Exploring Solana with Jupiter
Exploring Solana with Jupiter
Jupiter
Ben Chow, the co-founder of Jupiter, talks with key crypto folks in the Solana ecosystem, from founder to investor, builder to community, or marketer. He deep dives into the important topics, problems, and stories in Solana.Solana is the fastest blockchain in the world with the fastest-growing ecosystem in crypto, with thousands of projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, Web3, and more.Jupiter is the key swap aggregator and infrastructure on Solana. Jupiter is one of the most popular DeFi protocols on Solana. Exploring Solana with Jupiter takes you behind-the-scenes in Solana to find the answers and perspectives you're most curious about. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Centralizing Margin Accounts Per User with Xenon Protocol
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, Muneeb and his team share about the humble beginnings and growth of Xenon, a cryptocurrency and operates on the Ethereum platform. Together with your host, Ben Chow, let’s learn more about the main advantages of having a centralized margin account, how they started it and why they utilized Jupiter for this innovative cryptocurrency. If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support by rating us 5 stars.Episode timeline:[0:13] How Xenon started[5:20] Main advantages of having universal margin[10:09] Creating an infrastructure solution[18:05] “Solving real problems is not cyclical.”[25:13] Will you use NFTs as collateral for margin trading[30:57] What’s next on the roadmap?[40:19] Guidelines for newbies to learn margin trading[48:29] Utilizing bare marketFollow on Twitter:MuneebCrytoRasenganFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: http://podcast.jup.ag/Twitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchange
Jul 1, 2022
50 min
Phantom: Solana’s Crypto Wallet Reimagined
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, Brandon Millman and his team share about the humble beginnings and growth of Phantom, a digital wallet reimagined for DeFi. Together with your host, Ben Chow, let’s learn more about creating long term visions in headstarting your crypto journey today. If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support by rating us 5 stars.Episode timeline:[0:34] Meet the Phantom team [2:31] “Only in crypto” fun moments![5:27] What exactly is Phantom? [06:43] Technical Issues that Phantom tries to resolve [9:21] Humble beginnings of Phantom[11:36] Phantom and Solana partnership [15:42] Learnings and insights during the development process of Phantom[18:26] Simplicity is key. [20:08] What sets Phantom apart? [22:58] Removal of the auto-approved feature [24:49] Exciting things ahead for Phantom users[33:51] Giveaways and surprises! Follow on Twitter:Brandon Millman (@BChillman)Piotr JanoszAlex KroegerFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchange
Jun 24, 2022
38 min
The Rise and Trends of NFTs with Hello Moon
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter,  Hello Moon shares about the pros and cons of NFT, Cryptocurrency, and DeFi. Together with your host, Ben Chow, let’s learn more about creating long term visions in head starting your crypto journey today.If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support by rating us 5 stars.Episode timeline:[06:23] The best thing about NFTs[08:09] What is the importance of floor prices?[11:31] NFT Trends to look out for [16:22] Community in Crypto [19:17] Always have a long term vision [20:19] New indicators on DeFi [24:22] What exactly is watch trading? [34:18] Checking out the Dijan Coin Flip [41:26] What’s new in DeFi?[51:44] There is no recipe to instant successFollow  on Twitter:walkerguffeyFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchange
Jun 13, 2022
54 min
Delving the Efficiency of Credential Data with Project Galaxy's Harry Zhang
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, Harry Zhang talks about the Project Galaxy and how it makes the whole content economy fairer for content creators. Together with your host, Ben Chow, listen and learn how Web3 technology and the infrastructure with blockchain finally find a way to build this permissionless, open, and collaborative network to store the users’ data. Definition of terms:Cryptocurrency - an encrypted data string that denotes a unit of currencySolana - fastest blockchain in the world and the fastest growing ecosystem in crypto, with thousands of projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and moreJupiter - ​​is the key swap aggregator and infrastructure on Solana, giving you the best price swaps for any token.NFT - are unique cryptographic tokens that exist on a blockchain and cannot be replicated; can represent real-world items like artwork and real estate.Project Galaxy - the largest Web3 credential data network in the world. Built on open and collaborative infrastructure, Project Galaxy helps Web3 developers and projects leverage credential data to build better products and communities. DLive - the largest live streaming community on the blockchain. The Bear Market - is a collection of 10000 programmatically, randomly-generated NFT bears on the Zilliqa blockchain. Web3 technology- Web3 and cryptocurrencies run on what are called “permissionless” blockchains, which have no centralized control and don't require users to trust — or even know anything about — other users to do business with them. Ethereum - the community-run technology powering the cryptocurrency ether (ETH) and thousands of decentralized applications. OG  - slang for a founder