The Decentralized Life

#19 with Lisan - Co-Founder of Sacred Finance

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:59:24 +0000

Sacred Finance is a decentralized protocol that enables private yield redemption and the private transfer of funds. Sacred enables you to deposit funds into a mixer with one address, and redeem it with a different address, breaking the on-chain link and obscuring the record on the blockchain from observers. This is possible thanks to zero knowledge proofs.

In this episode, we discussed

Motivation and thesis of Sacred Finance
Importance of privacy and improving the UI for privacy protocols
The upcoming Trusted Setup Ceremony for Sacred v1

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#18 with Filip Filipovic - Unique Network

Wed, 04 May 2022 03:34:34 +0000

Filip is a developer relations manager at Unique Network, a scalable blockchain for composable NFTs with advanced economies — The NFT chain built for Polkadot and Kusama.

In this episode, we discussed

What's unique about the Unique Network
Design space approaches in NFTs
What does mainstream adoption of NFTs look like and are we there yet

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#17 with Lefteris Karapetsas - Founder of Rotki

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 06:54:16 +0000

Lefteris is a developer from Berlin and has been involved in blockchain since the early days of Ethereum. Rotki is an open source portfolio tracker, accounting and analytics tool that protects your privacy.

In this episode, we discussed

His motivation for starting Rotki, and challenges in open source development especially in the crypto space.
Issues regarding privacy that users should pay attention to, so that security is not compromised.
Lefteris's involvement in DAOs, notably Gitcoin and ENS.

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#16 with Patric Chan - NFTs for Creators

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 11:44:15 +0000

Patric Chan is a best-selling author, international speaker in 12 countries and internet marketing pioneer. In the internet marketing world, he has been known as a Super Affiliate. He’s also the author of WakeUp Millionaire, Right now, he has decided not to sell the book in Amazon anymore but make it available as an NFT.

In this episode, we discussed

How internet marketing has evolved from web1 to web2 to web3
Why creators should pay attention to NFTs and how to launch a collection today
The motivation behind PatricNFT and MMNFT

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#15 with Alex Smirnov - Co-Founder of deBridge

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:20:53 +0000

Alex Smirnov is an IT expert, entrepreneur, and blockchain enthusiast. Alex is now fully focused on DeFi and works on the development of cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol called deBridge.

In this episode, we discussed

deBridge emerging as the winner of Chainlink Global Hackathon in 2021
How protocols and users can interact with the deBridge Testnet 2.0
What it means to be fully composable and connect the puzzle for the entire multi-chain ecosystem

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#14 with Eduardo Erlo - Status

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 15:02:47 +0000

Eduardo is the Latin America Marketing Manager of Status. He loves helping people understand the power of Crypto, Privacy and Decentralization.

In this episode, we discussed

The origin story of Status, the “holy trinity” (Ethereum, Swarm and Whisper)
Status products which includes Vac, Nimbus, Keycard, Embark, Subspace and Waku
The use of $SNT, and how you can get involved to be part of the Status global community today

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#13 with Roi - Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP)

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 04:54:41 +0000

Roi is a crypto enthusiast who's very involved with the Japan community, and also a Chainlink advocate. Since entering into the blockchain space just over year ago, he's been organizing whitepaper studies to educate others about potential of web3.

In this episode, we discussed

Theories of L1 and "Layer 0" chains
CCIP vs IBC vs bridges
What makes a good oracle network

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#12 with Zachary Edwards - Subsocial Network

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:00:15 +0000

Zachary Edwards is the content lead & community manager at Subsocial Network, an open platform that allows anyone to launch their own decentralized censorship-resistant social networks and marketplaces. Subsocial will help you create your own decentralized version of the popular sites we see today, such as Medium, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Discourse, Patreon, OnlyFans and more.

In this episode, we discussed

How value was extracted by social media platforms of Web 2.0,
Solving the problem of censorship and platform bans
Tips to start using Subsocial today

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#11 with Freddy Zwanzger - Co-Founder of Anyblock

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 00:38:02 +0000

Freddy Zwanzger is the Co-Founder and Chief Data Officer of Anyblock, a German SaaS solution provider for blockchain developers. Freddy regularly speaks about the concept of blockchains and the strategic business impact of distributed ledger technologies. At his work, he helps blockchain projects to get actionable insights into their on-chain data.

In this episode, we discussed

Anyblock's unique selling proposition (USP) in SaaS and machine-to-machine communication services
Key to providing reliable blockchain data on-chain and off=chain
Why decentralizing client base is so important

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#10 with Jason Chew - Legitimacy of Cryptocurrencies

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:22:42 +0000

Jason Chew is the managing partner of Bitcoin Malaysia and director of community growth at Aavegotchi. He is a bitcoin enthusiast and has conducted many events to advocate for its legitimacy in Malaysia.

