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In this episode, Doc and Oz speak to Tone Vays in a fascinating discussion about discovering Bitcoin. Tone speaks about Bitcoin being the only cryptocurrency having the qualities of being censorship-resistant, unconfiscatable, and scarce and limited supply. Tone also addresses the problems related to altcoins and why Bitcoin is irreplaceable.
Date of podcast recording: 18th February '22
About Tone Vays:
Tone Vays - Analyst, Derivatives Trader & Event ProducerTone has worked on Wall Street for 10 years prior to discovering Bitcoin. Since then he has been educating people on his YouTube Channel about the importance of this unique Financial Technology. Tone has been featured in several Documentaries like Magic Money & Bitcoin - Beyond the Bubble and several media appearances like CNBC, RT and more. He is an independent content creator at ToneVays.com, and the producer of 3 events: Unconfiscatable, Understanding Bitcoin and The Financial Summit for traders & hedge funds. Tone holds a Masters Degree in Financial Engineering from Florida State University along with Bachelor Degrees in Mathematics and Geology. 
Website:  https://tonevays.com/
X:  https://x.com/tonevays
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/tonevays
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In this episode, Doc and Oz go back to basics for a two-part mini-podcast series on the essentials of Fundamental Analysis.  They discuss the differences of approaches on a macroeconomic level and take a look at some of the differences between traditional equity-based analysis and the fundamentals in the crypto space. 
Date of podcast recording: Wednesday 15th February
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In this episode, Yung Beef, Content Lead and Community Manager at Subsocial gives a comprehensive overview of Subsocial, the importance of a decentralized  social network platform and what solutions the Subsocial provides to the user. Yung Beef also clarifies misconceptions related to censorship-resistant content and discusses Subsocial Chain's success in winning the 16th Kusama parachain auction slot.
Date of podcast recording: Tuesday 7th December
About Subsocial
Subsocial is an open platform that allows anyone to launch their own decentralized censorship-resistant social networks and marketplaces. Subsocial will help you create your own decentralized version of the popular sites we see today, such as Medium, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Discourse, Patreon, OnlyFans and more.Subsocial software is built on the Substrate blockchain framework and uses IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) for decentralized file storage. This enables personalized news feeds and notifications, a transparent reputation system, full text searching, and rich content formats, all without sacrificing SEO (search engine optimization).Using Substrate also allows Subsocial to connect to the Polkadot and Kusama networks. Polkadot and Kusama are next-generation blockchain protocols that unite an entire network of purpose-built blockchains, allowing them to interoperate seamlessly at scale. Polkadot and Kusama will provide cross-chain interactions as well as providing a shared security platform upon which Subsocial can scale.
Yung Beef's Social Media:
X: https://x.com/CryptoCowboyOG
Subsocial
Subsocial Website:  https://subsocial.network/
Subsocial App: https://app.subsocial.network/
Subsocial Social Media Channels:
X: https://x.com/SubsocialChain
Subsocial Links:  https://linktr.ee/SubsocialChain
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In this episode, Doc and Oz discuss and take a look at a research-based view on behavioral attitudes in crypto investments. They discuss their experiences and give their opinions on the various factors defined by some studies in relation to investment psychology.
Date of podcast recording: Wednesday 2nd February
Resources discussed in this episode:
The psychology of cryptocurrency trading: Risk and protective factors:
https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/10/2/article-p201.xml
Why Investors Are Irrational, According to Behavioral Finance:
https://www.toptal.com/finance/financial-analysts/investor-psychology-behavioral-biases
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In this episode, Doc and Oz take a look at the importance of DYOR (Do Your Own Research) and taking responsibility in making investments in crypto. They discuss the mentality of an entitlement mindset and give their views on people blaming others for their losses.
Date of podcast recording: Wednesday 26th January
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In this episode, Ingo Rübe, founder and CEO of KILT Protocol discusses the latest developments at KILT protocol since being on the podcast in August 2021. Ingo provides an insightful overview of SocialKYC, Digital Identifiers (DIDs), and plans to launch Virtual Credential Organizations later in 2022. Finally.
