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Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this episode of Block Party. On today's episode Szi and I cover the concepts of Quantum Computing, how it works, and how it intersects with Web3 and Blockchain technologies.  As always please note that all opinions on our episodes are our own, and should not be constituted as financial advice. Please invest responsibly. If you want to submit feedback rea...

Hello everyone - Chris Wong here with a very special episode of Block Party. Back in November, I discovered a project by the name of Hey Wallet making the rounds on Crypto Twitter Both Szi and I discuss the utility and functionality of Hey Wallet and how its capabilities to send crypto using social media could change the game for wallets as a whole. Now on today's episode, I touch base with one of...

Hello ladies and gentlemen, It's me, Chris Wong. Today I'm bringing you a less focused episode that I recorded with long-time friend and intellect Enis aka LegalMastermind (Twitter @legalmastermind) encompassing the growing anime subgenre of NFT's, the strength of communities, and our own opinions about art and the space.  Enis is a crypto savant, NFT insider, and influencer whose movements i...

Hello - It's Me - Chris Wong - and on today's episode I sit down with the two founders of the Bad Lands Detectives Marco And Ramone. For a while now the general consensus has been that as it stands the crypto community has been the wild west - a frontier of great promise and great danger. Ramone and Marco are two pioneers on a mission to provide more information and stability to their community of...

  Hello Block Party listeners! - In this episode we talk about Polygon. Let's face it Ethereum has some issues and Polygon aims to solve, well, all of them! Scaling, Developer and User Experience, Multi chain interoperability, amongst others! Polygon really is a huge project with a massive vision and we go into the who, what, how, and why of what they're trying to accomplish as well as some c...

In this episode, we talk about the heart behind the entire crypto movement - the community. We cover the different ways the communities in crypto communicate, what makes these communities run, and the various real communities today and how they express themselves to the world.  Communities We Talked About: NeoTokyo:  Twitter | https://twitter.com/ZssBecker Discord | https://discord.gg/kd...

In this episode Szi and Chris try to explain what Olympus DAO does and what it's trying to accomplish with its decentralized reserve currency. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery and if thats the case then OHM is definitely blushing right now with dozens of code bases being forked off their original to create a slew of new DAOs on different chains. Some of these such as Wonderland o...

In this episode, Chris and Szi delve into ZK-Rollups. ZK stands for Zero Knowledge, which are a form of cryptographic proofs that have been around since the 80s and allow the parties to prove statements are true without conveying any information apart from the veracity of the statements. ZK-Rollups is a form of Zero Knowledge Proofs that allow for the scaling on the layer 2 of the blockchain. ZKRo...

In this episode Chris and Szi talk about the recent inquiry into stablecoins by the US Senator Sherrod Brown - In his own words "I have significant concerns with the non-standardized terms applicable to redemption of particular stablecoins, how those terms differ from traditional assets, and how those terms may not be consistent across digital asset trading platforms,” Brown wrote in his letter to...

In this episode Chris and Szi discuss what a blockchain is, why it's important, why we should care, and some of the blockchain solutions currently competing for dominance in the world of the decentralized internet. Most people have heard of Ethereum and for good reason - Ethereum commands roughly a 500B marketcap and is considered as the pre-eminent layer-1 blockchain protocol. But for how long? T...

In this episode, Szi and Chris cover Ultra a crypto blockchain platform targeting the PC Gaming Distribution Market. With an over 32 Billion dollar addressable market - Ultra has a huge potential to uproot the existing status quo set by long time incumbent Steam which currently accrues over 30% in fees from developers that wish to release games on its platform. With most gamers using steam as thei...

In this episode - Chris and Szi expound upon the Decentralized Autonomous Organization or DAO for short. DAOs are organizations represented by code and enacted by smart contracts that are transparently displayed on the blockchain and then voted upon by the organizations' members without the influence of a hierarchical structure present in most current organizations. DAOs have been around since 201...

