BlockFi’s Zac Prince: Building A Fintech Platform For The Crypto Market

In this episode, we sit down with John Adler, Co-founder of Celestia, the first modular consensus and data network to power scalable and secure Web3 applications. We discuss the rise of blockchain modularity, how Celestia solves the data availability problem, plans to bootstrap the Celestia ecosystem, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:46) – Defining Celestia and modular blockchains.  (00:06:23) – Solving the data availability problem.  (00:21:44) – Ethereum rollups vs. Celestia rollups.  (00:28:27) – Why use Celestia?  (00:39:14) – The importance of decentralization.  (00:43:20) – The future of VMs / execution environments.  (00:52:13) – Protecting rollups from spam/DDoS attacks.  (00:58:39) – Disadvantages of modular blockchains. (01:03:04) – Managing the load on full nodes.  (01:11:15) – Cevmos. Resources:  John’s Twitter Celestia Twitter Celestia Website  Our Research Paper on Celestia Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research 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 and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. 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.

4 Mars 20221h 16min

Next in our Web3 series, we host Michael McGuiness, Co-founder of gm.xyz, a crypto-native, decentralized, and user-owned social network. We dive into Web3 social networks, key features of gm.xyz, benefits of decentralization, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:53) – Overview of gm.xyz.  (00:14:43) – What is Web3?  (00:21:59) – How Web2 social networks can integrate Web3 elements.  (00:27:19) – Web3 social / Decentralizing gm.xyz.  (00:37:07) – Rapid fire questions.  (00:42:52) – Closing. Resources:  Mike’s Twitter gm.xyz Twitter gm.xyz Website Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research 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 and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. 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.

2 Mars 202244min

Next in our Web3 series, we have Nader Dabit, a Developer Relations Engineer at The Graph and Edge & Node. Having spent 10 years in the traditional tech world, Nader brings the developers’ perspective of building in Web3 versus Web2. We discuss the “Web3-ification” of Web2 apps, identity management solutions, and much more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction and Nader’s background. (00:05:56) – Will Web2 embrace Web3? (00:10:44) – Development in Web2 vs. Web3.  (00:17:30) – Most significant user experiences in Web3.  (00:21:43) – The development process in Web3.  (00:35:56) – The Graph. (00:38:02) – Dealing with Identity / Misconceptions about Web3.  (00:42:51) – Maximalism in crypto.  (00:46:38) – The future of wallets / Web3-ification and new paradigms.  (00:54:07) – Closing. Resources:  Nader’s Twitter Edge & Node Twitter Edge & Node Website The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research 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 and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. 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.

1 Mars 202257min

Matt West is a scientist, former Yearn developer, and now congressional candidate.  We discuss why he’s running for the U.S. House, thoughts on the state of crypto regulation, and how he intends to improve regulation surrounding blockchain crypto, and the economy of the future.  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction and Matt’s background. (00:02:46) – Matt’s journey in crypto.  (00:11:08) – Having conversations about frontier tech. (00:16:57) – What crypto enables for the masses.   (00:21:08) – Crypto pain points that hinder adoption. (00:29:20) – Matt’s playbook for crypto in congress. (00:37:13) – Thoughts on DAOs.  (00:41:30) – Closing.  Resources:  Matt’s Twitter Matt’s Website Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research 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 and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. 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.

27 Feb 202247min

In this episode, we sit down with James Zhang, Co-founder of Jambo to discuss building the Web3 super app of Africa. We talk about James’ experience of growing up in Africa, challenges with the African market landscape, key partnerships and features on the Jambo app, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction / James’ background. (00:01:57) – Overview of Jambo. (00:08:00) – The experience of building in Africa.  (00:17:20) – Recruiting community leaders. (00:21:12) – Features on the Jambo app.  (00:25:45) – Jambo token utility.  (00:29:06) – Go-to-market strategy and partnerships. (00:36:06) – Key upcoming milestones. (00:40:31) – How people can get involved.  (00:41:29) – Closing questions.  Social links:  James’ Twitter Jambo Twitter Resources:  Jambo Website Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research 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 and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. 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.

24 Feb 202250min

Continuing our Web3 series, we bring on Jess Sloss, Co-creator of Seed Club, a DAO that builds and invests in communities, to talk about how Web3 is centered around community ownership. We dive into some Seed Club incubated projects, how tokens give power to creators and the community, scaling and mentorship in Seed Club, and much more! Resources:  Jess’ Twitter Seed Club Twitter Seed Club Website Our Previous Interview with Jess Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research

23 Feb 202255min

Starting off our Web3 series, we sit down with Juan Benet, Founder of Protocol Labs and Co-creator of IPFS & Filecoin, to talk about how Web3 is modeling the course of value and relationships in the economy in a verifiable way. We dive into why software is going to eat economics and law, the formation of global communities, Web2 incumbents’ reactions, and much more! Resources:  Juan’s Twitter  Juan’s Website What exactly is Web3? Previous interview on Filecoin Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research

22 Feb 20221h 15min

In this episode, we sit down with Derek Yoo, Co-founder of PureStake, Moonbeam and Moonriver. Moonbeam and Moonriver are generalized EVM-compatible Parachains on Polkadot and Kusama respectively. We dive into the Moonbeam ecosystem, use-cases for application-specific blockchains, building multi-chain dApps, and much more! Social links:  Derek’s Twitter PureStake Twitter Moonbeam Twitter Moonriver Twitter Resources:  PureStake Website Moonbeam Website  Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research

20 Feb 202251min