The Smartest Contract

By Jeffrey Tong

Every episode of the Smartest Contract discusses recent flaws, change and discoveries in the world of the blockchain Every show features a high profile guest in the blockchain ecosystem who gives his/... more

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

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August 09, 2018Episode 15: JP Smith - Trail of Bit's Outlook on Security
In this episode we discuss:
Trail of bit's auditing process
Various tools used at Trail of Bits
How the auditing process should be
All of Trail of Bit's Tools: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/23/use-our-suite-of-ethereum-security-tools/
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: JP Smith.
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27min
August 02, 2018Episode 14: Nadav Hollander - Dharma's Path to Unsecured Loans
In this episode we discuss:
History and mission of Dharma
How an user interacts with Dharma
How Dharma plans to support unsecured loans
What the future of Dharma looks like
Dharma's Blog about underwriters: https://blog.dharma.io/current-and-future-approaches-to-unsecured-lending-in-dharma-protocol-8199eea720de
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: Nadav Hollander.
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29min
July 26, 2018Episode 13: Andy Tudhope - EthPrize, an interview with the Ethereum ecosystem
In this episode we discuss:
What is EthPrize
Sample interview with Elena
Overview of the learnings
EthPrize: http://ethprize.io/
EthReport: https://ethreport.info/
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: Andy Tudhope.
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35min
July 19, 2018Episode 12: Dan Finlay - MetaMask Announces New Project
In this episode we discuss:
New project by MetaMask
MetaMask's design principles
The life-cycle of a transaction through MetaMask
What is missing in the Ethereum ecosystem until mass adoption
Radspec: https://github.com/aragon/radspec
EIP719: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/719
Mustekala: https://github.com/MetaMask/mustekala
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: Dan Finlay.
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22min
July 12, 2018Episode 11: Nicholas D'Andrea - Truffle 5.0 and the future of EthPM
In this episode we discuss:
What are the new features in Truffle 5.0
What are some common mistakes people do with Truffle
What is EthPM and how it will change Ethereum development?
EthPM: https://www.ethpm.com/
Truffle: https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: Nicholas D'Andrea.
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22min
July 05, 2018Episode 10: Stan James - On-chain vs Off-chain Architecture
In this episode we discuss:
What are the main factors to consider when assessing a function
What are off-chain solutions for computation
What are off-chain solutions for storage
When is it best to leverage off-chain solutions
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: Stan James.
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25min
June 28, 2018Episode 9: Georgios Konstantopoulos - Plasma and Friends
In this episode we discuss:
What is Plasma
What is Plasma Cash, MVP, Classic etc.
How Plasma ensures trust among it's parties
Plasma Cash's top exploits
Loom: https://loomx.io/
Plasma Whitepaper: https://plasma.io/plasma.pdf
Plasma MVP: https://github.com/omisego/plasma-mvp
Plasma Classic: https://ethresear.ch/t/plasma-classic-compact-spec/1711
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: Georgios Konstantopoulos.
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20min
June 21, 2018Episode 8: Gerhard Wagner - Smart Contract Security and Honeypots
In this episode we discuss:
The process of an auditor
Consensys tools used in the auditing process
What are smart contract honeypots?
How to make an undetectable honeypot
Mythril: https://github.com/ConsenSys/mythril
Original Honeypot Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/7xvoui/exposing_ethereum_honeypots/
Honeypot blogpost: https://medium.com/@gerhard.wagner/the-phenomena-of-smart-contract-honeypots-755c1f943f7b
Honeypots Repo: https://github.com/thec00n/smart-contract-honeypots
Gerhard Twitter: https://twitter.com/g3rh4rdw4gn3r
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
New episodes every Thursday!
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28min
June 14, 2018Episode 7: Ameen Soleimani - Current and Future of State Channels
In this episode we discuss:
Basics of Payment Channels, State Channels and Generalized State Channels
How Spankchain utilizes State Channels
How State Channels fit into the future ecosystem
Interopability using State Channels
SpankChain (SFW)
SpankChain Beta (NSFW)
SpankChain's Github
Counterfactual Whitepaper
Generalized State Channel talk by Li Xuanji
CelerNetwork
Perun Network
Special Guest: Ameen Soleimani.
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29min
June 07, 2018Episode 6: Alex Rea - Colony Design and Reputation System
In this episode we discuss:
Colony's general architecture
Colony's reputation system and it's use cases
Why Colony decided not to do an ICO before product
Miners for smart contracts
Colony
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New episodes every Thursday!
Special Guest: Alex Rea.
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22min

FAQs about The Smartest Contract:

How many episodes does The Smartest Contract have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.