Bridged Podcast

Will future global organisations be community run and driven?

Join us as we speak with Arjun, Head of Ecosystem at Mantle. In a few words, Mantle is a high performance Ethereum layer-2 network with modular design, low fees & high security.

Tune in to learn about Mantle’s modular design, how the project came to be, the imminent launch of Mantle LSD and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Mantle’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/0xMantle

Link to Mantle’s website
👉🏻 https://www.mantle.xyz/

00:30 - Would you be able to present the work and vision behind Mantle using a representative analogy? 

09:00 - Following the community vote to create Mantle Network, how were the subsequent practical and operational decisions made?

14:00 - How do you think that the decentralised and community-driven genesis of Mantle will set you apart from other L2 solutions that have started centralised and are now seeking decentralisation following fundraising and product development?

16:00 - Do you think the future of L2 solutions will be characterised by few or many players?

20:30 - What was your background prior to joining Mantle and what do you think will be the killer use case that will propel blockchain towards systemic adoption?

27:30 - What is the philosophy for the growth of the Mantle ecosystem?

32:00 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Mantle in the near future?

In a future aiming for financial inclusivity, could interest-free loans for essential purchases, such as homes or cars, become a reality?

Join us as we speak with Samrat, Head of Growth at Liquity. In a few words, Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol that allows users to draw interest-free credit against ETH as collateral. Funds are paid out in LUSD (USD-pegged stablecoin) and users need to maintain a minimum collateral ratio of just 110%.

Tune in to hear about Sam’s journey prior to entering Web3, what to expect next from Liquity and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Liquity’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol

Link to Liquity’s website
👉🏻 https://www.liquity.org/

00:30 - Would you be able to illustrate the vision behind Liquity using a creative and representative analogy?

02:30 - How does the loan-to-value ratio adjust over time considering that ETH’s value fluctuates?

05:00 - Has the protocol ever gone into Recovery Mode since its inception?

10:00 - What was your background prior to joining Liquity?

22:00 - How does your current position at Liquity compare to some of your previous roles?

25:00 - What would a user be able to use his/her LUSD for? What are some examples of real-world use cases of LUSD?

35:00 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Liquity in the near future?

In a world where technology constantly evolves, which of these three characteristics – affordability, audience focus, or distinct capabilities – holds the most power in shaping the future of blockchain innovation and why?

Join us as we speak with Philipp, Co-Founder at Swarm. In a few words, Swarm provides compliant, permissioned decentralised financial infrastructure. Both institutions and retail investors can invest, stake and trade digitised traditional financial products alongside crypto assets in one unified environment.

Tune in to hear about Philipp’s transition from TradFi to the Web3 arena, what to expect next from Swarm and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Swarm’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/SwarmMarkets

Link to Swarm’s website
👉🏻 https://swarm.com/

Episode Breakdown

00:40 - Would you be able to present the vision behind Swarm using a representative and illustrative analogy?

04:30 - Swarm is the first organisation in the world to offer tokenised US Treasury bills and public stocks that are tradable on a regulated and decentralised platform, would you be able to explain how you were able to accomplish this impressive feat?

10:30 - Considering Swarm's role as a regulated, decentralised financial infrastructure provider and as a member of the Web3 space, how are you able to juggle conversations with stakeholders with different priorities and profiles?

14:00 - Do you think that the Web3 space needs an indisputable use case to prove blockchain’s potential to the rest of the world and for regulators to begin taking this technology seriously?

20:00 - What kind of use cases are facilitated by Swarm and is there one in particular that you are excited about?

26:00 - What sort of traction has Swarm been able to achieve to date?

28:30 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Swarm in the near future?

Will the oracle dilemma ever be solved?

Join us as we speak with Nik, Founder at Chronicle Labs. In a few words, Chronicle Labs is redefining access to cost-efficient and verifiable data. Users can subscribe and unsubscribe to Oracles on-demand, call for updated data at the click of a button, verify where every element of data has come from in a high integrity censorship-resistant environment, and plug and play with any supported blockchain via the self-serve, decentralized Dashboard.

Tune in to hear about Nik’s past at MakerDAO, what to expect from Chronicle Labs in the near future and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Chronicle Labs’ Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/ChronicleLabs

Link to Chronicle Labs’ website
👉🏻 https://chroniclelabs.org/

Episode Breakdown

01:30 - Would you be able to provide a representative analogy to explain the vision behind Chronicle Labs?

05:00 - What are the main milestones achieved on your journey to solve the oracle dilemma?

11:00 - What are the main infrastructural components of your stack?

16:00 - Is the current oracle infrastructure fit for all kinds of data?

19:00 - Would you be able to provide a little background regarding your relationship with MakerDAO and provide some context as to why you have decided to make Chronicle Labs a standalone entity?

23:00 - Considering what you were able to achieve at MakerDAO, how have you been able to surround yourself with a team at Chronicle Labs capable enough of hopefully delivering to the same standard?

