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The #1 podcast for crypto natives to learn about new concepts, trends and projects in blockchain, DeFi, NFTs and Web 3.

Jason Choi (@mrjasonchoi) goes deep into the technology and economics behind crypto projects to dissect trends and themes in a global context.

Strictly not financial advice.

Jul 31, 2019

Arthur Breitman of Tezos joins us in breaking down the common critiques for on-chain governance in this deeply insightful and provocative episode. We talk about:

  • Governance by fork vs on-chain governance
  • Why democracy doesn't work in blockchains
  • Tightly- and loosely-coupled voting
  • The issue with vote buying/...


Jul 17, 2019

User acquisition is one of the least covered topics in crypto. This week, Augur creator and Pantera Capital's co-CIO Joey Krug joins us on the show to change that.

We talk about:

  • How Augur bootstrapped its first users
  • UI/UX tradeoffs in decentralized apps
  • How Augur plans to become self sustaining
  • Companies building on...


Jul 5, 2019

 

We continue our dive into blockchain interoperability!

I speak with Blocknet's co-founder Arlyn Culwick on how their cross-chain protocol works, and why Blocknet takes a Layer 2 approach (instead of Polkadot/Cosmos' Layer 1) to interoperability. We discuss:

  • Arlyn's concerns with Polkadot and Cosmos
  • Why Blocknet...


Jul 1, 2019

What are "dark pools"? Listen to this deep dive into financial privacy, dark pools, and interoperability with Singapore based project, Ren Protocol. CTO Loong Wang and I touch on:

  • How do dark pools work - and why decentralize them?
  • How would regulators react to privacy enhanced DeFi?
  • How does interoperability work in...