Rehash: A Web3 Podcast

On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Blake Finucane, Chief Strategy Officer at Emergent Entertainment and host of the Context Podcast with Boys Club, about the history of cryptoart and NFTs, strategies for NFT projects to succeed long term, and the role of NFTs in shaping the future of gaming. Emergent Entertainment is a leading metaverse and blockchain game studio.

Blake is one of the earliest researchers of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). While most people started learning about NFTs in 2021, Blake has been studying NFTs since 2016, years before the ERC-721 token standard for NFTs was developed in early 2018.

As a result of her innovative research on NFTs, she received a Canadian research grant to study at University of British Columbia, where she wrote her master’s thesis on how blockchain technology and cryptocurrency can be applied to the art world. It was one of the first ever academic theses to be published on crypto art, and we get to hear firsthand about it from the author in this episode.

We also spend some time talking about web3 gaming and the role of NFTs in games. Blake is currently working on a game called Resurgence through her company, Emergent Entertainment, and she has some refreshing takes about how games should (or shouldn’t) structure their token models if they want to be successful.

Blake has a wealth of knowledge and is so in tune with the culture of the space. She’s taken active steps to strike a balance between work and wellness, and she shares her best advice for achieving a healthy work-life balance while working in web3.

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LINKS

• Blake’s Master’s Thesis: https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0370991
• Boys Club: https://twitter.com/BoysClubWorld
• S4 E6 | Art You Can’t See w/Sarah Meyohas & Mitchell Chan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMhXUlgS0NM
• Bored Ape Yacht Club: https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC
• Pudgy Penguins: https://twitter.com/pudgypenguins
• Resurgence: https://twitter.com/ResurgenceGame
• Loot: https://www.lootproject.com/
• Context Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uIXnKpaN3TZ7WdkdyfwMu?si=975986c3ca864eb1

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

5:19 Living outside of the crypto bubble

7:34 Blake’s Master’s Thesis on NFTs

12:02 How AI has changed the NFT art world

19:47 How NFT projects have developed over time

22:01 The role of culture in shaping the NFT space

26:21 Where we should experiment with NFTs

32:22 Which aspects of web3 are attractive to gamers?

38:55 Questions from Twitter

48:10 Follow Blake

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On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Peter Pan, partner at 1kx, about how to identify successful early stage web3 projects, why certain NFT projects from the last bull run succeeded while others failed, and how we might be able to simulate real life physics in a digital environment. 1kx is an early stage investment firm that specializes in ecosystem growth.

One of the hardest things to do in this space is to separate the hype from what’s real, and Peter does a great job of explaining how he analyzes various web3 projects to determine which ones will last the test of time. While most investors focus on the standard rhetoric of - you want to look at who the founder is, who the team is, Peter’s thinking goes much deeper into what are the foundational layers of the project and what it’s aiming to accomplish, and what impact can this project have on the broader tech space (not just the web3 space).

We talk a lot about the role of community in shaping the success of a web3 project, and this led us down a rabbit hole of reminiscing and analyzing some of the NFT projects that rose to fame during the 2021 NFT craze. It’s really interesting to look back on some of the NFT projects I hedged my bets on back in 2021 and see where they are today (and how wrong I was about them). 

Finally, we talk about autonomous worlds, onchain gaming, and why Peter is a proponent of being able to simulate real world scenarios in a digital sandbox environment. We wrap up with some hot takes on community building that Peter shared in seemingly contradictory tweets back in late 2021 - early 2022 and give him a chance to explain the context in which he wrote those tweets.

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LINKS

• Metalabel: https://www.newcreativeera.com/
• Cooper’s Writing NFTs: https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/
• NFT Projects
  • Squiggles: https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x059edd72cd353df5106d2b9cc5ab83a52287ac3a/0
  • Pudgy Penguins: https://www.pudgypenguins.com/
  • Cool Cats: https://coolcatsnft.com/
  • Degods: https://degods.com/
  • Azuki: https://www.azuki.com/
  • Doodles: https://twitter.com/doodles
• DAOs
  • Moloch DAO: https://molochdao.com/
  • Nouns DAO: https://nouns.wtf/
• Axie Infinity: https://axieinfinity.com/

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

5:23 Identifying new web3 projects

9:50 How to sort through the hype

11:44 Learnings from successful and failed investments

15:17 Investing in a bull market vs bear market

16:36 What kind of innovation happens in a bear market?

18:43 History of NFTs

23:21 Future of media NFTs

29:02 Cool Cats vs Pudgy Penguins

35:32 What are autonomous worlds?

41:14 How to avoid Black Mirror type scenarios

42:47 Final thoughts from Peter

43:37 Explain Your Tweet

47:01 Follow Peter

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On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization that’s trying to help the next billion people go bankless.

