AO: The Hyper Parallel Computer You Need to Know - Sam Wiliams, Ep. 255
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Today Jason is joined by Arweave Co-Founder & CEO Sam Williams. In this episode the two discuss the founding story of Arweave, solving infinite scalability, smart contract transferability, as well as breaking down actor oriented computing. Sam also explains the possibility of on-chain AI training with AO, AO’s ostensibility, what the ecosystem allows for developers. Plus; the two explore the blockchain trilemma and AO’s roadmap—enjoy!   Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.   This episode is sponsored by YGG.   Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction  (02:57) “YGG Ad” (04:02) The history of AO  (09:51) Infinite scalability (14:57) Smart contract transferability (18:04) ELI5: Actor Oriented computing (19:41) Composability trade-offs (27:32) Removing on-chain AI training restraints with AO (28:58) Security trade-offs (32:31) The blockchain trilemma (36:34) AO’s extensibility (42:22) AO ecosystem builders (45:09) The AO roadmap (49:59) Outro Twitter accounts: Jason Choi’s Twitter:   https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi   Blockcrunch Twitter:   https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch   Sam Williams’ Twitter:   https://twitter.com/samecwilliams   Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/   Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.   Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about  
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