Episode 108: Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint

This week we catch up with Zaki Manian, Director at Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/), the company building Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) architecture, and co-founder of Iqlusion (https://www.iqlusion.io/) Validator. We chat about the blockchain in Silicon Valley, why SF loves DeFi, the challenge of balancing pragmatism and regulation with a decentralised ideology, the nuances of PoS systems, the wins of 2019 and what is on the horizon.
Here are links to a few things we discuss:
-Tarun Chitra's paper (https://docsend.com/view/697feid) on how the existance of derivatives can undermine the security of a PoS system
-Blog post summarizing Tarun's paper here (https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697)
-ZKValidator (https://zkvalidator.com/)
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This week we catch up with Zaki Manian, Director at Tendermint, the company building Cosmos architecture, and co-founder of Iqlusion Validator. We chat about the blockchain in Silicon Valley, why SF loves DeFi, the challenge of balancing pragmatism and regulation with a decentralised ideology, the nuances of PoS systems, the wins of 2019 and what is on the horizon.

Here are links to a few things we discuss:

-Tarun Chitra's paper on how the existance of derivatives can undermine the security of a PoS system

-Blog post summarizing Tarun's paper here

-ZKValidator

Give the Zero Knowledge Podcast some feedback. Whether you are a long-time listener or new to the show, we would love to hear from you!

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Support our Gitcoin Grant

Support us on the ZKP Patreon

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