Chainlinked Podcast

Season One Wrap-Up & Music IP NFTs with UREEQA Dec 17, 2021

Charting the course for the next phase of Chainlinked, plus UREEQA’s Rakan Aown in a discussion with Andy Boyan about the recording industry and how NFTs, Web3, and UREEQA are clarifying artist compensation in music.

UREEQA: https://www.ureeqa.com/

Rakan Aown: https://twitter.com/rakanaown

Chainlink Labs: chainlinklabs.com

Chainlink Today: twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: twitter.com/andyboyan

Illuvium, Chainlink, and the Metaverse with Kieran Warwick Dec 10, 2021

Illuvium Co-Founder Kieran Warwick and Chainlink Labs’ Andy Boyan have a spirited discussion from the DeFi Live virtual conference about the state of building in the metaverse, and how Illuvium approaches building blockchain games that compete with the existing AAA game development industry.

Illuvium: illuvium.io

Kieran Warwick: twitter.com/KieranWarwick

Chainlink Labs: chainlinklabs.com

Chainlink Today: twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: twitter.com/andyboyan

How Injective Protocol’s Layer 2 Uses Chainlink For Fast Data Dec 03, 2021

Injective Protocol’s Eric Chen joins to explain how Injective’s custom layer-2 solution uses Chainlink Price Feeds. We discuss how systems evolve toward decentralization and how Injective uses Chainlink Off-Chain Reporting (OCR) for decentralized and inexpensive updates.

Injective: hub.injective.network

Eric Chen: twitter.com/ericinjective

Chainlink Labs: chainlinklabs.com

Chainlink Today: twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: twitter.com/andyboyan

Delving Into the freeCodeCamp Solidity and Smart Contract Tutorial with Patrick Collins from Chainlink Labs Nov 26, 2021

Become a blockchain developer with the freeCodeCamp smart contract and Solidity tutorial on freeCodeCamp. Tutorial creator Patrick Collins from Chainlink Labs joins to explain why this is the internet’s best resource for learning Solidity coding and smart contract development.

freeCodeCamp Tutorial: https://bit.ly/3vOgTSO

Patrick Collins: https://twitter.com/PatrickAlphaC

Chainlink Labs: https://chainlinklabs.com/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Chainlinked at NFT.NYC 2021 with Nick Casares from Polyient Labs Nov 19, 2021

This episode explores NFTs through the lens of one of the industry’s biggest conferences, NFT.NYC. Nick Casares from Polyient Labs joins me to talk about NFTs, gaming, and how a broader understanding of the metaverse is being informed by web3, NFTs, and on-chain digital property rights.

Nick Casares: https://twitter.com/nickcasares

PolyientX: https://twitter.com/PolyientX

Chainlink Labs: https://chainlinklabs.com/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Web3 in Southeast Asia (SEA) with Mike Ferrer from Chainlink Labs Nov 12, 2021

Chainlink Labs’ Mike Ferrer joins to teach us about the growing Web3 community of startups, developers, and enthusiasts in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region. We discuss how Axie Infinity and other NFT and DeFi games and applications are helping people virtually cross borders and gain financial opportunities.

Mike Ferrer: https://twitter.com/blitzio

Chainlink Labs: https://chainlinklabs.com/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Optimism PBC, EVM Equivalence, and the Metaverse with Karl Floersch & Ben Jones Nov 05, 2021

Karl Floersch and Ben Jones delve into Optimism PBC’s EVM Equivalence, the metaverse, retroactive public goods funding, and what that means for developers, end-users, and the broader Ethereum ecosystem. Plus, we have some fun and talk a little gaming, music, and more.

Optimism PBC: https://www.optimism.io/

Karl Floersch: https://karl.tech/

Ben Jones: https://twitter.com/ben_chain

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

The CBDC Euro with Clark Parsons from the IEF Oct 29, 2021

The Internet Economy Foundation Director (IEF), Clark Parsons, joins for a deep discussion about a recent paper, co-authored by the IEF and Chainlink, which outlines a recommendation for a CBDC Digital Euro that supports a hybrid monetary policy. This approach gives central banks more tools to manage increasingly complex macroeconomic conditions.

