Austin Castellaw

Since the advent of Optimistic Rollups (ORUs) and Zk-Rollups (ZRUs), the paradigm has changed.Computation is run off-chain by high-end machines (the provers) while posting a fraud proof (on ORUs) or a validity proof (on ZRUs) on a settlement chain, which can prove the computation integrity, or in other words, that the computation has been executed... See more

But there are other issues:

This is a fundamental shift in blockchain scaling.Running a game completely on-chain on a monolithic blockchain is economically unfeasible and will remain so for the foreseeable future. That is why most of the blockchain games that have been released in the past few years are in a hybrid form, having only a few components of their stack on-chain... See more

Coordinape offers a novel model for determining compensation in a way that can be more fair and reflective of actual contributions: since peers vote, there’s not as much emphasis on appeasing a single person, and power is more distributed throughout the organization.

I think one of the most important things is for protocol teams or communities to first figure out what it is that they’re trying to accomplish and what their token specifically will be used for. For a lot of work token models like KEEP, NuCypher, or The Graph, the token is used to provide a service — the token is serving as a tax medallion. And so... See more

-DAO tooling is all about making it easier for humans to collaborate online. Human Resources traditionally exists to have tough conversations with employees. Zach is hoping this gets decentralized and we can create tools where we aren't looking for arbiters.

The gaming industry is slowly waking up to blockchain technology. It will dramatically change the gaming landscape to the benefit of gamers.