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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo Podcast!

In this episode, we will dive deep into the world of LiquidAuth, an innovative authentication protocol developed powered by WebAuthn and FIDO2, developed by the Algorand Foundation. Our guest, Michael Feher, a full-stack engineer at Algorand Foundation, will break down the intricacies of LiquidAuth, its importance, and how it stands out from centralized solutions like WalletConnect. We will also explore its implications for Algorand adoption and interoperability with Web2 ecosystems.

Highlights include:

  • Introduction to LiquidAuth and its significance
  • Comparison with centralized solutions like WalletConnect
  • The role of FIDO2, WebAuthn, and passkeys in LiquidAuth
  • Future developments and community contributions
  • Insights into the Awesome Algorand organization and its projects

If you would like to appear on the podcast and have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms.Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy this episode!

Episode references:

  • Michael on X: https://x.com/PhearZero
  • Getting started with LiquidAuth: https://liquidauth.com/guides/getting-started/
  • AwesomeAlgo website: https://awesomealgo.com/
  • Algorand Foundation: https://www.algorand.foundation/
  • Algorand Foundation's GitHub: https://github.com/algorandfoundation
  • AlgoKit GitHub: https://github.com/algorandfoundation/algokit-cli
  • What's new/upcoming in algokit ecosystem with Alessandro and Rob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0mmDCJymJ0&t=130s

Learn more about MakerX:

  • Website: https://www.makerx.com.au/
  • Museum of Data History: https://museum.datahistory.org/
  • QRX Codes: https://qrx.codes/
  • Subtopia: https://subtopia.io/

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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo Podcast!

In this episode, we explore the latest news in Algorand ecosystem and the AlgoKit project. Joining us are experts John Woods (CTO, Algorand Foundation), Rob Moore (CTO, MakerX), and Alessandro Cappellato (Head of Product, Algorand Foundation).

Highlights include:

  • John Woods discussing Algorand's consensus updates and his vision for protocol decentralization.

  • Rob Moore on the challenges and innovations in developing AlgoKit, focusing on its impact on developers.

  • Alessandro Cappellato detailing AlgoKit's design philosophy, aimed at meeting developer needs for seamless integration.

The episode features a roundtable discussion on the future of Algorand, decentralized systems in software development, and Algorand's industry influence. Closing thoughts provide insights into blockchain's future and advice for aspiring engineers and startups in blockchain technology. If you are an Apple support engineer listening to this please help John with his feedback id - fb13463773 :-)

For more information:

  • Algorand Foundation: https://www.algorand.foundation/

  • Algorand Foundation's GitHub: https://github.com/algorandfoundation

  • AlgoKit GitHub: https://github.com/algorandfoundation/algokit-cli

  • AlgoKit Puya dev preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i44Wd1R5Ao&t=253s

  • Proof of State show with John, Alessandro, Rob, and Ryan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeXuThD4PUs&t=19s

MakerX:

  • Website: https://www.makerx.com.au/

  • Museum of Data History: https://museum.datahistory.org/

  • Subtopia: https://subtopia.io/

Extra references:

  • Rob Moore's talk at NDC Sydney '18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSY-zqDfc_s

  • Awesome Algorand repository: https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

  • Awesome Algo YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@awesomealgo

Enjoy the episode, and thanks for tuning in!

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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo podcast! In this episode we are joined by Bit (D13), a passionate Algorand community member and a talented software developer known for a variety of prominent contributions and activities in the ecosystem! Here's what you can expect from this episode:1. Introduction to Bit's biography and journey to the domain of Blockchain systems. 2. Discussions on participation node incentives, shift towards P2P, Bit's own advanced use cases for Box Storage and Base32 Fund which is his latest upcoming project. 3. Advice for aspiring Software Engineers.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms.Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚Resources: https://d13.co/-D13's website. * https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests. * https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand * https://www.youtube.com/@awesomealgo*

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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo podcast!In this episode, we are joined by a co-founder of GoPlausible Protocol. A unique Proof of Anything protocol powered by Algorand, allowing you to create digital attestations for anything that requires a digital proof. Here's what you can expect from this episode:

  1. Introduction to MG's biography, and journey into Software Engineering and Computer Science.
  2. Deep dive into GoPlausible protocol. Architecture, platform features, story behind original project creation.
  3. Cross chain future of GoPlausible platform.
  4. Advice for aspiring Software Engineers.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms.Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

  • https://goplausible.com/- GoPlausible website
  • https://goplausible.gitbook.io/goplausible/ - GoPlausible docs
  • https://github.com/GoPlausible - GoPlausible github
  • https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.
  • https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand
  • https://www.youtube.com/@awesomealgo

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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo podcast!In this episode, we are joined by a multidisciplinary designer behind Tinyman - Ertekin Erdin. He is a creative force behind tinyman branding and design system, one of the first AMMs on Algorand and probably the most recognizable brand within the ecosystem. Here's what you can expect from this episode:

  1. Introduction to Ertekin's biography, his academic experience, and journey into becoming a designer at HipoLabs and Tinyman.
  2. Deep dive into Tinyman brand building.
  3. Benefits of strong branding in blockchain ecosystem
  4. Branding tips for blockchain protocols.
  5. Future of Tinyman.
  6. Advice for aspiring designers in the blockchain space.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms.Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

  • https://tinyman.org/ - Tinyman website
  • https://ertekin.xyz/ - Ertekin's blog
  • https://ertekinno.notion.site/2bbe6d8bfb5947e887be84ead1675941?v=97949d94241c4d8e97ceb3bef5131862 - Ertekin's Tinyman portfolio
  • https://github.com/tinymanorg/brand - Tinyman's brand and asset guidelines
  • https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.
  • https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand
  • https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

Credits for episode image cover:

https://github.com/tinymanorg/brand

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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo podcast!

In this episode, we are joined by a Software Engineer from the Algorand Foundation - Joe Polny. Joe is the creator of TEALScript, which is currently the only high-level transpilation language that allows you to write Algorand Smart Contracts in pure TypeScript.

Here's what you can expect from this episode:

  1. Introduction to Joe's biography, his academic experience, and projects prior to his journey into the blockchain space and creating TEALScript.
  2. Deep dive into TEALScript.
  3. The motivation and story behind building TEALScript.
  4. Overview of the main features and comparison with PyTEAL and Tealish.
  5. Architecture overview and AVM interoperability.
  6. A brief overview of testing methodologies.
  7. Advice for aspiring software engineers.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms.

Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://github.com/algorand-devrel/TEALScript - TEALScript documentation and source code.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwViloTnMLM&t=2367s - Joe's Keynote on writing Algorand smart contracts from Decipher Dubai 2022.

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo podcast!

In this episode, we are joined by a CTO of Tinyman - Fergal Walsh, a brilliant engineer with deep experience in Software Engineering in Python, Machine Learning and PhD in Geospatial Computing. Fergal will talk about his new smart contract development language called Tealish - which is a transpilation language that operates directly on top of TEAL.

Here's what you can expect from this episode:

  1. Introduction into Fergal's biography, his academic experience and projects prior to his journey into Blockchain space and building a decentralized exchange protocol on Algorand.
  2. Deep dive into Tealish.
  3. The motivation and story behind building Tealish
  4. How does it simplify smart contract development experience?
  5. How does it compare to tools like Pyteal and Beaker?
  6. A brief overview of main features.
  7. A brief overview of Algojig - a testing toolkit that aids development in Tealish
  8. Future roadmap
  9. Advice for aspiring software engineers

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://tealish.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - Tealish documentation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hri7ugVIDPs - Fergal's Keynote presenting Tealish at Decipher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTHkNkgFJeg&t=2076s - Fergal's keynote on his python framework called Pico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjic6QgYbeI - Fergal's keynote at PyCon

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Welcome to the AwesomeAlgo podcast!

In this episode, we are joined by our special guest Ann Kenyon, a Director of Product at Algorand Inc. Ann will share valuable insights into the new features and capabilities of the upcoming Algorand release.

Here's what you can expect from this episode:

  1. Introduction (5-10 mins): Ann will provide a brief biography and share how she discovered Algorand, as well as her first experience with this domain.
  2. Deep dive (40 mins): Ann will provide a detailed overview of the upcoming Algorand release, covering the following topics:
  3. The gist of new capabilities which are being improved in the upcoming release, and a review of each of the features announced/mentioned
  4. Foreign array references and their impact on blockchain development in Algorand, including the main use cases when this will be of the most use for Dapp developers
  5. The benefits and functionality of the Simulate endpoint and the main use cases, describing the value in testing of contracts and more
  6. An explanation of what Conduit is and how it improves filtering and exporting Indexer data in blockchain development
  7. Macros in TEAL and official Docker images.
  8. Closing thoughts (5-10 mins): During the closing thoughts segment, Ann will discuss:
  9. How Algorand Inc gathers developer feedback, and the main source for feedback. She will explain how developers listening to the podcast can contribute towards discussions on these upcoming features and provide valuable feedback.
  10. The biggest goal for Algorand Inc in 2023, and the biggest challenge for the entire web3 space for several years ahead.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://algorand.com

https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Ahmet Bugra Yigiter, frontend engineering lead at Hipo Labs and part of the Pera Web3 Wallet team.

In this episode, we will be discussing Ahmet's background and experience in computer science, including his first introduction to Algorand and how it drew him to the technology.

We will then be diving deep into the Pera Web3 Wallet, starting with a definition of what a web3 wallet is and walking through the evolution of the wallet from its origins within the Algorand team to its current web-based version. We'll explore the main advantages of the web-based version compared to the mobile app and delve into the frontend stack, libraries used, and testing methods used in the development of the web-based version.

Finally, Ahmet will be sharing his advice for software engineers interested in developing on the Algorand blockchain or getting into the web3 space and discussing the future roadmap for both the mobile and web versions of Pera and how people can contribute to the project.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://perawallet.app/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast! Today's guest is Dan Goldman, the founder and CEO of Ultrade.

In this episode, we will be discussing Dan's background and experience in the field of computer science, including their work building institutional-grade crypto trading systems prior to Ultrade. We will delve into the story of how Dan got started in the blockchain and crypto industry and what led them to start Ultrade.

In the second part of the episode, we will take a deep dive into Ultrade's use of the Algorand blockchain and how it differs from other DeFi trading platforms. We will discuss the main L1 Algorand capabilities utilized by the Ultrade platform, as well as the professional trading tools and features available on the platform. Dan will also share some of the interesting challenges faced during development and how Ultrade's "DeFI as a service" approach enables users to deploy their own decentralized exchanges.

Finally, we will hear Dan's predictions for the future of the DeFi space and their advice for aspiring software engineers and entrepreneurs who want to get into blockchain development on Algorand or the web3 space in general.

Don't forget to submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo if you would like to appear on the podcast and have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3.

Also, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms to support the podcast. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode!

Resources:

https://ultrade.org/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Stefano De Angelis. He is a Solution Architect and a PhD in Cybersecurity working at Algorand.

The episode is structured as follows:

  1. Overview of Stefano's background and experience in the field of computer science, including their academic pursuits at the University of Sapienza and the University of Southampton and the topics of their theses. We will also delve into his first project in the blockchain space and how they discovered and became interested in Algorand.
  2. In the second part of the episode, we will be taking a deep dive into the history of consensus mechanisms, starting with the earliest distributed systems in the second half of the 20th century and ending with modern protocols like Algorand's PPoS. We will discuss the state machine replication problem and the various networking models that have influenced protocol design, as well as the byzantine generals' problem. We will also touch on some of the first well-known consensus protocols, such as Paxos, and how the rise of blockchain technology introduced new consensus protocols like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake.
  3. Stefano's advice for aspiring software engineers who are interested in developing on Algorand and his predictions for the future of the blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://developer.algorand.org/u/stefano.deangelis

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Reliable-Secure-Distributed-Programming/dp/3642152597

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Kieran Nelson. He is a software engineer and expert in building aggregation portfolio trackers with multi-protocol compatibility on Algorand.

