Parachain Auctions

Basilisk just won the 8th Kusama Parachain Auction!

On today's episode, Brian touches base with Jakub Gregus, co-founder of HydraDX and their Kusama project Basilisk. In this conversation, we discuss HydraDX's prominent community of supporters, Jakub's chaos score for Basilisk, and his thoughts on how they plan to differentiate their Polkadot and Kusama projects.

Recorded on September 22nd 2021.

Congratulations to Calamari with their Auction Seven Win on Kusama!

Today we have Kenny Li, who humbly refers to himself as Core Contributor, of Manta Network and their Kusama Project Calamari. (Kenny is also one of the co-founders and COO)

This discussion covers all things Manta-Mari, including their upcoming products: MariPay which will support the private transfer of Kusama and its Parachain assets and MariSwap which will provide privacy to those looking to swap parachain assets.

Recorded September 3, 2021

Ingo Rübe from Kilt Protocol joins our host Brian after an epic win during the sixth Kusama parachain auction.

Listen in as Ingo tells us about how they reached their crowdloan cap during the auction, their plans for launch, and the upcoming celebrations for the team.

Recorded September 8th, 2021

Today on the podcast we welcome Cassidy Daly, token development and research for Centrifuge- the company behind Altair, a project competing for an upcoming parachain slot on Kusama.

Altair is named after a star, one of the the brightest and fastest spinning in the galaxy. Will this project be one of the brightest Kusama parachains? Will they be able to "spin up" liquidity for real-world assets like real estate and digital assets like CryptoPunks? Tune in to find out!

Recorded August 30th, 2021

Today on the podcast we welcome Alex Melikhov, CEO and founder of Equilibrium - the company behind Genshiro, a project competing for an upcoming parachain slot on Kusama.

In this conversation we learn about the early successes Alex had with Equilibrium and how they are building out their grand plan for their Genshiro project.

Recorded August 27th, 2021

Today on the podcast we welcome Ingo Rübe, CEO and founder of BOTLabs - the company behind Kilt Protocol, to discuss his team's parachain project, KILT.

In this discussion Brian and Ingo cover digital identities and how KILT plans to be a major player in this important and sensitive area of the crypto ecosystem.

Recorded August 26th, 2021

While messaging has been quiet from Polkadot regarding the next round of Kusama auctions, the winning teams are making progress by leaps and bounds. Join Brian for a quick update on the state of parachains and maybe, just maybe a hint towards when we can expect to see round two kick off.

Recorded Aug 11th, 2021.

We had questions. So we went directly to the source! Join Brian for an episode you DO NOT want to miss!

Today on the podcast we welcome Dieter Fishbein, Head of Ecosystem Development at Web3. In the discussion we cover the backstory of Polkadot/Kusama, where we are at present and what the roadmap looks like for a parachain future.

Recorded July 9th, 2021

Tyrone Pan tells host Brian Hoffman all about Bifrost Network and how they intend to win a parachain slot. Additionally we learn about vtokens and the other offerings from the project.

Recorded on June 17th, 2021

Tyrone Pan from Bifrost Network joins our host Brian after winning arguably the tightest race yet. Listen in as Tyrone tells us exactly how close it was and what their rollout plans are for the network. While there is a pause before auction six, you can expect that the podcast will continue to deliver great parachain content!

Recorded July 20th, 2021