Building Onchain

Paloma

A podcast featuring weekly conversations with your favourite web3 builders, spotlighting cool projects and who's building them.

Episodes

  1. 3 FEB

    How Hadron is Accelerating Founders Growth Ep 10 w/Ashwin

    In this episode, we meet Ashwin Chandrasekaran and learn about his journey from building startups to VC and now supporting founders through the Hadron Founders Club.  Ashwin is a serial founder who built businesses like Brekkie one of India's first cloud kitchens. He has mentored and invested in multiple tech founders as a venture builder, Investor and Venture Partner. He’s currently the Director of Hadron an accelerator that invests in and builds community around web3 founders, creating curated events and programs as well as IRL campuses in New York and Dubai. We dive deep into how Hadron supports founders, current trends in the web3 founder space, challenges founders face, and helpful advice. We also learn more about Ashwin as a builder.  Here’s how to keep up with Ashwin and all the cool things happening at Hadron FC: Ashwin’s Twitter https://x.com/ashwinho4  Hadron FCs’ Twitter https://x.com/hadronfc   Hadron FCs’ Website https://hadronfc.com/

    32 min

  2. 24 JAN

    Building Axal: The network for verifiable agents Ep 9 w/Ash

    In this episode, we meet Ash and learn about his journey building Axal, and Autopilot and dive deep into the network of verifiable agents they’re building.  Ash is a recent Harvard Grad who founded Axal. He participated in a16z's CSS program in the Spring of 2023. He recently fundraised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding led by CMT Digital. Afterwards, he recruited a team of 5 people, whose backgrounds include serving in the United States Military, studying at Harvard Business School/NYU under Yann LeCun, working at quant funds, and creating viral YouTube videos.  Ash worked for AWS and crypto VCs before creating Axal. He is from Massachusetts originally and has a twin brother who is also a startup founder. Here’s how to keep up with Ash and all the cool things happening at Axal: Ash’s Twitter https://x.com/ashlan_ahmed  Axals’ Twitter https://x.com/getaxal  Axals’ Substack https://axal.substack.com/  Gekko AI’s Twitter https://x.com/Gekko_Agent

    22 min

  3. 17 JAN

    Verifiable Proofs with ZK Email Ep8 w/Saúl

    In this episode, we meet Saúl García Céspedes and learn about his journey to crypto through hackathons, learning and building. Saúl is a Devrel Engineer at ZK Email, he is also a developer content creator and makes educative and entertaining videos across multiple topics. He has been an early contributor to Developer DAO, and a hackathon winner at ETH Brussels. Here’s how to keep up with Saul and all the cool things happening at ZK Email: Saul’s Twitter https://x.com/saugardev   ZkEmails Twitter https://x.com/zkemail  ZK Emails’ Telegram https://t.me/zkemail

    21 min

  4. 16/12/2024

    How Filament is building the future of Perps trading on Sei Ep 7 w/Abhitej

    In this episode, we meet Abhitej Singh and learn about his journey from building the cosmos community, to leading ecosystem at Persistence One and now building Filament; a perp Dex on Sei. He shares about what he’s building with Filament, explains what perpetual trading is and what the future of Filament will look like. Abhitej is a co-founder of Filament Finance and has background in scaling Startups 0 to 1. He was a small-town kid with big dreams and in 2020 fell love with DeFi. He has been early contributor to Cosmos community, liquid staking and now building on-chain derivatives for GenZ. Here’s how to keep up with Abhitej and all the cool things happening at Filament: Abhitej’s twitter https://x.com/abhitejxyz Filaments’ twitter https://x.com/FilamentFinance Filaments’ MemeX Client https://memex.filament.finance/en/trade

