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"Building for People, Not Wallets" with Privy cofounder Henri Stern | ZEROPOD S2 E16

What if crypto products weren’t built for wallets, but for people? In this episode of ZEROPOD, Privy.io founder Henri Stern joins host Toady Hawk to talk about building user-first infra, why account abstraction matters, and what it’ll take to onboard the next billion. From his Parisian roots to Protocol Labs and now Privy, Henri shares sharp takes on fragmentation, EIP-7702, and why most crypto apps still miss the point. Come for the insights, stay for the travel tips and Italian bread slander. TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Intro: Meet Henri Stern, founder of Privy01:44 - Henri’s backstory: Growing up in Paris, moving to NYC03:55 - Adjusting to life in New York and early education04:32 - Choosing Stanford over the French education system06:00 - Discovering computer science and why it stuck07:54 - Founding Shout: a peer-to-peer marketplace experiment10:01 - What went wrong with hyperlocal marketplaces12:20 - Filecoin and Protocol Labs: Henri’s next chapter13:49 - What Filecoin taught Henri about zk, consensus, and infra19:00 - Falling in love with crypto, then falling out of it for a bit20:06 - The origin of Privy: starting with privacy, landing on onboarding24:00 - What Privy does today: abstracting onboarding, not just accounts26:10 - The nuance of account abstraction vs. 4337/770228:30 - Privy’s internal values: focus, experimentation, ownership33:00 - Wallet sprawl and the identity fragmentation dilemma36:00 - Wallets as identity tools, not just money holders39:00 - Why crypto infra must be built now, not later41:00 - Notable partnerships: Farcaster, Pump.fun, Hyperliquid & more45:10 - Privy's current roadmap: chains, funding UX, identity UX47:02 - EIP-7702: What it is and why it matters50:00 - Speculation vs stability: the real bifurcation in crypto52:40 - Henri’s vision for 2025 and hiring at Privy54:08 - Rapid-fire round: food, music, tech, travel, and more1:04:28 - Where to find out more about Privy and wrap-up--- Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk. Hosted by Toady Hawk. Produced by Zero Rights Media. This content is zero rights reserved (cc0), please remix and reuse it in any way you like! #base #onchain #ethereum #privy #crypto #stripe

DevNTell - Innovating the future of on-chain finance with Mantle

​​​​​​​​In this week's episode of DevNTell we will be joined by John Nguyen whose a DevRel from Mantle. Mantle is building the largest sustainable hub for on-chain finance with core innovative pillars Mantle Network, mETH Protocol, and Function BTC. Viewers of this DevNTell will see John give us an overview of Mantle and tell us about their ongoing Cookathon! Brought to you by our friends at Arbitrum 00:00 Introduction to DevNTell 00:53 Sponsor Message 01:34 Guest Introduction: John Nguyen from Mantle 01:56 John's Journey into Tech and Crypto 06:22 Overview of Mantle 13:07 Cookathon: Mantle's Flagship Hackathon 16:33 Themes and Participation in the Cookathon 23:46 Mantle and AI? 25:18 Q&A Session — GUEST & HOST 🤝 John, DevRel @ Mantle - https://x.com/0xjooohn 🤝 Narb, DevNTell Host @ Developer DAO - https://x.com/narb_s — Sponsor To help support this podcast, build your next dApp using Arbitrum ℹ️ Docs: https://devdao.to/arbitrum ℹ️ Tutorials: https://devdao.to/arbitrum — RESOURCES Episode Links ℹ️ Website - https://group.mantle.xyz/ ℹ️ Cookathon info - https://www.cookathon.dev/ ℹ️ Mantle X Account - https://x.com/Mantle_Official 🗞️ Subscribe to our Newsletter - https://devdao.to/yt-newsletter 📆 Sign-up for FREE workshops & events - https://devdao.to/yt-events 🤝 Partner with Developer DAO - https://devdao.to/partner-with-us 😎 Follow us on X - https://devdao.to/yt-twitter 🎥 Sign Up to Showcase your Project DevNTell - https://devdao.to/devntell-signup

