Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint

This week we catch up with Zaki Manian, Director at https://tendermint.com/ (Tendermint), the company building https://cosmos.network/ (Cosmos) architecture, and co-founder of https://www.iqlusion.io/ (Iqlusion) Validator. We chat about the blockchain in Silicon Valley, why SF loves DeFi, the challenge of balancing pragmatism and regulation with a decentralised ideology, the nuances of PoS systems, the wins of 2019 and what is on the horizon. Here are links to a few things we discuss: -https://docsend.com/view/697feid (Tarun Chitra's paper) on how the existance of derivatives can undermine the security of a PoS system -Blog post summarizing Tarun's paper https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/how-defi-cannibalizes-pos-security-84b146f00697 (here) -https://zkvalidator.com/ (ZKValidator) Give the Zero Knowledge Podcast some feedback. Whether you are a long-time listener or new to the show, we would love to hear from you! Please share your feedback with us here: https://forms.gle/LtQQyKJV6r7LrSND7 (https://forms.gle/LtQQyKJV6r7LrSND7) If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm (@zeroknowledgefm) Join us on https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA (Telegram) Catch up with us on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g (Youtube) Support our https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast (Gitcoin Grant) Support us on the https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge (ZKP Patreon) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