
Description
For this week’s episode, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by Peacenode. Peacenode is a poster maker, brand builder, and Creative Director at Seed Club. In this episode we dive into Peacenode’s background in design and the inspirations and process behind his work. He tells us about building Seed Club’s brand and how humour and playful interventions can disrupt our expectations of interacting with a webpage. We also touch on the latest Friend Tech craze, how onchain media is social media, and why we need more dynamic means of exchange. This was a fun and laid back conversation with Peace who is one of our favourite accounts to follow these days... so we hope you enjoy this episode.
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:49 Welcome
00:01:17 Peacenode’s background
00:05:37 Peacenode’s role as creative director at Seed Club
00:06:34 Inspiration behind brand materials developed for Seed Club
00:11:02 Creator-led branding and why brand is important for products
00:14:37 Playful interventions in web design
00:18:06 Onchain media is social media
00:21:12 Friend Tech and why we need more dynamic means of exchange
00:23:56 RAVERZ, Heaven Computer, and onchain experiences
00:26:54 Hot takes on what onchain identity means
00:28:24 Shitposting and how the internet is meant to blow your mind
00:30:42 Where Peacenode has been finding community in the bear
00:32:47 Peacenode’s career trajectory from posters to UI design
00:34:55 Marketplaces, missed connections, and vehicles for marketing
00:38:12 ENS, display names, and onchain reputation
00:41:20 Wrap-up
Topics discussed
Seed Club
The Event
Friend Tech
RevNets
Songcamp
RAVERZ
Heaven Computer
Relevant links
Follow Peacenode on Twitter: @peace_node
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @Juicebox_Money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Sign up for the Juicebox newsletter
Browse trending projects on Juicebox
Project creator docs
Credits
Hosts: Matthew and Brileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande: https://freesound.org/people/Romariogrande/sounds/399354/
Oct 10, 2023
41 min

For episode 31, Matthew and Brileigh sit down with Jess Sloss. Jess is a co-founder of Seed Club, a network that is helping to build, and invest in early-stage crypto projects. In this episode we dive into Jess’ background and what excites him about this new phase of the internet. We discuss Seed Club’s initial vision and history, Seed Club Ventures, a venture DAO backing early-stage founders, and the sixth season of their accelerator which is focusing on crypto consumer apps.
In this episode, Jess tells us about his optimistic vision for the future of mainstream crypto adoption, how we’ll get there, and the challenges ahead. We also touch on The Event, a virtual demo day for Seed Club’s latest accelerator cohort, which is happening on the 28th of September. Jess has a lot of valuable insights into where we’re headed next as we build out the next wave of crypto products, so we hope you enjoy this week’s episode.
Show Notes
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:57 Welcome
00:02:36 Jess’ background
00:05:37 What is Seed Club
00:07:50 Seed Club Accelerator vs Seed Club Ventures
00:09:23 Why Seed Club Ventures is a DAO
00:12:46 How Seed Club has evolved over the last couple years
00:14:57 Jess’ conviction in crypto apps reaching mainstream adoption
00:21:01 Thoughts on FriendTech and bonding curve hype
00:25:40 Why we don’t need another Uniswap fork
00:28:50 Overcoming the public perception problem of crypto
00:33:27 OnlyFans models and Mint Stars
00:34:23 What is The Event and why it’s not just another demo day
00:38:59 Jess shares his closing thoughts on conviction for crypto
00:40:44 The dream that Jess has for Seed Club
Topics discussed:
Seed Club
Seed Club Consumer Crypto Accelerator
Seed Club Ventures
The Event
Mint Stars
Friend Tech
Relevant links
Follow Jess on Twitter: @thattallguy
Follow Seed Club on Twitter: @seedclubhq
Sign up for the Juicebox newsletter
Browse trending projects on Juicebox
Project creator docs
Juicebox on Twitter: @Juicebox_Money
Credits
Hosts: Matthew and Brileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande
Sep 20, 2023
44 min

