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The Boys, Natasha Hoskins, and Deana Burke, co-founders of Boys Club are back for their second appearance on Bankless and first in-person inaugural Bankless Studio interview!

If you missed the first episode, Boys Club is a social DAO that is made up of women and non-binary individuals who are a perfect mixture of crypto-curious and fully crypto-pilled individuals.

If you haven’t checked out what Boys Club is building, you really should anon. The vibes are immaculate and they are a force to be reckoned with.

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----- Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 6:39 What is Boys Club? 11:00 Boys Club Evolution 15:05 Why People Join Boys Club 19:47 Nation Builders 22:12 Boys Club DAO 26:10 Infrastructure Template/Playbook 33:07 Building in Public & Authenticity 41:41 Will Boys Club Raise Capital? 44:50 Boys Club Roadmap 47:54 Boys Club Global 51:51 What Boys Club Needs the Most 55:58 Why Join & Why the Name? 58:10 Resources & Closing

------ Resources:

Boys Club Podcast https://availableon.com/boysclub 

Boys Club on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoysClubCrypto 

BoysClub.vip https://boysclub.vip/ 

Natasha on Twitter https://twitter.com/natashaghoskins 

Deana on Twitter https://twitter.com/medeana 

1st Bankes Boys Club Interview https://youtu.be/Gtn8DOxEoqw 

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By the end of October, zkSync is going to be shipping the world's first zkEVM. We brought on zkSync's Chief Product Officer, Steve Newcomb to share all about it and how it's going to impact the space.

We also had to ask Steve, wen token? Tune into the episode to hear his response!

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0:00 Intro 9:38 Wen Mainnet? 11:22 What is zkSync Shipping? 12:36 zkEVM Design Choices 19:26 Why zkEVM is Progressing Fast 22:56 Optimistic Rollups vs. zkEVMs 27:00 The Layer 3 Ecosystem & Narrative 41:48 Losing Sovereignty? 44:08 Prover Competition 46:39 Same Circuit & Hyper Bridges 52:15 The Cosmos Vision 58:01 L1s to L3s 1:04:10 Onboarding Strategy 1:10:16 Wen Token? 1:13:33 2/3's Distribution 1:15:42 Open Source 1:25:08 zkSync 2.0 & 3.0 and Beyond 1:29:17 Closing & Disclaimers

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zkSync https://zksync.io/ 

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✨ Part II Out Now for Bankless Premium Subscribers: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/early-access-whats-next-vitalik-buterin 

✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/vitalik-debrief 

Vitalik Buterin is a crypto-economic researcher, author of the Ethereum Whitepaper, builder, and philosopher. He also recently published a new book titled, “Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains.”

In his first Bankless appearance post-merge, Vitalik shares his behind-the-scenes perspective on the merge, looking back—what he would’ve done differently, and most importantly—what’s next?

This is a two-part episode that you don’t what to miss! Part one is all about what’s next for Ethereum. And part two covers more of the social/philosophical realm of holistically, what is Ethereum. Further, Vitalik explores his thoughts on artificial intelligence and its relationship to crypto.

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----- Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 10:28 What Will Trolls Focus on Next? 11:34 The Merge From Vitalik’s Perspective 15:10 PoS Energy Reduction 27:09 Why PoS Took So Long 32:03 Truly Optimal PoS 35:12 What Vitalik Would Change 37:30 Where Are We in Ethereum’s Trajectory 52:53 The Economics of Staking 1:02:15 Centralization of Stake Worry 1:11:40 Censorship Resistance Problem 1:15:15 Validator Choices 1:18:30 Have L2s Lived Up to the Hype 1:20:37 The 2023-2024 Ethereum Era 1:25:41 Closing

------ Resources:

Vitalik Roadmap Bankless Episode https://youtu.be/b1m_PTVxD-s 

Vitalik’s Vlog https://vitalik.ca/ 

Vitalik’s New Book https://www.amazon.com/Proof-Stake-Ethereum-Philosophy-Blockchains/dp/164421248X/ 

The Ethereum Roadmap https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1466411377107558402 

Paths to Single Slot Finality https://notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/single_slot_finality 

MEV Boost https://www.mevboost.org/ 

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4th Week of September, 2022

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----- Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 3:00 BTC Price 3:54 ETH Price https://ultrasound.money/  14:00 Relayer and Builder Market https://www.mevboost.org/  18:13 FED WATCH 18:25 Fed Rate Hike this Week https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/economy/fed-rate-hike-september/index.html  19:45 Risk on Assets Falls https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/09/21/federal-reserve-hikes-rates-to-highest-since-2007-bitcoin-falls-to-19000/  21:44 Houses! Interest Rates on Houses Spiking https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/1570413955637460993  https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1571522450386735112  24:00 Flat Markets Prediction? https://twitter.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/1570738647254831105 

