We’re living in pretopia, the final crossroads. Both utopia and dystopia are possible futures for humanity, but neither is inevitable. Technology will bring us there, but technologies are not inherently good or bad. Their value is determined by the humans who design and use them, and the decisions we make now as a species will set us on a path we may not be able to change. Pretopia.FM is an open platform for discussing the enormous opportunities and existential risks that come with living in ...
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Michael Bentley: Build Right and It Will Withstand Anything
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Few protocols are able to bounce back from a big exploit, let alone come back with more innovation and ambition than before. Tune in to hear @euler_mab talk about the ins and outs of his journey building @eulerfinance so far!
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Avi Zurlo: =nil; Building the End Game Layer 2
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The strategy of using L2s to scale Ethereum comes with the well known problem of liquidity fragmentation. Maybe, just maybe, if we had one blockchain that could scale, be fast and do it all with little to no trade offs, then we could all just migrate all liquidity to it. The team at @nil_foundation believe this is achievable. Today we chat with @av…
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Things you can do with crypto: - Immutable programmable ledger - Send money internationally, instantly - Start a country?! Today we speak with @ZacharyDash , founder of @EpochIsland , who is trying to do exactly that. Start a country, through crypto.
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Addison: Saving $6M of user funds from Curve exploit.
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Exploit funds recovery is one of the most stressful, challenging and rewarding areas of web3 security. Tune in to hear from @0xaddi , white-hat hacker who help Curve rescue $6M from their exploit last July. Sponsored by @Sablier and @xyz_remedy
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Jack Sanford: What Sets Sherlock Apart
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00:00 – 03:49 Jacks Background 03:49 – 07:26 The Problem With TradFi 07:26 – 15:41 Original Plan For Sherlock 15:41 – 18:51 Advice To Upcoming Projects 18:51 – 27:42 What Sets Sherlock Apart 27:42 – 45:26 Judging Auditing Contests 45:26 – 48:01 Transparency in Judging Auditing 48:01 – 51:05 Is Sherlock The Final Audit??? Not The 1st or 2nd 51:05 – …
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Ali, yAcademy Founder: ZK Everything
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Ali is the founder of yAcademy, a course responsible for bringing many top security researchers into the space and significantly improving the availability of skilled security researchers in web3. Ali is also involved in other projects, including @PrivacyScaling which aims to bridge the gap between cutting edge ZK research and application developme…
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Joe & Brendan: Bringing Next-Level Security Tooling To Web3
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With years of experience in traditional cybersecurity, the guys from Audit Wizard were shocked with how crude and cave-like the tools for web3 security were. One day they had enough when trying to transition to web3 security, and decided to take matters in their own hands, welcome AuditWizard.
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Owen Thurm: How Much Can You Earn With Pay-Per-Vulnerability? Is It Good Enough?
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The pioneer of Pay-Per-Vulnerability smart contract auditing model and co-founder of @GuardianAudits , @0xOwenThurm shares many insights with us!
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Anish Mohammed: No More "Just Trust Me Bro" | ZK Proof Lightbulb Moment
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Tune in for PART 2 with multi disciplinarian and @ZKPanther Co-founder @anishmohammed, where we discuss many things from ZK to national level threats!
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Anish Mohammed: Cryptography and Tokenomics
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The multidisciplinarian and @ZKPanther Co-founder @anishmohammed blesses us with a walk through cryptography and tokenomics in this episode!
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Jackson has a job at FAANG and as if that wasn't enough, he also does audits on the weekends. But few know that investing is his favourite topic, and also how he has made the bulk of his wealth. Today, we talk about his approach to such topic, and much more!
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Spadaboom: Lessons From Building BadgerDAO
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The podcast covers a wide range of topics within the cryptocurrency and DeFi space, including discussions about security and integrity, the development and innovation of protocols such as EBTC, and the potential impact on the future of finance. The conversation delves into the Spadabooms background in sales, marketing, and technology, and emphasize…
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Alex The Entreprenerd: One Click Testing Suites
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In this podcast, Alex, a seasoned security researcher, offers insights on Recon, a powerful tool he and Antonio (@agfviggiano) are building to automate and streamline the process of writing invariant tests for devs and researchers. He also clarifies about the ZkSync contest cheating events and offers advice to newbies on selecting suitable ecosyste…
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In this podcast, a cybersecurity expert named Shung discusses his journey into the crypto space, his methodologies for finding and resolving bugs or vulnerabilities in crypto protocols, the role of AI in crypto security in the future, and his interest in real-asset tokenization and zero-knowledge cryptography. CryptoFriends Uniswap Bug Report…
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In this podcast, Harrison, co-founder of Gaslite, a gas optimization auditing company, discusses his career in the blockchain industry, the importance of optimizing gas in coding and running a successful Web3 company, his working process, and his anticipation for the future of Web3 gaming.
