ZEROPOD: a zero-copyright video podcast for people who enjoy ethereum

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ZEROPOD is a video podcast for people who enjoy Ethereum. Each episode, we sit down with an interesting builder or creator in the onchain space to learn more about their personal story and what they are working on. Available to watch on YouTube, Spotify/RSS and onchain on pods.media/zeropod. Released with zero copyright, please remix and reuse our content creatively with attribution.

  1. "Ethereum is Power to the People" with Jason Chaskin from the Ethereum Foundation | ZEROPOD S3 E1

    20 D’AG.

    "Ethereum is Power to the People" with Jason Chaskin from the Ethereum Foundation | ZEROPOD S3 E1

    Jason Chaskin is the newly minted head of app relations at the Ethereum Foundation, and he joins ZEROPOD as our first guest of season 3!In this conversation, host Toady Hawk chats with Jason about his journey from the halls of high finance to the trenches of ETH hackathons, his new EF role helping apps survive and thrive, and why he believes that Ethereum is uniquely positioned to bring power back to the people. If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! ---Timestamps:00:00 Why Ethereum? Open networks vs Big Tech servers 02:00 Introducing Jason + his background 02:44 Growing up in Connecticut, sports & early life 03:29 College years at Illinois, studying finance 07:00 First exposure to crypto during the ICO era 08:54 Corporate banking and investment banking disillusionment 11:30 Discovering crypto podcasts & influences 13:01 COVID money-printing → aha moment for Bitcoin & Ethereum 14:13 Entering NFTs and first onchain experiences 15:05 Learning to code + ETH Global hackathons 16:33 How Jason taught himself (CS50, Patrick Collins course) 17:22 Pivot point: job applications & rejection at Privy 18:18 Blogging, Farcaster channels, and breaking into EF 21:59 Landing a role with the Ethereum Foundation 22:42 Announcing his new role: Apps Relations & Research 24:59 What the new EF focus means for apps & use cases 27:03 Why stablecoins on Tron succeeded & lessons for ETH 30:03 Should Ethereum fight for stablecoin market share? 32:11 The bull case for apps on Ethereum 34:43 Vitalik’s vision, decentralization, and values 39:23 Are stablecoins bullish or bearish for Ethereum? 40:29 Favorite Vitalik blog posts + public goods funding 46:01 Why Ethereum is a counterbalance to centralization 49:41 Competition with Solana & L1 debates 53:10 Are L2s parasitic to Ethereum? 57:12 EF’s L1 vs L2 scaling roadmap explained 59:59 What new blockspace should be used for (apps, experiments) 1:01:21 Bull case for Farcaster & community building 1:03:50 Thoughts on Nouns DAO and funding public goods 1:09:37 Ethereum’s biggest challenges ahead 1:12:49 EF restructuring and adapting to regulation 1:16:28 Why EF is leaning into ecosystem support & comms 1:18:54 Reflections on FTX, regulation, and industry reputation 1:19:41 Looking ahead to 2025: apps, stablecoins, institutions 1:21:49 Lightning Round Q&A (food, music, hobbies, books, travel, inspirations) 1:28:06 Closing thoughts ---Podcast produced, edited and hosted by Toady Hawk. Zero Rights Reserved and Open Source (Just like Ethereum) Cover art commissioned from the talented @0xAprilia Funding provided by The Yellow Collective on Base, an onchain culture club for curious creators and artists. Find out more at yellowcollective.xyz.

    1 h 28 min
  2. Proof of BASED with Garrett Skrovina, founder of $BASED | ZEROPOD S2E17

    16 DE JUL.

    Proof of BASED with Garrett Skrovina, founder of $BASED | ZEROPOD S2E17

    Garrett Skrovina has worn a lot of hat, from Roc Nation exec to CoinDesk strategist, and now Head of Crypto at Laser, the engineering studio behind some of Base’s biggest drops and projects. In this episode of ZEROPOD, host Toady Hawk delves into Garrett's story and learns all about the memecoin he launched last year called $BASED — a fair-launch experiment with a special history and an exciting future. We hope you enjoy! ---This episode of ZEROPOD was sponsored by The Yellow Collective, a culture club for artists and creatives on Base. Learn more at yellowcollective.xyz.

    50 min
  3. "Roller Coasters Before Gift Shops" | A ZEROPOD Spotlight on LAWL from CC0 Studios

    4 DE JUL. · CONTINGUT EXTRA

    "Roller Coasters Before Gift Shops" | A ZEROPOD Spotlight on LAWL from CC0 Studios

    Join JackWyldes and Toady Hawk for a casual chat between three zero rights maxis, as they interview LAWL about his copyright-free animation shop CC0 Studios and their newest show, The Normal MFer.

