Chun Wang: stakefish – From Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake 4p2c3c

Chun Wang started mining Bitcoin in 2011 and later created F2Pool, one of the leading Proof-of-Work mining pools. Despite his deep involvement in Proof-of-Work, Chun also recognized the transformative impact of Proof-of-Stake and started stakefish. stakefish has become one of the leading staking provider. Chun ed us to talk about his journey and reflections on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Proof-of-Stake. We also dove into the topic of humans becoming a multi-planetary species and whether Bitcoin's consensus could be modified to allow mining on different planets. Topics covered in this episode: Chun's background and how he got into crypto Why he created the mining pool F2Pool The biggest differences between running validators like stakefish vs a mining pool like F2Pool What led him to build stakefish Chun's views on Ethereum Why Bitcoin is more decentralized than Ethereum The future of Proof-of-Stake Stakefish's Ethereum staking product Chun's thoughts of MEV and how will stakefish deal with it in the future Making Bitcoin multiplanetary Episode links: stakefish F2Pool stakefish on Twitter Chun on Twitter Sponsors: Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafe Tally Ho: Tally Ho is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycash Steakwallet: Steakwallet is your new favorite multi-chain, mobile wallet. Tired of having a different wallet for every chain? Get Steakwallet today and get the power of Web 3 across all chains right at your fingertips: https://steakwallet.fi/ - This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/443 65584l