Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint

18/12/2019 55 min
Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint

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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-ZKValidatorGive 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! Please share your feedback with us here: https://forms.gle/LtQQyKJV6r7LrSND7If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefmJoin us on TelegramCatch up with us on YoutubeSupport our Gitcoin GrantSupport us on the ZKP PatreonOr directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1aBTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8ZzZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