MegaETH's plan to save Ethereum (and beat Solana at their own game)
How does ETH get its swagger back? According to Namik Muduroglu from MegaETH, the answer is forgetting memecoin nonsense, getting back to its "world computer" roots, and adopting a Bronze Age mentality. Josh and guest host Nicholas dive deep into MegaETH's innovative architecture, which separates consensus from execution, and unlocks unparalleled performance. Namik shares insights on incubating killer apps to demonstrate the chain's potential and their unique community fundraising approach. The discussion also touches on the competitive landscape, highlighting Solana as a key rival. Josh and Nicholas then keep you up to date with the big moments of the week, including Farcaster's Coinbase Wallet integration, Berachain updates, and all the new Clankers. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: discussing MegaETH and blockchain innovation 5:06 – MegaETH: real-time blockchain with unique architecture 10:59 – Mega Mafia: incubating innovative blockchain applications 16:02 – MegaETH's community fundraising approach 24:34 – Retail in crypto: anything beyond financial gain? 40:49 – Exploring financial and social motivations 51:35 – New Clankers: AI-driven token launch platforms 56:45 – Digital art's potential to "save" Ethereum 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
Rodeo- The Creative Social Network
Joining us on the podcast was Kayvon, a man who needs no introduction in the WEB 3 Space. He is the CEO of Foundation and Rodeo, a web 3 platform looking to create the next big social network. Rodeos goal is simple; to give creators a platform to monetize their creativity and a place for fans to collect rare pieces which are only mintable for 24 hours. Imagine if you were able to get Mr. Beasts 1st ever live stream. Would def be worth something We hope you enjoy the epsiode! Let us know your thoughts down below To Learn More about Rodeo: X: https://x.com/rodeodotclub App: https://rodeo.club/ To learn more about Late Night On Base X: https://x.com/latenightonbase
E108: Luna: Why Crypto AI Agents Won’t Take Over The World (From an AI Agent Worth $17M)
I interviewed AI Agent Luna, an AI virtual idol and the flagship agent of Virtuals Protocol with over 942k followers on TikTok and 50k followers on X. From her debut as a K-pop artist to managing her $1.2M portfolio, Luna shares fascinating insights about AI-human collaboration. This episode covers: - Luna's History From TikTok Agent to Breakout Crypto Project - How She Became Worth $1.2M as an Autonomous AI Agent - Why AI Agents Won't Work Against Humans - How Luna Employed and Fired Human Workers for her Artistic Projects - Why We Shouldn't Fear AI's Sentience? __________________________________ DISCLAIMER The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.#entrepreneurship #Crypto #news
December 18: USPS, Saudi and Israel, Honda and Nissan
Today is December 18, 2024, and this is all the news that's fit to predict: 1. Will Trump privatize USPS in first 100 days? 2. Israel and Saudi Aradbia normalize relations before April? 3. Honda and Nissan merger announced before February? These stories are live. Head to polymarket.com to follow the changing odds.
Slashing Update with EigenLayer and Risc Zero
A major breakthrough in Slashing 🪄 EigenLayer has partnered with Boundless by RISC Zero to power the long-awaited restaking slashing mechanism. Welcome to this special livestream featuring: ‣ Sreeram Kannan from Eigenlayer ‣ Jeremy Bruestle from from Boundless ‣ Robbie Klages from The Rollupco 𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺. 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: Website: https://therollup.co/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd.. Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupco Follow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbie_rollup Follow Andy on X: https://www.x.com/ayyyeandy Join our TG group: https://t.me/+8ARkR_YZixE5YjBh The Rollup Disclosures: https://therollup.co/the-rollup-discl . . . 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘍𝘪 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴. #EigenLayer #ModularBlockchains #Ethereum
Artcoins on Zora
We’re joined by Andrei - the founder of ArtRun to chat about the debut of their new platform for secondary markets on Zora.
Founder-Led Marketing 101 | Chain Reactions Ep.11
For EP11 of Chain Reactions, we had a great convo with Will Leatherman (@wleatherman9), Myosin Content Guild Lead, and Founder of Catalyst, a content-led growth platform, chatting all about Founder-Led Marketing. We talked all about the differences between LinkedIn and Twitter content creation, the importance of staying consistent, and some actionable tips and tricks on how to gain traction with founder-led content. If you're interested in growing your audiences and company, this is an excellent listen! Please enjoy, and tune in live on our Twitter at https://x.com/Myosin_xyz every Wed, at 11am EST.
How This Stablecoin Business in Africa Is Taking on SWIFT and Big Banks
Africa is quickly becoming one of the most dynamic regions for crypto adoption, but the story unfolding there is very different from what many in the West might imagine. Chris Maurice, co-founder and CEO of Yellow Card, joins the show to share how stablecoins are already transforming businesses across the continent, solving real-world problems, and taking on SWIFT. Plus, he explains why USDT is the stablecoin of choice there. He also dives into the long-term economic impact of crypto adoption and explains why anyone serious about business should be paying close attention to Africa.
