Dr. Leemon Baird, co-founder and Chief Scientist of Hedera Hashgraph, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories. Leemon and Charlie discuss Leemon's background and what led him to distributed ledger technology, how Hedera Hashgraph works including its consensus algorithm and nodes, motivations to attack a ledger, 51% attacks, PoW and energy, proper decentralization, scarce resources, bootstrapping a network on the path to decentralization, the bottlenecks for Hashgraph right now and what's next. --- BitPay BitPay gives you the tools to live life on crypto. Whether you want to send crypto to friends, use crypto to buy video games or computer parts, or turn crypto into gift cards for more than 100 mainstream brands, the BitPay app has you covered. You can hold your own private keys in a secure wallet while accessing the best of crypto commerce. Get started at bitpay.com/wallet. --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io