CoinDesk’s Nolan Baurle speaks with the Ethereum Foundation’s Hudson Jameson about private transactions, client improvements, dealing with FUD on Ethereum and more.
In our CoinDesk Live: Lockdown Edition series, CoinDesk journalists and virtual audience members chat with speakers from Consensus: Distributed, our upcoming virtual conference on May 11-15.
Listen in to hear more about:
Community coordination in crypto means translating developers for users and users for developers.
Cat herders? It’s as challenging as it sounds.
Ethereum culture revolves around travel and in-person events. How is the community adapting with pandemic-imposed lockdowns?
The decentralized nature of the Ethereum – and broadly – crypto work force.
Possible pandemic-related use cases for blockchain?
Marketing ETH 2.0 – before or after full development of the protocol?
The “show, don’t tell” ethereum application
Cross-trading assets between blockchains
Everyone’s favorite topic: SCALING
Transparency within the Ethereum Foundation
The attributes you need to be a great community manager!
Blockchains, at least right now, shouldn’t be used for voting.
Hudson’s Hot Take: DeFi sometimes feels like it’s being held up by toothpicks.
Competition between Ethereum use cases.
Next up:
CoinDesk Live: Lockdown Edition continues its popular twice-weekly virtual chats with Consensus speakers via Zoom and Twitter, giving you a preview of what’s to come at Consensus: Distributed, our first fully virtual – and fully free – big-tent conference May 11-15.
Tuesday, May 5: Is crypto ready for the travel rule? With Amy Davine Kim from the Chamber of Digital Commerce, hosted by Consensus organizer Aaron Stanley. Register
Then, of course, join us at Consensus: Distributed May 11-15 where all the guests you hear on CoinDesk LIVE will be speaking in more depth.
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