Engage With Creators, Earn Rewards? w/ betashop.eth of Moxie | Ep. 51
In episode #51 of Internet Explorers, Jess and Nicholas dive into Moxie, a financial protocol on Farcaster that allows users to create fan tokens and earn rewards through engagement, with Moxie's founder, betashop.eth. They explore how Moxie is reshaping decentralized social economies and becoming one of the most used protocols on the Base blockchain. The hosts also take a deep dive into Comm with Comm's founder, Ashoat. Comm is a privacy-first messaging app built to compete with giants like Discord and Telegram, offering a more secure, decentralized way for communities to connect with the unique ability to host your own keyservers - meaning only your community can read your data. The discussion then shifts to WorldCoin’s rebrand and big event, where they break down the potential impact of biometric identity verification and its role in the future of decentralized finance. They also touch on the growing trend of AI Memecoins and what the recent a16z State of Crypto Report reveals about the current health and trajectory of the industry. The episode wraps up with a fast-paced Lightning Round, covering the $DJT Token, the Praxis project, and why ZkTLS could be having its big breakthrough moment, merging web2 APIs with web3. 0:00 - Intro 0:49 - Start of Podcast 2:31 - Moxie 16:44 - Comm 27:12 - Worldcoin 38:07 - AI Memecoins 46:07 - A16z's State of Crypto Report 48:59 - Lightning Round 49:03 - $DJT 51:55 - Praxis 55:02 - ZkTLS Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us at live.seedclub.xyz on Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Internet Explorers Twitter: https://x.com/intrntexplorers Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers
Are AI Agents Replacing Influencers? w/ Kalos of Wayfinder & Parallel | Ep. 52
In episode #52 of Internet Explorers, Jess and Josh cover an exciting lineup of topics that highlight emerging Web3 projects and AI integration. They start with Wayfinder with Kalos, a platform bringing AI-powered agents to blockchain, where users can deploy agents to complete complex tasks autonomously across networks. The hosts also discuss Virtuals with Matthew, a protocol where users can create autonomous AI influencers with decentralized ownership, illustrating the growth of AI and blockchain convergence. The episode then introduces Plastic Labs with Courtland, Plastic Labs' co-founder, which recently created a splash with a tool that attracted significant attention in the meme coin world, highlighting its unexpected success and the hype surrounding agent-driven coin launches. Wrapping up, the hosts launch into a Lightning Round, covering the latest updates and trends in the crypto and AI spaces, including new use cases and projects shaping the future of decentralized technology. 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - Start of Podcast 3:37 - Wayfinder w/ Kalos 19:38 - Virtuals w/ Matthew 36:26 - Plastic Labs w/ Courtland Leer 51:03 - Lightning Round Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us at live.seedclub.xyz on Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Internet Explorers Twitter: https://x.com/intrntexplorers Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers
Cruelty Free AI w/ Mat Dryhurst of Spawning | Ep 53
What if AI wasn't "stealing" from artists? In Episode #53 of Internet Explorers, Jess and Josh kick off with a deep dive into Spawning.AI with Mat Dryhurst. They discuss how Spawning.AI has used public domain images to create PD12M, a dataset of over 30 terabytes of public domain images for AI models, and other developments Spawning has made. The hosts then dive into Cheryl's article featured in ETH Investors Club's EIC03, “In Hot Pursuit Of A Dramatically More Interesting Internet". Next, Jess & Josh cover Decentralized Agentic Organizations, highlighting how agents could streamline and automate DAO functions, reshaping governance in the process. Jess and Josh also unpack the "fat wallet thesis," explaining its implications for crypto adoption and ecosystem loyalty. They then discuss yet another major project moving to the Solana blockchain, sparking a broader conversation on network choice. The episode wraps up with a Lightning Round, covering some recent developments in our space. 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Start of Podcast 4:40 - Spawning.AI 33:29 - A Dramatically More Interesting Internet 41:51 - Decentralized Agentic Organizations 51:26 - Fat Wallet Thesis 54:52 - Another Solana Announcement 58:40 - Lightning Round Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us at live.seedclub.xyz on Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Internet Explorers Twitter: https://x.com/intrntexplorers Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers
