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From YouTube: Meet Your Delegate | Ep.22 ft. HKUST EPI LAB
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0:00 Delegate Introduction
10:45 Q&A
https://forum.makerdao.com/t/hkust-epi-blockchain-delegate-platform-hkust/19113
https://forum.makerdao.com/t/meet-your-delegate-22-hkust-epi-blockchain/19140
A
B
B
B
So
let
me
introduce
myself
so
I'm,
Alvin
and
I
was
pretty
much
and
I
got
into
blockchain
and
let
me
allow
by
one
of
the
professors
of
Hong
Kong
in
Hong
Kong
USD,
to
actually
introduce
to
you
guys
what
the
university
is
about
as
well
as
what
the
lab
is
about.
So
Ray,
can
you
talk
a
bit
about
on
the
University
side.
B
No,
no
worries;
okay,
fine,
so
yeah,
just
about
things
that
the
lab
is
establishing
like
nothing,
that's
why
the
school
is
established
in
1991
and
the
lab
was
only
established
in
October
this
year.
So
it
was
pretty
much
a
new
one
of
a
new
let
our
research
left
that
was
actually
established
by
the
university
too.
C
I
I
think
yeah,
sorry
I
think
probably
some
Network
problem
got
me
kicked
out
yeah,
so
I
I
believe
our
University
was
is
also
one
of
the
Pioneer
in
research
and
studies
on
blockchain
stuff.
Our
lab
Epi
was
founded
recently
to
promote
research
and
studies,
particularly
on
blockchain.
We
study
a
wide
range
of
Topics
in
blockchain,
ranging
from
you
know
the
fundamental
chain,
design
security
analysis
to
you,
know
defeat
and
all
sort
of
privacy
study.
C
C
Our
Labs
are
founded
recently
members,
including
professors,
researchers
and
students,
both
a
master,
PhD
and
undergraduate
students.
So
we
were,
according
to
you,
know
the
study,
especially
the
integration
of
traditional
finance
and
its
combination
with
the
latest
blockchain
technology
and
smart
contract.
C
C
For
now,
our
our
lab
folks
are
mostly
on
the
the
sort
of
Hardcore
technology
T
in
pretty
much
all
aspects
of
blockchain.
We
currently
have
around
a
few
professors
from
School
of
Engineering
and
School
of
Science.
We
also
have
a
dozen
of
PhD
students
in
the
lab,
and
today,
joining
with
me
are
our
research
assistant
Alvin,
who
we
just
met,
and
we
also
have
three
more
PhD
students
joining
us
today.
Next
page,
please.
C
Next
page,
yes,
so
our
core
values
are
basically,
you
know,
connect
idea
in
form,
experience
and
mental,
so
we
want
to
develop
and
prom
promote
a
mutually
beneficial
and
friendly
environment,
speaking
universities
and
protocols
in
the
decentralized
finance
space
we
want
to
propose,
promote
critical
thinking
and
through
the
process
to
to
derive
Solutions,
hopefully
to
contribute
to
the
community.
We
also
part
of
our
objective
is
to
educate
the
benefits
integration
of
blockchain
technology
to
traditional
Finance
for
the
next
generation
of
Workforce.
C
So
our
attacks
were
all
being
recognized
as
delegates,
so
academically
I
believe
this
is
going
to
be
mutual
benefit
to
maker
Dao
and
the
hkust,
for
you
know
all
kinds
of
case
studies,
not
sharing
education,
also
very
pragmatic
in
in
a
way
that
you
know
sensible
and
realistic
idea
capable
of
being
obtained
in
the
short
to
the
medium
term.
We
care
about
assessment
sustainability
as
the
revenue
versus
expense
assessment
to
certain
to
a
certain
that
maker
door
is,
you
know
of,
is
also
going
concerned.
C
C
I
mean
this
is
the
most
hardcore
process.
For
example,
we
can
do
data
analysis
or
some
simulations
like
to
simulate
sort
of
have
what,
if
scenario,
simulation
and
and
more
sort
of
scientific
analysis
and
then,
of
course,
we're
going
to
go
on
a
boat
and
a
simple
majority
from
the
students
and
researchers.
