The Delphi Podcast

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy and DV MP Yan Liberman host an expert group for a fun and exciting conversation on Thorchain’s Multi-Chain Chaosnet Launch. Thorchain now enables real, trustless, non-wrapped exchange of assets, cross chain. Guests Include:  Chad Barraford: Technical Lead At Thorchain Erik Voorhees: Founder of Shapeshift Yan Liberman: MP at Delphi Ventures Tushar Jain: MP of Multicoin Capital  Rob Paone: Founder Proof of Talent  Michael Perklin: Chief Information Security Officer of ShapeShift.com Jon: Co-Founder and former COO of ShapeShift.com Tyler Reynolds: Angel Investor and Founder of HackalertIO As a reminder, we originally hosted Chad on our Podcast back in September 2020 for a technical deep dive, and our foundational thesis on RUNE from Dec, 2019 can be accessed here. Delphi Ventures and members of the team are long $RUNE.  We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (1:57) - (First Question) Jon's Background. (2:14) - Michael's Background. (2:45) - Erik's Background. (3:36) - Rob's Background. (4:09) - Chad's Bakground. (4:31) - Yan's Background. (4:44) - Tushar's Background. (5:10) - What is Thorchain / Impact of the multichain launch. (6:35) - How does Thorchain work with ShapeShift. (9:36) - Tushar and Michael thoughts on Thorchain. (13:54) - Chad thoughts on multichain launch. (16:43) - Overview of the different stages that THORChain has been in. (21:18) - RUNE’s token. (28:34) - How the validators work. (32:46) - Use of the Cosmos SDK for Thorchain / Benefits. (40:27) - Difference between how Thorchain liquidity pools work and how Atomic swaps work. (44:33) - Thoughts on Wrapped Assets. (54:17) - Thoughts on Thorchain in the future. (01:00:39) - Chad’s thoughts on Yield Farming. (01:02:40) - The project Decentralizing the Community / Timeline / Who takes over. (01:22:00) - Thorschain's biggest competition. (01:29:10) - Closing thoughts. Other Resources: Tom’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi <li style="font-weight:40

17 Huhti 20211h 35min

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy and Can Gurel, analyst at Delphi Ventures, host Sam Williams the Founder of Arweave.  Arweave is a new type of storage that backs data with sustainable and perpetual endowments, allowing users and developers to truly store data forever – for the very first time. As a collectively owned hard drive that never forgets, Arweave allows us to remember and preserve valuable information, apps, and history indefinitely. By preserving history, it prevents others from rewriting it. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (1:45) - (First Question) Sam's Background. (2:55) - Arweave's Elevator Pitch. (6:01) - What incentivized Sam to start Arweave. (8:07) - Arweave Use Cases. (13:26) - Endowments / Payment Structure. (20:27) - Thoughts on Spora. (23:59) - How Sam envisions Arweave in 25, 50 years. (35:35) - Arweave, a profit-sharing community. (39:06) - Thoughts on dealing with illegal content. (44:20) - How does Arweave handle NFTs. (47:01) - Thoughts on Arweave in blockchain projects. (51:37) - The most unforeseen positive & negative event that Sam has overcome.   Resources: Sam’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/samecwilliams Arweave: https://www.arweave.org/ Tom’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Can’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/CannnGurel Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi Tom’s Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@toms119 More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, an

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Host Piers Kicks and sits down for Episode 25 of Metaverse Musings with Arif Khan, the founder and CEO of Alethea. Arif posseses a rare blend of technical excellence and philosophical grounding that has allowed him to execute upon such an interesting project. It seems clear that artificially intelligent media is going to play a large role in our digital future, and it's great to see a project leveraging blockchain technologies to enable it early on.   Resources: Project’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/real_alethea  Piers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierskicks  Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h  Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for The Delphi Podcast. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

11 Huhti 202156min

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy, hosts the Tokemak team (Carson Cook, Paul, Craig and Bruno) to discuss Tokemak, the decentralized liquidity engine for DeFi. We discuss why Tokemak may be one of the most important future pieces of crypto infrastructure. This episode was a recording of our clubhouse episode with the group. As a refresher, our original tweet storm can be viewed here.  We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (1:58) - (First Question) Carson's Background. (2:45) - Paul's Background. (3:15) - Bruno's Bakcground. (3:38) - Craig's Background. (4:13) - Tokemak's Elevator Pitch. (5:57) - The inefficiencies that Tokemak is attempting to solve. (9:30) - What Tokemak's Team learned in the market making business. (13:36) - How Tokemak works (21:45) - Tokemak's Token - TOKE. (24:59) - What the liquidity directors can do (32:33) - Quick Tokens Allocation / Walkthrough (37:37) - Thoughts on Dynamic Rewards. (43:27) - What would make Tokemak a success? (49:48) - Tokemak's Biggest Risks. (52:58) - How do you think about forkability with TOKE? (57:04) - Do you envision a future where Tokemak goes multi-chain? (58:40) - Thoughts on why Tokemak is an infrastructure play vs apps level (01:01:37) - Where to find Tokemak / What’s on the near term horizon for Tokemak? Resources: Carson’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiquidityWizard Paul’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/internet_Paul Bruno’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/70k3m3ch Craig’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/cabraun Tokemak Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokenReactor Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the

