Decentralized Sports Betting w/ Neil Zhang
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Neil is a data scientist who is a sports fan since ever. Discovered to love playing poker with friends in middle school where he kept playing until regulation policies led him into crypto poker later on, having a breakthrough moment seeing the trustlessness of the blockchain and how he could take the betting model to the next level with what today is Frontrunner. Time Stamps 00:00 - 19:44 Who’s Neil, Frontrunner, and Sports Betting 19:45 - 36:28 Milestones, Mobile, and E-Sports 36:30 - Regulation, Adoption, and Breaking Down Bets Useful Links Based On Conversation https://cosmos.network/ Glossary L1 - Layer 1 can be thought of as the main blockchain. When most people refer to the blockchain they are referring to L1. L1 is where blocks are created and validated. With the Ethereum blockchain, Layer 1 is the Ethereum mainnet. With the Flow blockchain, Layer 1 is the Flow mainnet. View our blockchain layers article for more. L2 - Layer 2 is a blockchain that sits on top of a Layer 1 mainnet. Work from Layer 1 is offloaded onto Layer 2 to handle transactions, bundle them together and then send what can be thought of as a summary of transactions back to the mainnet, L1. View our blockchain layers article for more. Cosmos - Ecosystem built with interoperability between chains DeFi - Decentralized Finance, on chain finance of crypto currencies Podcast Host: Bunzy Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xBunzy BlockTalk || Pineapple Workshop Website: https://pineappleworkshop.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/poweredby_pw Discord: https://discord.gg/geNCbMYsZY
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