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In this episode of Space Monkeys, Dom, a member of the Polkadot Fellowship, shares his transition from developing hit VR games to diving deep into blockchain. He discusses Polkadot's potential as a decentralized global government, the trade-offs of decentralization, OpenGov's role in consensus building, and challenges like inflation and personhood proofs. Dom offers practical advice on con...

David Millar-Durant (sig.network CEO) dropped a wildest interop idea at Sub0: give every smart contract its own private key so dApps can natively touch Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid — whatever — without wrappers or sketchy bridges. If you’re tired of blockchain silos, this is the interview to give you hope for that full-interop future.

Mandala co-founder Michael Bennallack sits down at Sub0 Buenos Aires and finally confirms: KPG is happening THIS YEAR. He reveals 5 massive updates: Mandala expanding to Polkadot Hub, permissionless Bitcoin minting via Bitlayer, Ink Finance bringing RWA funds and DAO tools, tokenized proven gold reserves, ZK identity upgrades, and a neighboring Southeast Asian nation-state that has already budgete...

Karim Jedda, Director of Product Engineering at Parity Technologies, joins Space Monkeys to pull back the curtain on the massive product pivot happening at Parity under Gavin Wood's leadership. From Cybergov – three AI agents autonomously voting on Polkadot governance – to the viral Gaslight Garage experiment that forced phones to hear endless keywords, Karim reveals the raw creativity driving...

Pierre Aubert, VP of Engineering at Parity, returns to the Space Monkeys Podcast to discuss Polkadot's evolution from infrastructure to product-focused development. Explore how Parity is building decentralized prototypes for ticketing, access control, and enterprise tools to enhance privacy and security. Learn about management practices emphasizing outcomes, lessons from the Polkadot Hub proje...

Dave Sedacca, Head of Finance at Parity and leader of Polkadot Capital Group, joins Space Monkeys in Washington Square Park to outline the strategy for reviving Polkadot's presence in US capital markets. With over three years at Parity, Sedacca draws from BlackRock, Kayak.com, and Casper experience to address ecosystem challenges: tarnished reputation, VC pullbacks, and limited institutional a...

Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot and Parity, joins Space Monkeys for an in-depth discussion on The Second Age of Polkadot, his personal pivot to building essential Web3 products, and philosophical insights into the human mind. He critiques industrialized society's uniformity, explores proof of personhood for security, issuance curves, treasury reforms, and strategies for stablecoins backed by DOT....

John Vincent, founder and CEO of Wakem Capital Management, shares his transition from 25 years in traditional global macro finance to pioneering crypto investments in 2017. Discover how economic concerns led him to Bitcoin as digital gold, his early bets on Ethereum, Polkadot, Solana, and Avalanche, and lessons from letdowns like EOS. He discusses risk management, institutional adoption, Polkadot&...

In this episode of Space Monkeys, John Darsie, partner at Skybridge Capital and CEO of SALT, shares his path from traditional finance to leading crypto investments. Discover Skybridge's entry into Bitcoin during the pandemic, strategic bets on Polkadot, and views on inflation hedging through the stack market & Web3.Darsie discusses Anthony Scaramucci's leadership, market cycles, and th...

Dive into an exclusive conversation with John Squire, General Partner at Blockchange Ventures, as he shares the origins of their groundbreaking investments in Polkadot, Ethereum, Solana, and more. From turning a $30 million fund into nearly $900 million in returns to analyzing Polkadot's token supply cap, governance challenges, and the JAM protocol's potential for enterprise-scale blockcha...

Join Tim Woo, a Principal Engineer at ChainSafe, as he shares his journey from Web2 to Web3, revealing why he left the grind of AWS microservices for the innovative world of blockchain. Discover how ChainSafe is shaping Polkadot’s ecosystem, from building alternative clients to contributing to the revolutionary Jam upgrade. Learn about the future of decentralized computing, Web3 infrastructure, an...

Discover how Magenta Labs is driving Polkadot’s Web3 revolution with strategic initiatives to bring enterprises and consumers into the ecosystem. In this exclusive interview with John Goldschmidt, Head of Growth at Magenta Labs, we dive into Polkadot’s unique architecture, its scalable technology, and why industries like sports, entertainment, and music are adopting it. Learn about real-world use...

