On The Other Side

Paul Dylan Ennis is an author and professor. We talk the history of the cypherpunk movement, how Ethereum culture has evolved, and answering the million dollar question: what is Ethereum for? - - Follow Paul: https://twitter.com/post_polar_ Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe...

Niraj is the co-founder of Ritual. We talk the convergence of crypto and AI, how onchain apps can leverage AI, why compute needs to be decentralized, and whether decentralized AI will cause the downfall of human society (not to be dramatic). - - Follow Niraj: https://twitter.com/niraj Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe...

Brian Flynn is the founder of Boost (formerly RabbitHole). We talk hyperfinancialization, crypto as a universal language, how AI agents might play a role in building toward a better future, and shifting from idealism to realism. - - Follow Brian: https://twitter.com/Flynnjamm Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Mint on Zora: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x71b0f07308b68bf0276efa3ccc5955...

Dan Romero is a co-founder of Farcaster and Jesse Pollak is the leader behind Base. We talk frames, the power of distribution networks, contextualizing onchain activity, and why everything might one day be a Farcaster client. - - Follow Dan: https://twitter.com/dwr Follow Jesse: https://twitter.com/jessepollak Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Collect this episode on Zora: https://zo...

Nitya is the founder of Capsule. We talk embedded wallets and how they might dovetail into account abstraction, whether BYOW (bring your own wallet) is dead, the transaction as the atomic unit of the onchain world, and new mental models for wallets. - - Follow Nitya: https://twitter.com/_nityas Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod...

Dee is the co-founder of Zora. We talk minting as a medium, why the economics of the internet should mirror human behavior, the limits of modeling collecting behavior, and why focusing on financial motivations is not the answer for empowering creators. - - Mint On the Other Side: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x71b0f07308b68bf0276efa3ccc5955ed3eadf59c Follow Dee: https://twitter.com/dg_goens Follow...

This is a special episode, drawing on ChatGPT's knowledge. We talk the paradox of choice, composability as a double-edged sword, when choice matters, and how maturity of consumer technologies impact end-user orientation around choice. - - Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe o...

Mike is a co-founder at Rainbow. We talk building for newbies vs. crypto natives, why crypto has primarily been desktop-first, WeChat-style wallets vs. embedded wallets, maintaining a beginner's mindset, consumer adoption, and why consumer crypto has become such a meme. - - (00:00) Intro (01:00) What is Rainbow? (02:28) Building for Crypto Natives vs. Newbies (05:24) Mobile vs. Desktop (12:12) Con...

Andrew is the Headmaster at Dune Analytics. We talk the modular stack ‒ Andrew gives an accessible overview of account abstraction and intents, the potential for intents as protocol moats, where censorship and centralization might become a risk, and what the future of interacting onchain might look like. - - (00:00) Intro (02:07) Modular Stack (04:00) What is account abstraction? (08:28) What are...

Long time friends of the pod — Jess and Josh from Seed Club — join to talk Seed Club Cohort 6, trends in consumer crypto, why onchain experiences aren't built for pure consumption, and what the future for onchain consumer apps might look like. - - Follow Jess: https://twitter.com/thattallguy Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/joshcrnls Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Ot...

Noun 40 shares unpacks the different camps within Nouns governance, the creation of the fork mechanism, why the treasury isn't the most important resource, and the fork means for the future of Nouns. - - Follow Noun 40: https://twitter.com/noun40__ Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm S...

Sirsu is a co-founder of BLVKHVND, an onchain esports organization. We talk how BLVKHVND is changing the game for esports, reducing the decision-making overhead for fans, and whether crypto provides a meaningful competitive advantage in the esports domain. - - Follow Sirsu: https://twitter.com/sirsuhayb Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/o...

Jesse is a co-founder and GP at Variant. We talk why building onchain is more like building hardware than software, decoupling governance and ownership, outsourcing decisions to the market using modular system design, and why consensual hierarchy may be a better way to run decentralized organizations. - - This episode is sponsored by Forefront ‒ a community and media network for the explorers, bui...

Jill is a co-founder of Espresso Systems. On this episode, we do an accessible deep dive into what happens after you submit a transaction. Jill explains the memepool, MEV, sequencers, different types of L2s, and more. - - This episode is sponsored by Forefront ‒ a community and media network for the explorers, builders, and artists at the frontier of collective creation onchain. Subscribe to the F...

Jesse is spearheading Base ‒ the L2 incubated by Coinbase. We talk the superchain thesis, the rise of onchain consumer applications, the role of financialization in onchain social experiences, federalism, and how Base plugs into existing governance systems. - - This episode is sponsored by Forefront ‒ a community and media network for the explorers, builders, and artists at the frontier of collect...

Kevin is a co-founder of Gitcoin. We talk about his book Stuff Crypto OGs Know, how to think about values trade-offs, whether crypto will ever move beyond financial use cases, accepting the reality of credibly neutral protocols, and Kevin's take on the controversy behind Gitcoin's latest funding round. -- This episode is sponsored by Forefront. Check out forefront.market/subscribe - - Follow Kevin...

Steph is the founder of Vessel. We talk onchain media, how interfaces make luxury media legible, aspirational identity, curation, and how shared identity shapes our experiences and actions as consumers. - - Follow Steph: https://twitter.com/cryptohun3y Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJIn...

Sean is a co-founder of Jokerace. We talk limitations of tokens, how onchain activity can be used to gate end-user experiences, and why L2s unlock new kinds of onchain paradigms. - - Follow Sean: https://twitter.com/seanmc_eth Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: htt...

LGHT is a crypto artist exploring the intersections of crypto, creativity, and culture. We talk LGHT's thesis on hypercultures, timeless co-creation, how web3 reshapes our ability to create and proliferate culture, and why we should see motivation as a spectrum. - - Follow LGHT: https://twitter.com/0xlght Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com...

This is a special episode! I bring on a normie friend to talk whether users actually want to own the platforms we exist on, why ownership might be too much overhead, and get an honest take of the public perception of crypto. - - Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: h...

Jihad is a contributor at Forefront. We talk internet-native business models, why media monetization is broken, platform physics, and the rise of luxury media. - - Follow Jihad: https://twitter.com/jaesmail Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHb...

Nich is a researcher at 1kx. We talk digiphysical goods, how NFC chips can unlock new types of onchain activity, what happens when we link our physical and digital worlds, and how digiphysical goods might actually help us touch grass. - - Follow Nich: https://twitter.com/nichanank Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on...

Kain Warwick is the founder of Synthetix. Kain talks pivoting within crypto, building conviction, using bull markets to test assumptions, why we need better UX in crypto, and why centralization isn't always a bad thing. - - Follow Kain: https://twitter.com/kaiynne Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://...

Aleksija Vujicic is an investor at Multicoin. We talk creating culture through content, how user generated content allows for co-creation, the evolution toward user generated products, and how web3 enables unique consumer experiences. - - Follow Aleksija: https://twitter.com/aleksijavujicic Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Sub...

Jimmy is a co-founder of Catalyst. We talk why blockchains-as-nation-states, interoperability in a multi-chain world, why we'll likely see an abundance of blockchains in the future, and why we need infrastructure for easily switching between chains. - - Follow Jimmy: https://twitter.com/0xJim Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod S...