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High BitBuilding Blockchain Infrastructure With Aaron Henshaw of Bison TrailsIn this episode of High Bit, Aaron discusses the challenges of hiring a team to build an infrastructure-as-a-service platform for blockchain networks. When Aaron and his cofounder Joe Lallouz first created Bison Trails, they initially faced challenges running nodes and infrastructure for different networks. They found that by investing in tests early on and improving automation capabilities, they could streamline operations. Coinbase eventually acquired Bison Trails in January 2021.
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2023-06-2242 min
I Pledge AllegianceJoe Lallouz - Crypto Infrastructure, Bison Trails, and Coinbase CloudIn this episode, we chat with Joe Lallouz, the head of Coinbase Cloud and founder of Bison Trails. We cover the history of Bison Trails from early inception to acquisition by Coinbase, as well as broader thoughts on the crypto infrastructure landscape. We also discuss the staking industry's evolution over time, and how Bison Trails' value proposition changed with it. Joe and I also discuss the Crypto M&A experience, the broader infrastructure landscape, and the future innovations in staking he's excited about.
2022-11-0951 min
The ScoopWhy Coinbase is undervalued, according to a top Wall Street analyst Coinbase shares are down over 70% on the year, a state of affairs compounded by a rough Q1, but one leading Wall Street analyst believes Coinbase may be undervalued. In this episode of The Scoop, Mark Palmer — managing director and fintech analyst at global financial services firm BTIG — shares why his firm is bullish on a narrative shift on Wall Street regarding Coinbase stock in the coming months.As Palmer contended during the show:“Coinbase has developed itself over the last ten years, largely via acquisition… and over time, this is going to become much less...
2022-06-0342 min
EmpireThe AWS Of Crypto | Joe LallouzOn today's episode of Empire, Joe Lallouz, Head of Coinbase Cloud, joins Jason and Santiago to discuss how Coinbase Cloud is building the AWS of crypto.Coinbase Cloud is building blockchain infrastructure and APIs that abstract the complexities of staking, data access, deployment and more. Joe explains the challenges of building in crypto, how Coinbase Cloud is taking on this challenge, and why developer tooling is critical for rapid innovation.We then discuss the importance of crypto's low switching costs, proof-of-stake systems, Lido's staking dominance, and Coinbase's approach to...
2022-05-161h 10
Fortune Teller PodcastTools For Builders With Joe LallouzToday we’re talking with Joe Lallouz, co-founder and CEO of Bison Trails. Joe says his journey into crypto was long but pretty organic. As an engineer, Joe is a very technical person, and it was the technology perspective of crypto that caught his interest early on. He had friends that were more involved in the bitcoin side of things, and they showed him how it worked. The idea of programmable money and digital assets was exciting to Joe, so he started messing around with that. In 2016 he decided he wanted to go full time into crypto and got to wo...
2021-09-0325 min
Navigating Our WorldBlockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Power, Potential and PitfallsBlockchain technology offers the promise of a new era of secure, decentralized transfer of value on the internet—a future less reliant on trusted intermediaries and gatekeepers. Some have described blockchain as Web 3.0, unlocking the true vision of what the internet was meant to be, where users of applications are also the owners. Despite their recent—and signature—volatility, digital assets have grown into a $2 trillion market that extends well beyond Bitcoin and is attracting entrepreneurs, investors and corporate support at an accelerating rate. There is clearly a lot of innovation both in digital assets—or cryptocurrencies—as well as with th...
2021-06-301h 11
StrictlyVC DownloadBison Trails Co-Founder Joe Lallouz on Coinbase and Big Changes in the Blockchain MarketConnie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with Joe Lallouz, co-founder of Bison Trails, a blockchain infrastructure that was snapped up by Coinbase before its mega-public offering earlier this month.Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired)2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher)3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance)4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea)5. "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3687-edm-detection-mode) Learn m...
2021-05-0129 min
The Outlier Ventures PodcastMergers and Acquisitions in Crypto, with Joe Lallouz of Bison TrailsWe talk with Joe Lallouz about Bison Trail’s recent acquisition by Coinbase, and why it is a net good for the wider crypto ecosystem. As a serial founder, who has now enjoyed multiple exits we hear about the process of an M&A from the inside, and explore Bisom Trail’s continuing mission to not just serve the biggest corporations in the space, like Coinbase or Facebook Libra, but the longtail of dApps and startups through a commitment to the democratization of finance technology.
