Henri is an ex-research scientist at Protocol Labs. He Co-Founded Privy, which provides web3 projects such as Friend.tech, t2 & Shibuya with seamless onboarding & embedded wallets. In this episode, we dive into the early MVPs of Privy, learn how it works under the hood, how they managed to design such as smooth UX & more. *** If you like high-quality crypto content, check out the project I co-founded: kiwinews.xyz *** TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 A few words of intro 01:56: Why Henri started wo...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Collab.Land is a tool for managing web3 communities and bridging them to Discord and Telegram. It has already been used by 50k+ communities and 8M+ wallets. Today we’re talking with Anjali Young, Co-Founder & CCO of Collab.Land, who shares their project’s story. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Check kiwinews - a portal with news & content for web3 builders co-founded by Mac: https://kiwinews.xyz/ Reach out to Mac if you want to reach European devs: mac at...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Our Gitcoin Grants page: https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0x2871742b184633f8dc8546c6301cbc209945033e/0x2871742b184633f8dc8546c6301cbc209945033e-322
Aug 22, 2023•40 sec
Web3 Talks is back! Links I mentioned: Library of web3 startup lessons: https://goldmine3.xyz/ Web3 startup I'm building with my Co-Founder Tim: https://kiwinews.xyz/
Aug 07, 2023•4 min
Mailchain is basically a web3 email. It provides a web app that lets you send your emails as if you used Gmail or Hotmail. But you send your emails via your wallet, ENS, Lens profile, and other identities you may use. Thanks to that and end-to-end encryption, your emails are 100% private. Today we’re talking with Tim Boeckmann, Co-Founder & CEO of Mailchain, who shares their project’s story. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Zora is one of the most popular web3 tools, used by the biggest creators in the NFT space. What were its early days? How they acquired their first users? How have they organized the Base campaign that generated 700,000+ mints? This and much more in our conversation with Dee Goens, Co-Founder & COO @ Zora. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference tickets by using the WEB3TALKS code: https://www.epicweb3.com/ Mint free episode NFT (p...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 45
XMTP is one of the leading web3 messaging protocols. What were the early days of this project? What web3 native features they developed How they built a developer community around their protocol? How did they start handling DMs on Lens? This and much more in our conversation with Matt Galligan, Co-Founder & President @ XMTP. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference tickets by using the WEB3TALKS code: https://www.epicweb3.com/ Mint...
Apr 14, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Julien has been building tools for membership NFTs since 2018, long before the NFT boom. What were the early days of the NFT market? How dogfooding helped them to acquire their first users? How they organized ticketing with Unlock for EthCC? What they've learned from running a DAO program? This and more in our conversation with Julien Genestoux, Founder & CEO @ Unlock Protocol. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Get 15% off your EpicWeb3 conference tickets by us...
Apr 04, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Stefan George is one of the most OG builders in the space. How was it building on Ethereum in 2014? Why they pivoted from their initial idea? How an ICO inspired them to build Safe? Why it later transformed into a DAO? How Gnosis Chain became the #2 most decentralized chain in the space? And why you used it without even knowing it? This and more in our conversation with Stefan George, Co-Founder & CTO of Gnosis. *** Follow Web3 Talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3talks/ Meet Stefan at ...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 42
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Mar 01, 2023•2 min
Alex has been building Rarible since 2019, when most people haven't even heard about NFTs. What were the industry's early days? Why slick design helped them to acquire the first users? How did issuing a token change how they operate (and why they weren't ready for that)? How do they plan to compete in a market dominated by OpenSea, Blur & LooksRare? Relax and listen to our in-depth conversation. *** If you want to buy tickets for the EpicWeb3 conference in Lisbon, check out: https://www.epic...
Feb 24, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Huddle01 quickly became the leading web3 audio/video communication toolkit. How it all started? What helped them acquire 16k+ users? Why they're so excited about Stage 3 of their development plans? Ayush Ranjan, Co-Founder & CEO of Huddle01, shares a deep backstage perspective of their company. *** If you want to buy tickets for the EpicWeb3 conference in Lisbon, check out: https://www.epicweb3.com/ and use the WEB3TALKS promo code to get a 15% discount. *** Follow the pod: https://twitter.c...
Feb 17, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Colin Armstrong has been in crypto since 2011 and has spent years working at Coinbase and Google. He built Paragraph to create a more neutral and web3-friendly alternative to Substack. The project has already amassed 5k+ creators and 100k+ subscribers, and Colin shares how they made it happen. >>> Never miss an episode and check how Paragraph works in practice by subscribing to our newsletter: https://paragraph.xyz/@kanfa <<< TIMESTAMP: 0:38 How to make sure you get info about ...
Jan 24, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 38
SimpleHash is one of the most powerful NFT APIs in the space. It's being used by wallets, portfolio trackers & web3 games. Olly Wilson came to the pod to share the backstage perspective of their ultra fast growth. Timestamps: 0:38 What is SimpleHash 1:39 How their Co-Founder got tired of building back-end infra for an NFT project and decided to start SimpleHash 2:47 Why is indexing NFTs across many chains so hard? 5:25 How being in YC helped them to acquire first users 6:22 Why they ditched ...
Jan 16, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 37
0xFrens is a matchmaking tool used by web3 communities such as: Developer DAO, Jericho & Skylab. Gilbert - Co-Founder of the project - spent almost a decade at Google, then started his social podcasting startup, and in 2022, he started working on 0xFrens with the rest of the AGMI team. 0:37 What’s 0xFrens, and how it helps communities to build relationships between members 1:40 How talking with communities & DAOs inspired them to start 0xFrens 4:30 What has Gilbert been doing at Google f...
