Why encrypted supercomputing is key to ethical AI and humanity’s future (feat. Arcium)

Yannik Schrade, co-founder and CEO of Arcium, sits down to share his views on why blockchain developers, corporations, the medical industry and the average internet user need encrypted supercomputing to ensure data privacy and data authenticity. 

(00:00) Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
(01:50) What is Arcium, and why does everyone need encrypted supercomputing? 
(03:00) How encrypted, decentralized supercomputing works
(04:59) Blockchains are transparent by design, so why should some transactions be encrypted?
(11:25) How to ensure data authenticity in AI
(16:34) Yannik’s thoughts on DePIN and network scalability
(20:32) Why DeFi, AI agents and blockchain devs need encrypted decentralized networks
(30:11) Why data privacy matters in 2025
(33:55) Encrypted decentralization normalizes trust and eradicates distrust
(37:58) How do users know that their encrypted data is not monetized or used for personal gain?

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