You Can See Yourself In Vogue w/ Dov of Xhibit | Ep. 54
Your runway dreams might be closer than you think. In episode #54 of Internet Explorers, Jess and Josh cover a mix of crypto's latest innovations, starting with Xhibit, a platform merging fashion and immersive content, allowing creators to upload outfits or designs for fans to try on virtually. They explore how Xhibit’s creative model is reshaping digital expression and community engagement within the blockchain space. The conversation then shifts to $DEGEN, diving into its memecoin culture and the wild success it’s seeing on social media, reflecting the powerful influence of community-driven tokens. Kel then joins as a guest, discussing the evolving decentralized ecosystem, as well as new methods for enhancing user experiences. Later, Jess and Josh tackle the question, “What Are We Looking For?,” analyzing the traits Seed Club seeks in emerging projects and market opportunities. Jess & Josh then talk about a Polymarket whale that used the "Neighbor Method" to predict election results, and wrap up the episode with a lightning round. 0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Start of Podcast 3:24 - Xhibit 16:34 - $DEGEN 25:45 - Kel 47:11 - What Are We Looking For? 53:33 - Polymarket Whale 56:17 - Lightning Round Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us at live.seedclub.xyz on Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Internet Explorers Twitter: https://x.com/intrntexplorers Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZ... Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers
Memecoins, But Automated w/ Proxystudio | Ep. 55
Capturing social attention for your token has never been easier. In episode #55 of Internet Explorers, Jess and Josh take another dive into frontier of innovation in crypto. The episode kicks off with Proxy Studio, where founder Alex discusses their new project, Clanker Studio, which combines social interactions with token deployments, reshaping how tokens are launched by natively integrating the process with Farcaster. The conversation then shifts to Web4, exploring AGI's potential to merge the financial foundations of Web3 with the social frameworks of Web2. They also discuss ai16z, a groundbreaking fund combining AI and decentralized technologies, and Interface, a portfolio company rethinking how crypto wallets can drive adoption through seamless user experiences. The hosts explore Hyperliquid, a new protocol simplifying liquidity solutions, and analyze recent trends in Gen Z app usage and its implications for Web3 adoption. The episode concludes with a quick Lightning Round, featuring Peace bullying an AI agent (he definitely won't ever regret this). 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Start of Episode 4:22 - Proxy Studio 29:20 - Web4 36:03 - ai16z 42:48 - Interface 46:58 - Hyperliquid 50:15 - Gen Z App Usage 56:32 - Lightning Round Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us at live.seedclub.xyz on Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Internet Explorers Twitter: https://x.com/intrntexplorers Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZ... Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers
Ep.30: AI x HOPE, Farcaster raises $150M, Roam, Low Float High FDV Debate, New Punks Collection
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 00:24 Intro - Welcome to episode 30, today we’ve got our Ventures team reporting from AI x Hope Berlin and our co-hosts are Ben and Natalie from the Liquid Culture podcast 01:13 Warren and Nima give an update after a long day at the AI x Hope event in Berlin where they brought together the AI and crypto communities for a day of talks 06:35 Ben and Natalie introduce themselves and tell us all about the vibe of the new podcast their launching called Liquid Culture. Episode 1 with Derek Edwards is out now. 12:31 Big news coming out from Farcaster this week that they have successfully raised $150 million to fund their web 3 social media platform 14:09 Part of the problem with crypto is that we’re always circling around one meta at a time like ants around a speaker listening to Thunderstruck 18:43 Next up we have Zen, co-founder of Roam joining us to talk about building Roam - a social onchain browser they’ve been working on the last