BlockChannel

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie, Dee and Dr. Petty have the pleasure of hanging out and chatting with Greg McCubbin, founder and host of DApp University. DApp University is his educational resource and video series where Greg goes in-depth with developers upcoming projects, as well as provides lessons on developing the Ethereum-focused smart contract language, Solidity. Come hang out as we wax poetic a bit on the struggles and pleasures of educational content creation, while giving you insights on how to build your own self-education pipeline.

Show Link(s):

DApp University: http://dappuniversity.com

DApp University YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY0xL8V6NzzFcwzHCgB8orQ

Intro/Outro Music "Freak U" by Kelechi:

https://soundcloud.com/kelechief/freak-u

Show Sponsor(s):

Amentum: http://amentum.org

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee sit down with Amentum advisor, and mentor to Steven McKie, Kevin Zhou of Galois Capital. Kevin has been in the crypto space for many years, having worked as the Head of Trading at Kraken, and early employee of the exchange Buttercoin back in the day, Kevin has a new firm called Galois Capital. We sit back as he schools us on what it takes to get a crypto business up and running, and some lessons he's learned along the way.

Show Link(s):

Galois Capital: http://galois.capital

Galois Twitter: http://twitter.com/galois_capital

Intro/Outro Music "Malt Liquor" by Lewis Del Mar: https://soundcloud.com/lewis-del-mar/malt-liquor-2?in=lewis-del-mar/sets/live-at-the-el-rey

Show Sponsor(s):

Amentum: amentum.org

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie and Dee get to talk to their first ever Presidential candidate, Andrew Yang. They discuss his platform running as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. 2020 Presidential election, Universal Basic Income (UBI), and his vision to help America and how it aligns with crypto. This is a very patriotic episode, so go ahead and do your duty and have a listen - Uncle Sam is watching.

Show Link(s):

Andrew Yang 2020: https://www.yang2020.com

Campaign Contributions: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/one-for-humanity

Intro/Outro Music "Deep End" by Ro: https://soundcloud.com/romarss/deep-end

Show Sponsor(s):

Amentum: http://amentum.org

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee, and Dr. Petty get to have an exclusive discussion with the Co-Founder of the upcoming exchange and naming service built on the Handshake(HNS) blockchain, Namebase.io. Namebase leverages the decentralized root DNS that HNS provides with its unique naming based (think domain names), blockchain. Learn more on how Namebase is jumping head-first to take be a first-mover with the launch of Handshake.

Show Links:

Namebase: http://Namebase.io

Handshake: http://Handshake.org

Intro/Outro Music "Knockoffs" by Ro: https://soundcloud.com/romarss/knockoffs

Show Sponsor(s):

Amentum: http://amentum.org

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dee and Petty are back for a new season with Viktor Radchenko of Trust Wallet. Fresh off the back of an acquisition by Binance (those guys are on fire), he's taking his vision for a decentralized dApp browser to the next level with the backing of Binance's vast resources. Come learn about Viktor, his background, and his vision for Trust Wallet going forward in the future post-acquisition.

Show Link(s):

Trust Wallet: http://trustwalletapp.com

Intro/Outro Music "Money Boat" by JTM:https://soundcloud.com/jamesthemormon/money-boat

Show Sponsor(s):

Amentum: http://amentum.org

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dee sit down with Ryan King, co-founder of the geo-spatial mapping and proof of location project, FOAM. Ryan explains to us his diverse background and skills and how the original idea of FOAM formulated, and what his vision is for their company over the next few years. Ryan shows us his expansive knowledge-base and we toy around with ideas on how his project could be used -- we think he's on to something.

Show Links:

FOAM Project: https://www.foam.space

Intro/Outro Music "Bag" by Kelechi: https://soundcloud.com/kelechief/bag-ft-phay?in=kelechief/sets/spring-breakup

Show Sponsor(s):

MakerDAO: http://makerdao.com

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie, Dee and Dr. Petty sit down with Blake Richardson and Luke Bateman from the upcoming Ethereum-based gaming platform, CryptoPets. CryptoPets takes some of the long-standing gaming mechanics that we've grown to love, and married them happily with the scarcity and extendability of non-fungible assets (ERC-721, etc). We sit down to discuss their vision for building a truly sticky game, one that users will enjoy playing - and because CryptoPets are digitally owned and appended thanks to Ethereum, the game can grow with you.

Show Links:

CryptoPets: http://cryptopets.co

Game Beta: http://beta.cryptopets.co

Intro/Outro Music "I Ain't Shit" by Kelech: https://soundcloud.com/kelechief/i-aint-shit?in=kelechief/sets/spring-breakup

Show Sponsor(s):

MakerDAO: http://makerdao.com

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dr. Petty sit down with Josh Cincinatti of the ZCash Foundation. At the ZCash Foundation his job is to steward their open source development projects, evangelize privacy and educating developers of its importance, and helping to aid in building a positive culture/community that promotes sound governance. Josh is a wealth of knowledge filling us in on the Powers of Tau ceremony, upcoming changes to the ZCash protocol, and his vision for the ZCash Foundation.

Show Links:

ZCash Foundation: http://z.cash.foundation

ZCon0 Conference Sign-up: https://z.cash.foundation//zcon/

ZCash Company: http://zcash.co

Intro/Outro Music "Back and Forth" by Jay Vinchi: https://soundcloud.com/jayvinchi/back-and-forth

Show Sponsor(s):

MakerDAO: http://makerdao.com

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie, Dr. Petty, and Erica Amatori sit down with Arjun Bhuptani, CEO and Co-Founder of Connext. Connext builds and maintains scalability solutions for crypto payments. One of their first major PoCs for the tech they're working on is called "MoneyShot". It's a service to quickly send micro-payments on the Ethereum network by utilizing what are called "state channels". We discuss the implications of this tech for developers, and lessons Arjun's team has picked up finding the right tools devs need to scale their DApps.

Show Links:

Connext: http://connext.network

MoneyShot: http://moneyshot.ethcalate.network

MoneyShot Explainer: https://medium.com/connext/try-v0-of-the-ethcalate-platform-with-moneyshot-p2p-micropayment-dapp-eab14a438ef2

Intro/Outro Music "Mercy" by Jacob Banks: https://soundcloud.com/mrjacobbanks/mercy-1?in=mrjacobbanks/sets/jacob-banks-into-the-wild

Show Sponsor(s):

MakerDAO: http://makerdao.com/

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.

On this episode of BlockChannel, Mckie, Dee, and Dr. Petty sit down with Buck Perley, one of the core developers for Bcoin, the node.js fullnode implementation of Bitcoin. Their team has been hard at work on new modular components and plugins that make interacting with the bitcoin blockchain, and building applications atop of bitcoin, more seamless. Their newest project, bPanel, is the first ever Blockchain Management System (BMS) that takes advantage of bcoin, to allow developers to create their own unique configurations and services with their fullnode. We also discuss the importance of hackathons and their crypto hackathon for developers in the Bay Area. If you’re a developer you’ll want to check this one out and keep pace with what’s new to power your next bitcoin project.

Show Links:

Bcoin: http://bcoin.io

bPanel: http://bcoin.io/bpanel-docs/docs/bpanel-overview.html

Intro/Outro Music “Tango” by Meech:https://soundcloud.com/ovaeastmeech/tango-prod-by-mic-lee

Show Sponsor(s):

MakerDAO:https://makerdao.com/

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology; BlockChannel reminds you to always do your own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related project in the industry.