
Mike Silagadze, Founder & CEO of ether.fi joined us for another episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the basics of ether.fi, how it works, its position whiting the staking market, current opportunities and challenges, the team behind the projects, what effects the Shanghai upgrade might have, plans for the future, and more.
ether.fi is a non-custodial delegated staking protocol.
ether.fi's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/etherfi
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:08 What problem does ether.fi solve?
04:14 Overview of ether.fi’s product
07:28 Technical breakdown of staking & the ether.fi protocol
11:50 Ether.fi’s current users and target audience
13:23 Economic and business model
15:03 Current state of the staking market (opportunities and risks)
17:58 Growth drivers and challenges
19:22 The team building ether.fi
20:01 What’s next for ether.fi?
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