Continuing our Web3 series, we sit down with Stepan Simkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Squads Protocol, a collaborative infrastructure for Web3 native teams. We dive into how Squads facilitates collaboration, the state of DAOs on Solana, onboarding the next wave of users, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:04:04) – How Squads manages governance. (00:06:12) – Governance in Web3. (00:07:56) – DAO tooling on Solana. (00:13:21) – Squads onboarding process. (00:16:37) – DAOs on Solana. (00:25:16) – Interesting DAO tools. (00:29:22) – Bringing in the next wave of users. (00:39:16 ..read more

Our Web3 series continues with Preethi Kasireddy, Founder of DappCamp, a hands-on experience on how to architect, develop, and scale a Web3 app on Ethereum. We dive into the differences in Web2 and Web3 application architecture including decentralized storage, blockchain querying, L2 solutions and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:03:38) – Architecture of Web3 apps. (00:18:38) – Thoughts the future of wallets. (00:21:16) – Decentralized storage. (00:28:31) – Querying the blockchain. (00:33:47) – Aggregating fees for users. (00:37:46) – L2 scaling solutions. (00:42:23) – Cro ..read more

Our Web3 series continues with dhadrien, Founder of Sismo, a new NFT primitive for private attestations of on and off-chain data. We cover the evolution of the Web3 ethos, the purpose of Sismo and how it works, the future of Web3 identities and privacy, and more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:58) – dhadrien’s background. (00:10:57) – How Web3 ethos has evolved over time. (00:17:06) – What is Sismo? (00:22:18) – Use cases of Sismo. (00:26:46) – Preserving transparency and privacy. (00:35:46) – What Web3 identity looks like.  (00:39:34) – Web3 vs. Web2 identity ..read more

In this episode, we sit down with John Adler, Co-founder of Celestia, the first modular consensus and data network to power scalable and secure Web3 applications. We discuss the rise of blockchain modularity, how Celestia solves the data availability problem, plans to bootstrap the Celestia ecosystem, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:46) – Defining Celestia and modular blockchains.  (00:06:23) – Solving the data availability problem.  (00:21:44) – Ethereum rollups vs. Celestia rollups.  (00:28:27) – Why use Celestia?  (00:39:14) – The impor ..read more

Next in our Web3 series, we host Michael McGuiness, Co-founder of gm.xyz, a crypto-native, decentralized, and user-owned social network. We dive into Web3 social networks, key features of gm.xyz, benefits of decentralization, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:53) – Overview of gm.xyz.  (00:14:43) – What is Web3?  (00:21:59) – How Web2 social networks can integrate Web3 elements.  (00:27:19) – Web3 social / Decentralizing gm.xyz.  (00:37:07) – Rapid fire questions.  (00:42:52) – Closing. Resources:  Mike’s Twitter gm.xyz Twitter gm ..read more

Next in our Web3 series, we have Nader Dabit, a Developer Relations Engineer at The Graph and Edge & Node. Having spent 10 years in the traditional tech world, Nader brings the developers’ perspective of building in Web3 versus Web2. We discuss the “Web3-ification” of Web2 apps, identity management solutions, and much more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction and Nader’s background. (00:05:56) – Will Web2 embrace Web3? (00:10:44) – Development in Web2 vs. Web3.  (00:17:30) – Most significant user experiences in Web3.  (00:21:43) – The development process in Web3.&nb ..read more

In this episode, we sit down with security expert Logan from CryoSecurity, a cryptocurrency security consultancy firm. We discuss lesser known attack vectors, social engineering attacks, personal best practices, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:06:16) – Security horror stories and lesser known attack vectors.  (00:14:48) – Attack vectors that scare Logan. (00:19:56) – Social engineering attacks.  (00:25:44) – Advice to anonymous teams / VPNs.  (00:35:40) – Personal security best practices.  (00:56:47) – Advice for funds, founders, and teams.&n ..read more

In this episode, we sit down with DAO pioneer Simon Judd from Index Coop, a community-led initiative that makes crypto investing simple and accessible through on-chain crypto funds. We dive into Index Coop’s structure, operations, and people, specialization within DAOs, treasury management, and much more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction / Simon’s background. (00:07:46) – The entities & value flows within Index Coop. (00:11:45) – What is a DAO?  (00:19:37) – How Index Coop functions.  (00:25:10) – A week in Index Coop.  (00:29:41) – Index Coop’s onboarding e ..read more

Brooks Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of NOR, kicks off the first episode of DISRUPTORS with a presentation on the immanent experience of play and how it translates into meaningful game design for Web3. Brooks has more than 18 years of creative and strategic development in interactive content for the world’s most successful brands and franchises, including Lucasfilm, Lucasarts, Lightstorm Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and James Cameron’s AVATAR quadrilogy. What is the Magic Circle? Why are whales being manipulated in free-to-play games? How is NOR redefining what immersion means? Tun ..read more

In this episode, we sit down with Emin Gün Sirer, Founder and CEO of Ava Labs, the team behind Avalanche, the smart contracts platform with the fastest time-to-finality in the blockchain industry. We discuss Avalanche subnets, enterprise use-cases, valid criticisms of crypto and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:04:40) – What are Subnets?  (00:13:13) – Enterprise use-cases for Avalanche.  (00:19:18) – Emin’s thoughts on the L2 space.. (00:28:35) – The c-chain consensus mechanism.  (00:37:06) – Emin’s thoughts on execution environments and state bloat ..read more