The Block Coffee: Recent Episodes
Brian Y.
A virtual coffee house for Blockchain & Web3 enthusiasts, investors and builders to hang out and share their industry insights, investment strategies and the exciting stuff they are building.
In this episode of Block Coffee Chat, Brian is joined by GJ and Helix from MetricsDAO to dive into the world of DAO-Powered Web3 data analytics:
(00:00) Episode Intro
(01:20) NFA
(01:46) Guest Intro | GJ and Helix's journey to Web3
(05:02) GJ on History of MetricsDAO | What challenges is MetricsDAO trying to solve?
(06:32) DAO vs. Company
(07:10) Helix on What challenges is MetricsDAO trying to solve?
(08:40) Why do projects partner with MetricsDAO for their data needs?
(11:52) Deep Dive: How does MetricsDAO work for both Analysts and Partners?
(20:09) On-chain Analytics Education
(24:48) Business Model/Revenue Streams
(27:28) On-chain Analytics Market Landscape
(33:51) Metrics App Product Overview
(42:45) DAO First vs. Protocol First?
(44:46) How does a DAO launch products? | Pros & Cons of a DAO/Community-Driven Approach
(47:37) What it looks like being a full-time contributor to a DAO vs. working at a company?
(56:56) Advice for career pivot from Web2 to Web3?
(01:03:16) Where to learn more about MetricsDAO? | Outro
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Music Credit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUZMbKfpjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this episode of Block Coffee Chat with Web3 Founders, Brian is joined by Ahmed Omar, CEO and co-founder of Odiggo to discuss his journey from fighting professionally to building a YC-backed startup, the smart glasses market, mixed martial arts, and more:
(00:00) Episode Intro
(01:55) Guest Intro | Omar's journey from Fighting in MMA to Building in Tech
(09:41) MMA talk: was Omar more of a striker or grappler? | Favorite MMA fighter?
(10:58) The journey of building Odiggo | Omar's co-founder | Why did they pivot?
(19:31) What problems are you trying to solve? | Human-computer interaction
(27:18) What functions do/will Odiggo's smart glasses have? | Smart glasses market landscape
(37:27) Initial user feedback for the first prototype | Glasses design
(42:39) Wen product launch?
(43:26) New year's resolutions?
(46:13) Any smart glasses uses cases in metaverse or web3?
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Music Credit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUZMbKfpjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this episode of Block Coffee Chat with Web3 Founders, Brian is joined by Rafael Zeitunian, CEO and co-founder of GRAND TIME to discuss how companies can crowdsource micro tasks such as ambassador marketing with less cost and higher quality via a decentralized crowdsourcing marketplace:
(01:54) Guest Intro| Rafael's startup & web3 journey
(05:13) How Rafael came up with the ambassador marketplace business idea & what Grand Time is?
(12:07) How do users monetize their ambassador gigs? | Grand token's tokenomics
(15:45) Grand Time's go to market strategy & biz model | How much can the users earn from performing gig tasks?
(20:43) What competitive advantages/benefits does a token bring vs. a web2 model?
(25:17) How do you educate your users about crypto & blockchain?
(30:07) How to start building a community?
(36:08) How did Rafael decide which blockchain to build on? | thoughts on Polygon
(37:45) Other crowd-working task types on the roadmap | AI data labeling
(44:04) Advice for building in crypto winter
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Music Credit:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this episode of Block Coffee Chat with Web3 Founders, Brian is joined by Khurram P., CEO of Stemmy to discuss how gamification can help solve the major problems in new user onboarding and education:
(01:41) Guest Intro| Khurram's background & startup journey
(10:58) Meeting with the STEPN team and learning about X to Learn
(15:06) SDK & Gamification 101
(20:35) Adtech in gaming
(24:35) Why moving away from a token model & risks of having a token?
(27:47) When would be necessary to have a token?
(32:35) Why should people care about gamification?
(34:10) Thoughts on Web3 Gaming
(37:52) Advice for Web3 founders and builders in crypto winter
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Music Credit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUZMbKfpjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this episode of Block Coffee Chat with Founders, Brian is joined by Andrew Allison, CEO and Founder of Libation Labs to discuss the wine business and NFTs:
(00:49) Guest Intro
(01:31) Andrew's background in Wine and how he got into the Wine NFT venture
(03:50) Why the wine industry needs blockchain and NFTs?
(08:05) What benefits do Web3 and NFTs bring to the table for wine tasting experiences?
(09:47) What's in it for the wineries?
(13:14) What does the wine NFT experience look like for consumers?
