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Ecosystem & Partnerships over time
801 entries across all AMAs, in chronological order, showing the first 150.
0:59 Recounts the informal two-hour Q&A session with Google engineers in London and the released transcript.
2:21 Denies any Google partnership, expect Google to go its own way like Apple and Microsoft while Daedalus reuses Google open source tech such as Electron.
1:11:16 Introduces Z/Yen and Michael Mainelli's research reports on geo-stamping, quantum computing and other topical policy questions.
1:44:46 A third party operator plans 50 Cardano ATMs in Japan but IOHK does not control their deployment or timing.
1:49:37 Highlights Emurgo's Asia partnerships in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia for remittance and agritech use cases.
1:51:38 Details the Sirin Labs Finney phone partnership adding native ADA support via its slide-out trusted hardware module.
1:53:30 Recalls the Israel trip for Eurocrypt and meetings with the Sirin, Saga, Orbs and Endor teams.
20:06 Previews the Ethereum Classic Summit, praising ETC's independent developer culture and community owned monetary policy.
10:38 The permissioned ledger space, Hyperledger, Kadena and Corda, shares the technology's DNA but is really about coordination between parties who neither fully trust nor fully distrust each other.
29:18 A warm relationship with Hyperledger, floating Ouroboros BFT contributions to Fabric and joint research with IBM.
1:41:12 Gives an update on talks with Sirin Labs about their blockchain phone with a built in hardware wallet integrating Cardano's code.
3:54 Congratulates Emurgo on open sourcing Yoroi and flags upcoming Ledger and Trezor hardware wallet support.
4:34 Previews upcoming Yoroi features like manual transaction creation and custom UTXO selection, plus multi sig support.
5:00 Shows off Tangem's NFC hardware wallet chips from a recent Switzerland trip, cheap full Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets in a card.
5:53 Outlines a planned two card Tangem multi sig scheme with a PIN coded spending card and a separate recovery card.
17:40 Responds to a hardware wallet support request, noting it depends on demand and a business deal rather than technical difficulty.
18:27 IOHK Hong Kong stayed out of an exchange's Forex deal and generally avoids getting involved in exchange listing negotiations.
49:20 The Sirin Labs deal negotiated by Emurgo for ADA support on the Finney phone's trusted hardware module.
1:17:58 Confirms IOHK put four million dollars into a project moving from Plasma to StarkWare's technology.
8:44 Credits Emurgo with turning the Icarus reference codebase into the Yoroi wallet, which now serves about 11 percent of the Cardano population and has attracted third party interest from Vacuum Labs.
11:31 Announces Vacuum Labs is being brought in to accelerate Ledger support alongside Emurgo, estimating roughly 30 to 50 engineer days remain to finish and secure it.
28:35 Mantis has grown into a production system supporting both Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, with Ethereum Foundation members asking IOHK to relicense it to Apache for Hyperledger.
16:46 With the new data layer and Icarus-style BIP-44-compliant addresses, Ledger hardware support is coming, with Emurgo engaging Vacuum Labs who analyzed the prior contractor's code and estimate five to six weeks of work from January.
22:52 Praises the new third-party Ledger partner and Yoroi's rapid evolution, teasing announcements from Sebastien, then pivots to usability.
25:09 IOHK built a Chrome-based reference wallet handed to Infinito and Emurgo enabling hundreds of thousands of users, calling it a beta product with no catastrophic fund-loss or network-down bugs, on Windows, Mac, and now Linux.
42:09 Introduces the Daedalus DApp platform built on Electron, aiming for a permissionless app store with no central curator.
44:56 Signed application manifests get hashed and stubbed on chain so Daedalus can list apps, auto detect updates, and support community reputation and curation.
48:17 Envisions stake pools becoming service providers offering randomness, data feeds and other decentralized services to DApp developers for a fee.
25:08 Yoroi should add hardware and paper wallet support plus delegation within six months, and every release IOHK takes on needs a help desk, QA and an exit strategy or you support it forever like Microsoft with Windows XP.
