Gm! In this episode, we explore Infinex’s mission to unlock DeFi by massively improving the onchain user experience. We discuss Kain’s crypto journey to date, the impact fees have on UX, and Infinex’s decision to integrate Solana. Finally, we cover the Craterun yield farming campaign, and how the current token meta could be broken. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(02:02) Kain's Crypto Journey

(06:03) What is DeFi Missing?

(10:52) Helium Mobile Ad

(11:31) Issues With Onchain UX

(22:39) Infinex as a Portal Into DeFi

(25:05) Solana Integration & The Impact of Fees on UX

(36:45) Access Protocol Ad

(38:04) Permissionless III Ad

(39:07) What is Crate Run?

(43:35) Breaking the Token Meta

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Gm! This week we're joined by Swen Schäferjohann for a discussion on Solana's latest scaling unlock... ZK compression. We deep dive into Light protocols origin story, how does ZK compression work, L1 composability & account construct & the future of Solana's scalability. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(01:52) Light Protocol Origin Story

(10:23) Helium Mobile Ad

(11:42) How Does ZK Compression Work?

(17:00) The Cost Of State vs Ledger Space

(21:42) Photon Indexer

(26:26) Move Fast & Break Things vs Enshrining

(31:52) Permissionless III Ad

(32:54) What ZK Compression Unlocks

(34:49) L1 Composability

(36:43) Account Construct

(40:36) How Is ZK Used In ZK Compression?

(49:02) Why ZK Compression Is Not A Rollup

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Gm! This week we're joined by Mike Dudas & Carl Vogel of 6th Man Ventures for a discussion on the investing landscape in crypto. We deep dive into the Solana ETF application, why crypto needs more applications, the promise of AI & DePin, crypto's airdrop dilemma & much more. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(01:16) The 6th Man Ventures Origin Story

(06:00) Solana ETF

(09:39) 6MV's Investing Thesis

(12:36) Access Protocol Ad

(13:15) Alt L1s

(14:53) Ethereum's L2 Roadmap

(19:49) Appchains & Composability

(23:40) Time For Crypto Applications.. Not Infra

(27:43) AI & DePin

(32:26) Permissionless III Ad

(33:29) Airdrops

(42:51) Crypto's Token Vesting Problem

(48:25) Liquid vs Venture Investing

(50:46) Advice For Founders

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Gm! This week we invite Tristan Frizza to the show to discuss the future of onchain trading as he builds out Zeta markets. We deep dive into Zeta's token launch, why they built an L2, the path ahead for Zeta & much more. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(05:01) Building An L2

(10:37) Helium Mobile Ad

(11:56) On-Chain vs Off-Chain Market Making

(18:04) The End Game For General Purpose Chains

(19:24) Sequencers

(20:55) Zeta's Token & L2 Interoperability

(24:37) Permissionless III ad

(25:38) Crypto UX Design Problem

(31:38) Token Launches

(38:57) The Roadmap For Zeta

(45:00) Why Build On Solana

(49:19) Advice For Founders

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Gm! This week we're joined by Zano Sherwani for a discussion on the future of Solana & Jito in 2024 & beyond. We deep dive into the Jito origin story, why users are being sandwiched, Firedancer's unlock & more. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(02:12) The Jito Origin Story

(04:05) Users Are Getting Sandwiched

(05:58) What Is PBS?

(11:49) Access Protocol Ad

(12:28) Solana's MEV End Game

(13:44) Firedancer

(18:00) Building Blocks

(23:10) Restaking

(28:42) Jito Block Auctions

(30:59) Permissionless III Ad

(32:01) Solana's Biggest Problems

(35:44) Is Solana Immature?

(39:19) Crypto's Airdrop Meta

(40:50) Advice For Founders

(44:09) Build & They Will Come... Or Will They?

(46:52) Ending The Jito Mempool

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Gm! This week we're back with another weekly roundup. We discuss users getting sandwiched, what's next for Solana, Airdrops & how socialFi could be one of crypto's largest opportunities. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(01:01) Users Are Getting Sandwiched

(12:46) Access Protocol Ad

(13:25) What's Next For Solana

(14:22) Time.fun & Crypto Social

(24:14) Crypto Gaming

(33:08) Permissionless III Ad

(34:11) What Is Mithril?

(40:51) Airdrops & Crypto Marketing

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Gm! This week we invite Kyle Samani to the show for a wide ranging discussion on his current crypto thesis. We deep dive into the L1 vs L2 debate, Stablecoins & DePin as crypto's killer use cases, why Solana will ultimately flip Ethereum & so much more. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(01:20) What Crypto Enables

(03:58) The L1 vs L2 Thesis

(08:42) Building Crypto Applications: Stablecoins & DePin

(13:51) Helium Mobile Ad

(16:25) The RWA Thesis

(18:48) Social Tokens, Meme Coins & Crypto Gaming

(26:14) MEV & L1 Value Capture

(31:02) Why Solana Will Flip Ethereum

(33:54) Permissionless III Ad

(34:57) Token Issuance

(40:27) Economic Security

(49:19) Restaking Is Not Solving A Problem

(52:07) Measuring Decentralization

(54:56) Advice For Founders

(57:07) L2s Are Mispriced

(01:01:11) Solana L2s

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Gm! This week we invite Garrett Harper & Stepan Simkin from Squads to the show after they raised a $10 million Series A round. We deep dive into the Squads origin story, why wallet security matters & how they want to help power Solana's on chain economy. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(01:14) The Squads Origin Story

(06:17) What Are Smart Accounts?

(08:30) What Is Fuse?

(15:10) Permissionless III Ad

(16:13) Formal Verifications & Wallet Security

(24:51) Powering Solana's On Chain Economy

(32:28) Building A Subscription Model

(39:06) DAO Services & Governance

(44:26) Advice For Founders

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Gm! This week we invite Austin Federa to the show for a discussion on the current state of Solana & the most exciting developments happening in crypto. We deep dive into the current state of Firedancer, how to build community within crypto & attracting developers to Solana. We then debate is economic security a meme & of course the latest meta... social tokens & meme coins. Enjoy!

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(00:00) Introduction

(02:11) The State Of Solana In 2024

(05:17) The Solana Foundation

(08:45) Firedancer

(11:37) Helium Mobile Ad

(12:56) The Solana Roadmap

(19:20) Crypto Marketing

(24:54) Blockchain Speed & Latency

(31:27) Permissionless III Ad

(32:29) Blockchain Incentives

(36:03) Is Economic Security A Meme?

(38:42) Issuance vs Cost

(47:41) Meme Coins & Social Tokens

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In this episode, Keone from Monad and Zon from Initia to discuss the spectrum between modular and integrated blockchain designs. They explore the tradeoffs in decentralization, performance and scalability between the two approaches. They explore AppChains, rollups, composability challenges in modular systems, EVM compatibility, and when to scale blockchains horizontally vs vertically. To close out Keone and Zon also share valuable insights on building Web3 communities organically. Thanks for tuning in!

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(00:00) Introduction

(03:24) Modular vs Integrated

(11:47) Who are Appchains for?

(28:58) Composability in Modular World

(36:15) Monad's Endgame

(39:47) Importance of Decentralization

(48:05) Building Web3 Community

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Expansion was kickstarted by a grant from the Celestia Foundation.

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