Tezos Town Hall: Delphi and Future Upgrade Proposals

Joining the conversation was Adrian Brink, Founder of Metastate, Arthur Breitman, Early Architect of Tezos, Benjamin Canou, CTO at Nomadic Labs, Jacob Arluck, Co-founder of TQ Tezos, and Gabriel Alfour, Lead Developer at Ligo Lang.

In the second Tezos Town Hall of 2020, a panel of experts delved into the evolving nature of the Tezos ecosystem. Discussion included the decision-making process for implementing updates and features onto the protocol, and offered a glimpse into the near future of what the panel is most excited to improve and expand. 

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Session Notes

0:50

Introduction of Tezos Town Hall speakers

1:17

Moderator Jacob Arluck asked questions about Delphi and future upgrade proposals on Tezos. 

Q: How did you guys come up with the idea to put forth Delphi? How does this differ from any original plan that you might have had for the newest proposal?

3:20

Q: How has this affected sapling and the baking accounts? How is testing or preparation coming along for this new proposal?

4:20

Q: Do we think it’s possible to have this ready not long after 007 goes live?

6:20

Q: Are Nomadic Labs and Metastate considering to propose smaller but more frequent proposals?

9:10

Q: What do you see for Tezos after 008 or any updates? 

20:16

Q: What prompted you to work on the project? What’s your initial motivation? Has this changed over time?

27:35

Q: In which market or country do you see Tezos performing well? Why?

29:35

Q: Where do you see Tezos performing well in 5 or 10 years?

A: There will be more use cases of Tezos in the gaming industry. We will be able to make programmable money and decentralized finance (DeFi) more effectively.

38:22

Q: What practical engagement is needed from developers in the community to make those goals real?

40:25

Q: What are your short or long-term outlooks for Tezos?

40:50

Q: What are the most exciting applications on Tezos?

46:40

Q: What are your thoughts for an on-chain treasury on Tezos?

53:00

Q: Could you explain why it might be better to have things like insurance products and other common dapp initiatives on chain rather than through a dapp or layer 2? What things are suited to be on chain and what are not?

55:45

Closing remarks

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