Role Call is a 6-part miniseries on DAOs, produced by Rehash and co-hosted by Hats Protocol. In our second episode of Role Call, we're joined by special guest host, Amy Jung (Eigen Foundation), to talk to Rafa (Governance Lead at ZK Sync Association) about the future of DAO governance and the implications of the end of the era of airdrops. We talk about the challenges in designing sustainable governance models, differentiating between geographic and interest-based communities, and the concept of...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 2 min
In this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Naomi Metzger, an 11-time British triple jump champion, about her use of Web3 to fund her journey to the 2028 Olympics. Naomi shares her story of overcoming injuries that kept her from competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics and how she became the first athlete to document her recovery journey onchain. She also shares about her passion for NFTs, specifically her project Afrochicks, her active involvement on Warpcast, and her insights on the future of d...
Nov 28, 2024•42 min
Role Call is a 6-part miniseries on DAOs, produced by Rehash and co-hosted by Hats Protocol. In our first episode of Role Call, we dive deep into the evolving nature of money, relationships, and reputation with Tracheopteryx, Chief Governance Officer at Eigen Foundation. Rehash host, Diana Chen, is joined by Nick Naraghi and Spencer Graham, co-founders at Hats Protocol, to explore the intricacies of decentralized governance, the transformative power of reputation systems, and the challenges of c...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 17 min
In this episode of Rehash, Dr. Laurence E. Day, founder of Wildcat Finance and creator of the infamous West Ham group chat, joins us to clear up rumors about his alleged crypto hacks and share more about what he’s working on at Wildcat Finance, which aims to facilitate under-collateralized borrowing on the Ethereum blockchain. Laurence also shares his thoughts on protocol security, the impact of social engineering attacks, and the future of credit in DeFi. Last but certainly not least, we chat a...
Nov 21, 2024•54 min
Rehash is launching a new 6 part miniseries on DAO governance and design in conjunction with Hats Protocol called Role Call! Tune in every week for a deep dive on DAOs with Rehash host, Diana Chen, Hats co-founders, Spencer Graham, Nick Naraghi, and David Erlichmann, and our special guests joining us each week. Follow us: Diana Chen (Host, Rehash): https://x.com/ddwchen Spencer Graham (Co-founder, Hats Protocol): https://x.com/spengrah Nich Naraghi (Co-founder, Hats Protocol): https://x.com/0xNN...
Nov 19, 2024•7 min
In this episode of Rehash, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins us to talk about legal compliance and innovation in the crypto space. Known for her pro-innovation stance, Commissioner Peirce discusses her critiques of the SEC's stringent regulatory approach toward crypto and her hopes for clearer guidelines. The conversation covers the balance between fostering innovation and protecting investors, the need for regulatory clarity, and the impact of current regulations on U.S. crypto innovation. C...
Nov 18, 2024•36 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with Dr. Nick Almond, a physicist turned DAO enthusiast and now CEO of Factory Labs, about cybernetic governance frameworks in DAOs, the current state and challenges of DAOs, and the potential of decentralized AI in governance. We also talk about issues of privacy and surveillance, Dr. Nick shares his critical views on WorldCoin (now World), and we wrap up with some of Dr. Nick’s personal insights on the future of decentralization. COLLECT THIS EPISODE SUBSCRIBE T...
Nov 07, 2024•57 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with Amanda Tuminelli, Chief Legal Officer at DeFi Education Fund, about the latest in crypto policy and what she’s expecting to see leading up to the election next week. We start out by recapping some of the lawsuits Amanda has helped file against the SEC through DeFi Education Fund and her testimony at the first congressional hearing on DeFi last month, and then we talk about what’s on her radar right now in terms of what the SEC is doing and how she expects the...
Oct 31, 2024•43 min
In our first episode of Season 10, we’re speaking with Bunny, CEO of Dora, an onchain discovery engine that’s making it easier than ever for people to discover new apps and projects across a multitude of chains. We talk about why onchain data is important and more specifically why human readable onchain data is important. Bunny explains why he believes read only block explorers will die over the long run and we’ll end up with dev-focused, analytics-focused, and consumer-focused experiences for o...
Oct 24, 2024•45 min
Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On this Minihash episode, Satvik Sethi, founder of Offline Protocol, joins us for a deep dive on how he’s taking the world offline with Offline Protocol. Satvik first appeared on Rehash in S3 E12 | Let's Talk About Mental Health in Web3 w/Satvik Sethi, which aired on December 1, 2022. COLLECT THIS EPISODE SUBSCRIBE TO REHASH PODCAST CLUB (RPC) FOLLOW REHASH: Twitter Farcaster TikTok Insta...
