Carter Woetzel, privacy, trust & silk

This episode of the #citizencosmos podcast features Carter Woetzel, Lead researcher & economist for Shade Protocol, an app for private DeFi. Shade Protocol is an array of connected privacy-preserving DeFi applications built on Secret Network - all accruing value back to SHD ("shade"), the treasury, and governance token. Carter's Twitter We spoke to Carter about Shade Protocol, and: Carter's book, "Building Confidence in Blockchain" Privacy on the blockchain Bringing privacy to smart contracts Auditability, for regulators How do we get people to trust blockchain How trust in the technology is crucial for adoption by users and financial institutions Simplifying or solving the gas token Futuristic currencies Non traditional stable coins Sustainability in protocol development Blockchain at the moment is an experiment Privacy issues with Intel Our perception of time in blockchain Homeomorphic Encryption as a solution to encryption Why removing the middlemen is always in our best interest Motivation If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants Listen to the YouTube version Read our blog Check out our GitHub Join our Telegram Follow us on Twitter Sign up to the RSS feed Special Guest: Carter Woetzel.Links:BitcoinBostromBuilding Confidence in Blockchain bookChainalysisCosmosCrescentCyber Congress DAODai / MakerDAODavid ChaumDeroDuality Blockchain SolutionsEthan BuchmanEthereumFraxFTXGBG - Golos GoldGuy ZyskindIntelJack ZampolinJunoKujiraLunaMars protocolMetaMaskMoneroOsmosisSatoshiSecret Network / Tor BairShade ProtocolSilkSpace PussyTendermintUmeeUniswapZcash

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