Wondering what all the buzz about DeFi points farming is about? Us too. In Episode #20, we dial into the heart of one of DeFi's currently much-contended trends, exploring how points aren't just digital tallies but pivotal opportunities for loyalty and reward.Join Dan from Pendle – the permissionless yield-trading protocol – and Magy as they pinpoint (pun intended 😎) exactly how these mechanisms are reshaping the landscape of digital finance.In this episode:⛓️ Yield tokenization and trading! H...
May 13, 2024
48 min
For Episode #19 of the Social Block, we ventured back into the space of Web3 gaming to complete our quest to learn its value. Our guide was Can Picak, CEO and Co-founder of DIGA Labs and popular Web3 game development company – Eldarune.Can and Magy teamed up to complete the following quests together (just kidding, they just talked about these topics):🧩 Why interoperability is a vital feature for Web3 games.🎮 How gaming will be a profession in the future far more than it already is now.🇹🇷 The ...
Apr 30, 2024
57 min
What’s up in the crypto space? Bitcoin halving!If you’re still a little frazzled by that fact, then it might help to sit back and listen to the Social Block episode dedicated to the halving. Magy celebrated the landmark event with a discussion on the Bitcoin halving as explained by Bitcoin advocate and independent journalist, Joe Nakamoto (no relation to Satoshi, unfortunately). Joe and Magy talked about: 🎓 Bitcoin halving 101: The basics about the halving, plus common misconce...
Apr 19, 2024
52 min
In this episode of Social Block, we’re putting the spotlight on the guardians of blockchain infrastructure, namely nodes. From there, this session also touches on what our host Magy likes to call “the spectrum of decentralization.” Meanwhile, our guest, Eugene Asseev, the Founder and CTO of Chainstack, the Web3 development stack designed for building scalable applications, shares why he thinks blockchain should become… well, boring.Here’s what Eugene and Magy talked about:🏗️ The place and imp...
Apr 9, 2024
1 hr 4 min
If you have zero knowledge about zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), this episode is for you.For this session, Social Block host Magy made it her prerogative to learn more about ZKPs, exploring what they are from a technical standpoint, as well as their use cases. To help her, she had ZMK.io’s Pavel Sinelnikov who specializes in the development of zkMIPs solutions, and took the time to unpack the complexity of a technology that is finding crucial application in the blockchain space.In this episode,...
Mar 13, 2024
1 hr 9 min
Social Block – Episode #15: The Future = AR/VR + AI + Web3? with Aragorn Meulendijks (Mr. Metaverse)
Today the Social Block is getting more techy and more philosophical with an episode dedicated to how Web3, paired with augmented and virtual realities, as well as AI will shape the future. Now, imagining the future is no easy feat and to help Magy trudge through the many possibilities before humanity, we had Aragorn Meulendijks, more popularly known as Mr. Metaverse. As a historian turned futurist, Aragorn dedicates a lot of his time theorizing about what’s to come.Aragorn’s vision of th...
Feb 25, 2024
1 hr 9 min
It’s yet another Social Block episode, we unravel the layers behind the funding landscape for female-led blockchain projects, the strides we're making towards inclusivity, and why this will boost the industry overall. The brilliant Gracy Chen, Managing Partner at Bitget, joins Magy in a second episode dedicated to women in crypto. Gracy has dedicated her time to addressing diversity in the industry, specifically by spearheading the Blockchain4Her initiative to uplift female entrepreneur...
Feb 11, 2024
56 min
The podcast is back 😎, kicking off 2024 with a fresh perspective. In today’s episode, we invite you to step into the shoes of the non-technical crypto enthusiast and entrepreneur. Magy’s guest is Azeem Khan, COO of Morph with a background in blockchain that also includes Gitcoin, consulting at UNICEF's Crypto Venture Fund, and working with the World Economic Forum In Episode #13, Magy and Azeem chat about the intersection of AI and user experience as well as blockchain education, making these...
Jan 28, 2024
57 min
This special episode is a great reminder of the immense power we hold when we come together to support and uplift communities in need. Niall gave many examples of how the blockchain space can contribute to this endeavor, with highlights in the conversation such as: 🆔 DID Revolution: transforming disaster relief disbursements with decentralized digital identity🫶 Payments: Merging digital identity with payments🏅 Reputation through NFTs: rewarding real-world actions and building on-chain re...
Dec 26, 2023
56 min
Dyma and Magy covered quite a lot in this episode, starting from a rather more ideological conversation on the modern concept of trust – a.k.a trustlessness, and circling back to Dyma’s practical tips and tricks on researching your way through Web3 waters. Key topics included:🔍 Not just why, but how to DYOR.📊 Stats! Find out what percentage of projects have verified smart contracts and follow their initial whitepaper plans. The numbers are surprising and important to know. ⚖️ The blockchain d...
Dec 12, 2023
52 min
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