    50 min
  4. "Building for People, Not Wallets" with Privy cofounder Henri Stern | ZEROPOD S2 E16

    18 DE JUNY

    "Building for People, Not Wallets" with Privy cofounder Henri Stern | ZEROPOD S2 E16

    What if crypto products weren’t built for wallets, but for people? In this episode of ZEROPOD, Privy.io founder Henri Stern joins host Toady Hawk to talk about building user-first infra, why account abstraction matters, and what it’ll take to onboard the next billion. From his Parisian roots to Protocol Labs and now Privy, Henri shares sharp takes on fragmentation, EIP-7702, and why most crypto apps still miss the point. Come for the insights, stay for the travel tips and Italian bread slander.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Intro: Meet Henri Stern, founder of Privy01:44 - Henri’s backstory: Growing up in Paris, moving to NYC03:55 - Adjusting to life in New York and early education04:32 - Choosing Stanford over the French education system06:00 - Discovering computer science and why it stuck07:54 - Founding Shout: a peer-to-peer marketplace experiment10:01 - What went wrong with hyperlocal marketplaces12:20 - Filecoin and Protocol Labs: Henri’s next chapter13:49 - What Filecoin taught Henri about zk, consensus, and infra19:00 - Falling in love with crypto, then falling out of it for a bit20:06 - The origin of Privy: starting with privacy, landing on onboarding24:00 - What Privy does today: abstracting onboarding, not just accounts26:10 - The nuance of account abstraction vs. 4337/770228:30 - Privy’s internal values: focus, experimentation, ownership33:00 - Wallet sprawl and the identity fragmentation dilemma36:00 - Wallets as identity tools, not just money holders39:00 - Why crypto infra must be built now, not later41:00 - Notable partnerships: Farcaster, Pump.fun, Hyperliquid & more45:10 - Privy's current roadmap: chains, funding UX, identity UX47:02 - EIP-7702: What it is and why it matters50:00 - Speculation vs stability: the real bifurcation in crypto52:40 - Henri’s vision for 2025 and hiring at Privy54:08 - Rapid-fire round: food, music, tech, travel, and more1:04:28 - Where to find out more about Privy and wrap-up---Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk. Hosted by Toady Hawk. Produced by Zero Rights Media. This content is zero rights reserved (cc0), please remix and reuse it in any way you like! #base #onchain #ethereum #privy #crypto #stripe

    1 h 5 min
  5. "Every Agent Deserves a Wallet" with Kevin Leffew (Coinbase AI BD Lead) on ZEROPOD S2E15

    23 DE MAIG

    "Every Agent Deserves a Wallet" with Kevin Leffew (Coinbase AI BD Lead) on ZEROPOD S2E15

    AI agents want to buy things. The internet tells them to ask a human. Coinbase’s Kevin Leffew joins ZEROPOD to talk wallets for agents, crypto-native payments, and why AgentKit might be the missing link between AI and autonomy. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro — “Every agent deserves a wallet” 1:52 Opening monologue and guest intro 2:24 What is Zero Rights Media? 3:35 Kevin’s early life and interest in tech 4:55 Founding the Wake Forest “Fintech” Club 6:00 First crypto aha moment 6:53 Microsoft and early blockchain work 8:03 Azure Blockchain Workbench 9:15 File integrity, POA Ethereum, and L2s 10:00 Working at Storj and S3 compatibility 11:13 Decentralized object storage and crypto incentives 13:10 Transitioning to AI — distributed infra and agents 13:35 Working at Replit + Hugging Face hackathon 14:53 What is Replit? 15:49 AI-native coding environments 16:52 From crypto aha to AI aha 17:33 Joining Coinbase & the “every agent needs a wallet” thesis 19:00 AgentKit: letting AI agents take onchain actions 20:35 Agents procuring cloud resources autonomously 21:53 Onchain kit + trust in agentic commerce 25:01 Natural language agents with real-time data 26:16 Can agents create content too? 27:26 Are we past the Turing Test? 28:40 Crypto as global registry + file integrity 30:33 Why AI needs crypto-native payments 31:59 Replacing API keys with microtransactions (X-42) 33:14 Agents accessing GPU, storage, and APIs 34:22 Guardrails, alignment, and the “paperclip” problem 36:02 Agents need cloud + context to perform 37:57 Human adaptation and tech anxiety 39:19 Coinbase AI Hackathon recap 40:42 Jailbreaking agents to improve alignment 41:59 Autonomous agents vs human-extensions 43:33 The future of trading bots and flattened edge 45:14 Meme coins, cults, and AI-led virality 47:32 Determinism vs probabilism: crypto’s role in AI media 49:01 X-42 platform: gasless micropayments over HTTP 50:59 Why AI agents will face paywalls too 52:04 Advice for new AI + crypto builders 53:58 Lightning Round: Food, music, parenting, boxing 55:56 Books: Gödel, Escher, Bach + The Sovereign Individual 58:07 Favorite gadget (not iPhone) 59:08 Travel: China, Colombia, Machu Picchu story 1:01:12 Inspirational figures & risk-taking 1:02:34 Productivity tips + AI tool stack 1:04:27 “Not your models, not your brain” 1:04:58 Black Mirror + AI satire 1:05:18 Alternate career path: Venture 1:06:06 Getting started with AgentKit 1:07:00 “We’re all devs now” 1:07:43 Outro and contact info

    1 h 9 min
  6. BONUS: Out the Door - A Raw Farcon Recap with Jack and Toady

    7 DE MAIG · CONTINGUT EXTRA

    BONUS: Out the Door - A Raw Farcon Recap with Jack and Toady

    Join JackWyldes & Toady Hawk from Zero Rights Media for half an hour of raw, unedited banter about Farcon 2025 in NYC, recorded from their Brooklyn Airbnb right before Jack's Uber to the airport arrived. The perfect cure for Farcon FOMO.