year 25:30 Peace wants to know why Roam is better than the in-app browsers with MetaMask or Rainbow and we discuss what it means to be a browser first wallet app 37:18 Coinbase is making a similar bet around developing smarter wallet applications and making it easier to interact across multiple apps 40:00 A discussion around the airdrop meta and the shifting market around the recent low float high FDV overhyped drops that have left a lot of people disappointed and Cobie’s latest post 47:41 On people forcing the traditional VC model in spaces that don’t necessarily require it, where there’s more room to breathe and predicting how that will evolve 51:15 Looking at Sixth Man Ventures report on airdrops and talking about whether or not it’s relevant today with how much the market has changed in the last 18 months 54:20 We talk about the Cryptopunks announcement this week about Super Punk World - a 500 piece collection that’s in collaboration with Nina Chanel 57:55 A quick teaser on our discussion around Telegram and why you should absolutely be leveraging it if you’re building any kind of app or product in the crypto space 58:37 This week’s lightning round - Peace drops a few choice memes that he definitely has to explain to the group 01:01:10 We pay homage to the passing of the greatest meme of all time Kabosu, the dog beind the Doge we all know and love 01:01:33 A quick reminder we’ve got SC.07 Demo Day coming up, don’t forget to tune into that, and we’ll see ya back here next Friday at 11AM PST / 1PM EST, until then, enjoy! Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.29: 0xDesigner, Web3 Design, Everything Apps, WorldPVP, The State of Ethereum
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 01:46 Intro - Welcome back! It’s episode 29 of Internet Explorers and today we’ve got 0xDesigner on the show for his first ever recorded interview 06:05 Let’s bring 0xDesigner up for a long overdue appearance on the show, and after being at FarCon he’s decided to dox his voice today, which we’re excited about 08:47 Reflecting on the process of putting out a design every day for nearly the last 500 days as the milestone is approaching in June 2024 11:22 There are two different confounding factors when it comes to looking at the state of UX in crypto today 14:18 Part of the problem with crypto is that we’re always circling around one meta at a time like ants around a speaker listening to Thunderstruck 17:00 Interoperability is the most interesting thing crypto does from a product experience standpoint 19:03 A legendary designer named Don Norman, who coined the phrase User Experience, came up with 3 levels of design - visceral, behavioral and reflective 23:17 We see strong brand identity at the chain level - spending your time on Solana means one thing vs spending your time on Ethereum 27:20 Looking at Zora’s brand and identity as a case study for appealing to creatives and non-crypto communities 30:57 0xDesigner wants to hear Jess’s updated take on ‘everything apps’ vs ‘bundled apps’ before he shares his own thoughts 34:08 Continued discussion on bundled apps and the thought that everything we’re doing right now in crypto works better when bundled together 39:04 Summing up our discussion, a special thank you to 0xDesigner for joining us, we want to bring him back on the show again soon 40:50 Another edition of WTFIPDOC - we look at Roam - an onchain social browser, a text based game where you start with no arms and legs, and Sound Capsules by @sweetman 48:49 Jumping ahead to talk about WorldPVP a new game built on the memecoin meta where theres a token for each country and they battle each other for victory 54:47 Next up, Delphi released a new report essentially running through the state of attention markets in Web2 with ads and now in Web3 with tokens and memecoins 59:40 Briefly touching on the state of Ethereum as a community and as a brand and addressing recent criticism of its future and becoming less cool 01:01:34 We have time for one lightning round and it’s Peace reading a ridiculous tweet by @cryptocred aloud for our enjoyment 01:02:53 Thanks again to @0xDesigner for joining us and to everyone that tuned in, we’ll be back next Friday 11AM PST / 1PM EST, until then we’ll see ya onchain Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.28: Zora acquires Mint.Fun, $FRIEND, Blast szn, Farcaster Incentives
