Episode 108: Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint

This week we catch up with Zaki Manian, Director at Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/), the company building Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) architecture, and co-founder of Iqlusion (https://www.iqlusion.io/) Validator. We chat about the blockchain in Silicon Valley, why SF loves DeFi, the challenge of balancing pragmatism and regulation with a decentralised ideology, the nuances of PoS systems, the wins of 2019 and what is on the horizon. Here are links to a few things we discuss: -Tarun Chitra's paper (https://docsend.com/view/697feid) on how the existance of derivatives can undermine the security of a PoS system -Blog post summarizing Tarun's paper here (https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697) -ZKValidator (https://zkvalidator.com/) Give the Zero Knowledge Podcast some feedback. Whether you are a long-time listener or new to the show, we would love to hear from you! Please share your feedback with us here: https://forms.gle/LtQQyKJV6r7LrSND7 If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA) Catch up with us on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g) Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast) Support us on the ZKP Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