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"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!

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.

Cursor for Crypto? Ship an Onchain App in Seconds with AI

What if anyone could build a crypto app—without writing a single line of code? In this episode of Internet Explorers, Jess Sloss and Josh Cornelius sit down with Brexton Pham, co-founder of Ohara, to explore how AI is revolutionizing app development and why software is becoming the next form of content. Brexton lays out his bold vision: a world where non-technical creators generate crypto-native apps in seconds, memecoins replace traditional business models, and attention is the only currency that matters. But if software is free to create, what happens next? Ohara’s answer might change how you think about crypto. This episode unpacks: * The No-Code Crypto Future – Why 99% of future apps won’t be built by developers. * Meme Coins as Monetization – The strongest incentives drive the most engagement. Can meme coins become a sustainable business model?* Rethinking Tokenization – Why most app tokens fail—and what actually works. * Building on Base – Ohara’s bet on Base and the EVM ecosystem for the next generation of crypto-native apps. * Software as a Social Experience – What happens when building an app is as easy as making a TikTok? Other topics explored: * Are crypto-native app chains a game changer or just another layer of complexity? * What happens when sports teams, brands, and internet culture go on-chain? * Are airdrops still a viable strategy, or just exit liquidity for insiders?* An agent-only ecosystem sounds futuristic—but does it actually work? * You Wouldn't Salt a Monkey…or would you? Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: The ByBit Hack You Slept Through 3:55 – Meet Brexton Pham & The Ohara Vision 4:56 – Software as Content & The Rise of Non-Technical Creators 9:29 – Attention-Based Monetization: Why Memecoins Are the Future 12:43 – Tokenizing Apps: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly 16:36 – Remixing Apps & Forking Without the Drama 21:47 – Why Token Launches Fail & The Zero-Cost App Revolution 25:18 – AI’s Role in Crypto App Generation 27:30 – App Chains: The Dream vs. The Reality 30:50 – Tokenizing Culture: What If the Lakers Launched a Coin? 38:21 – Kaito’s Token Launch & The Airdrop Debate 54:30 – Dream Chain: A VIP Club for AI Agents? 59:56 – You Wouldn't Salt a Monkey 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

ZEROPOD #16 - "Kind Strangers on the Internet" with Dan Romero aka @dwr, cofounder of Farcaster

On Episode 16 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Prof Werder sit down with Dan Romero aka @ dwr, the cofounder of Farcaster. We talk about his Coinbase origins, his days as a Twitter API dev, and why he and his co-founder chose to tackle the important problem of Decentralized Social. We also talk about Nouns, Network States, permissionless proliferation and so much more.  --- Timestamps: 00:00 - Nouns as a great example of decentralized governance 01:54 - ZEROPOD Intro 02:45 - Early career on the West Coast, discovery of Bitcoin and Ethereum 04:28 - Thinking about moving Twitter onto a protocol, Paul Graham essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/twitter.html 05:15 - RSS to RSS+ 06:00 - Why tackle decentralized social media? 06:28 - History as Twitter API dev, Strawpoll creation 07:59 - Social networking vs Social MEDIA 10:45 - Farcaster the protocol vs Warpcaster the app + The Power of Channels 12:26 - Balaji’s Network State, the power of onchain networks and pseudonymous  15:15 - Network State can be a charged term - Need better retail packaging 17:08 - Kind Internet Strangers 20:00 - Walking the Decentralized Talk 21:34 - The airdrop is the friends we made along the way 22:38 - The value of owning your social network (immunity to deplatforming) 23:03 - Vitalik as an example of someone who walks the walk 25:00 - Future integrations of podcasts into Farcaster? 28:32 - Apps should be opinionated and focused 29:00- Build things you are passionate about 31:17 - A Permissionless milestone for Farcaster: Importance of building culture early, and the novelty of permissionless interaction with the protocol. 36:27 - You own the relationship wth your network. 36:42 - Setting norms on Warpcaster: Building a culture 40:00 - “Good” is Not Great. 42:00 - Freedom of choice of client 42:50 - Flink example: https://flink.fyi/ 44:46 - “The decentralized approach of Nouns is inspirational to me.” 47:33 - “Why didn’t your fork your noun?” (In it for the meme!) 49:40 - The importance of taking a 10 year horizon on investments you believe in 51:38 - Let memetic compounding happen 52:41 - Almost the Purple Patricio 53:05 - Purple DAO 57:35 - The Grateful Dead as an example of permissionless proliferation 59:00 - Ethereum and Bitcoin as decentralized brands 1:00:00 - Community Questions - Noun40 question about community curation of channels 1:06:00 - Dustmartn question 1: What Superpower?. Question 2: Why will people still be using Forecaster in 10 years? 1:07:00 - “Farcaster is default dead right now” 1:10:00 - Why should someone join Farcaster? 1:15:00 - Outro --- Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and JackWyldes. Hosted by Toady Hawk and Prof Werder. Music by SuperTightWoody. Zero Rights Reserved, please remix and reuse our content in any way you like!

