Moderator: Billy Rennekamp, Interchain Foundation & Cosmos
Roundtable : Tarun Chitra, Gauntlet Network, Barney Mannerings, Vega Protocol, Sunny Aggarwal, Tendermint Inc & Cosmos, Brian Crain, Chorus One and Cosmos, Sam Hart, Interchain GmbH and Cosmos and our virtual audience.
This event was spurred by the work of the Liquid Staking Group, "Bridging Proof-of-Stake and Decentralized Finance" https://blog.chorus.one/liquid-staking-report/ and Tarun Chitra, "Why Stake when you can Borrow?" https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.11156
We’ll cover some of topics and discuss opinions with regards to:
– Staking is Defi
– Security tradeoffs
– Additional Utility
– Avoiding Centralized Staking
For more information:
The Liquid Staking Working Group, led by Chorus One and funded by the Interchain Foundation, released a new research report on their findings. The purpose of the research is to provide a basis and platform for a broader discussion around the trajectory of Proof-of-Stake and the role of staking assets in the emerging decentralized financial economy.
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