Audioblogs and Podcasts from the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation: Recent Episodes
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Listen to our chat with Yuka, Investment at Fenbushi Capital! We dived into the crypto industry in 2023 and more✨
Follow Yuki on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/ballsyalchemist
Follow Fenbushi Capital on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/fenbushi
Follow Dartmouth Blockchain on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/Voxchain
Follow Mackay on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/0xMackay
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Listen to our web3 leadership & marketing talk with Jess, CMO of the Algorand Foundation, and Clifford of Blockchain at Florida International University.
Learn more about Algorand👉https://developer.algorand.org/
Follow Jess on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/JessatAlgorand
Follow Blockchain at FIU on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/blockchainatfiu
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Listen to Rand, Zama CEO, talks on fully homomorphic encryption, protecting data at every step, and more.
Learn more about Zama👉https://www.zama.ai/
Check out FHE bounty program👉https://www.zama.ai/bounty-program
Follow Rand on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/randhindi
Follow Dartmouth Blockchain on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/Voxchain
Follow Blockchain at San Diego on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/BlockchainAtSD
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Listen to our talk about DeFi on Algorand! We were joined by Daniel, Head of DeFi at the Algorand Foundation.
This talk was moderated by the fantastic Tanay of U.Waterloo Blockchain.
Learn more about Algorand👉https://developer.algorand.org/
Follow Daniel on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/EauDoon
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We discussed gaming on Algorand and on the web3 space with Piergiacomo, head of gaming at the Algorand Foundation, NYU Blockchain and Fintech and Blockchain at UCI.
Learn more about Algorand👉https://developer.algorand.org/
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Listen to our talk about Algorand for Students builder with Chris, Developer Relation at Algorand, we discussed resources for students, how to learn to develop and get started on Algorand and more.
This talk was moderated by Han, co-president of the UW blockchain society and Thomas, head of Kryptosphere.
Learn more about Algorand👉https://developer.algorand.org/
Check out Algorand Developers Youtube Channel👉 / @algodevs
Check out AlgoKit👉https://developer.algorand.org/algokit/
Check out the upcoming Algorand's Bootcamp👉https://developer.algorand.org/events/
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Follow the UW Blockchain Society on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/udubblockchain
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Today we had the honor of interviewing Steve Dakh of the Ethereum Attestation Service. Steve goes all the way back from getting kicked out of high school, to origin stories from Ethereum with Vitalik! Learn how EAS is building the future of digital identities on this week's podcast!
Show Notes
Want to learn more about EAS, checkout their website: https://attest.sh/
Attestation of this Podcast: https://arbitrum.easscan.org/attestation/view/0x8507208cc44b1d4e0dcf9267957248e7d53da1d8653625ff19a23d7c3c696001
What better way to celebrate Consensus2023 than with someone from Consensys (see what we did there). On this pod I speak with Craig about the future of international payments and how his DAO works to onboard migrants in southeast Asia to web3. We often hear "crypto is a scam" or "only a speculative investment" and on this episode we debunk such rumors going deep into the fees and every day challenges workers abroad face in supporting themselves and their family back home.
Do you have a web3 story to tell? Submit to be on the podcast with the following form:
https://forms.gle/Q8dh27nEgH6prXmKA
Show Links:
RemittDao Website: http://remittdao.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RemittDAO
BAF Consensus Guide: https://bafnetwork.notion.site/Students-Consensus-b71f66148c254f1f8a5e663a99ee4017
Youni website: Youniapp.xyz
In this week's podcast we speak with Oriana Torres, who is working to empower the future leaders of LATAM. Her journey into tech and teaching is far from conventional but filled with passion and anecdotes about finding one's purpose, making this one of the best episodes to date. Learn about her journey and how LALA supports the growth of leaders on this podcast.
- Oriana's Email:Â oriana.torres@somoslala.org
- LALA's Website:Â somoslala.org
- Youni Website: Youniapp.xyzBAF
- Consensus Preview:Â https://bafnetwork.notion.site/Students-Consensus-b71f66148c254f1f8a5e663a99ee4017
What happens when two digital credential nerds get on a podcast together? Pure magic. On this week's Web3'ed Jake is joined by Yugvir Parhar, a researcher at Georgia Tech University who just completed a long term study on the utility and impact of digital badges. We dive deep into what the future of resumes and job requirements might look like and debate key topics in the field. If you are an Ed3 enthusiast you do not want to miss this one!
