Rehash: A Web3 Podcast

Role Call is a 6-part miniseries on DAOs, produced by Rehash and co-hosted by Hats Protocol.  In our fifth episode of Role Call, co-hosts Diana Chen, Nick Naraghi, and David Ehrlichman speak with Dan Hunt about the importance of decentralization, the role of community and organizing in building effective DAOs, and the integration of AI agents to simplify and enhance organizational processes.  We t...

This special live edition of Rehash was recorded during Devcon7 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Your panelists are Jim Chang (CrossCats), David Phelps (JokeRace), and Grant Gerber (Movement Labs).  Watch them eat spicier and spicier foods while trying to simultaneously give spicier and spicier takes on various topics in crypto like altVMs, casinos, and AI.  ⏳ TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 Intro  1:16 Learn more about...

Role Call is a 6-part miniseries on DAOs, produced by Rehash and co-hosted by Hats Protocol.  In our fourth episode of Role Call, co-hosts Diana Chen, Nick Naraghi, and Spencer Graham speak with Andreas, founder of Fileverse, about how Fileverse aims to solve issues of centralized knowledge management by offering decentralized, privacy-preserving alternatives like ddocs, how to balance privacy wit...

In this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Andy Boyan and Andrew Redden about their latest project, Hypurr Finance, a lending platform built for Hyperliquid and on the HyperEVM. Hyperliquid recently executed one of the largest and most successful airdrops in crypto history, and we start the episode by unpacking the strategy and impacts behind that and the LAST team’s rationale behind building...

Role Call is a 6-part miniseries on DAOs, produced by Rehash and co-hosted by Hats Protocol.  In our third episode of Role Call, we're joined once again by special guest host, Amy Jung (Eigen Foundation), to talk to Justine (Head of Governance at Optimism Foundation) about the concept of progressive decentralization and the challenges and considerations involved in transitioning responsibilities t...

This Minihash episode was recorded in person in Bangkok, Thailand during Devcon 7. In this episode, Jim Chang, co-founder of Catalyst and CrossCats, joins us to talk about the journey of building Catalyst, a platform initially aimed at Cosmos chains, pivoted to focusing on Ethereum rollups, and is now focused on altVMs.  Jim shares insights into their new product, CrossCats, an intent-based bridge...

In this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with JB Rubinovitz, founder of Tenfold, about their perspective on decentralized social platforms, particularly Warpcast, and the future of decentralized identity and reputation.  We discuss the developer-centric focus of Warpcast, the challenges of onboarding users to decentralized platforms, and JB's journey in building Tenfold to empower builder communi...

Role Call is a 6-part miniseries on DAOs, produced by Rehash and co-hosted by Hats Protocol.  In our second episode of Role Call, we're joined by special guest host, Amy Jung (Eigen Foundation), to talk to Rafa (Governance Lead at ZK Sync Association) about the future of DAO governance and the implications of the end of the era of airdrops.  We talk about the challenges in designing sustainable go...

In this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Naomi Metzger, an 11-time British triple jump champion, about her use of Web3 to fund her journey to the 2028 Olympics.  Naomi shares her story of overcoming injuries that kept her from competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics and how she became the first athlete to document her recovery journey onchain.  She also shares about her passion for NFTs, specif...

Role Call is a 6-part miniseries on DAOs, produced by Rehash and co-hosted by Hats Protocol.  In our first episode of Role Call, we dive deep into the evolving nature of money, relationships, and reputation with Tracheopteryx, Chief Governance Officer at Eigen Foundation.  Rehash host, Diana Chen, is joined by Nick Naraghi and Spencer Graham, co-founders at Hats Protocol, to explore the intricacie...

In this episode of Rehash, Dr. Laurence E. Day, founder of Wildcat Finance and creator of the infamous West Ham group chat, joins us to clear up rumors about his alleged crypto hacks and share more about what he’s working on at Wildcat Finance, which aims to facilitate under-collateralized borrowing on the Ethereum blockchain.  Laurence also shares his thoughts on protocol security, the impact of...

Rehash is launching a new 6 part miniseries on DAO governance and design in conjunction with Hats Protocol called Role Call! Tune in every week for a deep dive on DAOs with Rehash host, Diana Chen, Hats co-founders, Spencer Graham, Nick Naraghi, and David Erlichmann, and our special guests joining us each week.   Follow us: Diana Chen (Host, Rehash): https://x.com/ddwchen Spencer Graham (Co-founde...

