Sharon Goldberg: Arwen – Centralized Exchange Trading Without Counterparty Risk (#305)

We're joined by Sharon Goldberg, CEO of Arwen, a protocol solution for non-custodial trading. From communications engineering to Internet protocol security, to then becoming a Professor at Boston University, she shares her journey into the world of cryptography. Beginning as a whitepaper on eclipse attacks, Arwen has grown into a platform enabling atomic swaps on centralized exchanges. Sharon chats about Arwen's integration with KuCoin, how it compares to ShapeShift, Interledger, and Lightning, and the exciting new release of the Layer-2 atomic swaps from Ethereum into Bitcoin.

Topics discussed in this episode:
- How Sharon became interested in blockchain technology
- The meaning of an eclipse attack
- Arwen's co-founder Ethan Heilman
- The backbone of Arwen
- The Arwen protocol and how it uses atomic swaps
- How trading takes place on the exchange
- Arwen vs Shapeshift and Interledger
- Creating multiple orders using the same channel
- Arwen vs Lightning and the use of SegWit
- How the relationship with KuCoin was formed

Links mentioned in this episode:
- Arwen website: http://bit.ly/30aLmgm
- Arwen's first white paper on eclipse attacks: http://bit.ly/304HuOc
- Arwen's Trading Protocol whitepaper: http://bit.ly/2NnOYps
- Announcement of Arwen's partnership with KuCoin: http://bit.ly/304HDRK
- Arwen's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2UZiaUR
- Sharon Goldberg on Twitter: http://bit.ly/303AtgC

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This episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/305