In this episode of Rehash, Dr. Laurence E. Day, founder of Wildcat Finance and creator of the infamous West Ham group chat, joins us to clear up rumors about his alleged crypto hacks and share more about what he’s working on at Wildcat Finance, which aims to facilitate under-collateralized borrowing on the Ethereum blockchain. 

Laurence also shares his thoughts on protocol security, the impact of social engineering attacks, and the future of credit in DeFi. 

Last but certainly not least, we chat about the role and unique culture of the West Ham group chat in the crypto community.

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0:00 Intro

1:05 Laurence’s background

10:04 The infamous crypto protocol hacks

16:13 Protocol security insights

25:17 Challenges of onboarding the masses to DeFi

26:54 The UX and PMF debate

29:30 What is Wildcat Finance?

37:52 The importance of credit in DeFi

41:24 What is West Ham?

51:20 Final thoughts and predictions

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