The episode is structured as follows:

  1. Overview of Kieran's background and experience in software engineering. His first encounter with Algorand and the idea behind building aggregation portfolio trackers with multi-protocol compatibility on the platform.
  2. A deep dive into Kieran's thoughts on the main advantages and challenges of building such a portfolio tracker on Algorand. He will also discuss the technical aspects and complexity of implementing multi-protocol compatibility.
  3. Kieran's advice for aspiring software engineers who are interested in developing on Algorand and his predictions for the future of the blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting project related to Algorand or web3, submit your application at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

To support the podcast, please subscribe and follow new episodes on your favorite podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://algogator.finance/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://ask.awesomealgo.com/ - refer here to ask your questions to upcoming guests.

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Farzan Akhtar. He is a host of Blockchain and Beyond show. Farzan works in a field of Cybersecurity and aims to help educating people about web3 via his podcast.

The episode is structured as follows:

  1. Overview of Farzan's biography and his journey into Engineering. First experience with Algorand. Ideas behind starting Blockchain and Beyond.

  2. A deep dive into Farzan's take on main advantages and disadvantages of the Algorand chain. Notes on incentive mechanisms for relay nodes and simplicity of setting them up.

  3. Farzan's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://www.blockchainandbeyond.co.uk/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome...

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Patrick Bennett. He is a CEO of TxnLab, a development company focused on building Web3 applications on Algorand. Patrick has a very extensive experience in software engineering spanning over 4 decades of work in the industry. The episode is a deep dive into TxnLab's main product called NFDomains.

The episode is structured as follows:

  1. Overview of Patrick's biography and his journey into Engineering. First experience with Algorand. And of course, the brief history on how TxnLab's came to be as a company.

  2. A deep dive into NFDomains. Main use cases for using non fungible tokens in the context of name services. Overview of key features and architecture of the platform.

  3. Patrick's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!

๐Ÿ™‚ Resources:

https://nf.domains

https://nf.domains/#integrations

https://app.nf.domains/

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Matthieu Dardelle - creator of AlgoWorld project. One of the first collectable card games in Algorand ecosystem, including dedicated explorer, swapper and utility token to incentivise and engage its community.

The episode is structured as follows:

  1. Overview of Matt's biography and his journey into Web3 and Blockchain development. Initial ideas behind creating AlgoWorld collectibles game.

  2. A deep dive into history of AlgoWorld project supplemented by details from our individual contributions. We start from early days of the project in April 2021, and cover entire development history up until full open sourcing of entire codebase in September 2022.

  3. Matt's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general.

If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!

๐Ÿ™‚ Resources:

https://algoworld.io

https://docs.algoworld.io

https://github.com/algoworldnft

https://awesomealgo.com/

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

https://bit.ly/awsmalgovideo

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast! Today's guest is James Bayly - Chief Operating Officer at Subquery. A blockchain company based in New Zealand developing a next generation indexer solution that support multiple blockchain networks and significantly simplifies development of dapps for companies, engineers and enthusiasts in web3 space. The episode is structured as follows: 1. Overview of James's biography and his journey into Web3 and Blockchain development. 2. An overview of Subquery as a company and the main offering called Subquery Network. 3. James's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand and his take on the future of Blockchain space in general. If you would like to appear on the podcast and you have an interesting Web3 or Algorand related project, submit your form at https://bit.ly/awesomealgo. I maintain the podcast as a hobby in my free time. The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚ Resources: https://subquery.network https://academy.subquery.network https://github.com/subquery https://awesomealgo.com https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Aaron Martinez - Founder and a CEO of Headline Inc. A blockchain company developing DEFI solutions and dev tooling for and on Algorand Ecosystem.

This episode covers a variety of products that Headline provides. The episode is structured as follows:

  1. Overview of Aaron's biography and his journey on becoming a founder of Headline Inc and exploration of the Algorand ecosystem.

  2. An overview of the most popular dev tools, Defi solutions, and protocols created by Headline Inc.

  3. A deep dive into HDX. Headline's new Decentralized Exchange and a protocol that are offering unique features and are inspired by Uniswap protocol.

  4. Aaron's advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand.

I maintain the podcast as a hobby in my free time. The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

If you would like to learn more about affordable smart contract auditing companies mentioned in the episode. Reach out to Aaron at aaron@headline.dev and he will provide references and contacts for those companies.

