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27 - DeFi in the Eth2 Metropolis | Haseeb Qureshi Aug 24, 2020

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Episode: #27 August 24, 2020

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Haseeb Qureshi likes the question: what did I miss? That's how he improves his mental model for investing in crypto. That's how he sharpens his mind.

That's how this former Airbnb developer and professional poker play became a notable investor at DragonFly Capital.

And that's where we start the conversation.

It leads us into a discussion on Uniswap and automated market makers, and why he thinks Uniswap will be unbundled. Which leads into Ethereum scaling, DeFi in Eth2, and an articulation of the clearest analogy for DeFi scalability in Etheruem that we've ever heard.

Use this episode to sharpen your crypto investing mind.

We cover:

The big thing Haseeb missed
Explain Uniswap like I'm 5
Why AMMs are eating orderbook exchanges
The Unbundling of Uniswap
Smart Automated Market Makers (SAMMs!)
DeFi in Eth2: Cities, suburbs, and farms
Economic load balancing across shards
Layer 2 as the shopping malls
The Shard for crypto banks
What about the ETH killers?
Sorry boys...ETH ain't money
Haseeb's High conviction Bets

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

----- Resources discussed:

What explains the rise of AMMs? - Article by Haseeb
Unbundling Uniswap - New Article by Haseeb
DeFi in Eth2: Cities, suburbs, farms - Article by Haseeb
ETH must be money episode with Charlie Noyes
More on Automated Market Makers:
- Rise of the Liquidity Robots - Bankless Article
- Going Bankless with Uniswap - Podcast Epsiode
- Uniswap is Infrastructure - Bankless Article
When DeFi meets Rollup - Bankless Article on Rollups

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----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do your own research.

SotN#10 - GAMING (MONEY GAMES - YAMS NOT DED, CRV LAUNCH FAIR, MAXIMALISM GETTING DUMBER?) Aug 19, 2020

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STATE OF THE NATION #10 - Tuesday, August 18, 2020

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....GAMING!

The bankless boys discuss why.

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TOPICS:

1) MONEY GAMES - YAMS NOT DED

2) CRV LAUNCH FAIR?

3) MAXIMALISM GETTING DUMBER?

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26 - Investing in DeFi Paradigms | Charlie Noyes Aug 17, 2020

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Episode: #26 August 18, 2020

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What are the paradigms for investing in DeFi?

Charlie is an exceptionally bright & thoughtful investor in crypto assets at Paradigm...one of the leading investment firms in the crypto space. We talk institutions, yield farming, and DeFi protocols...and then we get into one of our favorite subjects. Is ETH money?

Or rather, does ETH need to be money in order to secure itself?

What is dirty little secret many Ethereans and Bitcoiners don't admit? Why is moneyness and security two sides of the same coin? Why won't transaction fees secure Bitcoin? This episode goes from great...to amazing. You won't find this depth of discussion anywhere else. Stay tuned to the very end to catch the conversation on economic security.

We cover:

Starting in crypto at age 11
Gen Z and crypto
How Institutions see crypto
Futility tokens are futile
Is Uniswap the last word on AMMs?
RAI vs DAI
Money gams & accounting tricks
Yield farming for yield farming sake
Why we're not in a bubble yet
Why Ether has to be money (or bust)
Cosmos and Ethereum alternatives
Not bullish on Eth2 timeline

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

----- Resources discussed:

Here's the episode with Joey Krug we mentioned
Bitcoin for the Open Minded Skeptic article by Paradigm
Is the Map of America the way institutions see crypto?
We mentioned YAMS - here's our explainer
We mentioned EIP-1559 (listen here | read article)

----- Episode Actions:

Read "Bitcoin for the Open-Minded Skeptic” by Paradigm
Articles Charlie mentioned to understand economic security:
- On the Instability of Bitcoin Without the Block Reward
- Flash Boys 2.0 - Phil Daian
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AMA#1 - Kain Warwick of Synthetix Aug 17, 2020

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Kain Warwick, Founder of the Synthetix Platform, presents himself to the Bankless Nation for a live AMA!

We ask him anything! No question off limits.

This is a BONUS episode. Regular podcast episode (#26) will be released tomorrow.

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We do AMAs every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.

Become a Bankless member to get access to the Zoom Webinar and ask questions to future AMA guests like Kain directly!

Here's the video recording.

