The Delphi Podcast

Our Web3 series continues with Sahil Bloom,  Investor and Co-Founder of The Room Where It Happens. We talk about investing in Web3, differentiating community governance and ownership, onboarding the next generation of users into crypto, and much more!

Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction and Sahil’s background.

(00:04:23) – XGamesDAO and governance.

(00:11:13) – Community ownership and Reddit.

(00:16:17) – Investing in Web3.

(00:32:17) – Sahil’s Web3 focus.

(00:37:32) – Industries ripe for disruption from tokenization.

(00:41:43) – Thoughts on NFTs.

(00:43:35) – What is Web3?

(00:44:51) – Thoughts on Web3 social and closing.

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

In this episode, we sit down with Mark Studholme and Finn Hansen, Co-founders of MetaMundo, a project empowering 3D creators to shape the open metaverse. We discuss how NFT interoperability is technically achieved, MetaMundo’s 3D NFT marketplace, the functionality of MetaPortal NFTs, and much more!

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:09:00) – Technical structure for NFT interoperability.

(00:16:20) – Monitoring and integrating upcoming virtual worlds. 

(00:17:38) – Marketplace on MetaMundo.

(00:19:26) – Going multi-chain. 

(00:21:02) – Launching MetaMundo. 

(00:24:22) – The functionality of MetaPortals. 

(00:26:15) – Rapid fire questions. 

(00:40:17) – Closing.

Social links: 

• Mark’s Twitter

Resources: 

• MetaMundo Website

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Our Web3 series continues with Danny Zuckerman, Co-founder of 3Box Labs. 3Box Labs has been building out Ceramic Network, an ecosystem for decentralized data storage and management. We cover data interoperability in Web3, how Ceramic enables data composability, and why the dataverse is the new metaverse.

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction and Danny’s background.

(00:03:20) – Distributed data and storage. 

(00:07:13) – What is Ceramic Network? 

(00:17:32) – Impact of composable data structures / Owning your own data. 

(00:28:43) – The business models of Web3 social. 

(00:35:19) – What is Web3? 

(00:42:11) – The trade-offs of using Ceramic Network.

(00:45:02) – The future of Ceramic Network. 

(00:48:33) – Closing.

Social links: 

• Danny’s Twitter

Resources: 

• Ceramic Website 

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Our Web3 series continues with dhadrien, Founder of Sismo, a new NFT primitive for private attestations of on and off-chain data. We cover the evolution of the Web3 ethos, the purpose of Sismo and how it works, the future of Web3 identities and privacy, and more! 

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:00:58) – dhadrien’s background.

(00:10:57) – How Web3 ethos has evolved over time.

(00:17:06) – What is Sismo?

(00:22:18) – Use cases of Sismo.

(00:26:46) – Preserving transparency and privacy.

(00:35:46) – What Web3 identity looks like. 

(00:39:34) – Web3 vs. Web2 identity. 

(00:49:50) – Data & business models in Web3 vs. Web2.

(00:56:16) – Closing.

Social links: 

• dhadrien’s Twitter

Resources: 

• Sismo Website

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

In this episode, we sit down with John Adler, Co-founder of Celestia, the first modular consensus and data network to power scalable and secure Web3 applications. We discuss the rise of blockchain modularity, how Celestia solves the data availability problem, plans to bootstrap the Celestia ecosystem, and much more!

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:00:46) – Defining Celestia and modular blockchains. 

(00:06:23) – Solving the data availability problem. 

(00:21:44) – Ethereum rollups vs. Celestia rollups. 

(00:28:27) – Why use Celestia? 

(00:39:14) – The importance of decentralization. 

(00:43:20) – The future of VMs / execution environments. 

(00:52:13) – Protecting rollups from spam/DDoS attacks. 

(00:58:39) – Disadvantages of modular blockchains.

(01:03:04) – Managing the load on full nodes. 

(01:11:15) – Cevmos.

Resources: 

• John’s Twitter

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Next in our Web3 series, we host Michael McGuiness, Co-founder of gm.xyz, a crypto-native, decentralized, and user-owned social network. We dive into Web3 social networks, key features of gm.xyz, benefits of decentralization, and much more!

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:53) – Overview of gm.xyz. 

(00:14:43) – What is Web3? 

(00:21:59) – How Web2 social networks can integrate Web3 elements. 

(00:27:19) – Web3 social / Decentralizing gm.xyz. 

(00:37:07) – Rapid fire questions. 

(00:42:52) – Closing.

Resources: 

• Mike’s Twitter

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Next in our Web3 series, we have Nader Dabit, a Developer Relations Engineer at The Graph and Edge & Node. Having spent 10 years in the traditional tech world, Nader brings the developers’ perspective of building in Web3 versus Web2. We discuss the “Web3-ification” of Web2 apps, identity management solutions, and much more! 

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction and Nader’s background.

(00:05:56) – Will Web2 embrace Web3?

(00:10:44) – Development in Web2 vs. Web3. 

(00:17:30) – Most significant user experiences in Web3. 

(00:21:43) – The development process in Web3. 

(00:35:56) – The Graph.

(00:38:02) – Dealing with Identity / Misconceptions about Web3. 

(00:42:51) – Maximalism in crypto. 

(00:46:38) – The future of wallets / Web3-ification and new paradigms. 

(00:54:07) – Closing.

Resources: 

• Nader’s Twitter

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Matt West is a scientist, former Yearn developer, and now congressional candidate.  We discuss why he’s running for the U.S. House, thoughts on the state of crypto regulation, and how he intends to improve regulation surrounding blockchain crypto, and the economy of the future. 

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction and Matt’s background.

(00:02:46) – Matt’s journey in crypto. 

(00:11:08) – Having conversations about frontier tech.

(00:16:57) – What crypto enables for the masses.  

(00:21:08) – Crypto pain points that hinder adoption.

(00:29:20) – Matt’s playbook for crypto in congress.

(00:37:13) – Thoughts on DAOs. 

(00:41:30) – Closing. 

Resources: 

• Matt’s Twitter

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

In this episode, we sit down with James Zhang, Co-founder of Jambo to discuss building the Web3 super app of Africa. We talk about James’ experience of growing up in Africa, challenges with the African market landscape, key partnerships and features on the Jambo app, and much more!

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction / James’ background.

(00:01:57) – Overview of Jambo.

(00:08:00) – The experience of building in Africa. 

(00:17:20) – Recruiting community leaders.

(00:21:12) – Features on the Jambo app. 

(00:25:45) – Jambo token utility. 

(00:29:06) – Go-to-market strategy and partnerships.

(00:36:06) – Key upcoming milestones.

(00:40:31) – How people can get involved. 

(00:41:29) – Closing questions. 

Social links: 

• James’ Twitter

Resources: 

• Jambo Website

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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Continuing our Web3 series, we bring on Jess Sloss, Co-creator of Seed Club, a DAO that builds and invests in communities, to talk about how Web3 is centered around community ownership. We dive into some Seed Club incubated projects, how tokens give power to creators and the community, scaling and mentorship in Seed Club, and much more!

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• Jess’ Twitter

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