Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Ahmet Bugra Yigiter, frontend engineer at Hipo Labs and part of the Pera Web3 Wallet team.

In this episode, we will be discussing Ahmet's background and experience in computer science, including his first introduction to Algorand and how it drew him to the technology.

We will then be diving deep into the Pera Web3 Wallet, starting with a definition of what a web3 wallet is and walking through the evolution of the wallet from its origins within the Algorand team to its current web-based version. We'll explore the main advantages of the web-based version compared to the mobile app and delve into the frontend stack, libraries used, and testing methods used in the development of the web-based version.

Finally, Ahmet will be sharing his advice for software engineers interested in developing on the Algorand blockchain or getting into the web3 space and discussing the future roadmap for both the mobile and web versions of Pera and how people can contribute to the project.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

Resources:

https://perawallet.app/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast! Today's guest is Dan Goldman, the founder and CEO of Ultrade.

In this episode, we will be discussing Dan's background and experience in the field of computer science, including their work building institutional-grade crypto trading systems prior to Ultrade. We will delve into the story of how Dan got started in the blockchain and crypto industry and what led them to start Ultrade.

In the second part of the episode, we will take a deep dive into Ultrade's use of the Algorand blockchain and how it differs from other DeFi trading platforms. We will discuss the main L1 Algorand capabilities utilized by the Ultrade platform, as well as the professional trading tools and features available on the platform. Dan will also share some of the interesting challenges faced during development and how Ultrade's "DeFI as a service" approach enables users to deploy their own decentralized exchanges.

Finally, we will hear Dan's predictions for the future of the DeFi space and their advice for aspiring software engineers and entrepreneurs who want to get into blockchain development on Algorand or the web3 space in general.

Don't forget to submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo if you would like to appear on the podcast and have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3.

Also, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms to support the podcast. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode!

Resources:

https://ultrade.org/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Stefano De Angelis. He is a Solution Architect and a PhD in Cybersecurity working at Algorand.

The episode is structured as follows:

1. Overview of Stefano's background and experience in the field of computer science, including their academic pursuits at the University of Sapienza and the University of Southampton and the topics of their theses. We will also delve into his first project in the blockchain space and how they discovered and became interested in Algorand.

2. In the second part of the episode, we will be taking a deep dive into the history of consensus mechanisms, starting with the earliest distributed systems in the second half of the 20th century and ending with modern protocols like Algorand's PPoS. We will discuss the state machine replication problem and the various networking models that have influenced protocol design, as well as the byzantine generals' problem. We will also touch on some of the first well-known consensus protocols, such as Paxos, and how the rise of blockchain technology introduced new consensus protocols like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake.

3. Stefano's advice for aspiring software engineers who are interested in developing on Algorand and his predictions for the future of the blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

Resources:

https://developer.algorand.org/u/stefano.deangelis

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Reliable-Secure-Distributed-Programming/dp/3642152597

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Kieran Nelson. He is a software engineer and expert in building aggregation portfolio trackers with multi-protocol compatibility on Algorand.

The episode is structured as follows:

1. Overview of Kieran's background and experience in software engineering. His first encounter with Algorand and the idea behind building aggregation portfolio trackers with multi-protocol compatibility on the platform.

2. A deep dive into Kieran's thoughts on the main advantages and challenges of building such a portfolio tracker on Algorand. He will also discuss the technical aspects and complexity of implementing multi-protocol compatibility.

3. Kieran's advice for aspiring software engineers who are interested in developing on Algorand and his predictions for the future of the blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

Resources:

https://algogator.finance/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Farzan Akhtar. He is a host of Blockchain and Beyond show. Farzan works in a field of Cybersecurity and aims to help educating people about web3 via his podcast.

The episode is structured as follows:

1. Overview of Farzan's biography and his journey into Engineering. First experience with Algorand. Ideas behind starting Blockchain and Beyond.