Check out this Space Monkeys podcast with Cameron Thacker, co-founder of Mythical Games. He gets into how NFL Rivals pulled in over 7 million downloads and FIFA Rivals hit a million in just a couple months. Pudgy Party just launched and is taking the world by storm! Cameron talks about their in-game marketplace where 60% of the revenue comes from players trading with each other, and this new Pulse...

Check this out. Phinn Totten, Abstract Chain’s marketing lead, drops real talk on gaining traction in crypto in 2025. No paid ads, just organic creator opportunities & building. He dives into how they’re leveraging Pudgy Penguins’ wave, making onboarding smooth with the Abstract Global Wallet, and laying out a creator-first ecosystem. Their streaming platform’s got 60,000 creators waiting, and...

Join us in Las Vegas for an exclusive podcast with Punkatron, Mr. Ryan Haczynski, diving deep into the Polkadot ecosystem. We explore Polkadot’s passionate community of believers, and the challenges of decentralization. Discover insights on blockchain governance, the potential for blockchain-based voting systems, and how leaders like Lemo, Bill Laboon, Angie Dalton and others are shaping the futur...

In this episode of Space Monkeys, longtime Web3 contributor Flipchan shares his gripping journey from a teenage hacker on IRC channels, breaking into systems for dopamine kicks, to pioneering privacy tech in crypto. Starting with Bitcoin in 2013, he built nodes, non-custodial payments, Monero e-commerce platforms, a betting site integrated with chess. com, and even tokenized a Romanian hotel in 20...

Discover how Harbour Industrial Capital (HIC) is revolutionizing the Polkadot ecosystem with their funds dedicated to ecosystem project development! In this episode of Space Monkeys, HIC’s CEO Max Rebol and CIO Mario Altenburger reveal their dual strategy of venture capital investments and liquidity provision through tokens in projects like Mandala Chain, Xcavate, and peaq. Learn how Fund II diffe...

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Discover how Polkadot’s Deployment Portal (PDP) is revolutionizing blockchain development by simplifying rollup deployment. In this episode of Space Monkeys, Santi Balaguer from Parity Technologies dives into the PDP’s game-changing features, from pre-built templates to automatic core time renewals. Learn why Polkadot is the go-to platform for builders, offering unmatched scalability, native rollu...

Join us for an exclusive interview with Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet, who shares his incredible journey from hacking his ISP at 13 to leading security for a company that protects over 20% of the crypto market cap. Discover how Ledger’s Donjon team breaks wallets to strengthen them, the truth behind supply chain security fears, and innovations like clear signing and transaction checks that saved $1...

Join as we blast off with Rishant Kumar, the new CEO of KILT Protocol, as he unveils an ambitious, consumer-centric roadmap for 2025 in this exclusive Space Monkeys interview. Discover how KILT is transforming digital identity with the Clans app, a gamified attention economy platform, Sporran 2.0, a mobile-first identity wallet, and KILT Pay, a unified payment app integrating popular payment metho...

Discover Polkadot’s revolutionary consumer-facing app designed to make crypto accessible for beginners and beyond! In this video, we dive into the app's game-changing features: a non-custodial Visa payment card, seamless on-chain identity with no logins, and the ability to spend crypto at over 1,000 brands like Starbucks and Walmart in seconds. Learn how Birdo and his team has worked to simpli...

Join us for an electrifying episode of Space Monkeys as we dive deep with Leemo, Chief Nice Officer of Novasama Technologies and co-founder of Chaos DAO! From his World of Warcraft roots to becoming a Polkadot ecosystem legend, Leemo shares his origin story, the rise of Chaos DAO, and the game-changing impact of Polkadot's OpenGov. Discover insider insights on Polkadot’s interoperability, DeFi lan...

Space Monkeys blasting off into the incredible journey of Sukhmeet and Ashmeen Soin, a married couple and co-founders of Feooh, who are making waves in the Polkadot ecosystem! With a delivery background spanning The Canadian Ministry of Defense, healthcare, fintech, and gaming, they’ve built game-changing projects like Mandala’s ID Chain for 260M+ people and Zexify, a Web3 gaming platform revoluti...

Discover Kylix Finance, a game-changing DeFi protocol built on Polkadot’s rollup ecosystem, redefining lending and borrowing across blockchains like Ethereum, Solana, and Polkadot. In this episode of Space Monkeys, co-founder Gianluigi Davassi unveils Kylix’s unique hub-and-spoke model, partnered with Hyperbridge, that ensures secure, over-collateralized lending markets. Learn how Kylix tackles li...