Rehash: A Web3 Podcast

In this episode of Rehash, we sit down with dthinksweb3, founder of Designer DAO to talk about all things user experience and diversity in web3. We break down what web3 gets wrong about UX, how it could be improved, and the importance of user research. D also shares her experience designing for companies like Coordinape and Sushi as well as her experience as a woman of color in an industry typically dominated by white men. All of this plus the inside scoop on D’s favorite women-led projects, her hot take on DAOs, and much more!

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Designer DAO: https://twitter.com/designerdao_

Coordinape: https://twitter.com/coordinape

Duality: https://twitter.com/dualityxyz

SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

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

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

EDITORS

Ellie: https://twitter.com/elliedots

Tyler: https://twitter.com/tylerinternet

LINKS MENTIONED

Coordinape: https://coordinape.com/

Duality: https://duality.xyz/

Designer DAO: https://www.designer-dao.xyz/

Designer DAO Podcast: https://anchor.fm/designerdao

SheFi: https://twitter.com/She__Fi

Baddies in Tech: https://twitter.com/baddiesintech

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

5:02 Welcome D! 

5:52 What's wrong with web3 UX?

9:19 User research

13:10 D’s experience in web3

19:37 Entering web3

23:16 Diversity in web3 

28:26 How to embrace diversity 

32:17 Ownership in web3

40:58 Word association game!

44:00 Follow D!

45:18 Outro

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DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we sit down with Reka from Guild and LDF from Disco and ldf.world to discuss their latest content adventure - Chaos. We break down the value of learning in public, the pain points of co-creation, and what makes content worth collecting. Reka also explains what it means to curate experiences and we explore the nuances surrounding community and audience building. 

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Reka: https://twitter.com/reka_eth

LDF: https://twitter.com/ldf_gm

SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

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

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

EDITORS

Ellie: https://twitter.com/elliedots

Tyler: https://twitter.com/tylerinternet

LINKS MENTIONED

Reka’s Mirror: https://mirror.xyz/reka.eth

LDF’s Website: https://ldf.world/

Mint Podcast: https://twitter.com/levychain
JokeDAO: https://twitter.com/jokedao_

Guild: https://twitter.com/guildxyz

Disco: 

https://twitter.com/discoxyz

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

Season 4 of rehash is only 2 days away. Starting Thursday, February 16th, you can expect episodes to drop every week through the end of May. Our community voted in some incredible guests, so you can expect to hear from names like Reka, Dan Romero, Cami Ramos and more. We’re also excited to announce our Season 4 Sponsors: Lens Protocol, Ambire Wallet, and NFT.Storage. 

This season, you’ll be able to collect each episode as a limited edition NFT which grants you DAO membership and the ability to nominate future guests. 

To get involved with rehash, follow us on Twitter @rehashweb3, on Lens @rehash.lens and join our discord here: https://discord.gg/8YG4FQVQWj

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we sat down with Henri Stern, Co-founder and CEO of Privy. Privy helps you onboard crypto experts and beginners to your product. Regardless of whether you have a wallet, on desktop or mobile, you shouldn’t have to be an expert to get into the space and Privy makes it easy. 

 Henri comes from a highly technical background, nonetheless, he eloquently articulates complex topics in a way in which even web3 novices can understand and appreciate. We dive into cryptography, decentralization, cryptocurrency, and more as Henri shares how Privy is helping onboard new users and tackling the issue of privacy. 

We also explore the nuances between things like privacy and transparency, privacy and UX, and risk and regulation. Henri shares how he’s “bullish on the bear market” and leaves listeners with some tips on how to maintain digital security. 

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Privy: https://twitter.com/privy_io

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:40 Sponsors!

4:15 Welcome Henry!

4:34 Henry’s background

6:32 Cryptography

7:58 Cryptography and decentralization

10:10 Cryptography -> cryptocurrency

12:03 The birth of crypto

15:26 Great use cases for decentralization

17:34 The cost of decentralization

19:00 Decentralization and privacy

20:13 Issues with privacy in web2

23:24 UX vs. Privacy

33:00 Privy

39:34 UX of web3 apps

43:05 Risk and regulation

45:05 The future of crypto

51:33 Digital hygiene 

53:15 Fun Questions!

