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Cryptoys: Collectible, Interactive, and Playable Digital Toys for the NFT Generation Apr 06, 2022

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Will Weinraub is the Co-founder and CEO of OnChain Studios, the team behind Cryptoys, collectible and playable digital toys for the NFT generation. We discuss the parallels between Cryptoys and Nintendo, the genesis collection launch, managing privacy on transferable AI, and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:26) – The story behind Cryptoys.

(00:08:15) – Overview of Cryptoys.

(00:19:59) – Kids, artificial intelligence, and data.

(00:25:00) – Building on Flow.

(00:30:51) – Potential IP partnerships.

(00:32:25) – Kids and digital immersion.

(00:37:49) – Rapid fire questions.

(00:51:34) – Closing.

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DISRUPTORS: Why DAOs? With Tracheopteryx Apr 04, 2022

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“The next Buddha may be a Sangha.”

DAOs are the next step in collective development, slated to transform life and work as we know it. We are now at the very beginning, and what we’ve seen is only the edge of the shadow.

Our second DISRUPTORS guest, Tracheopteryx, gives a new definition for DAOs, laying out their anatomy, and contextualizing their value. Being a core contributor at Yearn and Coordinape, Tracheopteryx sits right at the frontier of the most decentralized DAOs on the planet.

What are DAOs? How do they work? Why do they matter? Tune in to find out.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:02) – Tracheopteryx and Yearn.

(00:09:20) – What are DAOs?

(00:16:06) – How do DAOs work?

(00:39:10) – Why DAOs?

(00:45:51) – Q&A

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Crypto Raiders: Creating an Anti-Fragile Game Economy with Skill-Based Gameplay Mar 25, 2022

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We sit down with Nicholas Kneuper (CEO) and Nat Eliason (DeFi and Tokenomics Advisor) of Crypto Raiders, an NFT-based dungeon crawler game on Polygon. We dive into earning passive income with MOBS, $RAIDER and $AURUM tokenomics, composability between Polygon games, and much more.

Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:05:44) – Overview of Crypto Raiders.

(00:10:45) – Skill-based earning & tournament mechanics.

(00:14:53) – $RAIDER and $AURUM tokens.

(00:23:33) – The Crypto Raiders economy.

(00:32:23) – Unexpected challenges when building.

(00:36:38) – The Crypto Raiders community.

(00:45:22) – Balancing accessibility, token value, and the economy.

(00:49:37) – The Crypto Raiders roadmap.

(00:52:39) – Advice to builders.

(00:58:29) – MOBS mechanics and composability across games.

(01:06:16) – Closing.

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Web3 is a Shared Experience: Reka and Raz, Co-Founders of Agora Mar 23, 2022

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Closing out our Web3 series, we sit down with Reka and Raz, Co-Founders of Agora, a studio DAO building essentials for communities. We dive into community role management with Guild, connecting Web2 and Web3 communities, and much more!

Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:03:46) – Overview of Agora and Guild.

(00:14:36) – Bridging Web3 and Web2.

(00:19:32) – Thoughts on DAO tooling.

(00:30:06) – Community involvement in building.

(00:37:16) – Social graphs and privacy.

(00:42:12) – What’s missing from the Web3 stack?

(00:46:34) – The future of Agora and Guild.

(00:51:39) – Where are we in the adoption of Web3?

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Web3 is Frictionless Collaboration: Stepan Simkin, Co-Founder & CEO of Squads Protocol Mar 22, 2022

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Continuing our Web3 series, we sit down with Stepan Simkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Squads Protocol, a collaborative infrastructure for Web3 native teams. We dive into how Squads facilitates collaboration, the state of DAOs on Solana, onboarding the next wave of users, and much more!

Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:04:04) – How Squads manages governance.

(00:06:12) – Governance in Web3.

(00:07:56) – DAO tooling on Solana.

(00:13:21) – Squads onboarding process.

(00:16:37) – DAOs on Solana.

(00:25:16) – Interesting DAO tools.

(00:29:22) – Bringing in the next wave of users.

(00:39:16) – The future of governance.

(00:44:24) – Squads’ roadmap.

(00:48:24) – Closing.

