Stefan George is CTO & Co-Founder of Gnosis that builds decentralized infrastructure and tools for the Ethereum ecosystem. Notable products built are Gnosis Safe and CoW Swap. Gnosis Chain was constituted out of the merger with xDAI chain in 2021, and currently it is the most decentralized chain after Ethereum and Bitcoin.

Stefan became interested in Bitcoin in 2013, and after he entered at ConsenSys, a blockchain and web3 software company, as a decentralization engineer, he started working on Gnosis in 2015. After fundraising at ICO in 2017, Gnosis spun out of ConsenSys to become an independent company.

🎧 In this episode you will find out about an interesting journey of Gnosis, how the on-chain merger happens, what means to be truly decentralised and DAOs governance challenges.

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• Trailer and intro

• Stefan’s Background: Building on top of Bitcoin

• ConsenSys, ICO launch, and merge with xDAI chain

• Gnosis Today: Team structure, DAO governance

• Gnosis and Ethereum: The Blockchain trilemma and decentralization

• Gnosis Ecosystem, DAO tooling, startup funding

• The Community-Run Chain: DAO governance challenges

• Future of Gnosis and other use cases

Alex Shkor is a tech entrepreneur, inventor, and distributed systems architect with the ultimate goal to create an advanced digital infrastructure for research & innovation for the next centuries to drive exponential growth in knowledge and technologies creation.

Currently Alex is a CEO and Co-founder of Collective Intelligence Labs. CIL is a group of developers, architects, researchers, and designers, who are working on Web 3.0 technologies for decentralised decision-making and meritocratic reputation-based governance systems.

🎧 In this episode Alex uncovers how he came up with the idea of building a united blockchain network while working hard on a mission to bring a mass adoption to Web3.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WIaeM6Gy26c

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• Trailer and intro

• Background of Alex Shkor: From engineer to blockchain entrepreneur

• Blockchain infrastructure in 2013, now and the future of blockchain

• Typical founder steps for launching a Web3 startup

• Building an omni-chain meta protocol at CIL

• Blockchain trends 2023: What's next in blockchain applications

• Crypto regulation and security challenges

• The rise of multichain and protocols intereperobility

• Enhancing Web3 security

• Personal data in Web3, new paradigms in data privacy and control

• Blockchain predictions for 2023: Alex Shkor's insights on upcoming trends

Being a serial entrepreneur, Oleg Fomenko has raised over $45 million in total capital. He is also a mountain climber, who reached the peaks of Denali (6 194 m), Aconcagua, Elbrus, and 4 times climbed Kilimanjaro (5 895m). He knows how to SWEAT!

Oleg co-founded Sweat Economy, which now combines Web2 and Web3 business elements. Sweatcoin was the most downloadable health and fitness app in 2022, and Sweatwallet is one of most popular decentralised app (dApp) in the world, holding 6th position according to DappRadar. The company aims to lower global carbon footprints by incentivising physical activity to create a healthier and more active world.

🎧 In this interview, Oleg uncovers the insights on how Sweatcoin has made the transition from Web2 to Web3, why now and what is the most important to think about when making such transition.

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• Trailer and intro

• Sweatcoin transition from Web2 to Web3

• Choosing the right blockchain: factors in selecting Layer 1 protocol to build a startup

• Current blockchain adoption state, market barriers and opportunities in Web3

• Integrating Web3 into business processes

• Managing startup fundraising in Web2 and Web3 projects

• Assessing the need of blockchain for Web2 business, strategic considerations for adoption

• The future of Sweatcoin: Web2.5 or Web3 project?

• Entrepreneur advice to founders

Pedro Oliveira is a third-time entrepreneur, currently building Talent Protocol, a Web3 professional community. Previously Pedro co-founded Landing Jobs, an online marketplace specialising on recruiting tech talents, one of the most well-known Portuguese startups. He is also recognised as one of 100 Most Influential Talent Acquisition Thought Leaders by TAtech

🎧 Listen to learn how to get into blockchain space, what is required to build and fundraise in Web3, and why Pedro is dropping his CEO role within the next 2-3 years.

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• Trailer and intro

• About Talent Protocol: Revolutionizing Blockchain Talent Support

• Learning Web3 during the sabbatical and understanding the potential of Web3

• Mission of Talent Protocol as a Web3 Startup

• Building a Web3 startup in 6 months

• How to build in public

• Web3 community

• Fundraising in Web3

• Entrepreneur advice for startups building in bear market

• Big tech in Web3

• Decentralisation of power and transition to a DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation)

• Advice on how to get started with blockchain - Web3 resources, Pedro referred to: http://bit.ly/3SlLVgl