The Interconnection of Teaching, Security, and Blockchain Insights

George Danezis is the Chief Scientist at Mysten Labs, co-creator of the Sui blockchain, and the mind behind Walrus - a decentralized storage protocol that’s solving a problem he’s been thinking about for over 20 years.

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0:00 Trailer

1:35 Please Subscribe

2:00 Partnerships

2:46 Sleeping Habits

4:05 Who is George Danezis?

4:23 What is a Chief Scientist?

5:16 Research at Microsoft vs. Now

6:59 What is “Good Research”?

8:49 Corporate Innovation vs. Reality

10:31 Why I Love Teaching Security

11:52 Self Custody with Trezor

12:44 Teaching vs. Real-World Application

16:28 What Makes an Idea Great?

17:51 The Idea That Never Worked Out

19:50 Being Late to Ideas, Not Early

20:56 The Essence of Peer-to-Peer Networks

23:50 Why We Need Peer-to-Peer Systems?

27:51 Why Decentralization Was Hard to Realize

31:09 Bitcoin's Game-Changing Impact

33:10 ETH Aha Moment

34:46 Facebook’s Conviction in Blockchain

37:39 Scaling DIEM to Sui

39:20 Biggest Issue at Facebook

40:20 Why Facebook Bet on Crypto

41:40 Why I Left Facebook

45:07 Balancing Passion and Pay

46:43 What is a Blockchain Good For?

51:42 Understanding Blockchain’s Limitations

53:21 CryptoKitties

54:36 Meme Coins: Culture vs. Scam

57:02 The Role of Norms in Crypto

1:00:32 What is the Sui Network?

1:02:32 Why Do We Need The Sui Network?

1:03:34 Layer 1 vs. Layer 2

1:05:07 Why Build a Layer One?

1:09:21 Top Layer One Competitors

1:10:45 Decentralization vs. Practicality

1:14:06 Minimum Decentralization

1:16:33 Data Storage & Its Biggest Problem

1:20:05 What is Walrus Protocol?

1:22:09 Why Walrus is Possible Now

1:25:35 Why Sui Network for Data Storage?

1:27:37 Vision of Walrus Protocol

1:28:59 Building a Neutral Tech Future

1:30:44 Using Existing Blockchains

1:33:03 Future of Decentralized Production

1:35:51 Prediction For The Next 12 Months

1:39:04 Concluding Remarks