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Host Tom Shaughnessy of 51pct.io is joined by Jacob Arluck, a governance research at Tezos. This is a timely episode since governance is becoming more and more important given recent events with Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and of course with Tezos itself over the long term. Jacob gives us a complete rundown on how the innovative governance structure at Tezos works and compares it to Ethereum and Bitcoin. The discussion includes the importance of governance at the base blockchain layer, how this effects everything built on top (applications) and the problems with a bad governance structure.  Sign up for 51pct.io using coupon code "Token" while this offer lasts. Relevant Posts: Tezos Deep Dive: The Only Viable Ethereum Competitor In The Smart Contract War Ethereum’s Serenity: A Potential ~10x Increase In Demand For Gas and Increasing Scarcity Could Both Drive ETH’s Price Higher ----more----   Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Jacob on Twitter: @JacobArluck Jacob's post on Tezos' Amendment Process Tezos' Website   ----more----  51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent was not compensated by any party for this podcast episode. Tom has no investment stake in Tezos or XTZ tokens. ----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research ----more----   Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io   ----more----

13 Dec 201859min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of 51pct.io is joined by Gregory Rocco and Jacob Blish, two token designers and engineers as ConsenSys' Alpine Spoke. The conversation covers everything from the use cases and design of utility tokens, to designing for governance and positive incentives and even token doomsday scenarios. Sign up for 51pct.io using coupon code "Token" for 20% of for the next 24 hours. Topics covered include How the two design tokens for crypto projects How to decide which projects actually need a token The use cases of tokens (payments, voting, work, and representative) tokens. Why we don't need so many utility tokens, we can just use Ethereum. Convincing enterprises why shared infrastructure through token usage is the future, and convincing them how to use work tokens. Why Brave doesn't need its BAT token 0x Project and MakerDAO token dynamics The idea of futility tokens, and how projects that issued tokens that don't need them will pivot. designing tokens that offer real foundational governance How to design token governance the right way Doomsday scenarios; how changes to the base protocol of blockchains can negatively impact all of the decentralized applications and smart contracts built on top of it. We also detail Rocco's posts; The Death of Decentralization (the buzzword). How to design for decentralization Debating whether a project having a centralized leader is a good thing or a bad thing How to handle token voting.   ----more----   Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Rocco on Twitter @Obstropolos  Follow Jacob on Twitter @chaingenius ConsenSys' Website    ----more----  Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research 51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent was not compensated by any party for this podcast episode. Tom has no investment stake in ConsenSys or PegaSys. ----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research ----more----   Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io   ----more----

6 Dec 20181h 12min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of 51pct.io is joined by the PegaSys team, a spoke of ConsenSys focused on building Ethereum tech for the public-chain community and leading enterprises. The 50 person team is one of ConsenSys' largest teams. Tom is joined by Daniel Heyman a co-founder of PegaSys and Program Director and Faisal Khan whose role is Strategy and Business development at PegaSys. The conversation spans The use case for enterprise/private blockchains What PegaSys does, and its goals. The release of Pantheon Core and why this client is catered towards enterprises. The future release of Enterprise Alpha and what this means for the space. The interaction between private blockchains and the main Ethereum chain The use cases for private blockchains. The pain points the PegaSys team has faced and how the team overcame them The future of Ethereum with Serenity.   ----more----   Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow PegaSys on Twitter @PegaSysEng   Follow Daniel on Twitter @HeymanDaniel Follow Faisal on Twitter @fkhan11  PegaSys Website   ----more----  Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research 51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent was not compensated by any party for this podcast episode. Tom has no investment stake in ConsenSys or PegaSys. ----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research ----more----   Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io   ----more----

4 Dec 201855min

Host Tom Shaughnessy of 51percent is joined by Kevin Werbach to discuss his newly released book, "The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust".    About Kevin: Kevin Werbach is Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Founder of the technology consulting firm Supernova Group, he has advised the FCC and Department of Commerce on communication policy. ----more----   Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Kevin on Twitter @kwerb Purchase Kevin's Book: The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust ----more----  Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research 51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA. Tom does not own tokens in EOS. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent was not compensated by any party for this podcast episode.  ----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research ----more----   Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io   ----more----

