In this week's episode, we catch up with our friends Tarun Chitra and James Prestwich at the Stanford Blockchain Conference. We chat about the Flashloan phenomenon & the recent arbitrage 'exploit'. We also catch up about the known challenges facing PoS systems, what EVM support means on other chains & more!

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https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/61
https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/34

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Episode 118: Tarun and James talk Flash Loans & more 01:10:28 Share

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Episode 118: Tarun and James talk Flash Loans & more