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In our final episode of Season 9, we’re speaking with Jill Gunter, Chief Strategy Officer at Espresso Systems, the coordination layer that unites chains, rollups, and applications.
We start off with a hot topic nowadays which is whether we should be focusing more on building infrastructure or apps. You might assume you know where Jill stands on this topic as someone who’s working on a middleware solution, but there’s actually a lot more to the story from her perspective.
Jill has lots of excellent analogies to help us better understand technical concepts like shared sequencers and rollups, and she debunks some common misconceptions people have about Espresso ahead of their mainnet launch this quarter.
This is an excellent episode for the nontechnical person to listen to to better understand how various components of blockchains work, as well as for the more technical person to have some of their uncertainties about shared sequencers and the work Espresso is doing around that cleared up.
Jill was nominated for Rehash by Meg Lister and voted onto the podcast by Richie Bonilla, Irina Marinescu, Meg Lister, and Diana Chen.
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0:00 Intro
3:47 Infra vs apps
14:40 What is Espresso and what are shared sequencers? ELI5
35:13 Future of Layer 2 blockchains
39:01 Ethereum vs Solana
48:47 Future of zk rollups
50:07 Being a new mom in crypto
56:31 Can You Not
58:44 Follow Jill
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In this episode, we’re speaking with Gloria Kimbwala, Head of Events at Sei Foundation, about crypto events and crypto in the global south.
Gloria has been working in the crypto space since 2017, primarily within builder communities and more recently as the events lead at Sei Foundation. She has attended and organized countless events, both in crypto and outside of crypto, and she shares her knowledge and expertise with us on how to design a successful event, and from the attendee side, how to decide which events to go to when it feels like there’s literally a crypto event every single week.
We spend the second half of this convo talking about crypto in the global south - what types of apps and use cases are being built out there and more importantly how to get funding into the hands of founders based in Africa and LATAM.
Gloria was nominated by Rachael Amy and voted onto the podcast by Gary Sheng, Hudson Jameson, Queen Wartooth, Rachael Amy, Irina Marinescu, and Diana Chen.
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0:00 Intro
3:45 What is Sei Foundation?
5:26 How to develop an events strategy
9:31 How to decide which events are worth attending
14:48 Are side events bad?
19:52 Event planning playbook
22:40 How to measure ROI for events
31:45 Web3 in the global south
49:08 What needs the most involvement from crypto culture?
56:12 Follow Gloria
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In this episode, we’re speaking with Toby Shorin, Laura Lotti, and Sam Hart from Other Internet about their most recent article on crypto’s three body problem, clarifying some common misconceptions about headless brands, and getting their take on the current state of onchain culture.
The idea for this collaboration or interview came about when we had Jon Wu on the podcast last season in S8 E4 which aired on May 9, 2024. In that episode, Jon criticized the concept of a “headless brand” that was coined by the Other Internet team back in 2019, and Toby Shorin responded that Jon’s interpretation of “headless brands” was not what the authors had intended when they wrote the article. It turns out that many people have similar interpretations of “headless brands” that Jon had, so it was helpful and productive to give the Other Internet team a chance to clarify what they meant.
We then discuss their latest article on crypto’s three body problem and give the team a chance to speak about it for the first time since publishing the article, and finally I asked Sam about a spicy post he wrote recently that called out a lot of the current onchain culture for being “completely soulless” and a “cultural wasteland.”
Toby, Laura, and Sam were nominated for Rehash by Diana Chen and voted onto the podcast by Richie Bonilla, Triumph, fifthworldzach, Tim Black, Birb, Amy Jung, Rachael Amy, and Anay Sim.
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0:00 Intro
3:26 Clarifying “headless brands”
9:42 Crypto’s Three Body Problem
37:14 Current onchain culture is a complete “cultural wasteland”
40:24 Why we shouldn’t talk about onboarding the masses to crypto
42:49 Upcoming new book from Other Internet
45:07 Follow Toby, Laura, and Sam
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In this episode, we’re speaking with 0xdesigner about all things design, anonymity, and UX/UI in web3.
This is the longest episode in Rehash history, but we had so much to talk about and 0xdesigner graciously gave us almost two hours of his time to share his thoughts on all things consumer crypto, UX improvements, and the design space.