28:00 - Has there ever been an instance whereby a new joiner has brought into the team the mentality of constantly having to ship new features, which goes against Chronicle’s, and, if so, how have you dealt with it?

30:30 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Chronicle Labs in the near future?

Can individuals residing in countries experiencing high inflation and uncertain domestic monetary policies find a hedge by gaining access to foreign real estate markets through tokenization?

Join us as we speak with Parv, Founder and CEO at Estate Protocol. In a few words, Estate Protocol facilitates fractional ownership in prime properties located in economically stable countries, providing people anywhere the benefits of co-ownership and diversifying their investments, all using cryptocurrencies.

Tune in to hear about Estate Protocol’s solution, why the UAE presents the ideal conditions for the protocol and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Estate Protocol’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/EstateProtocol

Link to Estate Protocol’s website
👉🏻 https://www.estateprotocol.com/

Episode Breakdown

00:30 - Would you be able to present the vision behind Estate Protocol using a representative and illustrative analogy?

05:00 - What inspired you to create a solution for people living in highly inflationary countries, such as Turkey and Argentina?

08:00 - Would you be able to provide an overview of Estate Protocol and elaborate on the role of tokenization within the real estate market?

11:00 - Why does the UAE represent the ideal market for your solution?

14:00 - Seeing that Dubai has experienced unprecedented growth over the last few years, why do you think that the tokenization of real estate is necessary to further fuel this upward trajectory?

16:00 - Have there been other Web3 projects interested in tokenizing real estate in specific geographies around the world before you?

20:00 - Following the legislation in late 2018 in Delaware that allowed for the tokenization of real world assets and bringing them on-chain, how have conversations with key stakeholders evolved?

23:00 - What was your background prior to founding Estate Protocol?

28:00 - How have you been able to put together a hungry and driven team that shares the same goal as you?

31:30 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Estate Protocol in the near future?

How is Pyth Network able to bring on-chain data that is reliable, fast, transparent and resilient?

Join us as we speak with Michael, Director at Pyth Network. In a few words, Pyth is an oracle that publishes financial data on-chain for use in DeFi applications. Their goal is to create the most accurate and reliable price feeds, then unleash the creativity of external developers to build valuable applications on top.

Tune in to hear about Pyth’s journey and achievements to date, what to expect from them in the near future and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Pyth Network’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/PythNetwork

Link to Pyth Nerwork’s website
👉🏻 https://pyth.network/

Episode Breakdown

00:30 - Would you be able to present the vision behind Pyth using a representative analogy?

04:00 - Beyond successfully and safely bringing data on-chain, what is there to achieve for an oracle project within Web3?

09:00 - How were you able to establish sound relationships with Pyth’s price feeds providers?

16:00 - What was your background prior to Pyth?

24:00 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect next from Pyth?

How is Coordinape redefining collaboration by placing gratitude, accountability, and collective wisdom at the heart of decentralised teamwork?

Join us as we speak with Zach, Co-Founder at Coordinape. In a few words, Coordinape is reimagining collaboration and helping teams build connections, ownership, and reputation in the digital economy.

Tune in to learn about Coordinape’s Circles and Epochs, their recent CoSoul NFT launch and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Coordinape’s Twitter page
👉🏻https://twitter.com/coordinape

Link to Coordinape’s website
👉🏻 https://coordinape.com/

Episode Breakdown

00:30 - Would you be able to present the vision behind Coordinape using an understandable and representative analogy?

03:00 - Was Coordinape created with the goal of ensuring that all team members pull their weight within a given project setting?

05:00 - Do you think that your solution has become ever more relevant as a result of companies allowing employees to work from home following Covid?

06:30 - What’s the story behind Coordinape?

10:00 - Given Coordinape’s approach to remunerating team members retroactively, how would such team members be able to pay their bills in the meanwhile?

12:30 - Did you have to somehow refine and tailor your solution to the blockchain arena?

16:00 - Does Coordinape standardise value contributions systematically or are teams able to customise and tailor their approach to recognise value?

18:00 - Have you dealt with teams accustomed to this alternative way of assigning value when working or only with teams completely new to this novel paradigm?

20:00 - What metrics does Coordinape utilise to assign value?

25:00 - Have you noticed whether proactive team members tend to be rewarded more on Coordinape for their cross-departmental efforts?

27:00 - What sort of traction has Coordinape been able to achieve to date?

29:30 - In terms of epochs, what kind of timeframes do teams tend to resort to?

32:00 - Would you be able to elaborate on the onboarding journey for Web2 enterprises to fully grasp Coordinape’s solution and potential?

As the 'Robinhood of Web3,' how will Sei empower users to trade digital assets effortlessly while delivering top-tier infrastructure for a seamless and secure experience?

Join us as we speak with Phil, Growth Lead at Sei Network. The team at Sei Network is building Sei, an open source, general purpose Layer 1 blockchain built for trading, optimised at every level of the stack to offer the best infrastructure for the exchange of digital assets.