Oct 18, 2024•28 min
This episode was recorded live in Detroit on Saturday, September 28, 2024 during the Rehash podcast event at MCON III. In this episode, Kevin Owocki from Gitcoin joined us to talk about democratic allocation of capital onchain. Kevin is the co-founder of Gitcoin, host of the Green Pill Podcast, and author of the Onchain Capital Allocation Handbook. This episode is sponsored by Last. Last is a new EVM chain that generates revenue from cashflow throughout the network and returns all profits to the...
Oct 10, 2024•29 min
Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On this Minihash episode, Peter Pan, Partner at 1kx, joins us for a deep dive on what autonomous worlds are. Peter first appeared on Rehash in S5 E5 | Onchain World Building w/Peter Pan, which aired on July 20, 2023. COLLECT THIS EPISODE SUBSCRIBE TO REHASH PODCAST CLUB (RPC) FOLLOW REHASH: Twitter Farcaster TikTok Instagram Newsletter Rehash Podcast Club (RPC) IMPORTANT LINKS: Peter (Twi...
Oct 03, 2024•31 min
In our final episode of Season 9, we’re speaking with Jill Gunter, Chief Strategy Officer at Espresso Systems, the coordination layer that unites chains, rollups, and applications. We start off with a hot topic nowadays which is whether we should be focusing more on building infrastructure or apps. You might assume you know where Jill stands on this topic as someone who’s working on a middleware solution, but there’s actually a lot more to the story from her perspective. Jill has lots of excelle...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr
In this episode, we’re speaking with Gloria Kimbwala, Head of Events at Sei Foundation, about crypto events and crypto in the global south. Gloria has been working in the crypto space since 2017, primarily within builder communities and more recently as the events lead at Sei Foundation. She has attended and organized countless events, both in crypto and outside of crypto, and she shares her knowledge and expertise with us on how to design a successful event, and from the attendee side, how to d...
Sep 12, 2024•58 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with Toby Shorin, Laura Lotti, and Sam Hart from Other Internet about their most recent article on crypto’s three body problem, clarifying some common misconceptions about headless brands, and getting their take on the current state of onchain culture. The idea for this collaboration or interview came about when we had Jon Wu on the podcast last season in S8 E4 which aired on May 9, 2024. In that episode, Jon criticized the concept of a “headless brand” that was c...
Sep 05, 2024•48 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with 0xdesigner about all things design, anonymity, and UX/UI in web3. This is the longest episode in Rehash history, but we had so much to talk about and 0xdesigner graciously gave us almost two hours of his time to share his thoughts on all things consumer crypto, UX improvements, and the design space. 0xdesigner is primarily a product designer who has been putting out a new UX/UI design each day for the past 1.5 years, usually some sort of UX or design improvem...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 42 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with Sophia Dew, DevRel Engineering Lead at Celo, about all things onchain funding and what goes into launching a layer 2 blockchain. Sophia joined Celo about a month ago, and prior to that she was working on Public Goods Network, or PGN, a layer 2 blockchain focused on public goods. PGN ended up running out of money and winding down but Sophia learned tons of lessons along the way about maintaining a blockchain that she shares with us in this episode. We then did...
Aug 22, 2024•53 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with Rene Lubov, software engineer at Celestia, about data availability (DA), or what Rene prefers to call data publishing. Rene is one of the founding engineers at Celestia and breaks down for us everything we need to know about DA and how it’s implemented at Celestia. We also talk about modularity in blockchains, light nodes, and other technical concepts that you may have heard of before but maybe don’t have a clear understanding of just yet. She does a great jo...
Aug 15, 2024•58 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with Bethany Crystal about all things fractional work, using AI to improve learning and workflows, and we wrap up with a quick discussion on the Bitcoin developer ecosystem. Bethany is the web3 fractional work queen, and she shares very openly in this episode about her experience as a fractional worker in web3, what her process looks like, and practical tips for others to think outside of the box about how they want to work. As a mother of two and hobbyist of many...
Aug 08, 2024•55 min
Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On this Minihash episode, Nichanan Kesonpat, Researcher at 1kx, is joining us for a deep dive on what account abstraction is and recent developments in AA that have led to significant improvements in UX with crypto apps. Nich first appeared on Rehash in S2 E5 | Parody Sorority Turned Grants DAO w/Kseniya & Nich from MGD, which aired on June 9, 2022. COLLECT THIS EPISODE SUBSCRIBE TO R...
