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We are joined by Charles Hoskinson, who played an early role in developing Ethereum and BitShares, and is currently the CEO of IOHK. IOHK is an engineering company that undertakes cryptocurrency research, contributes development efforts to the Ethereum Classic ecosystem, and is spearheading the release of Cardano – a third generation blockchain protocol. IOHK has made the news recently after the publication of fundamental research papers on the Proofs of Proof of Work and the Ouroboros PoS algorithm, and its recruitment of highly rated academics.
Topics covered in this episode:
IOHK’s role in the Ethereum Classic ecosystem, and how Ethereum Classic differs from CardanoCardano as a “”third generation blockchain”” and what this meansGovernance system of Cardano and the challenges behind developing a decentralized governance systemOuroboros PoS algorithm – why was it developed and what’s special about itOuroboros Genesis: how full nodes can be bootstrapped without requiring checkpointsCardano’s bet on K framework for smart contract execution Episode links:
IOHK analysis of the Dash governance system Ouroboros Genesis intro by Prof Aggelos Kiayias Ouroboros technical paper Ouroboros Praos technical paper Algorand Proofs of Proof of Work K Framework formal analysis technical paper K framework website This episode was hosted by Meher Roy & Sunny Aggarwal, and is availble on YouTube, SoundCloud, and our website.
