Amir Taaki, Ivan Jelincic & Rachel-Rose O'Leary: DarkFi – Let There Be Dark (Part 1 of 2) #423
Channel: Epicenter Podcast
Date: 2021-12-29

DarkFi is a new DeFi platform that prioritizes privacy. As a base layer for anonymous applications and smart contracts, it's a multichain interoperable, and open source product that anyone can build any type of application on utilising zero knowledge proof. The goal is to create a universe that anyone can access irrespective of their nationality or political beliefs. 

Amir Taaki, Rachel-Rose O'Leary and Ivan Jelincic, the members of the squad, joined us to chat about the importance of darkness and privacy within crypto utilizing zero knowledge proof technology. This is a 2-part series and in the next episode we explore AMMs, and the Free Assange DAO

Topics discussed in this episode:
- An introduction to the DarkFi team and how they got into crypto
- Darkness and why it's important
- The crisis of civilization in the West
- Crypto anarchy
- The connection between crypto and moral fiber
- The problems within crypto DarkFi is aiming to solve and how they are doing it

Links mentioned in this episode: 
- DarkFi Element channel: https://bit.ly/3FugDfO
- DarkFi on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3FoBKjK
- Amir on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3EBQKcV
- Rose on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3mxbMmz
- Ivan on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3eimNDO
- The Dark Forest: https://bit.ly/32t5BZB

Sponsors: 
- 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
- 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

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/423