GavinWood
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Parity Leadership Update
Gavin Wood is back as the CEO of Parity, after stepping aside for three years (since 2022). He is set to resume office as CEO by August ending. In-case you’re wondering, “why now?” “What difference will it make?” Leverage! That’s the simple answer, the architectural framework is ready, the market is ready! It’s only right the CEO stirs the ship. Wondering what changes within the parity? Nothing, it’s business as usual but with room for evolving of course.
JAMmin' with Gav in Singapore
Polkadot Decoded Asia Monday 16 September 16:00 GMT+8 Conrad Singapore Orchard Polkadot founder and chief architect Gavin Wood is back to deliver another keynote on JAM. Edit: Gav did not present on the scheduled topic, intead he presented: The Future of Individuality and Digital Governance in Web 3.0.
Keynotes from Key Players
🗓️ Thursday 11th July 11:05 CEST 📍Polkadot Decoded Main Stage Polkadot Decoded 2024 kicks off with keynotes from Parity CEO Björn Wagner, followed by Chief Architect Gavin Wood. Neither have let slip what they'll be talking about, so you'll just have to be there. In-person (paid) and virtual (free) tickets are still available.
Finishing Up That Half-Full Glass
Gavin Wood and Mark Cachia are back to finish of that hefty pour of Kavalan Podium in A Glass With Gav Episode 3. In this episode Gavin shares his ideas mass market adoption of technology and how much further blockchain technology will need to progress before it truly hits the mainstream. On first generation blockchain technology he says, "Proof of Work is proof of waste... it's the fossil fuel of consensus." The introduction of "programmable money" and proof of stake in blockchain's second generation is an improvement, but lacks scalability. The problems that need to be solved for the third generation of blockchain are achieving "actual" decentralization, and scalability to the point where the volume and price point make it accessible to mainstream markets. Gavin argues that Ethereum's current scalability solutions are less secure (L2s) and far too computationally expensive (ZK SNARK) compared to Polkadot's Nominated Proof of Stake system.
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