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Dec 2024
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#394: Joshua Tobkin, Founder of Supra, o...

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About this episode

Joshua Tobkin is the Founder and Lead Architect of Supra and Co-designer of SupraBFT Consensus Algorithm.

Joshua has 18+ years in SaaS businesses, starting with payments and online gaming and ending with a successful exit. Previously held positions in growth stage companies as Creative Director/CTO.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Supra = L1 that is super fast, more secure, EVM support, and built on MOVE
- What sets Supra apart from other Layer-1s like Solana, Sui, etc
- Josh’s journey into crypto
- Stories from playing poker at a young age
- Creating value and capturing value = business models
- Building the actual world computer
- Move language
- Why XRP ripped - potential USD stablecoin?
- Why performance drops once a chain has over 150+ nodes
- MultiVM on one chain, how does this work?
- What are the issues with L2s?
- What is $SUPRA

Supra
Website: supra.com
X: @SUPRA_Labs
Telegram: t.me/SupraOracles

Joshua Tobkin
X: @JoshuaTobkin
LinkedIn: Joshua D. Tobkin

 
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