Decentralized Voices

This week, on the Decentralized Voices podcast, Daria is excited to have Francisco Pinto, Protocol Lead at Request Network.

In this episode, we’ll discuss the DeFi trends and challenges, non-technical skills in protocol development, and is there anything Web3 teams could learn from the wine business.

Key takeaways:

• How to build DeFi products using Japanese lean concept
• Best non-technical skills in protocol development
• DeFi trends and predictions for 2026
• Lessons from winery for Web3

Stay with us for the whole conversation! Follow Decentralized Voices on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

❤️‍🔥 Guest: Francisco Pinto, Protocol Lead at Request Network

X: https://x.com/FPinto229

Request Network: https://request.network

🎙️ Host: Daria Volkova

X: https://x.com/dariastrategy

Farcaster: https://farcaster.xyz/dariastrategy

Podcast website: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz

Support the podcast! Donate on Ethereum wallet (ERC-20): 0xfb35472c85Bf1184D111490119C1256f253aafa8

This week the entire Ethereum ecosystem celebrates 10th anniversary of the Ethereum mainnet 🎉 Decentralized Voices is part of the community. Daria is happy to have Mayra Castillo, People Operations Expert from the Ethereum Foundation.

In this episode, Daria and Mayra discuss hiring culture and employer branding in Web3, red flags for candidates during the hiring process, and the most important skills needed to get hired in 2025.

Key takeaways:

🔸 Values and culture at the Ethereum Foundation

🔸 The current state of hiring in Web3

🔸 Identifying red flags in job offers

🔸 Vibes, followers, or skills: what real talent looks like in Web3

If you're a hiring manager in Web3 or a job seeker, this conversation will be insightful for you!

❤️‍🔥 Guest: Mayra Castillo

X: https://x.com/TheMayCas

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayra-a-castillo

Ethereum Foundation: https://ethereum.foundation

Ethereum Org: https://ethereum.org/en

🎙️ Host: Daria Volkova

X: https://x.com/dariastrategy

Farcaster: https://farcaster.xyz/dariastrategy

Podcast website: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz

Support the podcast. Donate on Ethereum wallet (ERC-20): 0xfb35472c85Bf1184D111490119C1256f253aafa8

This week, on the Decentralized Voices podcast, Daria is excited to have Dr. Muriel Médard, co-founder and CEO of Optimum.

Muriel and Daria discuss building a product with high-performance memory for the World Computer, the intersection of deep tech and community growth, career development for women, and parenthood in tech and science.

Muriel shares her insights on the technological necessity of decentralization and its role in scaling systems efficiently.

Enjoy the conversation and share this episode with your friends!

❤️‍🔥 Guest: Dr. Muriel Médard, Co-Founder and CEO of Optimum

X: https://x.com/MurielMedard

Optimum: https://www.getoptimum.xyz

🎙️ Host: Daria Volkova

X: https://x.com/dariastrategy

Farcaster: https://farcaster.xyz/dariastrategy

Podcast website: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz

Support the podcast. Donate on Ethereum wallet (ERC-20): 0xfb35472c85Bf1184D111490119C1256f253aafa8

In this episode of the Decentralized Voices podcast, Daria interviews Ryne Saxe, CEO of Eco, discussing the evolution of stablecoins, the mission of ECO, and the importance of user experience in the crypto space.

Ryne shares insights on the challenges and opportunities in building a stablecoin platform, the story behind the name Eco, and the vision for the future of money.

The conversation also touches on the role of stablecoins in replacing fiat money, key lessons for aspiring builders in crypto, and the potential for ECO to gain traction in the market.

Enjoy the conversation and share this episode with your friends!

❤️‍🔥 Guest: Ryne Saxe, CEO of Eco

X: https://x.com/rynesaxe

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rtsaxe

🎙️ Host: Daria Volkova

X: https://x.com/dariastrategy

Farcaster: https://farcaster.xyz/dariastrategy

Podcast website: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz

Support the podcast. Donate on Ethereum wallet (ERC-20): 0xfb35472c85Bf1184D111490119C1256f253aafa8

Bhaji Illuminati, CEO of Centrifuge, is the new guest on the Decentralized Voices podcast. Centrifuge is the real-world asset tokenization platform that brings the power of onchain finance to asset managers and investors.

Bhaji has rich experience scaling early-stage companies into market leaders and bringing together traditional finance and decentralized technology. She’s definitely a role model, especially for women building careers in DeFi.

In this episode, we explore:

• The tokenization of Real-World Assets
• $1,000,000,000 into a single tokenized product
• Bhaji’s journey from CMO to CEO
• What’s ahead at the upcoming RWA Summits in Cannes and New York

Enjoy the conversation and share this episode with your friends!

