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Ameen Soleimani is the Founder and CEO of SpankChain, the co-creator of MolochDAO, and the co-founder of Reflexer Labs, which created RAI. David and Ameen chat about Moloch, coordination, DAOs, and what DAOs can do for both Ethereum and the broader world. Additionally, they get into Ameen’s recent fight against the Federal Reserve. This is a mind-expanding discussion that you won’t want to miss. E...

Morgan Housel is a Partner at the Collaborative Fund, financial writer, and New York Times Best Selling author of, “The Psychology of Money.” He’s an avid student of markets and psychology. And Morgan articulately blends these two perspectives (and all of the many crypto parallels) together to give us timeless lessons on wealth, greed, happiness, and how to invest. This is another classic Bankless...

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Kicking off Merge Week with a livestream with Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, it's time to debunk some myths and bad takes about ETH. As we watch Ethereum make its historic transition to Proof-of-Stake, we explore claims against the merge, the Ethereum Roadmap, ETH supply, and many others. ------  ConsenSys | Mint a Merge NFT!  https://bankless.cc/themerge    Converge 2022 | Register with code B...

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Unpacking the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-demetri   ------ Demetri Kofinas is a digital entrepreneur and host of the Hidden Forces Podcast, one of our favorites.  Demetri has a broad perspective on geopolitics, which we explore as we discuss the probability of a World War 3, diplomacy among superpowers, and surviving the rise of the machines. Have we lost the ab...

Jordi Alexander returns to debate David Hoffman on whether or not next week's Ethereum Merge is bullish or bearish for ETH. The debate is moderated by none other than, Ryan Sean Adams. Let us know if you're bullish or bearish in the comments or on Twitter: @banklesshq ------ 📣 ConsenSys | Mint a Merge NFT! https://bankless.cc/themerge   📣 Converge 2022 | Register with code Bankless250 for $250 o...

1st Week of Mergetember, 2022 ------ 📣 ConsenSys | Mint a Merge NFT!  https://bankless.cc/themerge   📣 Converge 2022 | Register with code Bankless250 for $250 off https://bankless.cc/Circle   ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER:           https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/     🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:                 http://podcast.banklesshq.com/     ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  🚀 ROCKET POOL...

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Find out why 1D = 1B: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-arthur-hayes   ----- This episode has been a long time coming. Arthur Hayes is the crypto trader of traders, and he's particularly bullish on the ETH trade.  Today, he tells us why. We've been binging Arthur's writing lately, trying to get inside his head about how he approaches the markets.  Discussing the inevitability...

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-crypto-wars-20   As the dust settles with Tornado Cash’s sanctioning news and the arrest of Alexey Pertsev, the space is drawing parallels to the early days of crypto, Crypto Wars 1.0. We brought on OG cypherpunk privacy developer and co-founder of Zcash, Zooko to talk about Crypto Wars 2.0. C...

On today's episode, we welcome Marceau and Ken Smith, two Rocketpool community members to share everything you need to know about Rocketpool, staking, and the bull case for Rocketpool, ETH, & RPL. ------ ConsenSys | Mint a Merge NFT! https://bankless.cc/themerge   ------ SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/   ️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/   ------ BA...

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On today's episode, we welcome back Steven Goldfeder and Harry Kalodner for their second appearance on Bankless. Both times for huge Arbitrum launches! Today, Abritrum is launching Arbitrum Nitro, a 7x improvement to Ethereum's capacity. Hear all about it, Abritrum's potential forthcoming token(?!), Abritrum Oddessey, and of course, so much more. ------ Chainlink | Register for SmartCon 2022 with...

Before coming to the U.S., Jiajung Zeng lived in China and worked as a Product Manager for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance. Jiajung worked specifically on the content moderation team that was heavily censored by the Chinese government. Jiajung tells the story of how content moderation actually works in China. He shares the hoops these Chinese tech companies must go through to even operate as a...

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-ethereum-unsensored   With Tornado Cash sanctioning news making waves, the crypto community is asking a big question: Is censorship on Ethereum possible? We brought on Ethereum researcher Justin Drake to explore this question in detail. Establishing and preserving censorship resistance is poss...

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On today's State of the Nation, it's time to bring back the crypto legal mind of Jake Chervinsky. With the recent OFAC sanctions against Tornado Cash and the cascading chilling effect, our digital rights are under attack. Have we seen the death of crypto privacy? What can we do to help advocate for digital justice? As always, Jake brings a thoughtful and measured approach to these crucial topics....

Stephane Gosselin is the Founder of Flashbots, an R&D organization that’s trying to fix the most pernicious problem in crypto—the problem of MEV (Maximum Extractable Value). Many of us are massively optimistic about crypto and aren’t worried too much about its future. However, this MEV thing could be our achilles heel. On this episode, we dive into what Stephane and his team are doing to make MEV...

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Is the Merge Priced In? The Ethereum Proof-of-Stake Merge looms around the corner, but how do the markets feel about it? Ryan Berckmans and Hal Press have a mutually bullish discussion about the Ethereum network today, tomorrow, and long-term. They're both bullish ETH, but differ on how it's going to play out. This is our favorite kind of debate.  ------ 📣 Chainlink | Register for SmartCon 2022 w...

Hudson Jameson is an Ethereum enthusiast and core developer liaison with a rich background in blockchain projects. He’s played an active role in shaping various online communities for decentralized technology, including Ethereum and more recently, Zcash. On today’s episode, Hudson shares his storied crypto journey starting in 2015 when he first became interested in Ethereum through the ups and dow...

This conversation has been a long time coming. Polynya is a pseudonymous writer, investor, and crypto researcher.  Polynya coined the term “modular blockchain” and has been influential on 100 different crypto topics, most notably on rollups, though they’re quick to point out that rollups are no longer their main focus.  This is a unique episode, in which Bankless DAO’s Eureka John acts out Polynya...

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On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department made a smart contract illegal.  They can do that??  David walks you through the news, with multiple interviews from Jerry Brito and Collins Belton, two experts in the matter.  Let us know how you like the format! ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER:           https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/     🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:                 http://podcast.bankles...

David Chaum is a computer scientist and an OG member of the cryptography community. His innovation has driven much of the mathematical foundation of cryptocurrency, and he continues to work on projects like xx Network. In 1985, David issued this warning to the public: “Computerization is robbing individuals of the ability to monitor and control the ways information about them is used. Already, pub...

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-rise-of-the-network-state   Balaji Srinivasan is an investor, founder, and Former CTO of Coinbase and GP at a16z and author of The Network State, which will be the main focus of the podcast today. The Network State explores ideas surrounding digital communities and the future of how we coordin...