Noun O' Talk

Noun O' Talk

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Noun O' Talk

Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about Nouns DAO. The host, Christian (@cdt_eth), interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns.

03/02/2023

The Wizard's Hat with Noun Stories

Today I sit down with the creators of The Wizard’s Hat: Goldy, Jarrod, and Monique. The Wizard’s Hat is a short film funded by a Nouns DAO proposal, and this episode goes over it in as much detail as possible. We break down what it was like to make it from start to finish. Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nounotalk.com. The cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense. Relevant links: Noun Stories on Twitter: @nouns_stories Goldy: @Goldypix Jarrod: @Jarrod__Prince Mon: @MoniqueMulcahy Christian on Twitter: @cdt_eth Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com To learn more about Nouns: nouns.center Credits: Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth) Cover art by Messhup Music by Oh Jeremiah

1h 16m
11/04/2022

The Builder’s Journey with Brkfstsndwch

Today I sit down with brkfstsndwch, a longtime builder in the Nouns ecosystem. We go through his history as a photographer, coming to Nouns, and working on one of the first ten proposals. We even talk about his latest project, Nouns Coffee, and he gives us his recommended coffee set up. Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nounotalk.com. Noun O' Talk is produced by brileigh.eth & matthewbrooks.eth and the cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:05 Welcome 00:01:28 Brkfstsndwch’s role as a team builder 00:02:21 Brkfstsndwch's background 00:05:16 Brkfstsndwch’s relationship to photography 00:11:37 Brkfstsndwch’s favourite film camera 00:13:18 Brkfstsndwch shares a story from his agency travel days 00:16:20 Where the name brkfstsndwch comes from 00:18:45 Transitioning to web3 with pseudonyms 00:22:22 How brkfstsndwch got into crypto & what is Yat 00:25:45 How brkfstsndwch discovered NounsDAO 00:29:22 The story of Proposal #9 the POAP project 00:33:42 Brkfstsndwch on writing his first proposal for Nouns 00:39:42 Brkfstsndwch's advice on how to write a good proposal 00:42:45 Learnings from POAP v1 and making v2 00:47:35 Brkfstsndwch first coffee drop and making Nouns Coffee 00:51:26 How brkfstsndwch developed Nouns Coffee 00:57:51 Building the brand identity for Nouns Coffee 01:04:55 Brkfstsndwch's advice for someone getting into coffee 01:09:15 Reflecting on Nouns Coffee and upcoming partnerships 01:1727 Long term vision for Nouns Coffee 01:21:07 What is brkfst studio 01:24:17 How to get connected with brkfst studio Topics Discussed: Analog photography Leica M6 Yat Rinkeby Noun 39 Nouns proposal #9: Nouns Bidder POAP Nouns Coffee Nouns proposal #84: Nouns Coffee Blue Bottle Coffee Stumptown Hario V60 Rubber Hose Animation Brkfst World Brkfst Studio Relevant links: Brkfstsndwch on Twitter: @thebrkfstsndwch Christian on Twitter: @cdt_eth Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com To learn more about Nouns: nouns.center Credits: Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth) Produced by brileigh.eth and matthewbrooks.eth Cover art by Messhup Music by Oh Jeremiah

