Sreeram Kannan is the Founder of EigenLayer. He is also an associate professor at University of Washington Seattle, where he runs the UW Blockchain Lab.
In this episode, we cover everything you need to know about one of the most talked about projects in crypto. Getting to know EigenLayer in 2023 will be like getting a head start on liquid staking back in 2020. Sreeram walks us through how he came upon the idea that Ethereum could eventually export its trust to other blockchains, apps, and protocols through restaking ETH via EigenLayer. EigenLayer is a marketplace for decentralized trust. Similar to how venture capital decouples the need for entrepreneurs to have both innovative ideas and the capital to execute on their vision, EigenLayer decouples the need for a coincidence of both innovation and trust, so that blockchain builders with expertise to build new Web3 products can simply leverage the trust/security of Ethereum.
THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN OR NFT RELATED TO ANY PLATFORMS DISCUSSED.
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Topics Covered
00:00 - Intro
02:20 - How Sreeram committed to building on Ethereum
06:00 - What's the state of teaching crypto in universities
10:00 - Accelerated social mobility made possible by crypto
14:30 - What is the status quo in a world where EigenLayer doesn't exist
23:00 - What is EigenLayer
26:30 - Why EigenLayer is a marketplace of decentralized trust
34:30 - DeFi Dad and Nomatic dumb down EigenLayer
36:00 - Sreeram's mental models for explaining EigenLayer
43:00 - The future UI/UX and applications built on EigenLayer
48:45 - How EigenLayer will work with liquid staking protocols
54:00 - How will EigenLayer establish trust to restake ETH
58:00 - What happens when an EigenLayer restaker gets slashed
01:04:30 - How would protocol tokens work with EigenLayer
01:10:00 - Will EigenLayer have a token?
01:10:55 - How will EigenLayer accrue value
01:13:00 - What is least understood about EigenLayer
01:18:11 - When will EigenLayer go live
01:19:00 - Closing
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Guest Links
Sreeram on Twitter https://twitter.com/SreeramKannan
EigenLayer on Twitter https://twitter.com/eigenlayer
Learn about EigenLayer https://www.eigenlayer.com/
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