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Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Welcome to the Crypto Sapiens podcast!
In this episode, we explore the origins and stories of some of the most innovative and visionary Web3 founders including Chris Castig of Console, Evin of Disco, Dan Romero of Farcaster, Perchy of Chippi NFT, Alex Salnikov of Rarible and Frogmonkee. In this episode, we'll take a deep dive into the personal and professional backgrounds of these trailblazers, and discover how their experiences shaped their journey towards building decentralized technologies.
As the saying goes, "every giant has beginnings," and the Web3 movement is no exception. The founders of Web3 are a diverse group of individuals who come from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. However, what they all share is a vision for a decentralized future that empowers individuals, rather than centralized institutions.
Before diving into the world of Web3, many of these founders had already made significant contributions to various industries, such as finance, technology, and academia. Their experiences and expertise in these fields helped shape their understanding of the limitations of centralized systems, and the potential of decentralized technology.
Through their stories, we'll discover the pivotal moments that led these founders to explore decentralized technology, and how they began to envision a future that was built on Web3 principles. We'll explore their personal and professional journeys, and how their backgrounds and experiences have helped shape their vision for a more decentralized world.
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Chris Castig https://twitter.com/castig - Console https://twitter.com/consoledao
Evin https://twitter.com/provenauthority - Disco https://twitter.com/discoxyz
Dan Romero https://twitter.com/dwr - Farcaster https://twitter.com/farcaster_xyz
Perchy https://twitter.com/TheFutureisDAO1 - Chippi NFT https://twitter.com/chippinft
Alex Salnikov https://twitter.com/insider0x - Rarible https://twitter.com/rarible
Frogmonkee https://twitter.com/frogmonkee
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Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
This episode features snippets of inspiration as we explore what inspired today's builders and leaders of web3 and web3 communities during their crypto journey and what motivates these pioneers to build innovative products and services in the rapidly evolving world of decentralized technology.
Dan Romero reflects on his journey and how the internet provided an ungated space to create and publish content while growing an audience for minimal money or effort.
Lukas shares how the vibrant and dynamic community on Crypto Twitter, where ideas are shared and debated in real time, inspired how this leads to new collaborations and innovations.
Mike McGuiness, Chris Castig, and David Phelps are all inspired by the social visionary Balaji Srinivasan's transparent work on the Network State. Along with his revolutionary ideas of the impact crypto will have in the future of society.
Vikram shares his vision of not living with regrets and how hearing years previously from Jeff Bezos has motivated him in everything that he has done.
Zach Anderson shared being inspired by thinkers that work to open up different paradigms and systems.
Alex Salnikov shares the powerful impact Vitalik Buterin had on his journey and how reading Ethereum Whitepaper and the revolutionary foundation it set for decentralized finance and web3 technology.
Perchy shares how friends have directly influenced his journey, leading him to where he is today.
David Phelps also shares how creating community relationships impacted his journey, noting how deep dives into economics, economic theory, and macroeconomics not only inspired a realization of the decline of US Power and the decline in the US dollar but built the foundation for friendship. Friendships flourished over debates on the next global order, paving the path down the rabbit hole. This particular trip down the rabbit hole not only provoked higher level questions like, What if the next global empire isn't a psychical nation-state? What if the internet is the next Global state? But it also formed a lifelong friendship in the process.
Alex Poon reflects on his experience with the alliance accelerator and the generosity and understanding within his network.
Erin McMullen reflects on women that she has met while creating a welcoming space for female and those that identify as non-binary.
Philip Silva notes Bitcoin and our very own Humpty Calderon as inspiration throughout his journey.
Visit the Crypto Sapiens website to download these inspirational and all of our other episodes episodes with these inspiring creators.
