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Misterios OcultosEl Niño que Hackeó a la CIA ｜ Mustafa Al BassamHay genios que se esconden tras pantallas, y otros, que las rompen por completo. Durante su adolescencia, un joven llamado Mustafa Al Bassam navegaba la red como pocos podían hacerlo. Pero no como un simple usuario. Sino como uno de los hackers más temidos del mundo. Alias: Tflow. Miembro clave del grupo LulzSec. El colectivo que puso en jaque a gigantes como Sony, el FBI y la CIA. Hackeos masivos. Filtraciones explosivas. Y un mensaje claro, nada ni nadie está a salvo. Mientras las corporaciones protegían sus sistemas, él los rompía por diversión. No era crimina...
2025-11-3016 min
Daily Crypto NewsJune 24: Playing the Long Game or Running on Empty?Today’s HeadlinesTopsy Turvy Market - Lot’s of volatility in the last 48-72 hours. We get into prices. Polymarket is reportedly on the Verge of Raising $200M at $1B Valuation.In stablecoin news, Trump has called for the immediate advancement of the GENIUS ACT and Wyoming is looking to move forward with its own stablecoin bill to generate revenue with SEI and Aptos tapped as a favorite to be the chain of choice.Celestia co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam cites that they have a $100 million war chest and six-year runway to ‘play the long game’ as their native token dro...
2025-06-2416 min
The Crypto White PapersLazyLedger: Decentralizing Blockchain Execution with Client-Side Smart ContractsIn this episode of The Crypto White Papers, we dive deep into LazyLedger, a radical blockchain design that breaks away from traditional models by separating consensus from transaction validation. Created by Mustafa Al-Bassam, LazyLedger proposes a system where the blockchain focuses solely on data ordering and availability — leaving transaction execution entirely to the clients.Discover how this model enables scalable, flexible applications where users control the logic, execute transactions off-chain, and no longer need to rely on global state validation. We’ll also explore concepts like probabilistic data availability, namespaced Merkle trees, and how LazyLedger supports sovereign appl...
2025-06-0821 min
Real Vision: Finance & InvestingPro Crypto: What Chris Burniske Wants You to Know About Celestia🔥 *Get Raoul Pal's FREE Guide to Unf*ck Your Future:* https://rvtv.io/3YOZZUe. Why one leading crypto investor is so bullish on TIA…Chris Burniske, partner at VC firm Placeholder and one of the leading voices in the world of crypto investing, thinks the modular blockchain Celestia is one of the best long-term plays in the space. What makes it so attractive? Chris sits down with the Celestia Labs executives, co-founder and CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam, and Nick White, chief operating officer. Moderated by Jamie Coutts.🍌 Get your Banana Zone swa...
2025-03-111h 21
Daily NewsWhat does Bashar al-Assad’s fall mean for Syria and the region?What’s next for Syria? Middle East experts and a former US diplomat join Marc Lamont Hill to unpack the fall of al-Assad. After more than 50 years of the al-Assad’s family reign over Syria, opposition forces, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, launched a swift and unexpected offensive that overthrew President Bashar al-Assad. While al-Assad fled to Russia and has been granted asylum, Syria’s future hangs in the balance. A transitional government has been put in place, but uncertainty over who will ultimately lead the country remains. Will this moment lead to democracy for Syrian...
2024-12-1425 min
ExpansionThe Value of Verification and Rethinking Bitcoin's Block Size War | Mustafa Al-Bassam, CelestiaIn this episode, Celestia co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam dives deep into how lazy bridging and data availability sampling are rethinking crypto's scalability. Starting with the historical context of Bitcoin's block size wars, Mustafa explains how Celestia's architecture finally resolves the tension between bigger blocks and decentralization. The conversation explores the trade-offs between modular and integrated blockchain designs, the role of ZK proofs in scaling, and why light nodes may be more crucial than validators for true decentralization. Thanks for tuning in!- -Follow Mustafa: https://x.com/musalbasFollow Mike: https://x.com...
