Our podcasts explore the world of NFTs, Metaverses, DAOs, cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and more. This is a collection of our Twitter Spaces that we co-host with various Web 3.0 projects. Metopia is the first infrastructure project that generates on-chain NFT identities and DAO applications.
0:00 Introductions
2:32 Challenges in Web3
3:30 The Value of Uniblock
4:18 The Challenges Building Uniblock
6:25 The Evolution of Uniblock's Product
9:51 GTM
12:28 Partnerships
15:41 The Importance of Grit in Fundraising
26:04 Balancing Work and Personal Life
38:22 Future Plans and Roadmap
About Uniblock.
Kevin Callahan is Co-Founder at Uniblock, a collection of blockchain tool kits designed to make Web3 development faster and scalable. Uniblock provides blockchain toolkits such as the APIs, SDKs, and No-Code tools needed to build any Blockchain application. They offer various products and services, including a blockchain-based e-commerce platform, digital identity management solutions, and a suite of developer tools and APIs.
The company is focused on providing user-friendly and accessible blockchain technology to businesses of all sizes, making it easier for them to leverage the benefits of blockchain without the need for extensive technical knowledge or expertise. https://www.uniblock.dev/
About us
Metopia on X: https://twitter.com/Metopia_xyz Metopia Medium: https://medium.com/@Metopian Metopia Gitbook: https://metopia.gitbook.io/metopia-docs/
0:00 Introductions
2:45 Mariam's journey into Web3
4:58 Transition from Economist to Game Studio Founder
7:11 Challenges Faced as a Founder
9:33 Fundraising and Investor Relations
15:08 Details of Fundraising and Equity Crowdfunding
23:43 Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur
26:13 Plans for 2024
28:57 Closing Remarks and Call to Action
About Breshna.io
Breshna.io is a purposeful game maker platform that empowers users to create their own video games with no code and at lightning speed, think Canva for games!
With 170k game makers and 6m+ game impressions, $2.5m raised from investors including Paris Hilton, Randi Zuckerberg and Bill Ackman's Family Office and an AI-powered text to game engine and carnival-themed metaverse launching next quarter, Breshna is positioned as an industry leader democratizing purposeful content creation with video games.
The founder & CEO of Breshna, Mariam Nusrat, is a US-based Pakistani entrepreneur, with 7 years in the purposeful video games sector and 12 years of experience in the Edtech space (working at the World Bank across 22 different countries). For this work, she has been recognized on the Forbes Next 1000 List and is a recipient of the Clinton Global Initiative University Honor Roll Alumni Award.
Mariam is on a mission to empower the next 100m people to tell their stories through video games.
Invest in Breshna: https://republic.com/breshna
About Web3 Futurists and Metopia.
Metopia on X: https://twitter.com/Metopia_xyz Metopia Medium: https://medium.com/@Metopian Metopia Gitbook: https://metopia.gitbook.io/metopia-docs/
0:00 Introduction1:30 Aly’s journey into Web34:10 BFF’s portfolio and what they are looking for when investing?6:38 Sub industries and opportunities10:59 Deal flow for BFF15:00 What makes a project stand out? 17:15 Backing up claims18:18 Web3 Reputation and Identity 24:32 Going on-chain and banking the unbanked 27:22 Market analysis32:00 Closing statementsMetopia on X: https://twitter.com/Metopia_xyz Metopia Medium: https://medium.com/@Metopian Metopia Gitbook: https://metopia.gitbook.io/metopia-docs/About Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF)BFF is a Singapore based early-stage Venture Capital Fund which invests in top-tier Blockchain startups globally. Their industry leading go-to-market focused Venture Program aids seasoned and first-time entrepreneurs across key business functions to fast-track growth. BFF has scaled many of the leading Blockchain startups and is always looking to connect with exceptional founders across the industry including Web3, metaverse, gamefi, DeFi and NFT.BFF on X: https://twitter.com/BlockchainFFAly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alymadhav...
0:00 Introduction
2:59 Current landscape of Web3 and Quantstamp’s position
5:20 What a standard Web3 audit process looks like
12:59 Quantstamp’s competitive advantages. How does a potential client choose an auditor?
15:23 DeFi Protection
21:40 Other exciting announcements?
22:52 Closing statements
Metopia X: https://twitter.com/Metopia_xyz Metopia Medium: https://medium.com/@Metopian Metopia Gitbook: https://metopia.gitbook.io/metopia-docs/
Quantstamp’s mission is to secure the decentralized internet, and has protected over $200B in digital asset risk from hackers. More than 500 startups, foundations and enterprises work with Quantstamp to keep their innovative products safe.
On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Stephen is joined by Kaavya Prasad, the founder of Lumos Labs. We explore their successes, how it came about, the challenges, and the road ahead.
0:00 Introductions
3:10 Lumos Academy: What is the significance of Web3 education and the transition from web2 to web3
7:07 India’s educational system
7:50 Web3 growth opportunities- what is the current landscape and where do you see it going in the future?