🤝 SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Avenue: https://avenue.place

Govrn: https://govrn.app

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash we sat down with Paris Rouzati, a web3 investor and advisor. Paris is heavily involved with marketing for Aave and Lens, where she organizes Raaves and leads the creation of Lens and Aave swag. Paris shares her web3 journey and gives listeners some insight into her investment thesis (or lack thereof) and calls out some amazing projects in the space.

We discuss marketing, paid marketing, growth strategies, and how marketing for a web3 native audience is quite different from web2. Paris gives us the inside scoop on how Lens and Aave go about creating swag that people actually love wearing, and throwing parties that everyone wants to attend. She shares how intentional the Aave and Lens teams are about community building and outreach, always maintaining a mindset of human-first-marketing-second, and of course, keeping it fun. 

We also analyze the consumer and developer sides of web3 and discuss the importance of human-centered design. We talk about Lens, Farcaster and web3 social as a whole, as well the impacts of social media on mental health. Paris emphasizes the importance of maintaining a healthy mindset, sharing her tips for combating burnout - logging off, sharing how you’re feeling, and enjoying life outside of crypto. 

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Paris: https://twitter.com/parisrouz

Aave: https://twitter.com/AaveAave

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:34 Sponsors!

4:09 Welcome Paris!

5:23 Paris’s background

7:55 Paris’s web3 journey

10:51 Cabbage NFTs

11:35 Standout NFT projects

13:45 Paid marketing in web3

15:26 Web3-native growth strategies

18:08 Aave and Lens swag

22:32 Raaves

27:48 Consumer side vs. development side of web3

33:14 Not all projects are meant for the masses

36:35 Web3 social & onboarding the masses

40:35 Web3 social and mental health

42:27 Paris’s investment thesis

44:29 Human-centered design

46:47 How Paris helps her founders

50:54 Maintaining a healthy mindset

54:26 Fun questions!

🤝 SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Avenue: https://avenue.place

Govrn: https://govrn.app

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash we sat down with Sumedha Deshmukh from Crypto Council for Innovation to discuss the intersection of blockchain, policy, inclusion, and accessibility. 

Sumedha first became interested in blockchain through the lens of how it could support international development. As a natural skeptic, she began researching blockchain on her own before turning her findings into a video guide for other development practitioners. Over the course of this project, Sumedha became even more interested in the blockchain space and later made the jump by joining the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain and Digital Assets team in 2018.

Diana starts off our discussion with a big question - wen meaningful policy? Sumedha explains how crypto’s history has been ironically plagued by barriers to entry and how that has impacted its adoption by the general public as well as its treatment by legislators. Although the space has developed drastically over the last decade, regulatory organizations are still waiting to see what real world impact blockchain could have before they give it more of their attention. Sumedha also gives us her thoughts around how policy makers could begin protecting consumers without stifling innovation. 

During our conversation, we also dive into redistributing wealth and power, self custody, diversity in web3, and how mainstream news cycles influence crypto policy.

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Sumedha: https://twitter.com/sumdesh

CCI: https://twitter.com/crypto_council

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:34 Sponsors

4:09 Welcome Sumedha!

4:50 Sumedha’s background

9:50 Policy against bad actors in crypto

13:28 Protecting consumers without stifling innovation

18:21 Policy surrounding decentralization

24:54 Embracing crypto policy 

29:08 Redistributing wealth and power with crypto 

34:54 Diversity in web3

37:15 The perfect scenario for web3 policy

40:12 Fun questions!

46:35 Follow Sumedha!

🤝 SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Avenue: https://avenue.place

Govrn: https://govrn.app

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash we sat down with Satvik Sethi, Co-founder and CEO of Joincircle, a social media platform for web3. Satvik has been a mental health advocate since he was in middle school when he became the go-to person in his class to talk to when peers were struggling with mental health. He carried this passion for mental health advocacy with him through college and eventually found himself continuing to do so in the web3 space.

