Ep 34 - The Edge Security Platform (Formerly AirBitz), a multi-coin wallet with secure single sign-on (SSO)

In this episode, Aaron Mangal and Tim Francisco of CoinStructive,
caught up with Paul Puey, co-founder and CEO of Edge (formerly
AirBitz), a security platform and multi-coin wallet and key
management system.


 


Paul Puey, co-founder of Edge (formerly AirBitz)


"Paul is a proud Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
graduate of UC Berkeley with a wide range of technical skills
from low-level 3D graphics engineering to development of custom
web CMS systems, even before people knew what a CMS was. He held
lead engineering positions with Nvidia and Chromatic Research,
but most recently owned and operated several non-technical small
businesses throughout California. There he learned the importance
of the intersection of people, business, and technology.


Today, Paul aims to bring Bitcoin mainstream with software and
products aimed at simplifying Bitcoin and making it insanely easy
to send and secure this revolutionary currency while maintaining
the highest level of privacy.


When not converting people to bitcoin you’ll likely find him
climbing a rock in Joshua Tree or at a local climbing gym."


The unique selling proposition is Edge allows users to manage
multiple wallets for multiple assets securely under a single
sign-on (SSO) login (just like using Facebook or Google to sign
up for a site).


Edge's philosophy is "security is our foundation, not a feature"
as demonstrated by their client-side encryption which means data
is encrypted from the device itself and before it ever touches
Edge servers. 



Cryptocurrencies currently available on Edge


We had a great time learning more about Paul's origin story, the
creator of Edge (formerly AirBitz) and the vision of how to
bridge Cryptocurrency use into the mainstream world.


After listening to this episode you will learn:


Paul's beginnings in Silicon Valley at Nvidia working on
Graphics Processor Units (GPUs)

How Paul got out of balance with work which was a catalyst
for shifting his health in a more positive direction

The origin story of AirBitz and how it evolved into Edge as a
rebrand

Why we should stop trying to make security perfect and
instead analyze the trade-offs

How users get the benefit of security like SSL but for
everyday Cryptocurrency usage

Why Paul believes in usability and utility as much (if not
moreso) than just ideology

About the threat of centralized custodians and how
counterparty risk and cold storage reduce usability

How the architecture of centralized entities slow down
transactions due to the lack of funds available in hot wallets

How Edge saw the opportunity to open up its security
architecture to other dApps (like Augur)

Edge and why its the first use case of the Edge platform
itself which can be used in many other

What the Edge's of the network are and how the data generated
there is secured

How the communities of various cryptocurencies helped Edge
integrate their tokens 



For show notes and more please visit: LAB Radio