10:32 What is the general sentiment of Web3 in India right now?
11:42 Investment opportunities
12:37 The landscape of Identity, reputation and contribution
16:44 Lumos Academy
18:43 18:55 The metaverse with Lumos
24:00 Conclusion
About the podcast
Web3 Futurists Twitter: https://twitter.com/Web3FuturistsStephen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/slimbokk
About Metopia
Metopia Twitter: https://twitter.com/Metopia_xyz
Metopia Medium: https://medium.com/@Metopian Metopia
Gitbook: https://metopia.gitbook.io/metopia-docs/
About Lumos Labs
Launched in 2020, Lumos Labs accelerates Web3 adoption by enhancing developer engagement. We're a Web3 ecosystem enabler, powering developer relations for Web 3.0 entities. Our suite of integrated tools includes Lumos Academy for Web3 learning, Lumos HackHub for Web3 hackathons, and Lumos Accelerate for Web3 startup growth. Additionally, Lumos Grants and Lumos Hire offer opportunities for developers.
Having collaborated with industry leaders like NEAR, Polygon, Polkadot, and Binance, we've onboarded 60K+ developers and granted $1M+ across 100+ clients.
For comprehensive insights, visit: https://www.lumoslabs.co/
Discover Lumos Academy, our web3 education platform focused on developer upskilling and education, at: https://academy.lumoslabs.co/
Lumos Academy is also live on Product Hunt!
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/lumos-academy
Embark on the Lumos Metaverse journey: https://bit.ly/whilipr
On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Stephen is joined by Airchains. We explore their successes, how it came about, the challenges, and the road ahead.
0:30 About Ankara and Airchains
2:20 Exploring ZK
5:23 Airchain’s ecosystem and partners
7:50 The current landscape and competitive advantages
10:49 Digital reputation vs IRL reputation
15:17 Non-transferable NFTs
17:49 Rewards and incentives system in the web3 landscape
21:30 The case for DAOs in the workplace
23:15 Roadmap for Airchains
24:49 Market sentiment and predictions
28:00 Closing statements
Web3 Futurists Twitter: Stephen's Twitter
Metopia Twitter: https://twitter.com/Metopia_xyz Metopia Medium: https://medium.com/@Metopian Metopia Gitbook: https://metopia.gitbook.io/metopia-docs/
About Airchains:
Airchains is a web3 middleware Saas product that allows users to deploy, build, and scale their blockchains. The company provides tools to build the blockchain to run their own networks and tools to build dApps and NFT over it, enabling developers, enterprises, & institutions to improve network security and performance, have integrated tooling and APIs, and perform smart contract auditing. They are a one-stop solution that allow users to accomplish the deployment and management with ease. As part of the growth trajectory, Airchains will introduce a next-gen cryptographic solution using Zero-Knowledge (zK)modular rollups for superior scalability and flexibility. The Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus ensures reliable performance. Airchains finalizes transactions on their L2 Cosmos SDK chain and uses zk-proofs for transaction transparency.
For more visit: https://www.airchains.io/
On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia explores the Sei Network with representatives of Dagora, SeaSwap, Sparrowswap, Simba Exchange, Project Otus, Sei Pepe and Sei Doge.
In this episode, the projects explore the topics of Sei Network, incentive layers, loyalty programs, community management, meme tokens, NFTs and more.
What is Metopia?
Metopia is a Web3-native contribution-based governance and incentive loyalty platform that aims to provide communities and contributors with a non-transferable badge protocol. This non-transferable badge protocol allows for transparent recognition of contributions, customized governance strategies, and a reasonable incentive system.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by MOI. We explore their successes, how it came about, the challenges, and the road towards decentralization.
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Timestamps
0:27 Introduction
2:35 MOI in Layman’s terms
6:32 Go-to-market strategy
11:35 What is Zero-Knowledge
16:40 Where is Web2 going with privacy
20:52 Drawing the line on Decentralization
23:09 Roadmap and Pipeline
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Charmverse interviews Stephen from Metopia, and host of the Web3 Futurists podcast to discuss the state of Web3 reputation.
This is originally featured on the Charmverse Twitter Space and posted onto YouTube. This is a re-upload of the original audio.
"Stephen of Metopia joins us to share how this platform is building a non-transferable badge protocol for communities and contributors. Join us to learn how Metopia can offer more insight into contributors' on-chain reputations"
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Castig from ConsoleDAO. We explore the problem with Discord, how Console came about, the challenges, and the road ahead.Console is a group chat platform designed for the way communities collaborate.
Timestamps
2:26 How Console came about
3:49 Launching through the bear market
5:04 Differences between Web2 vs Web3 apps and user identity
10:50 Alpha + Beta launch and the current stage of Console
12:30 Community building on Console
17:10 Plans for the DAO?
