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  1. OCTOPUS NETWORK: Incubating Sovereign Chains, OCT Token, NEAR and more - Sheldon Dearr, Technical Lead

    06/28/2022

    OCTOPUS NETWORK: Incubating Sovereign Chains, OCT Token, NEAR and more - Sheldon Dearr, Technical Lead

    Remember to LIKE the episode AND SUBSCRIBE to the show!  Octopus Network is a NEAR-based protocol for hosting sovereign application-specific blockchains (Appchains). Through staking the OCT token, Octopus validators lease their security to Appchains, which reward validators in their native token. Sheldon Dearr, Octopus' Technical Lead, is here to discuss the OCT ecosystem, enabling cross-chain communication with IBC, why most new blockchain projects fail, and other absorbing subjects. Table of Contents: 0:00:00 What is Octopus Network 0:02:36 Octopus & NEAR 0:03:56 Advantages of being non-EVM-only 0:06:05 Why isn't Substrate more popular? 0:08:56 Did Terra get too big? 0:12:23 Cosmos IBC and other bridges 0:24:00 Why light client bridges are better 0:26:44 Why doesn't Octopus have its own chain? 0:31:27 When and when not to deploy an Appchain 0:38:31 The Octopus Ecosystem 0:42:13 Why so many blockchain project niches failed 0:44:36 Appchains need to generate real value 0:50:49 How does one deploy an Octopus Appchain? 0:59:05 What if an Appchain fails? 1:02:29 Octopus' "Graduations" 1:07:19 Octopus Announcements 1:08:19 Outro --------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to LIKE the episode AND SUBSCRIBE to the show!  Subscribe and see more videos by clicking here! https://www.youtube.com/c/DCOREBlockchainPeople?sub_confirmation=1 -------------------------------------------------------------- ALL OF D-CORE's investment reports are now available for FREE at https://d-core.net/research/.  ----------------------- 🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45HKoSbGkBlUnKYy9DbZlz 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockchain-people/id1540205561?uo=4 🤓Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjNjZGQ5Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Anchor.Fm: https://anchor.fm/d-corenet 🙃RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-blockchain-podcast-WoLZmO 🤯Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2od7d85k Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-blockchain-podcast JOIN US AS A D-CORE RESEARCHER!   We are looking for enthusiastic members of the blockchain community to aid in researching promising projects in our space. If you fit this profile, go to https://d-core.net or connect with us on social media to learn more! Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCoreOfficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/31258358

    1h 9m
  2. 06/16/2022

    ORCA DEX: Improving Crypto User Experience & Building In Solana - Founder

    Today's guest is Yutaro Mori, Co-Founder of Orca, Solana's #1 DEX by volume. Orca describes itself as "the DEX for people, not programs." Improving crypto user experience is a central aspect of their vision. It is widely recognized as much more intuitive, clean, and easy to use than the competition. Yutaro's take on user experience in DeFi is crystal clear: making UX human-friendly is crucial for the mainstream adoption of crypto. 0:00:00 Orca, Solana OGs 0:02:27 Crypto needs human-friendly UX 0:06:49 Market downturns and the Solana ecosystem 0:09:46 Solana's future amidst its recent issues 0:14:12 Concentrated Liquidity AMMs — Orca Whirlpools & Uniswap V3 0:21:45 Impermanent loss 0:25:10 Single-sided liquidity 0:26:57 The Fair Price Indicator 0:29:21 What's exciting in DeFi right now 0:32:36 Orcanauts NFTs 0:35:59 How do we get mass adoption? 0:45:01 Building public goods & getting TradFi on board 0:52:13 The reasons, upside, and solutions to the Solana outages 1:00:35 Outro  --------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to LIKE the episode AND SUBSCRIBE to the show!  Subscribe and see more videos by clicking here! https://www.youtube.com/c/DCOREBlockchainPeople?sub_confirmation=1 -------------------------------------------------------------- ALL OF D-CORE's investment reports are now available for FREE at https://d-core.net/research/.  ----------------------- 🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45HKoSbGkBlUnKYy9DbZlz 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockchain-people/id1540205561?uo=4 🤓Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjNjZGQ5Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Anchor.Fm: https://anchor.fm/d-corenet 🙃RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-blockchain-podcast-WoLZmO 🤯Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2od7d85k Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-blockchain-podcast JOIN US AS A D-CORE RESEARCHER!   We are looking for enthusiastic members of the blockchain community to aid in researching promising projects in our space. If you fit this profile, go to https://d-core.net or connect with us on social media to learn more! Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCoreOfficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/31258358

