#409 Erik Voorhees: ShapeShift – Decentralizing a Fox by Epicenter published on 2021-09-14T19:16:50Z Erik Voorhees, CEO & Founder of ShapeShift, joins us for his 4th appearance on the show. ShapeShift recently announced they are decentralizing the company and its products, which would see the company transition from a centralized entity and platform to a DAO. With the largest airdrop in history they distributed FOX tokens to over a million customers and DeFi community members, who will eventually fully control the exchange. In this episode we hear the reasoning behind this shift, cross-chain Interoperability, the FOX token, and the future of the Shapeshift platform as a DAO. Topics discussed in this episode: - The journey of ShapeShift since Erik's last appearance on the show - What led ShapeShift to becoming decentralized and the process so far - ShapeShift as a product - its features and how it will be accessed - The future structure of Shapeshift as a DAO - Cross-chain Interoperability and the Cosmos ecosystem - The goal of the FOX token - The future of the ShapeShift ecosystem Links mentioned in this episode: - Episode 300 - ShapeShift – There’s a New Fox in Town: https://bit.ly/3C7jidq - ShapeShift: https://bit.ly/3z98hpX - ShapeShift to Decentralize Entire Company; Largest Airdrop in History Shifts Governance to the Community: https://bit.ly/3hskJv0 - FOX token airdrop: https://bit.ly/3C7ruKI - ShapeShift on Twitter: http://bit.ly/33whHNG - Erik on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Z5Bwfc - Seb's new podcast – The Zen Crypto Show: https://bit.ly/2XerPMj Sponsors: - ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter - Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/409 Genre Technology Comment by Health Unchained Podcast Interesting discussion about decentralized app stores (google and apple are still centralized). No alternative for this yet 2021-09-20T14:45:20Z