0xdesigner is primarily a product designer who has been putting out a new UX/UI design each day for the past 1.5 years, usually some sort of UX or design improvement to an existing app or envisioning a new app.
Not only does he have so many clever and creative ideas he shares every day, but he also has so much optimism and enthusiasm for crypto throughout all the highs and lows over the past few years. He truly believes in a future that’s enhanced by crypto and blockchain and is focused every day on working toward that goal.
0xdesigner was nominated by Ernest Kou and voted onto the podcast by Brenner Spear, Tom Scaria, Magenta Ceiba, Ernest Kou, Nick Naraghi, Lucas, Birb, Amy Jung, fifthworldzach, Maz, and David Phelps.
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0:00 Intro
2:25 0xdesigner’s background
4:00 Anonymity in crypto
17:26 Creating a new design every day for 570+ days
26:58 When it doesn’t make sense to use crypto
31:30 Cool new use cases for crypto
36:54 0xdesigner’s upcoming design projects
43:14 What 0xdesigner wishes people knew about design
45:42 Why is crypto UX and design so bad?
53:45 Why 0xdesigner is always open to testing new apps
57:24 Will web3 create new design primitives?
1:01:52 Do we need financialization in consumer crypto apps?
1:14:34 Every app will be a social app
1:28:25 Questions from Twitter
1:32:59 Can You Not
1:39:59 Follow 0xdesigner
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In this episode, we’re speaking with Sophia Dew, DevRel Engineering Lead at Celo, about all things onchain funding and what goes into launching a layer 2 blockchain.
Sophia joined Celo about a month ago, and prior to that she was working on Public Goods Network, or PGN, a layer 2 blockchain focused on public goods. PGN ended up running out of money and winding down but Sophia learned tons of lessons along the way about maintaining a blockchain that she shares with us in this episode.
We then did a deep dive into onchain funding - what new things it enables, why it’s important, and Sophia gives lots of examples of use cases or apps she would love to see get built out in the onchain funding arena.
Sophia was nominated by Nicole (by way of Triumph) and voted onto the podcast by Richie Bonilla, Andy Boyan, Meg Lister, David Phelps, Rachael Amy, and Triumph.
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0:00 Intro
2:47 How to launch a layer 2 blockchain via Public Goods Network (PGN)
6:41 How to maintain and grow a blockchain
14:21 Does it make sense to build an L2 focused on public goods?
16:07 Playbook for launching an L2
17:56 What does blockchain enable for public goods funding?
20:56 Framework for designing onchain funding mechanisms
27:07 Examples of onchain public goods funding outside of crypto
31:54 How to design regenerative funding mechanisms
42:28 What is Celo?
48:29 Can You Not
50:50 Follow Sophia
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In this episode, we’re speaking with Rene Lubov, software engineer at Celestia, about data availability (DA), or what Rene prefers to call data publishing.
Rene is one of the founding engineers at Celestia and breaks down for us everything we need to know about DA and how it’s implemented at Celestia. We also talk about modularity in blockchains, light nodes, and other technical concepts that you may have heard of before but maybe don’t have a clear understanding of just yet. She does a great job of explaining all of these concepts clearly.
On a more personal level, Rene also shares about her background, how she taught herself to code, what protocol engineering is (hint: it’s very different from app development or smart contract coding), what it was like being a founding engineer at Celestia, and her experience as a woman in crypto having joined way back in the early days.
Rene was nominated for Rehash by Tina and voted onto the podcast by Tina, Jimmy Chang, Hudson Jameson, Queen Wartooth, and David Phelps.
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0:00 Intro
2:20 What is data availability (DA)?
5:15 Why is data availability getting so much attention lately?
9:12 How does data availability increase scalability and reduce costs?
11:30 Is DA implemented in the blockchain layer or app layer?
14:08 What is Celestia?
16:20 What is modularity in blockchains?
19:18 Is Celestia an L1 or L2?
21:49 Future of Celestia
22:08 What is a light node?
28:25 What is it like being a founding engineer?
32:09 How is protocol engineering different from smart contract engineering?
35:45 Berlin ETH culture
39:26 How Rene became a coder
43:36 Twitter questions
51:45 Can You Not
55:52 Follow Rene
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In this episode, we’re speaking with Bethany Crystal about all things fractional work, using AI to improve learning and workflows, and we wrap up with a quick discussion on the Bitcoin developer ecosystem.