Kain is the founder of Snythetix, a popular synthetics and derivatives market on Ethereum. The Bankless Nation asks him questions about:

High gas fees
yams lol
Yield farming
Future vision for synthetics
DeF in a Layer 2
Central bank digital currencies
The final boss
Eth2
What he learned from 2017
Bull market price predictions!

And more....

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SotN#9 (PART 2) - Guest: VITALIK BUTERIN on ETH SUPPLYGATE! Aug 14, 2020

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STATE OF THE NATION #9 (PART 2) - Wednesday, August 13, 2020

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SOTN PART 2: with Special guest Vitalik Buterin

The State of the Bankless Nation is....PROPAGATING! And in this Part 2 we talk to Vitalik about ETH SUPPLYGATE!

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Covered:

ETH SUPPLYGATE
CURRENT GAS FEES

PART 2: (COMING TOMORROW - ETH SUPPLY GATE) Special guest Vitalik Buterin

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SotN#9 (PART 1) - PROPAGATING (WTF ARE YAMS, DEX VOLUME INSANE) Aug 12, 2020

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STATE OF THE NATION #9 (Part 1) - Tuesday, August 12, 2020

Watch on the Bankless YouTube Channel The State of the Bankless Nation is....PROPAGATING! The bankless boys discuss why. This is Part 1 of SOTN this week.

Stay tuned for Part 2 with Vitalik tomorrow.

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Covered:

WTF ARE YAMS
DEX VOLUME INSANE

PART 2: (COMING TOMORROW - ETH SUPPLY GATE) Special guest Vitalik Buterin

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Catch tomorrows episode with Vitalik on ETH Supply
Watch what's going on with YAM contracts
Check out DEX stats

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25 - YFI: Farming the Farmers | Andre Cronje Aug 10, 2020

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Episode: #25 August 10, 2020

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Andre Cronje calls himself just another DeFi dev, but you can't help but wonder, is he's underselling himself with that title?

In a few short months he single-handedly created a fleet of DeFi yield farming money robots that locked up over $400m in assets in his yearn protocol. He launched a YFI token that grew in value by over 1,000% in its first week, one of the most explosive price charts crypto has ever seen.

No pre-mine, no VC, no founders reward.

Maybe a better title is King of the Yield Farmers.

DeFi's Satoshi.

Who is this guy?

What did he build and why is it brilliant?

Why did YFI go from $3 on July 17th to $5000 on August 8th?

This is everything you need to know about yearn, YFI, and Andre.

We cover:

How Andre's really feeling
What's up with "I test in prod"
Why high YFI price can be bad
How Yearn automates yield farming
Andre's money robots
Incenting strategy writers
Risks of yearn
Launching YFI to scale
Why people buy YFI
Organic governance
Is Andre The Joker?
What's coming next

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

----- Resources discussed:

yearn protocol
yearn governance
yfi price chart
Acronym helper:
- LP = liquidity provider
- yearn (or "Y-earn") = Andre's protocol
- cUSD, cDAI = stablecoins in Compound
- TLV = total locked valued in a DeFi protocol
- Look up other assets on DeFiMarketCap

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SotN#8 - PUMPED, Introducing: $BAPs! (ETHSCAPE SHIRTS, ETH2 COMING, BULL MARKET MENTALITY) Aug 05, 2020

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STATE OF THE NATION #8 - Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Watch on the Bankless YouTube Channel The State of the Bankless Nation is....PUMPED! The bankless boys discuss why.

Plus a special announcement...introducing $BAPS

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Covered:

ETHSCAPE SHIRTS TOPIC
ETH2 COMING TOPIC
BULL MARKET MENTALITY

We show:

The democratization of value (article on scarce product tokens)
RAC launch of $TAPE
Introducing Bankless Apparel
Bankless Apparel Season 0 - Ethscape Shirt
Bankless Apparel website
Delphi Digital Ethereum report

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24 - Exploring the Frontier | Erik Voorhees Aug 03, 2020

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Episode: #24 August 3, 2020

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Erik's been journeying into the bankless frontier since 2011. That's when he first discovered bitcoin.

The open road. The unsettled whitespace. The westward trail. The highway to freedom. That's why he's here.

And he's remained true to his values.

That's why he speaks out against tyranny. That's why he embraces self-sovereign money and pokes holes in the myths of fiat. That's why he so ardently rejects maximalism.

Enjoy our conversation with one of cryptos original settlers.

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