2024-11-291h 00
Digital DesperadosEpisode #28 – Online Security, More Crucial Than Ever In this episode of Digital Desperados, you'll learn the story of Mustafa Al-Bassam, a teenage hacker who took on the CIA and lived to tell the tale. Co-hosts Patrick, Brad, and Jim dive into Mustafa's journey from mischievous school hacker at the ripe age of 9 years old to a member of Anonymous and LulzSec as a teen, pulling off cyber-attacks against corporations and governments, including Sony and the CIA. After getting caught at just 16, Mustafa decided maybe black hat hacking wasn't for him. He earned a PhD in computer science, helped expose shady government surveillance practices, and b...
2024-10-1622 min
Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People467. The Gendered City - Nourhan BassamNourhan Bassam Ph.D. (Feminist Urbanist, Ph.D Urban, Design & Placemaking, Founding Director The Gendered City, The Gendered City Author, FEM. DES. Network Creator)
The Book
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPB49Y4Dhttps://genderedcity.org
The NetworkFEM. DES
https://genderedcity.org/fem-deshttps://femurbanatlas.com
Nourhan Bassam is a feminist urbanist and architect with a Ph.D. in Urban Design and Placemaking. She is the founder of The Gendered City, an initiative that began as a book and has g...
2024-10-1129 min
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed TechnologiesCelestia: 1Gb Blocks, Rollup Interoperability & Lazy Bridging. Ismail Khoffi & Mustafa Al-BassamAs Ethereum’s roadmap shifted to a rollup-centric approach, a plethora of rollups have been launched, to the point where L3s have been conceptualized. Celestia sits at the forefront of modularity as it aims to replace the monolithic blockchain architecture with specialized layers that are more suited for scalability and customization. As a result, Celestia strictly focuses on data availability to accommodate the recent rollup expansion, as data storage represents the largest portion of fees on L2s. The Lemongrass upgrade lays the foundation for further use cases being enabled through Celestia, mainly revolving around interoperability and zk pr...
2024-09-301h 03
Brotherhood Soccer League PodcastS1 E10 - Looking Back and Moving ForwardJoin Mustafa and guest co-host Ali on the season's final episode as they sit down with winter season Commissioner Bassam to dissect the thrilling finals match! They'll debate the Playoff MVP honors, discuss key takeaways from the season, and gaze into the crystal ball for a sneak peek at what's in store for next season. Tune in for expert insights, lively discussion, and a healthy dose of brotherhood banter!
2024-08-2534 min
UnchainedHow Satoshi Nakamoto and Vitalik Buterin Inspired Key Parts of CelestiaMustafa Al-Bassam was a teenage hacktivist who outsmarted a US government contractor, shamed the Westboro Baptist Church, hacked Sony a record number of times, and eventually got arrested—though his 80 transgressions got halved for a funny reason. At the Modular Summit in Brussels, Laura had a fireside chat with Mustafa to discuss how he went from his teenage years as the head of LulzSec and member of Anonymous to founding Celestia, a project aiming to solve key issues in blockchain scalability by going with a modular approach. He also discussed data availability sampling, why he beli...
2024-07-121h 01UnchainedHow Satoshi Nakamoto and Vitalik Buterin Inspired Key Parts of CelestiaMustafa Al-Bassam was a teenage hacktivist who outsmarted a US government contractor, shamed the Westboro Baptist Church, hacked Sony a record number of times, and eventually got arrested—though his 80 transgressions got halved for a funny reason. At the Modular Summit in Brussels, Laura had a fireside chat with Mustafa to discuss how he went from his teenage years as the head of LulzSec and member of Anonymous to founding Celestia, a project aiming to solve key issues in blockchain scalability by going with a modular approach. He also discussed data availability sampling, why he beli...
2024-07-121h 01
Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People433. How Cities Keep Failing Women - Nourhan BassamNourhan Bassam (PhD Urban Design & Placemaking, Feminist Urbanist, Author, GamingX Founder)
We are talking about:
- The Gendered City book: How Cities Keep Failing Women
- How have cities failed women?
- How can we envision urban environments?
- What do we need to make this vision of cities come true?
Read more and order the book here.
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2024-03-311h 22
Citizen Web3 PodcastCensorship Resistance, Ethical Cocaine and DAOs with Evan Cuck
This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Evan from Cuck
Encouraging open dialogue and collaboration is key to building connections. The directive to "ask questions, share ideas, and build connections with each other" sets the tone for inclusive communication. Validators like Cuck play a crucial role in maintaining the quality of discussions by providing impartial feedback. Cuck ensures that exchanges are respectful and contribute to a community founded on shared knowledge and understanding.