Aug 02, 2024•24 min
In this episode, we’re speaking with Grace Guan, co-founder of Unlonely, a web3 livestreaming platform, about web2 vs web3 media, inner workings of YouTube algorithms, and how traditional media platforms can stop exploiting creators by getting rid of ads and algorithms in this new iteration of media we’re building in web3. Grace and her brother, Brian, co-founded Unlonely together and have been doing a phenomenal job of onboarding creators to the platform. Grace shares some stats on their user b...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On this Minihash episode, Jimmy Chang, founder of Catalyst, is joining us to recap EthCC 2024 in Brussels for us, sharing key insights in the Ethereum ecosystem, trends he’s noticing, and other conference highlights and lowlights. Jimmy first appeared on Rehash in S4 E9: Millions of Modular Blockchains w/Jimmy Chang , which aired on April 13, 2023. To nominate a past guest for a Minihash ...
Jul 18, 2024•29 min
To kick off Season 9, we are speaking with P1A, a contemporary artist, educator, and founder based in Istanbul, about all things web3 and art. We reflect on the NFT craze of 2021, and P1A shares why even though the hype has died down, NFTs are in fact not dead and on the contrary, art NFTs have a long way to grow and develop. We also talk about the work she’s doing at her studio in Istanbul called Yazane, where she’s helping educate other local artists about web3 and the impact that blockchain c...
Jul 11, 2024•46 min
Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On this Minihash episode, we’re speaking with Stefen Deleveaux about Oasis Onchain, a 3-day consumer crypto conference in Nassau, Bahamas, that he started last year and how to push crypto forward in the global south. Stefen first appeared on Rehash in S2 E11: DAO Governance, Tooling, and Culture w/Stefen Deleveaux , which aired on June 30, 2022, and subsequently in S6 BONUS: 2023 Wrap Up ...
Jul 04, 2024•23 min
Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On our first Minihash episode, we’re speaking with Dennison Bertram about the newly launched Tally Protocol. The Tally Protocol unlocks the economic potential of governance tokens by providing a liquidity layer for governance staking and restaking, while optimizing the distribution of voting power to drive economic security back to blockchain protocols. Dennison first appeared on Rehash i...
Jun 28, 2024•26 min
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Amy Jung, Governance Lead at Safe and an OG in the Ethereum and specifically DAO space, about all things organization design, governance, and her hottest takes about DAOs. Amy joined the Safe team back in March of this year and also has her own DAO operations and strategy consultancy called Shared Realities, where she helps organizations and teams with their progressive decentralization strategy and execution, organizational design, and community de...
Jun 20, 2024•55 min
On our penultimate episode of the season, we’re speaking with Irina Marinescu, co-founder and CEO of buidlbox, a global hub for builders to learn, earn, and connect in web3. Irina is also a mentor at Tachyon and a founder of Women in Crypto, and she previously worked as General Counsel at Gitcoin throughout its disaffiliation process to decentralize Gitcoin Holdings (which later became Supermodular) from GitcoinDAO back in Spring 2022. It was during this transition period that Gitcoin’s bounties...
Jun 13, 2024•52 min
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Jonny Mack, co-founder and CEO of Hypersub and Fabric, about all things subscriptions. First, an announcement: Rehash just launched a monthly subscription on Hypersub! This monthly subscription will deliver Rehash podcast NFTs straight to your wallet onchain. You can find the link to subscribe below. In this episode we talk all things subscriptions and Hypersub - what features web3 enables for creator subscriptions that was never before possible in ...
Jun 06, 2024•46 min
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Queen Wartooth about designing airdrops, strategies for acquiring new users in crypto, and she reveals for the first time the project she’s been working on in stealth, Dragon Academy, which will launch next month. Queen Wartooth has done a lot of work around designing airdrops and thinking about how best to incentivize users, and we spend the first half or so of the conversation talking about airdrop design, anti-Sybil strategies, and problems aroun...
May 30, 2024•50 min
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Zoe Weinberg, Founder and Managing Partner at ex/ante, the first venture fund dedicated to agentic tech. We start our conversation by getting a little insight into Zoe’s background, which is quite unique and unusual but also lends itself quite well to the work she’s doing today in privacy and human agency. She shares the ways in which her past humanitarian work in conflict zones and developing nations opened her eyes to issues around surveillance ca...
May 23, 2024•52 min
