How Osmosis Is Trying to Improve the Crypto User Experience - Ep.357

Sunny Aggarwal, co-founder of Osmosis Labs, talks about how Osmosis is being built, the innovations that are coming, the reasons to use app chains, and much more. Show highlights:
how Sunny got into crypto 
how the DAO hack turned him off Ethereum at first 
how the scaling issues with Ethereum got him interested in the Cosmos vision of app-chains
why he is interested in Proof of Stake
what the vision of Cosmos is
how Sunny compares the evolution of blockchains with human evolution
why he thinks that Cosmos integrates the best of Bitcoin and Ethereum networks
why he thinks that having more than one Proof of Work chain is fundamentally insecure
which three technologies are necessary for Cosmos to succeed
what IBC and the Cosmos SDK do
why Sunny decided to build Osmosis 
how automated market makers are massively underexplored
why UX is such a priority for the Osmosis team
why Sunny does not want to list the OSMO token on other exchanges
why Osmosis has a curated dex as well as a permissionless one
how Osmosis governance works 
how security is provided on Osmosis
what superfluid staking is
how CosmWasm helps Osmosis compete with centralized exchanges
how Osmosis is solving frontrunning with threshold encryption
why the Osmosis team chose Axelar for bridging
whether Yuga Labs could have used an app chain 
 
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EPISODE LINKS
Sunny Aggarwal
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunnya97

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnya97/

 
COSMOS
What is Cosmos: https://v1.cosmos.network/intro

Cosmos whitepaper: https://v1.cosmos.network/resources/whitepaper

CosmWasm: https://cosmwasm.com/

Cosmos IBC: https://www.coinbase.com/es/cloud/discover/dev-foundations/ibc-protocol#:~:text=The%20Cosmos%20ecosystem%20has%20a,protocol%20(IBC)%20was%20created.
Cosmos SDK: https://v1.cosmos.network/sdk

OSMOSIS 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OsmosisZone

Website: https://osmosis.zone/

Superfluid staking: https://medium.com/osmosis/osmosis-superfluid-staking-launch-feb-28-45f8e43064af

Osmosis Vision: https://medium.com/osmosis/vision-for-osmosis-e68e796ff1c2

Threshold Encryption: https://medium.com/zero-knowledge-validator/privacy-in-cosmos-defi-edition-event-summary-8cafda021aa6#:~:text=Threshold%20encryption%2C%20applied%20by%20Osmosis,of%20votes%20required%20for%20consensus.
Osmosis Governance: https://docs.osmosis.zone/overview/governance.html

 
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Sunny Aggarwal, co-founder of Osmosis Labs, talks about how Osmosis is being built, the innovations that are coming, the reasons to use app chains, and much more. Show highlights:

how Sunny got into crypto  how the DAO hack turned him off Ethereum at first  how the scaling issues with Ethereum got him interested in the Cosmos vision of app-chains why he is interested in Proof of Stake what the vision of Cosmos is how Sunny compares the evolution of blockchains with human evolution why he thinks that Cosmos integrates the best of Bitcoin and Ethereum networks why he thinks that having more than one Proof of Work chain is fundamentally insecure which three technologies are necessary for Cosmos to succeed what IBC and the Cosmos SDK do why Sunny decided to build Osmosis  how automated market makers are massively underexplored why UX is such a priority for the Osmosis team why Sunny does not want to list the OSMO token on other exchanges why Osmosis has a curated dex as well as a permissionless one how Osmosis governance works  how security is provided on Osmosis what superfluid staking is how CosmWasm helps Osmosis compete with centralized exchanges how Osmosis is solving frontrunning with threshold encryption why the Osmosis team chose Axelar for bridging whether Yuga Labs could have used an app chain 

 

Thank you to our sponsors!

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Beefy Finance: https://beefy.finance/

 

EPISODE LINKS

Sunny Aggarwal

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunnya97
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnya97/

 

COSMOS

What is Cosmos: https://v1.cosmos.network/intro
Cosmos whitepaper: https://v1.cosmos.network/resources/whitepaper
CosmWasm: https://cosmwasm.com/
Cosmos IBC: https://www.coinbase.com/es/cloud/discover/dev-foundations/ibc-protocol#:~:text=The%20Cosmos%20ecosystem%20has%20a,protocol%20(IBC)%20was%20created. Cosmos SDK: https://v1.cosmos.network/sdk

OSMOSIS 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OsmosisZone
Website: https://osmosis.zone/
Superfluid staking: https://medium.com/osmosis/osmosis-superfluid-staking-launch-feb-28-45f8e43064af
Osmosis Vision: https://medium.com/osmosis/vision-for-osmosis-e68e796ff1c2
Threshold Encryption: https://medium.com/zero-knowledge-validator/privacy-in-cosmos-defi-edition-event-summary-8cafda021aa6#:~:text=Threshold%20encryption%2C%20applied%20by%20Osmosis,of%20votes%20required%20for%20consensus. Osmosis Governance: https://docs.osmosis.zone/overview/governance.html

 

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