Welcome back to another episode of the Juicebox podcast. This week Matthew and Brileigh are joined by Zeugh. Zeugh was an early JuiceboxDAO contributor, the founder of CanuDAO, and previous Community Lead for DAO launcher Origami.
In this episode, Zeugh tells us about his experience working for both companies and DAOs, how bots can help build and maintain communities, and get his take on how DAOs have evolved over the last two years. He also gives us his advice for launching a DAO and how to build community, the DAO and coordination tooling that he’s most excited about going forward, and his reflections on attending crypto conferences over the last couple of years.
This episode was one of the most chaotic behind-the-scenes. It was recorded in two parts because of internet connectivity issues and features interruptions by deliveries, grandmas, kids ringing doorbells, dogs, planes… the list goes on. Despite all this, we rolled with it and hope you enjoy this friendly conversation with Zeugh.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:06 Welcome
00:01:45 Zeugh's origin story
00:03:27 Founding CanuDAO and its mission
00:06:02 What does it mean to be a Community Manager?
00:10:36 Reflections on being an early JuiceboxDAO contributor
00:14:30 Working at Origami and lessons learned
00:18:12 Reflections on working at a company vs. a DAO
00:21:30 Zeugh's interest in DAOs and coordination
00:22:50 Challenges facing community building in the bear market
00:26:48 Welcome back (part 2)
00:27:21 Zeugh's advice for launching a DAO and building community
00:30:47 How market conditions have changed the role of community management
00:33:54 DAO tooling and projects that Zeugh is excited about
00:40:48 Zeugh's takeaways from IRL crypto conferences
00:48:09 Friend Tech
00:50:39 What's coming next for Zeugh
00:54:13 Wrap-up
Topics discussed:
Community management
Coordination
DAO tooling
CanuDAO
JuiceboxDAO
Origami
jokerace
CharmVerse
WonderVerse
Wonder Communities
Nance
AgroforestDAO
FriendTech
JuiceboxDAO town hall song by DarbyTrash
Relevant links:
Follow Zeugh on Twitter @ZeughFromCanu
Nance, a tool for automating DAO governance
Sign up for the Juicebox newsletter
Browse trending projects on Juicebox
Project creator docs
Follow Juicebox Protocol on Twitter @juiceboxETH
Follow juicebox.money on Twitter @juicebox_money
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew and Brileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande and "Juicebox Goes Out West" by DarbyTrash
Sep 7, 2023
56 min

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by DeeZe. Deeze is a long time degen, former Director of Vibes at Tessera, and host of the We Do A Little Pod, a series of candid long-form conversations with guests mostly from the NFT art world.
In this episode, Deeze tells us about his journey from Runescape’s Grand Exchange to flipping CryptoPunks and how Ethereum can be considered a global multiplayer game. We share stories about psychedelics, good and bad trades, as well as his experience as an “influencer” and how he deals with the ethics and social dynamics of having a huge following. We also touch on why he’s stayed anon over the years, Twitter’s sudden rebrand, and why email is still the best decentralized social network.
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
00:00:53 Disclaimer
00:01:30 Welcome
00:01:56 Twitter’s rebrand and the “Twitter killer” apps
00:04:31 Comparing all the “Twitter killer” apps (Farcaster, Lens, Bluesky, Threads)
00:08:37 Where the name Deeze comes from
00:09:53 How Deeze went from trading on Runescape to flipping CryptoPunks
00:18:58 Parallels between MMORPGs like Runescape and crypto
00:22:06 Learning from mistakes, bad trades, and the screenshot rule
00:25:24 Deeze’s approach to collecting art vs PFPs & the first artists he discovered
00:32:36 Learning to save gains for taxes
00:35:56 Discussing some of Deeze’s favourite 1/1 art NFTs from his collection
00:41:41 Deeze’s relationship to weed
00:48:15 Guns, Ian McDougall, boat people, and other stories of psychedelic experiences
01:00:27 Feeling the vibrations, the 6529 thread, and other life lessons
01:12:18 How Deeze handles the ethics and social dynamics of having a huge following
01:21:09 Why Deeze chose to be anon and dealing with targeted attacks
01:29:34 The power of memetics and trading shitcoins
01:46:18 We Do A Little podcast
01:48:53 Wrap up
Topics discussed
Decentralized social media
CryptoPunks
Cath Simard
Skulls of Luci - The Eye of Exodus
Chromie Squiggles
Pop wonder
Killer Acid
Matt Kane
King Xerox
Zaid Kirdsey
Jubbish Jay
Summer Wagner
Brooke Didonato
Wooden Cyclops
Lurk Loves You
Thousand Finger Man - Candido
Punk 6529 Thread
Pepe, HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu, and other shitcoins
Crypto influencers
We Do A Little Podcast
Relevant links
Follow DeeZe on Twitter: @DeeZe
We Do A Little Podcast: @wedoalittlepod
Sign up for the Juicebox newsletter
Create a Juicebox project: juicebox.money
Browse trending projects on Juicebox
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Book an onboarding session with a contributor
juicebox.money on Twitter: @juicebox_money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits
Hosts: Matthew and Brileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: EastAndW by Romariogrande
Disclaimer:
The contents of The Juicecast are strictly for educational and entertainment purposes only. This podcast is not financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do not purchase any tokens discussed on episodes of The Juicecast in anticipation of financial gains. Please do your own research.
Aug 3, 2023
1 hr 49 min

