Crypto SaaS Spotlight: Santiago Roel Santos from EON, Proof of Stake and Staking as a Service

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Hey everyone, this is Vikram from QuantLayer and thanks for listening to our 34th podcast. On this episode, Santiago Roel Santos from EON joins us to talk about proof of stake and staking. We speak about Santiago’s investing background, how he entered crypto, and the Staking as a Service business he’s building now at EON. The discussion covers a lot of great topics for crypto entrepreneurs: UX considerations when building crypto products, how EON manages technical and security issues when staking on the behalf of others, and EON’s business model. This is a must listen for anyone building crypto products for consumers.

Topics:

Santiago's background
His thoughts at the time when he's analysing companies
When margin changes
How he got interested in crypto
His peer's responses as an analyst
What staking is
Proof of work and proof of stake
Who/how does a transaction get validated
His background on investing
What they're up to at EON
A scenario how staking works
What happens if the server goes down
On customer service
How they handle availability and security
The worst thing that can happen if people are staking with them (EON)
Their qualification criteria for what comes on for their platform
What gets him excited of what they're doing at EON
How they compare and contrast with others
His thoughts on exchanges could offer a staking service to their customers

Links: J.P. Morgan - https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/jpmorgan Sageview - http://www.sageviewcapital.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ Microsoft - https://www.microsoft.com/ BitMain - https://www.bitmain.com/ Horizon - https://www.horizen.global/ Cosmos - https://cosmos.network/ Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/ Staked - https://staked.us/

Profile: Medium - https://medium.com/@eon_staking EON - https://eon.capital/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/eon_staking

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