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Derek Yoo
Special guest
Derek Yoo is CEO of Purestake, the company behind Moonbeam. Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain on Polkadot Network.
Derek Yoo has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Polkadot-Ethereum Compatibility with Moonbeam
September 23rd, 2020 | 37 mins 17 secs
blockchain, ethereum, polkadot, substrate, web3
This week we dive into cross-network compatibility and interoperability between Polkadot and Ethereum. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Derek Yoo of Moonbeam, an Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain built on Substrate for Polkadot. They discuss Moonbeam and how it works, the role of smart contracts on Polkadot, the difference between Moonbeam and Ethereum layer-2 solutions, and the future of cross-network interoperability.