What started out as a plan to build prediction markets, Gnosis ended up building crucial Ethereum infrastructure and tooling. Safe is one of its many successes, which originated during the 2017 ICO mania, as a solution for managing the raised capital securely, via a multi-sig. Even back then, the multi-sig model was quickly adopted by the entire industry, as a gold standard for asset security. Smart accounts and ERC-4337 represent the next step towards mass-adoption, through achieving a Web2-like UX.
We were joined by Lukas Schor, co-founder of Safe, to discuss Gnosis’ role in building early Ethereum infrastructure and tooling, and how Safe branched out to help secure more than $100Bn worth of assets.
Topics discussed in this episode:
0:00 - Introduction
3:35 - Lukas’ background and how Safe was founded
6:40 - Bitcoin vs. Ethereum multi-sigs
10:22 - Smart accounts & ERC-4337
24:21 - Safe’s design philosohpy
27:16 - Safe CORE, SDK & API
32:10 - Safe wallet UX
40:51 - Expanding cross-chain support
48:28 - Safe account recovery
52:26 - OpSec
55:27 - Safe’s smart contract security
59:43 - Gnosis ecosystem evolution
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Lukas Schor on Twitter: bit.ly/3xRiDzC
- Safe on Twitter: bit.ly/3W4JJNT
- Gnosis DAO on Twitter: bit.ly/4aC3Yaf
- Gnosis Chain on Twitter: bit.ly/3xOKAbj
- Gnosis Pay on Twitter: bit.ly/4cYRw5Z
Sponsors:
- Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay- the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at gnosis.io/ -
- Chorus1: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at chorus.one/?ut... -
This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture.
Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/544
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