of any early crypto blockchain such as Vitalik Buterin, who invented Ethereum. A crypto OG can also refer to an early investor in Bitcoin or Ethereum. AMA - used by people who are opening themselves up for a session where the community can ask any kind of question. Many NFT projects hold live AMA sections regularly to keep up the engagement with their NFT holders.LPT - an Ethereum token that powers the Livepeer network, a platform for decentralized video streaming.Whales - individuals or institutions that hold large amounts of coins of a certain cryptocurrency.Episode timeline:[0:00-0:39] Intro[1:26-3:24] Introducing the guest and Project Galaxy[3:36-6:30] Importance of Credential Data[7:13-9:52] People being driven on the project [10:18-13:08] Aspect of Delivery to People[14:53-17:48 ] Credential programs [18:09-19:48] Different types of users[22:00-23:56] On large user bases[24:20-26:13] Deeper structure offers[26:20-29:17] Issues encountered[29:00-32:21] Learning about Solana via campaign[33:00-34:30] GAL tokens[34:30-40:53] Public data[43:37-43:52] OutroFollow Harry Zhang on Twitter:harryzhangzFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchange
Jun 7, 2022
46 min
Meritocracy in the Solana Ecosystem with Grape Protocol's Dean the Machine
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, Dean Pappas talks about the origin and growth of Grape, a toolset for building token-based membership communities in Solana. Together with your host, Ben Chow, listen and learn how Dean and their Grape community continuously evolve through social mining as humanity/contribution-proofing, resolving problems in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and building transparency with Open-Source Protocol. If you like this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support to Exploring Solana with Jupiter by rating us 5 stars.Definition of terms:Cryptocurrency - an encrypted data string that denotes a unit of currencySolana - the fastest blockchain in the world and the fastest-growing ecosystem in crypto, with thousands of projects spanning Defi, NFTs, Web3, and moreJupiter - ​​is the key swap aggregator and infrastructure on Solana, giving you the best price swaps for any tokenEpisode timeline:[0:00-1:58] Intro[1:59-4:05] Dean introduces Grape[4:06-6:28] Building the Community[6:29-13:34] Social Mining as Proof of Social Work, Contribution, and Humanity[13:35-21:25] Discovering and Resolving Problems in DAOs[21:26-28:23] Transparency in Open-Source Protocol[28:24-33:53] On Managing Tokens for Interest[33:54-36:15] Attacks and Defense in DAOs[36:16-39:55] Meritocracy in the Ecosystem[39:56-41:59] Promotion of Athens DAO[42:00-42:48] OutroFollow Dean the Machine on Twitter:_dean_machineFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchangeDiscord : discord.gg/jupDocs : docs.jup.ag/
Jun 1, 2022
42 min
Concentrated Liquidity Deep Dive and Programmable Liquidity Mining with Crema Finance
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, we have guests from Crema Finance Network as we talk about liquidity and liquidity mining in the crypto world. Together with your host, Ben Chow, let’s talk about liquidity protocol. If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support to Exploring Solana with Jupiter by rating us 5 stars.Definition of Terms:Solana - fastest blockchain in the world and the fastest growing ecosystem in crypto, with thousands of projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and moreJupiter - ​​is the key swap aggregator and infrastructure on Solana, giving you the best price swaps for any tokenLiquidity - a company's ability to raise cash when it needs itLiquidity mining - a process in which crypto holders lend assets to a decentralized exchange in return for rewardsCLMM - or the Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker, is a type of advanced market maker algorithm designed for Dex platformsTBL - the “triple bottom line” of people, planet, and profit (also known as the 3Ps, TBL or 3BL)Blockchain - a decentralized ledger of all transactions across a peer-to-peer networkSOL - Solana's native and utility token that provides a means of transferring value as well as blockchain security through stakingAMM - automated maker maker, the most common market maker algorithm that is used by current DEX platforms.Farming - also known as liquidity mining. It is a popular feature that is adopted by AMM-dex to incentivize their liquidity providers.CRM - Crema’s official token. Episode Timeline:[00:01:48] - Introduction[00:05:00] - The growing market and its issues[00:15:50] - About CLMM farming[00:15:50] - CLMM efficiency[00:34:00] - CLMM vs AMM[00:54:00] - Adapting the token economics[00:58:00] - The right ‘base’ of supporters[01:07:00] - Short term, long term plans[01:09:00] - High quality project teamsFollow Crema Finance on Twitter:Crema_FinanceFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchangeDiscord : discord.gg/jupDocs : docs.jup.ag/
May 23, 2022
1 hr 16 min
Onchain Data & Analytics with Solcan and Vybe Network
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, we have guests from Vybe Network and Solscan as we talk about onchain data. Together with your host, Ben Chow, let’s talk about one of the key and important infrastructures for any Web3 ecosystem. If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support to Exploring Solana with Jupiter by rating us 5 stars.Episode timeline: [01:25] - introduction of Solcan [02:34] - Introduction Vybe Network [03:47] - What got you started in analytics?[06:17] - Why is data important for Web3[07:51] - What’s the number one problem you're solving in Solana[08:11] - Solscan response[10:15] - Vybe response[13:23] - What could people do if you can have more real time data?[13:46] - Vybe response[14:04] - Solscan response[16:17] - What are the past challenges you had to overcome to get to where you are now?[16:28] - Vybe response[17:10] - Solscan responseFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchangeDiscord : discord.gg/jupDocs : docs.jup.ag/
