Blockchain Won't Save the World

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S4E15 MoonPay: OnRamping The Next Billion w. Ivan Soto-Wright Aug 16, 2024

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MoonPay are one of the biggest names in Web3. And without 'ramps' and tools that connect to Web2, the decentralised internet will never reach full potential.

5-years and 20 million customers later, Ivan Soto-Wright has learned a lot, and has a lot to say about what it takes to onboard new and skeptical users to Web3. The UX has also come on a LONG way since the early days.

In this LinkedIn Live, we'll talk about:

- Ivan’s Web3 ‘origin story’

- The problems with Web3 UX, and how they're gradually being solved

- What are 'on ramps' & the various aspects of MoonPay’s business today

- Ivan's most valuable use cases for Blockchain & Crypto

- The hardest things MoonPay had to solve in scaling the business

- Learnings from partnerships with PayPal, Adidas, Gucci, Nike & MasterCard

- What are the critical things needed to see further adoption of Web3, and what is the upcoming MoonPay roadmap

S4E14 SpaceAI: Blockchain, IoT & AI... In Space! w. Diego Favarolo Aug 02, 2024

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SpaceAI is a project that might just blow your mind! We've seen a range of DePIN projects capture the imagination, but not that have a full-stack offering that works both in Space and on Earth...

DePIN projects typically offer one of compute, connectivity or storage. Few do all at once. And it's even less likely to find a project with literal space-age hardware that works as well on satellites as it does buried underground.

Welcome to SpaceAI. The coolest DePIN project you've never heard of. The SpaceAI team is already working with governments, energy providers, telcos, satellite operators and many others. So this is technology that is being used TODAY. Not for when Elon starts terraforming Mars...

In this podcast Diego shares the origins of SpaceAI, along with:

- Why the Space Economy needs Blockchain technology - The role of hardware and IoT for enabling DePIN

- Use cases for Space AI's hardware and DLT

- How to build Web3 tech on existing open standards

- The next steps for use of Space tech (in Space and on Earth)

S4E13 A Web3 Marketing Masterclass w. Devon Ferreira Jul 20, 2024

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Devon is one of the best Marketeers of the Web3 era. He'll share frameworks & strategies from his time at Ava Labs, Immutable & F/AS that can help any Web3 project grow. Do not miss this!...
Marketing is everything from understanding the market, the competition, establishing digital and physical channels, finding your voice, amplifying your community, and enabling them to amplify your work as much as you do...
In this 'Masterclass', Devon will share his experience working with some of the biggest and most successful Blockchain projects, including:
- What does Web3 marketing comprise
- The art of storytelling and building a narrative
- How to communicate across different media types
- How to harness a Web3 community for growth
- The importance (or not) of 'KOLs'
- Which 'narratives' in 2024 are hot, or just hot air...
If you're working in growth, marketing, or leadership for a Web3 project, you NEED to hear what Devon has to say.

S4E12 Explaining the Gnosis Ecosystem w. Dr. Friederike Ernst Jul 05, 2024

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What does it take to grow a global Blockchain ecosystem? Listen to the Gnosis story and you'll find out. There's more to it than you think...
Successful ecosystems are more than simply the Blockchain. They're more than simply the technology. It's about bringing together core tech, developers, capital and users, all wrapped up with shared and aligned incentives
Dr. Friederike Ernst is a co-founder of Gnosis, and has been a big part of their overall rise and success, and she will help share some of the key components of the Gnosis ecosystem, and what it took to build it.
On this show we cover:
- Friederike’s journey as a co-founder of Gnosis
- The overall Gnosis Ecosystem (Chain, Pay, DAO, Studios, Capital)
- How Gnosis Chain differs from other L1s
- How Gnosis Pay is transforming payments
- The importance of decentralised governance, and how Gnosis DAO works in practice
- What more is needed to see wider use of Web3 tech

S4E11 Enclave: Regulation, Compliance & Private Exchanges w. Olta Andoni (GC & CCO, Enclave Markets) Jun 21, 2024

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Olta is one of the most experienced lawyers in Web3, and has been busy supporting Avalanche, Owl Explains and now Enclave Markets - an exchange targeting institutions that provides privacy through transacting over a secure enclave.

From our show, recorded at Money 20/20, we also discuss the current state of regulation and recent enforcement actions in the US, and why it is forcing projects 'offshore'.

We cover:

- Opportunities with Digital Assets and Blockchain in Finance

- The legal, regulatory and compliance challenges to overcome before we see wider Web3 adoption

- The challenges with transparent ledgers and businesses wanting to protect sensitive data

- Where lawyers go to learn more about Blockchain

S4E10 Mina and the Importance of Zero Knowledge w. Kurt Hemecker (CEO, Mina Foundation) Jun 07, 2024

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Zero-Knowledge (ZK) technology has gathered a huge following globally, but is still little-known and under-appreciated in Web3 circles. But it is showing huge value providing scalability and data protection for Web3 builders and users alike.

