Liam Horne: Optimism, and why scaling Ethereum matters

<p>This is my conversation with Liam Horne, former CEO and advisor to Optimism Labs.</p><p>00:00 Intro <br>00:59 sponsor: Privy (privy.io)<br>03:35 early influences, classmates with Vitalik in Waterloo<br>08:31 Ethereum's potential and why scalability matters<br>10:06 learning from Jeff Coleman<br>17:23 defining a common language <br>21:06 importance of community in Ethereum<br>26:34 hackathons lead to progress<br>31:36 collaboration as a core ETH value<br>38:30 humility and collective learning<br>47:27 building a public good<br>53:07 building Optimism with Ethereum values<br>01:09:27 sponsor: Optimism (optimism.io) <br>01:17:41 decentralization is a journey<br>01:20:59 staying true to your principles<br>01:32:51 building something new is difficult<br>01:36:28 Jing Wang<br>01:42:10 Georgios Konstantopoulos</p><p>Thank you to our sponsors for making this podcast possible:<br>Optimism - https://optimism.io<br>Privy - https://privy.io</p><p>Into the Bytecode:<br>Other episodes and transcripts - https://intothebytecode.xyz/<br>Newsletter for updates - https://bytecode.substack.com<br>Twitter - https://twitter.com/sinahab</p><p>Relevant Links:<br>University of Waterloo <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/">https://uwaterloo.ca/</a></p><p>(Almost) Everything you need to know about Optimistic Rollup by Georgios Konstantopoulos <a href="https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/01/almost-everything-you-need-to-know-about-optimistic-rollup">https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/01/almost-everything-you-need-to-know-about-optimistic-rollup</a></p><p>ETHGlobal <a href="https://ethglobal.com/">https://ethglobal.com/</a></p><p><br>Produced by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkUwVUs2R3JleWJxenptRlM4YWk1TkxhMUhQZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuektPekNaNkwxd3J5ajI4UGtWdFU5WjlMSDAwa1VOVE5FR2Nha1NwRndkNm92dE9pRmlSMEFFWm4zVDFUejA3ZXJ0OVM4THNTbTZoMXRSUWl6dGY0V2hEblZucHNJc3FlbEpmUDF4SWQ4bTllUHVfYw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fspectral.to%2F&amp;v=H4Qn4QlXcPM">https://spectral.to</a></p>