From Physics to Blockchain: Jack Ding's Journey to Building Secure & Fast DomiChain

In this 42th episode of Colors of Web3 and Entrepreneurship, Lam interviews Jack Ding, the founder and CEO of DomiChain. Jack shares his incredible journey from studying physics at Tsinghua University to becoming a blockchain innovator.

Jack's story is a testament to the power of interdisciplinary knowledge. He discusses his transition from MRI research to distributed systems development, and how his diverse background in physics, computer science, and finance led him to create DomiChain, a high-speed blockchain solution aimed at solving scalability issues in Web3 applications.

Listeners will gain insights into the evolution of distributed systems, from NASDAQ's market surveillance software to modern blockchain technology. This episode is a must-watch for anyone interested in the intersection of science, technology, and entrepreneurship in the Web3 space.

⌛ Timestamps:
00:00:00 Episode trailer
00:00:19 Introduction to the show and Jack Ding - CEO of DomiChain
00:05:23 His time working at NASDAQ building distributed systems
00:08:10 His time at webMethods, an early adopter of Software as a Service (SaaS)
00:13:00 His time as an entrepreneur building smartphone applications in China in early 2000s
00:16:40 His work at Fannie Mae and World Bank
00:18:10 Discovering Bitcoin and the potential of blockchain
00:21:14 He came up with the idea of combining Proof of History with Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerant
00:25:58 Introducing DomiChain: a solution to the blockchain trilemma
00:30:32 Enhancing network security with AI
00:34:39 Leveraging Bitcoin's proof of work for added security
00:38:15 Utilizing both core nodes and AI nodes to secure the blockchain
00:40:06 Increasing throughput with fast byzantine agreement and proof of history
00:42:17 Fast and efficient smart contract execution with WASM virtual machine
00:43:27 Comparison of Solana and DomiChain
00:45:35 Domi as Bitcoin Layer 2 and DEPIN applications on Domi
00:47:51 SocialFi and Domi Ecosystem
00:55:04 Tokenomics of DomiChain
00:59:14 The team behind DomiChain
01:01:51 Challenges facing DomiChain
01:04:52 Jack's thought on where Web3 is heading and how blockchain will impact the world
01:08:25 Advice for entrepreneurs that want to build a Web3 company stems
01:12:03 Where to follow Jack and DomiChain
01:13:36 Episode outro and next episode preview

Follow Jack and his company:
DomiChain Twitter/X: https://x.com/DomiChain
Jack's LinkedIn:   / jack-ding-2961591  
DomiChain website: https://www.dominochain.com/

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