So
the
you
know
help
us
to
to
reach
a
more
sensible
conclusion
and
then
we're
gonna
vote
accordingly.
C
I
believe
you
know
having
us
will
be
like
Mutual
benefit,
as
I
said.
Definitely,
there's
no
doubts
that
our
lab
and
the
HQ
St
will
benefit
greatly
from
being
a
member,
but
we
also
believe
that
we
can.
We
can,
you
know,
benefit
Mica
Dao
by
leveraging
on
the
the
the
Fantastic
academic
platform.
We
have
here
at
hqusd
to
re
review
the
proposals
in
a
signal
request.
C
C
C
You
know
the
Dow
operations
and
actually
being
part
of
the
the
operation
by
doing
it
right
by
actively
participating
so,
and
secondly,
I
I
do
believe
that
the
study
of
of
all
these
smart
contracts,
including
auctions,
liquidation
mechanism,
would
help
us
to
educate
the
next
generation
of
Engineers
programs
and
practitioners,
so
so
last
people
last
using
Mikado
as
a
case
study
for
academic
purpose.
For
example,
we
can
butane.
C
B
A
C
Well,
I
think
the
the
biggest
challenge
I
think
there
were
many
challenges
at
the
technical
level
which
is
most
will
we
study
most
I
believe
the
biggest
challenge
for
Mega
Tao
is
the
uncertainty
of
the
future
by
uncertainty.
I
mean
the
uncensity
of
Regulation,
the
uncertainty
of
asset
pricing
and
the
uncertainty
of
Technology
development.
A
A
C
A
Yeah,
definitely
that's
a
good
point
to
clarify
I
think
both
are
valid
but
I
I
guess
I
was
more
Curious
with
with
die
adaption
right
with
the
idea
of
getting
more
dye
out
into
the
world
and
and
more
use
cases
there
is
there
something
we
should
be
using
I
guess
yeah?
How
do
you
feel
the
best
way
to
to
grow.
C
C
It's
like
the
the
reason
I
I
asked
for
the
clarification
is
that
I
I
do
believe
that
you
know,
in
my
personal
view,
or
our
view
from
from
our
lab,
according
to
our
very
preliminary
analysis
that
we
feel
that
you
know
the
the
maker
that
are
sort
of
experiencing
a
bottleneck
and
in
order
to
you
know,
move
on
to
the
next
station
to
see
a
a
level
of
increase
at
at
a
huge
magnitude.
I
do
believe
it
goes
hand
in
hand
with
additional
service.
C
So
currently,
maker
Dao
is
pretty
much
a
landing
platform
where
you
know
people
can
stake
some
sort
of
assets
and
that
means
die
and
and
with
with
sort
of
very
limited
income.
So
I
believe
that
if
we
can
expand
the
the
the
functionality
and
by
providing
additional
functions,
for
example,
exchange
functions
to
the
users,
I
believe
that
would
be
a
a
a
a
feasible
driven
Force
to
increase
the
adoption
and
we
can
see
a
sort
of
a
huge
huge
increase
in
adoption
rate.
C
But
of
course
we
need
to
be
careful
because
everything
we
do
will
like
without
careful
analysis
and
we
might
have
some
unintended
consequences.
So
my
point
is
that
you
know
we
probably
need
to
expand
the
sort
of
functionality
by
a
little
bit,
but
we
need
to
have
a
very
careful
study
and
a
rigorous
process
of
cognitive
voting.
In
order
to
do
so,.
A
D
Yeah
thanks
Peyton,
thanks
guys
for
putting
together
this
application
and
claiming
yourself
as
a
recognized
delegate.
So
you
mentioned
during
your
presentation
that
you
guys
are.
It
sounded
to
me,
like
you're,
pragmatic
idealism
towards
governance.