Kaitlyn is an ops queen who - prior to working in web3 - worked at BlackRock, Ernst & Young, and obtained her MBA from Georgetown. She has a wealth of experience in the hiring and team building space and brings a grounded and sophisticated perspective to the often disorganized and chaotic world of web3.

This episode wouldn’t be complete without a brief conversation about mountaineering - something both of us love to do. Kaitlyn shares some of her biggest adventures, misadventures, and learnings, which include learnings on why we need more diversity not just in web3 but in the mountaineering world as well.

Kaitlyn is equal parts analytical and empathetic, and her balanced approach to her work and her life, combined with her clear communication style, makes this an extremely digestible and actionable episode.

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LINKS

• Business Chemistry - Deloitte
• Boys Club

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

3:48 Tips for hiring high performing teams

7:00 Why web3 is bad at hiring

10:46 Hiring is like dating

12:27 What all high performing teams have in common

15:07 Do people shape culture or does culture shape people?

16:49 How to maintain work-life balance while working remote

20:03 Why diversity is important in hiring

21:42 Why diversity matters

25:18 Tips for hiring a diverse team

30:39 What is design thinking?

33:03 Areas of web3 media worth experimenting with

34:44 Do we need more crypto podcasts?

35:15 Bear market vs bull market content strategy

37:24 What is a Chief Strategy Officer?

38:35 What Kaitlyn’s excited to accomplish as CSO

40:32 Kaitlyn’s favorite mountain adventures 

47:01 Explain your tweet

49:15 Follow Kaitlyn and Bankless

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On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Maya Bakhai, founder and general partner at Spice Capital, about investing in web3, diversity in venture capital, the future of the creator economy, and more. Spice Capital is an early stage venture capital firm that is funding businesses solving problems for the next generation of internet-native consumers.

In our conversation with Maya, we talk about why she chose crypto, community, and capital as the 3 main categories for investment for Spice, what she believes is the largest unsaturated market in web3 investment right now, how she sees the creator economy evolving in the future, and much more.

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LINKS

• Hot Sauce: https://hotsauce.beehiiv.com/  

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

03:16 Definition of “internet native consumer”

05:48 Biggest problem with the internet

07:40 Solutions to this problem

08:34 The future of social platforms

13:37 Spice Capital’s investment thesis

17:55 Web2 vs web3 incentives

18:50 Different types of consumers

22:20 Individual creators vs brands

25:39 Largest unsaturated market in web3

28:15 How Spice Capital addresses diversity

35:13 The importance of culture in web2 vs web3

38:50 Guidebook to building a web3 business

42:58 Tips for web3 investors

46:19 Questions from the community

47:43 Explain your tweet

51:25 Follow Maya & Spice Capital

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On this episode of Rehash, we have a highly technical conversation with html_tina about re-staking, liquid staking tokens (LSTs), oracles, slashing, and more. Html_tina is a Product Manager and Head of Governance at EigenLayer, a protocol built on Ethereum that introduces re-staking, a new primitive in cryptoeconomic security.

Tina does a great job of explaining these concepts in an easy to understand way, introducing playground analogies that even a 5 year old can understand. She also draws from traditional finance concepts like rehypothecation to further illustrate what liquid staking can enable. 

On a more practical front, Tina shares her best tips for someone trying out liquid staking for the first time, including why it’s of utmost importance to find a liquid staking service that offers full decentralization and self custody.

Finally, Tina shares her views on the role of forking and rehypothecation in governance models and the potential benefits and drawbacks of the two within the context of a DAO. 

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LINKS

• Vitalik’s article on risks of re-staking
• EigenLayer blog
• Dan Elitzer article

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On our first episode of Season 5, we speak with Sirsu about competitive communities and culture through the lens of esports. Sirsu is one of the founders of BLVKHVND, an on chain esports organization that leverages innovative technology to compete globally and build open and accessible experiences for their community.

Sirsu shares some of his experiences with managing the community at BLVKHVND, including what he has done to foster an inclusive and welcoming community within the confines of competition and how he has handled conflicts that have arisen amongst community members along the way.

He also shares his thoughts more broadly on the role of leaders or facilitators within a competitive community, how that differs from a traditional competitive community to a decentralized one like BLVKHVND, and some web3 principles and tools he has incorporated into BLVKHVND that he thinks other competitive communities could benefit from as well.

Finally, we chat about one of Sirsu’s favorite topics: culture. Sirsu undertakes the challenge of quantifying culture with words and shares examples and analogies from daily life to help us better understand the nuances of various cultural movements in history.

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LINKS

• Mirror crowdfund
• Livestream with Sirsu

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Season 5 of Rehash: A Web3 Podcast starts on Thursday, June 22, 2023 with new episodes every Thursday until September 14, 2023.

