#208 : Post DevCon3 Roundtable: State of Ethereum, Cosmos Retreat and Parity Hack

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For the very first time, all three Epicenter hosts found themselves in the same location. After attending Ethereum's DevCon 3 in Cancun, we were at a Cosmos Retreat and discussed the conference, retreat, state of the Ethereum ecosystem and recent Parity hack.

Topics discussed in this episode:
- Recap of Ethereum's DevCon 3 conference
- Current state of Ethereum
- The most interesting new projects at DevCon
- The post-DevCon Cosmos retreat
- The internet of blockchain thesis
- The case for blockchain's having sovereignty
- The massive loss of funds due to Parity's flawed multisig contract
- The pros and cons of an Ethereum hard fork

Links mentioned in this episode:
- Ethereum Developers Conference (Devcon3): https://ethereumfoundation.org/devcon3/
- Cosmos - Internet of Blockchains: https://cosmos.network/
- Many Chains One Ecosystem Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/SunnyAggarwal2/tendermintcosmos-many-chains-many-tokens-one-ecosystem
- Many Chains One Ecosystem - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_SAX73AMg&feature=youtu.be
- Ethereum Client Bug Freezes User Funds as Fallout Remains Uncertain -
CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-client-bug-freezes-user-funds-fallout-remains-uncertain/
- Parity Multi-Sig Wallets Deployed After 7/30 Issue : ethereum: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/7bchez/parity_multisig_wallets_deployed_after_730_issue/
- Security Alert – Parity Technologies: https://paritytech.io/blog/security-alert.html

This episode is also available on :
- Epicenter.tv: https://epicenter.tv/208
- YouTube: http://youtu.be/yqwudN8Pg0U
- Souncloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-208

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