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In this podcast, Bytes talks about his dissatisfaction with doing solo audits, the need to pair up with other auditors for team audits, the importance of goals and drive, and his idea of building a team of security researchers - all fueled by an intense work ethic shaped by his unique past experiences.…
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Antonio Viggiano: Teach Me How To Fuzz
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Antonio, a security researcher, discusses his focus on fuzzing and invariant tests, key tools for testing in the blockchain space and his experiences with the yAcademy ZK Fellowship.
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Miguel de Vega (Nillion CSO): Creating a New Trustless Computing Infrastructure
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This week we dive into Nillion, a promising new trustless infrastructure technology! Nillion’s Chief Scientist Miguel tells us about the motivation, breakthroughs and challenges behind this innovation.
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Tune in to brake the mould with @0xleastwood , an LSR at @SpearbitDAO, and top @code4rena warden who has no auditing process.
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Ed, Valantis CTO: Disrupting the AMM space
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This week’s chat is with Ed CTO of Valantis, a new protocol bound to disrupt the DEX and AMM space
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Ellie: How Code4rena Went From Dust To Stardom
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Ellie has been part of the C4 team since the beginning. She walks us through how the platform evolved and how it was able to overcome the challenges while it scales as the first of its kind.
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Zach Obront: Curiosity and Collaboration
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Zach is one of the most prolific smart contract auditors in the space. We discuss his techniques, learning and views on collaboration!
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Merlin: Taking Risks And Developing Expertise As A Lending Protocol Founder
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In this episode we talk with Merlin, founder of Morpho lending protocol. We discuss his learnings on developing a innovative lending protocol and his security approach to deploying immutable code safely to Ethereum
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Maika (Webacy CEO): Empowering Self Custody And Enabling Crypto Wills
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Maika is a big proponent of self custody and has founded Webacy to empower people to do it safely!
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Patrick Collins: How To Solve The Web3 Security Problem
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Patrick is the CEO of Cyfrin and CodeHawks. He is responsible for onboarding many if not most of web3 developers through his 100% high quality content. His commitment to the space is nothing short of inspiring.
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Josef: From Ethereum Foundation to Founding PWN
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Josef speaks about his time working at the Ethereum Foundation, and what led him to leaving in order to found PWN, the most universal lending protocol.
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Sock: Co-Founding and Scaling Code4rena
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Code4rena Co-Founder Sock shares the challenges of starting and scaling Code4rena, the pioneer platform of the audit contest model.
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HickupH: Clearing His Name With The FBI And Helping Catch Index Finance Exploiter
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In this episode security researcher HickupH shares multiple jaw dropping stories from his stints in web3!
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PoP#7 - 0xriptide: The Ins And Outs Of Bug Bounty Hunting
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@0xriptide is one of the most prolific bug bounty hunters in the space. In this episode he shares his insight into the ins and outs of bug bounty hunting!We also touch on:What Gives Him An Edge (Top Secret)How To Cope With Ups And Downs Of Bounty HuntingWhy and How to Build a ReputationBuilding Good Habits Early On and Persistence in Life…
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PoP #6 - Vlad Bochok - Casually Finding a bug in OpenZeppelin Library
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Tune in to hear how @vladbochok1 casually found a bug in OpenZeppelin library while working as a security engineer at @zksync !Other things discussed:⭕️ Rollups Basics Explained⭕️ Becoming More Security Minded: Tips for Improving Your Project⭕️ Secure System Design: Unifying Efforts for Better Protection of Our Systems⭕️ zKSync: A Holistic Approach…
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PoP #5 - Bytes032 - Competition Drives Him: How to Get Good at Auditing
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- From Manager to Security: The Power of Reality Checks - Top Down and Individual Flows: Organising Function Calls for Better Understanding - Competition Drives Him: How to Get Good at Auditing - How Being a Big Procrastinator Helps Him Craft Systems to Get Things Done on Time - Building a Brand
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PoP #4 - Uncovering Token Streaming and it's implications with Sablier founder Paul R. Berg
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Sablier is a token streaming protocol known to have one of the best codebases foundry based solidity codebases. In this episode we speak of founder Paul R. Berg to understand how and why Sablier was build. We also touch on longevity which is one of the founder's passion.
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In this episode we discuss his lately exploit that saved USD$100M at risk in KyberSwap.