"Taming the Wild West" with Serpin Taxt, founder of Ethos | ZEROPOD S2 E14

Welcome back to another episode of ZEROPOD, this one featuring Serpin Taxt, the ambitious young founder of a new protocol called Ethos, which aims to help solve the age-old problem of who to trust (and who not to) in the onchain space. Host Toady Hawk talks about his childhood, his career in web 2, and his goals for Ethos, namely, to tame the wild, wild west of the crypto space… just a bit. So without further ado, let’s go learn about the mythos behind the Ethos. —- Timestamps: 00:00 - The $9B Problem: Scams, Trust, and the Wild West of Crypto 02:25 - Welcome to ZEROPOD: Meet Serpin Taxt, Founder of Ethos 05:00 - Inventor Dreams and Web2 Career 08:00 - Escaping B2B SaaS 11:00 - Discovering Ethereum: Interoperability and Smart Contracts 13:30 - When Crypto Finally Clicked 15:00 - Inspiration from Friend.Tech and the Birth of Ethos 17:00 - Reputation is Everything: Why Trust Signals Matter 19:10 - Realizing a Bigger Vision 21:00 - A Wild West Without Accountability 24:00 - Proof-of-Stake for People: Ethos’s Core Mechanism 26:30 - Avoiding Mob Rule: Risk, Reputation, and Social Slashing 29:00 - Open Moderation and Algorithmic Challenges 31:00 - Reviewing ETH Wallets, Twitter Accounts, and Beyond 33:30 - Identity, Anonymity, and the Risk of Sockpuppets 36:00 - Using Ethos in the Wild: Kaito, Bots, and Reputation vs. Attention 39:00 - Why It's Hard to Call Out Scammers (but Why We Must) 42:00 - The Power of Named Reviews vs. Anonymous Drama 44:00 - NFT Ethics, Gotcha Culture, and the Chaos Incentive 46:00 - Social Slashing 101: How It Works in Ethos 49:00 - Toward Financial Slashing: The Next Big Risk Layer 51:00 - Onboarding: Slow Growth 53:00 - Staying Power: What Keeps Users Coming Back Daily 56:00 - Finding People to Vouch For (and How to Ask for Vouches) 58:30 - Using the Chrome Extension for Discovery and Reviews 1:00:00 - Integrations 1:02:00 - Building Influence Onchain: Ratings for Businesses, Not Just People 1:04:00 - Alpha Drop? Business Leaderboards Are Coming 1:06:30 - Why Ethos Launched on Base 1:12:00 - The Token Question: Contributor XP, Incentives, and Future Possibilities 1:14:25 - Wrap-Up --- Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and Santhosh. Hosted by Toady Hawk. Music by Toady Hawk, SuperTightWoody & Suno AI. Produced by Zero Rights Media. This content is zero rights reserved (cc0), please remix and reuse it in any way you like!

