The Smartest Contract
The best way for blockchain developers to grow.
About the show
Every episode of the Smartest Contract discusses recent flaws, change and discoveries in the world of the blockchain Every show features a high profile guest in the blockchain ecosystem who gives his/her input on the topics.
New episodes every Thursday.
Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong
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Episode List
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Episode 11: Nicholas D'Andrea - Truffle 5.0 and the future of EthPM
July 12th, 2018 | 21 mins 37 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
Nick talks about the upcoming features for Truffle 5.0 and how EthPM will be the dominate new package manager.
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Episode 10: Stan James - On-chain vs Off-chain Architecture
July 5th, 2018 | 24 mins 40 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
Stan James discusses what factors to consider when designing a smart contract to best leverage off-chain storage and computation.
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Episode 9: Georgios Konstantopoulos - Plasma and Friends
June 28th, 2018 | 19 mins 37 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
Georgios talks about why Plasma is important and how it is implemented. We also chat about all the different archtypes of Plasma and their differences.
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Episode 8: Gerhard Wagner - Smart Contract Security and Honeypots
June 21st, 2018 | 27 mins 39 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
We chat about best practices for smart contract security from seasoned auditors. We also reveals the secrets behind honeypot contracts which are meant to scam Ethereum developers.
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Episode 7: Ameen Soleimani - Current and Future of State Channels
June 14th, 2018 | 28 mins 37 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
Ameen from Spankchain talks about how Spankchain utilizes the state channel technology and the research they are doing to move the tech forward.
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Episode 6: Alex Rea - Colony Design and Reputation System
June 7th, 2018 | 21 mins 11 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
Alex Rea from Colony.io talks about the design of the their organization system and how the reputation system connects it all.
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Episode 5: Christian Reitwiessner - Breaking Changes in Solidity 0.5.0
May 31st, 2018 | 29 mins 11 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
Christian Reitwiessner talks about Solidity 0.5.0 and it's breaking changes. We also cover the optimizer and the strict assembly language Yul.
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Episode 4: Hudson Jameson - Ethereum Foundation Governance
May 17th, 2018 | 28 mins 53 secs
blockchain, developer, ethereum, solidity, web3
Hudson dives into the inner workings of the Ethereum foundation and what it means for developers.
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Episode 3: Brendan Chou - dYdX Architecture and Design
May 10th, 2018 | 24 mins 22 secs
In this episode we discuss: What is dYdX dYdX architecture design Challenges of doing financial math on chain What does trustless and decentralized mean Dydx site: https://dydx.exchange/ Continuous compounding interest: Investopedia...
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Episode 2: Fabian Vogelsteller - ERC725 & ERC735
May 3rd, 2018 | 26 mins 36 secs
In this episode we discuss: ERC725 - Identity ERC735 - Claim Holder Implications of on-chain identities Future of Blockchain in VR ERC725: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/725 ERC735: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/735...
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Episode 1: Nick Johnson - EIP999 & ENS
April 26th, 2018 | 25 mins 40 secs
In this episode we discuss: The EIP Process EIP999 and Nick's thoughts The future of ENS and how it can change Ethereum Dapps Follow me on Twitter: @itsjefftong New episodes every Thursday!