Ep. 33 - Web3 Wallet with Web2 Financial Features for Mass Onboarding. Petr Volnov @HERE Wallet
Episode description
On this wide ranging conversation with Petr we cover:
* 'Easter European Mode' - winning every NEAR Hacker House in the US
* HERE Wallet approach to UX/UI
* Building Web3 financial tooling - like Venom or Zelle but better and accessible to everyone worldwide
* The Problem I: US market monopoly, lacks competitiveness
* The Problem II: most of the developing world lacks access to financial services, experience high inflation, etc,
* Onboarding Users Seamlessly: send crypto to anyone with just their phone number. [ALPHA ALERT]
* Tackling Next Big Barrier: On-ramp/Off-ramp. [SPICY ALPHA ALERT]
* Contributing to Public Goods I: ZMQ Indexer (Better than Pagoda)
* Contributing to Public Goods II: PyNEAR
* Criticism about Pagoda [SPICE ALERT]
* ....more [ALPHA ALERT]
Resources:
[Announcement] NEAR ZMQ Indexer
[Github] NEAR ZMQ Indexer
[Announcement] - PyNEAR
[Github] PyNEAR
[Announcement] Big Brain Holdings invests in HERE Wallet
[Blog] HERE Wallet Receives $50,000 from NEAR Foundation Grant
[Blog] HERE at App Store and Early User NFT Launch
[Blog] Web2 > Web3: Transfers via phone number
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