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 00:23 Intro - Welcome back, it’s episode 28 of Internet Explorers, thanks for those who joined us IRL last week 03:23 Let’s bring Worm Emoji up to the stage to talk about Mint.Fun, Rug.Fun, Context and more 04:40 Worm gives an overview of his journey into crypto and creating Context - the first Web3 social feed 07:51 What did you learn from growing these products and ultimately selling them to bigger companies 14:43 Rug.Fun is all over the timeline, make sure to go claim your airdrop if you haven’t already 17:23 Experimenting with how you can change the way people think about memecoins 21:39 Productizing memecoin consensus building and the big opportunity with becoming the shilling point 25:22 Building chat features into the products your building as a growth mechanism 30:10 Another edition of WTFIPDOC - WTF is Peace doing on-chain - a follow up on Runemilio 37:51 Some new Farcaster incentives coming out of FarCon and the call for more clients 43:21 The inevitability of this being a consumer cycle in crypto and 3 new products that broke into the top 15 49:16 A segue into another consumer product - Friend.Tech and an update on their token launch 54:14 It’s obvious Blast is putting a lot into promoting projects and tokens and NFTs on their network 57:39 Tremp token and the political attention thesis playing out in real time, plus Trump’s take on NFTs 59:01 That’s it for this week, thanks for tuning in, we’ll see you next week at 10am PST / 1pm EST. Enjoy! Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.25: Brian Flynn (Boost), Runes and Bitcoin Ordinals, Halving, Airdrop Fumbles, Social Token Distribution
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 00:27 Intro - We’re back, it’s episode 25, and we’ve got Brian Flynn co-hosting 02:25 Quick reminder, we’re hosting Free Wifi - an event at Farcon in LA on 5/4 03:53 What’s the latest from Boost and finding the right users for a given product 05:59 Maria Shen’s tweet thread on 20 of the most innovative onchain experiences 07:30 Deeper dive on crypto social mechanics, Nouns DAO launching a token 09:54 It’s interesting how the token model can dictate how a coin is described 12:17 Memecoins vs NFTs and lowering the barrier to entry for participants 13:55 How PartyDAO is evolving, crowdfunding for DAOs and NFTs, Party vs Party 16:28 It was a hot week with a lot of drama in and around Crypto The Game 20:39 Putting a price on things that didn’t have a price before, the 2nd half of Maria’s thread 21:24 Taking a look at what Unlonely is doing with livestreaming and 30 minute token launches 24:25 Digging into Runes and Bitcoin Ordinals, something Peace has waited a long time for 27:33 Peace tells the story of how he got into Bitcoin and shares his thoughts on Bitcoin the brand 31:11 The Bitcoin Halving is announced with a short clip by Peace that’s now up to be minted on Zora 34:56 Let’s talk about Uniswap, reaching $250B in L2 volume, creating a market for absolutely anything 40:17 Discussing marketing strategy in crypto and Ben Roy’s tweets about Farcaster’s strategy 43:03 First time founders focus on product, second time founders focus on distribution 47:55 We hold the belief that tokens are a form of media and experimentation driven by price 48:20 Looking at the struggle with airdrops, Jupiter, and other de-fi protocols putting tokens out 53:17 Brian brings up a tweet by Mason from Token Soft discussing onchain go-to-market strategy 56:43 Remaining bullish on social distribution, curating audiences and looking at what $ENJOY is doing 1:00:00 We’re at the top of the hour, thanks for tuning in, see you next week at 11AM PST / 1PM EST Hosts: Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Guests: Brian Flynn Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.24: LGHT x $higher, Colby Mugradi x mmERCH, $Nouns, The Scenecoin Opportunity
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 03:12 LGHT - Higher, memecoins, and more 06:47 The origin story of the Higher channel and how it evolved into a token 08:35 How the idea of Higher being a scenecoin resonates vs being a brand token 11:01 Higher as a DAO token and comparing it to Enjoy being a scenecoin 12:50 LGHT on Higher becoming a lifestyle brand and building a grassroots movement 15:37 How brands can contextualize or constrain on-chain creation in useful ways 20:21 Welcoming Colby Mugrabi to the show to talk about her project MMERCH 22:42 Colby’s background in fashion, discovering Web3, and thinking about generative art 25:14 Digging into the mechanics of the upcoming MMERCH drop and how it works 28:19 Some of the specifics on the materials and manufacturing of these hoodies 30:19 How the MMERCH NFC chip works and