Matthew and Brileigh sit down with Nicholas in episode 28 of The Juicecast. Nicholas is a long-time JuiceboxDAO contributor, an active developer, and the host of Web3 Galaxy Brain, a casual weekly twitter space series where he interviews builders about their projects and interests.
In this episode we dive into Nicholas’ background and what it is about social networks that makes him tick. We discuss the evolution of Juicebox from the early days to now, as well as his recent work on Juicebox Metadata. We also touch on his recent hackathon project at ETH Waterloo, Piggybank 6551 NFT.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:40 Welcome
00:02:44 Nicholas’ background
00:06:11 Getting involved with PrtyDAO, SharkDAO and finding Juicebox
00:09:50 The evolution of Juicebox from July 2021 to now
00:12:18 Nicholas reflects on his experience as a long-term contributor at JuiceboxDAO
00:13:18 Token URI Resolver
00:18:04 Juicebox Cards
00:20:04 Starter repo for rendering onchain SVG
00:21:14 Why Nicholas is interested in NFTs and onchain metadata
00:23:38 Thoughts on PFP collections in the bear market
00:27:43 Nicholas explains why he’s interested in social networks and how this relates to crypto
00:33:42 Describing the culture of crypto twitter
00:36:47 Nicholas’ talk about Juicebox metadata at ETH Waterloo and Piggybank 6551 NFT
00:40:32 Web3 Galaxy Brain and why Nicholas continues to host weekly Twitter Spaces in the bear market
00:43:48 NFT projects, Cameras, AI for games, and what’s coming next for Nicholas
00:47:29 Wrap-up
Topics discussed:
GMoney’s “Why did I buy this JPEG for 140 ETH” tweet
PrtyDAO
Juicebox Cards
Onchain SVG starter repo
Token URI Resolver
Juicebox metadata
Piggybank 6551
Social networks
NFTs
Web3 Galaxy Brain Podcast
Relevant links:
Follow Nicholas on Twitter
Follow Juicebox on Twitter
Sign up for the Juicebox newsletter
Browse trending projects on Juicebox
Project creator docs
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew and Brileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: EastAndW by Romariogrande
Jul 13, 2023
48 min

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by Tommy and Frisson from Tally. Tally helps operators, voters, and delegates run DAOs onchain. You can create or pass proposals, delegate voting power, view analytics, manage a Safe treasury, and more. Tommy and Frisson are a dynamic duo at Tally: they are co-hosts of the DAO Talk podcast, content and marketing strategy leads, brand design and business development, and community ambassadors for bringing DAOs onchain.
In this episode, we discuss how Tommy and Frisson first got involved with Tally and why they believe in the future of DAOs. Frisson tells us about his role as an Arbitrum DAO delegate and Tommy tells us more about Content Guild, a DAO that decentralizes Tally’s marketing efforts by commissioning written content. Apart from their roles at Tally, you might know Frisson and Tommy for their infectious friendship on crypto Twitter. They tell us all about their iconic bromance and the role that their friendship has played in their journey in the industry. We also dive into Tommy’s background as a competitive crossfit athlete and get his opinion on Zuck’s Murph challenge flex.
Show Notes
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:12 Welcome
00:01:53 Frisson’s background
00:05:06 Tommy’s background
00:08:50 Frisson and Tommy share their experience working at Tally and it has evolved
00:14:48 Why Tally isn’t a DAO, companies vs DAO structure & how DAOs can scale Ethereum
00:21:41 Frisson explains why DAOs have a long way to go
00:24:52 Why Tommy and Frisson are bullish on DAOs long term
00:31:18 Frisson tells us why he’s excited to be an Arbitrum DAO delegate and what’s ahead
00:36:21 Tommy explains what Content Guild is
00:40:11 Frisson x Tommy bromance
00:46:44 Tommy’s interest in competitive crossfit, Zuck’s murph challenge, & balancing work/life
00:52:36 The role of content creation, brand design, and marketing in tech companies
00:58:37 Hai partnership, gasless onchain governance, trust-minimized treasury diversification, and other upcoming news from Tally
Topics discussed
Tally
Content Guild
Arbitrum DAO
Mark Zuckerbergs Murph challenge
Hai DAO
Competitive Crossfit
Decentralized media
Relevant links
Follow Tommy on Twitter: @tommylower
Follow Frisson on Twitter: @0xfrisson
Follow Tally on Twitter: @tallyxyz
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Sign up for the Juicebox newsletter
Browse trending projects on Juicebox
Project creator docs
Credits
Hosts: Matthew and Brileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: EastAndW by Romariogrande
Jun 15, 2023
1 hr 1 min

