blockchain finance

There's obviously a lot of interest in crypto and DeFi these days. And while it's growing rapidly, it's still not cutting much into traditional finance business lines. For the most part, trading on blockchains is slow and costly. But some projects don't accept the premise that blockchains have to be slow and inefficient. Solana is an Ethereum competitor whose native token has been soaring. And unlike Ethereum, its transactions are cheap and ultrafast. So what tradeoffs does it make? And what projects are being built on top of it? On this episode, we speak with Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Kanav Kariya of Jump Trading, who is involved with an oracle project called Pyth.

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Episode: #20
July 6, 2020

We sit down in this episode with Chris Burniske to talk about crypto, DeFi, and the Ethereum opportunity. Why are we here? How will crypto make the world better? Where are we going next?

Oh...and is ETH money?

Chris has the incredible ability to drill deep into intricate analysis one moment then zoom out across history to tell us what is means for the future of humanity. Enjoy this conversation with our favorite crypto analyst-philosopher.

We cover:

• Evolution of token valuations
• Fixing the inequality of capital
• Is DeFi a better system for the world?
• Balancer as a case study
• Have his views on governance changed?
• Tribalism!
• The reason we're here
• Going west toward the Infinite Whitespace
• The Ethereum opportunity!
• Bullish ETH?
• Chris's next book

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

• Read our favorite writings by Chris:
  • A Superior Financial System
  • The Likely Fate of Ethereum Killers
  • Protocols As Minimally Extractive Coordinators
  • Value Capture & Quantification: Cryptocapital vs Cryptocommodities
  • Cryptonetworks Are Not Companies
• Follow Chris on Twitter
• Listen to Chris Read "A Blank State of Slate"
• Check out Crypto Assets Book

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Episode Actions:

1. Read our favorite articles from Chris (see above)
2. Listen to episode 4 on ETH as a Triple Point Asset
3. Subscribe to State of the Nation on YouTube!

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