Lucian and Evan Van Ness start off by justifying their caffeine addiction and shilling Yerba Mate. Evan and Josh Stark wrote a detailed update on developments that spanned the Ethereum ecosystem, we pick out some datapoint highlights for our listeners. For example they demonstrated, with data, how multiple individual DApps on Ethereum have produced more […]
Althea is a system that lets routers pay each other for bandwidth. This allows people to set up decentralized ISPs in their communities. In an Althea network, instead of one ISP at the top collecting monthly payments, many different people can earn money by expanding and strengthening the network. Links: Althea Website Althea Twitter Jehan […]
For the second part in our 4 part User Research series Aqeel and Reem speak with Omna to learn more about how the design teams in Web3 eco-system approach Quantitative and Qualitative research methodologies to better understand the end users and what the actual value proposition is for their service offering. Learn about the challenges […]
Evan put out a new Year in Ethereum, which is a comprehensive update on how much can get done in this space in just 365 days. Gavin Andresen layout the next logical step for tornado cash, wallet integration. Coffee futures tokenized. Plasma group + VC $$ = Optimism. Starkware provides data showing that cutting gas […]
What is User Research? And why is it so important? In the debut of our 4 part series, Xuan Yue guides us through her unique journey getting involved with User research from community involvement with Livepeer in an opensource design environment. The remaining episodes will dive deeper into the UX research process when it comes […]
Lucian and Evan talk about the tokenization of NBA guard Spencer Dinwiddie’s contract that would have been a lot cooler if it wasn’t stripped of potential upside like performance bonuses and extra payouts due to a 3rd season trade. StarkWare boasts of hitting 9000 tps. Viper has a new compiler implementation. And Slock.it has […]
What if one day you woke up and realized the social impact project you worked on is now a tool for oppression? How about if that innocuous gamified app you’ve been using happens to also be a surveillance tool for hackers? Where do we draw the line between “ethical” and “poor” design? Find out more […]
๏ปฟ Descriptions On this episode of BlockChannel, McKie and Dr. Petty become journalists, for just this one time, as we interview a journalist from the industry whoโs quickly made a name for herself, Leigh Cuen. Leigh is a reporter from Coindesk and with a colorful past as a journalist with a broad range of focuses. […]
Descriptions In this episode of The Bitcoin Podcast Dee, Corey, and Lucian discuss the likelihood that cryptocurrency stands to spur adoption of green or more efficient energy. Also, Lucian gives an unscripted history perspective on why Russia is the way it is and why they may be eager to adopt the POW mining community. Corey […]
Akash is a cloud for serverless computing. Using the incentivization schemes enabled by the Cosmos Network, Akash empowers architects and builders of the internet with the ability to utilize un-utilized computing resources. Conversely, those with excess computing power can open their systems for auction, enabling them to recuperate value from those resources. Corey and I […]