Boasting an impressive CV, including the likes of PayPal, Diem, Libra and now Mina, Kurt Hemecker knows a thing or two about bringing complex technology to regulated industries. Which is exactly the skillset Web3 needs right now.

On this show we discuss:

- Kurt's path to Mina

- The mission and role of Mina Foundation

- The importance of ZK tech for Web3

- Examples of ZK apps and use cases that Mina are supporting

- What more is needed to see wider use of ZK and Web3 tech

S4E9 Web3 Wallets w. Metamask & Mesh (Kai Huang & Bam Azizi) May 24, 2024

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Wallets are a critical interface for any user of Dapps and Web3 services. But the UX and functionality is often so complex or limited. Not for long...

If you've been in Web3 for a while, chances are you've used Metamask once or twice. You're ok with having to manually add your random tokens, or get quoted astronomical gas fees from time to time. But better things are on the way.

Metamask and Mesh are working together to bring aggregation of multiple accounts across the crypto-verse, more comprehensive transaction history, integrations with a wide range of brokers and exchanges, and simpler logins with high levels of security. Want to know more?...

On this show we discuss:

- A beginners guide to Metamask

- What use cases / pain points Mesh are we trying to address with their multiple integrations and feeds

- Lessons learned from Mesh and Metamask's massive integration efforts

- The importance of Stablecoins in scaling Web3

- When we will see wider adoption of Web3, dapps and decentralised tech

S4E8 Data Science in Web3 Gaming w. Helika CEO, Anton Umnov May 06, 2024

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Web3 gaming is just getting started, but most people think it's just about the protocol or the tokens... What about the DATA?

We get a fascinating insight into what game developers need to create decentralised gaming economies... The team at Helika have worked with top studios like Yuga Labs, Proof of Play, Animoca Brands and many more, and have seen the early promise of Web3 gaming fall flat because of one particular challenge: DATA.

Actually, it's more than just data. It's how to design, collect, interpret and act on data; as well as designing a coherent game economy that can work in harmony with a decentralised crypto economy. No mean feat.

In this show we'll discuss:

- The maturity of the Web3 gaming ecosystem

- What makes Web3 hard for traditional game developers

- The importance of data for Web3 games

- What is different when it comes to decentralised games and digital assets

- Best practices for data management in gaming

- Advice to any company looking to build with Web3 tech

S4E7 Chainstack: Integrating Every Blockchain w. JJ Jager (CEO) Apr 19, 2024

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Want to meet the man who's trying to integrate ALL the Blockchains? That's no mean feat. Jan-Jaap Jager is transforming Web3 and making it easier for anyone to build Dapps on one or many different chains...

We've said this before, but Web3 will never reach 'mass adoption' if applications are hard to develop, and we don't provide tooling for developers and teams who don't want to learn random Blockchain coding languages.

Step forward Chainstack! It is their mission to make Blockchain development and infrastructure easy to use, and to give developers and organisations as much choice as possible when it comes to starting and supporting their Web3 journeys. Public. Private. Subnets. APIs. It's all here...

In this show we'll cover:

- The origins of Chainstack

- The problems with building on Blockchains today

- The importance of BaaS and SaaS for Web3 to scale

- The most exciting or impactful use cases that Chainstack enables

- What it takes to manage a portfolio of 25+ Blockchains

- Advice to anyone looking to build Dapps or Blockchain offerings

S4E6 Filecoin & a DePIN Masterclass w. Porter Stowell Apr 05, 2024

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DePIN is a sector where Blockchain tech is having a major impact. We talk this, and Filecoin’s 6-year history with Porter Stowell.

Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Networks: In short, the democratisation of compute, storage, communication and more. Optimising existing industrial-grade infrastructure and also allowing individuals to participate in a P2P sharing economy. Sound interesting and disruptive? It is.

Amazon and Google aren’t exactly quaking in their boots, but they’re watching with interest, and have been making moves in Web3 to make sure their legacy businesses doesn’t get blindsided by Blockchain.

Filecoin has been leading the charge, particularly in storage, since 2017 and was one of the most love projects from Web3’s previous growth cycle. Porter gives us his take on the emergence of DePIN, what it REALLY takes to scale viable decentralised networks, as well as:

- A Filecoin 101 for those who are new here

- How to manage supply and demand in DePIN networks

- The art of the ‘deal’ for B2B, large-scale storage

- What more is needed for DePIN networks to become attractive to enterprises and a wider user base

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