Dec 21, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 36
PWN is a decentralized pawnshop where you can use any tokens as collateral. But it’s just the beginning. Their ultimate goal is to provide crypto loans for decades so that you will never need to sell your crypto. I spoke with Josef, PWN’s Co-Founder, who shared their story, challenges & growth strategies. TIMESTAMPS: 0:38 PWN as a decentralized pawnshop 1:35 How not being able to get a mortgage & risk of DeFi liquidations inspired Josef to start PWN 9:30 Why they decided to give more pro...
Dec 12, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Zerion is one of the OG crypto companies, operating since 2016. It started as a tool to do fundraising through token sales. Then it transformed into a DeFi exploration tool where you could track & invest in different assets. Then it expanded into NFTs & other web3 assets. And a few months ago, they also joined the wallet space and already got 80k+ users. What inspired them to start? Why they made so many pivots? And why they're confident that they can compete in a hard wallet space? I sp...
Dec 01, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Moralis joined a pretty crowded web3 infra market in 2020, and it's already become an important player serving projects such as MetaMask and Polygon. How did they do it? I talk with Ivan, Moralis Co-Founder, who shares the backstage perspective of their last 2 years. If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new episode comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:38 Who is Ivan & Moralis, and what got him interested in block...
Nov 22, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Hey everyone, today I got the info about something I've been working on for a long time. Twitter link (all Likes & RTs much appreciated!): https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski/status/1587525519398129665?s=20&t=6erYSQKMxrLJMJGD6POfXg Website link: https://macbudkowski.com/how-to-explain-web3-products/ Web3 Talks Substack: https://web3talks.substack.com/...
Nov 13, 2022•3 min
Dan Romero was employee #20 at Coinbase. After helping to build the company for 5 years, he left Coinbase in 2019 to build an alternative to Twitter with his Coinbase colleague, Varun Srinivasan. This idea transformed into Farcaster - a web3 social network that has become a go-to place for the crypto community in the last few months. TIMESTAMPS: 00:38 What is Farcaster 1:20 How Dan Romero became employee #20 at Coinbase and what he learned about crypto, and why he left in 2019 4:32 Why RSS lost ...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 32
ZenGo has been the pioneer in MPC research and the most popular consumer MPC wallet in the world. Ouriel shares the backstage perspective of their early days, acquiring the first users, their product strategy, ClearSign wallet firewall, and marketing activities that led to over 700k users (which is a lot for a wallet!). Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Ouriel & Mac: https://twitter.com/OurielOhayon https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski 0:37 Who’s Ouriel Ohayon and why ZenGo is...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 31
If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ PoolTogether is known as the #1 DeFi protocol that encourages saving. Depositors participate in a lottery-like process where their deposited money can win prizes. But contrary to a lottery - even if they don't win, they keep their money. The luckiest winner ever deposited $73 and won over $43k, reaching a 589X return. How it's possible? How Leighton ...
Oct 10, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 30
If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ LearnWeb3 in 9 months became one of the most popular places to become a web3 developer for free. In this episode, Haardik tells me about its beginnings, crazy growth, building a 50k+ members community & more. Timestamps: 1:15 How Haardik feels running a 50k+ students course & how it all started 2:15 Does the bear market impact people’s intere...
Sep 28, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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Sep 21, 2022•58 sec
If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ WalletConnect is one of the most omnipresent protocols in the web3 space. It’s used by Uniswap, OpenSea, Instagram & 450+ other apps. Today we welcome Pedro Gomes, Co-Founder of WalletConnect, who tells us about the protocol’s history, presence, and future. 1:27 How Pedro ended up in crypto thanks to his fintech experience 3:47 Why MetaMask was r...
Sep 19, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Code4rena is a project that disrupts the way web3 companies do smart contract audits. Their community-driven approach made them so well-known in the space that OpenSea ran a $1,000,000 security audit contest on their platform. How does their project work? How it started? And how do they grow it? Two out of five Code4rena Co-Founders came to the pod to answer all these questions. Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Sock, Picnic & Mac: https://twitter.com/sockdrawermoney https...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 27
We welcome Twitter anon legend - Bored Elon Musk - who shares his blockchain/web3 gaming expertise and gives a backstage perspective on his new project - BoredBox. Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow BORED & Mac: https://twitter.com/BoredElonMusk https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski TIMESTAMPS: 2:38 How Hyperloop inspired him to start a Bored Elon Musk account 4:41 How money transfers & running an anon account got him into crypto 7:35 What BoredBox is and how it was inspired...
Aug 16, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Zapper is one of the most popular crypto apps. And on Thursday, they published the v2, which transformed Zapper from a portfolio tracker into a web3 exploration tool. I talk with Seb about their early days, management & growth tactics, v2, and... art. Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Seb & Mac: https://twitter.com/sebaudet26 https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski 1:57 How Seb got disillusioned with finance and started building, which led him to Ethereum, DeFi, and the idea ...
Jul 23, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 25
If you're a Metaverse skeptic, this episode might change your mind. I talked with Anton, whose apps have built metaverse since 2016, so long before this word became popular. And they make $30M/year. How it's possible? Check out the episode! Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Anton & Mac: https://twitter.com/antonber https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski 0:37 Intro 1:27 Quick history of Pocketworlds and HighRise 2:30 How did Anton get into web3, and why did they add web3 to their...
Jul 18, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Dennison has been in crypto for over 10 years. He has been heavily involved in DAOs before most people even heard about them. In this episode, he shares lessons from seeing 100s of these organizations. Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Dennison & Mac: https://twitter.com/DennisonBertram https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski TIMESTAMPS: 1:00 How Dennison got into crypto in 2011, why he got hooked, and what he built 4:40 Why he focused on governance and built Tally: From Magic In...
Jul 04, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 23
