EPISODE 13: KARAN BEDI & WILDCARD | ft. @defikaran

Karan Bedi, founder of Wildcard, discusses his background and the motivation behind building a crypto-native social network. The app allows users to tip, buy and sell, speculate, and align social incentives through tokens. The goal is to create a positive-sum game where users can support each other and discover content based on tipping and token ownership. The conversation covers topics such as the fragmented ecosystem of Web3 apps, the need for a more integrated and native user experience, the challenge of onboarding new users to Wildcard, the importance of community and culture in the Wild app, and the potential for personalized feedback and communication between card holders and creators.

#12: Evgeny Yurtaev, Zerion | Building the ZERO Network L2 and the evolution of Zerion

Today’s guest is Evgeny Yurtaev, the Co-Founder and CEO of Zerion. Zerion is a crypto wallet for everything onchain. Zerion has also recently announced that they are building ZERO, a Layer 2 network that is designed to offer zero fees 00:00: Introduction 00:40: Defining a modern crypto wallet 06:00: Views on crypto + social 09:15: Defining Zerion's target users 11:40: Wallets, wallets, wallets 19:30: The evolving business of Zerion 24:25: ZERO and improving the onchain user experience 30:25: Building an ecosystem around ZERO and attracting content creators 41:10: Building on the @zksync Zk Stack 48:00: The business of ZERO 52:00: Onchain identity / Zerion DNA Learn more: Zerion, Evgeny, and Zero https://x.com/zerion https://x.com/evgeth_ https://x.com/zerodotnetwork Wallfacer Labs and Ryan https://x.com/wallfacerlabs https://x.com/RyanRodenbaugh/

EPISODE 12: REN STERN & TOKYO DAO

Ren Stern, founder of Sense Space and Tokyo DAO, we discuss his journey into the crypto space and the vision behind Tokyo DAO. In this episode we talk about: Differences in Crypto Awareness: Tokyo vs. New York Tokyo DAO's Mission Ren envisions Tokyo DAO as a hub for connecting the Tokyo builder and creator community to the world. Sense Space's Brand Building and Community Focus Innovative Crypto Games on Farcaster Parallel Community Building: Tokyo DAO and Sense Space Farcaster Ecosystem Opportunities IRL-URL Connection in Farcaster Global Expansion: Tokyo DAO and FBI Communities Building Meaningful Communities for Long-Term Value Superchain Ecosystem Flexibility

EPISODE 11: JIHAD & BELIEVE IN SOMETHING

Jihad is the creator of believe in something: a higher-aligned grant-giving collective finding and funding optimistic writer-practitioners and scene-builders. - Jihad's thesis on DAOs and learnings from Forefront - The significance of Higher and tokenized communities - "Believe in Something": funding writer practitioners - Collaborations and communication in the Hire community - The role of on-chain platforms in fostering community - Friendship vs. community: understanding the difference - Shaping the future of media through taste and curation Follow me on warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ishika Believe in Something: https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/collection/believe-in-something-dx0nainkb30g Follow Jihad on warpcast: https://warpcast.com/jihad

Going Viral Onchain

This episode welcomes Cooper Turley, Founder of Coop Records. Cooper is a recurring guest on the pod, though this time, we focus all of our attention on how to go viral onchain. Consider this a round table discussion where him and I share our insights, lessons learned, and debate our perspectives on the current state of the onchain creator economy. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

EP 10: PROXYSTUDIO & L3s | ft. @proxystudio

In this episode, I chat with Alex, aka proxystudio, the founder of open ventures and proxyswap. Proxy is one of the most prominent folks pushing forward the builder ecosystem on farcaster. Episode Breakdown: - Proxy's journey into the Crypto Space and Choosing Anonymity - Building Relationships and Supporting Others in the Community - The Vibrant Builder Energy in the FarCaster Community - ProxySwap: Developing a Social Decks Feature - Organic and Social Onboarding on FarCaster - The Challenges and Potential of L3s - The Future of the Proxy Token - Discussing and Value-Based Token Mechanisms - Exploring Retroactive Reputation Tokens - HyperSub: A Promising Distribution Mechanism - Rapid-Fire Round: Personal Preferences and Top Builders Follow me on warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ishika Follow Proxystudio: https://warpcast.com/proxystudio.eth Quick disclaimer: the audio in this episode isn't the best due to some technical issues, but we hope you still enjoy the great content!