    33 min

  5. 19/11/2024

    Getting started with Opensource & writing a book Ep 6 w/Kenny

    In this episode, we meet Ekene Eze and learn about his journey from Flutterwave and Netlify to building onchain and supporting web3 developers. He shares about his work as an open-source maintainer and devrel at Shardeum, writing his book “Web Development On Netlify” and all the cool things he does outside of work. Kenny is a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate with over 5 years of experience working in DevRel across different functions. He previously worked at Collabland, Netlify & Flutterwave and is the founder of DX Mentorship which is a cohort-based devrel mentorship program Here’s how to keep up with Kenny and all the cool things he's building: Kenny’s twitter https://x.com/kenny_io  Kenny’s book https://x.com/kenny_io/status/1790384030040367260 Shardeums twitter https://x.com/shardeum

    26 min

  6. 30/10/2024

    Sei Network and Ecosystem Deep Dive w/Mike McCoy

    In this episode, we meet Mike and learn about his journey from sports to mining Bitcoin and spreading the word about Ethereum and Blockchain Technology. He shares the features of the Sei network, the major use cases and apps being built in its ecosystem, the Sei creator fund, and ways to contribute, stand out, and build on Sei! As Director of Infrastructure at Sei Foundation, Mike focuses on building businesses and partnering with the best software infrastructure providers to utilize the Sei Network - the fastest blockchain in crypto. Previously at ConsenSys, Blockdaemon & Protocol Labs, he has worked in technical strategy, business development, product development and venture to sell and build technologies to industry standards. Here’s how to keep up with Mike and all the cool things happening at Sei: Mike’s Twitter https://x.com/emceecoy_ Sei Foundation’s Twitter https://x.com/Sei_FND Sei Network’s Twitter https://x.com/SeiNetwork Buildwithsei Twitter https://x.com/BuildwithSei TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:20 Transitioning from Sports to Crypto 04:49 Why he joined and is passionate about Sei Network 07:11 Building Onchain: his earliest and coolest onchain projects 12:55 What he does as Director of Infrastructure at Sei 15:11 Why Builders Should Choose Sei 17:28 Exploring Gaming and Defi use cases on Sei Network 19:22 Innovative Applications in the Sei Ecosystem 23:21 Supporting Builders in the Ecosystem 29:11 Sei Creator Fund Alpha

    34 min

  7. 05/08/2024

    Building dapps people actually use and fund w/Gayatri Taley

    In this episode, we meet Gayatri Taley and learn about her marketer-to-developer journey and all the cool things she's built onchain since getting into web3 earlier this year. Gayatri is a web3 developer who has built a ton of dapps frames, and AI applications. Her most recent projects include Bren - loyalty points for onchain builders built with Yele Badamosi, Drafts - Hootsuite for farcaster, Based coffee - farcaster native crowdfunding, and Worthcast - viral frame to check the worth of your farcaster profile. She's an active member of Farcaster Builders India (FBI) and shares a lot of FBI Alpha and advice for builders in the episode. Here's how to keep up with Gayatri and all the cool things she's building: Gayatri's Twitter : https://x.com/gayatri_gt Gayatri's Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/gayatri Bren Announcement : https://x.com/YeleBademosi/status/1816828051671367708 FBI Twitter: https://x.com/callusFBI

