Web3 Talks: Stories & Tips from the Builders

Zapper is one of the most popular crypto apps. And on Thursday, they published the v2, which transformed Zapper from a portfolio tracker into a web3 exploration tool. I talk with Seb about their early days, management & growth tactics, v2, and... art. Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Seb & Mac: https://twitter.com/sebaudet26 https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski 1:57 How Seb...

If you're a Metaverse skeptic, this episode might change your mind. I talked with Anton, whose apps have built metaverse since 2016, so long before this word became popular. And they make $30M/year. How it's possible? Check out the episode! Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Anton & Mac: https://twitter.com/antonber https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski 0:37 Intro 1:27 Quick histo...

Dennison has been in crypto for over 10 years. He has been heavily involved in DAOs before most people even heard about them. In this episode, he shares lessons from seeing 100s of these organizations. Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks   Follow Dennison & Mac:  https://twitter.com/DennisonBertram https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski TIMESTAMPS: 1:00 How Dennison got into cryp...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ HopExchange is the leading bridge between Ethereum & L2s. Chris shares the story behind the project, how they designed their airdrop and why they decided to give the community so much power. Timestamps : 1:39 How Chris ended up in crypto and why Et...

Just like ENS lets people link their wallet addresses to .eth domains, IDrIss lets people link their wallet addresses to their phone numbers, e-mails & Twitter handles. But it's only the tip of the iceberg! Timestamps: 1:35 How they ended in crypto space 3:50 What’s the story & vision behind IDRiss 7:30 Five things that make them different from Ethereum Name Service 13:21 What happens when...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ How Auston Bunsen sold his TV for 2.5 BTC? Why did 2017 ICOs inspire them to start QuickNode? How he accidentally made Vitalik think that he broke Etheruem Virtual Machine? And why QuickNode doesn’t care about the bear market? This - and much more - ha...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ DeFi Safety helps investors understand the risks of DeFi projects. Rex tells us about i.a. the company's founding story, review process, and the way they get new clients & employees.  1:30 How Rex learned about Ethereum via Reddit & got in...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ How EPNS solved the chicken-egg growth problem and acquired their first 44k users? What were the biggest tech challenges & dead-end streets so far and how EPNS tackled them? And what strange outfit have people worn for a VIP crypto dinner?  Th...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ x0r is an NFT artist, coder & member of the investing team @ a16z. He shares: how to really learn how blockchains work? Why did he let devs find out the seed phrase of one of his wallets? What lessons had he drawn from his NFT drops? And how his pe...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ Why becoming a DAO contributor is so hard, and what can DAOs do about it? How to make web3 hiring more meritocratic? And how to test your product with big DAOs such as Bankless, Aave & Olympus and build it with them, not for them? In this Episode,...

How has an idea in a New Orleans meetup turned into a product supporting the financial operations of over 120 crypto businesses? Why do they use web2 acquisition strategies? And how did they get the support of one of the world's biggest CPA organizations? This - and much more - has been covered in this episode. Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Gild & Mac: https://twitter.co...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ 01:20 What is MemeDAO 1:55 How Raj got into web3 via crypto trading & Atomic treated it as an experiment despite his initial skepticism 04:54 How Raj found that there’s not enough supply of memes in the web3 space & created the first vision of...

In Ep.13 Yawn Rong, STEPN Co-Founder tells us: - What they’ve learned from Axie Infinity’s mistakes, - Why you SHOULDN’T hype your project too much, - How history inspired the design of sustainable tokenomics, - What tactic made their Discord grow, and much much more. If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3tal...

In this Episode Austin tells us: - What mental models does he use to choose which products to work on, - Where are the biggest gaps in web3 waiting to be filled with new great products, - How to build an MVP in an hour, - Where to promote your product, and 100 other useful builder-oriented tips. If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new on...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ In this episode Andre Serrano tells us: - Why CityCoins are not what most ppl think. - How they let citizens earn, create apps & raise money for their city. - How they've educated Mayor Francis Suarez & other gov. officials about MiamiCoin. If...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ In this Episode Nik Kalyani tells us: - What web3 can learn from web2 about composability; - Why you don’t need to know Solidity or Rust to start building web3 dapps; - How can we fix discoverability, monetization & security issues in web3, - How t...

In this Episode Szymon Sypniewicz from RampNetwork tells us: - About Ramp's obsession over UX, - How they got partners such as Axie Infinity, SoRare, Polygon & Aave, - How Ramp is not just a payments business, but also an identity business, - How to manage a 40X growth. If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://w...

In Ep. 8 Mitchell shares: Why Stacks has chosen Bitcoin as a foundation, Why they wanted SEC qualification, How a variety of projects help their community to grow, Info about a partnership with Codeacademy to provide chain-agnostic education, How does Mintery - an NFT accelerator - work. If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ In this episode, Leon Erichsen from Gitcoin tells us: - Why crypto connects people from both sides of the libertarian-socialist spectrum, - How crypto helped Gitcoin to connect developers living in different parts of the world to build new open-source...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ Zakku tells us: - why DAOs decentralize their compensation systems,   - when hard conversations about $ build stronger teams,   - how proof-of-value can serve as your digital resume,   - what are the similarities between DAO2DAO & B2...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ In this Episode Chairman Ape shares: - How they started a collaboration with players such as Paolo Dybala, Patrice Evra, and Miralem Pjanic, - What was the story of promoting Ludo Labs via a community member & YouTube football influencer - Fiago, -...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ Ivona Tau, award-winning AI NFT artist whose works has been auctioned at Foundation and Sotheby's, tells us: how she sold her first NFT and how she promotes her arts now,  how does the creation of a 1/1 AI NFT look like, and how long does it take,...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new one comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ How Building in Public has helped Nitish's startup and inspired him to build Bip? What are the best things from Git and the OpenSource community that has been implemented in Bip? Why it's so hard to collaborate in DAOs with just Google Docs & Notio...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new episode comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ In this episode, we learn: Why Rohit stopped working on the mobile game studio that had 3M users and turned into crypto? How Mudrex helped over 40k users invest in crypto and generated over $2B+ in transactions? What’s the difference between CeFi &...

If you don't want to miss our episodes, subscribe to our Substack and get an e-mail whenever the new episode comes out: https://web3talks.substack.com/ Questbook helps web2 developers learn web3 skills. It's a YC startup, backed by multiple Indian high-profile businessmen.  Madhavan tells us: - What Questbook really is, - How they build such as vibrant developers community, - What's their bus...