Monica Quaintance , who is the Head of Research and Networks at Kadena Blockchain. She’s a former Senior Data Engineer at Rent the Runway and a former Quantitative Analytics Engineer at the SEC. Joining Utsav Jaiswal from Hacker Noon as co-host is Lisa JY Tan , Founder and Lead Economist at Economics Design . They discuss Monica’s entry into Blockchain, the state of Blockchains in general and her contribution to the development of the Kadena Public Blockchain , how it provides cross-chain transa...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast Natasha Nel interviews 6x Noonie Nominee*, hackernoon.com Contributor, and Prolific Maker, Zoe Chew, to talk Product, Tech, Startups, and Marketing. *PUBLIC NOMS CLOSE AT NOON ON WED, 12 AUG: Last chance to get your best in tech (or yourself) nominated for some well-deserved industry recognition this year! Choose from over 200+ Tech Industry Awards and Add Your Last-Minute Noonies Nominations at NOONIES.TECH today THINGS COVERED IN THIS CONVERSATION: How to transition from a marketing career to ...
Aug 10, 2020•46 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast Utsav Jaiswal hosts Diwaker Gupta , Head of Engineering at Blockstack, Aaron Blankstein , Engineer at Blockstack, Maurice Herlihy , Engineer and Advisor at Algorand and Alberto Cuesta Canada , Lead Blockchain Instructor at BeyondSkills and a Hacker Noon contributor to talk everything about Clarity, a new smart contracting language. Hacker Noon’s best contributing writers discuss the need of new programming language by Blockstack and Algorand, how feasible it will be, what improvements and adjust...
Jul 22, 2020•55 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast Join Hacker Noon’s Managing Editor, Natasha Nel, for a quick briefing on this year’s biggest, greenest and most independent tech industry awards: Hacker Noon’s prestigious #Noonies. . The 2020 #Noonies are made possible by Amplify Brokerage, the world’s first global zero trading fee cryptocurrency trading platform. GET STARTED: https://bit.ly/2O9xrzJ . The original Noonies was conceptualized in early 2019, mostly as a ploy to distract our community from how many things were wrong with the site w...
Jul 13, 2020•9 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast Mahbod Moghadam , a Co-Founder of Rap Genius , a founding member of Everipedia , a Yale and Stanford alumni, joins Utsav Jaiswal on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss the need for more black leadership and why the CEO of biggest black-culture American website needs to be black. Mahbod shares how his passion for music and education in high school influenced his future career. He shares how Genius started off as Rap Exegesis as an overnight project and grew to become the hip-hop torch-bearer it is...
Jul 09, 2020•55 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast Linh Dao Smooke discusses Entrepreneurship, running Hacker Noon , and the importance of education with Henry Le of Vietnam Tech Society. Linh shares how her opportunity to study abroad in India at age 17 has shaped the course of her life forever. Grateful for her scholarships to schools in India and the US, Linh has been creating opportunities for students and young professionals through her various initiatives in education, such as the creation of the Creative Kid Project. Linh discusses Hacker...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast Bradley Kam , Co-Founder, and CRO at Unstoppable Domains , joins Utsav Jaiswal and Arthur Tkachenko on the Hacker Noon Podcast to discuss how decentralization enables censorship-resistant peer to peer communication. Bradley discusses how decentralized registries such as their (dot)crypto lives outside the DNS naming system and how it cannot be pulled down by vested interests. He also shares his opinion on decentralization and security . Bradley Kam ’s speaks on the bylines of the launch of Dchat...
Jul 07, 2020•43 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast John McAfee talks about making more money than God on the Hacker Noon podcast hosted by David Smooke. https://podcast.hackernoon.com/ McAfee starts off with the impact of one's childhood and how it shapes perspectives. He shares his experiences as an entrepreneur and what it takes to become a multimillionaire. John McAfee also provides a take on the number one danger of the modern Internet and presents an opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement. McAfee shares anecdotes from his life, how he b...
Jun 25, 2020•32 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast Juan Benet , CEO at Protocol Labs , founder of IPFS and Filecoin , joins Utsav Jaiswal and Vaibhav Saini , a Hacker Noon contributing writer, on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss everything Web 3.0. They talk about the lifespan of new applications and protocols, factors influencing the growth rate of application technologies, the history of cloud development, the philosophy, and as well technology behind IPFS and benchmark of success for Filecoin. Juan also presents his opinion on why human rig...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast Adam Todd , Lead Developer and CEO of Digitex Futures Exchange , joins Utsav Jaiswal to share his journey in trading and discuss what it takes to build a cryptocurrency exchange. They discuss cryptocurrency space in general, bitcoin, and the effort behind building cryptocurrency exchange from scratch. Adam shares the story of his trading experience which started when he was 19, and how it led him to build a zero-fee cryptocurrency exchange. Check related reads on Digitex , trading and cryptocurr...
