#16: Zaif Exchange Hack and How We Called It Two Months Ago and the Interplanetary File System (IPFS)

QuantLayer Podcast

On this episode, Faizaan and I do a victory lap for calling the Zaif exchange hack over 2 months ago. We also a deep dive into IPFS - what it is, what problem it solves, how it works and how Cloudflare is getting involved in the space. We finally look at some alerts that came through our dashboard.

Topics:

• A victory lap for calling the Zaif exchange hack over 2 months ago
• Cloudflare IPFS
• The purpose of IPFS and how does it works
• What IPNS is
• Where data is stored
• Why interplanetary
• What Cloudflare do
• Alerts: -Scam alert: Betvibe makes false claims -TKeyCoin scam -Transaction lost bugfix -Bitcoin hedge fund records 10,000% returns -India fighting fake drugs

Links:

• Podcast transcript for episode 5 - https://medium.com/@QuantLayer/crypto-teams-need-to-communicate-better-and-a-new-segment-big-drama-in-smallcap-land-zoin-and-8c36a624da6b
• Coindesk: Crypto Exchange Zaif Hacked In $60 Million Bitcoin Theft - https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-zaif-hacked-in-60-million-6000-bitcoin-theft/
• Zaif - https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000093.000012906.html
• Cloudflare goes InterPlanetary - https://blog.cloudflare.com/distributed-web-gateway/
• Alerts: - Betvibe - https://app-alpha.quantlayer.com/dashboard/alert/86ad01c4-dd7e-3d8b-8a04-1e79e1c413e6 - TKeyCoins scam - https://medium.com/@ICOEthics/tkeycoin-scam-fake-team-bfb635fea486 - Transaction lost bugfix - https://app-alpha.quantlayer.com/dashboard/alert/f3b0144e-2524-42db-a647-75ebf93784fc?search=lost&searchType=default - Bitcoin hedge fund records 10,000% returns - https://cryptobriefing.com/crypto-hedge-fund-records-10000-returns/ - India fighting fake drugs - https://app-alpha.quantlayer.com/dashboard/alert/07aa95fd-7100-45a3-97db-001546f23fdb?search=oracle&searchType=default - Non Tesla Elon news - https://coinidol.com/elon-musk-calls-for-help/