Miscellaneous
Ben DiFrancesco, software consultant and founder of scopelift, joins us on this one. Two things we really respect about Ben are his ability to break down complex technical topics and also his ability to be honest about what crypto and blockchain offer us. He’s at heart, a technologist, and his passion for and dedication to crypto is palpable. This conversation contains a bit of philosophy around Bitcoin and Ethereum, particularly around how polarized the two spaces have become. We get into Bitcoin and Ethereum’s respective reasons for existing and how they can work together, how developers can use these new digital primitives to build applications, and business opportunities in the space. We also cover DeFi, and how smart contracts enable Maker and Dai. Always enjoy talking to Ben, and I hope you enjoy this one. Topics: Smart Contracts & use cases that excite him BTC + ETH working together DeFi movement Crypto Primitives Quality of Web Dev versus Crypto tooling ETH and “rich statefulness” and what that means Some techs outside of blockchain and crypto that he is excited about Links: Ben’s twitter: https://twitter.com/BenDiFrancesco Ben’s consultancy ScopeLift: https://www.scopelift.co/ Newsletter: https://www.buildblockchain.tech/newsletter Podcast #1: http://quantlayer.libsyn.com/4-a-discussion-with-software-consultant-ben-difrancesco-on-building-great-blockchain-software - https://medium.com/@QuantLayer/building-great-blockchain-software-smart-contract-scaling-and-elixir-ae94687e34dd - https://usedai.org - https://github.com/apbendi/use-dai Philly Blockchain Tech Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Philly-Blockchain-Tech/ Austin Griffith: https://twitter.com/austingriffith Mastering Bitcoin: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388/ Mastering Ethereum: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Ethereum-Building-Smart-Contracts/dp/1491971940