Jun 19, 2020•1 hr•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast Jennifer Hooper , the Producer at Code[ish] and Senior Director, Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand at Heroku , joins Utsav Jaiswal to share her insights to building a tech podcast. Code[ish] focuses on code, technology and the life of the developer. They talk about the place for growth-hacks in technology podcasts, how to add value to the listeners', and the importance of naming your podcast in an SEO-friendly manner. Jennifer, shares her process of sticking to schedules despite mi...
Jun 15, 2020•38 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast Natasha Nel , Managing Editor at Hacker Noon, has a meandering conversation with the addiction psychologist who lives in her house — in his non-professional capacity — about what might happening to Our Brains on Social Media, as we stand in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter. Some related reads on Hacker Noon on social media , psychology and activism . Also check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION , Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram ), Twitter , or just get a technology story published tod...
Jun 03, 2020•18 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast What just happened to the internet!? Did our President just sign an executive order that forces social media platforms to be his personal mega phone? Hacker Noon CPO Dane Lyons and CEO David Smooke discuss the possible implications on 45's attempt to change internet law. Some sources discussed in this episode: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act Trump's Tweet About Mail in Ballot Fraud Twitter's Fact Checking Page FCC's Official Statement on Feasibility of Executive Order ACLU with the...
May 28, 2020•13 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast Jim Huffman , CEO of GrowthHit , husband, father of two girls, and author of The Growth Marketer’s Playbook — which “was #1 on Amazon until Seth Godin launched his new book and then it was quickly not #1” — joins Natasha Nel on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss, well, Friday the 13th of March, 2020. A day defined by Jim as ‘The Hardest Day of His Career’, it involved losing $400k in ARR, losing his family’s daycare, and testing positive for Covid-19. This is his comeback story - with actionable...
May 20, 2020•30 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast Linh Dao Smooke and David Smooke discuss Joe Rogan's upcoming deal with Spotify and the potential implications for internet creators worldwide. Is this a turning point of the internet? Or just the next NBC licensing Friends and The Office to Netflix deal? ... Which was a pretty big deal for Netflix claim to the video streaming market share... Plus we discuss - all while walking in Colorado - how the pandemic has levelled the playing field for limiting production value. Things like Some Good News...
May 20, 2020•13 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast CEO of Open Orchard, Ex Head of Communications & Advocacy at Steemit Andrew Levine joins Utsav Jaiswal to discuss whither blockchain, what inspired Andrew and his team at Open Orchard to start their project on launching new Blockchain Koinos, the driving philosophy as well as the underlying technology. Andrew talks about the differences between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hiveblocks and Koinos Blockchains, how the Koinos will enable developers build their own dApps faster. Community's questions asked via...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep 97•Transcript available on Metacast Washington Post NBA Reporter Ben Golliver joins David Smooke on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss Microsoft winning the NBA deal, what the Kawhi Leonard logo lawsuit means for the shoe industry, how the reporter’s tech stack has evolved over his career, what talents and traits lead to quality front office decision makers, the path from blogging to mainstream media, how the pandemic affected sports podcast advertising budgets, ways NBA players can make more money off the court, what it’s like to...
May 01, 2020•51 min•Ep 96•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to the interview on iTunes or watch on YouTube . In this episode Utsav Jaiswal interviews Arthur Brock and Eric Harris-Braun , Co-Founders of Holochain - an Open Source framework for building fully distributed, peer-to-peer applications. They talk about Holochain ’s mission and values, how it differs from Blockchains, and how to manage distributed teams. “What we've been interested in is really how do we collectively shape currents, flows for a better world, for greater collective intelli...
Apr 08, 2020•50 min•Ep 95•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to the interview on iTunes or watch on YouTube . In this episode Linh Dao Smooke and Utsav Jaiswal interview Alex Tinsman , President at NEM.io Foundation and NEM’s CTO Nate D’Amico . They discuss cryptocurrency adoption, difference between NEM, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and blockchain platform, and Nem.IO Foundation, gender role in crypto tech spheres, blockchain decentralization, Nem’s operation mindset and the future of NEM. Interview was recorded on January 18th, 2020. “What's pre...
Mar 27, 2020•59 min•Ep 94•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to the interview on iTunes , or Google Podcast , or watch on YouTube . In this episode David Smooke interviews Davis Nguyen , Founder of My Consulting Offer . They discuss Davis's way into consulting , insights on social media marketing , and people’s motivations behind startups . “I spent my money on just online courses. So I bought the best courses on YouTube ads, Facebook ads, Twitter ads, LinkedIn ads. What people spend, I imagine on alcohol and travelling, I've just spent on online c...
