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How DeFi Could Disrupt Traditional Finance, Feat. Sergey Nazarov

"Imagine a world without counterparty risk..." - Chainlink's co-founder Sergey Nazarov shares why the move from brand-based contracts to math-based contracts is inevitable.

By Nathaniel Whittemore
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:37 a.m. Published Jul 29, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
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"Imagine a world without counterparty risk..." - Chainlink's co-founder shares why the move from brand-based contracts to math-based contracts is inevitable.

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Today on the Brief:

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  • The debate on the next COVID-19 relief act heats up
  • More on institutional investors’ move into gold
Imagine a world without counterparty risk.

That was Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov’s answer when asked to describe the true disruption of decentralized finance to a traditional finance audience.

See also: A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words

On this episode of The Breakdown, Sergey and NLW discuss:

  • Brand-based contracts vs. math-based contracts
  • The history of smart contracts
  • What it means to build an “abstraction layer” for “universally connected smart contracts”
  • Key moments in the history of smart contract infrastructure
  • Where smart contracts and DeFi are in terms of analogies to the early internet
  • Why Sergey believes traditional finance will inevitably shift to a math-based contract model

Find our guest online:
Website: Chainlink
Twitter: @SergeyNazarov

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