitman, cofounder of Tezos.

Tezos has been in the news recently because the class action lawsuit the foundation has been fighting for the last 3 years just came to a close. In 2017 the suit was brought by people who claimed Tezos was an unregistered security, and that this entitled them to money. The biggest winners from the lawsuit were the lawyers who walked away with 1/3 of the $25million settlement. My personal opinion of those who brought the suit aside, they would have actually been better off just holding onto their Tezos, which saw a huge rise over the last year.

Arthur and I didn’t actually cover the lawsuit in this conversation, but I have done interviews with him in the past about this and I’ll link them in the description.

In this interview, we take a deep dive into the tech of Tezos:

What Tezos can offer the world of DeFi, now that gas prices of Ethereum are so high

Why sharding might not be the answer

Misconceptions around supply caps

The debate around scaling on chain – and the Ethereum community’s view that this is plutocracy

How the self-governance on Tezos works, why you don’t want to have to depend on a hard fork, and some early proposals that were implemented

How staking, “baking”, works

Why Tezos is not delegated proof of stake like many claim, but actually something called liquid democracy -- what this means and why it’s different from DpoS that blockchains like EOS use.

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This week on the show I chatted to Arthur Breitman, cofounder of Tezos.

Tezos has been in the news recently because the class action lawsuit the foundation has been fighting for the last 3 years just came to a close. In 2017 the suit was brought by people who claimed Tezos was an unregistered security, and that this entitled them to money. The biggest winners from the lawsuit were the lawyers who walked away with 1/3 of the $25million settlement. My personal opinion of those who brought the suit aside, they would have actually been better off just holding onto their Tezos, which saw a huge rise over the last year.

Arthur and I didn’t actually cover the lawsuit in this conversation, but I have done interviews with him in the past about this and I’ll link them in the description.

In this interview, we take a deep dive into the tech of Tezos:

What Tezos can offer the world of DeFi, now that gas prices of Ethereum are so high

Why sharding might not be the answer

Misconceptions around supply caps

The debate around scaling on chain – and the Ethereum community’s view that this is plutocracy

How the self-governance on Tezos works, why you don’t want to have to depend on a hard fork, and some early proposals that were implemented

How staking, “baking”, works

Why Tezos is not delegated proof of stake like many claim, but actually something called liquid democracy -- what this means and why it’s different from DpoS that blockchains like EOS use.

If you would like to send me a message and support my channel, visit https://cointr.ee/naomibrockwell

or visit Naomibrockwell.com/memberships to become a member of NBTV and see the video version of this episode!

Huge thank you to all the supporters who keep this channel running!

Video: https://youtu.be/7cfazKWeXTM

This week we explain Tezos -- a blockchain capable of modifying its own set of rules with on-chain governance, on which people can build all kinds of smart contracts.

1 week ago Tezos' 3-year court battle ended with a $25mil settlement. Paul Puey (Edge CEO) and I dive into the history, tech, & what's next for Tezos.

We also put our money where our mouths are: we each decide whether to invest $100. This is not investment advice, we're just giving you a peek into our own portfolios and how we make decisions for ourselves. Keep in mind, I'm more interested in the team, the tech, and whether it's a cool project than in short term gains.

If you'd like a more in depth look at Tezos, this week my members-only interview is with Arthur Breitman - Co-Founder of Tezos

Watch the interview here: Naomibrockwell.com/memberships

To have your question answered on the show, send a message to https://cointr.ee/naomibrockwell

DeFi explosion:

Uniswap's monumental rise, passing Coinbase in daily trading volume.

Sushiswap challenges Uniswap with "Vampire Mining" (I explain what all these things mean!)

Tezos Foundation settles for $25 million in class action suit from investors

A major 51% attack against Ethereum Classic occurred Saturday night, the third attack this month.

The attack reorganized over 7,000 blocks, double spending millions of dollars.

Pornhub accepts Bitcoin and Litecoin for Premium Content

Malware that you MUST be aware of to protect your funds!

Anubis, KryptoCibule, and an electrum wallet attack

I discuss these hot headlines from this week!

video: https://youtu.be/5i9OkherEr0

DeFi explosion:

Uniswap's monumental rise, passing Coinbase in daily trading volume.

Sushiswap challenges Uniswap with "Vampire Mining" (I explain what all these things mean!)

Tezos Foundation settles for $25 million in class action suit from investors

A major 51% attack against Ethereum Classic occurred Saturday night, the third attack this month.

