The Blockcrunch Podcast

Can we decentralize how companies communicate?

As part of the new Decentralized Finance series, we're talking with Centrifuge, a project trying to create blockchain-based financial supply chains.

Co-founder Lucas Vogelsang joins us for a technical deep dive on how this is done, and why privacy is important for businesses.

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Host: @mrjasonchoi

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What is the true bottleneck in blockchain scaling?

bloXroute Labs thinks it has to do with something that many overlook: the block relayer network. Professor Emin Gün Sirer (@el33th4xor) joins us on this episode of 500 Blockcrunch to discuss:

• Why Lightning Network's future is questionable
• Why block propagation time is the true scalability challenge
• How the bloXroute token mirrors an index fund

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Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch podcast series is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Conduct your own research and invest at your own risk.

Vendors don't want to accept crypto - so how did Phaze manage to get hundreds of stores like Domino's Pizza, CVS Pharmacy, and JCPenny to use its crypto wallet?

I chat with Phaze.io founder Kyle Collier to find out what business strategies Phaze is using to scale its custodial crypto wallet application.

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Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch podcast series is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Conduct your own research and invest at your own risk.

Sharding is an age old database tech being applied to blockchains to achieve scalability. Just what is it, and how does it compare to other scalability projects? We talk to Quarkchain to find out:

• What is sharding and what are its tradeoffs

• What are the specific challenges facing sharding

• Quarkchain's approach for picking investors & managing coin supply

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Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch podcast series is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Conduct your own research and invest at your own risk.

 

 

What the heck is a state channel, and what's being built right now? I talk to Connext's Arjun Bhuptani to find out:

• What are the different types of state channels
• How they will help blockchains scale to millions of users
• What are the biggest challenges facing state channels

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Not financial advice.

Resources:

• Blockcrunch on Twitter: @mrjasonchoi
• Connext's discord: discord.gg/KFqnvuM

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Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch podcast series is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Conduct your own research and invest at your own risk.

Celer Network is a project funded by 500 Startups building "internet-scale blockchains" via a unique network of state channels.

I caught up with their co-founder, Dr. Mo Dong, to discuss:

Why liquidity is an issue for state channels. how Celer differs from other state channel projects, and the biggest challenges facing blockchain scalability projects

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Not financial advice.

Host: @mrjasonchoi

Solana is a project funded by 500 Startups that's aiming to build the fastest blockchain, using an interesting concept called Proof of History.

I caught up with their founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, to discuss:

- What is Proof of History, and why blockchains are just decentralized clocks, what makes the Solana blockchain different from others, and why Anatoly thinks there will be multiple winners in crypto

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I partnered with 500 Startups' Bonnie Cheung to bring to you a miniseries on all things crypto scaling.

You've probably heard that scaling is a problem in crypto. To start to understand it requires hours & hours of research...which we did for you. We cover:

- The 4 key pieces of the scaling challenge

- Major projects working on Layer 0 to Layer 2 solutions

- Explanations of each type of solution

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

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Richard Burton is one of the most interesting people I've met in crypto. After spending some time at Ethereum and Stripe, he's now building Balance - a crypto wallet app and the first step of many towards creating a crypto bank. We chat about:

- Ethereum as a Supreme Court of crypto

- The 1 word missing from Coinbase's mission statement

- What a decentralized crypto native bank looks like.

Be sure to rate and subscribe for more! Not financial advice.

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

In this exciting episode, I chat with Anthony Apollo, Universe Architect of Cellarius, a project backed by ConsenSys that's trying to crowdsource a dystopian Star Wars-like story on the blockchain. We chat about:

- Copyright in open source storytelling

- How the community votes on a story

- How creators will collaborate to create a sci-fi universe

A unique episode highlighting an exciting project; be sure to rate and subscribe for more!

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

Not financial advice.