For episode 453, CEPO Joshua Maddox joins Brandon Zemp on the show to discuss COTI, a Layer 2 solution on Ethereum designed for digital payments using its own blockchain protocol. COTI has made significant strides implementing garbled circuits on the real live blockchain in the first time allowing to secure multi-party computation (MPC) and enabling parties to jointly compute functions over their inputs while keeping those inputs private. Recently, COTI Chosen to Participate in Central Bank of Israel’s CBDC Project alongside companies like PayPal and Fireblocks. COTI was founded in 2017 and has since raised over $500M in funding from prominent investors, including Cardano's cFund, Borderless Capital, and Cardstarter. Before leading the ecosystem & partnerships at COTI, Joshua was the head of developer ecosystem and grants at Provenance Blockchain Foundation, Designed, led, and launched the largest grants program for regulated financial services on blockchain, distributing over $50 million. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:05 | Who is Joshua Maddox? 5:42 | What is COTI? 6:42 | What makes COTI the fastest privacy layer in Web3? 10:42 | COTI ecosystem use-cases 15:14 | Mainnet launch 15:57 | COTI & Bank of Israel CBDC project 22:13 | Benefits of CBDCs 23:13 | Privacy-on-Demand 25:48 | COTI Roadmap for 2025 28:10 | COTI Community 🎙 COTI Links: 🔗 Website: https://coti.io 🔗 X: https://x.com/COTInetwork 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamaddox 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coti-ltd 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork 🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/wfAQfbc3Df ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.