Liam Horne: Optimism, and why scaling Ethereum matters

This is my conversation with Liam Horne, former CEO and advisor to Optimism Labs.

00:00 Intro
00:59 sponsor: Privy (privy.io)
03:35 early influences, classmates with Vitalik in Waterloo
08:31 Ethereum's potential and why scalability matters
10:06 learning from Jeff Coleman
17:23 defining a common language
21:06 importance of community in Ethereum
26:34 hackathons lead to progress
31:36 collaboration as a core ETH value
38:30 humility and collective learning
47:27 building a public good
53:07 building Optimism with Ethereum values
01:09:27 sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io)
01:17:41 decentralization is a journey
01:20:59 staying true to your principles
01:32:51 building something new is difficult
01:36:28 Jing Wang
01:42:10 Georgios Konstantopoulos

Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:
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Relevant Links:
University of Waterloo https://uwaterloo.ca/

(Almost) Everything you need to know about Optimistic Rollup by Georgios Konstantopoulos https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/01/almost-everything-you-need-to-know-about-optimistic-rollup

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