BlockchainBrad speaks with the CEO & CTO of CasperLabs. Both execs explain that CasperLabs is the Next Gen. Blockchain for the Builders. By taking a pragmatic & focused approach, the CasperLabs team seek to build unstoppable businesses on the truly scalable, simple to use, and always secure blockchain and smart contracting platform. CasperLabs is a decentralized blockchain and smart contracting platform that scales for real-world usage and simplifies experiences for developers and end-users. Why CasperLabs? CasperLabs provides scalable, secure and decentralized blockchain services — powered by CBC Casper proof-of-stake. CasperLabs is simple and familiar, removing the barriers to mainstream adoption for developers, validators, and end-users. CasperLabs is upgradeable infrastructure, designed with the foresight to support what you’ve built no matter how technologies and industries evolve. Interviewees: Mrinal Manohar: Chief Executive Officer Technology and finance leader previously with Microsoft, Bain, and Bain Capital. Ran the TMT sector of a $1B+ hedge fund. Early investor in Ethereum, Blockstack, etc. Medha Parlikar: Chief Technology Officer Product and engineering leader with decades of experience delivering production software at marquee companies such as Adobe, Omniture, Avalara, MP3.com and DivX. ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● Links: Website: https://casperlabs.io/ Blog: https://medium.com/casperlabs Telegram: https://twitter.com/meetCasperLabs Twitter: https://twitter.com/meetCasperLabs ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● ►Join The BCB Tele https://t.me/BlockchainBradCommunity ► Follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/Brad_Laurie ► Join BlockVera on twitter: @BlockVera ► Check out BlockVera on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af4pD ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● Timestamps: 01:05 About Medha Parlikar’s background 02:31 About Mrinal Manohar’s background 05:12 About CasperLabs claims 09:51 About the POW model 15:50 About Ethereum making the transition from POS to POW 18:27 About Testnet & Mainnet plans in 2020 19:16 Do you feel confident that Ethereum is viable long term? 22:34 About CasperLabs’s team 27:45 About the CasperLabs’s key points of value (value prop) 30:06 About the roadmap 31:23 About securing the financial backers and the credentials of the backers 34:53 About rolling out CasperLabs’s token (the fuel for the blockchain system) 37:34 About CasperLabs’s protocol 40:04 How do you gain developers? We talk adoption. 44:35 About Medha leading CLabs education. On aspects of value for CasperLabs 49:54 About the plans for the token (note: more has been released since this interview) 52:59 About the date of the token release 58:01 About community: the imperative a a strong, supportive community. 01:00:52 About challenges. 01:02:49 About regulations 01:08:28 Medha & Mrinal's final statements 01:09:23 Mrinal’s final statements ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● PAYMENT/DONATION DISCLOSURE: This was 100% free and I received no financial compensation for doing this video; not in fiat, tokens or any form on payment. The editor I have started working with has received approximately 1 ETH from CasperLabs for doing some of the editing of this interview. (I still edit some aspects, but I do so for free). INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE: I have not invested in CasperLabs. I may invest when I can afford to. (Not Financial Advice) ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● GENERAL DISCLAIMER: The information provided is not to be considered as a recommendation to buy or invest in certain assets or currencies and is provided solely as an educational and information resource to help traders make their own decisions. Past performance is no guarantee of future success. It is important to note that no system or methodology has ever been developed that can guarantee profits or ensure freedom from losses. BlockchainBrad shall not be liable to the participant for any damages, claims, expenses or losses of any kind (whether direct or indirect) suffered by the participant arising from or in connection with the information obtained this website or directly from the website owner.

The CDC and FDA have really screwed up, more than I could have possibly imagined. It’s a long saga of incompetence, arrogance, and neglect. First, the CDC decided to make their own test kits rather than using those provided by WHO. The tests didn’t work, leading to a huge delay in the start of testing, an incredible shortage. But worse, they banned other organizations from making their own tests. So there wasn’t even anyone to pick up the slack. This response is unforgivable, and has cost many lives and financially ruined millions. The CDC creates bottlenecks by demanding doctors get permission before administering tests, most test requests are being denied, and they’re not allowing many laboratories that are equipped for testing to carry out this testing: labs all over the country have been trying desperately to get approval from the FDA to use their testing facilities for COVID, and are being denied over and over again because they are not certified as a clinical laboratory under regulations established by the centers for medicare and Medicaid services. Furthermore the FDA is shutting down all kinds of innovation that would make testing pervasive testing available to all Americans. Many organizations including the Gates foundations started offering home-testing kits that will allow people who fear they may be infected to swab their noses and send the samples back for analysis, which decreases the risk of exposing infected people to others. Recently, the FDA banned at home testing, forcing startups who had already collected samples to destroy these samples. The list of appalling behavior goes on, and banning competition, stifling innovation, and delaying emergency approvals has turned what could have been a manageable outbreak into an uncontrollable disaster that is killing people and financially devastating millions. My only hope is that health care institutions, biotech startups, and non profits continue to innovate and succeed in going around them as much as possible. Great data for tracking the spread of COVID-19: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 New CRISPR testing technology: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johncumbers/2020/03/14/with-its-coronavirus-rapid-paper-test-strip-this-crispr-startup-wants-to-help-halt-a-pandemic/#445344187631 Gates Foundation at-home testing: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/gates-funded-program-will-soon-offer-home-testing-kits-for-new-coronavirus/ Molecular scan testing: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/abbott-labs-unveils-portable-test-can-detect-covid-19-under-5-minutes Stanford Med test: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/03/coronavirus-how-to-find-hidden-infections-stanford-and-uc-fast-track-new-tests/ FDA bans at-home testing: https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/23/updated-fda-covid-19-testing-guidelines-specifically-disallows-at-home-sample-colllection/ Great tweets: https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1242218568701202434 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1239022027127701504 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1242216810654519296 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1241505548849143809 I fund my channel entirely with community support. If you would like to become a member of NBTV, all the membership options are here: Naomibrockwell.com/memberships All cryptocurrency addresses and social media pages listed here: https://cointr.ee/naomibrockwell I also accept dirty fiat: Patreon.com/NaomiBrockwell Recommended Books: Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Lightening to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2nWyNns Faraday bag wallet (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, and phone) https://amzn.to/2SUkPhu Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe!) https://amzn.to/2SXYHmf Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data) https://amzn.to/2YyJMnH Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic Privacy Tip: Don't use wifi, and if you must, append the tag ‘_nomap’ or ‘_optout’ to your SSID to stop other websites tracking your location.