Chris Blec (DeFi Watch) on the Pursuit of Transparency in DeFi (EP.220)
On The Brink with Castle Island · Castle Island Ventures
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Show Notes
Chris Blec is a researcher and the founder of DeFi Watch, a project dedicated to identifying points of centralization and risk factors in DeFi, in particular the presence of admin keys. In this episode:
- How Chris got interested in DeFi
- How he first noticed the risk of admin key usage
- The changing nature of admin keys and multisigs
- Whether project multisigs reduce dependence on trust
- Why worry about Admin keys in the first place?
- Have DeFi projects improved their key management and trustlessness over time?
- Chris' letter to 0xPolygon
- Chris' plans with DeFi Watch
- Should Bitcoiners care about DeFi? About admin key failures?
- Why transparency is a self-regulatory measure
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