2. A deep dive into Farzan's take on main advantages and disadvantages of the Algorand chain. Notes on incentive mechanisms for relay nodes and simplicity of setting them up.

3. Farzan's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

Resources:

https://www.blockchainandbeyond.co.uk/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Patrick Bennett. He is a CEO of TxnLab, a development company focused on building Web3 applications on Algorand. Patrick has a very extensive experience in software engineering spanning over 4 decades of work in the industry. The episode is a deep dive into TxnLab's main product called NFDomains.

The episode is structured as follows:

1. Overview of Patrick's biography and his journey into Engineering. First experience with Algorand. And of course, the brief history on how TxnLab's came to be as a company.

2. A deep dive into NFDomains. Main use cases for using non fungible tokens in the context of name services. Overview of key features and architecture of the platform.

3. Patrick's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!

🙂 Resources:

https://nf.domains

https://nf.domains/#integrations

https://app.nf.domains/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Matthieu Dardelle - creator of AlgoWorld project. One of the first collectable card games in Algorand ecosystem, including dedicated explorer, swapper and utility token to incentivise and engage its community.

The episode is structured as follows:

1. Overview of Matt's biography and his journey into Web3 and Blockchain development. Initial ideas behind creating AlgoWorld collectibles game.

2. A deep dive into history of AlgoWorld project supplemented by details from our individual contributions. We start from early days of the project in April 2021, and cover entire development history up until full open sourcing of entire codebase in September 2022.

3. Matt's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!

🙂 Resources:

https://algoworld.io

https://docs.algoworld.io

https://github.com/algoworldnft

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is James Bayly - Chief Operating Officer at Subquery. A blockchain company based in New Zealand developing a next generation indexer solution that support multiple blockchain networks and significantly simplifies development of dapps for companies, engineers and enthusiasts in web3 space.

The episode is structured as follows:

1. Overview of James's biography and his journey into Web3 and Blockchain development.

2. An overview of Subquery as a company and the main offering called Subquery Network.

3. James's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo. I maintain the podcast as a hobby in my free time.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

Resources: https://subquery.network https://academy.subquery.network https://github.com/subquery https://awesomealgo.com https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Aaron Martinez - Founder and a CEO of Headline Inc. A blockchain company developing DEFI solutions and dev tooling for and on Algorand Ecosystem.

This episode covers a variety of products that Headline provides. The episode is structured as follows:

1. Overview of Aaron's biography and his journey on becoming a founder of Headline Inc and exploration of the Algorand ecosystem.

2. An overview of the most popular dev tools, Defi solutions, and protocols created by Headline Inc.

3. A deep dive into HDX. Headline's new Decentralized Exchange and a protocol that are offering unique features and are inspired by Uniswap protocol.

4. Aaron's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand.

I maintain the podcast as a hobby in my free time. The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

If you would like to learn more about affordable smart contract auditing companies mentioned in the episode. Reach out to Aaron at [email protected] and he will provide references and contacts for those companies.

Resources:

https://www.headline-inc.com/

https://www.pipeline-ui.com/

https://github.com/headline-design

https://medium.com/algorand/why-news-project-headline-pivoted-to-dev-tools-and-defi-bdf59e609f6

https://awesomealgo.com

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

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Today's guests are Andres Valencia and Daniel Alcivar - Product Managers from RandLabs responsible for AlgoExplorer and MyAlgoWallet.

This episode covers a variety of different topics such as:

1. Overview of Daniel’s and Andres’s biography and their journey to RandLabs and the Algorand ecosystem.

2. An overview of both MyAlgoWallet and AlgoExplorer. With discussions ranging from an overview of the space, main features, interesting implementation challenges, etc,

3. Advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand.

This podcast is not sponsored by any third parties, I maintain it as a hobby in my free time. The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! 🙂

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Resources:

https://randlabs.io

https://algoexplorer.io

https://wallet.myalgo.com

https://awesomealgo.com

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand