PoolTogether Community Podcast

On this special Tuesday edition of the PoolTogether Community Podcast, Stader Labs joins us to talk about Multi-chain Liquid Staking. I gotta be honest, this is next level Defi for your boy Hot Mike, so there’s a lot of explanation as to what you can do with Stader Labs on platforms like Balancer and Beefy Finance. In short, you can stake Matic with Stader Labs which helps secure the Polygon Netwo...

My conversation with Josh from Opolis was EPIC. Opolis offers payroll, benefits, and much more for independent contractors. If you’re a crypto freelancer in the US or Canada, you need to check out what Opolis has to offer! Josh and I met at Permissionless in West Palm Beach, and months later we just picked up where we left off. We discuss spicy water, crypto conference job hunting strategies, the...

PT Community Member Liv Pasquarelli joins us on the pod with book suggestions, web3 career advice, and moving from talented writer to… talented web3 writer and Social Media Manager at Interlay . Whether it’s RadarDAO , BoysClub. Eth , Tezos NFTs, or the book Crossing the Chasm (plus other books, and then more books!)… Livster is always a great source of alpha. We laughed. We cried (cap). We talked...

On this special edition of the PoolTogether Community Podcast, I kick it with OG Poolers McOso and Kames . The Devs did something, and PoolTogether is now on Optimism with some juicy rewards, thanks to the brand spanking new Bounties Program. We talk lightning fast deploying via bounties. We share our favorite jokes. And we just have a good time. That’s what the PoolTogether Community is all about...

Writer/Producer/Singer Lyra joins us on the pod to talk about her journey from design at Facebook to Rockstar. Her music has life soundtrack vibes, and she is the most fan-oriented artist I’ve ever encountered. At her on Twitter, I dare you! We talk playlist strategy, how Sound.xyz seems to be winning at music NFTs, and how to get listed on said winning music NFT platform. You’ll have to check the...

PoolTogether knows a thing or two about Project Galaxy . We did a whole Pool Party with them and everything! Project Galaxy is your one-stop shop for web3 credentials, and they make it super easy to run your own NFT campaigns to reward engagement, attendance, or like, whatever you want! Anne , CMO, and Charles , Co-Founder, share the origin story of Project Galaxy , how they invented soulbound tok...

Bankless has a credit card? Not yet my friends but soonTM. Links from Bankless DAO is leading a project to create a card for the bankless… a card for the cashless… a card for the crypto curious. Join us as we discuss, yes, the card, but also how to thrive in a massive DAO such as Bankless, how to get big ideas off the ground, and how to find the balance between long governance posts that no one re...

Ever tried to start a business with your best friend and they tell you that you need to seriously level up your game before they’ll consider it? Yeah, me neither. But that’s exactly what happened to Tom Scaria , CEO of Prysm . I sat down with Tom at a WeWork outside of NFT.NYC mayhem to talk about the wonder and beauty that is Prysm , a front-end for Gnosis Safes that “turns your group chat into a...

You’ve gotta try Trains of the Century . It’s got trains. It’s got beautiful music. It’s got user-generated billboards. It’s got mini-games. And it’s got… CENTURIES. That’s right! The current version of the game is just one century. There are more. Prehistoric Century? Three-Body Problem Century? It’s all in the podcast. Trains of the Century is built on the WAX Blockchain and is the first game fr...

As a mathematician in big tech, Hazard jumped into contributing to KeeperDAO as a copy editor. Ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom, a little of this, a little of that, now he’s CEO of Rook - a platform that “gets you paid for the value you create without destroying the Ethereum network in the process.” That’s right. No need to worry about MEV when you trade through Rook , and you’ll even get some of that extra...

Alchemix provides self-repaying loans so you can spend and save at the same time. It’s truly a killer app for Defi, and I sat down with Techno to talk about the origins and the future of this web3 building block. We talk soulbound tokens, social recovery, new product features, how you should be punished if you sold your Optimism Airdrop, and all-day discord hangouts. PS. if you like my Alchemix pr...

Zapper is one of the most popular apps in Defi. It makes web3 accessible, and Seb, Chief Alpha Leaker of Zapper , walks us through what makes Zapper Zappy. We talk UX, snooping on wallets, onboarding normies, and solving big problems in small markets aka hair on fire problems. Zapper is also home to mythical crypto creatures: The Myrmidons of Zapper . And since you’re reading the podcast descripti...

