Henri is an ex-research scientist at Protocol Labs. He Co-Founded Privy, which provides web3 projects such as Friend.tech, t2 & Shibuya with seamless onboarding & embedded wallets. In this episode, we dive into the early MVPs of Privy, learn how it works under the hood, how they managed to design such as smooth UX & more. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 A few words of intro 01:56: Why Henri started working on Privy 06:02 The early days of Privy 11:37 How have they built their MVP 13:15 Why did they make a pivot despite having an interest in their product 15:41 Which features helped them to ti ..read more

Collab.Land is a tool for managing web3 communities and bridging them to Discord and Telegram. It has already been used by 50k+ communities and 8M+ wallets. Today we’re talking with Anjali Young, Co-Founder & CCO of Collab.Land, who shares their project’s story. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Check kiwinews - a portal with news & content for web3 builders co-founded by Mac: https://kiwinews.xyz/ Reach out to Mac if you want to reach European devs: mac at web3talks.xyz *** TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Teaser about Collab.Land's app marketplace 00:56 Intro 02:41 Ab ..read more

Our Gitcoin Grants page: https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0x2871742b184633f8dc8546c6301cbc209945033e/0x2871742b184633f8dc8546c6301cbc209945033e-322 ..read more

Web3 Talks is back! Links I mentioned: Library of web3 startup lessons: https://goldmine3.xyz/ Web3 startup I'm building with my Co-Founder Tim: https://kiwinews.xyz ..read more

Mailchain is basically a web3 email. It provides a web app that lets you send your emails as if you used Gmail or Hotmail. But you send your emails via your wallet, ENS, Lens profile, and other identities you may use. Thanks to that and end-to-end encryption, your emails are 100% private. Today we’re talking with Tim Boeckmann, Co-Founder & CEO of Mailchain, who shares their project’s story. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference tickets by using the WEB3TALKS code: https://www.epicweb3.com/ *** TIMESTAMPS: 1:46 Origins of Ma ..read more

Zora is one of the most popular web3 tools, used by the biggest creators in the NFT space. What were its early days? How they acquired their first users? How have they organized the Base campaign that generated 700,000+ mints? This and much more in our conversation with Dee Goens, Co-Founder & COO @ Zora. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference tickets by using the WEB3TALKS code: https://www.epicweb3.com/ Mint free episode NFT (pls share your e-mail address so we can let you know when it gets utility!): https://web3talks ..read more

XMTP is one of the leading web3 messaging protocols. What were the early days of this project? What web3 native features they developed How they built a developer community around their protocol? How did they start handling DMs on Lens? This and much more in our conversation with Matt Galligan, Co-Founder & President @ XMTP. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference tickets by using the WEB3TALKS code: https://www.epicweb3.com/ Mint free episode NFT (pls share your e-mail address so we can let you know when it gets utility!): htt ..read more

Zerion is one of the OG crypto companies, operating since 2016. It started as a tool to do fundraising through token sales.  Then it transformed into a DeFi exploration tool where you could track & invest in different assets. Then it expanded into NFTs & other web3 assets. And a few months ago, they also joined the wallet space and already got 80k+ users. What inspired them to start? Why they made so many pivots? And why they're confident that they can compete in a hard wallet space? I spoke with Evgeny, Zerion's Co-Founder, who shared the backstage perspective of the last 6 years ..read more

Julien has been building tools for membership NFTs since 2018, long before the NFT boom. What were the early days of the NFT market? How dogfooding helped them to acquire their first users? How they organized ticketing with Unlock for EthCC? What they've learned from running a DAO program? This and more in our conversation with Julien Genestoux, Founder & CEO @ Unlock Protocol. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference tickets by using the WEB3TALKS code: https://www.epicweb3.com/ Mint free episode NFT (pls share your e-mail addr ..read more

ANNOUNCEMENTS: # 1: Episode's free NFT mint (just add your e-mail address there so I can reach you with info about NFT's utility :)): https://mint.highlight.xyz/641213a0d86b3081aa51c5b7 # 2: EpicWeb3 conference ticket giveaway: https://twitter.com/epicweb3/status/1635215372180770816 # 3: Web3 Talks Smoothie page (upvotes much appreciated!): https://smoothie.so/project/21e8v93z TIMESTAMPS: 0:44 Info about the EpicWeb3 conference 1:50 3 small announcements 3:18 Nat's lessons from working at Square & DoorDash and why he started working on Highlight 7:23 Why Square in 2015 was doing a lot ..read more