2 Polkadot's Nominated Proof of Stake with Alfonso Cevallos

In this interview, Felix is joined by Alfonso Cevallos. Alfonso is a researcher at the Web3 Foundation mainly working on optimizing Polkadot's Nominated Proof-of-Stake (NPoS) incentive mechanism. NPoS is based on a novel algorithm that seeks to optimize decentralization across validating nodes in a PoS network. The interview covers Alfonso's background and his work at the Web3 Foundation, staking in Polkadot, as well as details and implications of the NPoS mechanism. Links: NPoS Introduction Blog: https://medium.com/web3foundation/how-nominated-proof-of-stake-will-work-in-polkadot-377d70c6bd43 NPoS Documentation: https://research.web3.foundation/en/latest/polkadot/NPoS/ Web3 Research: https://research.web3.foundation Polkadot Specs and Documentation: https://wiki.polkadot.network Chorus One Website: https://chorus.one