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2024-03-141h 07
The Blockchain SocialistFrom hacking the CIA as a teenager to community computersI spoke to Mustafa Al-Bassam, co-founder and CEO of Celestia, a modular blockchain network that makes for others to securely launch their own blockchain. Mustafa was also a member of the black hat hacking group LulzSec under the name T-Flow known for hacking the CIA website, newspapaers owned by Rupert Murdoch, and other corporate and state organizations in 2011.During the discussion we spoke about his experience of being in the hacker group, his transition to interest in blockchains, and Celestia. If you want to learn more about the history of hacktivism, Anonymous, and LulzSec, then I can...
2024-03-0553 min
UnchainedWhy the Celestia Team Sees a Future With 10,000 Roll-UpsListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.Celestia, a data availability layer for blockchains, was launched last October to much fanfare. The platform takes a modular approach to blockchains, allowing developers to post data onto it without the need for smart contracts or execution. This makes it extremely useful for scaling roll-ups and other layer two technologies. Celestia co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam and COO Nick White join Unchained to discuss what Celestia is and how it works, h...
2024-02-201h 12UnchainedWhy the Celestia Team Sees a Future With 10,000 Roll-UpsListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.Celestia, a data availability layer for blockchains, was launched last October to much fanfare. The platform takes a modular approach to blockchains, allowing developers to post data onto it without the need for smart contracts or execution. This makes it extremely useful for scaling roll-ups and other layer two technologies. Celestia co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam and COO Nick White join Unchained to discuss what Celestia is and how it works, h...
2024-02-201h 12
Zero KnowledgeThe Launch of Celestia and BeyondIn this week’s episode, Anna and Guillermo chat with Yaz Khoury and Ismail Khoffi from Celestia. They share how the team prepared for the launch of the Celestia mainnet and what has been happening at Celestia since. They revisit the topic of DA (Data Availability) and explore how rollups and dApp developers can already use the Celestia DA layer. The group discusses Blobstream, which brings the benefits of Celestia to Ethereum and helps to scale the network, as well as community building, the modular thesis and much more.Here’s some additional links for this episode:Ep...
2024-02-141h 18
Zero KnowledgeAvail’s Approach to DA with Prabal BanerjeeIn this week’s episode, Anna catches up with Prabal Banerjee, co-founder of Avail. They deep dive into Prabal’s career, starting with his work in academia, his move to Polygon and to his spinning out the Avail project. They discuss how the project was built, tech decisions and the motivations behind them as well as their use of KZG, validity proofs and their position within the Ethereum and wider blockchain ecosystem. They go on to revisit Data Availability and the interaction with different parts of the modular blockchain stack, comparing Avail to competing systems and cover edge-cases and thei...
2024-01-241h 17
The Defiant - DeFi PodcastDeep Dive into Celestia (TIA) with CEO Mustafa Al-BassamToday we're joined by Mustafa Al-Bassam, CEO and Co-Founder of Celestia Labs. 15 years after Satoshi, we finally have what a blockchain actually is Celestia provides the ability to publish data and make sure that data is available. Celestia had what many are calling one of the best launches of 2023, and they are the first Data Availability Layer live today. In our conversation we get into how Mustafa built Celestia, other Data Availability Layers in the space, how Celestia can be thought of as a bulletin board for computers with some cryptographic and economic assurances - computers posting info so...
2024-01-2247 min
The UpstreamLifeThe practical & real uses cases of decentralised technology: in-conversation with Celestia LabsIn this episode we talk with Mustafa Al-Bassam of Celestia Labs who talks to us about a consensus based data networks and the practical uses cases of decentralised technology. This episode is brought to you by Lumos Labs and Builders Tribe.Support the showThanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube
2024-01-0312 min
EmpireThe Sovereign Rollup Thesis & Inevitability of Modular Tech Stacks | Mustafa Al-Bassam (Celestia), Preston Evans (Sovereign)Today we are joined by Preston Evans and Mustafa Al-Bassam to discuss the sovereign rollup thesis. We discuss social vs technical sovereignty, the Sovereign SDK, why light clients are critical to scale, limitations of optimistic rollups, value accrual in a modular world and more!- -Timestamps:(00:00) Rollup Designs(05:40) Social Sovereignty vs Technical Sovereignty(09:58) Why Does the Rollup Debate Matter?(18:09) Limitations of the EVM(20:39) A Blockchains 3 Core Tasks(24:21) Thales(25:18) Security Guarantees & the Benefit for Users(32:21) Modular...
