Guests:Steven Goldfeder is the Co-Founder & CEO of Offchain Labs, a company in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space that built Abritrum, a layer-2 Ethereum scaling solution. He's also a co-author of the book Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction.
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson is the CEO of CCP Games, a leading game developer on a mission to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life. Their products include EVE Online, the world’s largest living work of science fiction. Hilmar also served as the Chairman of the Board of The Technology Development Fund in Iceland, which aims to strengthen development work and research in the field of technological development.
Jason Brink is the President of Blockchain of Gala Games, a leader in Web3 entertainment. Under the Gala brand, they have a growing roster of reputable partners across Gaming and Entertainment including DreamWorks, AMC, and NBCU. Plus, legendary game developers Peter Molyneux and Will Wright, as well as music greats like Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Kings of Leon, and BT. Jason is also the winner of the 2014 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation / Global Development Network Prize for the creation of the “AidDollar,” a novel blockchain-based solution to solve the problems endemic to foreign aid. He’s a well-known figure in parts of the global cryptocurrency community.
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