The Zilliqa Observer

Oliver Bell has a wild and twisting history in business full of entrepreneurship, networking, and creating ventures.  He's now the CEO of Xcademy, the world's first YouTube academy.  Xcademy and Zilliqa are working in partnership to add tokenization and rewards to YouTube viewership to help content creators scale and monetize.  You won't want to miss this episode if you're a YouTube content creator, YouTube viewer, or into blockchain or cryptocurrencies.

Xcademy: https://xcademy.com
Zilliqa: https://zilliqa.com

Contents of this Podcast:
• About Oliver Bell
• About Xcademy
•  Xcademy's company history
•  How Xcademy supports YouTubers
•  Xcademy's crypto token, $XCAD, and creator tokens
•  How content creators benefit from a crypto token
•  How viewer's benefit from a creator's crypto token
•  YouTube is the first platform for Xcademy, but they may expand to others
•  Why was Zilliqa selected as the blockchain of choice?
•  How the token generation event will happen and the migration to Zilliqa
•  Complaining versus building a community in the blockchain world
•  "Everything in blockchain is community. No community, no success." -Oliver
• How to get the upcoming announcements about token availability and launch of other blockchain aspects of the business

Podcast Details:
The ZIlliqa Observer
Episode 6: Oliver Bell, CEO of Xcademy
Host: Chase Raz 
(Twitter: @ChaseRaz; Web: chaseraz.com)
Guest: Oliver Bell (Ollie or Oly)
(Twitter: @Oly245; Web: xcademy.com)

Blockchain Andy is a prominent YouTuber who vlogs on blockchain topics, especially Zilliqa.  He is also the Head of Marketing and Community for Zillacracy, a community outreach for the Zilliqa blockchain.  He joins Chase Raz to talk about the Zilliqa community, smart contract development, and how to get involved.

Zillacracy: https://zillacracy.com
ZilHive: https://zilhive.org
Zilliqa Research: https://zilliqa.com

Contents of this Podcast:
• About Blockchain Andy
• What is the Zillacracy community initiative?
• How does someone in the Zilliqa community get involved?
• Zillacracy's council for management and decision making.
• Hiring developers to help build smart contacts.
• Offering community marketing resources to dApp developers.
• Zillacracy = access to community; ZilHive = access to grants, development.
• UFFS - Ultimate Fantasy Franchise Sports
• Stance on interoperable and multi-chain blockchain projects.
• Zillacracy is funded by the community via Zilliqa staking.
•  Developing an into an "open company" model for finances

Podcast Details:
The ZIlliqa Observer
Episode 5: Blockchain Andy Explains Zillacracy
Host: Chase Raz 
(Twitter: @ChaseRaz; Web: chaseraz.com)
Guest: Blockchain Andy (Andy Little)
(Twitter: @BlockchainAndy; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCgP-mSOXha_c1xGEn13p6A)

Colin JG Miles, the Chief Commerical Officer and Co-CEO of Zilliqa Research joins Chase Raz to talk about Zilliqa's present and future as an enterprise platform.  They discuss what the current projects are, what announcements are likely to be made, and how the Zilliqa team is positioning and prioritizing across the consumer space, exchanges, and enterprise partners.  Colin also directly addresses the direct comparison of Zilliqa to other blockchains with higher valuations (and less tech).

Contents of this Podcast:
• About Colin JG Miles
• First introductions to Bitcoin, Blockchain, Zilliqa
• Why should businesses buy in to the promise of blockchain?
• Zilliqa's potential focus on exchanges and corporate partners
• Securitization is a focus, as is being the entry to ASEAN
• Competition or multi-chain (polychain) cooperation?
• Not overselling for the sake of selling.
• Token price versus business expenses.
• Comparing Zilliqa to other Layer 1 blockchains.
• Balancing the needs of a private business against a DAO structure

Podcast Details:
The ZIlliqa Observer
Episode 4: Colin Miles, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-CEO of Zilliqa
Host: Chase Raz 
(Twitter: @ChaseRaz; Web: chaseraz.com)
Guest: Colin JG Miles
(Twitter: @ColinMiles; Email: [email protected])

Milan Shoukri joins Chase Raz to talk about the current state of Partnerships and Marketing for Zilliqa.  This episode will help token holders, small businesses, and new community members recognize where to turn to start getting involved: Zillacracy, ZilHive, and Zilliqa Capital.

Zillacracy: https://zillacracy.com
ZilHive: https://zilhive.org
Book: The Sovereign Individual (Amazon affiliate link)

Contents of this Podcast:
• About Milan Shoukri
• Digital Nomadism, Trans-nationalism, Global Citizenship, and blockchain
• Zilliqa's appeal to ASEAN, EU, and American markets
• Business choosing Zilliqa for energy efficiency, sharding with pBFT PoW, Scilla smart contract language
• Multi-chain integrations coming for Zilliqa
• Get involved with Zillacracy, ZilHive, and Zilliqa Capital
• Entertainment is a focus for Zilliqa via NFTs.  Soulja boy and Starkillers working with Zilliqa.
• Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) and providing liquidity

Podcast Details:
The ZIlliqa Observer
Episode 3: Milan Shoukri: Zilliqa's VP of Partnerships and Marketing
Host: Chase Raz 
(Twitter: @ChaseRaz; Web: chaseraz.com)
Guest: Milan Shoukri
(Twitter: @ProofofMilan)

J.G. Whitley discusses his journey to blockchain and crypto, the founding of PackagePortal, and how Zilliqa is empowering him to revolutionize the delivery industry. The ramifications span from logistics to 3PL (third-party logistics) and impact all of us who shop online or have items delivered to us at home or the office.

Zilliqa is a Top 50 blockchain traded under the crypto symbol $ZIL. In this first episode of the show, Chase Raz will introduce Zilliqa and some of its core concepts like sharding, smart contracts (dApps), and a focus on the ASEAN market.