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Benjamin Jones is the director of the Optimism Foundation, which is dedicated to scaling Ethereum and the team building Optimism Layer 2. Currently, Optimism sits in third place among Layer 2s with $6.42B in Total Value Locked. In this episode, we dive deep into the Superchain Thesis and explore how Optimism aims to optimize Ethereum scalability. We start by discussing what Optimism is and its mission to scale Ethereum, moving on to the foundation's end goal and its vision for the future. We also take a closer look at Benjamin Jones, his role, background and contributions. We also compare various scaling solutions, assess their effectiveness and potential, and discuss the future of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK). Benjamin also explains the philosophy underpinning Optimism's Retro Funding approach.

0:00 What Is Optimism?

2:04 End Goal

3:44 Security

5:50 Benjamin Jones

10:00 Open Source

13:02 OP Token

16:25 1 Human = 1 Vote

20:32 Scaling Solutions

30:00 Is ZK The Future?

36:27 Optimism Superchain

49:00 Retro Funding

57:34 Arbitrum

01:01:27 Building On Optimism

01:05:52 Mainstream

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Our guest today is Noah Seidman, who has an impressive systematic view on crypto and how crypto fits into the overall macro market. Noah is a technologist with a career spanning two decades. He has a unique perspective on the intersection of crypto and finance, garnering him a reputation as a thought leader. While most on Crypto Twitter are talking about memecoins and the next few months, Noah has been thinking about crypto over a long time horizon. We talk about his macro views, how he chooses to build his portfolio, advice he has for someone starting out, maybe in their 20s, and the secret to him staying on top of all of the market news. He understands things like the monetary premium and categorizes tokens in a very interesting way. Before we dive into this, we discussed what Noah is focused on on his day to day.

0:00 Captain Rational

1:47 Global Macro

4:45 Before Crypto

5:52 Entering Crypto

11:20 Crypto In Macro

17:30 Bitcoin As Reserve Currency

21:13 L1 Value

22:25 Long Term Narratives

25:22 Investment Strategy

28:30 Self Realization

38:45 Decentralization

45:30 Time

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Daniel Fogg is the CEO of RootstockLabs, the organization behind the Rootstock sidechain, which is a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution designed to enhance Bitcoin's capabilities with smart contract functionality. Rootstock was launched in January 2018, becoming the first Bitcoin sidechain, and is secured by Bitcoin's hashing power through a merged mining process. The sidechain leverages Bitcoin's security while enabling Ethereum compatible smart contracts, aiming to reduce transaction costs and improve scalability​

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Suji Yan is the founder of Mask Network, a platform that brings privacy and benefits from Web3 to traditional social media like Facebook & Twitter. Suji Yan launched Mask to provide users with tools to encrypt their social media interactions and protect their online privacy. His goal is to create an internet where individuals have more control over their digital presence. In our conversation, we get into the current SocialFi landscape, its limitations, and the importance of decentralized social media for everyday users.

Gabby Dizon is the Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG), a decentralized autonomous organization that invests in virtual world assets. Yield Guild Games focuses on creating a global community of gamers who earn rewards by playing blockchain-based games. YGG operates on the play-to-earn model, allowing players to generate income through in-game activities and ownership of digital assets.

0:00 Intro

1:23 Yield Guild Games

4:34 New Games

5:42 Gabby Dizon

8:39 Ronin

10:21 YGG Token

15:30 Criticisms

18:05 Protocol Transition

24:15 Onchain Guilds

33:33 Badges and Onchain Reputation

40:25 Gaming and NFT Activity

44:40 Building in 2024

48:35 Mass Applications

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Johann Kerbrat is the Crypto General Manager at Robinhood, one of the largest exchanges in the world. In today's episode will delve into his journey with Robinhood Crypto. His thoughts on the future of the industry and the groundbreaking work they are doing to democratize finance for all. They have launched a lot of products recently, including a self custodial wallet, staking, Web3 games and more. Before we dive into this, Johann tells us about his background and responsibilities at Robinhood Crypto.

