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

• Security Discussion 2
• The Chopping Block: OFAC Overstep Sanctioned Tornado Cash? - Ep. 386
• The Chopping Block: A Network State in 10 Years? Balaji Srinivasan Says Yes - Ep. 379
• The Chopping Block: Anatoly Yakovenko on Why Solana Is Building the SAGA Phone - Ep. 373
• In the Recent Crypto Market Meltdown, What Role Did Lido's stETH Play? - Ep. 370
• The Chopping Block: Here’s What Was So Bad About Three Arrows Capital - Ep. 368
• Episode 234 - zkEVM with Scroll’s Ye Zhang and Haichen Shen
• The Chopping Block: Why Solana’s Frequent Downtime Doesn't Bother Kyle Samani- Ep. 362
• The Chopping Block: Does the New Terra Have Any Chance? - Ep.358
• The Chopping Block: Kevin Zhou on Why He Knew Terra Would Crash - Ep.353
• The Chopping Block: Did Andre Cronje Pull an Epic Crypto Rug Pull? - Ep.348
• Episode 228 - Catch-up at DevConnect AMS with Tarun, Guillermo and Brendan
• The Chopping Block: How to Improve DeFi and Cross-Chain Bridge Security - Ep.343
• The Chopping Block: Why ‘One Man’s Bug Is Another Man’s Bounty’ - Ep.338
• Episode 224: Foundry with Georgios Konstantopoulous
• Episode 222: Something Brewing with Jill Gunter and Ben Fisch from Espresso Systems
• ZK HACK mini - State of ZK Panel Discussion
• Tarun Chitra on whether Code is Law | Layer Zero
• The Chopping Block: In 'the First Crypto War,' How Should the Money Be Spent? - Ep.328
• The Chopping Block: Why Hacking The DAO Is ‘Something to Be Proud Of’? - Ep.323
• The Chopping Block: SBF on a Crazy Week of Bitfinex, Wormhole and ENS Drama - Ep.318
• Episode 217: Information Theory & Blockchain with Sreeram Kannan
• The Chopping Block: Why the Lack of a Fee Market Created 'Bread Lines' on Solana - Ep.313
• The Chopping Block: Why the Crypto Markets Have Been Down This Week - Ep.308 (Edited Version)