Establishing a Digital Euro Full Study: https://www.ie.foundation/content/4-publications/studie-establishing-a-digital-euro.pdf

IEF Blockchain Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6gVoRJztzs

Internet Economy Foundation: https://www.ie.foundation/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Kwenta Core Contributor Andrew Trudel Oct 22, 2021

Kwenta Core Contributor Andrew Trudel delves into the relationships between the Synthetix protocol, community, and Kwenta’s no-slippage DeFi platform on Optimism Layer 2. We chat about the role of different collateral types and how they present different models for liquidity across layer 2 environments.

Kwenta: https://kwenta.io/

Andrew Trudel: https://twitter.com/Andotlas

Synthetix: https://synthetix.io/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Chainlink Fall 2021 Hackathon Preview Oct 15, 2021

Chainlink Labs’ Melodi Kaya previews the upcoming Chainlink Fall Hackathon. We cover the range of prizes, major sponsors, technical and educational workshops, and what to expect from the growing Chainlink developer community in the largest Chainlink hackathon yet.

Chainlink Fall 2021 Hackathon: https://chain.link/hackathon

Melodi Kaya: https://twitter.com/melodikaya

Tesla Chainlink External Adapter: https://blog.chain.link/create-tesla-smart-contract-rental/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Gemini’s Matthew Werner Oct 08, 2021

Gemini’s Matthew Werner joins to discuss the cryptocurrency exchange’s recent integration of Chainlink Proof of Reserve for Gemini’s wrapped Filecoin, EFIL. We dive into decentralization, transparency, and get to know Matthew’s penchant for using IoT devices to add programmable utility to his everyday life.

Gemini: https://www.gemini.com/

Chainlink Proof of Reserve: https://chain.link/solutions/proof-of-reserve

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Binance Smart Chain’s Samy Karim Oct 01, 2021

Binance Smart Chain’s Samy Karim talks about the growth of gamefi and gaming dapps on BSC, how BSC kickstarted a dapp ecosystem, and his professional success in the web3 industry.

Binance Smart Chain: https://twitter.com/BinanceChain

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Chainlink International: Latin America & Korea Sep 24, 2021

Chainlink Labs Community Manager Marc Romero talks about his path to working in web3 and about the LatAm builders working on smart contracts. Plus, Erica Kang from KryptoSeoul shares insight into the growth of blockchain and web3 in Korea.

Chainlink Twitter en Espanõl: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkSpain

Marc Romero: https://twitter.com/marcromerona

FreeCodeCamp Course: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-solidity-blockchain-and-smart-contracts-in-a-free/

Erica Kang: https://twitter.com/ekang426

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Chainlink Keepers Deep Dive Sep 17, 2021

Chainlink Keepers are a decentralized way to automate smart contracts. The Chainlink Labs product team joins me on a deep dive Chainlinked episode to explore the uses cases for Chainlink Keepers, and how its features utilize the strengths of Chainlink decentralized oracle networks to create more secure and reliable DevOps infrastructure for smart contract developers.

Chainlink Keepers: https://chain.link/solutions/keepers

Chainlink Keepers Technical Docs: https://docs.chain.link/docs/chainlink-keepers/introduction/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Harmony Founder Stephen Tse & John Wolpert from Baseline Sep 10, 2021

Harmony Founder Stephen Tse discusses empathy in building trustless systems, how Chainlink oracles are helping the Harmony testnet grow, and how the NFT space will need scalable solutions.

Baseline Co-founder John Wolpert explains the Baseledger L2 testnet release featuring Chainlink oracles, and dives into the problems enterprise IT are solving using blockchains.

Harmony: https://www.harmony.one/

Stephen Tse: https://twitter.com/stse

Baseline: https://www.baseline-protocol.org/

John Wolpert: https://twitter.com/jwolpert

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal Shares Polygon's Scaling Strategy & Aave’s Ajit Tripathi Talks DeFi & Web3 Sep 03, 2021

Polygon Co-founder Sandeep Nailwal explains the Hermez merger, $1 billion in initiatives to support Polygon’s strategic focus on ZK-based scaling solutions, and how Polygon Studios is playing a role in growing Polygon as a space for digital culture.

