Bringing DeFi Back to First Principles

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Episode Summary

In this episode, Greg Di Prisco joins us to chat about all things DeFi Protocol Design. Greg is the former Head of Business Development at MakerDAO and is now Co-founder at Ajna Finance, an innovative oracle-free lending and borrowing protocol soon to be redeployed. In our conversation, we cover Ajna's recent griefing exploit, designing DeFi from first principles, and the future of Ajna's ecosystem growth and development.

Time Stamps
  • 0:00 Intro

  • 1:15 Greg's Journey and Source of Inspiration

  • 3:27 How MakerDAO Influenced Greg

  • 5:35 Maker's Focus on Governance

  • 7:40 Greg's Push for Real-World Assets at Maker

  • 11:13 What Influenced Ajna Finance

  • 13:22 How Ajna Finance Innovates

  • 14:48 Ajna UX Conisderations

  • 17:03 The Complexity Barrier

  • 19:18 DeFi's New Direction

  • 22:42 Protocol Upgradeability

  • 25:23 How Ajna Scales

  • 28:11 Lessons from Building Ajna

  • 29:50 The Ajna Vulnerability

  • 35:30 Ajna Multichain Strategy

  • 38:07 Ajna Grants Program

  • 40:53 Ajna Ecosystem and Growth

  • 42:30 Why the D in DeFi is a Farce

  • 47:15 Final Thoughts/Outro

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