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BreederDAO: The Metaverse Factory Producing Strategically-Aligned Assets at Scale Mar 18, 2022

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In this episode, we sit down with Renz Chong, CEO of BreederDAO, an NFT asset factory for blockchain games. We discuss BreederDAO’s business model, $BREED tokenomics, critiques of the guild model, and much more!

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(00:00:00) – Introduction & Renz’s background.

(00:04:50) – BreederDAO’s business model & tooling.

(00:09:27) – Guild partnerships.

(00:12:19) – $BREED token.

(00:14:25) – BreederDAO’s competitive edge.

(00:18:58) – The team & DAO structure.

(00:22:27) – Critiques of the guild-model & guilds.

(00:26:25) – Thoughts on play-to-earn / play-and-earn.

(00:29:28) – Rapid fire questions.

(00:37:46) – BreederDAO’s roadmap & closing.

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Web3 Is Reimagining the Architecture of Applications: Preethi Kasireddy, Founder of DappCamp Mar 16, 2022

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Our Web3 series continues with Preethi Kasireddy, Founder of DappCamp, a hands-on experience on how to architect, develop, and scale a Web3 app on Ethereum. We dive into the differences in Web2 and Web3 application architecture including decentralized storage, blockchain querying, L2 solutions and much more.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:03:38) – Architecture of Web3 apps.

(00:18:38) – Thoughts the future of wallets.

(00:21:16) – Decentralized storage.

(00:28:31) – Querying the blockchain.

(00:33:47) – Aggregating fees for users.

(00:37:46) – L2 scaling solutions.

(00:42:23) – Cross-chain communication.

(00:45:01) – Closing questions.

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Web3 Is the Logical Next Version of the Internet: Sahil Bloom, Investor and Co-Founder of The Room Where It Happens Mar 16, 2022

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Our Web3 series continues with Sahil Bloom, Investor and Co-Founder of The Room Where It Happens. We talk about investing in Web3, differentiating community governance and ownership, onboarding the next generation of users into crypto, and much more!

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(00:00:00) – Introduction and Sahil’s background.

(00:04:23) – XGamesDAO and governance.

(00:11:13) – Community ownership and Reddit.

(00:16:17) – Investing in Web3.

(00:32:17) – Sahil’s Web3 focus.

(00:37:32) – Industries ripe for disruption from tokenization.

(00:41:43) – Thoughts on NFTs.

(00:43:35) – What is Web3?

(00:44:51) – Thoughts on Web3 social and closing.

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MetaMundo: The 3D NFT Marketplace for Building the Metaverse Mar 11, 2022

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In this episode, we sit down with Mark Studholme and Finn Hansen, Co-founders of MetaMundo, a project empowering 3D creators to shape the open metaverse. We discuss how NFT interoperability is technically achieved, MetaMundo’s 3D NFT marketplace, the functionality of MetaPortal NFTs, and much more!

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(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:09:00) – Technical structure for NFT interoperability.

(00:16:20) – Monitoring and integrating upcoming virtual worlds.

(00:17:38) – Marketplace on MetaMundo.

(00:19:26) – Going multi-chain.

(00:21:02) – Launching MetaMundo.

(00:24:22) – The functionality of MetaPortals.

(00:26:15) – Rapid fire questions.

(00:40:17) – Closing.

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Web3 is the Dataverse: Danny Zuckerman, Founder of 3Box Labs & Ceramic Network Mar 09, 2022

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Our Web3 series continues with Danny Zuckerman, Co-founder of 3Box Labs. 3Box Labs has been building out Ceramic Network, an ecosystem for decentralized data storage and management. We cover data interoperability in Web3, how Ceramic enables data composability, and why the dataverse is the new metaverse.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction and Danny’s background.

(00:03:20) – Distributed data and storage.

(00:07:13) – What is Ceramic Network?

(00:17:32) – Impact of composable data structures / Owning your own data.

(00:28:43) – The business models of Web3 social.

(00:35:19) – What is Web3?

(00:42:11) – The trade-offs of using Ceramic Network.

(00:45:02) – The future of Ceramic Network.

(00:48:33) – Closing.

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