    35 min

  8. 11/07/2024

    Building in web3 for Africa and the Global South w/Tony Olendo

    In this episode, we meet Tony Olendo and learn about his journey into web3, and what he is currently building with Vifi - a stablecoin protocol for the global south. He also shares his thoughts on building an African L2, onboarding web2 developers, web3 hot takes and more.Tony co-founded Vifi (Virtual Finance) and is a developer with over 10 years of industry experience. He has worked in web3 as a developer building DAO tooling at Coordinape and led Devrel at Polygon. He is also a co-founder of Protocol-Explorer.Here's how to keep up with Tony and what he is building :Tony's Twitter : https://x.com/tonyolendoVifi Twitter : https://x.com/vifi_ccVifi website : https://www.virtualfinance.xyz/Vifi launch announcement : https://x.com/tonyolendo/status/1810519733688545378Protocol explorer Twitter: https://x.com/protocolxplorerProtocol Explorer website: https://www.protocolexplorer.com/ TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intros and proof of Tony 01:06 Starting out in web3 02:45 Coolest thing he’s built onchain 04:03 Least favorite project he’s worked on 05:02 Getting rugged in Web3 07:15 Tony’s role in Protocol Explorer and what to expect from them 10:48 Current problems with onboarding African Developers 14:23 Is Tony building an African L2 18:48 Introducing Vifi, what they're building and why 23:30 Last thing Tony coded 24:00 Best part of building in web3 24:44 Worst part of building in web3 27:00 Tony’s web3 hot take he could get cancelled for 29:18 Favorite web3 meme 30:03 Favorite web3 pickup line? 30:44 Interesting web3 projects on his radar 32:00 Best advice he’s received 33:10 Worst advice he’s received 34:38 Someone he would like to see on the podcast

    35 min

  9. 01/07/2024

    React to web3, Layer 2's and getting started as a builder

    In this episode, we meet Rahat and explore his journey into web3 and developer relations. We go over what he's currently building with Protocol Explorer a sneak peek of their "React to Web3" course and all the cool ways builders can learn about movement labs and start building on it. He also shares about web3 gaming and a cool game idea that can be built in Movement Labs' ongoing hackathon. Rahat is a former hip-hop artist turned engineer who now spends time working in Developer Relations. While working in developer relations, he enjoys mentoring developers in the web3 space and helping them push the boundaries for what can be built on blockchain. Here's how to keep up with Rahat and start building! Rahats Twitter: https://x.com/Rahatcodes Protocol explorer Twitter: https://x.com/protocolxplorer Protocol Explorer website: https://www.protocolexplorer.com/ Movement labs Twitter: https://x.com/movementlabsxyz Movement labs quickstart: https://docs.movementlabs.xyz/developers/quick-start Movement labs Hackathon: https://blog.movementlabs.xyz/movements-battle-of-olympus-calls-for-heroes/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:01 How he got started building onchain 02:05 The coolest thing he built Onchain 03:42 The last thing Rahat built 04:30 Learning about movements labs, move and their ongoing Buildathon 07:04 Mega Man game you can build on Movement labs L2 10:00 What is Protocol explorer and how to contribute 13:04 React to web3 course sneak peek 15:50 Typical day in his life 19:23 Getting rugged in web3 21:33 His favourite web3 meme 23:03 Dream project to build and who he would build it with 24:07 Web3 hot take he could get cancelled for 26:25 Best advice he’s received 29:20 Worst advice he’s received 31:31 Someone he would like to see on the podcast

    32 min

  10. 24/06/2024

    Building communities and cross-chain dapps w/Idris Olubisi

    On this Episode of Building Onchain podcast, we interview Idris Olubisi, Developer Advocate at Axelar and explore his journey and contributions in building decentralized applications, developer communities and supporting developers. Idris is an accomplished software engineer and technical writer with expertise in open source, blockchain, software products, and serverless technologies. He actively engages with the developer community through various channels such as meetups, boot camps, hackathons, lectures, spaces, and training programs. He founded Web3 Afrika, a developer community dedicated to onboarding, supporting, and educating web3 builders.Web3 Additionally, he serves as the Backend Lead at SheCodeAfrica, a thriving coding community with over 40,000 active female participants. Twitter: https://twitter.com/olanetsoft  GItHub: https://github.com/Olanetsoft  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idris-olubisi/ Videos (Playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaZ7cT8J_HZbyPjlfLgFCCpA_rAbKaaqg  Web3 Afrika (Twitter): https://x.com/web3afrika Axelar (Twitter): https://x.com/axelarnetwork Axelar Quick Start: https://docs.axelar.dev/dev/intro

    27 min
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About

A podcast featuring weekly conversations with your favourite web3 builders, spotlighting cool projects and who's building them.

Information

  • Creator
    Paloma
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Paloma
  • Show Website
    Building Onchain