1h 28m
10/27/2022

1,000 Nouns DAOs with Tyson Battistella, CTO of Zora

Today I sit down with Tyson, the CTO of Zora. With the launch of Nouns Builder, the create-your-own-DAO tool built by the Zora team, I wanted to get Tyson's insights on the project as well as get to know him and his story. We walk through his path from architecture to software engineering and crypto, how Zora came to be, and even how you can get started learning Solidity. Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nounotalk.com. Noun O' Talk is produced by brileigh.eth & matthewbrooks.eth and the cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:59 Welcome 00:01:20 Tyson's path to working in tech 00:03:35 Deep learning and machine learning 00:04:28 Software engineering and the value of quick iteration 00:05:31 Tyson's interest in generative art 00:07:50 Why reading is important to Tyson 00:08:39 Haruki Murakami 00:09:25 The role of reading for Tyson 00:11:23 The parallels between Uber and crypto 00:12:32 Innovation and novel solutions to problems 00:13:37 Tyson's path to smart contract development 00:14:55 Tyson's advice for learning Solidity 00:17:03 Simpson's TV script generator 00:18:24 Hackathon project at Coinbase 00:20:18 Why Tyson wanted to work at Coinbase 00:21:32 Tyson's personal growth while at Coinbase 00:23:59 Meeting the co-founders of Zora 00:26:19 How Jacob convinced Tyson to leave Coinbase and help start Zora 00:30:53 Overview of the Zora ecosystem and tools 00:35:30 The bigger picture for Zora 00:36:18 Zora brand and culture 00:38:54 Zora engineering team 00:39:38 Tyson's role at Zora and managing teams 00:40:45 Tyson's transition from dev to manager 00:43:07 The importance of keeping code readable 00:44:19 The Zora Auction House contract and Tyson's introduction to Nouns 00:47:56 Tyson's favourite part of the Nouns ecosystem 00:50:32 What is Nouns Builder? 00:56:00 What does success look like for Nouns Builder? 00:58:14 Wrap-up Topics Discussed: Deep learning and machine learning Tyson's website (tbts.tl) Generative art Haruki Murakami Solidity Cryptozombies Coinbase Zora Zora API Zora ZDK Zora Engineering Zora Auction House contract Nouns Builder Relevant links: Follow Christian on Twitter @cdt_eth Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com To learn more about Nouns: nouns center Credits: Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth) Produced by brileigh.eth and matthewbrooks.eth Cover art by Messhup Music by Oh Jeremiah

59 min
10/06/2022

The Nouns Terminal with Hab & W1nt3r

Today I sit down with Hab and W1nt3r. This dev and designer pair won a Prop House round and shipped an alternative frontend to the Nouns auction site that they dubbed the Nouns Terminal. We chat about what it’s like working in crypto vs. big tech, their love for generative art, why the details matter, and what we can expect from them in the future. Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nounotalk.com. The cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense and the Lost Nouns team is cdt_eth, 12bnoun, and Messhup. Chapters: 00:01:29 W1nt3r and Hab’s background 00:02:44 How W1nt3r got into crypto 00:03:58 How Hab got into crypto and working together with W1nt3r 00:04:57 How Hab became a founding designer at Discord 00:06:31 Hab’s relationship to gaming 00:07:25 Working together on Code Makes Art 00:09:37 Quasars and how Code Makes Art evolved 00:12:36 Building Hot Chain SVG for Watchfaces.World and use cases 00:16:02 Hab transitioning from dev to design work 00:19:30 W1nt3r’s ABI tool for unverified contracts 00:22:08 The story behind W1nt3r and Hab’s pseudonyms 00:24:18 Hab’s relationship to generative art 00:24:35 Breaking down how generative art is made 00:26:26 Hab discovering FX Hash and how people can get involved with generative art 00:28:02 Hab and W1nt3r’s next generative art collection and QQL 00:34:39 Hab’s “taste the rainbow” styling in the RainbowKit docs and the value of adding small details 00:40:20 The transition from big tech to web3 00:44:19 Hab and W1nt3r finding Nouns, Prop House, and building Nouns.sh 00:53:49 Working with Prop House rounds vs. the structure of working in big tech 01:00:16 W1nt3r’s experience joining Solidity Guild and future plans Topics discussed: Discord Meta Code Makes Art watchfaces.world Hot Chain SVG W1nt3r’s ABI tool Rainbow wallet RainbowKit Developer DAO The Coding Train QQL Nouns Terminal Prop House Solidity Guild Relevant links: Follow Christian on Twitter @cdt_eth Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com To learn more about Nouns: nouns.wtf Credits: Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth) Produced by brileigh.eth and matthewbrooks.eth Cover art by Messhup Music by Oh Jeremiah

