In the interview with Mario Di Dio, GM of Network at Nova Labs, he discusses his background in the telco industry and his transition to Helium Mobile, where he is working to build a decentralized mobile network. He describes Helium Mobile as a cost-effective, community-driven wireless service that enables users to participate in network expansion t…

This week, Ryan John King, co-founder and CEO of FOAM, discusses the potential of FOAM's proof of location technology, which uses terrestrial networks (instead of GPS) to provide secure and verifiable location data. King emphasizes the challenges and utility of developing such a network, especially in providing reliable and cryptographically backed…

Skylar and Nathan from the Ethereum Foundation join Corey and Dee to discuss Devcon 7: Southeast Asia in Bangkok, Thailand. The event, scheduled for November 12-15, 2024, is highlighted as the must-attend Ethereum developers' conference, promising extensive technical content, real-world applications of Ethereum, and unique features like themed days…

Nathan Vandy from DappRadar discussed creating a decentralized Dapp store and recounted his journey into crypto, starting with a law degree and diving deep into blockchain research. He shared insights on transitioning DappRadar into a DAO and touched on the potential for DAOs to manage community resources and even city or country treasuries, aiming…

In this fascinating interview on Hashing It Out, Matty Tokenomics discusses his book "Tokenomics for Builders" and detailed methodologies for effective token design. The conversation delves into his background in economics and finance, including his experiences at Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates and as a tokenomics researcher for various blockch…

Dee and Jessie speak with Cyprien Grau of Status about the future of the Status Network, focusing on their vision for creating an open-source, decentralized crypto communication super app. They explore the intricacies of staking contracts, rollup technology, and the delicate balance between maintaining decentralization and ensuring economic feasibi…

Dee and Jessie speak with David Vorick, a Glow enthusiast and developer, about using incentive dollars to build, operate, and establish solar farms that will subsequently fund another solar farm in a DePIN cycle.By Dee Ferguson, Jessie Santiago

In this episode of "Hashing it Out," Dee and Jessie interview Kieran Mesquita from Railgun, discussing the platform's approach to cryptocurrency privacy.Kieran elaborates on how Railgun adds a private address type to Ethereum, allowing for obfuscation of transaction origins while still facilitating participation in DeFi protocols. The conversation …

In this episode, Corey, Dee and Jessie dive into various facets of financial cryptography, its historical context, and its implications for consent and governance. Guest Ian Grigg provides insights into the evolution of digital finance, emphasizing the role of cryptography in enabling trust and privacy within financial systems.Overall, the conversa…

Vitalik Buterin and Dankrad Feist of Ethereum, and Dmitriy Ryajov of Codex, join HIO for a discussion about the challenges and solutions in the realm of data availability and scalability in blockchain systems, particularly Ethereum.They address the complexities of the issues, from Buterin's perspective on the long-term vision, to Ryajov and Feist's…

It's a midnight drop of bonus footage from HIO talks with Vinay Gupta of Mattereum.By Dee Ferguson, Jessie Santiago

In this episode, we interview Cloudhead from the Radicle.xyz project, discussing the intricacies of maintaining a peer-to-peer code collaboration platform. Cloudhead explains the challenges and innovations of developing Radicle, emphasizing its offline functionality, lack of requirement for a user account, and the complexities involved in building …

Dee, Corey, and Jessie host an insightful interview with Jason Delabay and Dr. Morten Dahl from Zama, focusing on fully homomorphic encryption.Delabay, with a background in web development and crypto, delves into his journey into cryptography after meeting Zama's CEO, exploring the potential of FHE in blockchain technology. Dr. Dahl, with expertise…

In Mattereum Part 2, Vinay Gupta - CEO of Mattereum, discussed the complexities of establishing legal ownership and property rights for physical and digital assets, emphasizing the societal and legal constructs surrounding property. He highlighted the work Mattereum does to tokenize real-world assets like gold bars and houses, by ensuring that owne…

Vinay Gupta is a cryptographic applications developer and part of the original Ethereum team. In this episode, he introduces his company Mattereum, which focuses on securitizing physical assets on the Ethereum blockchain.Corey, Dee, and Jessie talk to Gupta about Mattereum's goal to provide a scalable and legally-regulated way to conduct transactio…

In this episode, Paul Sztorc discusses his vision for drive chains, a concept he believes could advance Bitcoin by allowing for permissionless innovation and competition among developers, leading to a diverse array of L2 applications that work in tandem with Bitcoin's L1.By Paul Sztorc, Corey Petty, Jessie Broke, Dee Ferguson

Corey Petty chats with Danny Ryan - Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation - about the massive task of coordinating async work and the Ethereum 2.0 rollout.They also discuss how to get started in the crypto and blockchain community, as well as, how much you can learn by stepping in to do small tasks as part of the bigger picture.…

Corey, Dee, and Jessie talk to Ray Redacted about protecting your digital assets, artificial intelligence, and cyber security.Topics include multifactor authentication, convenience vs security, health related privacy, and generating techniques.By Dee Ferguson, Jessie Santiago, Corey Petty

The Hashing it Out team assembles the ultimate roundtable to discuss the state of P2P. Corey, D, and Jesse chat with DELV Co-Founder, Jonny Rhea, along with Astaria CTO, Joe Delong, and Managing Partner of the Number Group, Zak Cole.By D Ferguson

Corey, D, and Jesse sit down with Robin Linus of ZeroSync – the team spearheading the development of proof systems for Bitcoin for scalability, interoperability, and privacy. Robin discusses everything from the recently published BitVM white paper, challenges and tradeoffs of validation proofs on Bitcoin, Zk Coins, and his birthday cake from Gisele…

The Hashing it Out team speaks with Ameen Soleimani, co-author of the Privacy Pools paper - Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium. Ameen, along with Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Foundation), Jacob Illum (Chainalysis), Matthias Nadler (University of Basel), and Fabian Schär (Center for Innovative Finance, Univers…

This is a special episode of Hashing in Out in which Corey, D, and Jesse, meet with "Edgard" about the impending relaunch of Status – the super app for decentralised communities, and the recent launch of the new website (https://status.app/). Corey, former Chief Security Officer of Status and now involved in program management of Logos, is deeply f…

The Hashing it Out team sits down with Jordi Baylina to discuss everything from his involvement in the Catalan Independence Movement, DApp Node, and Giveth to technical details associated in bringing privacy and compression to zk proofs via recursion.By Jordi Baylina, Jessie Santiago, Dee Ferguson, Corey Petty

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We sit down with Lefteris Karapetsas of Rotki – the portfolio tracker that protects your privacy.By Lefteris Karapetsas, Dee Ferguson, Jessie Broke, Corey Petty