Parachain Auctions

In this highly competitive first group of Polkadot parachain hopefuls, Efinity stands out from the crowd as a cross-chain bridge for NFTs. Today, Brian chats with Witek Radomski of Enjin - the team behind the Efinity project. Will Enjin's wealth of experience in online-gaming provide an edge in the polkadot ecosystem?

Recorded November 16th, 2021

We're bringing back Sota Watanabe, Astar Network Founder, and Maarten Henskens, VP of Growth. In previous conversations we learned about their winning project Shiden, an early Kusama auction winner.

Join Brian as the Astar team informs us of their multi-chain smart contract platform, the future of Polkadot / Kusama and last but not least the tradition in Japan of eating KFC at Christmas.

Recorded November 12th, 2021

Today we welcome back Dieter Fishbein, Head of Ecosystem Development at Web3. In this conversation we uncover the mysteries of Polkadot's governance, how the 11th Kusama auction snuck into batch 2, and a retrospective look at the auctions to date. Recorded November 10th, 2021

In this episode, Brian Hoffman, Kraken's Crypto Platform Product Lead, sits down with Derek Yoo, the CEO of Purestake to discuss his team's Polkadot project Moonbeam. Join the conversation as they discuss the fascinating world of Polkadot as Derek's team embarks on a mission towards gaining one of the first slots on the new chain.

Recorded November 9th, 2021

Today on the show we have Bette Chen along with Dan Reecer from Acala for an engaging conversation about the upcoming polkadot auctions. We also get to learn about Bette's background and her thoughts on building a more open, sovereign & decentralized future.

Recorded October 20th, 2021

Brian sits down with Interlay's co-founders, Alexei Zamyatin and Dominik Harz, to discuss their landslide victory. They also chat about the council's unexpected decision to run an eleventh Kusama slot auction in this 'second batch'. You won't want to miss the conversation.

Recorded October 13th, 2021

Parallel's Kusama project Heiko is the centre of attention in this episode where Brain has back-to-back interviews discussing Parallel's vision for the project, followed by an exclusive winner interview.

During part 1 we learn about Parrallel's founder Yubo Ruan, and his journey from high school dropout to successful tech entrepreneur. Join us as we get into the wild ride it has been for the team and the disappointing auction miss caused by that pesky 17th Century candle auction system. : )

Be sure to stick around for the exclusive winner's interview as well, where Yubo comes back to discuss the team's excitement, gratitude, and lowered stress levels after nabbing the tenth Kusama parachain slot.

Part 1 Recorded October 1st, 2021 and Part 2 on October 6th, 2021

The podcast pivots today to highlight one of the most innovative NFT protocols in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Remark or RMRK, was founded by Bruno Škvorc, while working for the Web3 Foundation.

Join us as we explore Bruno's background, the limitations of Ethereum NFTs, Nestable "art legos" that don't require smart contracts, using NFTs to unlock features on parachain apps, and much more.

Recorded September 2, 2021

Today on the podcast we welcome Lucas Vogelsang, Co-Founder and CEO of Centrifuge whose Kusama project, Altair, just won the 9th parachain slot auction.

For the first time ever, the team with fewer high bids wins! Lucas chats with us about the stress, excitement, and inevitable chaos as they attained their Kusama parachain slot.

Recorded September 29th, 2021

Will the teams golden streaks of brilliance garner Kintsugi a parachain slot?

Brian sits down with Interlay's Alexei Zamyatin to discuss the benefits of bringing Bitcoin to Kusama, community owned vaults, and more on today's episode.

Recorded September 10th, 2021