    1h 3m
  3. TALLY: Tools for Starting & Managing a DAO - Founder Dennison Bertram

    06/09/2022

    TALLY: Tools for Starting & Managing a DAO - Founder Dennison Bertram

    Dennison Bertram is the founder of Tally, a platform offering no-code governance tooling for DAOs. Tally is used by the likes of Uniswap, Compound, Ampleforth, and many others. Can starting and managing a DAO be easy? Remember to like the episode, subscribe and comment so that the algorithm pushes us to the moon! Table of Contents: 0:00:00 What is Tally 0:05:10 How DAOs took over 0:10:06 Legal questions around DAOs 0:14:08 DAO tooling design 0:17:55 North Korean hackers 0:19:51 False DAOs 0:21:19 Echo chambers, misaligned incentives, and reaching consensus 0:29:21 The Terra ecosystem Revival Plan 0:33:41 Coin voting isn't bad, but token distribution can be 0:42:09 A better token distribution model 0:48:00 Finding DAO members 0:53:37 The toxic speculative mindset 0:56:12 Outro --------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to LIKE the episode AND SUBSCRIBE to the show!  Subscribe and see more videos by clicking here! https://www.youtube.com/c/DCOREBlockchainPeople?sub_confirmation=1 -------------------------------------------------------------- ALL OF D-CORE's investment reports are now available for FREE at https://d-core.net/research/.  ----------------------- 🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45HKoSbGkBlUnKYy9DbZlz 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockchain-people/id1540205561?uo=4 🤓Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjNjZGQ5Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Anchor.Fm: https://anchor.fm/d-corenet 🙃RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-blockchain-podcast-WoLZmO 🤯Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2od7d85k Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-blockchain-podcast JOIN US AS A D-CORE RESEARCHER!   We are looking for enthusiastic members of the blockchain community to aid in the research of promising projects in our space. If you fit this profile, go to https://d-core.net or connect with us on social media to learn more! Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCoreOfficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/31258358

    57 min
  4. THEMELIO: A New Blockchain Class, Why LUNA Failed (Founder Eric T.)

    05/31/2022

    THEMELIO: A New Blockchain Class, Why LUNA Failed (Founder Eric T.)

    Themelio is a proof-of-stake blockchain with a completely original non-fiat-pegged proof-of-work "stablecoin." It could be said that Themelio debuts an entirely new blockchain class with its governanceless architecture and innovative design choices. In this episode, Eric Tung, Themelio's Founder and CEO, exposes the causes for the recent stablecoin-related events, what stablecoins should be like, and Themelio's value proposition. Table of Contents: 0:00:00 What is Themelio? 0:06:18 De-pegging — a feature, not a bug. 0:14:05 Is USDC a liability for DAI? 0:15:33 Use cases for MEL 0:20:58 Themelio's auditor nodes and "defaulting to chaos" 0:26:29 Marketing a completely new blockchain class 0:29:42 Tokenomics & determining the value of a Layer 1 0:33:45 Building a community 0:35:21 Themelio vs Bitcoin 0:39:59 Stablecoins and collateralization 0:43:10 Updates about Themelio's development 0:44:51 Should you be able to run a full node on your phone? 0:47:07 Proof of Stake vs ASIC mining 0:49:39 How is Themelio different from smart-contract blockchains 0:53:50 Outro --------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to LIKE the episode AND SUBSCRIBE to the show!  Subscribe and see more videos by clicking here! https://www.youtube.com/c/DCOREBlockchainPeople?sub_confirmation=1 -------------------------------------------------------------- ALL OF D-CORE's investment reports are now available for FREE at https://d-core.net/research/.  ----------------------- 🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45HKoSbGkBlUnKYy9DbZlz 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockchain-people/id1540205561?uo=4 🤓Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjNjZGQ5Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Anchor.Fm: https://anchor.fm/d-corenet 🙃RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-blockchain-podcast-WoLZmO 🤯Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2od7d85k Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-blockchain-podcast JOIN US AS A D-CORE RESEARCHER!   We are looking for enthusiastic members of the blockchain community to aid in the research of promising projects in our space. If you fit this profile, go to https://d-core.net or connect with us on social media to learn more! Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCoreOfficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/31258358

    55 min
  5. YOUVES: Strong Hands Don't Fear the Bear Market - Founder Werner B.