This episode features the following founders:
Charmverse - Alex Poon
Noox - Henry Lee
Disco - Erin McMullen
Perchy- Chippi
Coordinape - Zach Anderson
Gm .xyz - Mike McGuiness
Ens - Kori
Farcaster- Dan Romero
Safe (Gnosis Safe) - Lukas
Console- Chris Castig
DAO lens- Vikram
Rarible- Alex Salnikov
Joke DAO- David Phelps
Bright ID- Philip Silva
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Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Today we are chatting with Lukas of Safe, or Gnosis Safe, as it is most commonly known.Lukas started with Safe as its Product Manager, and as the project grew, he became its Co-founder. This episode IMO is very timely. As the current state of crypto shows, we must take custody of our wallets and digital assets. Safe helps you achieve this.Our conversation compares the more common private key wallets to smart contract wallets. And the value of using the latter, which Safe offers.We explore Safe usage from an organizational perspective and retail. As most of us are probably familiar, Safe is a commonly used tool in DAOs to manage funds. But what about using it to collect art, manage funds, and share ownership of digital assets within our families?
This is what is most exciting about Safe and tools like it. They can make crypto more accessible and usable for everyone.This episode has lots to cover, so let's get started.That's a wrap! If you want to learn more, you can follow Lukas on Twitter @ SchorLukas and Safe as @ safe If you have gotten this far, thank you!And please remember to like and subscribe wherever you listen to this podcast. You can also find more conversations like this one on our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. Until next time, stay brainy.
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Do your own research.
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Welcome back to Crypto Sapiens.
Today Humpty Calderon talks with Fattybagz and Shreddy, core members of Olympus DAO.
We talk about Olympus DAO and decentralized reserve currencies. We also dive deep into a discussion about what is a DAO, vetting contributors and finding value alignment in a DAO.
I truly hope you enjoy this conversation.
If you’d like to learn more about Olympus DAO, go to olympusdao.finance and on Twitter @OlympusDAO
.As always,thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. Please give us a follow, like, and a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.
And stay tuned for our next discussion.
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Resource links:
Learn more about Olympus DAO
https://www.olympusdao.finance/
Connect with Fatty Bagz
https://twitter.com/fattybagz
Connect with Shreddy
https://twitter.com/shreddyohm
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Talk to your accountant.
Do your own research.
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Hello, everyone and welcome back to Crypto Sapiens. Today we're chatting with Jesse Johnson, summoner of Aavegotchi. This episode was recorded during ETHDenver 2022 at a cafe outside the Art Hotel.
We discuss Aavegotchi, being an accessibility onramp for crypto curious people, creating a rich user experience including building the Gotchiverse. We talk about the Aavegotchi DAO and building with the primitives of the Aavegotchi NFTs with products being built around them. Jesse also hints at several updates coming to the ecosystem in the future.
If you’d like to learn more about Aavegotchi, go to aavegotchi.com and on Twitter @Aavegotchi
Thank you for listening to Crypto Sapiens. Please give us a follow, like, and a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. And stay tuned for our next discussion!
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https://twitter.com/gldnXross
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Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Today we have a very special episode. Our team traveled to ETHDenver 2022 and recorded a few conversations with projects in attendance. We had a very ambitious goal to visit as many of the booths as we could. But, as you may have realized if you were also in attendance, that was near impossible. Not simply because of the sheer number of participants, but also because of the energy around those booths. There were hundreds of people around them, from the first floor to the third.
We hope the conversations that we were able to get for you, give you a taste of the incredible diversity of projects and the enthusiasm around the event. We truly hope you enjoy these candid conversations from ETHDenver. The projects featured in this episode are listed below in the show notes.
To learn more about ETHDenver, please go to ETHDenver.com and on Twitter at @EthereumDenver.
