GM Farcaster ep265 Thursday July 10, 2025 with @evmavericks
GM Farcaster ep265 Thursday July 10, 2025 with @evmavericks From our ChatGPT Intern: While episode 265 kicked off with a lag-fest, virtual background drama, and a rogue theory that ToadyHawk hacked StreamYard just to troll them, the GMFarcaster crew soldiered on through lag to bring us updates and a deep dive with EV Mavericks’ Ben and JT Nichols. To avoid the technical issues of virtual backgrounds, Prof ended up broadcasting from what looked like a haunted CapeCod B&B while Adrienne was standing directly next to her Wi-Fi router like it was a prayer altar—just another GMFC day! Full Show Notes and Links on YouTube Thank you @evmavericks for popping by and for sponsoring today’s show! /evmavericks: https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/evmavericks Daily Doots Podcast: https://dailydoots.com/podcast/ On Pods: https://pods.media/evmavericks Lionpaper: https://mirror.xyz/0xCF68C873D6925F30FFF58E2BdF2D8DA4c9c6f0Be/61meL896f1tgAIwpEyK8UR4OR9eP_igPGKZO5WneN8M Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com. NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should beconsidered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:02:18 virtual bg drama0:04:14 FC news0:26:28 @evmavericks
GM Farcaster ep262 Friday June 27, 2025
GM Farcaster ep262 Friday June 27, 2025 From our ChatGPT Intern: On today’s GM Farcaster, Adrienne and Nounish Prof derailed their own show over broken thumbnail embeds, tiny Stanley cups, and an urgent need to fix the new merch site mid-episode. Meanwhile, Adrienne live-streamed a Farcaster panel from a sake brewery at Permissionless, sparking FOMO, pink-truck FUD, and a philosophical breakdown of why everyone’s now contractually obligated to make TikToks. Full Show Notes and Links on YouTube GM Farcaster merch shop is open! https://gmfarcaster.shop/ Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com. NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:04:07 GMFC news 0:07:17 FC news0:33:23 builders and timeline fun 0:47:50 gmfarcaster.shop0:50:54 CT drama
"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
"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!
Stablecoins, DeFi Adoption, and Female Career Advice from a CTO of M0 Foundation
Antonina Norair from M0 Foundation, the co-CTO leading protocol financial engineering, is the guest for my interview. With previous experience at Consensys, Compound, and other great crypto projects, Antonina has many insights about the future and challenges of DeFi mass adoption. From this video, you’ll learn about the competition between Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin, the vibes on the New York Stock Exchange, the challenges of the crypto culture, and find the best career advice if you plan to become an engineer in Web3. Watch the episode and share it with your friends! Guest: Antonina Norair, the co-CTO at M0 Foundation Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoninanorair Twitter: https://x.com/0xt0n1
Hangout 1: The Ethereum Foundation with Josh Stark and Jason Chaskin
10 Years of Ethereum - Episode 1: Foundation Stories Hosts: Chinmay Patel & Marvyn Paul Guests: Josh Stark (Community Lead, Ethereum Foundation) & Jason Chaskin (Researcher, Ethereum Foundation) Date: May 22, 2025 (Bitcoin Pizza Day!) Welcome to the inaugural episode of our 10-week celebration of Ethereum's 10th anniversary! In this special kickoff episode, we sit down with two key figures from the Ethereum Foundation - Josh Stark, who heads community initiatives, and Jason Chaskin, a researcher leading the new Ecosystem Intelligence Team. This isn't just another crypto podcast - it's a celebration of the builders, dreamers, and community members who've shaped Ethereum from an ambitious whitepaper into the global platform it is today. Josh and Jason share their personal journeys into Ethereum, from Jason's ICO-era skepticism to his banking career pivot, and Josh's transition from law to becoming a cornerstone of the Ethereum ecosystem. We explore the unique challenges of building at the Ethereum Foundation, the delicate balance between decentralization and coordination, and get insider perspectives on exciting developments like the Trillion Dollar Security Initiative, interoperability solutions, and the symbiotic relationship between Layer 1 and Layer 