
$100B in Digital Assets: Lukas Schor on Safe, $SAFE, Smart Accounts and Quantum Computing
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Lukas Schor is the Co-Founder of Safe, an onchain asset custody protocol, securing ~$100 Billion in assets today. Originally developed under Gnosis as a smart account for securing digital assets, Safe eventually became an independent project after spinning off on its own. Today, Safe has a TVL of over $100B. In this episode, we go over the recently launched $GNO token, its use cases, early days of Gnosis as an onchain prediction market. Later, Lukas discusses the impact of quantum computing on blockchain security and the future potential of smart accounts. He also explores the challenges and opportunities in achieving mainstream adoption of Web3 wallets. The episode concludes with insights into Safe's upcoming features aimed at supporting a billion Web3 users.
0:00 Intro
1:05 Safe Founding Story
3:30 Gnosis Prediction Markets
5:17 Lukas Schor
7:21 $GNO Token
18:47 Smart Accounts
25:16 Quantum Computing
33:33 Web3 Wallets
37:25 How is Safe safe?
39:23 New Features
47:52 Billion Web3 Users
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