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Post DevCon3 Roundtable: State of Ethereum, Cosmos Retreat and Parity Hack

Episode Summary

The three Epicenter hosts discuss the Ethereum Developer conference, state of Ethereum ecosystem, Cosmos retreat and the Parity hack.

Episode Notes

For the very first time, all three Epicenter hosts found themselves in the same location. After attending Ethereum’s DevCon 3 in Cancun, we were at a Cosmos Retreat and discussed the conference, retreat, state of the Ethereum ecosystem and recent Parity hack.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Recap of Ethereum’s DevCon 3 conference
• Current state of Ethereum
• The most interesting new projects at DevCon
• The post-DevCon Cosmos retreat
• The internet of blockchain thesis
• The case for blockchain’s having sovereignty
• The massive loss of funds due to Parity’s flawed multisig contract
• The pros and cons of an Ethereum hard fork

Episode links:

• Ethereum Developers Conference (Devcon3)
• Cosmos - Internet of Blockchains
• Many Chains One Ecosystem Slides
• Many Chains One Ecosystem - YouTube
• "Ethereum Client Bug Freezes User Funds as Fallout Remains Uncertain - CoinDesk"
• Parity Multi-Sig Wallets Deployed After 7/30 Issue : ethereum
• Paritytech - Security Alert

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/208