The Builders Case for Ethereum with Scott Lewis and Bryant Eisenbach

Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Wednesday 15th Jan, 2018
Company: Scott - Settle, Bryant - GunClear

When Tuur Demeester released his Tweetstorm breaking down the issues he has with Ethereum; the community was quick to respond. While many appreciated the effort Tuur had made to raise critical issues, some from the Ethereum community were critical of his points.

Two people who directly responded and which Tuur shared on Twitter were Scott Lewis from Settle and Bryant Eisenbach from GunClear.

Following Tuur’s appearance on my podcast discussing his Tweetstorm, I invited both Scott and Bryant onto the podcast to offer a response to Tuur’s points and also discuss other vital topics relating to Ethereum.

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Timestamps:

00.03.45: Intro and welcome
00.04.37: What is Ethereum?
00.08.45: Scott and Bryant’s view on the crypto space
00.13.28: The good things which have been achieved with Ethereum
00.17.14: Fair criticisms of Ethereum
00.19.52: Ethereum’s governance
00.22.58: Is the token price a distraction?
00.25.05: The value as an open source protocol
00.26.41: Culture of move fast and break things
00.29.03: A tool for corruption and scams
00.35.18: Responsibility to the security of the code
00.38.54: Scaling issues with the Ethereum bloat
00.45.39: Migrating to proof of stake
00.54.43: The introduction of ETH 2.0
01.06.11: Adoption and uses cases
01.16.40: Cool things coming up for Ethereum
01.21.26: How to stay in touch with Scott and Bryant

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Scott:
- On Twitter @scott_lew_is
- On LinkedIn
- At Settle

Connect with Bryant:
- On Twitter @fubuloubu
- On LinkedIn
- On Medium
- On AngelList
- At GunClear

Mentioned in the interview:
- Tuur’s Tweetstorm
- Scott’s response
- Bryant’s response
- My interview with Tuur
- Settle blog post: Open Finance: What can you use right now?
- Maker DAO
- 0x
- Compound Finance
- The fellowship of Ethereum Magicians
- James Prestwich post: What to Expect When ETH’s Expecting
- Formal Verification Proofs
- Parity hack
- To Alleviate Ethereum State Bloat, Developers Consider Charging Rent
- Coda
- Sharding
- Plasma
- Casper
- Proof of stake v proof of work
- Dex.ag

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD061: Tuur Demeester's Bearish Case for Ethereum
- WBD033: Will Bitcoin or Ethereum Become a Global Digital Reserve Asset with Multicoin's Kyle Samani
- WBD032: Tuur Demeester on the Looming Debt Crisis and Central Banks for Bitcoin
- WBD031: Ari Paul on the Fat Protocol Thesis and Product/Market Fit in Crypto
- WBD029: Token Economies and The Fat Protocol Thesis with Jamie Burke from Outlier Ventures
- WBD026: The Challenges of Being a CEO with Richard Burton from Balance.io

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