29:27 NEWS 29:30 White House & U.S. Regulatory https://twitter.com/coingecko/status/1570769375212470272  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/16/fact-sheet-white-house-releases-first-ever-comprehensive-framework-for-responsible-development-of-digital-assets/  31:20 Terra Screwed Things Up https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1571991546291159042  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1570774337254461446  https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1572095723306627073  34:35 Draft Stablecoin Bill https://www.theblock.co/post/171565/draft-stablecoin-bill-in-congress-to-require-fed-state-regulator-approval  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1572586178502864896  39:05 Senate Banking Committee Hates Crypto https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2022/09/22/sherrod-brown-turns-up-the-heat-00058202  40:00 Interaction Between Toomey and Gensler https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1570808589148909569 

41:41 $160M Wintermute Hack https://t.co/Kkk445dLyv  41:50 Experts Blame Vanity Address https://www.theblock.co/post/171192/experts-blame-a-vanity-address-bug-for-wintermutes-160-million-hack  42:00 More Details on What Happened https://twitter.com/evgenygaevoy/status/1572329148411936770 https://halborn.com/explained-the-profanity-address-generator-hack-september-2022/ 

44:16 David and Ryan Discuss: What’s Next? https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1572927876546297859  https://wrongalot.substack.com/p/the-next-big-crypto-narrative 

54:24 PoW Ethereum Fork Dead? https://thedefiant.io/ethpow-rough-start-after-merge  54:46 Infura Decentralized Infrastructure Network  https://twitter.com/infura_io/status/1570794318067290112  56:00 zkSync Devs Found Bug https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1567888940123983874  https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1567889575128727552  https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1570073596709462018  56:55 OpenSea on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1572250900198203392 

57:17 Universal Studios NFT Scavenger Hunt https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1572619172454232064  https://twitter.com/0xferg/status/1572068539049058304 

58:15 Tether: Show Us What’s Backing USDT https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stablecoin-issuer-tether-ordered-produce-041706661.html  59:31 FTX in the Lead to Buy Voyager https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/15/ftx-is-in-the-lead-to-buy-crypto-lender-voyager-digitals-assets-out-of-bankruptcy-source  https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/20/crypto-exchanges-binance-and-ftx-have-both-bid-roughly-50m-for-voyagers-assets-report  1:00:42 Do Kwon on the Run? https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/19/s-korean-authorities-ask-interpol-to-issue-red-notice-for-terra-co-founder-do-kwon-report/  1:01:13 Rari Fuse Hack Victim Compensation https://twitter.com/joey__santoro/thread/1571898748405714947 

1:04:16 Helium Signs Agreement with T-Mobile https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1572244764237471749  https://twitter.com/TusharJain_/status/1572248774893834240  1:06:13 Kraken’s CEO Stepping Down https://www.theblock.co/post/171847/krakens-jesse-powell-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-crypto-exchange 

1:06:31 Nasdaq Launching Institutional Crypto Custody Services https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1572186768132161536  1:07:05 Liquid Collective https://twitter.com/liquid_col/thread/1572164626535563265 https://liquidcollective.io/  1:07:55 Coinbase Cloud https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-cloud-launches-platform-for-web3-developers-472eb355b1fa 

1:08:45 FTX Reloading https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-in-talks-with-investors-to-raise-1b-for-further-acquisitions-cnbc  1:09:10 Messari Raises $35M Series B https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/messari-announces-at-mainnet-2022-summit-raising-35-million-in-series-b-funding-301629624.html 

1:11:00 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

1:14:19 NATION QUESTIONS https://twitter.com/bbbFollowOnly/status/1572948809063317510  https://twitter.com/mmaatt78/status/1572638221720498176 

1:20:45 TAKES 1:20:50 VCs Against Bitcoin https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1570485528633417730  1:21:55 Say No to Bitcoin Fundamentalism https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1570839132028674048  1:23:35 Ethereum & Crypto Haters https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1570459984206381058  https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1571535610279510021  1:25:25 Rollups Today https://twitter.com/jon_charb/status/1572395334516748290 

1:27:31 What We’re Bullish On

1:30:53 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1571984307748569088 

1:33:41 Closing & Disclaimers

1:33:50 Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/gabrielhaines/status/1572927657049980929 

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Tim Beiko and Danny Ryan are two of Ethereum’s lead coordinators, and work at the Ethereum Foundation to shepherd the many parts of Ethereum into the future.

How are they feeling on the other side of the Merge? What does this mean for Ethereum?

Few (if anyone) on the planet are more qualified to discuss the Ethereum Proof-of-Stake than these two, and we use this episode to reflect on the magnitude of the event and look forward to the future of the network.