9 Huhti 20211h 3min

Host Piers Kicks and sits down for Episode 24 of Metaverse Musings with Fabian Vogelsteller, the author of the ERC-20 standard and founder of LUKSO. Fabian draws upon a deep technical background having been a core contributor to Ethereum. He possesses a strong vision for how these technologies could evolve, and is actively architecting the world he wants to see.    Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/feindura   Piers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierskicks  Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h  Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for The Delphi Podcast. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

3 Huhti 202159min

The Delphi Podcast Hosts Yan Liberman and Colm Buckley have Kieran Warwick and Aaron Warwick, Co-Founders of Illuvium, on the podcast to discuss the upcoming launch of their new game. The group discuss Kieran and Aaron’s story to better understand the genesis of Illuvium. Afterwards they go into all aspects of the game, ranging from token econ to long term vision. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos.network is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (1:35) - (First Question) Kieran and Aaron's Background. (3:19) - What is Illuvium? / How it works? (7:12) - Thoughts on the Illuvium skills. (9:36) - Illuvium game modes. (15:36) - New user onboarding / Strategies. (19:30) - ILV Token. (27:15) - How the leveling system works with fusion? (29:59) - Insights about sILV. (35:07) - Thoughts on governance and IIPs. (39:00) - LBP sale / NFT rewards. (50:10) - ILV emotes. (51:56) - Insights about the timeline after the LBP. (55:52) - Where to find Illuvium?   Resources: Kieran’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/KieranWarwick Aaron’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaron_warwick Illuvium Site: https://www.illuvium.io/ Yan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/YanLiberman Colm's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeeCoalie Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic

2 Huhti 202158min

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures  Tom Shaughnessy hosts Tascha Punyaneramitdee of Alpha Finance. The two discuss Alpha’s token economic plan (staking and unlocked features per product), value accrual, backstopping risk in the platform, growing to take on DeFi giants while staying nimble and releasing cutting edge products, AlphaX’s perpetual product and much more. Tascha is a magical founder.  As a recap, we originally hosted Tascha on December 4, 2020 - view this episode here. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos.network is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (2:19) - (First Question) Alpha Finance Overview. (5:28) - Alpha Token’s staking Tiers. (9:26) - AlphaX, a leveraged trading perpetual swap onchain. (12:40) - The process behind the design of the user interface. (15:35) - Thoughts about how Alpha Homora will work with Uniswap V3. (19:54) - Alpha’s Risks. (22:22) - Thoughts on Layer 2s. (24:12) - Alpha's target / retail users and funds / DeFi protocols. (26:51) - Flip side of staking, where you have one pool of capital that’s inherently protecting multiple products? (29:21) - What’s next for Alpha? (32:29) - Thoughts on the direction of Alpha long-term. (35:17) - Dealing with Culture clashes. (38:31) - Thoughts on Alphas decentralization. (43:15) - How do you stay small enough to be able to offer the innovative DeFi products that got you here?   Resources: Tascha’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tascha_panpan Alpha’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlphaFinanceLab Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency

1 Huhti 202146min

The Delphi Podcast Host Tom Shaughnessy, The Spartan Group’s Jason Choi and Paul Burlage of Delphi host Scoopy Trooples, the co-founder of Alchemix.  The conversation covers Alchemix as a project, how the protocols loans repay themselves over time, the ALCX token and value accrual, audience questions and much more. This episode was originally aired live on Clubhouse. Disclosure: Delphi Ventures is long ALCX tokens.  Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (1:12) - (First Question) The Elevator Pitch for Alchemix. (3:50) - How to use Alchemix (5:29) - What is the alternative for people to use Alchemix? (11:41) - Alchemix as a useful tool for newcomers to Crypto. (13:11) - Cross Asset ideas with Alchemix. (14:32) - How the peg for Al USD is maintained (19:17) - Why Alchemix is needed as a separate product (25:49) - Striking a good balance between wanting to reward the stakers, but also taking the minimal amount you can so that everyone's loans are repaid faster. (27:50) - Biggest challenges for Alchemix. (30:45) - How Alchemix handles yield farming incentives and emissions (35:35) - What’s on the roadmap for Alchemix? (40:39) - Thoughts on Institutions moving into the DeFi ecosystem. (43:19) -The composability aspect of Alchemix? (45:20) - Thoughts on projects providing some way for people not in crypto, but "normies" to get a higher yield by providing their checking account balances basically. (49:28) - Risks that could harm the longevity of Alchemix. (52:04) - Is the loan coming from the yields or from the collateral? (54:15) - Thoughts on the different interoperability that needs to have the layers2.   Resources: Alchemix Site: https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US  More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at t

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