Sharon Goldberg: Arwen – Centralized Exchange Trading Without Counterparty Risk

We're joined by Sharon Goldberg, CEO of Arwen, a protocol solution for non-custodial trading. From communications engineering to Internet protocol security, to then becoming a Professor at Boston University, she shares her journey into the world of cryptography. Beginning as a whitepaper on eclipse attacks, Arwen has grown into a platform enabling atomic swaps on centralized exchanges. Sharon chats about Arwen's integration with KuCoin, how it compares to ShapeShift, Interledger, and Lightning, and the exciting new release of the Layer-2 atomic swaps from Ethereum into Bitcoin.Topics covered in this episode:- How Sharon became interested in blockchain technology- The meaning of an eclipse attack- Arwen's co-founder Ethan Heilman- The backbone of Arwen- The Arwen protocol and how it uses atomic swaps- How trading takes place on the exchange- Arwen vs Shapeshift and Interledger- Creating multiple orders using the same channel- Arwen vs Lightning and the use of SegWit- How the relationship with KuCoin was formedEpisode links: - [Arwen website](https://www.arwen.io/)- [Arwen's first white paper on eclipse attacks](https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/263.pdf)- [Arwen's Trading Protocol whitepaper](https://arwen.io/whitepaper.pdf)- [Announcement of Arwen's partnership with KuCoin](https://medium.com/arwensecure/arwen-partners-with-kucoin-to-offer-secure-non-custodial-trading-24af298d5dbd)- [Arwen's Twitter](https://twitter.com/arwensecure)- [Sharon Goldberg on Twitter](https://twitter.com/goldbe)Sponsors: - Cosmos: Join the most interoperable ecosystem of connected blockchains - http://cosmos.network/epicenterThis episode is hosted by Sunny Aggarwal & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: [epicenter.tv/305](https://epicenter.tv/305)