    05/25/2022

    YOUVES: Strong Hands Don't Fear the Bear Market - Founder Werner B.

    For the second time in the Blockchain People Podcast, Youves co-Founder Werner Broennimann shares one valuable message: don't fear the bear market! Join us for a great conversation on the ripples of Terra's collapse throughout DeFi, bears & bulls, Tezos' upgrades, "financial alchemy", and more. You can follow Werner on Twitter as @WBroennimann. 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:42 Decentralized stablecoins 0:06:00 The issues of Terra and UST 0:16:54 Protocol design is hard 0:20:54 Are we in a bear market? 0:27:34 Tezos' updates and governance model 0:30:41 NFTs on Tezos and the real utility of NFTs 0:41:18 Lending in DeFi 0:43:59 Youves updates 0:45:33 Redistributing platform profits 0:49:33 There's no reason to be afraid of a bear market 0:52:18 Terra collapse 0:54:57 Cryptocurrency is still very new and fragile 0:57:29 Outro --------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to LIKE the episode AND SUBSCRIBE to the show!  Subscribe and see more blockchain podcast episodes by clicking here! https://www.youtube.com/c/DCOREBlockchainPeople?sub_confirmation=1 -------------------------------------------------------------- ALL OF D-CORE's investment reports are now available for FREE at https://d-core.net/research/. ----------------------- 🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45HKoSbGkBlUnKYy9DbZlz 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockchain-people/id1540205561?uo=4 🤓Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjNjZGQ5Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Anchor.Fm: https://anchor.fm/d-corenet 🙃RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-blockchain-podcast-WoLZmO 🤯Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2od7d85k Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-blockchain-podcast JOIN US AS A D-CORE RESEARCHER! We are looking for enthusiastic members of the blockchain community to aid in the research of promising projects in our space. If you fit this profile, go to https://d-core.net/ or connect with us on social media to learn more! Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCoreOfficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/31258358

    58 min
  6. INJECTIVE PROTOCOL: A Next-Level DeFi Infrastructure - CEO ERIC CHEN

    05/12/2022

    INJECTIVE PROTOCOL: A Next-Level DeFi Infrastructure - CEO ERIC CHEN

    Injective Protocol is a Cosmos Layer-2 protocol for building cross-chain decentralized exchanges offering derivatives, crypto futures, and Forex primitives. They are building the next-level DeFi infrastructure necessary for creating a new Internet economy. Eric Chen is the CEO of Injective Protocol. In this episode, we talk about building an infrastructure capable of gasless trades, Uniswap centralization concerns, the phantom of impermanent loss, and much more! 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:48 Gasless trades 0:03:58 What makes Injective unique 0:07:21 Token burns 0:11:45 Growing and scalability 0:14:13 Underserved blockchain applications 0:17:01 Impermanent loss isn't unavoidable 0:20:21 Uniswap de-listings 0:24:00 Scalability with security 0:28:59 Injective and Thorchain 0:34:23 Cross-chain bridges 0:37:41 Attracting users 0:41:35 Injective Ecosystem 0:46:58 Tackling front-running in a novel way 0:52:22 Outro --------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to LIKE the episode AND SUBSCRIBE to the show!  Subscribe and see more blockchain podcast episodes by clicking here! https://www.youtube.com/c/DCOREBlockchainPeople?sub_confirmation=1 -------------------------------------------------------------- ALL OF D-CORE's investment reports are now available for FREE at https://d-core.net/research/. ----------------------- 🎙️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45HKoSbGkBlUnKYy9DbZlz 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockchain-people/id1540205561?uo=4 🤓Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZjNjZGQ5Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Anchor.Fm: https://anchor.fm/d-corenet 🙃RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-blockchain-podcast-WoLZmO 🤯Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/2od7d85k Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-blockchain-podcast JOIN US AS A D-CORE RESEARCHER! We are looking for enthusiastic members of the blockchain community to aid in the research of promising projects in our space. If you fit this profile, go to https://d-core.net/ or connect with us on social media to learn more! Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCoreOfficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/31258358

    54 min

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