So,
if
I
interpret,
that
correctly,
does
this
mean
sacrificing
decentralization
for
possibly
something
that
benefits
the
Dao,
such
as
a
centralized
partnership,
which
we
are
kind
of
seeing
that
right
now
evolve
so
I'm
trying
to
get
a
better
idea
of
what
you
mean
by
being
pragmatic?
C
C
So
if
we
so
if
we
believe
a
trade-off,
as
everything
comes
with
a
price
and
I
do
believe,
there's
a
trade-off
that
you
know
you
can
sacrifice
certain
aspects
in
order
to
increase
or
make
some
other
aspect
to
Great.
So
then
I
think
it's
both
at
the
philosophical
level
like
what
is
important.
What
how
do
we
define
success
if
we
define
success?
If,
if,
let's
say
decentralized,
decentralization
is
a
key,
it's
a
key
metric
in
defining
success.
Then
definitely
we
shouldn't
sacrifice
that.
C
C
Then
I
think
it's
it's.
You
know
it's
by
it's
it's
off
the
community
and
by
the
community
and
for
the
community,
and
so
if
the
community
believes
that
you
know
this
level
of
sacrifice
to
decentralization
is
acceptable
and
a
small
sacrifice
would
lead
to
a
huge
benefit.
Then
I
think
you
know
this
is
something
that
can
be
put
in
put
up
in
the
proposal
and
we
can
all
discuss.
So
this
is
what
I
mean
by
pragmatic.
A
Yeah
excellent,
before
coming
to
your
Rafa
I,
wanted
to
write
all
a
few
of
the
wands
questions
off
here.
So
one
asked
in
the
chat
he's
our
facilitator
for
the
sustainable
ecosystem,
scaling
coordinate
if
you
want
familiar
yes,
can
you
describe
your
approach
to
risk
management
and
how
you
plan
to
protect
assets
and
interests
of
that
out.
C
C
You
know
you
want
to
do
back
testing
right,
so
this
is
one
of
the
approach
that
we
can
do:
risk
management
for
the
for
the
platform,
so
yeah
the
plans
to
protect
the
assets
and
the
interest
of
the
Dao
I
think
it
needs
a
lot
of
study
both
at
the
principal
level.
Let's
say
systematic
risk,
but
also
at
the
quantitative
level.
That
is,
you
know
the
so-called
simulation
and
the
data
based
modeling
approach.
That
I
just
mentioned.
A
C
Well,
I
think
it's
it's
a
very
general
question.
It's
basically,
we
all
know
that
life
is
a
priority
list
right,
so
yeah
we
all
like
yeah,
so
I
think
I
I'm
a
full-time
professor
at
akust.
Of
course,
I
get
my
teaching
Duty
other
research
Duty
right.
So,
yes,
I
I!
Think
it's
a
lot
of
times.
You
know
my.
My
personal
opinion
on
you
know
on
this.
C
Is
that
to
find
things
that
you
really
love
and
you
really
enjoy,
and
in
that
way
you
don't
treat
that
as
as
as
conflict,
so
our
lab,
you
know
we
found
our
lab
based
on
our
interest
in
you
know
the
blockchain
DV
technology
and
so
a
lot
of
times,
you're
doing
research
and
teaching
it's
actually
in
line.
It's
easy
in
a
in
the
same
direction
and
I
would
say
the
effort
is
sometimes
I
would
call
it
the
one
stone
two
birds
right.
C
C
Hear
you
yeah,
that's
the
key
I
I
agree.
You
know
the
the
definitely
because
a
lot
of
times
that
you
decide
to
investigate
your
time
and
effort
in
something
it
may
be
out
of
some.
You
know
some
passion
and
I
agree
with
you
that
the
challenge
is
to
be
persistent,
but
I
do
believe,
there's
a
positive
reinforcement,
Loop.
That
is,
you
know
if
we
have
any
participate
and
we
have
a
sense
of
feeling
of
the
community
and
we
contribute
the
company.
We
actually
get
positive
feedback.
That's
you
know.
E
So
my
question
is
more
like
geopolitical
I
would
say
the
the
today's
dollar
pack
right
so
and
China
is
currently
challenging
the
US
in
economic
power
and
do
you
think
it's
important
or
even
feasible,
to
grow
stable
coins
that
are
back
to
other
assets
like
the
Yuan
or
even
the
basket
of
currencies?
