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**Good Game**

Good Game Podcast is a podcast for crypto natives.
Imran and Qiao discuss what’s on their minds in the crypto landscape.

Latest Episodes:

Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud and FTX collapse | EP 7 Nov 16, 2022

Show notes

We have had founders, investors and contributors that have been affected by the FTX collapse.

In this episode Imran and Qiao discuss:

Early warning signs
Answer questions from community
Lessons learned
New path forward

Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(01:25) The first to paid back were the decentralized protocols
(02:55) The rise of Alameda
(06:29) Launching Solana-based decentralized exchange Serum
(10:58) What were FTX's assets and liabilities?
(12:49) Crashing of 3AC got Alameda in a deep hole
(14:32) The $10B balance sheet hole breakdown
(18:16) Acquiring Voyager and Blockfi fill their hole
(20:19) $1B-$5B of crypto funds custodied on FTX
(22:44) 70% of all trading activity on FTX were institutions
(24:41) Do regulators understand the difference between DeFi and CeFi?
(27:28) Is Serum being forked?
(28:09) Why didn't VCs catch FTX through due diligence?
(32:36) Qiao explaining the leaked private group chat on Alameda
(35:20) Will Crypto VCs continue to prefer tokens over equity?
(37:45) What were people saying about Sam and FTX behind the scenes?
(47:00) If you're a Solana project, what do you do?
(53:00) Paradigm backing FTX was surprising?
(54:24) Healthiest approach to CEX regulation
(1:02:29) 12-week Digital dollar experiment launch
(1:03:37) Thoughts about the Solana DeFi state
(1:05:28) Who is the frontrunner for non kyc perps?
(1:07:28) What FTX collapse means for crypto outlook
(1:11:09) How bad is the contagion?
(1:15:45) Lessons learned

Qiao & Imran's stance on SBF prior to FTX collapse
Alliance tweet against SBF & DCCPA

Good Game Podcast: A podcast for crypto natives.
Find us at goodgamepod.xyz and follow us on Twitter @goodgamepodxy

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice.

The BEST breakdown of NFTs you'll ever hear | EP 6 Nov 08, 2022

Show notes

Imran and Qiao discuss what's on their minds in the crypto landscape.

Timestamps
(00:00) Welcome to Good Game!
(01:17) Crypto Kitties and EIP-721: NFTs are born
(05:11) OpenSea, the first NFT marketplace, goes through Y Combinator
(06:28) Overview of NFTs on Ethereum, Ronin, Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, Reddit, Tezos, and Flow
(14:39) The history of Crypto Punks and generative art
(19:08) Snowfro launching Art Blocks and Chromie Squiggles
(20:45) Why Crypto Punks and Bored Apes are valuable as digital nations
(27:00) Bored Apes Yuga Labs acquires Crypto Punks and gives holders IP commercial rights
(30:24) What is CC0 Creative Commons licensing for NFTs?
(33:02) Monetization of NFTs
(36:46) What Azuki is building for their community and the future for NFT communities
(40:25) How Nouns DAO works
(44:09) The messy governance models of NFTs
(47:19) An explanation of gaming NFTs
(53:01) An explanation of music NFTs
(1:00:55) An explanation of storytelling NFTs
(1:03:38) NFT communities are digital nations because they have a treasury
(1:04:57) An explanation of metaverse NFTs 1:06:54 Imran's top NFTs
(1:08:26) An explanation of Paradigm's Art Gobblers

Good Game Podcast: A podcast for crypto natives.
Find us at goodgamepod.xyz and follow us on Twitter @goodgamepodxy

Crypto Macro, Coinbase's Brian Armstrong vs FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, Bullish Case for Cosmos | EP 5 Oct 25, 2022

Show notes

Imran and Qiao discuss what's on their minds in the crypto landscape.

Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(00:35) Welcome to Good Game!
(02:30) Qiao talks short term macro
(12:08) Longterm macro and what will happen to crypto in the next 10 years
(26:39) Coinbase's Brian Armstrong vs FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried
(28:21) Brian Armstrong's Coinbase story
(31:37) Sam Bankman-Fried's story
(34:45) How the background and stories of each founder drives divergent product strategies
(39:51) How Coinbase's and FTX's divergent product lines inform legal strategy
(45:29) Sam Bankman-Fried's stance on DCCPA (Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act)
(48:39) Coinbase's strategy on DCCPA
(50:01) Explanation of Cosmos V2's new stack designed to help ATOM token accrue value
(53:30) Cosmos V2: Interchain security - validators as a service
(56:05) Cosmos V2: Liquid staking - built into SDK
(57:14) Cosmos V2: Interchain scheduler - gain more fees
(58:09) Cosmos V2: Cross-chain MEV marketplace
(59:16) Cosmos V2: Interchain allocator - ecosystem fund
(1:01:44) Bullish on Cosmos 1:04:34 Solana's Anatoly says app-specific rollups could make sense on Solana
(1:05:56) Conclusion
Good Game Podcast: A podcast for crypto natives.
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Everything you need to know about Sui with Mysten Lab founders Evan Cheng & Sam Blackshear | EP 4 Oct 05, 2022

Show notes

Imran and Qiao bring on Mysten Labs cofounders Evan Cheng and Sam Blackshear to learn about Sui. In this episode we talk about what they learned at Facebook Libra, what makes Sui different technically, and Sui's go-to-market strategy.

Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(01:11) Imran and Qiao introduce the interview
(15:02) The interview with Evan and Sam starts
(15:35) Sam Blackshear's background at Facebook Libra
(18:39) Evan Cheng's storied career at Apple and Facebook
(24:10) Why do Evan and Sam think that another smart contract platform should be available for the masses?
(27:04) What makes Sui different?
(37:26) The misconception of Sui around specifying dependencies for parallelization
(31:08) What is horizontal scaling?
(40:17) What is intra-validator sharding vs Ethereum's inter-validator sharding?
(44:45) How does Sui bootstrap its developer community?
(50:12) Is Sui only focused on gaming?
(52:39) How will the consumer experience be different with Sui?
(57:39) What are the top misconceptions around Sui?
(1:03:02) Imran and Qiao discuss what they learned after the interview

Evan Cheng's Twitter: @EvanWeb3
Sam Blackshear: @b1ackd0g
Mysten Labs Twitter: @Mysten_Labs

Good Game Podcast: A podcast for crypto natives.
Find us at goodgamepod.xyz and follow us on Twitter @goodgamepodxy

The State of Crypto: Where are developers going? | EP 3 Sep 20, 2022

Show notes

Imran and Qiao discuss what's on their minds in the crypto landscape.

Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(00:35) CPI dropped - the "Merge" has become the "Purge"
(04:35) The state of Layer 1s and Layer 2s - what's happening?
(05:41) Why Imran and Qiao can see the future
(07:24) The state of Layer 1s based on Electric Capital's January 2022 report
(09:32) What's changed for Ethereum since Electric Capital's report?
(11:03) What's changed for Solana since January 2022?
(12:02) What's changed for Cosmos since January 2022?
(13:42) The war between Layer 2s and side-chains on Ethereum
(15:39) Explaining optimistic rollups Optimism and Arbitrum
(16:48) Why Arbitrum is winning the mindshare of the developer ecosystem
(21:01) Ethereum rollups will be competing with Cosmos for specialization
(23:59) Arbitrum dedicated rollups are fragmenting liquidity and user experience
(27:32) Why Polygon side-chain has won developer mindshare
(31:33) Explaining how Starkware uses zero knowledge proofs to scale
(33:29) What are zk-rollups?
(34:30) The uphill battle for Starkware
(36:10) Why dYdX left Starkware for Cosmos
(41:54) Solana vs Sui and Aptos
(43:17) Move language attracting developers from Solana to Sui and Aptos
(46:50) Aptos more developer-friendly than Sui
(49:25) Aptos and Sui are clearly gaining developer adoption momentum over Solana
(52:15) Why many Ethereum developers will never move off of Ethereum
(58:10) Why Cosmos hasn't had any hype
(59:43) Founders are being attracted to Cosmos from launch of Osmosis
(1:00:26) App-chain thesis - the rise of application-specific blockchains
(1:02:35) Monolithic chains are just fast prototyping testnets for Cosmos
(1:04:25) The pain of bridging between Cosmos hubs

Good Game Podcast: A podcast for crypto natives.
Find us at goodgamepod.xyz and follow us on Twitter @goodgamepodxy

Fei Protocol Unwind, Sudoswap's Zero NFT Royalties, Zuckerburg's Metaverse Future | EP 2 Sep 02, 2022

Show notes

Imran and Qiao discuss what's on their minds in the crypto landscape.

(00:45) Why Qiao shorted Eth and price predictions
(04:43) The actual reason behind the Fei protocol unwind
(18:22) Everything wrong with the state of crypto governance
(20:18) Rise of Sudoswap and its influence on NFT royalty fees
(45:00) Screwed-up incentives with token lockup periods
(59:34) Mark Zuckerburg and Joe Rogan metaverse podcast interview debrief

Good Game Podcast: A podcast for crypto natives.
Find us at goodgamepod.xyz and follow us on Twitter @goodgamepodxyz!

Tornado Cash Sanction Wakeup Call, Solana Phone, Eth Merge Predictions | EP 1 Aug 24, 2022

Show notes

Imran Khan and Qiao Wang kick off the first episode Good Game podcast by discussing the latest news top of mind.

(00:33) How Tornado Cash sanction is a wakeup call to the industry
(05:43) As a builder of decentralized software, do you build as an anon?
(08:11) If US government bans crypto, which community will fight?
(10:19) MakerDAO introducing real world assets centralizes risk
(11:51) Should we be building crypto native products for real world users that aren’t crypto native?
(15:11) The coolest recent innovation is Coinbase’s MPC wallet
(18:16) How the Solana phone is a hardware wallet with phone capabilities
(19:41) End state of crypto: every hardware wallet will be a super app
(24:44) Ethereum Merge analysis and market predictions
(33:30) Eth Proof-of-Work fork will be more irrelevant than ETC

Good Game Podcast: A podcast for crypto natives.
Find us at goodgamepod.xyz and follow us on Twitter @goodgamepodxyz!

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