27:13 No monoculture on mobile either, the Ledger Nano X should be a good phone experience, ShapeShift is putting ADA into KeepKey and Trezor sent a device, while Ledger support lands around March after Vacuum Labs finished the integration for Emurgo and Yoroi.
29:15 The Ledger X mainly has more resources than the S so the same software should work, but using ADA through the Ledger mobile app is still an open question.
38:16 Third is a hackathon strategy, ETHDenver drew over two thousand people bottom up with no big foundation funding, and running many worldwide should produce five hundred to a thousand good projects.
39:38 Traxia seem like nice guys and he would love to ease their migration from Ethereum, since the extended UTXO redeemer validator model is Bitcoin script on steroids with a real language, distinctly different from the accounts model, with a KEVM or EVM sidechain as a fallback.
43:03 Interoperability is a game of pragmatism, superior protocols lose and people use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for a reason, so the plan is Interledger, lightning and maybe a DEX, but never a standard that forces a third party token and its centralized gatekeeper.
7:59 Yoroi is an ecosystem play: Emurgo should give partners a place for tokens and dApps to live, something like the Chrome Web Store and better than what ConsenSys built for Ethereum.
10:30 Emurgo's New York entrepreneur program and its dLab cohort bring young founders with a fiduciary obligation to actually solve problems.
13:18 There is no clear path onto Samsung's wallet yet but hopes to find one through IOHK's network.
13:57 The Tangem NFC card demo, a sub-dollar hardware wallet secured with a PIN.
20:15 The scope of the advisory role with Endor, a predictive analytics venture with an eToro partnership.
5:32 Answers a Spanish questioner on private blockchains and Hyperledger that an enterprise blockchain product is coming, to be announced at the summit, complementary rather than exclusive.
35:03 A company blockchain task force to reach out via the website for Plutus and Marlowe training, noting Emurgo is planning a training academy in India for 3500 people.
8:42 Updates on the consulting relationship and next contract phase with the project formerly known as nCash, now Horizon.
1:20:05 Teases that several known companies have shown interest in building games on Cardano.
11:55 Explains why Atala exists as a permissioned ledger bridge that funnels new users toward the open Cardano ecosystem.
41:58 Confirms Atala is a separate enterprise ledger project and lays out the spectrum from permissionless to permissioned systems.
1:21:39 The plan to let ERC-20 and NFT projects migrate to Cardano's multi currency ledger with new tooling from Vacuum Labs.
1:42:56 Coinbase isn't ignoring Ouroboros, noting he's in contact with people there even though the company moves at its own pace.
23:36 Recalls a great meeting with Stephen Wolfram and the potential of an oracle data provider for smart contracts.
46:55 Clarifies being an unpaid Storm project consultant, distinct from the company's relationship with Horizen.
55:57 Recalls Bitfinex's interest in listing ADA back in 2017 that never happened, apparently now moving forward.
1:52 Cardano is approached constantly about security token offerings and needs a standard for them, and multi model thinking means no single standard should rule everything.
2:47 Polymath leads the industry with 126 companies issuing security tokens on its framework and strong ties to regulators and investment banks, so any market standard worth interoperating with will likely come from there.
6:16 Working with a team holding over three years of security token experience beats spending years piecing it together alone and ending up four years behind the market standard.
9:20 On the recurring criticism of the Atala and Cardano relationship: the first questions are who needs to be in control and whether one size fits all beats custom systems for custom problems.
15:09 Conversations run across the industry, from the Stephen Wolfram and Wolfram Alpha team on oracles to the Chainlink team, covering identity, metadata, token and formal method standards, and joining Ethereum or EOS as a core developer is the only thing that should worry anyone.
5:15 Covers Polymath's teaser announcement of Polymesh, a dedicated blockchain built for security tokens, following productive talks with security token industry players and regulators about audit and issuance requirements.
1:49 Is excited about SASA, a new blockchain explorer just released by EMURGO.
39:12 Would love Beefchain to launch on Cardano, praising founder Tyler's Wyoming ranch and the planned University of Wyoming meeting.