2021-03-1543 min
The ScoopA deep dive into Coinbase's acquisition of Bison TrailsCount this as one of the first major acquisitions deals of 2021: Coinbase said on Wednesday that it is set to acquire crypto infrastructure services provider Bison Trails for an undisclosed sum. On this episode of The Scoop, Coinbase chief product officer Surojit Chatterjee and Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz unpack the deal with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Ryan Todd. "Bison trails is going to serve as a foundational product within our product portfolio: what we call our ecosystem products," Chatterjee, a former executive at Google, said. "So staking infra services is a sta...
2021-01-1931 min
Base LayerBase Layer Episode 193: Joe Lallouz, CEO of Bison Trails on building the Oracle of Digital AssetsJoe Lallouz, the CEO of Bison Trails, comes back on Base Layer for an epic conversation about the role Bison Trails is playing in Digital Assets; prior I've equated them to being the Wix of 2006, bringing the ability of the non-technocrat to build websites/e-commerce sites and more. Upon reflection of this chat I am now equating them to Oracle, that infrastructure layer that has been so incredibly important to the build of internet 1 & 2 that not many people non-technocratic people understand what they do but they just know they may things work: that's what Bison Trails is becoming. We...
2020-12-0930 min
GrowthAXUMProduct Advice From One of the Best Blockchain Infrastructure CEO's in the Space 🏗️Founder & CEO of Bison Trails, Joe Lallouz and I sit down and discuss all things blockchain infrastructure & product!
What we cover in today's podcast:
Joe's background and the funny story as to how he got into the blockchain space
His Angel investing career - "I'm a pretty strong believer that you shouldn't be an advisor unless you invest in a company"
How Bison Trails is helping more people & companies get access to protocols and the technical decisions they've made to make this possible
The unique product challenges Bison Trails faces as a blockchain infrastructure company
Joe's...
2020-06-2648 min
Messari's Unqualified OpinionsBison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz on Crypto Infrastructure & Working With LibraBison Trails is an infrastructure-as-a-service company that allows anyone to run a node for multiple blockchains. This gives Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz the unique vantage point of seeing all of the major projects in the space at a granular level. Bison Trails is one of the founding members of the Libra Association who stuck around when top names were backing out due to regulatory pressure. In this conversation Joe discusses the origins of the company, how they select which chains they support and why they’re excited about participating in the Libra project.
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2020-05-0856 min
The Charlie Shrem ShowWhat is Libra’s Mission? Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz on being a Founding Member of the Libra Initiative, and the Market Shift Happening TodayJoe Lallouz, CEO of Bison Trails joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin talking about imposter syndrome, something they both agree is common in crypto, and move on to discuss the New York crypto scene. Joe talks about Bison Trails and its focus on non-Proof of Work blockchain infrastructure, tells the origin story of the name, and talks about his background in engineering and economics. But Charlie has clearly been itching to ask about Joe's participation in the Libra Association. Joe obliges and discusses their guiding mission, the response to Facebook's Libra announcement, ot...
2020-03-121h 12
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed TechnologiesJoe Lallouz: Bison Trails – Building a Better Proof of Stake Ecosystem for EveryoneJoe Lallouz is the CEO of Bison Trails, who provide staking infrastructure for a variety of PoS blockchains. They have built a really impressive system for deploying nodes across multiple cloud services. In light of the $25m recently raised by Bison Trails, Joe shares their vision to build a better PoS ecosystem for everyone, the types of customer they run validators for, and the cutting edge stuff they're working on in terms of deployment, redundancy and key storage. We also hear their view on infrastructure centralization in PoS, protocol improvements, and Bison Trails' role with Libra Association....
2020-03-031h 23
Base LayerBase Layer Episode 107 - Joe Lallouz (Bison Trails)Joe joins us on Base Layer and it's an amazing episode which highlights how important I think Bison Trails is in the overall development and maturation of digital assets and distributed & decentralized platforms. Joe talks about his past before BT and then we launch into how they are creating an interoperability platform that allows one to plug & plug different protocols for file storage, video, search and much more into a more unified operator. We talk about how Bison Trails is also working to minimize slashing of stake in PoS systems and their work with Libra. Don't miss this and pass...
