Loring Harkness, Shutter Network: Your Favorite Platforms, More Fair & Credibly Neutral | ETHSofia

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Loring Harkness, Shutter Network: Your Favorite Platforms, More Fair & Credibly Neutral | ETHSofia 2024 Loring is Head of Commercial at brainbot gmbh, a core contributor to Shutter Network. He joined crypto in February 2021, after witnessing a military coup in Myanmar and watched the dictatorship weaponize the TradFi banking system against pro-democracy actors. Since then, he has worked on a range of projects, including P2P payments, uncollateralized lending, bridging and more. Shatter Network uses advanced cryptography to make some of the most popular web3 platforms more fair and credibly neutral. This video was recorded during the ETHSofia Conference and Hackathon - October 17-19, 2024. ETHSofia is THE crypto tech conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, bringing together enthusiasts, developers, researchers, and academia focused on Ethereum and other L1 chains. The conference is supported by the Ethereum Foundation and made possible by the generous contributions of industry leaders. For more information, please visit: https://www.ethsofia.com/ 🌍Join the community: X (Twitter): https://x.com/ETHSofiaBG Telegram: https://t.me/+_i70pgfFHjBkMjZk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ethsofia/ #ShutterNetwork #LoringHarkness #ETHSofia #ETHConference #EthereumConference #ethereumcrommunity Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Game Setup 02:20 Information Asymmetry 03:30 Front Running & Sandwich Attacks 05:20 DAO Voting Manipulation 07:25 The Problems with Trusted Third Parties 10:10 Shutter's Solution 11:55 Case Studies for Shutter Protocol 16:17 Consumer Applications Use Cases 19:15 Shutter’s Encryption Protocol