7:29 Emurgo will help with testing and Yoroi interoperability for the staking components, plus a blockchain explorer to visualize what is unique in the ecosystem.
21:29 Nothing stops you writing dApps today: play with Plutus Playground and Meadow, use the tutorials, examples and courses, and every Haskell course from now on adds a month of Plutus training.
8:46 An ADA card in Korea only matters with good liquidity and easy cash in and cash out, and that should come organically as Samsung supports crypto wallets on the Galaxy S10, with a July meeting in Korea to explore it and HTC and iPhone likely to follow.
4:06 As an advisor to Polymath and Polymesh he gives advice on building a blockchain and token mechanics, but never makes the decision.
5:22 Polymath may be better off staying on Ethereum layer 2 given how much Solidity code they have written.
5:52 Advising on security tokens gives Cardano a snapshot of regulations, exchanges and infrastructure for illiquid assets in the developing world.
1:24:40 The Greek university project with GRNET is complete and reportedly in production, and research continues at the University of Athens where IOHK has an office.
1:35:31 OpenBazaar accepting ADA will probably happen at some point since IOHK researchers already contribute there, it just is not a high priority.
1:50:00 He cannot talk about Coinbase because of a nondisclosure agreement, but considers them a great company IOHK would love to work with.
3:09 Announces upcoming hackathons in Israel, Argentina, and hopefully Wyoming to expose Plutus and Marlowe to developers and gather feedback.
18:50 The Plutus and Marlowe model is being validated through hackathon developer feedback.
3:21 Details a Georgian academic credentialing pilot that hashes and signs diplomas onto a blockchain, backed by MOUs with the Free University, BTU, and the Ministry of Education, plus a meeting with the prime minister.
4:38 A pilot combining Atala and Cardano into a hybrid ledger with a token for identity verification payments, with a feasibility report and scale out cost estimate to follow a July site visit.
6:11 Previews the next stop, Israel, for a hackathon and meetings with partners like Endor in its cryptocurrency hub, plus a private tour of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.
20:04 Praises Yoroi's fast release cycle from Emurgo, a new Crypto.com integration for merchant ADA payments, and exploration of hardware wallet and debit card support.
17:20 Lays out a three stage Plutus and Marlowe adoption plan of workshops, MOOC content, and case study DApps from accelerator programs.
47:01 Gives a cautiously positive read on Elrond, noting it plans to use Yella and is advised by Grigore Rosu, though full diligence has not been done.
49:40 Would love to expand into Jamaica but travel has not allowed it, and confirms no active Cardano business in Hong Kong right now.
42:50 IOHK will work with almost any blockchain protocol or community, including Neo and Ethereum, unless it is led by an egomaniac acting against its users.
15:50 New Balance will announce on October 14 what they are doing, and they specifically requested Cardano rather than Atala.
16:36 Authentication unlocks better secondary markets for luxury goods, including residual royalties for the brand on every resale.
36:40 Icarus proved IOHK can be agile: built in months as a proof of concept and productized by Emurgo into Yoroi within two months, and a full lessons learned retrospective comes at the end of 2020.
39:17 ETHDenver showed that developers are not loyal to Ethereum or EOS, they follow whichever infrastructure helps them solve their problem.
47:28 Yoroi staking has been discussed with Emurgo and will likely arrive by the second wave, since the incentivized testnet gets a hard fork reset every four to six weeks.
1:10:53 Exchanges are starting staking as a service businesses, so their requirements matter for how the testnet and staking are run.
1:12:35 If your ADA sits on an exchange at the snapshot there is no guarantee they will let you withdraw the testnet ADA, so pull it off the exchange before the snapshot and put it back afterwards.
0:04 Open the AMA broadcasting from Colorado and recap launching the New Balance sneaker authentication app on Cardano, built to fight counterfeiting.
13:00 Outlines plans to attract Wall Street and Silicon Valley investors through custodial infrastructure, market making, and a possible ADA fund with partners like Waves.
25:20 Confirms a Coinbase listing is in progress.