Yugvir's Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/yugvirparhar/
DCC:Â https://digitalcredentials.mit.edu/
Yugvior's email: Â yparhar3@gatech.edu
Research summary:Â https://c21u.gatech.edu/news/2023/03/future-digital-credentials-employer-perspectives-and-insights-c21us-research
Learn more about BAF at www.blockchainacceleration.org
Are you one of the over 3 billion gamers now in the world? Do you like to learn by playing rather than reading or watching? Then we have the show from you. Meet Ukranian based edtech web3 founders Yurii and Slava and learn about how games are made, and what they have learned from building them! We talk about current events, education, and more in this week's podcast.
Disclaimer: episode contains explicit language.Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/cryptoprincipl
Website:Â https://cryptoprinciple.io/
If you are an alumni chances are you have been called by your alma  mater asking for donations. But where does the money go? And how can you  avoid high crypto selling fees while making a difference in a community  you care about? On this week's pod we talk to Joel Rivera about exactly  that. Joel is helping to rethink Philanthropy as a member of Wake  Forest University where he is helping to rethink giving through web3 technology.
Show Links
Joel's Linkedin:Â https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-a-rivera/
The Giving Block:Â https://thegivingblock.com/
Joel's Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/7JoelRivera7
Episode Bio:
In this week's episode we speak with Sangeet Choudary, an award-winning author and revolutionary mind behind the business strategy known as "Platform Strategy". We go deep into how today's top businesses compete in a growing online and decentralized world and how products can incorporate blockchains and tokens into their core products to improve customer satisfaction and retention. Whether you are a new founder or business executive this is the perfect episode to get you started in the world of Platform Thinking!
Show Notes:
Sangeet's Social Handles
Linkedin - https://sg.linkedin.com/in/sangeetpaul
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sanguit
Sangeet's Bio (May be used in full or parts)
Sangeet Paul Choudary is the best-selling author of multiple books, including Platform Revolution and Platform Scale. He has advised the leadership of more than 40 Fortune 500 firms and has been selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Sangeet's work on platforms has been selected by Harvard Business Review as one of the top 10 ideas in strategy and has been featured on four occasions in the HBR Top 10 Must Reads compilations. Sangeet is appointed to advisory boards and committees at several Global 2000 firms and government bodies and he is a frequent keynote speaker at leading global forums including the G20 Summit, the World50 Summit, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum."
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What do you think the #classroom will look like in 20 years? Is the future of #edtech? What do #students actually want and how can we support the next #generation of learners?Â
In this week's web3'ed podcast, we discuss #AI, #Blockchain, and the future of education with founder and educator Bodo Hoenen.
Bodo and NOLEJ AI's socials:Â
- LinkedIn:Â https://www.linkedin.com/in/bodohoenen/
- Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/BodoHoenen
- NOLEJ AI Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/nolej_app
A blockchain is a public ledger of truth that anyone can validate right? Well not so fast. Having transactions all be public sounds nice but in reality, is a limiter for safety and security. What if a chain could offer privacy and still trust public validation? On this week's podcast, Brendan Kittredge of Secret Chain Offers insights into the value of "secret" transactions on chains and how it all works. He also discusses becoming a validator and how to get started.
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https://www.blockchainacceleration.org/memberships
Show Notes
Whisper Node:Â https://www.whispernode.com/#head
Beyond ZK Write-up: https://scrt.network/blog/beyond-zk-guide-to-web3-privacy-part-2
Secret Agent Program:Â https://scrt.network/get-involved/become-secret-agent
Social:Â https://twitter.com/whispernode
There's a lot of promise around the future of blockchain in emerging markets but how much of that is a reality? In this week's episode, we meet with founder and web3 enthusiast Progress Ibrahim to discuss how he is building a community of web3 builders and users in  Nigeria and how he leverages research to safely bring new technology to his community.
Show notes
Smart contract research forum: https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/
Progress's Company: https://www.expaat.co/
BAF Website: https://www.blockchainacceleration.org/
Mexico has one of the largest economies in the world, however, they rank at the bottom among Latin-American nations in English literacy and in participation in the global tech economy. Will web3 be any different? To find out we talk to web3 builder and advocate Diego Concha to learn about how he is building a web3  community abroad and how he is using his time to rethink global workforce placement.
Show notes:
Diego's Company:Â https://necteer.com/
Mexico Twitter Community:Â https://twitter.com/mxweb3
BAF Website:Â https://www.blockchainacceleration.org/
Buildspace:Â https://buildspace.so/
Educoin Events Page:Â https://www.eventbrite.com/e/banking-with-crpyto-an-event-for-moms-skeptics-and-everyone-tickets-520912391987
Special guest Farooq comes on the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation podcast to discuss all things Stacks Open.