Resources:

https://www.headline-inc.com/

https://www.pipeline-ui.com/

https://github.com/headline-design

https://medium.com/algorand/why-news-project-headline-pivoted-to-dev-tools-and-defi-bdf59e609f6

https://awesomealgo.com

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!ย 

Today's guests are Andres Valencia and Daniel Alcivar - Product Managers from RandLabs responsible for AlgoExplorer and MyAlgoWallet.ย 

This episode covers a variety of different topics such as:ย 

  1. Overview of Danielโ€™s and Andresโ€™s biography and their journey to RandLabs and the Algorand ecosystem.ย 

  2. An overview of both MyAlgoWallet and AlgoExplorer. With discussions ranging from an overview of the space, main features, interesting implementation challenges, etc,ย 

  3. Advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand.ย 

This podcast is not sponsored by any third parties, I maintain it as a hobby in my free time. The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe to and follow new episodes available on a large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚ย 

Resources:ย 

https://randlabs.ioย 

https://algoexplorer.ioย 

https://wallet.myalgo.comย 

https://awesomealgo.comย 

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Jeff Stein, a computer science student who created an open source project called AlgoTables that allows people to better explore the Algorand ecosystem.

This episode covers:

  1. Jeff's journey into CS and Engineering. Motivation behind AlgoTables.

  2. An overview of architecture, dev stack and features of his project. This part also includes a set of suggestions that give to Jeff in regards to potential ways to improve the project in future.

  3. Future roadmap for the project and information on how to contribute.ย 

  4. Jeff's advice for aspiring computer science students and people interested in pursuing the academic degree in the field.

This podcast is not sponsored by any third parties, I maintain it as a hobby on my free time. The podcast aims to give a platform for anyone in Algorand ecosystem and web3 space to talk about engineering topics in regards to the tools they built.

The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe and follow new episodes available on large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://github.com/algotables/algotables.github.io

https://awesomealgo.com

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Today's guest is Zeph Grunschlag, a Senior Software Engineer from Algorand with more than 20 years of experience in the industry and impressive academic background in Math and CS.

This episode covers a variety of different topics such as:

  1. A take on Zeph's biography and his journey to Algorand coming from a very interesting background in academia doing his Ph.D. in Math at the University of Berkeley.

  2. An overview of TEAL. In contrast with episode one, this time there is more in-depth coverage of technical specifics of that language described thoroughly by Zeph.

  3. Graviton. We dive into topics starting from motivation for creating this project, followed by the origins of the name, an overview of main features, and, of course, contribution guidelines and the future roadmap for the project.

  4. Advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand.

This podcast is not sponsored by any third parties, I maintain it as a hobby on my free time. The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe and follow new episodes available on large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://developer.algorand.org/

https://github.com/algorand/graviton

https://awesomealgo.com

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Cosimo Bassi is the guest of this episode, he is a Solution Architect from Algorand with a really interesting background in engineering.ย 

This episode covers a variety of different topics such as:

  1. Cosimo's biography and his journey to Algorand coming from an Electrical Engineering background.

  2. What makes Algorand unique? What is blockchain and what is consensus? How pure proof of stake solves the blockchain trilemma?

  3. What are the most notable capabilities of Algorand Layer 1 provided out of the box?

  4. Cosimo's opinion on a great starting point for testing smart contracts.

  5. An advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand.

This podcast is not sponsored by any third parties, I maintain it as a hobby on my free time. The most important thing that you as a listener can do to support it is to simply subscribe and follow new episodes available on large variety of podcasting platforms. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://developer.algorand.org/

https://github.com/cusma/algorand-school

https://awesomealgo.com

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand

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Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

In this introductory episode we are going to cover the following topics:

  • A few words about the host of the podcast and his backgroundย 

  • What are awesome repositories and who created the original idea to provide conventions to create open-source curated lists on tooling for various engineering domains.

  • What is AwesomeAlgo?

  • The podcast's goal and which guests and topics to expect as well as for instructions on how to apply to become a guest on the podcast.

  • And finally an announcement for the guest for the upcoming episode #1

Support this podcast by subscribing to it on your preferred streaming platform. Thank you! ๐Ÿ™‚

Resources:

https://awesomealgo.com

https://github.com/aorumbayev/awesome-algorand