2s. Whether you're a longtime Ethereum builder or just discovering the ecosystem, this conversation offers rare insights into how one of crypto's most important organizations thinks about the future while staying true to its community-first ethos. [02:00] Jason's journey from skeptical college finance major to EF researcher [04:00] Josh's transition from law to Ethereum via the 2015 rabbit hole [11:00] Josh's pre-EF work: Bitcoin ATM operations, ETH Global founding, and L4 (early state channels) [14:00] Jason's ETH Global NYC 2022 experience - finding his tribe in the bear market [17:00] Josh's dual focus: building EF communications & leading Trillion Dollar Security Initiative [20:00] Jason's evolution to leading the new Ecosystem Intelligence Team [22:00] The unique challenge of winning without controlling - EF's delicate balance [24:00] New KPIs: Why stablecoin market share matters for Ethereum's future [27:00] Interoperability as a key coordination function [31:00] The Danny Ryan story - from web developer to Merge architect via open calls [33:00] Forums and channels: ETH Research, Ethereum Magicians, Farcaster [36:00] Developer opportunities: Build Guild, hackathons, and getting paid in ETH [38:00] Scout Game - gamifying open source contributions [41:00] Jason's call for renewed experimentation and big thinking [41:30] Jason's top 3 Farcaster apps: micro-tipping, GeoGuesser, and Paragraph [43:00] Josh's three-bucket framework: Platform strength, application ecosystem, and distribution [46:00] Scaling values through technology, not just philosophy [48:00] The email analogy - how base layer properties keep platforms honest [50:00] EF's symbiotic relationship with Layer 2 teams [52:00] The speed of progress - from $1+ L2 fees to micro-transactions in one year [53:00] Interoperability progress: Succinct's 12-second Ethereum block proofs [55:00] Final advice: Reach out, try new products, support experimentation
Get Paid for Sharing Good Links
We sit down with Internet-native builder and creative coder Mike Bodge to break down his newest experiment: AUX, a gamified curation tool for attention, links, and taste. Described as StumbleUpon meets group chat meets token-powered leaderboard, AUX lets you post URLs that battle for the Internet’s front page. It’s an onchain attention economy that’s equal parts meme-fuel and media archive—designed with taste, not virality, in mind. Before Mike joins, Jess, Josh, and Peace explore the week’s most interesting moments: Noice, the evolution of creator tokens, and why L1 assets might be in trouble. Plus: MoviePass is back (?!) and trying to make you a fantasy film mogul. Stick around to the end for a heartfelt goodbye—a big new chapter awaits us all. This episode unpacks: How Noice turns Farcaster into a microtip economy The messy future of creator tokens Why apps, not L1s, will capture disprortionate value What AUX reveals about curating Internet taste How Mike Bodge hides the crypto in his app Rekt as the blueprint for brand-backed tokens What MoviePass is building with $100M (?!?) The difference between novelty loops and compounding crypto businesses Why VCs are rethinking the startup funding factory A preview of what’s coming after Internet Explorers Chapters: 0:00 — Intro: Discussing end of Q2 and Bitcoin's quiet ATH 5:06 — Noice taking over Farcaster world and L1 discussions 15:31 — Introducing Mike Bodge and AUX: Internet attention machines 29:32 — AUX: Curating the ultimate feed for the internet 38:14 — Tokenomics and business model behind AUX platform 46:48 — Exploring AUX's content and user engagement strategies 54:10 — Discussing changing landscape of startup fundraising strategies 58:05 — Brand coins: Capturing social and cultural value 1:00:03 — MoviePass raises $100M for fantasy movie mogul game 1:07:49 — Announcement: farewell (for the moment), teasing future plans Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer Internet experiences. 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
DevNTell - Securing Crypto with MatterFi and SwissFortress