EP 9: YASH BORA & TERMINALLY ONCHAIN

Yash is the creator behind Terminally Onchain, token gated group as a "ClassPass for OP Stack". We talk Yash's background and how he got into full time content creation, his experience at FarCon LA, his journey in creating Terminally Onchain, scaling hypersubs. He drops a fun alpha for us, look out for it :) Follow me on warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ishika Terminally On Chain: https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/colle... Follow YB on warpcast: https://warpcast.com/yb

EP 8: JESSE POLLAK AND BASE

Jesse Pollak shares his backstory and how he got into Web3. He grew up in Washington, DC, attended a Quaker school, and played competitive soccer. He didn't learn how to code until his senior year of high school. He joined Coinbase as a software engineer and eventually became a leader in scaling their consumer products. He then started Base within Coinbase, with the mission of creating an open financial system for the globe. Base is driving international expansion by supporting decentralized builder communities like FBI in India and Builders Connect in Nigeria. They are focused on empowering local builders and providing resources to help them grow.

EP 7 : THE SOCIAL COMPOSABILITY LAYER | ft. Pratik

Episode breakdown: Pratik’s background story and why he is so passionate about the social composability layer Pratik breaks down the concept of the social composability layer How Farcaster is one of the best ecosystems enabling this and how there is still so much potential yet to be achieved. Why social network distribution is so important How to continue driving the social composability layer.

FARSIDE.FM EP 6: DEGEN AS A PUBLIC GOOD

In this episode, Matt and I discuss - Public goods on farcaster - Why degen is a public good and why it is important to expand the use case of degen beyond tipping. - Upcoming feature on events where you can tip your degen to contribute to an event - A fun rapid round where I shoot 4 questions for Matt to answer within 30 seconds.

FARSIDE.FM EP 5: FARCASTER BUILDERS INDIA | ft. Saumya Saxena

On this episode, Saumya and I chat about the rise of the Indian builder tribe on Farcaster aka the FBI. We talk about the journey of the movement, where its headed, what Saumya is looking to build, and just how the past few weeks have been on farcaster.

FARSIDE.FM EP 4: EXPLORING URL - IRL COMMUNITY PRODUCTS | ft. Matthew Kochakian

Matt and I delve into the evolving landscape of community interaction through the lens of IRL (In Real Life) and URL (Online) products. We sheds light on the gaps and opportunities in the market and what essential elements are missing from current community products.

FARSIDE.FM EP 3: THE FUTURE OF ONCHAIN COMMUNITIES | ft. Matthew Kochakian, Tayyab Hussain

In this episode, we do a deep dive on online and on-chain communities: the shift from digital to IRL communities, Farcaster currently as a community, the future of the Farcaster community, and how on-chain communities should scale.

FARSIDE.FM EP2 : DISCUSSING BALAJI'S TRIBAL LENS | ft. Adrienne, Tim Reilly

In this episode, we dive deep and discuss our thoughts on the concept of the Tribal Lens advocated by Balaji Srinivasan. The Tribal Lens emphasizes why cognitive territories will gain increasingly more power than land-defined territories. Are we going to see a rise in the grey tribe?👀 Balaji on the Tribal Lens: Follow us on Warpcast - https://warpcast.com/ @ishika @matthew @tayyab @adrienne @tldr

FARSIDE.FM EP 1: FARCASTER HUBS & NEYNAR | ft. Manan Patel

We dig into what farcaster hubs are, what do they entail, how they are unique compared to current web2 social app infrastructure, what https://neynar.com/ is building in relation to Farcaster hubs, etc Background : Farcaster is a sufficiently decentralized protocol for building decentralized social apps. Users are able to control their data, and developers can build apps permissionlessly on the network. Farcaster hubs are API-based apps that allow people to create applications that leverage the resources of other apps within the same ecosystem (e.g., you could use an app like Instagram without having to have an Instagram account).

[BONUS] LIVE FROM DENVER: L2 WARS

On our final special bonus episode of Rehash recorded live in Denver on March 1, 2024, we’re holding our first ever debate between three major L2 chains: Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism. The representatives from each chain are Hudson Jameson (Polygon), Disruption Joe (Arbitrum), and Binji (Optimism). Each representative gives opening and closing statements about why the layer 2 chain they’re working on is the best one, shares some popular use cases for projects building on their chain, and some even attack other chains in an attempt to win the L2 wars.