7/ Akash (1): @akashnet_ is distributed p2p marketplace for cloud computing, built as Cosmos SDK chain. Akash has been in production since 2018 - @gregosuri - and pioneered the high inflation network bootstrapping model used by Osmosis and others.
three interesting points...
8/ Akash (2):
- proposal just passed to lower token inflation band - 15-25% from 25-40%.
- w/ Cosmos eco taking off, Akash's product is gaining real usage.
9/ Shade protocol (1): @Shade_Protocol = privacy focused array of DeFi primitives on @SecretNetwork. Currently airdropping tokens to $ATOM, $LUNA, and $SCRT stakers.
Shade is the next evolution of the Terra/Luna model.
LUNA = SHD
UST = SILK (privacy stablecoin)
10/ Shade (2):
- instead of having DeFi dApps built on Shade w/ their own tokens (like Terra), all dApps will capture value for $SHD itself.
- Shade DAO will also utilized bonds to amass POL (like OHM) in the form of other L1 tokens that will then be staked for rewards.
11/ Kava: @kava_platform is building a cross-chain DeFi platform that will integrate the Cosmos and Ethereum ecosystems using a "co-chain" model. Kava lend & swap are live, TVL is growing and the roadmap robust:
12/ Agoric (1): @agoric recently raised $50m via a CoinList sale. It’s a Cosmos SDK smart contract platform based in JavaScript. Most devs have not entered web 3 & Java is most used programming language = big opportunity.
14/ Archway: @archwayHQ is a Cosmos SDK smart contract platform that focuses on devs. The fees will be split 50/50 btwn stakers and dApps on the platform (similar to EVMos tokenomics). The project is working towards an incentivized testnet coming soon.
15/ Umee:
Umee is a promising project set to serve the intersection of cross-chain DeFi between Cosmos and Ethereum. That said, similar borrowing and lending protocols on other chains have not traded well.
16/ Stablecoin farms:
Quick overview of some non-degen (lame, I know) stablecoin farms with reasonable risk/reward.
17/ Cap Finance: @CapDotFinance = grassroots perpetuals exchange on Arbitrum. It allows users to trade directly in ETH and has done ~$1.5B in cumulative volume. Currently, Cap trades at a low multiple on revenue/volume metrics; tokenomics may need update but those pools…
18/ Disclaimer:
Stateless may hold positions in projects discussed.
19/ If you are interested in Cosmos, check out the @CosmosDAO discord. We are trying to create a place to discuss all things Cosmos!
2/ @the_matter_labs: founded in late 2018 by @gluk64 & Alexandr Vlasov to focus on Eth L2 scaling; recieved grant from @ethereum foundation in March 2019
ML is "engineering team passionate about liberty, blockchain, and math"
2/ The concept of a zkp came from a 1985 academic paper out of @MIT
The idea is there is a prover and a verifier - the prover can prove the truth of information to the verifier w/o revealing the information itself
3/ Technically speaking, zkp is a protocol btwn prover and verifier in which a prover can convince the verifier of the validity of a claim w/o revealing anything other than the proof itself that the claim is true