And
would
you
say
that
something
that's
interesting
for,
for
instance,
a
Chinese
investors
or
Chinese
businesses
even.
C
Well,
absolutely,
you
know
I'm
saying
this:
is
you
know
not
it's
it's
a
good
point.
I
think
you
raised
the
Rafael
I.
Think
you
raised
a
good
point.
Is
that
whether
we
should
diversify
it's
maybe
not
accurate,
to
see
functionality,
but
whether
it's
it's
it's
going
to
help
to
diversify
the
use
of
dye,
so
we
may
have
you
know
the
UN
version
of
die
or
US
dollar
version
of
of
die.
C
C
Having
some
sort
of
you
know,
stable
coins
that
pack
to
other
currency
that
might
help
but
again
My
Philosophy,
is
that
if
we
were
to
do
anything,
we
need
to
be
very
careful.
So
it's
not
just
a
you
know,
sort
of
a
ballroom
discussion,
but
you
know,
of
course
we
need
to
have
Ballroom
discussion
type
of
discussion,
Community
discussion
voting,
but
before
putting
up
a
proposal
like
that,
we
like
sort
of
data
analysis
and
the
simulation-
that's
you
know,
that's
a
must
that's
minimum
requirements
for
that
yeah!
C
Good
well
yeah.
Well,
it's
so
yeah,
I
I!
Think
that's
that's!
Outside
of
my
domain
expertise.
You
know
I
I'm,
not
a
economist
for
say,
I'm,
an
engineer
so
for
that
I
I,
don't
know
because
I
understand
the
geopolitical
situation
that
you
allowing
to,
but
from
at
a
high
level.
You
know
it's
just
if
we
judge
from
a
common
sense
of
first
principle.
I
do
believe,
there's
a
there's,
a
there's,
a
very
strong
demand
for
such
thing.
C
A
A
A
Well,
the
audience
is
thinking
about
that.
I
did
have
one
I
guess
I
could
ask,
which
was
on
the
importance
of
dye
in
in
other
chains.
I
was
curious
if
you
had
any
views
on
like
how
far
spread
out
I
should
be
how
much
of
a
variety
that
should
be
to
make
her
and
in
general,
like
if
you
have
any
insight
to
give
in
terms
of
how
you'd
be
voting
for
proposals
to
expand
to
other
chains
and
l2s.
C
A
And
we
can
even
take
the
other
chain
started,
just
ask
about
l2s
right.
It's
just
kind
of
this
question
of
like
as
dialects
to
expand
like
where
you
know.
Where
should
we
look
to
expand
it
as
a
delegate
platform?
Would
you
be
supportive
of
integrating
creating
Bridges
to
other
l2s,
and
then
maybe
partnership
deals
with
with
other
l1s
should
should
that
come
to
be.
C
But
I
think
that
there
might
be
a
an
interesting
area
and
then
to
start
I
I,
think
you
know
we
can
sort
of
expand
a
little
bit
into
some
of
the
popular
L1
chains
and
then
starting
from
there.
We
see
you
know
how
it
might
go,
but
this
is
probably
a
bigger
plan
or
it's
a
long-term
plan
in
my
view,
is
that
we
should
aim
for
the
interoperability
among
the
chains
so
for
for
the
better
right.
This
is
my
opinion.
A
A
Yeah,
absolutely
to
close
out
some
odds
and
ends.
If
you're
watching
the
recording
of
this,
you
should
already
be
able
to
go
to
the
voting
portal
and
see
the
hkust
Epi
Labs
delegation
platform
I'll
find
a
smoother
way
to
roll
that
out,
but
very
excited
yeah
and
for
those
of
you
with
us
live.
You
can
expect
that
coming
up
properly
later
today
or
early
tomorrow
at
the
latest
and
yeah,
your
official
metric
tracking
and
all
that
starts
on
Monday,
so
do
keep
an
eye
out
for
votes.