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------ Resources:

Tim Beiko   https://twitter.com/TimBeiko 

Danny Ryan https://twitter.com/dannyryan 

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Ameen Soleimani is the Founder and CEO of SpankChain, the co-creator of MolochDAO, and the co-founder of Reflexer Labs, which created RAI.

David and Ameen chat about Moloch, coordination, DAOs, and what DAOs can do for both Ethereum and the broader world. Additionally, they get into Ameen’s recent fight against the Federal Reserve.

This is a mind-expanding discussion that you won’t want to miss. Enjoy!

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----- Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 5:25 Ameen’s Crypto Perch 7:22 Ethereum’s Culture 9:55 Ameen’s Activity in the Space 14:03 Moloch Meme’s Origin 22:03 Moloch DAO & PTSD(AO) 31:31 Ability to Freely Exit 35:20 Organizational Change 42:55 Slaying Moloch 50:25 Global Settlement Layer 54:20 Sticks vs. Carrots 59:18 RAI, the Fed, Ponzis, & the Dollar 1:10:32 Thomas Jefferson & Slavery 1:15:34 Dollar Printing Gone Wrong 1:18:00 Invading Iraq 1:19:50 Ignoring, Overreacting & the Dollar 1:27:18 How Ethereum Fixes Things 1:34:11 Closing

------ Resources:

Ameen Soleimani https://twitter.com/ameensol 

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Morgan Housel is a Partner at the Collaborative Fund, financial writer, and New York Times Best Selling author of, “The Psychology of Money.”

He’s an avid student of markets and psychology. And Morgan articulately blends these two perspectives (and all of the many crypto parallels) together to give us timeless lessons on wealth, greed, happiness, and how to invest.

This is another classic Bankless fundamentals episode that you won’t want to miss.

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----- Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 4:49 Morgan’s Background 6:25 Crypto Investing Isn’t Unique 8:31 Psychology of Investing 15:22 Toxic Relationship with Money 22:14 Is it Bad to Talk About Money? 24:34 Nothing is Free in Crypto 34:05 How to Adapt to Volatility 39:45 No One is Crazy 45:52 Luck vs. Risk 51:38 Have Enough 55:25 Freedom 1:00:34 Compounding 1:04:24 Getting vs. Staying Wealthy 1:08:50 Reasonable vs. Rationale 1:13:28 People Change 1:15:33 Pessimism 1:19:33 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Morgan Housel on Twitter https://twitter.com/morganhousel 

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-lessons-happiness/dp/0857197681/ 

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3rd Week of September, 2022

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🌉 JUNO | BRIDGE FIAT TO LAYER 2 https://bankless.cc/Juno 

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----- Topics Covered

0:00 Intro

4:10 Crypto Markets 9:35 Macro Markets https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/12/stock-futures-are-higher-as-wall-street-awaits-key-inflation-report-.html  12:00 Monthly CPI  https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status/1569676483076964358  14:00 Elon Musk Deflation Take https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1568383953370767365 

17:00 MERGED https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1570306185391378434  20:25 Energy Efficient https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1570299062800510976  21:00 Recapping the Merge Google https://www.google.com/search?q=the+merge  Bordel https://twitter.com/TMIYChao/status/1570319141994889216  Denver Watch Party https://twitter.com/trent_vanepps/status/1570304900634144769/photo/2  Raoul Jordan https://twitter.com/rauljordaneth/status/1570313476358213632  25:00 Ethereum Hashrate https://twitter.com/cryptoquant_com/status/1570304759525150722  26:25 MEV Boost https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1570326887729336320  28:05 Ultra Sound Money https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1568977730330320896  32:30 ETH Supply https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1570307515350683649  Blocktime https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1570306606339964929  33:55 David Explains the Merge https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1570294915074248709  35:55 Mainstream Coverage https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/technology/merge-ethereum-crypto.html  37:10 Staking APR https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1569350617910362112  38:25 Where to Stake https://simplestakers.info/ 

