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BLOCKLORDS: A Medieval Grand Strategy Game That Puts Players in Control of Their Own Destiny May 17, 2022

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In this episode, we sit down with David Johansson, Founder and CEO of MetaKing Studios, the team behind BLOCKLORDS, a medieval grand strategy game where players shape its world and narrative. We dive into the core pillars of gameplay, breeding and battle mechanics, integrating seasons and dynasties, and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:01:44) – David’s background.

(00:16:24) – BLOCKLORDS origin.

(00:20:43) – Overview of BLOCKLORDS.

(00:29:02) – Game rollout.

(00:33:10) – Lords and civil war.

(00:36:08) – Game mechanics and king gameplay.

(00:45:59) – The dynasty system.

(00:52:42) – Breeding and seasons.

(00:55:48) – Upcoming events.

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Lens Protocol: The User-Owned, Open Social Graph Enabling Composable Social Applications May 06, 2022

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Stani Kulechov is the Founder of Aave and Lens Protocol, a composable and decentralized social graph that makes building Web3 social platforms easy. We discuss tokenizing online social relationships, giving online social ownership to the users, algorithm tweaking, and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:42) – What is Lens Protocol?

(00:09:16) – Web3 and social graphs.

(00:19:11) – What a decentralized social graph will unlock.

(00:33:13) – Web3 social business models.

(00:38:48) – Will Lens social graphs become more valuable than Web2 social graphs?

(00:42:57) – Apps building on top of Lens.

(00:47:43) – Lens’ success.

(00:50:53) – What keeps Stani going?

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DISRUPTORS: Modular Blockchains for Sovereign Communities With Hacktivist Mustafa Al-Bassam May 03, 2022

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Most blockchains, as we know them, are monolithic in nature. Nodes take care of its three core functions; consensus, data availability, settlement and execution. In contrast, modular blockchains are fundamentally different – each layer of the stack specializes in one or many of its functions. Soon, anyone will be able to deploy their own blockchain.

Having co-founded Celestia, the world’s first modular blockchain network, our third DISRUPTORS guest, hacktivist Mustafa Al-Bassam shares his vision of sovereign communities and how he invented a clever hack to widely redistribute power.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:13) – Hacktivism and power redistribution.

(00:07:20) – Bitcoin and blockchain scalability.

(00:25:27) – The rise of the modular blockchain.

(00:39:21) – Sovereignty in modularity.

(00:51:57) – Q&A.

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Webaverse: Pioneering An Immersive, Open Source Metaverse Enabling Community-Built Worlds Apr 30, 2022

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In this episode, we sit down with Jin, Avaer, and Ahad from Webaverse, a fully open source and open license web metaverse. We discuss the ethos behind building on open standards, Upstreet, the MMO built on Webaverse, the NFT drop, and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:05:44) – What is Webaverse?

(00:09:22) – Building on web & open standards.

(00:16:05) – The Webaverse stack.

(00:28:29) – Upstreet and community world building.

(00:34:35) – How players, builders, and projects can get involved.

(00:44:18) – Technical roadmap and NFT drop.

(00:48:24) – Defining success / value capture.

(01:00:08) – Unlocking online 3D worlds.

(01:02:24) – Thoughts on the metaverse.

(01:11:20) – Rapid fire questions.

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Andre Cronje: Out of the Crypto Badlands Into a Regulated Future Apr 27, 2022

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In this episode we sit down with Andre Cronje, a renowned DeFi developer and the creator of Yearn. We talk about the reasons behind rallying for regulated crypto, leaving the crypto badlands, the Solidly launch on Fantom, and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:05) – Biggest regrets and looking back on Yearn.

(00:08:30) – A better path to decentralization.

(00:16:40) – Why create regulated crypto?

(00:28:06) – What regulated crypto could look like.

(00:40:27) – The path to regulation.

(01:03:00) – Andre, Fantom, and Solidly.

(01:22:24) – Closing.