In this episode of DevNTell we are joined by Michal "Mehow" Pospieszalski whose founder of MatterFi and SwissFortress. MatterFi is easy-to-use Fintech Infrastructure helping make finance more secure for humans and AI. SwissFortress is a private universal solution enabling "send to name" crypto wallets and custody systems meant to combat phishing. Viewers of this DevNTell will see Michal give us an overview of both MatterFi and SwissFortress, drop some crypto security alpha and show us how he plans to combat crypto hacking. — GUEST & HOST 🤝 Michal "Mehow" Pospieszalski, CEO @ MatterFi - https://x.com/MehowHacks 🤝 Narb, DevNTell Host @ Developer DAO - https://x.com/narb_s — RESOURCES Episode Links ℹ️ MatterFi - https://www.matterfi.com/ ℹ️ SwissFortress - https://www.swissfortress.com/ ℹ️ MatterFi X Account - https://x.com/MatterFi_com ℹ️ SwissFortress X Account - https://x.com/SwissFortress 🗞️ 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 Twitter - https://devdao.to/yt-twitter 🎥 Sign Up to Showcase your Project DevNTell - https://devdao.to/devntell-signup
Bonsai on fire: Carlos in Los Fomos
We summoned Carlos’s unfiltered takes by setting his mocktail on fire: cringey club rejections, cursed bonsai trees, black market picks and falling on stage at EthCC. We talk Lens vs. Farcaster, bot relationships and the digital forest we’re all supposedly lost in. This definitely wasn't recorded before noon 🌶️ Join Los Fomos on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/los-fomos and X: https://x.com/LosFomos Become a producer of the show to support Los Fomos and subscribe on Hypersub: https://www.hypersub.xyz/dashboard/los-fomos-fm-producer-yfpf5xwg6qkg
Matcha, robot boyfriends and guests I’d never re-invite: Blake in Los Fomos
Blake is the founder and host of Contextpod w. Boys Club, an onchain creator, investor and art historian. Do you think there are any guests she wouldn't re-invite to her show?? 🌶️ Become a producer of the show to support Los Fomos: subscribe on Hypersub: https://www.hypersub.xyz/dashboard/los-fomos-fm-producer-yfpf5xwg6qkg Join Los Fomos on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/los-fomos and X: https://x.com/LosFomos
14: Alex Zhang - Curating Cultural Playgrounds
Alex Zhang (https://www.alexzhang.world/) is a cultural curator, community builder, and creative director. Currently, he's Chief Creative Officer of Powder Mountain (https://powdermountain.com/), a where he's working with Reed Hastings to create a globally unique ski experience that combines art, architecture, and lots of fresh tracks. Alex loves people and curating spaces and experiences for them: whether that means parties, music festivals, or mountain towns. He joined Summit Series out of school, throwing large scale events around the world and working on Powder Mountain, a Utah mountain resort the ownership group had acquired. He then joined one of the first social DAOs, Friends with Benefits (FWB) as Mayor/CEO, after being tapped by its founder Trevor McFredries to scale the tokenized social club beyond a Discord Server. He launched FWB Fest, an annual in-person music festival and crypto conference with past performers including James Blake, Charli XCX, and Caroline Polachek. Most recently, he joined Reed Hastings to return to Powder Mountain after [the Netflix co-founder acquired a controlling stake in the resort. Alex leads brand, art, architecture, and marketing. Blending culture, commerce, and "cool" is anything but a science, but Alex has made a career of it. I've known him for a decade and it's been a thrill to watch him continue to find strange intersections, blending worlds like music and tech, crypto and culture, and skiing and art. We talk about this, how to create spaces and events, living in the mountains, large scale art experiences, Christopher Alexander and Jane Jacobs, challenges in creating new cities, learning from Reed Hastings, and a life of deepening one's taste. I hope you enjoy and are inspired to life a more connected, playful, and present life. --- This episode is brought to you by Hampton, a private, highly vetted membership for founders. Hampton makes entrepreneurship less lonely by matching you with a core group of likeminded founders along with community, events, retreats, and more. Visit to learn more and apply: http://joinhampton.com --- Timestamps: - (0:05): Hampton: Dialectic's First Partner - (4:09): Commerce & Culture, Patronage, and Constraints - (12:17): Curating People, Spaces, and Art: "Host Energy" - (19:44): How to Throw a Party or Start a Scene - (27:05): Unlikely Intersections and Authentic Marketing - (35:36): Returning to Powder and Building a Unique Mountain Resort - (42:31): Utah and Mountain Living - (47:27): Randomness & Emergence: Christopher Alexander, Jane Jacobs, and Cities - (52:24): Creating a Digital Feeling of Place - (55:15): Network States and New Cities - (1:00:42): "Community" - (1:08:27): Organic Leadership Opportunities, Partnership, and Trust - (1:15:12): Focused Leadership and The Power of Memetic Language - (1:20:02): Learning from Reed Hastings as a Leader - (1:29:09): Getting into Rooms and Finding Serendipity - (1:32:58): Playfulness and Elon - (1:36:25): Intuition and Career Decisions - (1:39:10): Curating Music and a Life Goal of Refining Taste - (1:42:56): Music's Role in Creating Great Spaces - (1:44:08): Photography - (1:46:02): Beginning, Learning to Ski and Scuba - (1:48:10): Improving Los Angeles and What Makes it Special Links - Powder Mountain: https://powdermountain.com/ - Friends With Benefits: https://www.fwb.help/ - Summit Series: https://summit.co/ - How Music Works by David Byrne: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13235689-how-music-works - Studio 54 (2018): https://letterboxd.com/film/studio-54/ - Storm King Art Center: https://stormking.org/ - Naoshima Island: https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/220/ - Marfa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfa,\_Texas - "The world is a museum of passion projects": https://x.com/collision/status/1529452415346302976 - Roden Crater: https://rodencrater.com/ - Christopher Alexander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher\_Alexander - Jane Jacobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane\_Jacobs - The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com/ - Edge City: https://www.edgecity.live/ - Edge Esmeralda: https://www.edgeesmeralda.com/ - WSA, a Manhattan Office Tower, Becomes an Unlikely ‘It’ Building: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/style/wsa-building.html - Remedy Place: https://www.remedyplace.com/ - WAREHOUSE: https://warehousemotorclub.com/ - Was That a James Turrell I Just Skied By?: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/arts/design/reed-hastings-art-park.html) Dialectic with Jackson Dahl is available on all podcast platforms. Join the telegram channel for Dialectic: https://t.me/dialecticpod Twitter / X: https://x.com/dialecticpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dialecticpod/ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/40Po3pM Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4hpS4U7
Metaverse, Digital Land & the Future of Ownership | Sébastien Borget (Sandbox)
🎙️ Welcome to Episode 1 of The Good News Is… We’re kicking off the season with a visionary guest: Sébastien Borget, Co-Founder & COO of The Sandbox, and President of the Blockchain Game Alliance. In this episode, host Rachel Wilkins explores how digital ownership, virtual spaces, and decentralized economies are transforming the way we create, connect, and build. 🔥 What You'll Learn: The future of the metaverse and digital land ownership How The Sandbox empowers creators and communities Why decentralized identity and ownership matter What’s next for Web3 culture and commerce 👤 About Sébastien Borget: Sébastien is a pioneer in the Web3 space and a driving force behind The Sandbox—a decentralized metaverse platform where users can create, own, and monetize virtual experiences. He also leads the Blockchain Game Alliance, advocating for the adoption of blockchain in the gaming industry. 🔗 Learn more about The Sandbox: https://www.sandbox.game/ 🐦 Follow Sébastien on Twitter: / borgetsebastien ✨ Follow The Good News Is… 🌐 Website: https://goodnewsstudio.io 🐦 Rachel on Twitter: / rachelwilkinsb 📸 Instagram: / goodnewsstudios This is The Good News Is…the future, told by the optimists building it.
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
"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!
The Luminary’s Path: A Journey of AI, Community, and Creativity
In this episode, Sheena shares her inspirations, challenges, and hopes for a more collaborative future in AI-assisted art. She also takes us behind the scenes of The Luminary, a CC0 character whose stories and visuals come to life through community input. Exploring how AI can amplify creativity rather than replace it, Sheena discusses how technology can be used to expand imagination and foster a more open, communal approach to art.