Are you ready to learn about all things life extension, cryopreservation and cryptography? Even though the connection isn’t immediately obvious, there is a huge overlap between thinkers interested in cryptography, building for the future, and life extension, and today’s episode with Dr. Emil Kenziorra and Kai Micah Mills from CryoDAO will get into some of the reasons behind this. CryoDAO’s mission is to fund high-impact cryopreservation research to increase the quality and capabilities of cryopreservation.
In this episode we’ll dive into why both Emil and Kai left academia behind for cryonics research, CryoDAO’s mission and the overlap between crypto and cryonics, why science should be decentralized, as well as some common misconceptions about cryopreservation. We hope you enjoy this week’s episode.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:25 Welcome
00:01:53 Emil’s background
00:03:03 Kai’s background
00:04:39 Ditching the academic world in order to make real scientific progress
00:11:30 How Emil & Kai first discovered the field of cryopreservation
00:17:37 Why cryopreservation research is underfunded despite the universal death problem
00:23:44 How CryoDAO got started
00:26:57 Why CryoDAO become a DAO and how their governance works
00:30:37 The power of moonshot funding on Juicebox
00:32:18 The struggle for DAOs to be sustainable and how CryoDAO plans for longevity in funding
00:37:56 Why Emil and Kai think DeSci is important
00:41:50 How far away are we from extending life & can an AGI solve death
00:48:49 Common misconceptions about cryonics
00:52:57 Current research underway at CryoDAO
00:54:35 How to get involved with CryoDAO
Topics discussed:
Cryopreservation
CryoDAO
2045 Initiative
Aubrey de Grey
VitaDAO
Relevant links
Follow Dr. Emil Kendziorra on Twitter: @emilkendziorra
Follow Kai Micah Mills on Twitter: @kaimicahmills
CryoDAO on Juicebox
Sign up for the Juicebox newsletter: https://subscribepage.io/juicenews
Browse trending projects on Juicebox: https://juicebox.money/projects
Project creator docs: https://info.juicebox.money/user/
Juicebox on Twitter: https://twitter.com/juiceboxETH
Credits
Hosts: Matthew @0xmatthewb and Brileigh @0xbrileigh
Production: Matthew and Brileigh
Engineering: Matthew
Music: EastAndW by Romariogrande
Jun 7, 2023
57 min

Our 25th episode of The Juicecast features Xin, also known as Livid from Planet. Planet is an open source tool that makes it easy to build your own decentralized website using IPFS and ENS. For example, if you own the ENS jango.eth, you can create a website accessible in almost any browser at jango.eth.limo.
In this episode, we talk about Livid’s interest in retro gaming and how they discovered Ethereum, the importance of decentralized websites and content distribution, and how experiments like Croptop might emerge as a decentralized lo-fi version of tumblr.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:49 Welcome
00:01:01 The story behind the name Livid
00:02:12 Livid’s interest in Sim City and other early video games
00:04:08 Livid’s background and entry to crypto
00:06:28 The lessons learned from building V2EX.com
00:10:13 What is Planet and how it works
00:11:46 Where the name Planet comes from
00:13:04 “Proof of Release” and other projects built using Planet
00:15:27 How Livid found Juicebox and how Croptop got started
00:17:21 Juicebox as a tool for open-source software
00:18:09 Croptop as a low-fi tumblr
00:23:17 Using ENS on Planet as an extension of our online identity
00:26:53 How Pinning works and Planet’s pinning-as-a-service on Juicebox
00:29:41 What’s coming next for Planet
00:31:48 Livid’s reflections on being involved in crypto since 2011 and what web3 means to him
00:34:24 Planet and the Internet Archive at upcoming Dweb Camp in June
00:36:04 Livid demos Game DB from his past work with the Internet Archive
00:42:16 Wrap up
Topics Discussed:
SimCityPlanet
Planetable on Juicebox
https://v2ex.com/IPFSENSFirebasePinataWeb3 StorageCroptopThe Internet ArchiveThe Wayback Machine
Dweb Campgame DB
Follow Livid on Twitter: @Livid
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande
May 30, 2023
43 min

