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 joined 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
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This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/443
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