0:00 Intro

0:42 Johann Kerbrat

1:21 Robinhood

1:52 Entering Crypto

2:59 Robinhood Products

4:16 Feedback

6:00 Web3

8:39 Fees

9:46 Crypto Exchanges

11:00 Regulation

14:55 Tokens

16:21 Self Custody Wallet

17:46 DeFi

18:35 Staking

19:48 What's Next?

21:00 Robinhood Chain

21:54 Tokens

24:13 Tokenization

25:33 How Are You Defiant?

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David Schwartz is the CTO of Ripple, a Layer 1 blockchain that has been an established name in the cryptocurrency industry since 2012. Ripple is the platform behind XRP, one of the original cryptocurrencies, which currently ranks eighth in market capitalization at $30 billion. Known for its numerous legal battles with the SEC, Ripple has also recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin. In this podcast, we will explore all of the latest developments and more, starting with the founding story of Ripple.

0:00 Intro

1:04 Founding Story of Ripple

5:20 RippleNet

8:05 XRP Tokenomics and Incentive Model

12:56 Bad Actors

15:11 Network Attacks

17:55 XRP Distribution

26:45 Use Cases

39:25 Ripple Stablecoin

48:18 DeFi On XRP Ledger

53:33 Smart Contracts

57:56 SEC Case

1:05:30 Ripple in the Future

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Jose Fernandez da Ponte is the Head of Crypto at PayPal. PayPal's entry into the crypto market dates back to 2020 when they announced the integration of various crypto assets, enabling users to buy, sell, and hold digital currencies. Since then, they have progressively expanded their crypto offerings and adopted more ambitious strategies to incorporate blockchain technology. In this podcast, we'll explore PayPal's motivation for entering the crypto space, the current crypto applications available on their platform, the creation and purpose of their stablecoin, PYUSD, and their approach to facilitating mass adoption of blockchain technology.

0:00 Intro

0:58 PayPal Enters Crypto

6:27 PayPal Crypto Payments

16:58 Fees

20:16 PayPal Wallet

22:28 PYUSD

36:43 PayPal Yield

40:23 Stablecoin Competition

48:57 Multichain

53:25 Adoption

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Lukas Schor is the Co-Founder of Safe, an onchain asset custody protocol, securing ~$100 Billion in assets today. Originally developed under Gnosis as a smart account for securing digital assets, Safe eventually became an independent project after spinning off on its own. Today, Safe has a TVL of over $100B. In this episode, we go over the recently launched $GNO token, its use cases, early days of Gnosis as an onchain prediction market. Later, Lukas discusses the impact of quantum computing on blockchain security and the future potential of smart accounts. He also explores the challenges and opportunities in achieving mainstream adoption of Web3 wallets. The episode concludes with insights into Safe's upcoming features aimed at supporting a billion Web3 users.

0:00 Intro

1:05 Safe Founding Story

3:30 Gnosis Prediction Markets

5:17 Lukas Schor

7:21 $GNO Token

18:47 Smart Accounts

25:16 Quantum Computing

33:33 Web3 Wallets

37:25 How is Safe safe?

39:23 New Features

47:52 Billion Web3 Users

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Carlos Domingo is the founder and CEO of Securitize, a platform for issuing and trading security tokens or digital securities on the blockchain. Securitize aims to modernize the traditional financial markets by leveraging blockchain technology to provide greater accessibility, efficiency, and transparency in securities trading. Securitize recently partnered up with BlackRock to explore innovations in tokenizing assets and broadening access to the private capital markets. In today's podcast, we uncover all the details behind this collaboration and explore what the future holds for tokenized innovation.

0:00 Intro

1:09 BlackRock BUIDL Fund

3:22 Onchain vs Offchain

5:01 Institutional Investors

5:36 Secondary Market

7:26 Carlos Domingo & Securitize

12:10 Future of Tokenization

15:35 BlackRock's Impact

22:15 Use Cases

30:12 Investors

33:19 Tokenized Innovation

37:53 Real World vs Crypto Economy

47:27 Web2 vs Web3

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