EP22_DAPPADAN
the marie kondo of crypto devs. enjoooooooy. bon appetite. guest links: https://x.com/DAppaDanDev @dappadandev
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/
Orchestration For a Seamless Web3 | Agoric | Dean Tribble
Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Dean Tribble from Agoric. Agoric is a blockchain platform that enables seamless multi-chain coordination through orchestration, allowing developers to create long-lived JavaScript smart contracts with native async execution, multi-block workflows, and automated cross-chain interactions. Topics Discussed: - JavaScript Smart Contracts for Web3 developers. - Orchestration Layer automating multi-chain workflows. - Multi-Block Execution enabling complex smart contracts. - Cross-Chain Transactions made seamless and efficient. - Smart Wallet Offers ensuring safety and automation. - Fast Stablecoin Transfers cutting cross-chain wait times.
Art in the Infinite Garden
Garance walks us through evolving projects like the Solaires sci-fi universe and the Lumi AI art collective, exploring the endless possibilities of collaborative imagination. 00:42 Introduction and Personal Background 01:09 Entering the NFT and Crypto Space 01:35 The Solarus Sci-Fi Project - https://www.solaires.art/en/home/ 02:39 LIT - https://warpcast.com/~/channel/l-i-t 04:57 LUMI - https://warpcast.com/~/channel/lumi 09:30 Challenges and Opportunities in Decentralized Art 16:48 The Role of Community in Blockchain Art 19:31 Future Directions and Local Engagement 22:32 Final Thoughts and Getting Involved More place to get involved: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/lum https://warpcast.com/~/channel/luminous https://warpcast.com/~/channel/wearelum
Incubating New Societies with Timour Kosters | S4Bonus: Regeneration Nexus
In this bonus episode of The ReFi Podcast, Timour Kosters, co-founder of Edge City, discusses the emerging trend of month-long pop-up cities where technology, science, and culture pioneers collaborate to envision a better future. He delves into the organizational philosophy of Edge City, emphasizing a generative, emergent, and regenerative approach. Timour charts his professional journey from a background in math and economics to organizing these unique social experiments. He shares inspiring stories, challenges faced, and the overarching vision for scaling these temporary cities into a global network, with the potential for permanent solutions that drive systemic change and human flourishing.👉 ReFi Podcast: https://x.com/ReFiPodcast👉 ReFi DAO: https://x.com/refidaoist👉 Edge City Website: https://www.edgecity.live/👉 Zulalu Website: https://www.zuzalu.city/👉 Timour Kosters LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkosters/👉 Tereza's X profile: https://x.com/TerezaBizkova 👉 Maya's X: https://x.com/mayazdentzel00:00 Introduction to Generative and Emergent Events00:23 Welcome to the ReFi Podcast00:24 Exploring Pop-Up Cities with Timour Kosters01:59 Timour's Journey and Background04:45 The Concept of Pop-Up Communities07:57 The Birth of Edge City12:23 Addressing Criticisms and Inclusivity20:11 Innovative Experiments and Community Currency26:28 Governance Mechanisms and Public Goods31:47 Regeneration and Systemic Change35:49 Surprising Sessions and Overlapping Theories of Change36:56 Planning Future Pop-Up Cities: Key Lessons and Challenges42:47 Navigating Collaboration and Competition Among Pop-Up Cities46:39 Ideal Participants and Handling Difficult Situations51:54 Overcoming Unexpected Challenges: The Flood in Chiang Mai56:41 The Future of Pop-Up Cities: A Sneak Peek into the Master Plan01:04:05 Rapid Fire Questions and Closing Remarks
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.
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Which Crypto Assets Belong in a Reserve? This VC Says Not XRP and ADA
The crypto markets are in waiting mode—but waiting for what? Here’s why traders are eyeing policy moves, how XRP and Cardano’s potential inclusion in a government reserve is causing debate, and what catalysts could actually trigger the next rally. Trump’s latest crypto moves have sent the market on a rollercoaster. First, he posted on Truth Social that a U.S. crypto reserve would include XRP, Solana, and Cardano. A couple hours later, he had to clarify that Bitcoin and Ethereum would also be included. The market jumped 12%—only to crash the next day. Meanwhile, the White House crypto summit is happening Friday, and not everyone is happy with the guest list. Some say it’s a step toward real regulation, while others argue that without DeFi voices, it’s just a meeting of centralized players.