In this episode Chris raves about Hey Wallet! (Szi agrees). HeyWallet is is a brand spanking new Crypto Wallet designed specifically for Twitter that allows you to send Solana's native token SOL via HeyWallet's user interface. Self described as the World’s first mobile wallet built for Twitter; Users can send & receive SOL by tweeting @hey_wallet send 1SOL to @sziTrapamoto @ItsMeChrisWong :)

In this episode, Chris and Szi are joined by close friend and long term gaming and Metaverse enthusiast Ennis as they discuss some very heady philosophical concepts about what the Metaverse is, what it means for the future of humanity, and who will create this new universe of worlds. We discuss coalescent technologies necessary to create something as grandiose as a Metaverse and the players willin...

During this episode we talk about some critical concepts underlying the Web3 space and why it is a superior infrastructure to the Web2 that dominates our current internet. We also speak on the recent happenings on the Ethereum and Solana Naming Services that just dropped their respective tokens and apps. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this podcast. 

We're back once again to tackle the Evolution Championship Series 2019, and the role of E-Sports at large once again. It can not be understated that the growing impact of Video Game culture has completely shifted the zeitgeist of 2019.   Join Chris and Szi as they explore this historical and economic impact of E-Sports and the shifting climate of the individual parts that make up this ma...

On this episode of Block Party... We had a chance to sit down and speak with Jakub Redziniak the man behind the eponymous Jakub Redziniak Wedding and Portrait Photography. over saturation in the NYC photography scene is an understatement as many enterprising photographers here will all too readily attest to. Jakub speaks on how he was able to establish a profitable brand and niche in photography a...

Hello Everyone!! Welcome to the Block Party podcast! On this episode we are joined by our good friend Bryan Fein also known by his alias Mafia B.  Mafia B is the culmination of years of hard work, time, and creativity as Bryan details his journey to becoming one of New York City's most prolific and game changing Techno artists.  In our time with Mafia B we discuss what it means to become...

On this episode of Block Party... Szi and Chris talk about the elements of design and art, specifically what it means to be one in today's society with Sean Terris, a designer by trade and by passion.  Sean works for a large well known design corporation as well finding time to devote to his own boutique design agency, Chicken and Rice New York ,which he cofounded with his partner John Lee in...

  On today's episode of Block Party Szi and Chris talk sustainability in modern society with River Jensen, the founder of Upcycle Social Club. Upcycle Social Club is a movement to promote sustainability through art in New York City. Through various events River and the team have championed responsibility in fashion, culture, and design with creative openly sourced exhibitions embodying the pr...

This is the official completely unofficial introductory episode of Block Party Podcasts! We never did an introductory episode  of who we are and what we want to accomplish with this podcast so we  figured the New Year is a great place to haphazardly create resolutions you're only going to vaguely remember when February rolls around.  All jokes aside if you're new to the Block Party...

This is an addendum to our first episode with Mude. In this epsiode Steven Diaz, the East Coast Director sat down with me and discussed how he got involved with Mude in Brasil and brought it all the way back here in New York City. So if you didn't get a chance to listen to that episode - feel free to listen to this one where we cover what Mude is and how they plan on using outdoor fitness stations...

It goes without question that eSports is the next large revolution in competitive media. From late night television to the current Twitch takeover of distributed media - today more than ever the effects of competitive gaming have never been more obvious. Today we are joined by Sayid Kolenovic - Professional Counterstrike Analyst and close friend of Block Party to discuss the new regimes in eSports...

Mude is a fitness brand with a a mission. Many modern urban lifestyles gravitate towards indoor activities. Unfortunately modern life necessitates that numbers of individuals spend countless hours inside homes and offices more and more every single day. To the founder of Mude, Marcus Correia, it had become evident that the modern individual is less physically active and involved with the people an...

According to Statistica the spending on advertising worldwide has been increasing steadily and is expected to reach almost 550 billion U.S. dollars in 2017. With a over half a trillion dollars annually being focused towards brands reaching their audiences it isn’t hard to say that there is a lot of room for businesses to improve and service these various ventures. In today’s episode of Block Party...