2023-06-0657 min
Logan Jastremski PodcastMustafa Al-Bassam | Co-Founder of Celestia Labs | Building the Modular Future & Data Network |EP #72Mustafa Al-Bassam is the Co-Founder & CEO of Celestia Labs
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2023-05-221h 09
0xResearchThe Rise of Modularity: Scaling Beyond Monolithic Constraints | Nick White, CelestiaJoin us on 0xResearch as Nick White explains how Celestia's modular data-availability network enables anyone to deploy scalable blockchains with minimal overhead. Builders have shifted their focus from monolithic L1s to building modular infrastructure that scales through specialization, data availability sampling and cryptography. Learn how modular blockchains can maintain interoperability, Celestia's security guarantees, decentralized sequencers, Ethereum's tradeoffs, trust-minimized settlement and more!And as usual, we start the episode with our analyst bullpen to discuss a $25M MEV exploit, xNFT backpack, Sushiswap's exploit and ETH's Shapella's upgrade.- -Timestamps:
2023-04-121h 22
Zero KnowledgeA Rollup-Centric Future & Sovereign Chains with Mustafa Al-BassamIn this week’s episode Anna Rose interviews Mustafa Al-Bassam, co-founder of Celestia. They cover where Celestia as an idea emerged from, how its rollup-centric data availability (DA) network works and what can be expected from their upcoming launch. They also chat about how Celestia aims to empower Sovereign chains - independent rollup chains that use Celestia as the DA and consensus layer - and how this Sovereign chain model compares with the Ethereum rollup architecture. Here are some additional links for this episode:Episode 208: Digging into Data Availability with Ismail Khoffi from Celestia A rollup-centric et...
2023-03-151h 01
Celestia – TerraSpacesThe Blockspace RaceToday on the Ether we have Celestia hosting a space discussing the blockspace race. You'll hear from Yaz Khoury, Mustafa Al-Bassam, Ismail Khoffi, Rene, zkFART, mindstyle, Wondertan, Viet, and more! Recorded on March 7th 2023.
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2023-03-0757 min
Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People359. Placemaking GamingX and resilient cities & communities - Nourhan BassamNourhan Bassam (Ph.D. researcher in the scope of Resilient Just Cities & Communities, GamingX founder, Feminist Urbanist, Milan & Cairo).
In collaboration with Placemaking EU in Pontevedra 2022.
Nourhan is a city enthusiast, a feminist Urbanist, and a community lover, who wants to activate communities and build inclusive sustainable cities for people, She is advocating for Placemaking and Playmaking ideas to activate the role of communities to shape their lives.
Keep Up the Good Work.
Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connec...
2023-01-2326 min
The No Execution PodcastToghrul Maharramov from Scroll - Protocol Deep Dives with Celestia (Ep 1)We sit down with Toghrul Maharramov, researcher at Scroll, to discuss Scroll's zk rollup with Celestia Labs team members Mustafa Al-Bassam and John Adler.Timestamps 🕐0:00 Start0:19 Scroll introduction4:23 Why build a rollup6:12 Scroll’s current stage of development7:23 Design decisions10:15 Phase 1 overview14:44 Phase 2 overview18:50 Q&A19:21 Limitation of zkVMs for gas metering21:47 Verifying correct data is published to L127:41 FPGAs & ASICs for proving29:22 Prover markets31:39 Parallel proving33:20 Decentralized sequencers...
2022-09-2845 minThe No Execution PodcastSovereignty in the personal computing revolution with Ethan Buchman - Ep 4We sit down with Ethan Buchman, Co-founder of Cosmos and CEO of Informal Inc, to discuss sovereignty in the personal computing revolution with Celestia labs CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam. Moderated by Ekram Ahmed. Timestamps 🕐0:00 Start0:12 Intro2:54 The community computer7:33 Sovereignty in the community computing revolution11:45 Tensions with the status quo16:47 Digital colonialism 25:02 Blockchains as top-level social contracts30:40 Why does web3 drive you?38:31 Why is privacy a necessity for web3?44:25 What is a sovereign blockchain?45:52 What a...