It’s no secret that those of us who work in and engage with the industry are susceptible to burnout, regardless of market conditions. Satvik addresses this and explains the importance of mental health in general, and specifically how it applies to the web3 space. We discuss the value of open conversation around politics and agree that removing politics from web3 is impossible, as much as we’d sometimes like to. Rather, we should (kindly) embrace sharing the opinions we have in order to move the space forward. 

We switch gears to talk about SocialFi (which if you haven’t heard of it, don’t worry Satvik has you covered) and we discuss the “ultimate web3 social media platform,” Joincircle. Satvik shares his views on progressive decentralization and sufficient decentralization, saying it’s important for a project to start out centralized in order to be productive, but should still have its sight set on ultimately decentralizing and giving back to the community. 

During our talk, we also touch on the topics of interoperability, fundraising, and ever-present FOMO.

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Joincircle: https://twitter.com/joincirclexyz

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:27 Sponsors

4:02 Welcome Satvik!

4:35 Satvik’s background

5:54 Mental Health

10:25 Mental health in web3

13:42 FOMO in web3

18:09 Politics in web3

27:32 Destigmatizing mental health

31:45 SocialFi

33:43 Joincircle

38:41 Decentralization of joincircle

43:32 Collaboration with other web3 projects

45:37 Fundraising for Joincircle

50:46 Fun Questions!

58:03 Follow Satvik!

58:36 Credits

🤝 SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Avenue: https://avenue.place

Govrn: https://govrn.app

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we sat down with Aaron Soskin, founder of Govrn. Govrn is a DAO contribution platform designed to enable DAOs to be defined by their contributors. By recording your contributions and allowing other DAO members to attest to those contributions, you can maintain ownership over your work and keep an on-chain record of the value you provide to DAOs.

In this DAO forward episode, we cover a variety of topics from rage quitting and politics to the ways in which Govrn can help DAOs and their contributors. Aaron stresses the importance of DAOs being defined by the emergent properties that arise as the result of contributors providing value, and we discuss how Govrn allows contributors to own their work and get more meaningful validation for the work they do. We discuss the pros and cons of rage quitting, and Aaron explains why he’s a rage quit maxi. He also explains why it’s important for DAOs to enable divergence and convergence and shares that rage quitting doesn’t have to be permanent. 

We later explore the human aspect of DAOs and discuss the nuances of decentralization, acknowledging that technology can’t solve all human coordination issues. We discuss DAOs in the light of politics and what that intersection could look like. We acknowledge the recent events (FTX) and discuss what the future may hold for DAOs in the coming months and years - agreeing that not all DAOs need to be permanent. 

Aaron closes with speaking so passionately that his mic crumbles, starting SexySongDAO, answering some fun questions, and leaving  listeners with how to get started using Govrn. 

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Govern: https://twitter.com/GovrnHQ

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:28 Sponsors

4:03 Welcome Aaron!

5:16 Aaron’s background

8:56 Contributor first DAOs

11:11 Ownership over contributions

16:31 Recording contributions

18:25 Contribution language

20:42 LinkedIn for DAOs

24:50 Aaron is a rage quit maxi 

29:21 Convergence and divergence in rage quitting

34:26 Humans, tech, and decentralization

37:34 DAOs and politics

41:54 SexySongDAO 

45:30 Real life use cases for DAO

49:21 Why Diana likes DAOs

54:56 DAOs in the current bear market

1:03:48 Ephemeral DAOs

1:07:54 Fun Questions!

1:11:17 Follow Aaron!

🤝 SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Avenue: https://avenue.place

Govrn: https://govrn.app

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

In this episode of Rehash, we sat down with Steph Alinsug, Media Steward at Seed Club - an accelerator program for DAOs and DAO builders. 

