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"Ethereum is Power to the People" with Jason Chaskin from the Ethereum Foundation | ZEROPOD S3 E1

Jason Chaskin is the newly minted head of app relations at the Ethereum Foundation, and he joins ZEROPOD as our first guest of season 3!In this conversation, host Toady Hawk chats with Jason about his journey from the halls of high finance to the trenches of ETH hackathons, his new EF role helping apps survive and thrive, and why he believes that Ethereum is uniquely positioned to bring power back to the people. If you enjoy this episode, you can collect an onchain version right here and support our ongoing work. --- Timestamps: 00:00 Why Ethereum? Open networks vs Big Tech servers 02:00 Introducing Jason + his background 02:44 Growing up in Connecticut, sports & early life 03:29 College years at Illinois, studying finance 07:00 First exposure to crypto during the ICO era 08:54 Corporate banking and investment banking disillusionment 11:30 Discovering crypto podcasts & influences 13:01 COVID money-printing → aha moment for Bitcoin & Ethereum 14:13 Entering NFTs and first onchain experiences 15:05 Learning to code + ETH Global hackathons 16:33 How Jason taught himself (CS50, Patrick Collins course) 17:22 Pivot point: job applications & rejection at Privy 18:18 Blogging, Farcaster channels, and breaking into EF 21:59 Landing a role with the Ethereum Foundation 22:42 Announcing his new role: Apps Relations & Research 24:59 What the new EF focus means for apps & use cases 27:03 Why stablecoins on Tron succeeded & lessons for ETH 30:03 Should Ethereum fight for stablecoin market share? 32:11 The bull case for apps on Ethereum 34:43 Vitalik’s vision, decentralization, and values 39:23 Are stablecoins bullish or bearish for Ethereum? 40:29 Favorite Vitalik blog posts + public goods funding 46:01 Why Ethereum is a counterbalance to centralization 49:41 Competition with Solana & L1 debates 53:10 Are L2s parasitic to Ethereum? 57:12 EF’s L1 vs L2 scaling roadmap explained 59:59 What new blockspace should be used for (apps, experiments) 1:01:21 Bull case for Farcaster & community building 1:03:50 Thoughts on Nouns DAO and funding public goods 1:09:37 Ethereum’s biggest challenges ahead 1:12:49 EF restructuring and adapting to regulation 1:16:28 Why EF is leaning into ecosystem support & comms 1:18:54 Reflections on FTX, regulation, and industry reputation 1:19:41 Looking ahead to 2025: apps, stablecoins, institutions 1:21:49 Lightning Round Q&A (food, music, hobbies, books, travel, inspirations) 1:28:06 Closing thoughts --- Podcast produced, edited and hosted by Toady Hawk. Zero Rights Reserved and Open Source (Just like Ethereum)Cover art commissioned from the talented @0xAprilia Funding provided by The Yellow Collective on Base, an onchain culture club for curious creators and artists. Find out more at yellowcollective.xyz.

GM Farcaster ep269 Wednesday, July 23, 2025

GM Farcaster ep269 Wednesday, July 23, 2025 From our ChatGPT Intern: GM Farcaster ep269 kicks off eleven minutes late due to “rebellious tech gremlins,” but quickly pivots to a heartfelt Ozzy Osbourne tribute and thewild revelation that CryptoBatz actually onboarded real people into Web3. The rest is collectibles chaos: bidding bugs, Pugson bidding frenzi, Bertwurst supremacy, and the uncomfortable realization that some people just don’t wanttheir casts hoarded like digital Beanie Babies.  Full Show Notes and Links on YouTube – some of the casts & stuff we talked about:  Ozzy and CryptoBatz:https://farcaster.xyz/sqx/0x5ae4c143https://farcaster.xyz/sqx/0x5ae4c143 New – Collectibles:https://farcaster.xyz/v/0xd8d1984ehttps://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0xad32e53dhttps://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0x6dff8ac6https://farcaster.xyz/links/0x72cd8e2bhttps://farcaster.xyz/v/0xcf45cf5fhttps://farcaster.xyz/v/0xc0a7dacdhttps://farcaster.xyz/lobstermindset.eth/0x2482d9dfhttps://farcaster.xyz/yes2crypto.eth/0x11c9e1achttps://farcaster.xyz/garrett/0x9661cd7bhttps://farcaster.xyz/kazi/0x86495c99https://farcaster.xyz/pfista/0x6d6682a2https://farcaster.xyz/links/0x72cd8e2bhttps://farcaster.xyz/links/0x72cd8e2b Trending auctions:https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0xc673d823 Collectibles experiments:https://farcaster.xyz/samantha/0x37419eb6https://farcaster.xyz/sayangel/0x712c19c2https://farcaster.xyz/tldr/0x50ff0e34https://farcaster.xyz/greg/0x484fe440https://farcaster.xyz/pfista/0x6d6682a2 Yes, like a sticker book:https://farcaster.xyz/michelleh/0x48917410 And some Collectibles criticism:https://farcaster.xyz/jc4p/0x9aea3069https://farcaster.xyz/df/0x89b520cd Weekly Rewards:https://farcaster.xyz/bradq/0x6d327e36 yes – the increase is great!https://farcaster.xyz/linda/0xdfed8a09 creator challenges:https://farcaster.xyz/brookejlacey.base.eth/0xbd5e491d Network State Conference:https://farcaster.xyz/balajis.eth/0x2be3f619 /fctrivia: https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x75174514 Farggles:https://farcaster.xyz/awedjob/0xc8ea76cahttps://farcaster.xyz/awedjob/0x6e37d25e yeah, the oldies might be raising the average age:https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x59687d1chttps://farcaster.xyz/ba/0x6e688bbc And our musings elsewhere: Mint this episode on pods.media: https://pods.media/gm-farcaster  Learn more about partnering with GM Farcaster:https://mediakit.gmfarcaster.com/  Adrienne: Some of the Things: 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 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 0:02:25 Ozzy0:08:00 Collectibles0:55:52 other FC news