2022-08-301h 21
The CLG PodcastThe Modular Blockchain Thesis with Celestia's Mustafa Al-BassamBlockchain scalability is the primary bottleneck preventing the crypto ecosystem from reaching global level and serving the 99% of society. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk to Mustafa Al-Bassam, Co-founder and CEO of Celestia Labs. We discuss the modular blockchain thesis, why Celestia is focused on data availability and consensus, define the various types of rollups that exist such as sovereign rollups, and dive into Mustafa’s unique background and expertise.
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2022-08-021h 24The No Execution PodcastDefining Modular Layers - Mustafa Al-Bassam (Modular Summit 2022)Mustafa Al-Bassam gives a talk on his vision, values, and definitions of the next generation of blockchain architecture at the Modular Summit 2022. Podcast platformsSpotifyAppleGoogle Social linksMustafa Al-Bassam on twitter ResourcesWebsiteTwitterGitHubDiscordBlog
2022-06-0425 minThe No Execution PodcastModular or Monolithic - Mustafa Al-Bassam and Anatoly Yakovenko (Modular Summit 2022)Mustafa Al-Bassam and Anatoly Yakovenko engage in a discussion on the advantages and tradeoffs of monolithic and modular blockchains at the Modular Summit 2022. Moderated by Tarun Chitra. Podcast platformsSpotifyAppleGoogle Social linksMustafa Al-Bassam on twitterAnatoly Yakovenko on twitterTarun Chitra on twitter ResourcesWebsiteTwitterGitHubDiscordBlog
2022-06-0452 minThe No Execution PodcastPrivate execution in a modular world with Zac Williamson and Jon Wu of Aztec - Ep 4We sit down with Zac Williamson and Jon Wu, Co-Founder and growth at Aztec respectively, to discuss private rollups vs private L1s, modular blockchains, and the relationship between Ethereum and its rollups with Celestia labs team members Mustafa Al-Bassam and John Adler. Moderated by Ekram Ahmed. Podcast platformsSpotifyAppleGoogle Timestamps0:00 Start1:40 Explanation of blockchain privacy5:06 Privacy in the modular stack7:47 Privacy for rollups11:43 Private rollups vs private L1s13:52 Are ro...
2022-05-3154 minThe No Execution PodcastBridging in a modular world with Arjun Bhuptani and James Prestwich - Ep 3We sit down with Arjun Bhuptani and James Prestwich, founder of Connext and engineer at Nomad respectively, to discuss bridging in the multi-chain ecosystem, modular interoperability, and security assumptions with Celestia labs team members Mustafa Al-Bassam and John Adler. Moderated by Ekram Ahmed. Podcast platformsSpotifyAppleGoogle Timestamps0:00 Start0:15 Introduction of speakers5:20 Modular interoperability10:44 Swaps and lock & mint bridges17:23 Introduction of James18:40 Multi-chain systems23:15 Why modularity has emerged as a de...
2022-05-301h 35
The Delphi PodcastDISRUPTORS: Modular Blockchains for Sovereign Communities With Hacktivist Mustafa Al-BassamMost blockchains, as we know them, are monolithic in nature. Nodes take care of its three core functions; consensus, data availability, settlement and execution. In contrast, modular blockchains are fundamentally different – each layer of the stack specializes in one or many of its functions. Soon, anyone will be able to deploy their own blockchain.
Having co-founded Celestia, the world’s first modular blockchain network, our third DISRUPTORS guest, hacktivist Mustafa Al-Bassam shares his vision of sovereign communities and how he invented a clever hack to widely redistribute power.
Show Notes:
(00:00:00) – Introduction.
(00:02:13) – Hacktivi...
2022-05-031h 13The No Execution PodcastAddressing the fee problem in blockchains with Eric Wall - Ep 2We sit down with Eric Wall, CIO at Arcane Assets, to discuss all things Celestia, modular blockchains and the future of the L1 landscape with Celestia labs team members Mustafa Al-Bassam, John Adler, Nick White, and Ismail Khoffi. Moderated by Ekram Ahmed. Podcast platformsSpotifyAppleGoogle Timestamps0:00 Start1:08 Introduction to Eric Wall4:34 Brief overview of Celestia7:27 Changes in the L1 landscape over the last 12 months and predictions for the future21:52 Cosmos, Celestia, and app-specific cha...