(16:24) Considerations for choosing which blockchain to partner with
(20:09) Thoughts on the current state and outlook of the NFT market
(26:24) Advice for Web3 founders and builders
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Music Credit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUZMbKfpjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this episode of Block Coffee Chat with Founders, Brian is joined by Patti Pan, Co-Founder and CEO of Etcheve to discuss the monetization issues that creators and traditional gallery artists face and how NFTs can help solve the problem:
(00:00) Episode Intro
(02:26) Patti's background, how did she get into the art industry and blockchain & NFT
(13:15) Why would an artist ever need to interact with web3 or NFT when they already have social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc.?
(20:34) Artists & creators' struggle with monetization, Beeple, how NFTs can help solve the problem
(31:34) How to help creators with the complicated NFT launch process
(38:55) Pushback from artists, is NFT evil?
(52:02) Advice for founders & builders in the bear market
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Don't forget to leave a rating or review if you like the episode so that you can help others find us and grow our community!
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Music Credit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUZMbKfpjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this episode of Block Coffee Chat with Founders, Brian is joined by David Levine, Co-Founder and Head of Product Development of Freeda: they are building a crypto-newbie friendly non-custodial wallet that utilizes NFTs to provide various financial services. David and Brian had an in-depth discussion around the following topics:
(00:00) Introduction & Welcome to the new series: Block Coffee Chat with Founders!
(04:05) David's journey from traditional finance to building in Web3
(17:15) Finding opportunities in building a more decentralized ecosystem
(21:34) Exploring use cases of NFT & What's Money NFT
(29:53) How to improve the rough customer onboarding experience in crypto
(34:26) Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) 101 & How does DAO work in the Freeda ecosystem
(39:58) Discussion around real world crypto use cases & benefits beyond hype
(45:20) Intro of FTX saga discussion
(48:32) Lessons learned & rant about FTX collapse
(01:03:08) Why SBF's description of his bitcoin arbitrage success story is questionable
(01:08:19) Advice for aspiring founders & builders in Web3 during crypto winter
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Don't forget to leave a rating or review if you like the episode so that you can help others find us and grow our community!
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Music Credit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUZMbKfpjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this episode of The Block Coffee, Brian reflected on what had caused the market crash back in May&June 2022, which led to the key question: Is DeFi (Decentralized Finance) broken, dead or worked just fine? What mainstream media like WSJ got wrong about DeFi? What problems does Defi need to solve in order to get to the next level of adoption?
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Timestamps
(00:00) Introduction & FTX Insolvency
(02:26) Recap on what happened in May&June this year that led to Bitcoin dropping from over 40K to below 19K
(05:03) Why Three Arrows Capital's collapse was shocking to the crypto community
(06:05) Aftermath of the crypto market crisis
(07:13) What mainstream media like Wall Street Journal got right vs. wrong about Defi
(09:34) DeFi 101
(11:33) DeFi worked just fine and is here to stay
(12:01) CeFi (Centralized Finance) vs. DeFi
(18:11) How does an on-chain Defi lending protocol work
(21:06) What problems does Defi need to solve to get to the next level
(23:41) Outro & preview of the next episode
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Music Credit:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
Brian had a coffee chat with Zora, a blockchain and cryptocurrency tax consultant to discussed some recent and upcoming events in Web3 and their tax implications - this episode covers:
1. Why crypto start ups and investors should care about tax?
2. Upcoming Ethereum Merge and potential tax implications for different stakeholders.
3. What simple tax tactics can investors use to get less REKT in this bear market?
4. Zora's thoughts on crypto regulation.
*Episode recorded at the end of July
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Young and Brian continued their discussion on the rise and fall of one of the largest Web3 games, Axie Infinity - they went more in-depth in this second part of the episode to cover:
1. How did the Largest Crypto Hack ($625M) happen to Axie Infinity?
2. What are the Key Lessons that we can Learn from this hacking event?
3. What caused the Substantial Slow Down of Axie Infinity's Growth since its Peak?
4. Drawbacks of the Play-to-Earn Model
5. Web 3 Gaming Industry Outlook
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc
In this Block Coffee episode, Young joined your host Brian to discuss the rise and fall of one of the largest Web3 games, Axie Infinity. The first part of this episode covered:
1. Web 3 Gaming Overview
2. The Rise of Axie Infinity and the Play-to-Earn Economy
3. Young's Journey of becoming a "Crypto Gaming Landlord" via Axie Infinity's Scholarship Program
If you would like us to discuss any other Web3 related topics or have any feedback/thoughts in general for the pod, please don't hesitate to reach out to @theblockcoffee on twitter!
Don't forget to leave a rating or review if you like the episode so that you can help others find us and grow our community!
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Music Credit:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g145tPHDJjc