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Resource links:
Connect with Hopi
https://www.instagram.com/officialhopiland/
https://twitter.com/HOPI3D
Connect with MetaFactory
https://www.metafactory.ai/
https://twitter.com/TheMetaFactory
Connect with DeFi Saver
https://defisaver.com/
https://twitter.com/defisaver
Connect with Coordinape
https://coordinape.com
https://twitter.com/coordinape
Connect with TableLand
https://tableland.xyz
https://twitter.com/tableland__
Connect with MEW
https://myetherwallet.com
https://twitter.com/myetherwallet
Connect with Covalent
https://covalenthq.com
https://twitter.com/covalent_hq
Connect with The Graph
https://thegraph.com
https://twitter.com/graphprotocol
Connect with Tally
https://www.withtally.com/
https://twitter.com/voteWithTally
Connect with Rarible Protocol
https://rarible.org
https://Playgrounds.wtf
https://twitter.com/rarible
https://twitter.com/raribleprotocol
Connect with Metamask
https://metamask.io/
https://metamask.io/flask/
https://twitter.com/metamask
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
In this episode, we talk with Graadient, aka Hannes Graah (HANNESS GRAY), Founder of GRO Protocol. We discuss his journey into web3, starting at Spotify, to Revolut, and eventually to creating Gro Protocol. We compare TradFi and DeFi including deposit protection and insurance, while exploring the innovative strategies available on Gro. i.e. VAULT, a leveraged stablecoin yield optimizer that takes on the risk on behalf of the lower risk vault, the PoWeReD savings product.
If you’d like to learn more about Gro, visit https://gro.xyz and on Twitter @groprotocol.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. Please give us a follow, like, and a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. And stay tuned for our next discussion.
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Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.
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Resource links:
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https://gro.xyz
Connect with Graadient
https://twitter.com/graadient
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Hello, everyone. We’re back with another episode of Crypto Sapiens. Today we’re talking with Joel Lin, contributor at CitaDAO, to learn about the DeFi Real Estate ecosystem. We explore CitaDAO and its mission not just to tokenize real estate, but build the Ethereum of Real Estate. We hope you enjoy this conversation. Let’s get started.
If you’d like to learn more about CitaDAO, go to CitaDAO.io and on Twitter @ Citadao_IO.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. Please give us a follow, like, and a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. And stay tuned for our next discussion.
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Chapter Titles and Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Guest introduction - Joel Lin from CitaDAO
1:11 - Joel's career journey
1:50 - Journey into crypto & Real Estate Tokenization
2:27 - Problems with Real Estate Tokenization
3:03 - How CitaDAO was formed
5:33 - Joel's inspiration to work on Real Estate and DeFi
7:10 - How CitaDAO plans to use DeFi
12:00 - How CitaDAO works
14:46 - How to unlock the Debt Equity from Real Estate Tokens
17:19 - What is SPV (special purpose vehicle)
19:26 - What exactly are being Tokenized?
20:16 - CitaDAO is completely bankless
21:34 - What does the Chainlink integration look like?
23:02 - What stage is CitaDAO platform at?
24:00 - IRL event in Cardiff: Genesis tokenization on-chain
26:58 - Bringing Real World Real Estate on-chain
28:44 - Rent and the Tokenomics
29:52 - The State of the DAO
30:48 - Where the DAO needs help?
33:03 - Interoperability & Composability in DAOs
35:38 - SubDAOs
37:00 - SubDAOs within CitaDAO
40:37 - Outro
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Resource links:
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Connect with Joel
https://twitter.com/0xRealFi
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Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
We’re back with the first episode of 2022! Today we’re talking to Yenwen Feng and Nick Tong of Perpetual Protocol about perpetual swaps, concentrated liquidity for derivatives, and scaling Ethereum on Layer 2 solutions.
We cover Perpetual Protocol v2, aka Curie, and their choice to migrate from xDai to Optimism. Perpetual protocol is an on-chain DEX with highly efficient liquidity provisioning and up to 10x leverage for makers and takers. If you’d like to learn more about Perpetual Protocol, go to perp.com and on Twitter @perpprotocol.
Thank you for listening to Crypto Sapiens. Please give us a follow, like, and a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. And stay tuned for our next discussion.
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Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.
https://bankless.community
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Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.
https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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Resource links:
Learn more about Perpetual Protocol
https://perp.com
https://twitter.com/perpprotocol
https://discord.gg/NeMrRXdWdh
Connect with Yenwen
https://twitter.com/tempofeng
Connect with Nick
https://twitter.com/tongnk
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.