Will Grok be the first AI Millionaire? | MUST CLANK Ep. 5 with MLeeJr

MLeeJr is tha mfer you’ve been hearing about—whether it’s his grind from waiting tables to navigating TradFi and crypto, or his relentless bull posting for Clanker, Bankr, and Base. He’s been riding the $DRB wave, backing Grok’s first coin, and making the case for AI’s first millionaire. In this episode, we dive into his journey, his mindset, and why he’s someone you need to be following on Base. Don’t miss this one! 🎧 Available now on Pods.media, YouTube, & Spotify. #MustClank #Base #MLeeJr "Cool mustache, very based" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you can support! Collecting these episodes onchain allow us to continue sharing the stories and people that make up the Clankerverse and Base JackWyldes' Fan Token on Base - Cool Mustache CA: 0x14daf26c2507acdd3b64e3302d8554611026cc40 Chapters ________________________________________________________ 00:00 - Intro 01:16 - MLeeJr's Crypto beginnings 03:03 - Crypto in TradFi 07:23 - Good Lore and $100 Tip 15:30 - Telling his story on Farcaster and Paragraph 19:20 - Fortune favors the bold - MLee is bold 27:30 - Service Talk and MLee has never seen The Bear!? 29:50 - The NFT Boom and becoming the Mfer 42:40 - Social spaces/Joining Farcaster/Mfer Channel 57:50 - Being a Based Mfer - What makes Base the place 1:09:20 - The Clanker Saga - BEST LAUNCHPAD 1:20:20 - Deployer, TN100X, and Ham becomes Bankr 1:24:00 - How MLee social engineered the Bankr Clanker 1:34:25 - Grok Clanks - The $DRB Saga 1:46:50 - THE $DRB Narrative is good for everyone on Base 1:51:30 - Passionate $DRB and Base BULL pitch 1:59:10 - Quick Hitters - Weird Questions 2:07:45 - Outro! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links Read his story on Paragraph: https://paragraph.xyz/@nfa/waiting-tables-to-wall-street Follow MLeeJr on X and Warpcast and check out Base Szn spaces https://warpcast.com/mleejr https://x.com/MLeeJr Follow Us: JackWyldes: https://x.com/JackWyldes Proxy: https://x.com/_proxystudio Zero Rights Media: https://x.com/zerorightsmedia Clanker: https://x.com/clankeronbase

"Take It To The BANKR" with TN100X & BANKR Founder 0xDeployer | ZEROPOD S2 E13

Welcome back, fearless Ethereum enjoyooors to another episode of ZEROPOD. And this episode is a special one because it is actually the very first podcast appearance by the elusive figure known only as 0xDeployer aka Big Daddy Ham, the creator of so many things but most recently the breakout success Bankr, an in-feed ai agent that can trade for you using natural language on X and Farcaster. Hosts Toady Hawk and JackWyldes dig in with Deployer to hear about his childhood, his crypto journey and the exhaustive lineage of all his projects leading up to Bankr, including The LP, TN100X, Hamchain and more. We learn that he taught himself to code from a book at Barnes & Noble, we hear about how he first bought Ethereum at $80 (and sold it at $90), and we get some exclusive alpha like the fact that he has a secret Bankr cofounder and fancies himself a glamper. All this and more, we hope you enjoy! If you do enjoy our content, please Like, Comment and Subscribe to help us reach more people on this app. --- Timestamps: 0:00 - The $DRB Story 2:16 - Welcome to ZEROPOD! – Special guest 0xDeployer joins the show 2:50 - First Podcast Appearance 4:06 - The Challenges of Anonymity 6:01 - Early Tech Influences – Super Nintendo, Zelda, and the 90s tech era 8:52 - Shifting Back to Quality Content – Decentralization vs. algorithmic extremes 11:42 - The Rise of AI & Misinformation – A scary but fascinating future 14:00 - Childhood Coding Journey – From Geocities to Onchain 19:18 - Learning to Code the Hard Way – A failed interview and a book from Barnes & Noble 21:16 - Falling Down the Crypto Rabbit Hole – CryptoKitties and digital ownership 24:57 - Decentralization Matters – Why blockchain beats traditional systems 31:12 - Discovering Farcaster – A decentralized social network for builders 36:04 - Onchain Tipping & Ham Token 42:02 - "The LP" Mechanic & Experimental Tokenomics 50:18 - The Ham Cult & Building a Loyal Community 53:35 - Banker’s Origin Story – The AI trading agent that took over 57:51 - How Banker Coin Was Born – A chaotic, unexpected launch 1:04:26 - The Evolution of Crypto Twitter – Real builders vs. max extraction 1:06:37 - Why Focus on X (Twitter)? – Scaling beyond Farcaster 1:08:54 - Debt Relief Bot 1:10:32 - How Bankr Became the First Clanker Deployment Method on X 1:12:45 - The Power of Viral Narratives 1:15:27 - Bankr’s Future Roadmap 1:18:14 - Introducing the Bankr Club 1:21:05 - Thoughts on AI’s Role in Ochain Space 1:24:40 - Outro --- Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk and JackWyldes, edited by Toady Hawk, JackWyldes and Santhosh. Hosted by Toady Hawk and JackWyldes. Music by Toady Hawk, SuperTightWoody & Suno AI. Ad spot by JackWyldes. Produced by Zero Rights Media. This content is zero rights reserved (cc0), please remix and reuse it in any way you like!

