Tarun Chitra
Tarun Chitra is the co-founder and CEO of Gauntlet, a simulation and risk management platform for crypto networks and DeFi protocols that he founded in 2018 and has since grown into a leading onchain vault curator. He is also co-founder and partner at Robot Ventures, an early-stage crypto venture firm, and a regular co-host on The Chopping Block roundtable and the Zero Knowledge Podcast. Before crypto he worked at D. E. Shaw Research and in high-frequency trading at Vatic Labs, after studying mathematics and applied engineering physics at Cornell University. He has co-authored more than 25 peer-reviewed papers on crypto and DeFi economics, including influential research on the security of Uniswap and Compound.
270 talks by Tarun Chitra
- Episode 317 - Enhancing On-Chain Intelligence with Ritual
- Presales & Memecoins - The Chopping Block Ep 622
- Modular March EP 5: Value Accrual in The Modular Thesis with Tarun Chitra
- From Crash of 2020 to Complaining About MakerDAO’s Rate Hike - The Chopping Block Ep 619
- Memecoin Frenzy & Crypto AI - The Chopping Block Ep 617
- Starknet's Airdrop Unlocks Disappoint - The Chopping Block Ep 611
- Episode 312 - ZKP2P with Brian & Richard
- What is Social Proof-of-Work? w/ Dan Romero - The Chopping Block Ep 608
- Truth About Farcaster's Growth - The Chopping Block Ep 605
- Episode 310 - Algorithmic Game Theory & PoS Tokenomics with Noam Nisan
- Points vs. Airdrops - Post Jupiter Airdrop - The Chopping Block Ep 603
- Data Availability & Why It’s Important - The Chopping Block Ep.599
- The Solution to Oracle Extractable Value
- When Will the ETF Hype End? The Chopping Block - Ep. 596
- Why Hack the SEC? - The Chopping Block - Ep.593
- Episode 306 - Predictions: ZK in 2024
- Episode 305 - ZK Rewind: A Look Back at 2023
- Has Crypto Strayed From Its Cypherpunk Roots? The Chopping Block
- How Jito Helped Put Solana on the Map Again: The Chopping Block - Ep.588
- The Best and Worst of Crypto in 2023: The Chopping Block
- Top White Hat Hacker on the State of Crypto Security: The Chopping Block
- How DeFi Hack Negotiators Get the Job Done: The Chopping Block
- Episode 301 - EigenLayer @ Devconnect
- The Chopping Block: What Does Binance’s Record $4.3 Billion Settlement Mean for Crypto? - Ep. 573