Simon joins us on Base Layer to discuss the very important work he and Valiu are doing creating opportunities for people to send and receive money internationally, especially in areas hit by hyperinflation like Venezuela. A lot of people talk about Bitcoin and crypto in Venezuela but executing effective platforms to really help haven't been seen, until now. Their goal is to build trust with their customers through a simple and transparent remittances platform designed for their customer’s financial needs. Utilizing a blockchain platform and an expansive network of locations for customers to deposit and receive cash, Valiu is disrupting the international currency transfer market in Latin America. This is one to definitely listen in to!

Muneeb comes back to Base Layer to talk all about version 2.0 of Blockstack's Stacks blockchain coming out because there's a significant change: miners on the network will need to post BTC to mine a block. That BTC will then get shared with nodes maintaining a copy of the ledger. Muneeb and I talk about how the team acknowledges bitcoin as the most secure blockchain in the world and why. Come listen and learn all about Proof of Transfer and what the implications are.

What an episode with Jack from Skale! The SKALE Network has been designed with the goal of resolving the technical scalability, user experience, and cost issues affiliated with decentralized networks such as Ethereum. We discuss transactions per second and the appropriate measures for evaluating throughput; we talk technicals in terms of using side chains, sharding and much more. We talk about the 35 dApp's in their Innovator program, from DeFi to real estate and much in between. And in terms of important news we talk about this headline: "Blockchain scaling network SKALE chosen as launch partner for ConsenSys Codefi's Activate token platform", why that happened and the implications for Skale. Amazing episode!

Leighton joins Base Layer to discuss one of the most talked about projects, PoolTogether which is a no loss lottery built on Ethereum. Their mission is to create financial security by offering a healthy alternative to lotteries. PoolTogether is based on the proven concept known as “No Loss Lotteries” or “Prize Linked Savings Accounts”. These products have been shown to divert money from traditional lotteries and increase savings. We talk about how this all works, from using smart contracts to stablecoins and the dramatic growth Leighton and the PoolTogether team have seen in the last few months.

Loi joins us on Base Layer for a full breakdown on Kyber Network and it's a really good one! Kyber is an on-chain liquidity protocol that aggregates liquidity from a wide range of reserves, powering instant and secure token exchange in any decentralized application. We make some analogies to traditional finance like the power of what Bloomberg Terminals would provide, we talk a lot about atomicity, wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and a host of other narratives. Not one to miss!

Joe joins us on Base Layer and it's an amazing episode which highlights how important I think Bison Trails is in the overall development and maturation of digital assets and distributed & decentralized platforms. Joe talks about his past before BT and then we launch into how they are creating an interoperability platform that allows one to plug & plug different protocols for file storage, video, search and much more into a more unified operator. We talk about how Bison Trails is also working to minimize slashing of stake in PoS systems and their work with Libra. Don't miss this and pass it around!!

Jeremy joins us on Base Layer and it's a great conversation about everything from his early days in technology and seeing the diffusion of innovation and the curve of adoption; we talk about Web 1.0 to Web 3.0, about stablecoins and USDC, his work with policy makers and politicians to educate them on digital assets, especially during the Libra testimony and so much more.

Kevin joins us on Base Layer to give us a great breakdown on Ava Labs! AVA's mission is to democratize financial markets and bridges all blockchain platforms together into one interoperable ecosystem; they provide the ability to build your own custom blockchains or to digitize any assets with arbitrarily complex rulesets. Kevin discusses the different consensus algo's from Nakamoto, Classical to Avalanche, their own consensus algo. They tout the ability to get to 5000 transactions per second (TPS) so we discuss how, the use of DAG's and how they could fit in the climate focused investors toolkit these days.

Stani joins us on Base Layer to discuss Aave - a project that everyone seems to be talking about right now. Aave is an Open Source and Non-Custodial protocol to earn interest on deposits & borrow assets and has emerged in the DeFi space as a player. We discuss this move from matching lenders & borrowers in digital assets to pooling assets; we discuss the collateral and different digital asset Aave is working with. More importantly we also discuss the underwriting of those different digital assets, the scoring methodologies and why they are working with Chainlink with their smart contract and oracles who main the lending pools. So much in this one...

Jalak joins us on Base Layer and it's an amazing discussion with an investor who has been active in the digital asset/blockchain world for over 6 years. We discuss the changing narratives from the early days to now, the geographic niche's of certain projects like Bitpesa vs what it takes for global adoption, Libra and DCEP as big stories of 2019 and the work she's doing with local politicians in NYC to make a "public Venmo" and much more.