Bethany is the web3 fractional work queen, and she shares very openly in this episode about her experience as a fractional worker in web3, what her process looks like, and practical tips for others to think outside of the box about how they want to work.
As a mother of two and hobbyist of many things, Bethany has had to think creatively about how she can find the best balance for herself to do all the things she wants to do in life. For her, the answer was fractional work, or working on various projects on a contract or part time basis so that she has time for other aspects of life she enjoys and so that she can have her curiosity constantly satisfied with a variety of projects.
She talks about some of the pros and cons to being a fractional worker, the types of people she believes are best suited for the job, and gives us practical tips for identifying our core skillsets and finding work. She also shares some of the ways she’s been using AI to aid in her workflow and help her learn new skills at a much faster rate as well.
Bethany was nominated by DeFi Beats and voted onto the podcast by DeFi Beats, Parker Jay-Pachirat, Birb, Triumph, fifthworldzach, David Phelps, Spencer Graham, Andy Boyan, and Nick Naraghi.
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0:00 Intro
3:32 What is fractional work?
5:09 Bethany’s background in fractional work
11:35 Pros and cons to fractional work
15:44 Tips for promoting yourself as a fractional worker
23:15 How to balance life with work
26:25 Strategies for finding clients and work
32:46 Education x AI
36:54 Developing your learning stack
44:43 Incorporating AI into your learning stack
48:36 Building on Bitcoin L2
53:08 Can You Not
53:40 Follow Bethany
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Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest.
On this Minihash episode, Nichanan Kesonpat, Researcher at 1kx, is joining us for a deep dive on what account abstraction is and recent developments in AA that have led to significant improvements in UX with crypto apps.
Nich first appeared on Rehash in S2 E5 | Parody Sorority Turned Grants DAO w/Kseniya & Nich from MGD, which aired on June 9, 2022.
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0:00 Intro
3:13 What is account abstraction (AA)?
9:53 Modular smart account abstraction
12:04 Real world use cases for account abstraction
16:14 Long term impacts of account abstraction
20:50 How account abstraction affects security
22:41 Favorite dapps using account abstraction
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In this episode, we’re speaking with Grace Guan, co-founder of Unlonely, a web3 livestreaming platform, about web2 vs web3 media, inner workings of YouTube algorithms, and how traditional media platforms can stop exploiting creators by getting rid of ads and algorithms in this new iteration of media we’re building in web3.
Grace and her brother, Brian, co-founded Unlonely together and have been doing a phenomenal job of onboarding creators to the platform. Grace shares some stats on their user base and viewership in this episode as well as what she thinks people working on consumer crypto apps need to do differently in order to get more users onto their platforms.
If you’re a creator or anyone working adjacent to web3 media, you won’t want to miss this episode with Grace.
Grace was nominated by Winny and voted onto the podcast by Winny, Triumph, Maz, Andy Boyan, Birb, David Phelps, Lucas, Ernest Kou, and myself, Diana Chen.
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0:00 Intro
3:42 Unlonely origin story
8:57 What it’s like co-founding a company with a sibling
12:20 Grace’s least favorite thing about working with Brian
17:57 Web2 vs web3 media
34:25 Good and bad parts of traditional media
36:11 What’s a better solution than algorithms and ads?
38:53 How to get more users onto crypto consumer apps
41:18 Unlonely viewer and watchtime stats
43:03 How to onboard traditional creators to web3 media
49:15 Concierge health services
58:22 Can You Not
1:00:13 Follow Grace and Unlonely
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Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest.
On this Minihash episode, Jimmy Chang, founder of Catalyst, is joining us to recap EthCC 2024 in Brussels for us, sharing key insights in the Ethereum ecosystem, trends he’s noticing, and other conference highlights and lowlights.
Jimmy first appeared on Rehash in S4 E9: Millions of Modular Blockchains w/Jimmy Chang, which aired on April 13, 2023.
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0:00 Intro
1:10 Overall vibes at EthCC 2024 in Brussels
2:47 Main takeaways from EthCC (2 negative, 1 positive)
15:44 Key categories to focus on in Ethereum ecosystem in 2024
22:05 Favorite side events at EthCC 2024
23:52 Predictions for EthCC 2025
25:56 Final thoughts on EthCC 2025
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