This week we speak to Torgin from the PoolTogether Community. Torgin is an Auditor at Chain Security and leads Community Grants at PoolTogether. He’s also the guy who pointed out Chainlink’s 3-of-20 multi-sig problem. Don’t worry though, it’s 4-of-9 now! Torgin outlines why price oracles are necessary and not ideal, how audits work, and how cheaper fees can still result in secure transactions, and...

The Crypto Trader , Glen Goodman, joined us for a rousing discussion of bear market trading strategies. TLDR: Don’t. Glen’s journey from journalist to trader is an inspiring story and he shares it with the PoolTogether Community. What to do, what not to do, and what to do with your spare time: Glen shares his advice on trading, life, and the future of crypto. And though Glen couldn’t tell us about...

Permissionless was such a fun time for PoolTogether. We had a party at Civil Society Brewing , we passed out POAPs for days, and we were voted the best SWAG of the conference. In this episode, hot mike aka Tim aka no you can’t have my purple Hawaiian shirt takes you through the vast caverns of Permissionless vendor setups. We play pinball, sit in a circle on the floor, get that sweet merch, and ta...

This week, Smart Investor joins us on the pod! As an OG member of the PoolTogether Community, Smart Investor started the podcast and community newsletter as well as helped get the marketing working group off the ground. In this episode, we discuss Smart Investors’ token investment strategy, music NFTs, Wrestling Metaverse, and our favorite science fiction reads. There are so many links dropped, so...

PoolTogether and Ledger get together to talk security, scams, tokens, and what it’s like for normies to even comprehend what a hardware wallet is. Listen in as we discuss some of Ledger’s future plans, and Adrien and Zdeadex answer questions from the community. In this episode we talk about: * wen Ledger token (alpha) * My multi-delegator tool sales pitch (more alpha) * French dungeons * Roller Ho...

You think your thing is special? You think marketing is different for crypto? Sean says you’re wrong! Sean from PoolTogether talks about all things marketing: traditional, digital, and crypto. Sean joined the PoolTogether Community in Nov 2021 in an effort to dive deep and learn the space in a friendly environment, and you know the PoolTogether community screams “friendly environment”! From the gr...

Deposit into PoolTogether, win prizes, and become part of the best community in crypto! Maximize your charitable giving tax deduction you say?! Endaoment is working on solving a ton of challenges for US-based nonprofits. Noah gives us all the details on the podcast and I was blown away by how Endaoment is serving nonprofits. You can raise funds for a nonprofit by starting a fund , donating however...

This week, PoolTogether Contributor and all-around nice guy Taliskye joins us on the podcast. And wow, did this discussion go places! Topics discussed: * The many different versions of spicy water * The inflationary nature of cryptocurrency * Play to Earn Butterfly Fighting * That sweet sweet PoolTogether Alpha * NFT projects rewarding holders (no-loss!) with PoolTogether Delegations * And much mo...

Atlantis World is building the Web3 social metaverse by connecting Web3 with social, gaming and education in one lightweight virtual world that’s accessible to everybody. Rev, Atlantis World Builder, dropped by to talk about how their 2D retro world helps make crypto accessible to normies, familiar to gamers, and an inviting space for degens everywhere. In this episode, we discuss: * Spatial Audio...

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OMG, IT’S KRIS KAY! WE HAVE KRIS KAY ON THE PODCAST! PoolTogether OG Influencer Kris Kay chops it up on the podcast this week. It was 🔥. You definitely need to hop into the PoolTogether Discord for these podcasts recordings. Lives are changed. Plans are hatched. And this podcast was one for the books! In this episode we discuss: * Haters and Hypers on Twitter * ETH V2 * Decentral Games Ice Poker...

Talking to Richard is always a treat. This podcast is no exception. Richard’s passion for crypto is contagious, and if you’ve been in the space for a month or two you’ve probably run into him. In this episode Richard gives us the following goods (NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE obvs): * Credit Card Arbitrage * Creating wallets from Etherscan???? * His top plays in coins * Fund management with Enzyme. Finance...

Brendan , Co-founder of PoolTogether , joins us on the podcast this week. PoolTogether started over conversations at ETHDenver 2019, and the first version was up in one week. It’s been a fun ride ever since! In this podcast we discussed: * PoolTogether’s effort to support Ukraine with no-loss delegation * PoolTogether’s Values and how they’re crucial to the protocol’s success * Pool Tokenomics * I...