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Medha Parlikar is the CEO of CasperLabs, which builds scalable blockchain solutions implementing the CBC Casper proof-of-stake protocol.
The company focuses on creating a fully decentralized, sharded, and scalable next-generation blockchain.
1Interview
2019First on the show
May 2019Latest appearance
17 minOn camera
16:58
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Key points
- CasperLabs is building a layer-one blockchain implementing CBC Casper proof-of-stake consensus to eliminate proof-of-work while maintaining decentralization and improving scalability.
- Casper's permissionless validator model allows participants to join and leave the network freely, distinguishing it from delegated proof-of-stake systems that require community voting.
- The team asserts that decentralization and scalability are not inherently trade-offs, positioning CasperLabs as a research-focused startup able to take risks Ethereum cannot.
- CasperLabs operates as a separate blockchain rather than an Ethereum upgrade, though the team expects other blockchains may adopt CBC Casper once proven in production.
In their own words
“We are building a layer one public decentralized blockchain that implements Vlad's CBC Casper proof of stake consensus system and this completely eliminates proof of work.”