Matthew are Brileigh are joined by Chris Carella from Purple. Chris is a Nouns delegate, head of product at Charmverse, and co-founder of Purple, a DAO dedicated to funding public goods in the Farcaster ecosystem.
In this episode we talk about what it means to be a Nounish DAO, the Arbitrum airdrop and the tensions between financial incentives and the boring reality of governance, as well as the importance of funding public goods in Ethereum. Please note that this recording actually took place right before ETH Tokyo and NFT NYC, so the context of certain discussions may have shifted since.
00:01:43 Welcome
00:02:58 Chris’ background before crypto
00:06:31 Chris’ entry to crypto and building an NFT platform on Tezos
00:09:39 Chris getting involved with Nouns through SharkDAO
00:12:39 Learning about the value of DAOs and their initial barrier to entry
00:14:47 Chris journey in the Nouns ecosystem from SharkDAO to Lil
Nouns and then Purple
00:16:52 How Purple got started
00:21:08 What is a Nounish DAO
00:25:26 Why Chris chose to build a Nounish DAO for Purple
00:28:07 Why Chris is bullish on Farcaster’s longevity & the importance of decentralized social media
00:35:10 ENS + Arbitrum airdrop & the tension between financial incentives & the boring reality of governance
00:39:05 Chris’ thoughts on the relationship between funding public goods using blockchain vs VC
00:44:57 Chris background in painting and the meaning behind his NFT The Stream
00:48:22 What’s coming next for Purple and Farcaster
Topics Discussed:
Nouns
Trusey
Nouns Builder
Lil Nouns
Farcaster
Warpcaster
Purple
Arbitrum Airdrop
The Stream NFT
Follow Chris Carella on Twitter/Warpcaster: @ccarella
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande
May 5, 2023
57 min

Are you ready to dive into the world of DAO automation? Matthew are Brileigh are joined by Jigglyjams, a long-time JuiceboxDAO contributor and the creator of Nance, a powerful tool to help automate governance processes for DAOs. He has built many other bots for DAO automation and community building for SharkDAO, CanuDAO and Juicebox.
In this episode, we dive into Jiggly’s past work building fun Discord bots like gm bot, how Nance works to automate JBDAO governance, and where it’s heading next. We also take a few detours to discuss recent developments in AI, Balaji’s $1M Bitcoin bet, and Jiggly’s past work on comma.ai which can transform a Honda Civic into a Tesla (kinda). We hope you enjoy this fun, and casual conversation.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:47 Welcome
00:02:15 The story behind the name Jigglyjams
00:01:21 Jigglyjams’s background and transforming Hondas into self-driving cars at comma.ai
00:07:25 How comma.ai works
00:08:39 Jigglyjams on working in both hardware and software engineering
00:09:49 FlyFrogs and discovering DAOs
00:14:29 The gm bot
00:18:22 Bot Gameification and building habits through Discord engagement
00:26:20 GM, WAGMI and what crypto slang means in both the bull and bear market
00:28:08 Jiggly’s thoughts on what keeps communities together in bear market
00:30:35 Juicebox’s “stone age” of doing governance manually
00:33:26 Introducing Nance
00:35:16 What is Nance and breaking down Juicebox’s governance process
00:38:29 Nance as a public good for all DAOs
00:40:32 Nance for off chain and on chain DAOs
00:42:12 Challenges of funding Nance to make it sustainable
00:46:21 Jiggly’s interest in automation and embracing AI
00:51:04 What’s coming next for Nance
00:53:39 The grim reality of Balaji’s Bitcoin bet and the American banking system
Topics Discussed:
Comma.ai
Fly Frogs NFT collection
Scaffold ETH
Canu DAO
Juicebox DAO’s governance process
Nance
GM, Govbot, New juice who dis and other Discord bots by Jiggly
The fear and excitement about the future of AI
Balaji’s million dollar Bitcoin bet
The American banking system
Follow jigglyjams on Twitter: @jjjjigglyjams
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande
Mar 31, 2023
1 hr
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