Tune in to learn about Sei’s imminent Mainnet launch, the necessary infrastructure to provide the optimal decentralised trading experience and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Sei’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/SeiNetwork

Link to Sei’s website
👉🏻 https://www.sei.io/

Episode Breakdown

00:40 - Would you be able to illustrate the vision and mission behind Sei using a simple and representative analogy?

05:00 - Considering your role as a Growth Lead at a Layer 1, how often do you find in your day-to-day having to balance different communication styles depending on the knowledge level of the audience in front of you?

08:00 - How are you able to effectively communicate with non-crypto native audiences and how have you been able to improve this skill over time?

11:00 - Would you be able to shed light on your Web3 journey to date?

15:00 - Are you pushed out of your comfort zone on a weekly basis in your role at Sei?

19:00 - What’s the story behind Sei’s clear-cut objective of wanting to scale the exchange and trading of digital assets in the Web3 space?

25:00 - How does the core team at Sei plan on onboarding Web2 enterprises?

30:00 - Considering that growth is an ephemeral concept within Web3, what are some of the battle-tested and effective tactics that you deploy to attain growth for your project?

35:00 - Do you find that Web3 projects’ approach towards community engagement is more effective when compared to Web2 enterprises’ branding campaigns?

40:00 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Sei in the near future?

Data Sovereignty Redefined: how is the Ceramic Network empowering individuals and reshaping data management?

Join us as we speak with Joel, Co-Founder at 3Box Labs, the team behind Ceramic Network, a decentralised data network that powers an ecosystem of interoperable Web3 applications and services.

Tune in to learn about 3Box Labs’ journey, decentralised data management and ownership and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Ceramic Network’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/ceramicnetwork

Link to Ceramic Network’s website
👉🏻 https://ceramic.network/

Episode Breakdown

00:30 - What was your background prior to founding 3Box Labs? 

04:00 - How was it like being one of the first employees at Consensys?

06:00 - Did you find that the learnings from your time at Consensys were instrumental for the founding of 3Box Labs? 

09:00 - What’s the story behind the name 3Box Labs?

10:00 - Would you be able to kindly provide an overview of the architecture behind Ceramic?

12:30 - What are some of the main use cases facilitated by the Ceramic Network?

14:30 - Are there any projects within the Ceramic ecosystem that you are particularly excited about?

16:30 - Are there any captivating Web3 social dApps currently building on the Ceramic ecosystem? 

18:00 - Would you be able to provide an overview of 3Box Labs’ journey so far?

20:00 - How has the 3Box Labs team been able to develop a sound relationship with its community over time?

23:00 - Is the 3Box Labs team actively listening and engaging with its community to collect feedback on new product releases and features?

24:00 - Given the high proportion of engineers within the core team at 3Box Labs, are there also non-technical team members entrusted with the responsibility of pushing Ceramic’s adoption?

25:00 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from 3Box Labs in the near future?

Retroactive Public Goods Funding: a paradigm shift in crypto's funding dynamics?

Join us as we speak with Mark, Co-Founder and Systems Engineer at OP Labs, the team behind Optimism, an extension to Ethereum that scales both its technology and philosophy and enables orders of magnitude more performance.

Tune in to learn about Optimism’s long-term mission, their Superchain vision and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Optimism’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/optimismFND

Link to Optimism’s website
👉🏻 https://www.optimism.io/

Episode Breakdown

00:40 - How would you explain smart contracts using a simple and illustrative analogy?

02:00 - What was your background prior to joining Optimism?

06:00 - Did you find your interest in coding particularly enhanced when you found out about Ethereum and the possibilities that it could unlock?

09:00 - Will the decentralised nature of blockchain to distribute the decision-making power democratically among all stakeholders help us solve some of the most pressing challenges that the world is facing today?

15:00 - Considering Peter Thiel’s dichotomy, presented in his ‘Zero to One’ book, between competition and monopoly for long-term value creation, can decentralisation represent a valid and credible third alternative at our disposal?

25:00 - How will value be defined in the future as new technologies, such as Web3 and AI, will develop and evolve?

30:00 - Will our constant appetite for new innovation slow down eventually due to the environmental burden brought forward by these new technologies?

33:00 - What is the long-term vision behind Optimism and how is Optimism different from other Layer2 solutions?

37:00 - What is the meaning of Retroactive Public Goods Funding and what role does this mechanism play within Optimism?

39:00 - If according to the Retroactive Public Goods Funding capital allocation mechanism you are rewarded for your contribution ex-ante, how are you supposed to have the resources in place to be positioned to create that initial impact?

40:00 - Have there been any rounds of Retroactive Public Goods Funding to date?

43:00 - How does Optimism ensure that the governance of the resources allocated within the Retroactive Public Goods Funding mechanism is fair and equitable?

45:00 - How does Optimism envision accounting for differing cultures within its hypothesised new and more efficient governance paradigm?

50:30 - What is the Superchain and its long-term vision?

51:30 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Optimism?