Zeppelin Co-Founder and CTO Manuel Araoz joined us to discuss his journey from building one of the first non-financial Bitcoin applications in 2012 to improving development and security practices for Ethereum smart contracts. We discussed the OpenZeppelin framework, a library of audited smart contracts as well as their new project zeppelin_os. Through on-chain, well-vetted and upgradeable smart contracts zeppelin_os aims to make developing Ethereum applications both easier and more secure.
Topics covered in this episode:

Manuel’s journey in the blockchain space from proof of existence to BitPay to Streamium to Zeppelin
Why Manuel moved away from a pure Bitcoin focus to working on Ethereum
Why Zeppelin focuses on smart contract security
How smart contract security evolved since the start of Ethereum
The OpenZeppelin framework of audited Ethereum contracts
Why zeppelin_os and standardized, upgradeable on-chain contracts are the next evolutionary step
The core component of zeppelin_os: Kernel, SDK and markeplace
The ZEP token and its role in zeppelin_os

Episode links:

Zeppelin Website
OpenZeppelin Framework
zeppelin_os
zeppelin_os Whitepaper

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/220