The Edge Podcast Code Is Law: Inside The New Documentary On DeFi’s Biggest Hacks
James Craig is the Director of the movie Code Is Law.
In this episode, we go behind the scenes of Code Is Law: Crypto’s Unstoppable Heists, a new documentary retracing the history of DeFi’s biggest smart contract exploits. James walks us through the fascinating stories he investigated behind these famous hacks, including The DAO, Indexed Finance, KyberSwap, and Mango Markets. Plus, how the human stories behind these events continue to shape Ethereum and DeFi's culture, law, and future.
Code Is Law is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and YouTube Movies starting today, October 21st.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
10:02 - How James got interested in DeFi exploits
14:24 - The story behind The DAO hack
20:14 - Sponsor break
21:14 - The aftermath of The DAO
29:16 - The Indexed Finance hack
34:27 - The story behind the Indexed hacker
36:57 - Sponsor break
38:16 - The debate over exploits vs ‘code is law’
46:21 - The KyberSwap attack
51:57 - The bravado and ego of a hacker
54:31 - The Eisenberg case with Mango Markets
59:41 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Code Is Law website: journeyman.tv/film/8785
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► James Craig on X: https://x.com/jamescraig1111
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