Mrinal Manohar, CEO and Cofounder of Casper Labs, joins Charlie Shrem on this week’s episode of Untold Stories. They begin by discussing Bitcoin's evolution at the protocol level and whether the tech should change in order to adapt. Mrinal explains Casper Labs' focus on decentralization and the practicalities of building a decentralized project. This leads Charlie and Mrinal to talk about the pros and cons of PoW and PoS, the token distribution problems of PoS, energy inefficiency of PoW, mining and hardware. The discussion turns to a deep dive of the Bitcoin emission curve and its future tech and energy challenges. They shift gears to talk about Casper Labs' DEPO democratic exchange private offering distribution model. Charlie asks for Mrinal's thoughts on the Lightning Network and they finish up discussing developers trying to manage the trilemma and user experience all at the same time, and Mrinal champions the importance of open source standards.
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BitPanda
Bitpanda is a fintech based in Vienna, Austria founded in 2014 by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer. The company is a firm believer in the innovative power of cryptocurrencies, digitised assets and blockchain technology. Bitpanda’s mission is to tear down the barriers to investing and bring traditional financial products to the 21st century. Today, Bitpanda has more than 1 million users and 120 team members. With a PSD2 payment service provider license, state-of-the-art security and streamlined user experience, Bitpanda has grown into a popular trading platform for newbies and experts alike. Users can currently trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold and over 20 other digital assets.
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