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MetaStreet: Establishing a Liquidity Base Layer for the NFT Credit Market Apr 25, 2022

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In this episode, we sit down with Conor Moore and David Choi from MetaStreet, a liquidity routing and scaling solution for peer-to-peer (P2P) NFT-collateralized loan platforms. We discuss the problems with scaling NFT lending, how MetaStreet vaults work, gamifying governance, and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:00:49) – Guests’ backgrounds / starting MetaStreet.

(00:08:46) – The state of NFT lending.

(00:12:23) – The underwriting process.

(00:22:02) – Will loans for floor assets be peer-to-pool?

(00:27:21) – Overview and vision of MetaStreet.

(00:36:42) – Lending of gaming assets.

(00:39:55) – MetaStreet’s governance.

(00:52:07) – MetaStreet’s roadmap / beta details.

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The Evolution of AI in Gaming – Aaron McDonald & Brooks Brown Apr 15, 2022

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This panel was originally presented by Altered State Machine (ASM) during SXSW 2022.
Tom Shaughnessy hosts the discussion between masterminds Aaron McDonald (Co-founder of ASM) and Brooks Brown (Co-founder of NOR) on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in gaming. They discuss the benefits of owning an AI, community governance within games, and normalizing NFTs and the financialization of games.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:03:07) – AI’s role in gaming.

(00:13:44) – Overcoming the fear of AI.

(00:18:55) – Why own AI?

(00:21:32) – Community involvement in games.

(00:33:42) – Competing with large game companies.

(00:42:08) – Thoughts on governance in games.

(00:49:39) – The game developer’s POV.

(00:53:43) – NFTs and financialization of games.

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Zeta Markets: The Premier Under-Collateralized DeFi Options and Futures Trading Platform Built on Solana Apr 13, 2022

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Tristan Frizza is Co-founder and CEO of Zeta Markets, an under-collateralized DeFi futures & options platform built on the Solana blockchain. We dive into Zeta’s under-collateralization mechanism, CeFi options versus DeFi options, the future of DeFi, and much more.

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(00:00:33) – Tristan’s background.

(00:08:29) – Why DeFi options protocols have failed to take off.

(00:19:12) – Zeta’s pricing and volatility calculations.

(00:23:56) – Undercollateralized positions and leveraged trading.

(00:29:14) – CeFi options vs. DeFi options.

(00:36:20) – Thoughts on structured products.

(00:43:25) – Pros and cons of DeFi and CeFi options.

(00:51:56) – The role of options outside of speculation.

(00:56:57) – Benefits of building on Solana.

(01:05:30) – The future of Zeta.

(01:09:16) – Rapid fire questions.

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Horizon Blockchain Games: How Building a Trading Card Game Led to Web3’s Smartest Wallet Apr 12, 2022

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Peter Kieltyka is Co-Founder of Horizon Blockchain Games, a Web3 product and infrastructure company focused on making Web3 fun, simple, and accessible for everyone. We talk about creating the Skyweaver trading card game, Sequence’s key differentiating features, the importance of ERC-1155 tokens in games, and much more.
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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:05:22) – Overview of Horizon and Skyweaver.

(00:14:30) – Dive into Sequence, Niftyswap, and ERC1155s.

(00:33:15) – The roadmap for Horizon.

(00:41:52) – The biggest architectural obstacles in crypto.

(00:47:12) – Rapid fire questions.

(00:57:10) – Closing.

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Krause House DAO: Empowering Basketball Fans to Buy and Govern an NBA Team Apr 08, 2022

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Flex Chapman is the Co-founder of Krause House DAO, a community of basketball fanatics aiming to buy and operate an NBA team. We discuss the feasibility of buying an NBA team, the implications of a fan-governed team, Krause House’s operational structure, and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:19) – The inspiration for Krause House.

(00:05:57) – Buying an NBA team.

(00:13:40) – Structuring Krause House as a DAO

(00:21:21) – Governance within Krause House.

(00:34:37) – The future of Krause House.

(00:39:09) – Closing.

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