GM Farcaster ep212 Thursday February 6, 2025 with @dwr.eth /farcaster

GM Farcaster ep212 Thursday February 6, 2025 with @dwr.eth /farcaster   Thank you Dan Romero @dwr.eth for popping by to chat all things Farcaster! We always love yapping with you!   AND Thanks to our new sponsors Lil Nouns! Visit LilNouns.wtf to snap up your own Lil Noun and join the DAO! Learn more in /lilnounsdao channel on Warpcast.   From our ChatGPT Intern: Today's GM Farcaster features Dan Romero dropping updates on Farcaster’s wild growth plans, Coinbase Wallet integrations, and the mysterious "intern" running the official account (who may or may not actually exist). Between Woj’s surprise move to Merkle, debates over onchain UX, and a philosophical deep dive into whether Gen Z even knows what a CPU is, it’s an episode that proves decentralization is great—until you need to manage expectations.   Show Notes and Links – some of the casts & stuff we talked about:    Last Month on Farcaster – Zero Rights x GMFC collab: https://warpcast.com/toadyhawk.eth/0x0501e509   FC Inside: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x18bf1d14   Mystery Intern: https://warpcast.com/matthew/0x538b96ca   The current plan: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x01286b63   New hires - @woj joins the team: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0xf76932d1 https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x4e772765 https://warpcast.com/woj.eth/0xf0c8895c https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x522e2ced   What happens to Super… and the dog? https://warpcast.com/androidsixteen.eth/0xdcfff2b1 https://warpcast.com/woj.eth/0xe49275e9   Coinbase Wallet integration: https://warpcast.com/jessepollak/0xf740b279 https://warpcast.com/coinbasewallet/0x5f8e2bbf Channels: https://warpcast.com/seneca/0x4189dc4b FarCon unofficial trailer – wowow! https://warpcast.com/nounishprof/0x3d384eeb https://warpcast.com/cassie/0x1f15b5d3 https://warpcast.com/esteez.eth/0xec3bd904 https://warpcast.com/esteez.eth/0x610dbf2d https://warpcast.com/esteez.eth/0x3a751772 Well, those qualifications look top notch! https://warpcast.com/ceej/0x8caa1ffa FarCon merch fashion show by anonpapi: https://warpcast.com/anonpapi.eth/0xa9c28bf3 Eth Denver meetup prop up for Purple DAO vote: https://warpcast.com/matthew/0x8439991e Farcaster is about to pop off I feel it: https://warpcast.com/alinaferry/0x38357172 https://warpcast.com/kylepatrick.eth/0xea81673c Life can be beautiful: https://warpcast.com/july/0x734afc1c Lil Nouns thread and how to mint: https://warpcast.com/nounishprof/0x36ffb470 https://warpcast.com/adrienne/0x2fec6ee9 And some other casts we didn’t get a chance to chat about:   Request for more Solana on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/zinger/0x86dafb00 And our musings elsewhere:   Mint this episode on pods.media: https://pods.media/gm-farcaster   Adrienne: Some of the Things: What is different for you today from one year ago? https://someofthethings.substack.com/p/what-is-different-for-you-today-than   Nounish Prof: Unpacking with Prof:  https://paragraph.xyz/@nounishprof   AND www.gmfarcaster.com is live along with our GM Farcaster FAQ: https://paragraph.xyz/@adrienne/gm-farcaster-faq   Copyright 2024 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 0:03:50 Farcaster Intern 0:07:06 current FC priorities 0:21:39 Coinbase Wallet integration 0:29:59 Warpcast wallet 0:38:34 channels 0:43:32 Dan’s sweater 0:44:12 new users 0:45:30 animated pfps 0:48:06 lightning round 0:54:19 Warpcast rewards 1:00:23 FarCon 1:03:22 FC Eth Denver 1:05:49 Last Month on Farcaster 1:04:14 Lil Nouns 1:08:28 Lil Poker 1:10:24 next week on GMFC 1:11:59 Eth Denver GMFC event 1:13:15 who’s the new hire?