12: Che-Wei Wang & Taylor Levy (CW&T) - Iterating Together with Time

Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy are the founders of CW&T, a Brooklyn-based studio creating products that exist somewhere between art, design, and engineering. The husband-and-wife team met at NYU ITP and shares a background across industrial design, architecture, computer science, film, including time at Pratt Institute and MIT. They won the 2022 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Product Design. They design and manufacture heirloom-quality everyday objects including clocks, pens, tools, and other strange objects that challenge our relationship with time, attention, and materiality. Their most recognizable products include the Pen Type-A, Pen Type-C (my favorite), Time Since Launch (a one-time-use, 100-year timekeeper), and Solid State Watch, a remix of the classic Casio F-91W. Our conversation explores their fascination with time, their commitment to creating heirloom-quality objects in a disposable world, and how they've built a sustainable creative practice on their own terms. We discuss their prototyping-centered approach, the tension between digital and physical creation, and how they navigate collaboration as both partners in life and work. Throughout, Che-Wei and Taylor reveal a philosophy that treats making as its own reward—they create what fascinates them first, trusting that others will connect with their vision. In a world increasingly dominated by disposable products and digital experiences, CW&T offers a refreshing counterpoint: a workshop where physical objects are thoughtfully conceived, meticulously crafted, and built to accompany us through life's journeys. Their work invites us to reconsider our relationship with the objects we use daily and the passage of time itself, offering a refreshing counterpoint to our increasingly digital, ephemeral world. Timestamps - (00:00): Time: a pattern across CW&T’s careers - (11:21): Time Since Launch: the idea of counting up instead of down, and creating personal epochs - (14:11): "Good design is long-lasting,” Durability of Electric Objects - (19:31): Balancing art, product, and design: CW&T's approach to creating strange (but useful) things - (23:51): First Word vs. Last Word Art: Michael Naimark's essay on innovation - (28:01): Death by consensus: Why Che-Wei left architecture, and the joy of creative collaboration - (32:52): Inspiration, Theory, and Self-Evidence - (38:40): Tools: iPhone world, what makes a great tool, and design that optimizes for joy - (44:21): The Hi-Tec-C pen cartridge and remixing what has come before - (48:01): Making physical objects: a case for prototyping and against rendering - (55:41): CW&T’s beloved products - (53:27): ITP, Electrified Objects, Software in Objects - (56:49): Dream Stem: Generative design, openness to new tools, AI's impact on the creative process, and intuition - (01:07:11): The value of friction, and what's lost and gained in the pursuit of efficiency - (01:09:46): CW&T the brand, contemplating CW&T's legacy and purpose - (01:15:24): Kickstarter, owning your audience, and what it would look like to start today - (01:19:35): Partners in life and work, the tension between merging identities and maintaining individuality - (01:25:02): Growth, explore vs. exploit, and learning, dream collaborators, and more resources - (1:33:56): Lighting round: great teachers, New York City focus & serendipity, creative inspirations, CW&T book, nature and green things, morphology and architecture, “form and force,” a gift for children or grandchildren, what to hang onto, - (01:52:07): Timelessness

Context S4: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Most Visited Museum in America Dives into NFTs

