Founders & Builders
Sreeram Kannan quotes
Founder of EigenLayer
University of Washington professor who introduced restaking and shared security to Ethereum.
2 epic quotes by Sreeram Kannan
“Trust is a resource. Restaking lets you rent it.”
— Sreeram Kannan
“Innovation should not require bootstrapping a new validator set.”
— Sreeram Kannan
Why Sreeram Kannan is quoted so often
Sreeram Kannan is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As founder of eigenlayer, every public statement is read by traders, founders and regulators looking for signal, which is why these lines keep resurfacing years after they were first said.
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