GM Farcaster ep212 Thursday February 6, 2025 with @dwr.eth /farcaster

GM Farcaster ep212 Thursday February 6, 2025 with @dwr.eth /farcaster   Thank you Dan Romero @dwr.eth for popping by to chat all things Farcaster! We always love yapping with you!   AND Thanks to our new sponsors Lil Nouns! Visit LilNouns.wtf to snap up your own Lil Noun and join the DAO! Learn more in /lilnounsdao channel on Warpcast.   From our ChatGPT Intern: Today's GM Farcaster features Dan Romero dropping updates on Farcaster’s wild growth plans, Coinbase Wallet integrations, and the mysterious "intern" running the official account (who may or may not actually exist). Between Woj’s surprise move to Merkle, debates over onchain UX, and a philosophical deep dive into whether Gen Z even knows what a CPU is, it’s an episode that proves decentralization is great—until you need to manage expectations.   Show Notes and Links – some of the casts & stuff we talked about:    Last Month on Farcaster – Zero Rights x GMFC collab: https://warpcast.com/toadyhawk.eth/0x0501e509   FC Inside: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x18bf1d14   Mystery Intern: https://warpcast.com/matthew/0x538b96ca   The current plan: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x01286b63   New hires - @woj joins the team: https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0xf76932d1 https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x4e772765 https://warpcast.com/woj.eth/0xf0c8895c https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x522e2ced   What happens to Super… and the dog? https://warpcast.com/androidsixteen.eth/0xdcfff2b1 https://warpcast.com/woj.eth/0xe49275e9   Coinbase Wallet integration: https://warpcast.com/jessepollak/0xf740b279 https://warpcast.com/coinbasewallet/0x5f8e2bbf Channels: https://warpcast.com/seneca/0x4189dc4b FarCon unofficial trailer – wowow! https://warpcast.com/nounishprof/0x3d384eeb https://warpcast.com/cassie/0x1f15b5d3 https://warpcast.com/esteez.eth/0xec3bd904 https://warpcast.com/esteez.eth/0x610dbf2d https://warpcast.com/esteez.eth/0x3a751772 Well, those qualifications look top notch! https://warpcast.com/ceej/0x8caa1ffa FarCon merch fashion show by anonpapi: https://warpcast.com/anonpapi.eth/0xa9c28bf3 Eth Denver meetup prop up for Purple DAO vote: https://warpcast.com/matthew/0x8439991e Farcaster is about to pop off I feel it: https://warpcast.com/alinaferry/0x38357172 https://warpcast.com/kylepatrick.eth/0xea81673c Life can be beautiful: https://warpcast.com/july/0x734afc1c Lil Nouns thread and how to mint: https://warpcast.com/nounishprof/0x36ffb470 https://warpcast.com/adrienne/0x2fec6ee9 And some other casts we didn’t get a chance to chat about:   Request for more Solana on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/zinger/0x86dafb00 And our musings elsewhere:   Mint this episode on pods.media: https://pods.media/gm-farcaster   Adrienne: Some of the Things: What is different for you today from one year ago? https://someofthethings.substack.com/p/what-is-different-for-you-today-than   Nounish Prof: Unpacking with Prof:  https://paragraph.xyz/@nounishprof   AND www.gmfarcaster.com is live along with our GM Farcaster FAQ: https://paragraph.xyz/@adrienne/gm-farcaster-faq   Copyright 2024 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 0:03:50 Farcaster Intern 0:07:06 current FC priorities 0:21:39 Coinbase Wallet integration 0:29:59 Warpcast wallet 0:38:34 channels 0:43:32 Dan’s sweater 0:44:12 new users 0:45:30 animated pfps 0:48:06 lightning round 0:54:19 Warpcast rewards 1:00:23 FarCon 1:03:22 FC Eth Denver 1:05:49 Last Month on Farcaster 1:04:14 Lil Nouns 1:08:28 Lil Poker 1:10:24 next week on GMFC 1:11:59 Eth Denver GMFC event 1:13:15 who’s the new hire?