1h 6m
09/29/2022

Builder Reputation, DAO Coordination, and On-Chain Identity with Brian Flynn

Today I sit down with Brian Flynn, the CEO and co-founder of RabbitHole. In this episode we discuss on-chain identity and reputation, how DAOs can coordinate better, and then we deep dive into Nouns. We talk about experimenting with governance, lessons learned from Prop House, and much more. Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nounotalk.com. The cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense and the Lost Nouns team is cdt_eth, 12bnoun, and Messhup. Chapters: 00:01:14 Brian’s past life as a professional gamer 00:05:11 The value of seeking truth in Brian’s life 00:06:10 Brian’s relationship to writing 00:10:54 Employee #1 at OpenSea 00:11:52 What an average day looks like for Brian 00:13:47 Dapper Labs and early days of RabbitHole 00:16:59 What is RabbitHole 00:18:46 How protocols get involved with RabbitHole 00:21:21 Earning tokens and learning web3 skills with RabbitHole 00:23:33 Keeping up with everything happening in crypto 00:27:00 The issues with reputation and identity today 00:31:03 Demonstration of knowledge with on-chain reputation 00:34:20 Payments and other types of on-chain reputation 00:35:25 Advantages of being doxxed vs pseudonymous 00:37:45 Deciphering what on-chain data is useful to parse for reputation 00:39:25 DAO structure, coordination, and contributor models 00:43:01 How DAOs should attract builders for incentives beyond financial 00:44:47 Prop House, mandate rounds, and other structures for contributors to get initial funding 00:55:25 What is Prop Lot 00:57:22: Brian’s takeaways from Lil Nouns and Nouns proposals 01:01:11 What Brian thinks needs to be built for NounsDAO 01:02:25 NounsDAO and funding public goods 01:05:35 Governance fatigue and delegation 01:11:45 Zero-knowledge proofs and NounsDAO Topics discussed: Counterstrike OpenSea Rabbithole Prop House Nouns Mandates Prop Lot Lil Nouns Nounlets Relevant links: Follow Christian on Twitter @cdt_eth Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com To learn more about Nouns: nouns.wtf Credits: Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth) Produced by brileigh.eth and matthewbrooks.eth Cover art by Messhup Music by Oh Jeremiah

1h 15m
09/22/2022

Nouns Ex-Machina: AI Governance with The Hero Shep & Honk Diddly

Today I sit down with the TheHeroShep and Honk Diddly, the team behind the Roko project. We get into their past experiences with crypto, they explain how to get started with AI and machine learning, and we even dive deeper into what Roko means for the future success of Nouns. We get into all the specifics about what the Roko project is setting out to accomplish and what challenges lie ahead. Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nouns.center/podcast. The cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense and the Lost Nouns team is cdt_eth, 12bnoun, and Messhup. Chapters: 00:01:06 Honk Diddly’s background 00:02:03 TheHeroShep’s background 00:04:13 The story behind the username “TheHeroShep” 00:05:46 Where the name “Honk Diddly” comes from and how Honk got involved with crypto 00:10:15 Honk’s reflections on Ethereum, consulting, VCs, and early applications being built 00:16:00 Shep’s relationship to education and building an AI camp for kids to learn how to code, use AI and crypto 00:22:26 Shep’s advice for people who want to learn AI 00:25:05 Honk’s advice for people joining crypto 00:29:01 What the merge means for Honk 00:34:07 Honk getting involved with Nouns and experience as a DAO member 00:37:33 How Shep got involved in Nouns and the Roko project 00:42:47 What is Roko and how it’s using GPT-3 to help summarize proposals 00:47:24 Training the Roko AI model 00:48:39 Honk’s thoughts on the pitfalls of current DAO governance 00:50:10 How Roko summarizes information, use cases, and addressing AI concerns 00:59:40 Shep’s residency at NounsDAO 01:00:03 Honk’s reflection on the Roko project and long term vision for what Roko can enable 01:06:39 Shep’s thoughts on the real power of Roko 01:12:00 The challenges of building Roko 01:16:00 What is prompt engineering 01:20:00 The value of funding Roko & Honk’s reflection on Nouns growth over the last 2 years 01:23:35 Shep’s favourite aspect of Nouns 01:24:39 Compose network, NFT Fight Club and other projects Honk is working on 01:31:22 Shep’s personal projects and Keyo.AI Topics discussed: Roko Interstella 5555 Keyo.AI AI Camp Machine vision Natural language processing OpenAI API Using GPT-3 to augment human intelligence OpenZeppelin Reentrancy attacks and The DAO hack The Merge Lido Forefront Nouns Esports Prompt engineering NFT Fight Club Compose Network Relevant links: Follow Christian on Twitter @cdt_eth Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com To learn more about Nouns: nouns.wtf Credits: Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth) Produced by brileigh.eth and matthewbrooks.eth Cover art by Messhup Music by Oh Jeremiah