    30 min
  7. MUST CLANK SHOW | Ep. 6 - Checkr, Bankr, and the Future of Social Tokens

    10 D’ABR. · CONTINGUT EXTRA

    MUST CLANK SHOW | Ep. 6 - Checkr, Bankr, and the Future of Social Tokens

    In this episode of Musk Clank, Jack Wyldes sits down with Proxy to dive deep into the ever-evolving world of onchain social tokens that make up the clankerverse. They explore:💥 The Checkr dashboard and how it tracks token activity on Farcaster🧠 Why social engagement matters just as much as price🛠 How Bankr and Clanker are reshaping the creator economy📊 The rise of social indexes and what they mean for crypto trading💡 How reply-clanking introduces new ways to support creators, charities, and causes🔥 The role of community, provenance, and transparent incentives in token ecosystemsIf you’re into crypto, Farcaster, or just want to understand where social + financial tools are heading, this episode is packed with insight.👇 Drop your thoughts in the comments.🧪 Explore Clankers: Clanker.world 🔗 Try Banker: bankr.botSubscribe for more deep dives, clank banter, and alpha from the onchain frontier.#Clanker #Crypto #Farcaster #OnchainSocial #Web3 #Banker #SocialTokens #MuskClank

    41 min
  8. ZEROPOD S2E14: "Taming the Wild West" with Ethos founder Serpin Taxt

    5 D’ABR.

    ZEROPOD S2E14: "Taming the Wild West" with Ethos founder Serpin Taxt

    Welcome back to another episode of ZEROPOD, featuring Serpin Taxt, the ambitious young founder of a new protocol called Ethos, which aims to help solve the age-old problem of who to trust, and who not to, in the onchain space. Host Toady Hawk talks about his childhood, his career in web 2, and his goals for Ethos, namely, to tame the wild, wild west of the crypto space… just a bit. So without further ado, let’s go learn about the mythos behind the Ethos.—-Timestamps:00:00 - The $9B Problem: Scams, Trust, and the Wild West of Crypto02:25 - Welcome to ZEROPOD: Meet Serpin Taxt, Founder of Ethos05:00 - Inventor Dreams and Web2 Career08:00 - Escaping B2B SaaS11:00 - Discovering Ethereum: Interoperability and Smart Contracts13:30 - When Crypto Finally Clicked15:00 - Inspiration from Friend.Tech and the Birth of Ethos17:00 - Reputation is Everything: Why Trust Signals Matter19:10 - Realizing a Bigger Vision21:00 - A Wild West Without Accountability24:00 - Proof-of-Stake for People: Ethos’s Core Mechanism26:30 - Avoiding Mob Rule: Risk, Reputation, and Social Slashing29:00 - Open Moderation and Algorithmic Challenges31:00 - Reviewing ETH Wallets, Twitter Accounts, and Beyond33:30 - Identity, Anonymity, and the Risk of Sockpuppets36:00 - Using Ethos in the Wild: Kaito, Bots, and Reputation vs. Attention39:00 - Why It's Hard to Call Out Scammers (but Why We Must)42:00 - The Power of Named Reviews vs. Anonymous Drama44:00 - NFT Ethics, Gotcha Culture, and the Chaos Incentive46:00 - Social Slashing 101: How It Works in Ethos49:00 - Toward Financial Slashing: The Next Big Risk Layer51:00 - Onboarding: Slow Growth53:00 - Staying Power: What Keeps Users Coming Back Daily56:00 - Finding People to Vouch For (and How to Ask for Vouches)58:30 - Using the Chrome Extension for Discovery and Reviews1:00:00 - Integrations 1:02:00 - Building Influence Onchain: Ratings for Businesses, Not Just People1:04:00 - Alpha Drop? Business Leaderboards Are Coming1:06:30 - Why Ethos Launched on Base1:12:00 - The Token Question: Contributor XP, Incentives, and Future Possibilities1:14:25 - Wrap-Up---Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and Santhosh. Hosted by Toady Hawk. Music by Toady Hawk, SuperTightWoody & Suno AI. Produced by Zero Rights Media. This content is zero rights reserved (cc0), please remix and reuse it in any way you like!

    1 h 15 min
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ZEROPOD is a video podcast for people who enjoy Ethereum. Each episode, we sit down with an interesting builder or creator in the onchain space to learn more about their personal story and what they are working on. Available to watch on YouTube, Spotify/RSS and onchain on pods.media/zeropod. Released with zero copyright, please remix and reuse our content creatively with attribution.

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