46:51 Praises the Horizon Labs consulting partnership and its team as a model of small scale crypto collaboration.
49:31 Explains why the real chain chip sits in the shoebox card rather than the shoe itself, tied to the Jeff card integration.
53:01 Muses about tokenizing the pork industry on Cardano.
56:50 Teases an unannounced dApp on Cardano focused on authentication and anti counterfeiting.
12:59 Emurgo is working to add test net restore support to Yoroi using the same key derivation and address structure as Daedalus, though the announcement is Emurgo's to make.
9:58 Teases Goguen as the next chapter after Shelley, comparing smart contracts to launch titles for a new console with partners across verticals.
12:24 New Balance's blockchain shoe authentication pilot on Cardano only covers some production runs, with a staggered cohort rollout.
9:22 The sandbox also gives IOHK room for a frank discussion with exchanges about staking funds on behalf of consumers and about adhering to enterprise addresses.
27:39 Signals a likely hardware wallet research lab partnership with the University of Wyoming, pending matching funds negotiations.
47:07 Cardano needs a tipping bot and a tipping service on Telegram, so that is a challenge to the community to build it.
50:00 Bitfinex keeps saying they will list Cardano and they did assign a developer, with the Foundation talking to them, so it is happening.
51:34 Coinbase does not hate Cardano, people just need to be patient.
8:15 Nico is a strong CTO who ran the handoff of Icarus to Yoroi, the most successful product in the ecosystem for user experience, and as the first technical expert on the Foundation board should open the Cardano Improvement Proposal conversation with Sebastien.
12:57 Confirms New Balance seems happy with its authentication pilot and say IOHK hopes to expand it across the product line based on sales and metrics.
31:03 IOHK will make a statement on the Chainlink relationship, noting product manager Nick is a particular fan of the project.
39:57 Realize his Brave creator account was never set up, float building a micro tipping app for ADA, and commit to backing a SpaceX satellite node launch if the treasury and price allow it.
26:16 IOHK wants a Coinbase listing and will do everything possible to make it happen.
29:27 Gives an update on the New Balance sneaker authentication pilot, noting its future depends on New Balance's decision to scale it.
29:57 Reveals a planned University of Wyoming donation in ADA to fund an authentication lab, calling it the first academic institution to accept ADA.
30:27 Explains why brand authentication for luxury goods like Chanel handbags and Rolex watches is a huge underserved market.
55:29 Invites Bitfinex to list ADA after eight months of testing, offering the foundation's help.
1:15:56 Praises Brendan Eich's Basic Attention Token and Brave browser as a model product with clear scope and sustainable incentives.
10:20 Second, external information has to reach the chain through oracles or data feeds, as the success of Chainlink and DeFi oracle solutions shows, so work with Emurgo and the Cardano Foundation is underway on an oracle standard for Cardano.
13:19 Beyond those four there has to be development tooling, interoperability with Ethereum and baseline DeFi infrastructure, ideally a DEX and a stablecoin in the Cardano ecosystem for liquidity, remittances and microfinance, and commercial director Jerry is discussing the minimum viable investment with the Cardano Foundation, while Plutus and Marlowe leave the laboratory and turn from academic into commercial projects, bringing hackathons, tooling investment and pedagogical applications.
14:34 Emurgo should publish a formal investment thesis on the record, with a firm financial commitment and priority geographies, so the market knows what the ecosystem is looking for and how much money is behind the portfolio.
7:20 The Cardano Foundation will announce a grant program soon, and aggressive negotiations with unnamed exchanges target a custody and listing solution, plus a Bitfinex listing.
8:57 Planning a year long hackathon master plan with the Foundation, roughly monthly in each major development area, alongside ideas for interoperability such as lightning.
7:52 Building a consolidated, low cost way for exchanges to list Cardano, covering Explorer infrastructure, the wallet backend, the command line and deployment into WebAssembly, JavaScript and Docker environments.
4:07 Special purpose libraries and reworked APIs, built with exchange partners, make it considerably easier to list and custody ADA.
