The speaker mentions that the current era feels similar to the 16th or 17th century and compares it to the French Revolution, expressing uncertainty about the future. They highlight the excitement and newness reminiscent of the 90s internet boom in the blockchain world, emphasizing the potential for human creation and societal impact. The speaker reflects on how back in 1995, it was impossible to imagine social networks and their social effects, while also mentioning that concepts like DoorDash and Uber were ahead of their time without the necessary technology.
In this week’s episode, Anna and Tarun chat with Noam Nisan, Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Principle Researcher at StarkWare Industries and one of the pioneers in the field of Algorithmic Game Theory. They cover his extensive research and academic background, starting with his work on complexity theory as well as Algorithmic Game Theory and his current work on blockchains and Tokenomics at StarkWare.
They discuss his recent blog post; Simple Tokenomics for a Proof-of-Stake Utility Token, comparing the measurable Tokenomic outcomes of different live PoS systems and explore how Noam aimed to better communicate best practices for those designing these systems, plus much more.
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Aleo is a new Layer-1 blockchain that achieves the programmability of Ethereum, the privacy of Zcash, and the scalability of a rollup.
As Aleo is gearing up for their mainnet launch in Q1, this is an invitation to be part of a transformational ZK journey.
Dive deeper and discover more about Aleo at http://aleo.org/
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