#214: John Shutt, Smart Contract Engineer at UMA, on Encrypted Messaging Systems, DAO Governance, and Off-Chain Voting Decisions

John Shutt is a smart contract engineer at UMA and co-founder of the Across Protocol, a secure and decentralized cross-chain bridge. He has been working on cryptocurrency and encrypted messaging systems for over a decade.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Encrypted messaging systems
- UMA 2.0
- UMA staking
- Data Verification Mechanism
- Hardened security systems
- Solutions for on-chain transactions based on off-chain voting decisions
- DAO governance
- Oracles
- Across Protocol
- Owning 11,000 books
- SVB Meltdown
- Optimistic Oracles

UMA
Website: uma.xyz
Twitter: @UMAprotocol
Discord: discord.uma.xyz

John Shutt
Twitter: @jdshutt
LinkedIn: John Shutt
 

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