Calle
Physicist, hacker, open-source advocate. Humanity can only be saved if we restore the privacy of the individual on the internet.
Sessions
Chaumian Ecash, a pioneering technology from the early 80s, promised unparalleled transactional privacy within the fiat banking system. Despite its speed, reliability, and efficiency, it never fulfilled its promise and ended up as a footnote in the history of digital currencies. Join me as we unravel the mysteries behind Ecash. This talk isn't just a history lesson; it's a forward-looking exploration of how ancient cryptography can shape the future of privacy in our digital world.
New Bitcoin L2s claim to scale Bitcoin’s throughput with minimal trust assumptions. But when you dive deeper, the trust models for these scaling solutions aren’t any different than federated (and custodial) ecash application modules. On this panel, a rollup curious host will quiz the panelists on the trust assumptions related to different ecash implementations to learn if building rollup-like systems is even worth it.