Building On Chain Privacy Through a Tornado. Elena Nadolinski and Craig Timm of Iron Fish. - E89

The Encrypted Economy

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests are Elena Nadolinski and Craig Timm of Iron Fish. Iron Fish is a decentralized, proof-of-work based, censorship-resistant, and publicly accessible blockchain project that aims to become the universal privacy layer for all of Web 3. We dive into the project and discuss the role of privacy in the evolution of blockchains. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the most pressing issues in Web 3.0 and the projects that are working to solve them.

Topics Covered:
· 0:00 Introduction
· 5:00 Elena’s Background
· 11:40 Use Case for Privacy Solutions
· 14:00 Introduction to Iron Fish
· 17:30 Why Change from Rust to TypeScript?
· 26:00 Why Change from a Browser-Based Node?
· 29:00 Why and How Iron Fish Expanded to Other Chains
· 33:55 Craig’s Background
· 37:30 Discussing Tornado Cash
· 46:00 Implications on the Entire Space
· 52:00 What Has Changed for Iron Fish?
· 57:00 Is There a Bullish Case?
Resource List:
· Elena’s LinkedIn
· Elena’s Twitter
· Craig’s LinkedIn
· Craig’s Twitter
· Iron Fish
· Iron Fish: The Privacy Platform For Web3
· United States Sanctions Tornado Cash
· What is Rust and why is it so popular?
· Web RTC
· Zcash
· Sapling
· Aleo
· Money Laundering and Bank Integrity Unit
· North Korea using Tornado Cash
· The Downside of Sanctioning Tornado Cash
Follow The Encrypted Economy on your favorite platforms!
Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
Facebook