2022-03-251h 37The No Execution PodcastShared security: Tradeoffs and its future with Zaki Manian - Ep 1We sit down with Zaki Manian, Co-founder of Iqlusion and Sommelier, to discuss the future and tradeoffs of shared security with Mustafa Al-Bassam and John Adler of Celestia Labs. Moderated by Ekram Ahmed. Podcast platformsSpotifyAppleGoogle Timestamps0:00 Start3:45 Introduction to shared security7:45 Mustafa’s thoughts on shared security10:52 Zaki’s comments15:03 John Adler’s POV on shared security21:04 Introduction to Celestia22:45 Rollup narratives28:13 Interchain staking compared to Celestia...
2022-03-241h 30
Zero KnowledgeDigging into Data Availability with Ismail Khoffi from CelestiaThis week Anna chats with Ismail Khoffi from Celestia about how and why they’re focusing on building a data availability-first L1 blockchain. Ismail takes us through how data availability can be a problem, primarily with light clients and breaks down the components necessary to understanding the data availability problem such as state changes, the separation of consensus from execution and how Celestia aims to be a pluggable consensus layer. Here are some links for the episode:Episode 151: John Adler on Optimistic vs ZK Rollup and the data availability problemEpisode 207: Journey Through the Cosmos Ecosystem with Bi...
2021-12-0157 min
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed TechnologiesThe Layer-1 Data Availability and Consensus SolutionNB: Since the recording of this podcast LazyLedger changed their name to Celestia.Celestia is a scalable general-purpose data availability layer for decentralized apps and trust-minimized sidechains. It is a minimal, viable blockchain which does time stamping and block ordering.Think back to Bitcoin in the early days, before Ethereum. Layer-2 systems were being built on top of Bitcoin and were leveraging Bitcoin’s consensus layer. This is what Celestia is doing, although it is purpose built and scalable for the exact use case. The implementation details are a lot more complex, and the vision is...
2020-09-291h 17
TechRadioLulzSec's Mustafa Al-Bassam and yet more broadbandOn this week's show we look back at LulzSec's effect on information security with former member Mustafa Al-Bassam. We also look at the latest twist in the tale of the National Broadband Plan and Swedens first GDPR penalty.
2019-08-3028 min
Hard Fork DecentralizedMustafa Al-Bassam, Sarah Azouvi & Dimitar Mihov on tradeoffs in scaling consensus | #HardFork2018These PhD students discuss their blockchain projects and how scaling protocols vary. Looking into the future, they explore which ones will have a place in the industry.
2019-05-2326 minDisruption Network LabKeynote: 50 Days of LulzTRUTH-TELLERS: The Impact of Speaking Out. The 10th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Keynote: 50 Days of Lulz with Mustafa Al-Bassam (alias Tflow, former core member, LulzSec, UK). Moderated by Gabriella Coleman (Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University, Quebec, CA). This keynote presentation wants to trace back the so-called "50 Days of Lulz" (“lulz” as a derivation of lol, laugh out loud), 50 days of high profile attacks by the hacker group named “LulzSec” in the spring of 2011. This story, which is about truth-telling activity beyond moral conformism and political correctness, as well as fighting for freedom and social r...
2016-12-071h 23Disruption Network LabPanel: Stunts & Dumps - The Making of a Viral CauseMustafa Al-Bassam (https://twitter.com/musalbas) (alias Tflow, former core member of LulzSec, UK), Jean Peters (https://twitter.com/jeangleur) (co-founder Peng! collective, DE), M. C. McGrath (https://twitter.com/shidash?lang=de) (founder of Transparency Toolkit, USA/DE), Andrea Natella (http://www.andreanatella.it) (former Luther Blissett conspirator, creative director of guerrigliamarketing.it and KOOK Artgency, IT). Moderated by Ruth Catlow (http://furtherfield.org/user/ruth-catlow) (co-founder of Furtherfield, UK). Following the thread of creating unexpected consequences in economical, social and political systems, this panel reflects on the practice of political stunts and data dumps by provoking intelligence disruptions...
2015-12-182h 04