On The Brink with Castle Island artwork

Steven Goldfeder (Offchain Labs) on Building Arbitrum (EP.351)

On The Brink with Castle Island

English - September 19, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 272 ratings
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Steven Goldfeder is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Offchain Labs, the team building Arbitrum. In this episode we discuss:  Steven's academic background, and his work at Princeton University.  BlockSci, an early blockchain forensics/search product that Steven co-founded.  The evolution of MPC custody and the exciting developments in that category.  The Flash Boys 2.0 paper and the current state of MEV.  Steven's views on the evolution of L1 smart contract platforms and how L2 scaling is shaping up.  The design choices and considerations that went into the choice of optimistic vs. zero-knowledge rollups on Arbitrum.  The future of ZK systems on blockchains.    To learn more about Arbitrum and follow Steven visit www.offchainlabs.com

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