When Steph first heard about crypto from a podcast, the concept of DAOs and social tokens clicked for her right away. With previous careers as a branding specialist and a community organizer,  she was always looking for a way to bring those two passions together. Web3 offered an opportunity to do just that.

Steph’s community-first branding approach lent itself nicely to her role at Seed Club, and she realized that the content she was creating wasn’t just content for the sake of marketing, but media that leveraged storytelling and community building to impact people with aligned values. This key difference is precisely what distinguishes content as we know it in web2 from the decentralized media of web3. 

We dive into all of the nuances surrounding content, branding, marketing, media, decentralized media, web3 media, media in DAOs, and decentralized content creation. Although we use some of these terms interchangeably, Steph breaks down how she distinctly thinks about them, and we discuss Rafa’s project Folklore - a leading example of community-first media. 

We double click on the human side of all of this as we discuss the inevitable hierarchy in DAOs, how media DAOs can progressively decentralize, ownership over the media you create, and the role curation plays in the decentralization of media. We also talk more broadly about conflict resolution and how imperative human to human relationships are as we explore new ways to organize ourselves and produce meaningful work in DAOs.

We close out our conversation with a few fun questions and Steph tells us how to find her and Seed Club on Twitter. 

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Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchen

Steph: https://twitter.com/cryptohun3y

Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:35 Sponsors!

4:11 Welcome Steph

4:58 Steph’s background

7:14 Web3 media

10:10 Web2 vs. web3 media

12:39 Web3 media, decentralized media, and media in DAOs

16:35 Decentralized media vs. decentralized content creation

21:05 Folklore 

24:39 Ownership in decentralized media

28:16 Progressive decentralization of media

36:29 Relationships over actions

41:25 Hierarchy in DAOs

45:08 Fun Questions!

52:30 Follow Steph!

🤝 SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Avenue: https://avenue.place

Govrn: https://govrn.app

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

In this episode of Rehash, we sat down with Julia Rosenberg and Chase Chapman from Metropolis to discuss all things DAOs, governance, and Metropolis.

Julia started learning about crypto after being frustrated with web2 scaling models in her startup journey, which eventually led her to co-founding Metropolis (previously Orca Protocol.) Chase fell down the crypto rabbit hole while working in marketing and data analytics. After graduating college she dove headfirst into the DAO ecosystem and started contributing to DAOs full time. She eventually started her own podcast, On the Other Side, where she talks about the human aspects of web3. Eventually she met Julia and fell in love with Orca Protocol (now Metropolis) before joining the team there.

Julia and Chase lay some groundwork for the episode by defining governance, not only in the DAO ecosystem, but much more broadly. We compare DAOs to digital cities and discuss the transition from corporate structures to DAOs, which transfers more ownership to members and gives them more autonomy over their work. We touch on the complexity of DAOs, the ways in which they are failing, the ways in which they can benefit humanity, and how Metropolis is enabling them to achieve better governance. 

Julia and Chase explain the Metropolis rebrand and help listeners understand how the protocol works on a very basic and tangible level. We discuss the importance of organizations being human centric and scalable, and the two share how they have seen DAOs evolve as well as how they think they’ll evolve in the coming years. 

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Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchen

Julia: https://twitter.com/JulzRoze

Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman

Metropolis: https://twitter.com/0xMetropolis

Otherside Pod: https://www.othersidepod.xyz/

⌛ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:32 Sponsors!

4:07 Welcome Julia & Chase!

4:26 Julia’s background

5:50 Chase’s background

8:32 Governance in digital spaces

11:50 Corporate models vs. DAOs

13:52 DAO governance is hard

17:07 Digital cities

23:00 Sovereignty in DAOs

27:01 Orca rebranding as Metropolis

29:55 Human centricity in DAOs

35:04 How Metropolis works

38:40 The evolution of DAOs

50:17 Fun Questions! 

57:54 Follow Julia and Chase!

🤝 SPONSORS

Lens Protocol: https://lens.xyz

Avenue: https://avenue.place

Govrn: https://govrn.app

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.