May 16, 2022
49 min
Genesis of StepN with Yawn Rong
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, Yawn Rong talks about the humble beginnings of StepN, a Web3 lifestyle app that combines SocialFi and GameFi in one. Together with your host, Ben Chow, check out how Yawn and his team started from avid dreamers to successful crypto developers to help you stay inspired with your crypto journey! If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support to Exploring Solana with Jupiter by rating us 5 stars.Definition of terms:Cryptocurrency - an encrypted data string that denotes a unit of currencySolana - fastest blockchain in the world and the fastest growing ecosystem in crypto, with thousands of projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and moreJupiter - ​​is the key swap aggregator and infrastructure on Solana, giving you the best price swaps for any tokenNFT- are unique cryptographic tokens that exist on a blockchain and cannot be replicated; can represent real-world items like artwork and real estate.Bitcoin Mining- is the process of creating new bitcoins by solving extremely complicated math problems that verify transactions in the currencyAxie- an online game universe revolving around Pokémon-esque creatures known as AxiesGST- also known as Green Satoshi Token; a Solana token that powers StepN, a Web3 lifestyle app that encourages users to “move-to-earn” GMT- a token and it means it is a cryptocurrency, which based its activities on the blockchain of other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum Blockchain or EOSEpisode timeline:[1:23-3:40] The birth of the StepN idea[3:50-5:11] GameFi vs Game like[5:28-7:36] Were people immediately interested in StepN?[9:49-14:51] The challenges of GameFi development[17:52-21:42] On project sustenance and longevity [21:44-23:11] The origin of the two token system[23:23- 26:52] Balance[37:09-41:01] Anti-cheating mechanics of StepN[47:29-48:57] The strategy? Failure is not an option.Follow Yawn on Twitter:Yawn_RongFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Twitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchangeDiscord : discord.gg/jupDocs : docs.jup.ag/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
May 9, 2022
49 min
The Past, Present, and Future of Solana
In this episode of Exploring Solana with Jupiter, Chris McCann gives us an idea of the what’s and how's of the Solana Ecosystem before it became what we know of it today. Together with your host, Ben Chow, let’s unravel the past, the present, and the future of Solana as well as learn some tips and techniques used by famous crypto core developers for the success of their crypto journey. If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe and show your support by rating us 5 stars.Episode timeline:[04:23] Introduction of guest - Chris McCann[06:08] What got Chris into crypto?[12:22] On Chris’ convictions about investing and crypto[14:59] How did the team dynamics of Raj and Anatoli develop?[19:24] The technical choices the team had to make[23:33] Focus, focus, focus. [30:39] The biggest challenges of the Solana ecosystem in the past[35:59] What should be considered from an investment standpoint?[41:55] The changes at present [47:13] Other guidelines in making investment decisions[52:17] Is the team ready for this?[55:24] Be true to yourself.Follow Chris on on Twitter:MccannatronFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchangeDiscord : discord.gg/jupDocs : docs.jup.ag/
May 2, 2022
57 min
DAO Governance, TribecaDAO, and the Saber Wars with Dylan Macalinao
In this episode we talk to Dylan Macalinao of Saber and Tribeca DAO.From his journey into crytocurrency, how Tribeca DAO works, to the effects of Jupiter becoming a DAO.Definition of terms:Cryptocurrency - an encrypted data string that denotes a unit of currencySolana - fastest blockchain in the world and the fastest growing ecosystem in crypto, with thousands of projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and moreJupiter - ​​is the key swap aggregator and infrastructure on Solana, giving you the best price swaps for any tokenDeFi - emerging financial technology based on secure distributed ledgers similar to those used by cryptocurrencies.DAO - a new kind of organizational structure, built with blockchain technology, that is often described as a sort of crypto co-opMultisig - a type of wallet that requires more than one signatureSTL - a cryptocurrency, deployed on Binance Smart ChainEthos - an ecosystem that provides the tools to manage wallets and keys for safe, verified blockchain transactionsEpisode timeline:[00:36] - Introduction of the guest, Dylan Macalinao[02:00] - Dylan’s journey in cryptocurrency[09:49] - How Tribeca DAO works[17:44] - What are Saber wars?[25:01] - Ad break[33:05] - Will we want Jupiter to become a DAO?[43:33] - Are there some mechanics that are less like warlike?Follow Dylan on Twitter:DylanMacalinaoFor more information on Jupiter please visit:Website : jup.ag/Podcast: podcast.jup.agTwitter : twitter.com/JupiterExchangeDiscord : discord.gg/jupDocs : docs.jup.ag/
Apr 25, 2022
48 min
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