21:43 What to look forward to at Console
24:20 Biggest lessons from Web3
29:10 Closing statements
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Marcus Aureliusfrom KlimaDAO. We explore their successes, how it came about, the challenges, and the road towards decentralization.
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Timestamps
0:23 Marcus’ journey into Web3
2:00 KlimaDAO introduction.
5:40 The need to operate as a DAO and how it operates.
8:20 KIP-19, the decentralization working group.
9:14 Lessons learned from decentralizing, lack of participation, compensation.
12:50 Joining KlimaDAO, token-based governance voting.
13:35 Challenges operating via a token-based model.
15:00 Delegation.
16:00 Carbon credit competitors.
20:30 How partnerships work in ReFi.
21:32 “Green fee” partnership with SushiSwap.
22:25- The relationship between KlimaDAO and the Traditional carbon market.
27:49- ETH Denver, DAO Denver and conclusion.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Robbie Heeger, the CEO from Endaoment. We explore Endaoment's success, how it came about, the challenges, and the road to decentralization.
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Timestamps
8:50 Endoament’s 2022 Impact Report by the numbers
15:29 Endaoment and ConstitutionDAO
20:50 The operations of Endaoment
30:27 Endaoments’ challenges, decentralisation and governance mechanisms
40:38 balancing governance and decentralisation
46:20 ETH Denver and DAO Denver
50:20 Closing statements
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Matai from Kift. We explore multiple DAO governance strategies and dive deep into the project. Kift is building a geo-distributed city with a community of vanlifers and digital nomads.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Quantum Temple. We explore the world of the culture and the importance of using the blockchain to preserve it.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by the team at Y-Foundry. We explore multiple DAO governance strategies, the importance of decentralization, and why Y-Foundry is poised to take on the future of DAOs.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Quantum Temple. We explore the world of the culture and the importance of using the blockchain to preserve it.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Federico, the founder of Kleros and Proof of Humanity. We explore the world of the DAOs, Universal Basic Income, Greek Philosophers and more.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Aleksa Mil from DAOToday. We explore the world of the compliance and legal framework of DAOs, decentralization, governance frameworks and more.
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On this episode of Web3 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Nancy from ChapterOne Research. We explore the world of Web3 Credentialing, SoulBound Tokens, Account-bound Tokens, and other methods of gaining reputation in the Web3 space.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Kaavya from Lumos Labs. We explore the world of the metaverse for developers, the creator economy, SoulBound Tokens and how they will impact credentialing and job postings.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Deepa, the founder of ImpactDAOs. We explore the world of contribution, impact, governance models, and more.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Maksim, the CEO of Chill. We explore fitness industry in Web 3, how AI is improving fitness, and how to tokenize your workouts.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by LiveArt. We explore the topic of purchasing art IRL, transitioning into Web3, and how the blockchain improves incentives for the creator economy.
LiveArt supports all forms of art and believes that digital art is simply that, art. It is another medium that extends the reach of creators beyond the physical realm - making it possible to tell powerful and interactive stories with NFTs, generative art and digital exhibitions.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by representatives of CityDAO and KokonutDAO. In the podcast, we will explore the topics of digital nations, decentralized cities, harbenger taxes, reputation systems, SoulBound Tokens and membership incentivization in DAOs.
CityDAO's mission is to build an on-chain, community-governed, crypto city of the future.
Kokonut Network is Building the Infrastructure to Connect Web3 with Agriculture.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by representatives of BraveNewDAO, Mask Network, Next ID, Connect3 and Parmeus Protocol.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by representatives of Mask Network, Next ID, DeepDAO and KokonutDAO.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Shil.me, a no-code landing page in Web3.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by MM3NFT, a NFT project that is inspired and endorsed by the Marilyn Monroe Estate.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Unique Venture Club, a project looking to democratize investing and asset management.
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Where to find Unique VC
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by The Bee Collab, a project looking to save the bees with NFTs.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Castle Kid NFT, a PFP project helmed by Grammy-nominated producer Colin Tilley. At the most basic level, Castle Kid aims to be the hub for creatives by giving holders access to courses, IRL events, merchandise and more.
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Where to find Castle Kid NFT
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Metopia is joined by Lobby3, a new web3 community helmed by former presidential candidate Andrew Yang. At the most basic level, Lobby3 aims to leverage web3 technology to give those within the various blockchain-based communities a stronger voice in Washington, DC.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Stephen is joined by the Co-Founder of IQ Protocol, Tom Tirman. IQ Protocol is a DeFi Solution for renting NFTs and Fungible Tokens, allowing users the freedom to rent NFTs without posting collateral.
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On this episode of Web 3.0 Futurists, Stephen is joined by the CMO of Matrix World, Kyle Rehak. Matrix World is a cross-chain metaverse that operates on the Ethereum and Flow blockchain, allowing users to have the best of both worlds.
Stephen and Kyle cover a lot in this episode, they introduced their respected projects and discussed numerous topics including metaverses, DAOs, NFTs, the state of the market and even governance structures.
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