This week, Anna chats with Brian Fabian Crain, a fellow podcaster from Epicenter, founder of Chorus One and an early member of the Berlin crypto community. The conversation starts from Brian’s early involvement in Bitcoin in 2013 and his role in the local Berlin community, leading him to launch the Epicenter podcast. Brian then tells his story of founding Chorus One, a validator whose history is tightly connected to that of Cosmos as a whole, finally moving into the present day of bridges, liquid staking and the future of Proof of Stake blockchains.

Here are some links for this episode:

Gnosis & Full Node with Friederike Ernst, Zero Knowledge Episode 94
Analyzing Osmosis & Preventing MEV with Sunny and Dev, Zero Knowledge Episode 188
Look into Solana, Zero Knowledge Episode 135
Staking derivatives & DeFi with Alex Evans (and Tarun!), Zero Knowledge Episode 140
Announcement about Chorus One and ZKV Partnership

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The Early Days of Cosmos, Chorus One & Epicenter with Brian Crain