Sameer Mallik is an entrepreneur, start up founder and crypto enthusiast. I had the pleasure of connectin with him thorugh a mentor and had the opportunity to have this wonderful conversation about the basics of crypto, blockchain, NFTs and much more. Having been in this space for almost the past decade, Sameer was able to point me to some amazing online resources and crypto propogators that are an absolute goldmine ot follow and learn more about the space. 

All mentions/resources are mentioned below:  

Naval Ravikant on The Tim Ferris Show: 

1) https://tim.blog/2021/10/28/chris-dixon-naval-ravikant/ 

2) https://tim.blog/2016/01/30/naval-ravikant-on-happiness-hacks/ 

3) https://tim.blog/2015/08/18/the-evolutionary-angel-naval-ravikant/  

Links are to Tim's website, there you'll find links o your favourite podcast platform, a direct audio copy of the podcast on the website and the transcript as well.   

Naval Ravikant:  

Tw: https://twitter.com/naval 

His podcast with Joe Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ijkVfaht5kcFPvHcCbYYD?si=xPy6V84zSVqmCTXupQLSBg  

A condensed book on all his wisdom so far, highly recommend you read if his thread spoke to you (affiliate link!): https://amzn.to/3bNIoG6  

Naval's thread on "How to Get Rich without Getting Lucky:" is probably the best twitter thread on the planet for entrepreneurs: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=20&t=vyEHk4JOSjshlcUdg7I5rA  

Balaji Srinivas: 

Tw: https://twitter.com/balajis 

Episode on The Knowledge Project: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7tigpgcGreaPgpvTG88MAm?si=xQSopd8mRfeZPPMCbYXAjQ 

Balaji on Tim Ferris Show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/68P6xKEafwR00xOF11CUif?si=9d6bf872ac014b04  

Balaji with Tanmay Bhat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKGpUCWYKY

Punk6529:  

https://twitter.com/punk6529  

Prasad Bhat: 

NFTs: https://foundation.app/@prasadbhatart 

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/prasadbhatart/ 

Fun fact, I bumped into Parasad a few weeks ago not fully knowing how big of a deal he is! Guess who's kicking himself right now :(  

Vimal Chandra: https://vimalchandran.com  

Aneesh Agniotry: https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/10/a-guide-to-designing-effective-nft-launches  

BTC Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.io/document/0/bitcoin-whitepaper  

Ethereum Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.io/document/5/ethereum-whitepaper  

Some parting thorughts on research: Compiling these show notes clearly prove how tedious and intimidating researching on crypto is. The best way to go about it is to keep it light and fun.   

Start listening to the podcasts first. Explore more in areas you're curious about. I think that's crucial - curiosity. Losing curiosity is like losing your thrusters during a spacewalk. You'll be helpless and lose control. 

It's a long term process, so don't rush into anything you dont understand, and you'll realise there's a lot of that in this area.