Rehash: A Web3 Podcast

In our first episode of Season 10, we’re speaking with Bunny, CEO of Dora, an onchain discovery engine that’s making it easier than ever for people to discover new apps and projects across a multitude of chains.

We talk about why onchain data is important and more specifically why human readable onchain data is important. Bunny explains why he believes read only block explorers will die over the long run and we’ll end up with dev-focused, analytics-focused, and consumer-focused experiences for onchain data.

Bunny also shares his thoughts on what the endstate of consumer crypto is and how well we’re progressing toward that goal.

Bunny was nominated by myself, Diana Chen, and voted onto the podcast by Katy Atherholt, Jimmy Chang, Nich, David Phelps, Triumph, Irina Marinescu, and Defi Beats.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:48 What is Dora?

3:50 Primary reason to use Dora

9:24 Endstate of human readable onchain data

13:39 Future of block explorers

17:04 Onchain discovery of goods and services

28:15 Long term vision for Dora

42:40 One word to describe 2025

43:20 Follow Bunny and Dora

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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, Satvik Sethi, founder of Offline Protocol, joins us for a deep dive on how he’s taking the world offline with Offline Protocol. 

Satvik first appeared on Rehash in S3 E12 | Let's Talk About Mental Health in Web3 w/Satvik Sethi, which aired on December 1, 2022.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
0:44 Update since Satvik’s previous appearance on Rehash
2:22 What is Offline Protocol?
10:37 Real world use cases for Offline Protocol
22:43 Is Offline Protocol a crypto product?
27:31 Learn more about Offline Protocol 

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This episode was recorded live in Detroit on Saturday, September 28, 2024 during the Rehash podcast event at MCON III. 

In this episode, Kevin Owocki from Gitcoin joined us to talk about democratic allocation of capital onchain.

Kevin is the co-founder of Gitcoin, host of the Green Pill Podcast, and author of the Onchain Capital Allocation Handbook.

This episode is sponsored by Last. Last is a new EVM chain that generates revenue from cashflow throughout the network and returns all profits to the community via sustainable and lasting incentives. Build to Last at https://last.net.

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0:00 Intro

1:58 How do we allocate capital fairly?

17:55 Is retrofunding a good funding mechanism?

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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, Peter Pan, Partner at 1kx, joins us for a deep dive on what autonomous worlds are. 

Peter first appeared on Rehash in S5 E5 | Onchain World Building w/Peter Pan, which aired on July 20, 2023.

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0:00 Intro

1:15 What are autonomous worlds?

6:12 Do blockchains uniquely enable autonomous worlds to exist?

15:07 Democratizing participation and generating immersion

29:50 Advice for builders

30:39 Follow Peter

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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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TIMESTAMPS

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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TIMESTAMPS

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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TIMESTAMPS

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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TIMESTAMPS

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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TIMESTAMPS

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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TIMESTAMPS

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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