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Emin Gün Sirer & Vlad Zamfir: On a Rocky DAO
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Emin Gün Sirer & Vlad Zamfir: On a Rocky DAO
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Jun 6, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Raising $150m+ through its toke sale, ‘The DAO’ has become the most notable decentralized application to date. The ambitious goal of the project is to form an decentralized organizations that efficiently makes investment decisions and generates a return for the token holders.
Computer Science professor Emin Gün Sirer and researcher Vlad Zamfir joined us to discuss the various security issues with the daring project and why they’ve called for a temporary moratorium on funding proposals.
Topics covered in this episode:
How the DAO works
What the role of the curators is
What splits are and how they became a way to withdraw funds
Why the DAO has a bias towards approving proposals
How attackers could ‘stalk’ token holders when withdrawing their funds
How the DAO can be upgraded
Episode links:
A Call for a Temporary Moratorium on The DAO Blog Post
A Call for a Temporary Moratorium on The DAO Full Paper PDF
EB132 – Stephan Tual: Building A Universal Sharing Network On Ethereum And A $150M DAO
Understanding the DAO Accounting
The DAO website
Meher's 'split DAO' reward token attack
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/134
Computer Science professor Emin Gün Sirer and researcher Vlad Zamfir joined us to discuss the various security issues with the daring project and why they’ve called for a temporary moratorium on funding proposals.
Topics covered in this episode:
How the DAO works
What the role of the curators is
What splits are and how they became a way to withdraw funds
Why the DAO has a bias towards approving proposals
How attackers could ‘stalk’ token holders when withdrawing their funds
How the DAO can be upgraded
Episode links:
A Call for a Temporary Moratorium on The DAO Blog Post
A Call for a Temporary Moratorium on The DAO Full Paper PDF
EB132 – Stephan Tual: Building A Universal Sharing Network On Ethereum And A $150M DAO
Understanding the DAO Accounting
The DAO website
Meher's 'split DAO' reward token attack
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/134
Released:
Jun 6, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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