Feb 03, 2020•59 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast Listen to the interview on iTunes , or Google Podcast , or watch on YouTube . In this episode HackerHodl (Utsav) interviews Cardano co-Founder and IOHK CEO, Charles Hoskinson . They discuss Cardano as a blockchain and an enabler of functional Smart Contracts to drive scalable, secure, and fast transactions over the chain. Cardano just launched their Shelley update that is also an incentivized testnet. “The model for smart contracts is broken or people were sold this idea that your entire applica...
Jan 17, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep 92•Transcript available on Metacast Back from migration hiatus! Tune in to Mark Nadal , creator of the GUN decentralized database, and David Smooke , Founder & CEO of Hacker Noon, discussing open source , decentralization , faagm , and a bit about their upcoming partnership. Read more: https://hackernoon.com/ Submit a tech story: https://auth.hackernoon.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hackernoon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hackernoon Minds: https://www.minds.com/hackernoon/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hackernoon/...
Dec 05, 2019•2 hr 32 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 62 of the Hacker Noon Podcast : An interview with Former VP of Technology at Humaniq, Anton Mozgovoy Listen to the interview on iTunes , or Google Podcast , or watch on YouTube . In this episode Derek Bernard interviews Hacker Noon contributing author, Anton Mozgovoy , former VP of Technology at Humaniq. They discuss his prior project in which the blockchain was utilized and a coin created to bring financial power to the unbanked in Africa; at its peak, they were 500,000 members strong. ...
Aug 29, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast Special Episode 04 of the Hacker Noon Podcast : Join Hacker Noon Editor’s Natasha Nel and Storm Farrell as they converse with Hacker Noon CEO David Smooke on everything Noonies. Listen to the interview on iTunes , or Google Podcast , or watch on YouTube . In this episode David Smooke interviews Hacker Noon Editor’s Natasha Nel and Storm Farrell to discuss the Tech Industry’s Greenest Awards, the noonies! They cover what went right, what went wrong, as well as some of the noonies biggest winners....
Aug 22, 2019•32 min•Ep 89•Transcript available on Metacast #CrazyTechStories! Where Hacker Noon brings you a handful of stories from the community at large. Сrazy tech stories is part of a larger series of talks presented in association with Indeed Prime and Huckletree at Huckletree’s London location. This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by Indeed Prime. Visit https://www.indeedprime.com/hackernoon/ to flip the script on the job search and join now for access to resumé reviews, 1:1 sessions with technical career coaches, personalized work-style asse...
Aug 20, 2019•39 min•Ep 88•Transcript available on Metacast E61 - The Simulation Hypothesis: Exploring The Real with Riz Virk Episode 61 of the Hacker Noon Podcast : An interview with Author/Entrepreneur Riz Virk Listen to the interview on iTunes , or Google Podcast , or watch on YouTube In this episode Derek Bernard interviews Hacker Noon contributing author, Riz Virk to discuss his recently published book, The Simulation Hypothesis. In a world where the nature of our being in this place we call reality is so often taken for granted amidst the need to s...
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep 87•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 60 of the Hacker Noon Podcast : An interview with Ryan G. Smith of LeafLink LeafLink has become a major player in the cannabis space, recently raising $35M in their series B fund raise. Discover how LeafLink provides solutions in the cannabis space by streamlining the ordering, transparency, and sales rep processes with a robust online community and order management tools. Listen to the interview on iTunes , or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube . In this episode, Patrick Murray intervi...
Aug 08, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast Top Articles is Hacker Noon's way of highlighting the best from the community of contributing authors. "Why Businesses Fail At Machine Learning" by Cassie Kozyrkov Cassie is Chief Decision Scientist at Google, where they've coined the term "Decision Intelligence Engineering", which is a service offered by Google designed to assist businesses in assessing their applied machine learning needs. This article is from June 2018. Cassy explores the idea that when businesses attempt to utilize applied m...
Aug 01, 2019•8 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast E59 - Breaking Into Tech with a Background In Liberal Arts with Lauren Maffeo of GetApp Episode 59 of the Hacker Noon Podcast : An interview with Lauren Maffeo of GetApp Listen to the interview on iTunes , or Google Podcast , or watch on YouTube . In this episode Derek Bernard interviews Lauren Maffeo of GetApp. Lauren shares how she went from a Media Studies degree in Liberal Arts Media to Research Analyst of Technology at GetApp. “I majored in media studies in college pretty intent on going in...
Jul 31, 2019•42 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast #CrazyTechStories! Where Hacker Noon brings you a handful of stories from the community at large. This #CrazyTechStories is part of a larger series of talks presented in association with PubNub and GitHub at GitHub's San Francisco location. This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by PubNub. Visit https://www.pubnub.com to check out how PubNub brings you APIs for realtime apps In this episode you'll hear three talks from three Hacker Noon contributing writers: Pranava Adduri - Productivity Hacke...
Jul 23, 2019•16 min•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast 
