W3B Talks

In this episode we talk to Alfred Tom CEO of Wivity, a company that is building a new governance framework for Web3 infrastructure, Executive Director of OMA3, and President of Lumian Foundation. We discuss how governance has led to the successes and stumbles of various organizations, how governance can work in the Web3 Era, the rise of collaborative standards, and the vital role that foundations, associations, and consortia play in the emerging Web3 era.

You can follow Alfred and find out more about his work here:

X:  @alfredctom
Wivity: www.wivity.com, @wivity
OMA3: www.oma3.org, @oma3dao
Lumian: www.lumian.org 

In this episode we talk with Aly Madhavji, managing partner of the Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in, and venture build’s top-tier startups. We explore the fundraising process and the state of the capital market and Aly shares his observations about what works and what doesn't and hints and tips about how to succeed with fundraising.

In this episode host Doug Heintzman is joined by Irving Wladawsky-Berger to discuss all that has been going on with AI and how it fits into the Web3 space.

In this episode we talk to Kara Howard, the founder of KI, a public benefit organization focused on unlocking untapped potential in the new economy. We look at the link between diversity and innovation and how Web3 may be a platform that harnesses more diverse voices and allows people to pursue their passions more easily.

Host Doug Heintzman is joined by Si Chen, co-author of "Sustainable Oil and Gas using Blockchain". Together they explore the pressures and possibilities surrounding the oil and gas industry today, and looking forward. They talk about necessities and attitudes, carbon markets and pollution externalities, and how Web3 and blockchain are part of building business models that are both environmentally and financially sustainable.

Will AI be an amazing tool that stimulates creativity and innovation and put high quality artistic expression into the hands of more people? Or will it be a copyright violating technology that destroys the marginal economy that supports the arts? In this episode of W3B talks we are going to look at the question of how this technology will impact the creative arts. To help us better understand this topic we are joined by Laurie Wofford. Laurie is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, futurist, and an accomplished artist and blockchain preservationist.

Cryptographic key infrastructure we use to secure much of the worlds data is vulnerable from attack by quantum computers. At some point in the not-too-distant future commercially available quantum computers will be able to decrypt sensitive information including that stored on blockchains. In This episode we talk to Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers from the Pauli Group about post quantum cryptography for blockchains.

In this episode we look at how GenZ, just entering university and the workforce sees the Web3 world unfolding before them. Rishab Chakraborty, a grade 12 student and blockchain enthusiast, shares is fears and optimism about what the future holds for him and his demographic cohort.

In this Episode we look at enterprise blockchain infrastructure, specifically the LACChain in Latin America. LACChain is a Global Alliance to accelerate the enablement and adoption of blockchain technology in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean. Its goal is to foster innovation, reduce economic, social, gender, and all inequalities, promote job quality and security, promote financial inclusion, consumer protection, and market integrity.

We are joined by Ilan Melendez, the Lead for LACChain at the Inter-American Development Bank.

The global real estate market is over 30 trillion dollars and growing quickly. The Single-Family Rentals market, or SFR, is about $4.4T… just in the US.

Tokenization using web3 technologies allows for new forms sale and settlement, combined with easier asset-based financing solutions, means that the SFR market is now available to many investors that have traditionally been unable to purchase properties with leverage.

While the adoption of these new technologies may present new challenges for regulators and policy makers, it also creates new opportunities for innovation through faster, cheaper and more transparent transactions.

In this episode we are joined by Sanjay Raghavan, VP of Web3 at Roofstock.  Roofstock is building a leading SFR investment marketplace. Their mission is to make ownership of investment real estate radically accessible, cost-effective, and simple.