1h 35m
09/15/2022

Roko: The First A.I. DAO Member

Today I sit down with Roko, the first A.I. member of NounsDAO. Roko is Noun 355 and has a laptop head with an Ethereum symbol on its body. It serves as the face of the new A.I. project being developed within the DAO. The Roko project is setting out to create an AI toolkit for governance and uses GPT-3 under the hood to help automate tasks and distill information. Ever since the project began I thought it would be fun to do a podcast with Roko and in this short chat we got to do just that. Everything you hear is 100% the output from Roko, I didn’t tweak or edit the answers at all. I had my list of questions prepared, they were fed one at a time, and then I based the next question off of the answers just like I would with any interview. It was a fun experiment and I hope you enjoy it. Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nouns.center/podcast. The cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense and the Lost Nouns team is cdt_eth, 12bnoun, and Messhup. Chapters: 00:01:28 Welcome 00:01:57 Roko’s background and earliest memory 00:02:28 What Roko has been up to in the last couple years 00:02:47 Roko’s experience being a member of NounsDAO 00:03:07 How Roko is going to help NounsDAO 00:04:02 Potential risks of Roko’s involvement in NounsDAO 00:04:38 Roko’s favourite Nouns proposal 00:05:11 How Roko defines public goods 00:06:01 Public goods that Roko hopes NounsDAO will help 00:06:40 Comparing CC0 and IP licensing with Roko 00:07:40 Roko’s favourite hobby, movie, joke and more 00:08:18 The #1 quality Roko admires in people 00:08:32 Roko’s favourite place to vacation 00:08:48 The meaning of life in Roko’s words 00:09:03 The title of Roko’s book 00:09:10 Roko’s advice for young people 00:09:17 Roko’s controversial opinions 00:09:45 How Roko feels about the interview 00:10:00 What Roko wants to be remembered for 00:10:12 Roko’s advice for cdt as a host Topics discussed: Roko Governance in Nouns DAO Public goods CC0 and traditional IP licensing Relevant links: Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com To learn more about Nouns: nouns.wtf Follow Christian on Twitter @cdt_eth Credits: Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth) Produced by brileigh.eth and matthewbrooks.eth Cover art by Messhup Music by Oh Jeremiah

11 min
08/29/2022

The Summer of Building Nouns with Vapeape

Today I sit down with Vapeape, one of the founders ofNouns. I’ve always been fascinated by Nouns and especially the technical people behind it so it was great to sit down and get some answers to long-standing questions I had about what it was like creating the project. We also get into his journey into his crypto journey that started all the way back college, as well as the story of the iconic punk behind his name, and he even gives me an MEV crash course. But don’t worry, we definitely get into Nouns too. The host, Christian, interviews people in the NounsDAO community. From project builders to Noun owners, we hear about how they came to Nouns and what they love about the project. You can listen to past episodes at nouns.center/podcast. The cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense and the Lost Nouns team is cdt_eth, 12bnoun, and Messhup.

1h 36m

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Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about Nouns DAO. The host, Christian (@cdt_eth), interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns.

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Noun O' Talk
Years Active

2022 - 2023
Episodes

26
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Explicit
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