THE PROTOCOL: The Major Narrative in the Blockchain Space | Interoperability
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🗓️ 17 June 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Sergey Gorbunov on Axelar's Focus on Security and Programmability.
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This installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk interview Sergey Gorbunov, CEO of Interop Labs and co-founder of Axelar Protocol, who discusses the partnership with Ripple and the exclusive bridge they are building for the XRP Ledger's new EVM side chain. He emphasizes simplifying user experiences and blending blockchain technology with traditional systems and believes that decentralization is a key factor in the success of interoperability protocols.
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00:00 Introduction and Background
03:34 The Importance of Interoperability
06:56 Axelar's Differentiators and Partnership with Ripple
13:04 Simplifying User Experiences and Blending Blockchain with Traditional Systems
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| 0:00.0 | dive deep into the blockchain realm with the protocol podcast with coin desk founding editor of the |
| 0:10.0 | protocol newsletter brad count and tech journalists sam kessler and margo nikirk they unravel the |
| 0:16.4 | intricate technologies powering cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum, one block at a time. |
| 0:22.7 | Just a reminder, CoinDesk is a news source and does not provide investment advice. |
| 0:32.5 | Hello and welcome to the Protocol podcast. I'm Brad Count here with my co-hosts, Margo Nykirk and Sam Kessler. |
| 0:39.1 | We're excited to dive into today's show with the latest news and developments in technology |
| 0:43.8 | behind crypto and blockchains. First, please do not forget to subscribe to our weekly newsletter, |
| 0:48.6 | The Protocol on coindex.com. Let's dive right into it. Today we have Sergei Gorbinoff. He is the CEO of |
| 0:59.5 | Interop Labs and the co-founder of Axelar Protocol. And Sergei is obviously right at the heart of |
| 1:06.8 | this really major narrative in blockchain these days, which is interoperability and |
| 1:15.0 | just connecting all these millions of blockchains that we're seeing popping up all over |
| 1:19.3 | the place. |
| 1:20.9 | Sergei, welcome to the Protocol podcast. |
| 1:23.7 | Hey, guys. |
| 1:24.5 | Good to be here. |
| 1:25.7 | Sergey, just to, thank you. |
| 1:27.3 | Sergey, just to start off, you know, probably some folks, just for a quick intro, some folks may not know about your background. |
| 1:35.1 | I was just looking at some of your published biographical info stating you have a PhD from MIT. |
| 1:42.1 | I was just wondering if you tell us what that what you specialized in in your PhD. |
| 1:47.0 | Yeah, I mean, I specialized in the crypto as in cryptography, right? So before crypto was |
| 1:53.5 | taken away from the OG cryptographers by the cryptocurrency industry and many of my colleagues. |
| 2:01.0 | Some of them upset, some of them happy with those trends. |
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