5:29 Exchanges will be able to offer staking as a service to customers, similar to how Coinbase stakes Tezos.
25:27 There are discussions with Emurgo about translating their backend from Rust primitives to Haskell where the compilation makes sense.
30:18 Wyoming joins Edinburgh, Athens, and Tokyo Institute of Technology in the research family, the first American university with the brand on the lab.
4:30 Announces a $500,000 ADA donation to the University of Wyoming, the first university to accept ADA, matched by the state and school for a $1.3 million endowment.
5:58 Hopes the Wyoming lab pushes computer science students toward Plutus and Marlowe instead of Solidity, calling it the right way to write smart contracts.
7:25 Count Wyoming as the fourth IOHK academic lab after Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Athens, and University of Edinburgh, with all research published patent free.
9:25 Recaps ETHDenver, meeting the ShapeShift team and DeFi developers and scouting partnership opportunities.
10:24 Argues Silicon Valley will embrace Cardano once Goguen ships a developer first experience, noting the same evangelism push worked for Ethereum after Bitcoin.
13:24 Confirms still consulting for Polymath and Polymesh after delivering the first Polymesh generation and white paper, with more news to come.
54:08 Wyoming's Pathfinder ranch, 630,000 acres, as a possible blockchain grass credits project.
7:04 Previews a commercial alignment workshop in London in early March with PwC, Emurgo, and the Cardano Foundation, including access to PwC's Fortune 500 client base.
14:09 In depth conversations with exchange partners about libraries, tools, and APIs to make listing ADA and offering staking as a service easier.
17:56 New commercial partnerships, including Beefchain, that will be showcased with launch applications at the Goguen launch.
1:44 Heads to London in early March 2020 for the PwC workshop with the Cardano Foundation and Emurgo to align commercial strategies ahead of the Shelley launch, while other events start getting cancelled.
10:22 Work closely with exchange partners on Shelley readiness and staking as a service, noting Ledger has been selected for hardware wallet integration.
9:15 Expects Cardano to be listed on a new major exchange in 2020.
32:30 Reflects on his year as a Polymath advisor helping shape their commercial strategy on Substrate before the consultancy wound down.
37:33 The PwC and Emurgo Ohio workshop in London that produced a unified commercial strategy for Cardano.
29:24 Cardano is open to working with Chainlink once the foundational Oracle and stablecoin layers are built.
44:26 Vacuumlabs will likely deliver Ledger hardware wallet integration with full staking and multi asset support around Shelley.
46:20 Calls the New Balance supply chain pilot a successful proof of concept despite thin margins, with hopes to expand it.
54:47 Gaming partners are already building alongside Goguen for smart contract launch applications.
1:32:36 Confirms IOHK hasn't made a code commit to Ethereum Classic in some time.
10:40 Highlights the University of Wyoming lab investment as a model letting independent researchers build CCI without central coordination.
17:51 Points to voting systems, supply chain traceability, and municipal bonds as use cases that will seek out a trustworthy decentralized platform.
4:35 IOHK is a platinum sponsor of the event, in very good company with the other sponsors, and it is exciting how far the space has evolved in such a short period of time.
12:26 Reveals talks with Bison Trails and a signed Ledger agreement for multi-sig and cold staking support.
1:16:49 Praises Alex Chepurnoy's Ergo project built on Scorex for its sigma protocols and puzzles.
18:27 Cardano's PRISM identity system could be a candidate backend for the ID2020 initiative.
29:31 Confirms BeefChain, a Wyoming cattle tracking venture, is set to deploy on Cardano as part of the Goguen launch portfolio.
1:42:51 Confirms exchanges will be able to offer staking through a partnership with Bison Trails once Shelley launches.
2:19:30 Confirms Chainlink could migrate its ERC20 token to Cardano if it wanted to.
2:37:42 Clarifies there's no formal partnership with the Web3 Foundation or Polkadot beyond a friendly relationship.
2:38:23 Clarifies his relationship with Polymath was limited to a fulfilled consulting contract, not an ongoing partnership.