Crypto Sapiens
Crypto Sapiens hosts discussions with innovative Web 3.0 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi. It empowers people with information to better understand the complex crypto ecosystem and go from crypto curious to crypto natives.
Episodes

Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
[mini-series] The Foundations of DeSci hosted by Flowscience.💡 #4/4: Is Science A Public Good?
đź§ Â DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science
Introduction:What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems.
Let’s start the show.
Guests
Adam Goyer: Psy DAO
Adam’s Aim: The institutional problems in medicine set up in the United States of America led Adam to ask profound questions that led him into the world of DeSci.
Erik Vanwinkle: DeSci Labs
Erik’s Aim: He believes in the Decentralized Science movement with the view that knowledge should be open and unrestricted to anyone who needs it and should be censorship resistant.
Savva Kerdemelidis: Crowdfunded Cure
Savva’s Aim: He focuses on creating a data clinical platform that a marketplace uses to fund top arrangements.
Jelani Clark: DeSci World
Jelani’s “why?”: To create equitable incentives for open access to knowledge.
Clinamenic: Lobby3, JournoDAO
Clinamenic’s “why?”: The Huge potential of non-financial applications for crypto.
Tweets ahead of the show
Key takeaways
Individual incentives versus collective benefit of the accessible public good.
Should We License Public Goods?
The Evolving of on-chain governance
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Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralised money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.
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Do your own research

Friday Nov 25, 2022
Reinventing Compensation in Web3 | Zakku- Core Contributor Coordinape
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Today we are chatting with Zakk, a core contributor at Coordinape.
Coordinape spreads decision-making power to the fringes, giving everyone in an organization an opportunity to recognize and reward their peers.
According to Zakk, leaving a note to people you recognize on Coordinape has become an important intrinsic motivator. "People might forget how many give they got or who they allocated to, but they always know exactly how many notes they got and who they got them from."
That feedback makes people feel valued.Â
About building in web3, Zakk says, "we can make it reflect the system that we want to participate in. We can create systems that better reflect our values."
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To learn more about Zakk and Coordinape, you can follow them on Twitter at fifthworldzach and Coordinape, respectively.
Please remember to like and subscribe wherever you listen to this podcast. And give us a 5 star review. This helps our content reach more people.
You can also find more conversations like this one on our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz.Â
Until next time, stay brainy.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.Â
Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.Â
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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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https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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Do your own research.Â

Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Web3 Native Membership Management with Alex Poon co - founder of Charmverse.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Today we are chatting with Alex Poon, cofounder of Charmverse. This conversation touches on Charmverse, of course, but it is also a good resource to understand product development.Alex, a 3-time founder, tells us he and his team tried 50 things before they arrived at the product we see today. He describes the role leaders play in fostering new ideas as well as building trust in teams. Alex compares Charmverse to platforms like Discord and the improvements they seek to make to enable better coordination and collaboration, in some cases optimizing for simplicity and speed to help people solve problems quickly. About the user interface, he describes the importance of building a product that provides a beautiful, connected experience, so users don't have to go back and forth to different places. Finally, he describes the unified product strategy for using web3 applications like Snapshot on Charmverse.That's a wrap!To learn more about Alex and Charmverse, you can follow them on Twitter at alexpoon_hk and CharmVerse.And please don't forget to like and subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast. And give us a 5-star review. This helps our content reach more people like you.You can also find more conversations like this one on our website at cryptosapiens.xyz. Until next time, stay brainy.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.Â
Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.Â
https://bankless.community Â
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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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https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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Do your own research.Â
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Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
[mini-series] The Foundations of DeSci hosted by Flowscience.💡 #3/4: Publishing, Reputation and Censorship
đź§ Â DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science
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Introduction
What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Let’s start the show.
Optional background:Â Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
Let’s start the show.
Guests
Adam Goyer: Psy DAO
Adam’s Aim: The institutional problems in medicine set up in the United States of America led Adam to ask profound questions that led him into the world of DeSci.
Keith Axline: Re-Public DAO
Keith’s Aim: He focuses on helping people collect and understand the data they generate on a daily basis from their devices. Also, to help them store and monetize it if they will.
Erik Vanwinkle: DeSci Labs
Erik’s Aim: He believes in the Decentralized Science movement with the view that knowledge should be open and unrestricted to anyone who needs it and should be censorship resistant.
Key takeaways
Perspective on traditional publishing in science
Reputation and credentials in science
Censorship: Publication Bias
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Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too.
You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @cryptosapiens,xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.
–
Cryptosapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO
https://bankless.community
–
Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralised money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.
https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/
https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
–
Connect with Humpty Calderon
https://twitter.com/humptycalderon
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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.

Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Decentralizing social platforms | Mike McGuiness, Co-founder, gm.xyz
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Today we are chatting with Michael McGuiness, Co-founder of gm.xyz
We compare the different schools of thought on building decentralized social platforms, protocols vs. apps; we also touch on how we could connect with society at large to help people understand and care about decentralization; additionally, we discuss how decentralized social can improve the way people connect in web3 and govern communities.Â
There has been a lot of attention recently on building decentralized social platforms, a lot of this accelerated by the recent Twitter acquisition; this conversation highlights some of the reasons why those conversations are happening, how decentralized social can improve the way we make connections, find value-alignment with communities, share content, and retain the value of the work we put into social platforms.
There is always a lot to unpack.
If you would like to learn more about Michael and gm.xyz you can follow Michael on Twitter @mikemcg0 and gm.xyz at gmdotxyz
Please don't forget to like and subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast.
And give us a 5-star review. This helps our content reach more people.
You can also find more conversations like this one on our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz.Â
Until next time, stay brainy.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.Â
Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.Â
https://bankless.community Â
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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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https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/
https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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Connect with Humpty Calderon
https://twitter.com/humptycalderon
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Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
[mini-series] The Foundations of DeSci hosted by Flowscience.đź’ˇ #2/4: Funding, IP and Ownership
đź§ DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science
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Introduction
What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Let’s start the show.
Optional background:Â Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
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Guests
Trent McConaghy:Â Ocean ProtocolTrent focuses on claiming IP on data, accessing data, sharing and marketing it through the tools of Web3.
Savva Kerdemelidis:Â Crowdfunded CureSavva focuses on creating a clinical data platform that a marketplace uses to fund top arrangements.
Laurence Ion:Â Vita DAOLawrence focuses on impacting and breeding citizen scientists through applying scientific methods in every aspect of conceptualization.
Key takeaways
Creating valuable intellectual property is costly.
In Medicine, a lack of effective therapy is harmful to patients.
Framing creates value; rights vs. power.
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.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.Â
Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.Â
https://bankless.community Â
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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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https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/
https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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Connect with Humpty Calderon
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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.Â

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.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.Â
Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.Â
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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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https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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Connect with Humpty Calderon
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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.Â

Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Contextualizing User Data in Web3 |Henry Lee, Co-founder of Noox
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Hello and welcome to Crypto Sapiens
Today we are chatting with Henry Lee, Co-founder of Noox, a platform where you collect achievement badges as soulbound NFTs and build your reputation.
We briefly explore his crypto journey, starting with a Layer 1 blockchain that he helped launch focusing on interoperability, where he also worked on Decentralized Identity and Verifiable Credentials.
In 2021 Noox was born. Henry recalls the landscape was very much focused on NFTs then, with a few projects using transaction history to reward users, gate communities, and provide airdrops.Â
The vision of NOOX was to add more context to understand users in a more high-dimensional manner and evolve user tiering. They set out to find a way to contextualize user interactions and transaction data.
While the MVP looked very different than today's product, the vision was always the same: to enable data as a composable piece of the web3 ecosystem.Â
 If you want to learn more about Henry, you can follow him on Twitter @ hihenrylee and Noox @ noox_worldÂ
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If you enjoyed this conversation, please don't forget to like and subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast.Â
You can also find more conversations like this one on our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz.Â
Until next time, stay brainy.
Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.Â
Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.Â
https://bankless.community Â
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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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https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/
https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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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.
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Do your own research.Â
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
 🧠DeScientralized ~ Exploring the Social Layer of Decentralized Science hosted by Flowscience
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Introduction
What does it mean to decentralize science? In this series, we’ll consider the fundamental aspects of science as a social activity & institution through the lens of various contributors in the DeSci space. The first four episodes will be published as a mini-series and lay the groundwork for future conversations. Our goal is to facilitate an exchange of ideas between people working on solutions to these fundamental problems. Let’s start the show.
Optional background: Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
💡 #1: What is “DeSci”?
Guests
Jelani Clark: DeSci World
Jelani’s “why?”: creating equitable incentives for open-access to knowledge.
Clinamenic: Lobby3, JournoDAO
Clinamenic’s “why?”: huge potential of non-financial applications for crypto.
Key takeaways
Science is a social activity
ReFi + DeSoc = DeSci
DeSci connects “end users” with the “developers” (scientists)
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Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.Â
Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.Â
https://bankless.community Â
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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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https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/
https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw
https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/
https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018
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Connect with Humpty Calderon
https://twitter.com/humptycalderon
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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.Â

Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Today we are talking with David Phelps, co-creator of JokeDAO, EcoDAO, and Cowfund. He's also a writer and steward at Gitcoin. David has often been interviewed about jokeDAO, so we skip much of that discussion and instead cover a wide range of topics, including DAO culture, 100xing Twitter, web3 memes, and collaborative creation. On that last one, David later tweeted that one mistake of 2021 was assuming that co-purchasing creates communities; no relationship works like that. Instead, you play board games, sing karaoke together, share life stories, cry, laugh, and say you love each other. And that's what DAOs need. There is so much to unpack in this conversation, so let's get started. If you want to learn more about David and the projects he is building, you can follow him on Twitter @ divine_economy where you can also find the link to his blog. Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too. You can also find more conversations like this by visiting our website, cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion. Follow David https://twitter.com/divine_economy JokeDAO https://twitter.com/jokedao_ ==== Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.XYZ. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion. Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO. https://bankless.community - Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26a... https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapie... https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapien... Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon - - 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.

About Crypto Sapiens
Crypto Sapiens is a weekly podcast featuring the voices of inspirational Web 3 builders and the projects they’re passionate about to help people learn about decentralized money systems including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi, and empower them with the tools they need to better understand the complex crypto ecosystem and help navigate their own crypto journey.