In this episode, we discussed

6 sources of legitimacy, with reference to Vitalik's article
Jason's journey into the crypto rabbit hole, and advice for beginners in the space
How you can participate in Aavegotchi, and be rewarded in the ambassador program.

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#9 with Jerry Feng - Stacker Ventures

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 05:41:49 +0000

Jerry Feng leads growth and marketing at Stacker Ventures, a community-run protocol for initiating and managing pooled capital on the blockchain. Structured as a DAO, Stacker Ventures initiates decentralized funds, accelerates venture fund portfolio investments through an involved community, and provides checks and balances to fund management.

In this episode, we discussed

Traditional VC vs Decentralized VC
Governance and decision process in Stackers using the STACK token
How you can participate in yield opportunities in the Stacker ecosystem today

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#8 with Tieshun Roquerre - Founder of Namebase

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 16:29:17 +0000

Tieshun Roquerre is the founder and CEO of Namebase. Namebase is a secure and easy platform to interact with Handshake, a decentralized internet blockchain DNS for the decentralized web.

In this episode, we discussed

Why decentralized Domain Name System (DNS) is fundamental for censorship resistance.
Use cases for a Handshake top-level domain (TLD)
Owning your self-sovereign domain on Namebase and connect to apps

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#7 with Philip Silva - BrightID, UBI & DAOs

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 12:15:11 +0000

Philip Silva is an advisor of BrightID, an app that does anti-Sybil analyses algorithms of previous social graphs. He is also involved in the LAO, Flamingo DAO, and Neptune, and is a staunch supporter of universal decentralisation.

In this episode, we discussed

Tackling the Sybil problem in a social graph
The need for Universal Basic Income with new distribution mechanisms
How to participate in DAOs and be rewarded as an early adopter

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#6 with Stuart Bowman - Creator of Satellite

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:02:09 +0000

Stuart Bowman is the creator of Satellite. Satellite utilizes digital signatures, peer-to-peer networks, and a content-surfacing algorithm designed to reward publishers who find common ground, It is a new take on what a social platform can be.

In this episode, we discussed

Stuart's optimism on the decentralized web, and inspiration from the early internet
Technical challenges in building a social network in the web3 space
Social capital = financial capital

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#5 with Patrick Stanley - Founder of Freehold

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 03:00:20 +0000

Patrick Stanley is the founder of Freehold, where hodlers can grow their holdings and reputation by educating others about crypto. Freehold aims to expand the world’s wealth by enabling people to work on things they believe in.

In this episode, we discussed

Stacks ecosystem that's built on Bitcoin. Stack STX to earn BTC!
Driving community growth, user adoption in crypto, and meme marketing.
Roadmap for Freehold including a project that involves city coins

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#4 with Brantly Millegan - Ethereum Name Service (ENS)

Sun, 23 May 2021 07:50:03 +0000

Brantly Millegan is the director of operations at Ethereum Name Service. ENS is a decentralized naming system built on Ethereum.

In this episode, we discussed

The role of ENS in decentralizing the DNS stack, while integrating with existing infrastructure.
Practical uses of ENS domains: self custody, smart contracts, wallet addressing, dweb hosting etc.
Attempts to prevent domain squatting/hoarding.

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#3 with Stefan King - Blockchain Startups

Sun, 09 May 2021 00:44:00 +0000

Stefan King has studied Bitcoin since 2013 and became an active evangelist in 2016. He has a track record in software marketing and applied himself to the intricacies of launching crypto-assets. He is the author of Blockchain Startups: Bitcoin and Ethereum as the Frontier of Finance. As a host of the Weekly Bitcoin Meetup in Chiang Mai, he explains Bitcoin to beginners and helps entrepreneurs build on Bitcoin and Ethereum.

In this episode, we discuss

Lightning Network
Interesting startups in the blockchain space and the challenges they are solving
How crypto is so disruptive to the future of finance

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#2 with Jimmy Song - Thank God for Bitcoin

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:00:18 +0000

Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin expert. and has written 3 books, one for programming Bitcoin, one explaining Bitcoin and one arguing how Bitcoin is more moral than the current system. He has been in the Bitcoin industry as a programmer, advisor, investor, author, speaker and educator

In this episode, we discuss

Bitcoin vs Gold
How bitcoin is morally superior to the current financial system based on biblical values
Why it is good to cultivate a low time preference behavior

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#1 with Alex Dischinger - Bitcoiner in Tucson, AZ

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:08:54 +0000

Alex Dischinger is the host of the Tucson Bitcoin Podcast. His goal is to get Bitcoin education to as many people in my community as possible. He is not a “crypto” person and have a sole focus on Bitcoin.

In this episode, we discuss

How fiat system has failed us
Origin and evolution of bitcoin
The importance of self custody with hardware wallets

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