#8: Going from Wall Street to Ethereum ft. Vijay Krishnan from Consensys
Description
One of the most boring phrases in all of crypto is – “Enterprise Blockchain Technology.” 🥱
But we know someone who can make it fun and someone who’s been in the enterprise blockchain space since 2016. 😯
In this episode, the Normies talk with Vijay Krishnan, the director of technology at ConsenSys, a blockchain software company founded by a co-founder of Ethereum, Joseph Lubin.
They chat about:
- Cool use-cases for Metamask!
- What tf is Infura and how does it work?
- How Vijay set up a mining rig in THREE days!
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Timestamps:
0:48-9:42- Vijay's Intro and backstory
9:46- 12:35- 2016 Ethereum vs Current Ethereum
12:38-17:22- What is Consenys
17:24-18:23- How does Consenys manage the product
18:27-22:25- Future of Consenys
22:46-26:16- Some exciting use-cases
26:17-27:20- Future for Metamask
27:21- 28:49- Will Consensys go non-EVM
28:54-33:43-Views on Account Abstraction
37:51-41:56- The Infura story
41:57-45:09 Will the world be multichain?
45:11-49:42- About ZK EVM
49:45-52:56-Will Consenys go vertical?
53:00-56:15- Consenys' India plans
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