❤️‍🔥 Guest: Bhaji Illuminati, CEO of Centrifuge

X: https://x.com/itsbhaji

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhajiilluminati

RWA Documentary: https://youtu.be/pUhFJPLe4zk

🎙️ Host: Daria Volkova

X: https://x.com/dariastrategy

Farcaster: https://farcaster.xyz/dariastrategy

Podcast website: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz

Support the podcast. Donate on Ethereum wallet (ERC-20): 0xfb35472c85Bf1184D111490119C1256f253aafa8

Have you ever wondered how zero-knowledge proofs are proven, what infrastructure is needed, and who supports such innovations that boost our decentralized future?

Daria is excited to have Teemu Päivinen, the founder and CEO of Gevulot and ZK Cloud, as the guest for this interview. Gevulot is the first universal proving layer for ZK. It's designed to decrease the cost of proving by aggregating workloads across all use cases, allowing it to optimally utilize the underlying hardware.

Chatting with Teemu, learning from his extensive blockchain experience, and figuring out the ZK infrastructure ecosystem was a pleasure. I recommend this video to anyone interested in a deeper understanding of what's happening in blockchain now and what to expect in the future. This conversation deserves the second name, "Encyclopedia of ZK."

Enjoy this interview, like it, and share it with your friends!

Guest: Teemu Päivinen

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teemupaivinen

Twitter: https://x.com/teemupai

Decentralized Voices podcast is welcoming you to dive into the Base ecosystem! Will Binns, the Base core contributor, educator, and mentor for onchain builders, is my channel's new guest.

Our conversation will give you insights into the vision of Base on mass blockchain adoption and how it helps to secure almost $14B without launching a token.

We also discussed the competition between Optimistic and Zero-Knowledge stacks in the Ethereum ecosystem, the power of AI for blockchain, and time management in a fast-growing industry.

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Hola! Welcome to the Decentralized Voices podcast. This time, Daria chats with Simón Puebla, head of BD and sponsorships at Crecimiento Argentina 🇦🇷 In this episode we discuss upcoming Devconnect in Buenos Aires, the Web3 community in LATAM, and the Bring Argentina Onchain initiative.

Key taglines:

🔹 With 25,000 attendees, Devconnect will thrust Argentina onto the world stage. How does the Crecimiento team want to implement this?

🔹 Crypto adoption in Argentina driven by 30 % monthly inflation

🔹 Public consultations, a regulatory sandbox, and the push for LATAM’s first digital special economic zone

🔹 The biggest hackathon in LATAM history. When and how?

🔹 Pop-up city culture & deep community bonds

🔹 Asado and amazing nature of Argentina

Learn more about Crecimiento Argentina, discover behind-the-scenes insights, and hear how this community impacts the LATAM region, changes lives, and fosters creativity and collaboration among Web3 builders. Enjoy the conversation and share this episode with your friends!

❤️‍🔥 Guest: Simón Puebla

Twitter: https://x.com/Simonpuebla_

Crecimiento: https://bento.me/crecimientoar

Bring Argentina Onchain: https://www.bringargentinaonchain.org

Devconnect: https://devconnect.org

🎙️ Host: Daria Volkova

Twitter: https://x.com/dariastrategy

Farcaster: https://farcaster.xyz/dariastrategy

Podcast website: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz

🙌 Support the podcast. Donate on Ethereum wallet (ERC-20): 0xfb35472c85Bf1184D111490119C1256f253aafa8

🔗 Find this episode onchain on the Pods platform: https://pods.media/decentralized-voices

Antonina Norair from M0 Foundation, the co-CTO leading protocol financial engineering, is the guest for my interview. With previous experience at Consensys, Compound, and other great crypto projects, Antonina has many insights about the future and challenges of DeFi mass adoption.

From this video, you’ll learn about the competition between Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin, the vibes on the New York Stock Exchange, the challenges of the crypto culture, and find the best career advice if you plan to become an engineer in Web3.

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Guest: Antonina Norair, the co-CTO at M0 Foundation

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoninanorair

Twitter: https://x.com/0xt0n1

Aligned Layer accelerates the Ethereum roadmap by simplifying ZK adoption. Diego Kingston, the co-founder of Aligned Layer, is a guest for this Decentralized Voices episode.

Why do we have a crisis of trust on the Internet, what are the possible use cases for ZK verification by Aligned, how to stand out from the crowd in the highly competitive market, and how will look like the blockchain-powered future of Argentina, - all these topics we discuss in this video.

Watch the episode and share it with your friends!

🎙️ Guest: Diego Kingston, the co-founder of Aligned Layer Twitter: https://x.com/diego_aligned

📚 Diego's resources for aspiring ZK engineers, founders, and product managers:

1. Lambda's Sparkling Water Bootcamp: https://github.com/lambdaclass/sparkling_water_bootcamp/blob/main/README.md

2. An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography: https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/An_Introduction_to_Mathematical_Cryptogr.html