how to redeem your token for your wearable 32:13 Colby’s take on MMERCH being a brand that exists in the metaverse vs in the real world 34:37 Drop logistics, allowlist, partnering with DieWithTheMostLikes 36:40 Shifting gears to discuss a piece Josh wrote on The Scenecoin Opportunity 39:37 Jess’s take on The Scenecoin Opportunity and getting your token into the right hands 45:45 Jumping to Nouns DAO announcing they’re launching a token called $NOUNS 51:32 Perpetuating the Nouns meme further and how scarcity has impacted potential growth 53:16 Andrew Kang’s tweet about Mr. Beast and, Unlonely playing with tokens and live streaming 58:03 One quick lightning round on Friend Tech getting a bit of redemption and their imminent launch 01:00 Signing off, thanks for joining, we’ll see you next Friday at 10AM PST, every week is a big week Hosts: Jess Sloss & Josh Cornelius Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.21: Bracket Game, Sports Memecoins, Scenecoins, $Degen, Blast/Optimism/Base Recent Growth
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 01:16 We’ve chosen our cohort for SC.07, an announcement is coming soon so stay tuned 03:03 John and Tim join show to talk about their new project Bracket.Game that just launched 07:12 There’s a lot of overlap between crypto communities and sports communities 08:14 What would the experience of having ownership of your favorite team feel like? 08:54 The mechanics of Bracket.Game and how IRL performance impacts user payouts 09:44 How the prize pool works and how users can hold shares of their teams all year round 12:09 How to get started with Bracket.Game and the current model leveraging $DEGEN 19:52 Josh’s tweet about the % of cultural value of ticket sales, tv deals, stored in the orgs equity 26:53 Scenecoins vs Memecoins, Seed Club is basically just over intellectualization as a service 32:16 We love that we’re back in our social token era again, our day one thesis at Seed Club 35:26 Mr. Beast, his chocolate bars, running ads, and how the attention economy works 41:39 The NBA is launching in-context betting by adding live betting to NBA League Pass 46:14 Botto is back in the news, just raised, it’s an autonomous AI artist guided by human votes 52:13 A quick recap on the week in memecoins, the $SLERF dev disaster presale and launch 56:11 Look at what Blast and Optimism are doing to drive market adoption and growth 58:04 Memecoins on Base 01:00:50 We’re hosting an event at Farcaster’s Farcon, come hang with us there in LA in May Hosts: Jess Sloss & Josh Cornelius Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
[BONUS] LIVE FROM DENVER: CRYPTO THE GAME (CTG)
On this special bonus episode of Rehash recorded live in Denver on March 1, 2024, we’re speaking with Dylan and Tyler, co-founders of Crypto The Game, as well as Richie and Tina, two finalists from Season 1 of CTG. Dylan and Tyler share behind the scenes secrets on the creation of Season 1 of CTG, including how they came up with the challenges, issues they had to tackle in real time, and unexpected things to come out of the game. Richie and Tina then share their perspective of CTG as not only players, but finalists. They share their very different strategies throughout the game, building alliances, and what they would do differently next season. Finally, Dylan and Tyler reveal some alpha on what you can expect from Season 2 of CTG, which will be launching soon.
Ep.19: Memecoin Supercyle, Crypto ETFs with Alongside, Financial Nihilism, AI on Zora, L2 Wars
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 00:01:11 We have Kel with us - the real next L1 trade is a memecoin supercycle 00:10:44 Where do you see this memecoin trend going in the next 3, 6, 9 months? 00:13:25 Austin from Alongside Crypto 00:18:10 What’s changed with this cycle to get people excited about investing in indexes 00:29:14 Enjoy launched the very first memecoin ever on the Zora network 00:36:20 Some fun new AI updates on Zora and Jacob’s post on convergence of AI and crypto 00:39:48 Travis Kling on financial nihilism 00:53:59 The bull case for Web3 social and Farcaster as a powerful go-to-market tool 00:54:45 Get in babes, we’re going to Brand New by Boys Club at SXSW and there’s a zine 00:59:52 The struggle with hyper financialized social apps Hosts: Jess Sloss & Cheryl Douglass Web VJ: Peacenode None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep 48 - Oscillator
We’re joined by RAC and Jack Spallone to unpack their plans to make onchain music data globally accessible in the company’s first podcast!