Blake speaks with The Metropolitan Museum of Art team who recently released Art Links, marking The Met’s first foray onto the blockchain. Art Links is a 12-week game that invites you to connect the dots between seeming disparate art works (whether centuries apart, completely different mediums, etc.) according to different themes, rewarding you in the form of NFT badges and IRL prizes. Blake has played religiously every week, and has learned a tonne! 3 of the project leads are here to talk about the game: Destinee Filmore, Assistant Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Met, Brett Renfer, The Met's Senior Project Manager for Emerging Technologies and Audrey Ou, co-founder and CEO of TRLab. They dive deep into the project, from how long it took to plan and launch, to the intended audience, to why they chose Base, to the art they included. Blake also couldn’t resist asking Destinee about if (and when) the Met will collect their first crypto art works. If you want to get a read on the traditional art world and how they are engaging with NFTs…you can’t really get bigger than this. The Met is the most visited museum in America, and one of the most important cultural institutions in the world. Art Links: https://artlinks.metmuseum.org/about TRLab: https://x.com/trlab_ Blake Finucane: https://x.com/blakefinucane Boys Club Newsletter: https://tooonline.beehiiv.com/

Rhynotic - Experimenting in the Onchain Arena

In the 10th episode of Season Five, we are once again joined by our good friend Rhynotic aka Adam. Adam does a little bit of everything. He created Vulcan, the most used wallet authentication tool in crypto. He’s the founder of TokenWorks where he cooks up crazy on chain tokenomic experiences. He’s also one of the most vibe centric collectors around, especially known for his deep knowledge of all things XCOPY.We dive into his love of experimenting and developing onchain experiences, what excites him about uniswap v4, thoughts on autonomous agents, his love of art, and more. We're excited to announce that the rest of Season Five is now powered by Towns! Built on Base and running on River, Towns is a decentralized and permissionless group chat app that allows anyone to create & own digital town squares on their own rules. Available on web and iOS with full end-to-end encryption, users can join or create feature-rich Towns with native on-chain gating, paid memberships and more with tons of exciting features & rewards coming soon. We'll also be doing a little collabing with our friends at SHILLR in a joint Town for our communities so make sure to tap in to get access to some Towns exclusive giveaways, rewards and more. Head to https://www.towns.com/ for more.00:00 Intro01:39 Golden Handcuffs and Tokenworks 13:09 Challenges and Successes22:59 Uniswap v4 and New Innovations32:17 The History of Crypto Rug Pulls43:33 Buying an XCOPY 1/1 and General Love of XCOPY55:38 Art Market Dynamics01:16:23 Looking for Effort and Authenticity in Art01:34:01 AI Agents: BOTTO, KEKE, and Others 02:01:30 Learning from Tokenworks Mistakes and Future PlansMore Rhynotic:X: https://x.com/RhynoticMore TownsLink to join our town with Shillr and WDAL - https://app.towns.com/t/0x7ce9312cf40ce89426e8262de3f6701b0e27d822/channels/207ce9312cf40ce89426e8262de3f6701b0e27d8220000000000000000000000/ X: https://x.com/townsxyz More RedbeardX:   https://x.com/redbeardnftMore DeezeX:    https://x.com/DeeZe  More WDALX:   https://x.com/wedoalittlepodDiscord:   https://discord.gg/6JSDYgBBuBMore Shillr:X: https://x.com/shillrxyzPodcasts: https://shillr.buzzsprout.com/ More h0m3w0rk (creators of our theme song) X:   / homeworknft  Production by WeeshX:   / __weesh__  As always, this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and should not be relied upon for investment decisions. Andy, Deeze, and guests may be invested in companies or tokens talked about on this podcast.

