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  • In this latest episode of Beneath the Layers we speak with Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and CEO of Edge and Node. We speak about her time giving back to her local community, entrepreneurship, and growing the Graph.

    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    0:00 Intro

    1:30 Giving back to the Community

    9:30 Does finance revolve around similar values?

    15:18 Adjusting Risk and Decision Making

    18:40 Orchid

    23:40 The Graph Explained

    29:01 Should all data live onchain?

    31:57 Edge and Node

    35:32 Content is Key

    36:53 San Francisco

    39:24 House of Web3

    41:27 What does it take to be an entrepeneur?

    43:30 What does it mean to be happy?

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    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

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  • In this latest episode of Beneath the Layers we speak with Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder and President of Starkware. We speak about cryptography and it's place in society, ZK systems and privacy, and how StarkWare helps with scaling Ethereum. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    0:00 Why Should We Care about Cryptography?

    7:55 What caused the shift of focus from Privacy-centric blockchains?

    17:30 StarkWare Products

    22:47 Trust: Math vs Humans

    29:08 Why Cairo (CVM) vs Solidity/Rust?

    32:12 Narrative Shifts for Layer 2s

    35:30 Onboarding and Tooling

    38:21 Decentralization

    44:46 Offchain Labs and StarkWare Collab?

    46:15 Can we β€œSolve” State Growth?

    50:14 Coolest breakthrough in Cryptography

    52:36 Quantum Computing

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    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

    #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

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  • In this episode of Beneath the Layers we bring on GFunk, CEO at Pixel Vault. We speak about his time coming into web3 as an entrepreneur, his part in the rise of NFTs, and what Reboot's role in web3 gaming is.

    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    0:00 Why "GFunk"?

    4:08 Life before Entrepreneurship

    25:55 Partnering with Adidas

    34:50 Creator Royalties

    38:02 Reboot Protocol

    41:38 Battle Plan!

    55:04 Wolf.game

    1:07:45 Why Arbitrum

    1:18:08 Solana

    1:22:20 Football Club

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    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

    #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

  • Jill Gunter joins us to talk about inflation in the modern day, crypto's impact on society as a whole, and her thoughts on the state of layer 2s/layer 1s. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    In this interview, we discuss:

    0:00 Jill's background

    7:31 Code is law, but we govern that law

    17:29 What causes hyperinflation

    22:48 Differences between tradfi industry vs crypto industry

    29:07 Is full decentralization preferable and achievable?

    33:24 Crypto in 2017

    38:11 Open Money Iniative

    42:17 Crypto's impact on the real world

    47:00 Espresso Systems

    51:22 Sequencers and Rollups

    1:00:00 L1 with sequencers?

    1:02:00 Ethereum and L2s

    1:10:34 Crypto's role in the global financial system

    1:13:57 How do we change the perception of crypto

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    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

    #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

  • Amitt Mahajan joins us to talk about entrepreneurship, co-creating Farmville while at Zynga, his thoughts on how blockchain integrates with gaming, and more!

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs

    In this interview, we discuss:

    0:00 Is Amitt a Gamer?

    3:23 When Amitt Decided to get into the Gaming Industry

    12:01 FarmVille + Other Endeavors

    26:12 Getting into Crypto

    31:20 The Downside of Entrepreneurship

    34:25 The Importance of Blockchain Tech

    44:37 Picking a Chain to Deploy on

    52:44 Advice for Upcoming Entrepreneurs

    57:55 AI + Gaming

    1:00:00 The Future of VR + AR

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    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

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    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

  • Ed Felten joins us to talk about his time working at the White House, teaching at Princeton, founding Arbitrum, and Artificial Intelligence.

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs

    In this interview, we discuss:

    0:00 Studying Computer Security

    8:22 Teaching at Princeton

    30:06 Working at the FTC

    39:44 Working at the White House

    1:02:12 Why Scale Ethereum?

    1:17:58 Stylus

    1:25:05 Artificial Intelligence

    1:32:54 Biggest Threat to National Security

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    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    Disclaimer:

    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

  • Preston Van Loon and Raul Jordan join us to talk about their life before Prysmatic Labs, what it was like to build and contribute to Ethereum, to now working at Offchain Labs, scaling Ethereum.

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs

    In this interview, we discuss:

    0:00 Where Preston and Raul grew up

    11:02 How Preston got to Google

    15:58 Does Google and Crypto have a shared interest?

    17:56 How Preston and Raul met

    20:00 What Helped them Run Prysmatic Labs

    24:03 Shipping the Beaconchain

    30:28 Why join a Layer 2 team?

    39:39 What Preston and Raul are working on

    41:06 What Preston and Raul are excited about

    48:20 Can Ethereum succsed without Vitalik?

    54:43 Preston can Fly Planes

    57:15 Raul Speaks Cantonese

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    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    Disclaimer:

    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.