In this episode of Rehash, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins us to talk about legal compliance and innovation in the crypto space.  Known for her pro-innovation stance, Commissioner Peirce discusses her critiques of the SEC's stringent regulatory approach toward crypto and her hopes for clearer guidelines.  The conversation covers the balance between fostering innovation and protecting investor...

In this episode, we’re speaking with Dr. Nick Almond, a physicist turned DAO enthusiast and now CEO of Factory Labs, about cybernetic governance frameworks in DAOs, the current state and challenges of DAOs, and the potential of decentralized AI in governance.  We also talk about issues of privacy and surveillance, Dr. Nick shares his critical views on WorldCoin (now World), and we wrap up with som...

In this episode, we’re speaking with Amanda Tuminelli, Chief Legal Officer at DeFi Education Fund, about the latest in crypto policy and what she’s expecting to see leading up to the election next week. We start out by recapping some of the lawsuits Amanda has helped file against the SEC through DeFi Education Fund and her testimony at the first congressional hearing on DeFi last month, and then w...

In our first episode of Season 10, we’re speaking with Bunny, CEO of Dora, an onchain discovery engine that’s making it easier than ever for people to discover new apps and projects across a multitude of chains. We talk about why onchain data is important and more specifically why human readable onchain data is important. Bunny explains why he believes read only block explorers will die over the l...

Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On this Minihash episode, Satvik Sethi, founder of Offline Protocol, joins us for a deep dive on how he’s taking the world offline with Offline Protocol.  Satvik first appeared on Rehash in S3 E12 | Let's Talk About Mental Health in Web3 w/Satvik Sethi, which aired on December 1, 2022.   CO...

This episode was recorded live in Detroit on Saturday, September 28, 2024 during the Rehash podcast event at MCON III.  In this episode, Kevin Owocki from Gitcoin joined us to talk about democratic allocation of capital onchain. Kevin is the co-founder of Gitcoin, host of the Green Pill Podcast, and author of the Onchain Capital Allocation Handbook.   This episode is sponsored by Last. Last is a n...

Minihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest. On this Minihash episode, Peter Pan, Partner at 1kx, joins us for a deep dive on what autonomous worlds are.  Peter first appeared on Rehash in S5 E5 | Onchain World Building w/Peter Pan, which aired on July 20, 2023.   COLLECT THIS EPISODE SUBSCRIBE TO REHASH PODCAST CLUB (RPC)   FOLLOW RE...

In our final episode of Season 9, we’re speaking with Jill Gunter, Chief Strategy Officer at Espresso Systems, the coordination layer that unites chains, rollups, and applications. We start off with a hot topic nowadays which is whether we should be focusing more on building infrastructure or apps. You might assume you know where Jill stands on this topic as someone who’s working on a middleware s...

In this episode, we’re speaking with Gloria Kimbwala, Head of Events at Sei Foundation, about crypto events and crypto in the global south. Gloria has been working in the crypto space since 2017, primarily within builder communities and more recently as the events lead at Sei Foundation. She has attended and organized countless events, both in crypto and outside of crypto, and she shares her knowl...

In this episode, we’re speaking with Toby Shorin, Laura Lotti, and Sam Hart from Other Internet about their most recent article on crypto’s three body problem, clarifying some common misconceptions about headless brands, and getting their take on the current state of onchain culture. The idea for this collaboration or interview came about when we had Jon Wu on the podcast last season in S8 E4 whic...

In this episode, we’re speaking with 0xdesigner about all things design, anonymity, and UX/UI in web3. This is the longest episode in Rehash history, but we had so much to talk about and 0xdesigner graciously gave us almost two hours of his time to share his thoughts on all things consumer crypto, UX improvements, and the design space. 0xdesigner is primarily a product designer who has been puttin...

In this episode, we’re speaking with Sophia Dew, DevRel Engineering Lead at Celo, about all things onchain funding and what goes into launching a layer 2 blockchain. Sophia joined Celo about a month ago, and prior to that she was working on Public Goods Network, or PGN, a layer 2 blockchain focused on public goods. PGN ended up running out of money and winding down but Sophia learned tons of lesso...

In this episode, we’re speaking with Rene Lubov, software engineer at Celestia, about data availability (DA), or what Rene prefers to call data publishing. Rene is one of the founding engineers at Celestia and breaks down for us everything we need to know about DA and how it’s implemented at Celestia. We also talk about modularity in blockchains, light nodes, and other technical concepts that you...