This AI Predicts Startup Success | Internet Explorers Ep. 69

What happens when AI replaces venture capitalists? Tribute Labs’ new project, ADIN, introduces an AI-driven investment DAO that evaluates deals, votes on funding, and predicts startup valuations—all without human bias. But can an algorithm really spot the next unicorn? This episode unpacks: * AI vs. VCs – Can machine learning replace investor intuition? * Blackbird’s Flynet launch – A blockchain-based restaurant loyalty network taking on Visa’s 3% transaction tax. * Zora’s bold pivot – Every post is now a liquid token. A game-changer for creators or just speculation? * Pump.fun’s next move – Launching their own AMM to dominate the meme economy. * The end of ideology in crypto? – Why execution and distribution are now more important than theory. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro & The VC Vending Machine 05:32 – ADIN: Can AI Replace VCs? 14:37 – Blackbird's Flynet: Restaurants vs. Visa 23:49 – Zora Goes Full DeFi: Every Post is a Token 36:15 – Pump.fun’s AMM: The Memecoin Casino Expands 42:41 – Ethereum Foundation's Communication and Ideological Debates 50:26 – Crypto’s New Business Model: Show Me the Money 55:57 – The Future of AI in Investing: Hype or Inevitable? 1:02:07 – Final Thoughts & What’s Next for Onchain Consumer Tech? Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer Internet experiences. Join us⁠ live on Twitter/X, Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET. Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS?si=4cda0ac044dc4c6a

You Might Not Care About Decentralization, But Security Still Matters

Thomas Heremans is the CEO at the Obol Association. In this episode, we dive into why decentralization isn’t just an ideology in crypto—it’s a critical security feature. We explore how Obol is strengthening Ethereum’s infrastructure, how much decentralization is enough, and why projects like Rocket Pool, Lido, and ether.fi are betting on Obol to secure the future of staking. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DeFiDad ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn DeFi: http://defidad.com/ ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources 🔮 ⁠PYTH NETWORK⁠ | SMARTER DATA FOR SMARTER CONTRACTS https://pyth.network/ ⏳ HOURGLASS | LEVERAGED AIRDROP FARMING AND BOOSTED POINTS https://hourglass.com/ 🪄 TANSSI | LAUNCH YOUR SYMBIOTIC RESTAKED NETWORK IN MINUTES https://www.tanssi.network/ 📊 iYIELD | YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://go.iyield.com/edge 🧪 MANTLE | START YOUR RESTAKING JOURNEY TODAY WITH CMETH https://meth.mantle.xyz/restake 🐡 PUFFER UNIFI | A BASED ROLLUP TO ETHEREUM WITH NATIVE YIELDS https://unifi.puffer.fi/ 🌔 MOONWELL | THE LEADING LENDING AND BORROWING APP ON BASE https://moonwell.fi/ 🐐 ⁠GOAT NETWORK⁠ | A BITCOIN L2 TO EARN WITH BTC & DOGE https://www.goat.network/ ⚙️ GEARBOX PROTOCOL | ONCHAIN LENDING REIMAGINED https://gearbox.fi/ 📈 DEFINITIVE | THE MOST ADVANCED PLATFORM FOR ONCHAIN TRADING https://app.definitive.fi/r/DEFIDAD ------ Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 5:44 - The problem to solve with Obol 7:55 - Operator vs validator 9:07 - Obol Collective, Obol Association, Obol Labs 11:17 - How Obol enables the Ethereum blockchain to work 14:24 - Why does decentralization matter? 16:39 - How much decentralization is enough? 20:32 - Mantle mid-roll 21:10 - Is there a tradeoff to decentralization? 23:00 - Decentralization should be reframed as security 27:35 - Will Obol expand beyond Ethereum? 29:58 - Sponsor mid-roll 31:37 - The Obol product suite 36:52 - Why teams like Rocket Pool, Lido, and ether.fi love Obol 40:29 - OBOL token details 44:52 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Obol website: https://obol.org/ ► Obol on X: https://x.com/obol_collective ► Thomas on X: https://x.com/_cryptoma ------ If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.