Aave’s Ajit Tripathi discusses how financial institutions are entering DeFi and what they’re looking for when considering joining the web3 industry.

Polygon: https://polygon.technology/

Sandeep Nailwal: https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal

Aave: https://aave.com/

Ajit Tripathi: https://twitter.com/chainyoda

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Fantom CEO Michael Kong & Careers In Blockchain And Web3 Aug 27, 2021

The Fantom blockchain recently integrated native Chainlink oracles. Fantom CEO Michael Kong joins Chainlinked to talk about what this means for DeFi on Fantom and the broader DeFi and smart contract ecosystem.

Looking for a job in blockchain or web3? Ben Wu from Chainlink Labs joins to discuss the current state of the blockchain job market and how applicants can stand out to land a job building the web3 ecosystem.

Fantom: https://fantom.foundation/

Michael Kong: https://twitter.com/michaelfkong

Chainlink Labs Careers: https://chainlinklabs.com/careers

Ben Wu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwu640/

Marc Romero: https://twitter.com/marcromerona

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

The Smart Contract Research Forum and Reflections on SmartCon Aug 20, 2021

Smart Contract Research Forum (SCRF) aims to bridge the gaps between academic and industry researchers, engineers, and protocol developers from a diverse set of disciplines. Co-founder Rich Brown joins Chainlinked to talk about the outsized impact that SCRF will have on long-term progress in blockchain and decentralized systems.

SmartCon emcees Mike Zacharski and Lauren Halstead join Chainlinked to discuss some of the many impactful moments from SmartCon #1 and give a backstage look at how an event like SmartCon comes to life.

SmartCon #1 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVP9aGDn-X0RO9JXbc8ayQtIp_DyhlA9s

SCRF: https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/

Lauren Halstead: https://twitter.com/halsteady

Mike Zacharski: https://twitter.com/MichaelZski

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

Chainlink Oracles on Avalanche Aug 13, 2021

Recently, Chainlink Labs put on a Developer Bootcamp to get all types of developers with many levels of engineering experience started using Chainlink and web3 smart contracts. We brought Chainlink Labs' Harry Papacharissiou on to the podcast to talk about the event, and how it fits into a larger goal of making the world a better place with decentralized infrastructure. We also discuss Harry's path as a former winner of the Chainlink Hackathon with the Link My Ride submission.

Next, we talk to Ava Labs' Lead Smart Contracts Developer Connor Daly about the recent announcement that Chainlink Price Feeds are native and available on the Avalanche smart contracts platform. After a brief check-in on Connor's cats, we explore how many DeFi projects have been waiting for secure Chainlink oracles to jumpstart their products on Avalanche.

Did you attend the Developer Bootcamp? Are you using DeFi on Avalanche? Let me know via the Chainlink community channels or in the Twitter comments. I'd love to read some of your stories on the pod.

Link My Ride: https://blog.chain.link/create-tesla-smart-contract-rental/

Avalanche: https://www.avax.network/

Chainlink Today: https://twitter.com/ChainlinkToday

Andy Boyan: https://twitter.com/andyboyan

SmartCon's Global Reach Aug 04, 2021

SmartCon 2021 is right around the corner. This episode brings you Keenan Olsen and Josh Simenhoff from the Chainlink Labs team.

Keenan discusses what goes into creating a massive event like SmartCon and how the Chainlink ecosystem has come together to participate in this event.

Josh tells us about the growing international community and how the Community Advocates program is helping to teach even more people about Chainlink, blockchain, and web3.

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Music by Boyan the Bard

Chainlinked Podcast Preview Aug 04, 2021

A quick preview of what to expect on Chainlinked.

Chainlinked is a pocket-sized podcast series looking at the many applications of Chainlink blockchain oracles across global enterprise, the blockchain industry, and emerging tech projects.

We break down the news and frame Chainlink technical innovations and integrations for any listener.

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