Hi everyone, we are back with another episode of our podcast allowing you to get to know people working behind the scenes of the crypto industry. Today we are joined by Alexander Wilke, Co-Founder of Pendulum. It is an open-source blockchain that aims to establish the missing link between the fiat and the DeFi ecosystems through a fiat-optimized smart contract blockchain
Welcome to the 135th episode of the Inside Crypto Podcast. This episode was recorded on February 6th, 2023. We talked about his background from SatoshiPay to the idea of Pendulum. Why they needed to build their own blockchain and why they chose Polkadot. We also get into their own custom trustless bridge that connects their new chain to Stellar. All these topics and much more on today’s show.
Thanks, everyone for listening, and don’t forget to tune in next week when we interview Emmanuel Daniel, founder and CEO of The Asian Banker.
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Hi Alexander, so I guess my first question is what’s the difference between Pendulum and Satoshipay? Most people who know you are familiar with that? Was Pendulum always the plan after you launched Satoshipay?
So what are you doing with Pendulum? I see the term “fiat-optimized smart contracts” mentioned a lot in your documentation, what does that means?
Why build on polkadot? Why not other choices? Once you launch, how are you going to incentivize developers to make use of Pendulum?
Tell us a little about spacewalk? What are the application uses there?
I had a look at your roadmap and I was wondering where are you in the process of getting launched? Are you still on track to launch in Q1?
Speaking broadly, were you affected by all the events of 2022? What are you expecting from the crypto market in 2023?
Given everything that happened with FTX, Luna, 3AC etc… where are you based? Are you expecting your operations to be impacted by regulations?
What’s the best way for people to get involved with Pendulum at the moment? Where would you want people to go to?
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