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Maxime is the in charge of Operations for the Sablier token streaming protocol.We discuss crypto regulation, DAOs, governance and the nature of the world!
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We wanted to start with a banger, so we invited @GalloDaSballo for our first episode!
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Privacy is a key component of cryptographic networks that is typically misunderstood. Anish Mohammed, Chief Scientist for Panther Protocol, joins the podcast to discuss how transparent networks fall prey to MEV attacks and other negative actions such as collusion. Anish is an accomplished multi disciplinarian who has worked as medical doctor, bioin…
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Jesse Proudman comes onto the podcast to discuss Makara Digital and its launch to the retail market. Now anyone can access the active strategies of Strix and build wealth with a SEC registered investment company. This podcast was recorded in the depths of the bear market that started back in May. This has been one of the most interesting periods in…
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I love Liquidityfolio.com. It's one of the most powerful trackers for liquidity across multiple chains. It's key for tracking LP in your portfolio. Federico joins the podcast to discuss how liquidity provision is changing with the launch of Uniswap V3 and how it will affect trading into the future. Website: Liquidityfolio.com…
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The godfather of algorithmic stablecoins dives deep into Seniorage Shares and its lasting legacy on the crypto ecosystem. Robert is the CEO of Clearmatics and is a long standing member of the Bitcoin and crypto community. Robert Sams is a hedge fund manager and macro specialist, focused on central bank policy. Over 11-years experience in the indust…
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In this episode, fellow St. Andrews alumni Nic Carter joins to discuss the current state of Bitcoin. Nic answers some of the burning questions that host Samuel McCulloch has been exploring for a couple of years:Where does Bitcoin stand in the surveillance economy?Effects of FinCEN’s proposed wallet rules on Bitcoin markets.China’s use of the great …
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Why are NFT's so damn cool and how have they exploded into popularity in the past 2 years? Alex Salnikov sits down with host Samuel McCulloch to discuss all the amazing things NFT's can do and how he is building Rarible to bring NFT's to the entire world. Where to find the showiTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Youtube | RSS FeedReference MaterialSUPPOR…
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Dave Collum is back for the third year to unpack his yearly mega post on all the crazy events of the last 365 days. Over the course of 3.5 hours he and host Samuel McCulloch breakdown a few of the key topics in his report, from valuations, college wokeism, to Covid and more. This is the perfect way to wrap up 2020 and bring in the new year. Enjoy. …
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A short update from Sam and a recap of 2020. Plus some thoughts on what's to come for 2021.By End of the Chain
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About this episodeWhat is transactional privacy and how does it affect you every day? Sebastian Buergel from HOPR joins to discuss current vulnerabilities in crypto and how HOPR is addressing them. Where to find the showiTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Youtube | RSS FeedSupport the showIf you like End of the Chain you can help support the show by doin…
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About this episodeSam K comes back for another episode to talk about stablecoins and the release of his new project Frax.Where to find the showiTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Youtube | RSS FeedSupport the showIf you like End of the Chain you can help support the show by doing one of the following:Ethereum: 0xDAb148614f22dDa800cF006Be7932eeEB75AC644Le…
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About this episode Time is unknown to a computer. Information travels at the speed of electricity or light, so how can time be a part of a computer network? Anatoly, co-founder of Solana, has solved how to bring time to a distributed network with Solana, an incredibly powerful and fast proof-of-stake network. Where to find the show iTunes | Spotify…
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About this episode Serge is a degen of gambler and knows everything about online gaming. We break down the latest defi trend, the perils of crypto gaming, Bitcoin's lack of development and more. Serge Ravitch is a former lawyer, professional poker player and product/project manager turned angel investor. Serge has been skeptical of crypto since 201…
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About this episode Gas prices are out of control and Layer 2 networks seem poised to offer a low cost solution for smaller transactions. Dr. Arthur Gervais joins this episode to discuss the various types of L2 networks and how Liquidity Network has built a functioning platform to meet the needs of ETH users. Arthur's links Homepage | Linkedin | Twi…
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About this episode SBF joins this episode to discuss how crypto markets have evolved in the last year and what effects Defi and his future platform Serum will have on the larger ecosystem. Plus we get into detail on a few trade products and how they were built into FTX. Sam's Links Linkedin | Twitter Where to find the show iTunes | Spotify | Stitch…
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About this episode Leemon jumps into a discussion of his past service in the US Air Force and how it led him to creating the Hashgraph protocol. Both Leemon and host Samuel McCulloch lived for some time in Colorado Springs and discuss military life. Leemon is the inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm, and is the Co-Founder and C…
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