Jeremy Welch (Kraken) on Contemporary Proofs of Reserve (EP.283)

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 11 a.m.

In this episode, Kraken chief product officer Jeremy Welch joins the show to cover Kraken's newly announced Proof of Reserve procedure. In this episode:\xa0

  • Why bring back PoR?
  • What distinguishes today\u2019s proof of reserve from the procedure Kraken undertook back in 2015
  • Why haven\u2019t exchanges done PoR historically?
  • What Kraken\u2019s PoR actually proves to depositors
  • The role of Armanino in Kraken\u2019s PoR
  • What happens when a depositor verifies their PoR
  • How Kraken protects user privacy in PoR
  • The trustlessness of the PoR procedure
  • What regulators can gain from a PoR
  • How Kraken clients can benefit from PoR
  • How Jeremy expects other exchanges to react

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See more on Kraken's PoR here