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 covered 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

Episode links:

• Ethereum Developers Conference (Devcon3)
• Cosmos - Internet of Blockchains
• Many Chains One Ecosystem Slides
• Many Chains One Ecosystem - YouTube
• "Ethereum Client Bug Freezes User Funds as Fallout Remains Uncertain - CoinDesk"
• Parity Multi-Sig Wallets Deployed After 7/30 Issue : ethereum
• Paritytech - Security Alert

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/208