Date of podcast recording: Wednesday 19th January
About KILT PROTOCOL
KILT is an open-source blockchain identity protocol for issuing self-sovereign, anonymous and verifiable credentials for Web 3.0. KILT enables innovative business models around identity and privacy, addressing the need for reliable identity solutions in the digital world. It allows users to claim personal attributes, have them attested by trusted entities, and store the claims as self-sovereign credentials. KILT Protocol is developed by BOTLabs GmbH in Berlin and is the technology on which SocialKYC, a decentralised identity verification service, is built.
https://www.kilt.io
KILT Protocol Social Media
On X:
KILT Protocol - @Kiltprotocol
Ingo Rübe - @ingoruebe
SocialKYC - @social_kyc
Sporran Wallet - @Sporranwallet
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ihHD8UyGGx0oLZt78429w
Github - https://github.com/KILTprotocol
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In this episode, Doc and Oz take a look back at the last few weeks and discuss the crypto markets with a detailed look at waves and the buy and sell ratio. They discuss some highly anticipated listings and reflect on the performance of Polygon's  MATIC token in recent weeks.
Date of podcast recording: Wednesday 13th January
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In this episode,  Megan Skye, Community Manager and Metaverse Experience Officer at Darwinia Network discusses her background as a network systems administrator and her journey into crypto starting with mining Bitcoin eventually leading to her role at Darwinia. Megan gives her an impressive overview of Darwinia Network being a bridge hub utilizing Zero-Knowledge proofs. Megan explains the role of Darwinia in the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, the parachain auctions, the utility of RING and CRAB tokens, and Darwinia being an early player in the metaverse via Evolution Land game.
Date of podcast recording: Tuesday 23rd November
About Darwinia Network
Darwinia Network is a decentralized cross-chain bridge network building on Substrate, which is the “cross-chain bridge hub” of the Web 3.0 Metaverse. It provides a safe and general bridging solution, connects to Polkadot, Ethereum, TRON, and other heterogeneous chains by cross-chain transfer of assets and remote chain calls.Darwinia Network has gained high reputation and recognition along the way to build the decentralized cross-chain bridge protocol. In 2020, Darwinia was written in Polkadot light-paper as one of the friends of Polkadot and Substrate. Darwinia has been contributing to the compatibility and interoperability of the Metaverse.The application areas of Darwinia Network include DeFi, cross-chain NFT trading, games, etc. Darwinia also develops the Metaverse game Evolution Land
Megan Skye's Social Media:
X: https://x.com/thetokenblonde_
Darwinia Network
Darwinia Website:  https://darwinia.network/
Darwinia Social Media Channels:
Twitter: https://x.com/DarwiniaNetwork
Telegram Official:  https://t.me/DarwiniaNetwork
Special thanks to @Warmanjm for helping to arrange the podcast interview.
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In this episode, Doc and Oz are joined by Ayush Garg, Marketing & Ops Lead at UniLend Finance. Ayush discusses his interesting journey into Bitcoin, hearing about Ethereum and crypto in general. Ayush gives a comprehensive overview of UniLend Finance, the various products UniLend offers, the utility of holding crypto in decentralized wallets, and the various security protocols. Finally, Doc challenges Ayush to a quickfire round of questions.
Date of podcast recording: Tuesday 9th November
About UniLend Protocol:UniLend is a permission-less decentralized protocol that combines spot trading services and money markets with lending and borrowing services through smart contracts.
 Ayush Garg’s Social Media:
X: https://x.com/storyofayush
 UniLend Finance:
UniLend Finance Website:  https://unilend.finance/UniLend Finance App: https://app.unilend.finance/lend
UniLend Finance Social Media Channels:
X: https://x.com/UniLend_FinanceTelegram Official Community Channel:  https://www.instagram.com/unilendfinance/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UniLend/UniLend LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unilend-finance/
Special thanks to @jammgroup for helping to arrange the podcast interview.
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In this episode,  Bruno Škvorc, Founder of RMRK discusses his journey into crypto, what attracted him to the Kusama ecosystem, developing RMRK and how RMRK plans to change to develop further the NFT space further. Finally, Doc challenges Bruno to a quickfire round of questions.
Date of podcast recording: Tuesday 30th November
About RMRK
The most advanced NFT protocol in the world, home to the Kanaria: Skybreach metaverse and the Singular NFT marketplace.
Bruno Škvorc's Social Media:
X: @bitfalls
RMRK
RMRK Website:  https://www.rmrk.app/
RMRK Social Media Channels:
X:  @RmrkApp
Subsocial: https://app.subsocial.network/@rmrkapp
Singular NFT Market Place on the Kusama Network: https://singular.rmrk.app/
Kanaria: https://kanaria.rmrk.app/
Kanaria: Skybreach: https://app.subsocial.network/@rmrkapp/introducing-kanaria-skybreach-27024
RMRK Discord: https://discord.com/invite/esuzUr3eAM
Doc's NFT Collection on RMRK Singular
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