30 Nov 20181h

Today on the podcast, the Whiteblock Team joins host Tom Shaughnessy of 51percent to discuss their widely circulated technical research report titled; "EOS: An Architectural, Performance, and Economic Analysis Paper". Tom is joined by Zak Cole the CTO of Whiteblock, Nate Blakely a systems developer at Whiteblock and Daniel Choi a blockchain developer at Whiteblock. Why the actual throughput or tx/s of EOS falls short of what is marketed or promised. EOS can only handle a few dozen tx/s not 5,000 to 10,000 tx/s. The issues with having 21 block producers, and the formation of cartels. The results of the team's three-month analysis of EOS, which comprised thousands of hours. The issues with voting on EOS and why fixing the constitution cant fix the current problems. The problems with Bandwidth and Log Storage (Disk), Computation and Computational Backlog (CPU) and Storage (RAM) on EOS. Could Block One act against EOS or is the fact that we have to trust that they wont against EOS the real issue? ----more----   51percent's Reports on Tezos and MakerDAO Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 EOS: An Architectural, Performance, and Economic Analysis Paper Follow Zak on Twitter @0xzak   Follow Nate on Linkedin Follow Daniel on Linkedin Follow Whiteblock on Twitter @whiteblockio ----more----  Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research 51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA. Tom does not own tokens in EOS. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent was not compensated by any party for this podcast episode.----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research ----more----  Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io ----more----

27 Nov 20181h 4min

On this episode host Tom Shaughnessy is joined by Scott Andersen, a principal at Finlawyer.com and a former prosecutor at FINRA. In this episode the two discuss everything legal ranging from ICOs to the future of the space   The legality of ICOs Etherdetla, Paragon and Airfox enforcement actions The legality of security tokens and exchanges Will all ICOs have to return investor money How the SEC is positioning in the space The BAKKT Delay ETF timing and impact Much, much more.   ----more----   51percent's Reports on Tezos and MakerDAO Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Scott's Company Website Scott's 2016 Post       ----more----  Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research Using Coupon Code "Thanksgiving" 51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent was not compensated by any party for this podcast episode.----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research - Using Coupon Code "Thanksgiving" ----more----  Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io ----more----

21 Nov 20181h 8min

Eric Olszewskii and Jose Macedo join host Tom Shaughnessy to discuss Ethereum’s fat protocol thesis following Jose’s post on the topic. We also go into depth on everything Ethereum with Serenity, scalability, store of values, future use cases and why ETH prices haven’t yet bottomed. Our conversation also dives into Ethereum's competition, ranging from Bitcoin, NEO, EOS, Litecoin and Tezos.   ----more----   51percent's Reports on Tezos and MakerDAO Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Eric on Twitter @hrdwrknvrstps  Follow Jose on Twitter @ZeMariaMacedo  Jose's Post on Ethereum's Fat Protocol Thesis AmaZix Company Website     ----more----  Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research 51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent was not compensated by any party for this podcast episode.----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research  ----more----  Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io ----more----

19 Nov 20181h 24min

John Quinn, the Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at StorJ joins host Tom Shaughnessy to discuss the decentralized storage provider.  ----more---- Decentralized (StorJ, Sia, Filecoin, Maidsafe) vs Centralized storage providers (AWS, Azure) How StorJ is more focused on competing with centralized cloud providers over its decentralized peers. What's new in the comprehensive StorJ Version 3.0 White Paper (90+ pages). How the StorJ platform works, metrics so far (100 petabytes stored globally). StorJ's token dynamics. Why decentralized storage is needed since mass data can not be stored on-chain. What the future holds for decentralized storage and StorJ StorJ's timeline (2Q18 full launch for V3) Why uptime for nodes on StorJ is more important than bandwidth speed or storage capacity.  ----more---- Follow StorJ on Twitter @storjproject  Follow John on Twitter @StorjQ StorJ V3 Whitepaper StorJ Blog on Security and Encryption Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119   ----more----  Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research 51percent's Institutional Crypto Podcasts are to the point discussions with crypto leaders for analysts, funds and institutions. Make sure to add your email on 51pct.io Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, CVC, POLY and GLA and has no stake in StorJ. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make investment decisions based upon this podcast. 51percent a----more---- Sign Up For 51percent's Leading Crypto Research  ----more----  Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@51pct.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@51pct.io ----more----

12 Nov 201858min