This season, we had the most competitive guest selection period yet, with 45 highly qualified nominees vying for only 11 spots on the podcast. At the very last minute of the guest voting period, several of our community members came together to force a 6-way tie, bringing our total guest count to 13 instead of the 11 we had planned for. 

Some names you might recognize from this season’s lineup include Peter Pan from 1kx and Metacartel, Sirsu from BLVKHVND, Nick Hollins from the UFO podcast, Kaitlin Smith from Bankless, and html_tina from EigenLayer. You can find the entire guest lineup for the upcoming season on Twitter at @rehashweb3.

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Lens: https://www.lens.xyz/

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LINKS:

Website: https://rehashweb3.xyz

Substack: https://rehashweb3.substack.com

Mirror: https://rehash.mirror.xyz

Lenstube: https://lenstube.xyz/channel/rehash.lens

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3

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On this episode of Rehash, we sit down with Feems, Founder of Work on Chain to talk about global internet culture, internationalization and localization, how web3 can change the future of work, and how media can impact the crypto ecosystem. 

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Tyler: https://twitter.com/tylerinternet

SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Ambire Wallet: https://www.ambire.com/

NFT.Storage: https://twitter.com/NFTdotStorage

LINKS

Web3 Professionals Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/36O1vFxtK3i8TfFGJIWy5F?si=6feb34052b2c41dd

Bankless: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ

FWB: https://twitter.com/FWBtweets

ATX DAO: https://twitter.com/ATXDAO

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:51 Sponsors

6:01 Global internet culture

9:59 Characteristics of global culture

14:55 Web3 and culture

19:16 Web3 onboarding

22:50 Internationalization vs. localization

27:12 Web3 content for onboarding

39:12 The value of simple communication

43:51 Questions from the audience

52:56 Word association game

57:13 Outro

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On this episode of Rehash, we caught up with recording artist, Ibn Inglor, to discuss the intersection of web3, music, and community building. Ibn has been involved in the web3 music space since 2021 when he launched a Mirror crowdfund to support the production of his EP, Danger Zone.

Ibn’s musical journey started during his childhood in Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens - a neighborhood he wouldn't leave until his later teen years. As he continued to pursue music, he also became interested in the web3 space and NFTs thanks to a tip from a friend. After taking time to learn more about blockchain and the underlying technology, Ibn decided to dive into web3 music in 2021. He has been creating and experimenting ever since.

During our discussion we talk about navigating web3 and all of its challenges as an artist, experimenting with new tech, the importance of forming authentic relationships, and Ibn gives new web3 creators some advice on how to get started in the space.

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SPONSORS

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NFT.Storage: https://twitter.com/NFTdotStorage

LINKS

Pre-Save the Danger Zone EP - https://showtime.xyz/@IbnInglor/danger-zone-single-presave

Ibn’s Danger Zone Mirror Crowdfund - https://ibn.mirror.xyz/Y1iOKHIDyGm7LBUWokMCCzSTytQhWfngnYY6qkX2rQc

Why I’m Still Here Article - https://ibn.mirror.xyz/TyDB5JyQ0SLLe0KYvbz-n3KGc-MQiwP-ggJcxPTGh0o

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

5:15 Welcome Ibn!

6:15 Ibn’s Background

9:51 How Ibn got into web3

16:17 Navigating the crypto market as an artist

18:26 Forming real relationships with collectors and supporters

29:45 Ibn’s original Mirror crowdfund

36:42 Ibn’s upcoming EP, Danger Zone

38:52 Ibn’s future plans?

40:55 Challenges in web3 creative spaces

43:25 Ibn’s advice for web3 artists

45:46 Word association game

47:39 Follow Ibn!

48:20 Outro

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On this episode of Rehash, we sit down with Sari Azout, founder of Startupy to talk about Startupy (rebranding to Sublime in June 2023). We discuss the past, present and future of the internet, why the Wikipedia model is better than Google, the nuances of curation, and decentralized content.

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LINKS

Sari’s Substack: https://sariazout.substack.com/

Startupy Manifesto: https://beta.startupy.world/manifesto/

The Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan - https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/mcluhan.mediummessage.pdf

The Internet Wants to be Fragmented by Noah Smith - https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-internet-wants-to-be-fragmented

Ask Sari - https://beta.startupy.world/ask-sari/

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

6:15 Knowledge sharing

10:44 The wiki model of the internet

14:47 Centralized vs. decentralized learning platforms

18:16 Issues with Google

20:22 Decentralized content curation

26:00 Curation quality

29:32 Startupy

33:19 How Startupy curates it’s curators

37:20 Sublime

39:03 Page rank on Startupy

41:12 Long form content

46:58 Ask Sari

50:00 Sari’s closing thoughts

51:34 Word association game

53:08 Follow Sari!

53:36 Outro

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