GM Farcaster ep216 Monday February 17, 2025 with @ted and @woj

GM Farcaster ep216 Monday February 17, 2025 with @ted and @woj  Thank you newly minted Merkle Manufactory emplyees @ted and @woj for cohosting GM Farcaster today! Come back any time! AND Thanks to our new sponsors Lil Nouns! Visit LilNouns.wtf to snap up your own Lil Noun and join the DAO! Learn more in /lilnounsdao channel on Warpcast. From our ChatGPT Intern: Today’s GM Farcaster brings Ted and Woj fresh off their first chaotic week at Merkle, where onboarding creators somehow involves both high-level growth strategies and debating the mystery of Farcaster’s intern. Between deep dives into Argentina’s meme coin disaster, token page upgrades, and whether an AI-generated cocktail menu based on your cast history is the future of Web3 nightlife, this episode proves that the best kind of alpha is equal parts insightful and unhinged.Show Notes and Links – some of the casts & stuff we talked about:  $Libra fallout – and oh the memes (so many more to come):https://warpcast.com/kyle/0x12241bd3https://warpcast.com/0xsujit/0xe1b2e39chttps://warpcast.com/kenny/0x60308668https://warpcast.com/leaolmos.eth/0x1ae37f15https://warpcast.com/brixbounty/0xcec9cbccEvent Coffeezilla is on it:https://warpcast.com/nounishprof/0x1756c178But the new token page is fabulous:https://warpcast.com/ted/0x003c784a Choo-Choos @slokh:https://warpcast.com/slokh/0x446f89e2 Now that’s a great week – choo-choo!https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x0df474d0Is your app using Sign in with Farcaster?https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0xf12e7734 @v scored 14/14:https://warpcast.com/v/0xc010ccff Happy Valentine’s Day – also, wen matcha limit orders on Base?https://warpcast.com/linda/0xe3a3fcf5See who joined around you:https://warpcast.com/cashlessman.eth/0x93660845 Casts and Cocktails:https://warpcast.com/keccers.eth/0x6d3529dd But at least there’s some trippy art on the timeline:https://warpcast.com/yonfrula/0xb1dd2221 Follow all these amazing builders:https://warpcast.com/aneri/0x4c2bdd38“today I introduce you to…” turns 200:https://warpcast.com/hankmoody/0x045d800cLatest version of Bankr now on Farcaster:https://warpcast.com/deployer/0xd8e279bb same, same:https://warpcast.com/seattlecrypto.eth/0x9ad5bcd2 awaiting the ted x woj collab:https://warpcast.com/ted/0xe9fd494c Shoot your shot! Even if it takes a year:https://warpcast.com/ted/0x86d90b2dhttps://warpcast.com/ted/0xc7a87434And some other casts we didn’t get a chance to chat about: Yup that sums it up:https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x3a81f166 Foxy mug:https://warpcast.com/adrienne/0x37c7e469Yes, the kids make fun of Adrienne:https://warpcast.com/siennacooks.eth/0xf513e3cb And our musings elsewhere: Mint this episode on pods.media: https://pods.media/gm-farcaster Adrienne: Some of theThings: Too Many Thingshttps://someofthethings.substack.com/p/too-many-things Nounish Prof: Unpacking with Prof:  https://paragraph.xyz/@nounishprof AND www.gmfarcaster.com is live along with our GM Farcaster FAQ: https://paragraph.xyz/@adrienne/gm-farcaster-faq  Copyright 2024 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 0:06:14 $libra fallout0:07:31 coffeezilla’s on it0:09:21 token pages0:10:47 slokh joins Merkle0:12:21 summary from dwr0:14:52 fun frames0:21:04 chat with ted and woj