2020-02-1044 min
POV Crypto Podcast: Your Crypto Echo-Chamber Dies Here.112 - Enabling Decentralization, Staking, and Libra with Joe LallouzCo founder of Bison Trails Joe Lallouz joins POV Crypto to discuss the Bison Trails platform. This was a wide ranging conversation covering Joe and Bison Trails’ history, Joe’s impression of the Cosmos community, why staking infrastructure, the implications of building a staking platform, and why Libra. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [GUEST] Joe Lallouz @JoeLallouz [SPONSOR] eToro - Sign up for the best trading...
2020-01-2859 min
On The Brink with Castle IslandJoe Lallouz (Bison Trails)Joe Lallouz, co-founder and CEO of Bison Trails joins the show. In this episode we discuss: - Joe's career trajectory and the path that led him and his co-founder Aaron to launch Bison Trails - Joe and Aaron's initial mining project in the Pacific Northwest - How Joe thinks about the landscape for infrastructure services in the public blockchain industry - The Libra Association (Bison Trails is a founding member) - Raising capital in the blockchain industry in 2019 Learn more about Bison Trails at: https://bisontrails.co/
2019-12-2357 min
CRYPTO 101Ep. 292 - Behind the Scenes w/ Facebook's Libra Association Founding Member Bison Trails Joe LallouzIn this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with a founding member of Facebook’s Libra Association, Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz. Bison Trails is the AWS of crypto, and provides critical infrastructure and hosting to many crypto validators/miners. This episode focuses a lot on differences between Proof of Stake networks, as well as the story behind Libra-- Facebook’s attempt at a borderless, non-sovereign, digital currency.
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2019-12-1952 min
SuccessBefore3030 Pengusaha Muda dibawah 30 tahun bidang Retail dan Ecommerce30 Under 30 Retail and Eccomerce List : (2015)1 Emily Weiss, 29, Founder Glossier2 Aman Advani, 29 & Gihan Amarasiriwardena, 26, Cofounder Ministry of Supply3 Nathan Bond, 29, Cofounder Rifle Paper Co.4 Gary Bravard, 27, Cofounder Adore Me5 Louisa Burch, 26, Cofounder Trademark6 Mark Daniel, 20, Founder Strut7 Claire Distenfeld, 28, Owner, Fivestory8 Caitlin Donovan, 27, Associate VP, Handbags & Accessories Category, Christie's9 Erik Elianson,28 & Tristan Pollock, 28, Cofounder Storefront10 Deepa Gandhi, Cofounder Dagne Dover11 Paul Goodman, 26 & Griffin Thall, 28, Cofounder Pura Vida Bracelets12 Carrie Hammer, 29, Founder Carrie Hammer13 Isabelle...
2019-10-0203 min
2019-06-211h 17
Zero KnowledgeOn the Frontiers of Validation with Bison TrailsIn this week's episode, Anna sits down with Joe Lallouz and Aaron Henshaw from Bison Trails - a validator infrastructure company based in NYC. Recorded during the NYC blockchain week, we chatted about the latest PoS systems to launch, what it means to be a validator, how the incentive structures can impact the ecosystem development and potential futures for this uncharted validator landscape. Thank you to this week's sponsor - Event HorizonEvent Horizon is a Energy Blockchain event happening in Berlin on June 19-20 . The event is packed with everything you...
2019-06-051h 03
Village Global PodcastCrypto Stories: A Primer on Generalized Mining with Nicholas Chirls and Joe LallouzErik is joined by Nicholas Chirls (@nchirls), partner at Notation Capital, and Joe Lallouz (@JoeLallouz), entrepreneur, angel, and founder of Grand St. They explain how they got their start in the space and the genesis of their respective firms. They talk about generalized mining and how a firm might get into mining. They discuss the various crypto networks and talk about how the way an investment firm provides value to a crypto company has changed. Nicholas and Joe also talk about traditional VC firms and how theymight get into the mining space.Thanks for...
2018-08-3150 min