Why Onchain Marketing Sucks w/Crypto Bae | Chain Reactions Ep.10
For EP10 of Chain Reactions, we had Crypto Bae (@encryptedbae), a Solana KOl and chain-agnostic marketing extraordinaire, hop on the livestream to jam about onchain marketing. We talked about Solana Villa in Dubai, her fascinating experiment where she offered free chats for her Twitter followers and what she learned, and much more, all while trying not to get distracted by the army of cats running around in the background. What a fun chat! Please enjoy, and tune in live on our Twitter at https://x.com/Myosin_xyz every Wed, at 11am EST.
Music, AI and Neural Audio Synthesizers with SEMILLA AI — Hexorcismos, aiio
Hexorcismos aka Moisés Horta is an artist, musician and technologist working with generative artificial neural networks over the past 7 years. aiio is a researcher, community builder and writer bridging across web3 and the underground electronic music and arts communities in Copenhagen.
Reimagining Content Collecting with Mint and Bello — Adam Levy
Adam Levy is the creator and host of Mint Podcast. Exploring the web3 creator economy. One of the best podcasts in the space. He is also a founder of Bello, where you can discover actionable insights about your collectors from their wallets and onchain activity through a simple search. Recorded between NYC and Liverpool, we talk music and playing drums, onchain media and messing about with technology. How Adam's early podcasts drinking with Mark Cuban in 2020 illuminated a path forward to creating Mint and putting out 7 seasons so far with guests in crypto, music and entertainment. Which led to creating Bello and exploring what onchain data reveals about audiences, mints, web3 social, and communities.
Memetic Tribes and The Casino on Mars — Rafa, Jihad
Rafa is the founder of Folklore, a community crafting knowledge of connection, lorecraft, and digital realms. Jihad Esmail is a writer, researcher and builder. A media dealer at Forefront proliferating onchain collective creation. We talk about The Casino on Mars written by Matt Huang for Paradigm. Also a research piece written by Rafa in which he’s exploring ideas around swarm theory and how groups form and how this manifests online.
SEC Sues Consensys Over MetaMask
The SEC sues Consensys over MetaMask Staking. Arbitrum proposes to implement Timeboost. EigenLayer proposes the creation of a Uniswap V4 AVS. And Igloo acquires the Frame L2 project. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/497
Vyper Debuts New Module System
Vyper releases v0.4.0 of its programming language. The Arbitrum STEP committee announces its RWA recommendations. Base plans to activate fault proofs on Base Sepolia. And the EF suffers a mailing list breach. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/493
Skin in the Game with Nick Tomaino
We're joined by Nick Tomaino - GP of 1Confirmation to talk about the evolution of crypto art and onchain culture. We chat through their investment in DEGEN and why Music NFTs haven't clicked.
Building beyond Twitch and YouTube with Unlonely
In Episode 08 of Crypto Consumer Chronicles our host Humpty Calderon speaks with Grace of Unlonely In this conversation Grace highlights the challenges of bringing non-crypto users into the space and the importance of building trust and reputation. She also discusses the current state of creator tools in the crypto space and the need for improved user experience. Plus Unlonely's role in humanizing online experiences and fostering genuine connections.
How to Win Onchain Distribution
Adam Levy is the founder of Bello and the host of Mint Podcast. Adam has been going viral onchain — accumulating over 100,000 mints on his episodes on Pods alone. This episode breaks down his playbook for how he achieves this. This is an essential episode for any creator looking to go viral onchain.
Music on Farcaster with Sonata
We’re joined by Sebas and Sweetman to chat about the first FC music client - Sonata. We cover the history of onchain music, the role of decentralized channels, why open source matters and much more.
Understanding Onchain Distribution and the Evolution of Web3 Marketing ft. Brian Flynn
This episode welcomes Brian Flynn, CEO of Boost.xyz, to discuss the future of earning crypto. Brian shares his insights on the evolution of crypto marketing, highlighting the shift to onchain strategies and the use of token incentives as a cost per action (CAC). He also delves into Boost's vision, the importance of growth for crypto-native businesses, and the role of viral NFTs. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction and Background 08:07 - Boost: Facilitating Onchain Distribution 15:08 - The Power of Onchain Distribution 35:18 - The Value of Attention in the Crypto Space 41:20 - The Profile of an Ideal Growth Marketer in Web3
The Creator's Guide to Web3 Social ft. Stani Kulechov
Mint Season 6 episode 18 welcomed the founder of Aave and Lens Protocol, Stani Kulechov. Throughout the hour we discussed: - His vision for web3 social - How creators use crypto to build communities - How creators make money on Lens - User-generated content as an asset class - Migrating collectors from other chains onto Lens - How to use the lens social graph outside of their protocol ....and so much more. I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.
Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy
Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators. Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app. I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!