The attack reorganized over 7,000 blocks, double spending millions of dollars.

Pornhub accepts Bitcoin and Litecoin for Premium Content

Malware that you MUST be aware of to protect your funds!

Anubis, KryptoCibule, and an electrum wallet attack

I discuss these hot headlines from this week!

video: https://youtu.be/5i9OkherEr0

Explaining decentralized prediction markets!

Augur is a platform for betting on any event you want.

I take a deep dive into the tech with Tom Kysar, Augur Director of Operations, Augur Forecast Foundation, as a members-exclusive video:

https://naomibrockwell.com/members-content/2020/8/29/what-is-augur-exclusive-interview-with-tom-kysar

For access to the video, visit:

Naomibrockwell.com/memberships

Huge thank you to all the supporters who keep this channel running!

For more information about Augur, watch:

Interview with Joey Krug - Augur cofounder, Partner at Pantera Capital

(naomibrockwell.com/members)

CoinWatch Episode with Edge CEO Paul Puey, covering Augur.

(https://youtu.be/0zdKTcilAr0)

Synthetix allows the creation of real world assets, like crypto, gold, stocks, and shares to be bought and traded using crypto. You can get exposure to the price movements of these things without holding the actual asset.

I take a deep dive into the tech with Justin J. Moses, Synthetix CTO, as a members-exclusive video:

https://naomibrockwell.com/members-content/2020/8/28/what-is-synthetix-interview-with-justin-j-moses-cto

For access to the video, visit:

Naomibrockwell.com/memberships

Huge thank you to all the supporters who keep this channel running!

For more information about Synthetix, watch:

CoinWatch Episode with Paul Puey (Edge CEO), covering Synthetix:

https://youtu.be/0zdKTcilAr0

Synthetix allows the creation of real world assets, like crypto, gold, stocks, and shares to be bought and traded using crypto. You can get exposure to the price movements of these things without holding the actual asset.

I take a deep dive into the tech with Justin J. Moses, Synthetix CTO, as a members-exclusive video:

https://naomibrockwell.com/members-content/2020/8/28/what-is-synthetix-interview-with-justin-j-moses-cto

For access to the video, visit:

Naomibrockwell.com/memberships

Huge thank you to all the supporters who keep this channel running!

For more information about Synthetix, watch:

CoinWatch Episode with Paul Puey (Edge CEO), covering Synthetix:

https://youtu.be/0zdKTcilAr0

Explaining decentralized prediction markets!

Augur is a platform for betting on any event you want.

I take a deep dive into the tech with Tom Kysar, Augur Director of Operations, Augur Forecast Foundation, as a members-exclusive video:

https://naomibrockwell.com/members-content/2020/8/29/what-is-augur-exclusive-interview-with-tom-kysar

For access to the video, visit:

Naomibrockwell.com/memberships

Huge thank you to all the supporters who keep this channel running!

For more information about Augur, watch:

Interview with Joey Krug - Augur cofounder, Partner at Pantera Capital

(naomibrockwell.com/members)

CoinWatch Episode with Edge CEO Paul Puey, covering Augur.

(https://youtu.be/0zdKTcilAr0)

video: https://youtu.be/0zdKTcilAr0

LBRY: https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Coinwatch-Augur-and-Synthetix:6?r=B7pbEPVHBbU72SpiDGGhdBF1jF6cgHcq

Decentralized predictions markets, and further down the DeFi rabbit hole!

This week we explain Synthetix -- a platform that allows you to trade all kinds of things like gold, cryptocurrencies, stocks -- and Augur -- a platform for betting on any event you want.

On CoinWatch Paul Puey (Edge CEO) and I put our money where our mouths are. We deep dive into the history, tech, & roadmaps for Synthetix and Augur. Then we each choose one of the coins to invest $100 in. This is not investment advice, we're just giving you a peek into our own portfolios and how we make decisions for ourselves. Keep in mind, I'm more interested in the team, the tech, and whether it's a cool project than in short term gains.

If you'd like a more in depth look at each coin, this week I released interviews for members with:

Tom Kysar - Augur Director of Operations, Augur Forecast Foundation

Joey Krug - Augur cofounder, Partner at Pantera Capital

Justin J Moses - CTO Synthetix

Watch the interviews here: Naomibrockwell.com/memberships

To have your question answered on the show, send a message to https://cointr.ee/naomibrockwell

Huge thank you to all the supporters who keep this channel running!