43:00 NEWS 44:00 Vitalik in Ukraine https://twitter.com/revrfg/status/1568885771129470977  45:$5 Starbucks x Polygon https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1569302728005804037  48:25 Solana NFT All-Time High https://www.theblock.co/post/169050/nft-mints-on-solana-have-surged-to-an-all-time-high  49:20 White House Proof of Work https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1569529551897743361  54:32 Michael Saylor Buys https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/09/microstrategy-files-for-stock-offering-of-up-to-500m-in-part-to-buy-additional-bitcoin/  55:30 China Bitcoin Usage https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1570185657301057543  56:00 Tornado Cash Withdrawals https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1569728093853552642  1:02:00 Do Kwon Arrest Warrant https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-14/south-korea-seeks-the-arrest-of-terraform-labs-founder-do-kwon  1:03:14 SEC Crypto Office https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-sec-set-up-new-office-crypto-filings-2022-09-09/  1:05:30 Coinbase Policy Efforts https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1570133078022160384  1:09:30 Token Unlocks  https://token.unlocks.app/  1:11:08 Abra Bank Boost https://twitter.com/billbarhydt/status/1569356209651687424  1:12:50 Binance zk Rollups https://www.bsc.news/post/bnb-chain-announces-the-testnet-launch-of-zkbnb  1:13:50 Plasma Wallet https://plasma-wallet.com/ 

1:15:00 Raises Doodles - https://twitter.com/doodles/status/1569655759297716228  Coop Records - https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1567917204221591552 

1:17:20 JOBS

1:19:00 TAKES 1:20:00 Enabling Withdrawals https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1569466790266433536  1:22:02 Ethereum Never Ships https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1570426020045406213  1:23:30 All Grown Up https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1570325531899629571  1:25:45 Vitalik Speaks  https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1569369929454845957 

1:27:10 What We’re Bullish On

1:34:10 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1570148692119916546 

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Kicking off Merge Week with a livestream with Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, it's time to debunk some myths and bad takes about ETH.

As we watch Ethereum make its historic transition to Proof-of-Stake, we explore claims against the merge, the Ethereum Roadmap, ETH supply, and many others.

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0:00 Intro 7:30 The Merge 10:30 Media Hype 13:30 The Merge Will Never Happen 15:30 Ethereum Roadmap 20:15 Jack of All Trades 26:32 Ether Supply 36:54 Unpredictable Supply 45:10 Staker Tyranny 51:10 The Value of a Fork 54:00 Rich Get Richer 58:36 Deflation is Bad 1:07:05 Higher Fees 1:11:05 ETH is a Security 1:15:03 Reduced Burn 1:22:12 ETH is a Tech Stock 1:25:55 Changing Narratives 1:29:56 Ultrasound Money is Cringe

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Justin Drake https://twitter.com/drakefjustin 

Justin Drake Episodes https://youtu.be/1m12zgJ42dI  https://youtu.be/dHpAC0m8Rkk   https://youtu.be/FQTZSb3Rc9I  https://youtu.be/bWqhn1hXvVc 

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✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Unpacking the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-demetri 

------ Demetri Kofinas is a digital entrepreneur and host of the Hidden Forces Podcast, one of our favorites. 

Demetri has a broad perspective on geopolitics, which we explore as we discuss the probability of a World War 3, diplomacy among superpowers, and surviving the rise of the machines.

Have we lost the ability to solve hard problems as a species? 

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro - Demetri Kofinas 6:30 Hidden Forces 10:26 Towards Chaos 18:00 Cyclical Powers 23:15 Taiwan Case Study 28:30 Trusting Institutions 31:23 State Sovereignty 37:50 Military Power & US Politics 45:00 Liminal Warfare 51:00 Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us 1:00:35 Chinese Algorithms 1:06:15 Unity, Diversity, Identity 1:12:05 Layer Zero Social Values 1:20:05 Losing Our Humanity 1:25:00 Cycling through Chaos 1:28:40 Improving Systems 1:37:30 Closing

------ Resources:

Demetri on Twitter https://twitter.com/kofinas?s=20&t=cNy4k855qT6O3xHtEC6xZw 

Hidden Forces https://hiddenforces.io/ 

Theories of War with David Kilcullen https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/david-kilcullen-national-emergency/ 

Episode 28 - Industrial Society and its Future https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/demetri-kofinas-industrial-society-and-its-future/ 

Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us https://www.wired.com/2000/04/joy-2/ 

Brave New World https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523 

The Fourth Turning https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464 

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Industrial Society and its Future https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/demetri-kofinas-industrial-society-and-its-future/  Encryption and the Will to Power https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/demetri-kofinas-industrial-society-and-its-future/  Surveillance Capitalism with Sohshana Zuboff https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/surveillance-capitalism-shoshana-zuboff/  Complex Systems with David Weinberger https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/david-weinberger-ai-prediction/  The Age of AI with Eric Schmidt & Dan Huttenlocher https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/eric-schmidt-ai-human-future-national-security/  Predicting the Future with Tim O'Reilly https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/tim-oreilly-predict-the-future/  Kill Chain with Chris Brose https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/kill-chain-chris-brose-anduril-2/  American Defense with Elbridge Colby https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/elbridge-colby-american-defense-age-of-great-power-conflict/  Preparing for Cyber Attacks with Chris Painter https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/russian-cyber-attacks-chris-painter/ 

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