Listen to BAF Blockchain Clubs President's Roundtable! We talked about club leadership, collaboration, and projects.
We Chatted with Sriram, Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, and Evangelina of Algorand Foundation. We were also joined by MacKay at Suffolk University Blockchain, Jake Levy at Texas Blockchain, and Charlie Ambrose at Dartmouth Blockchain.
Learn more about Algorand Blockchain Clubs👉https://twitter.com/AlgorandClubs
Learn more about Suffolk University Blockchain Clubs👉https://twitter.com/SU_Blockchain
Learn more about Texas Blockchain👉https://twitter.com/txblockchain
Learn more about Dartmouth Blockchain👉https://twitter.com/Voxchain
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Ever think about going back to school for a PhD? What exactly does a PhD candidate do anyways? Learn from UCLA candidate Rohit on his unconventional journey into blockchains.
In this episode, we explore how The Citadel, a South Carolina military academy, is using web3 technology to improve campus life, military operations, and emerging markets.
Guest Bio: https://go.citadel.edu/accounting-finance/faculty-staff/michael-chitavi/
We discussed Decentralized Identifiers and their applications to unlock  crucial services for millions of people with Victor Mapunga, Founder  & CEO FlexID Technologies
FlexID is a platform running on the Algorand blockchain, and its wallet enables the issuance, storage,  and sharing of verified digital identity credentials. FlexID aims to  rebuild the identity of people without formal identification.
Learn more about FLEX ID👉https://www.flexfintx.com/
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Learn more about people-centric grassroots innovations developed thanks to Web3 and how they improve lives.
We were joined by Oluwaseun, Technology Thought Leadership and Head of Research at Co-creation Hub.
Follow Oluwaseun on Twitter👉 https://twitter.com/tabanaku3
Learn more about Co-Creation Hub👉https://www.linkedin.com/company/co-creation-hub/
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Listen to our discussion on blockchain modularity with Nader of Celestia (and founder of Developer DAO).
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Follow Celestia on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg
Learn more about Celestia👉https://celestia.org/
Follow Nader on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/dabit3
Listen to our talk on the future of Web3 Gaming with Galen, Co-Founder of Kratos Guild and Double Peak and Blockchain at UCI.
Learn more about BAF👉http://blockchainacceleration.org/
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Learn more about Blockchain at UCI👉 https://www.blockchainuci.org/Â
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Listen to our conversation on how to use an optimistic oracle to enforce off-chain rules in DAOs!
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Learn more about the UMA protocol👉https://t.co/aKNNBvz5hR
Follow John on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/jdshutt
Follow Akhil on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/0xbeamish
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Join us to learn about Digital fashion & NFTs and FashionVerse inc, an NFT digital Marketplace. This crypto event is facilitated by the Blockchain Society at UW!
Follow the FashionVerse on Twitter 👉https://twitter.com/FashionVerseIncÂ
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Learn more about the Blockchain Society at UW👉https://www.uwblockchain.org/
Learn more about oracles with Maxwell, solutions architect at Chainlink, and the CMU blockchain group!
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We were joined by Dame.eth from Rainbow and Alisha.eth from ENS domain for a passionate talk about building community in Web3.
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Learn more about Rainbow👉https://rainbow.me/
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Learn more about ENS👉https://ens.domains/
Learn about NEAR, the MetaBUILD Hackathon, and their new Community Partnership Program with Blockchain clubs. Â
MetaBUILD is an 8-week hackathon hosted by NEAR and packed with workshops, mentors’ days, and pitching opportunities. Participants will have the chance to launch their projects and win part of the $1mln prize pool. Everyone is invited to crash-test their ideas! Â
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Learn more about NEAR👉https://near.org/
Learn more about MetaBUILD👉https://metabuild.devpost.com/rules
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Follow Nour on Twitter👉https://twitter.com/very_nourmal
Elan Halpen, Omar Ceja from Alchemy, and Lev Stambler from the CMU Blockchain went over how the Web3 ecosystem is improved by the Alchemy Platform, the history and future of Alchemy, and precious advice to navigate web3 as a developer!
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Learn more about Alchemy 👉https://www.alchemy.com/
Learn more about the CMU Blockchain Group 👉 http://blockchain.cs.cmu.edu/
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Learn about the future of DeFi, the 88mph protocol, and the importance of DAOs with Blockchain at UCSD, BAF, and Zefram Lou, Founder of 88mph, a non-custodial fixed yield rate protocol.
Zefram is passionate about DeFi and governance systems and has been developing crypto projects since 2017 while still being a student at UC San Diego. Zefram is currently building 88mph, a non-custodial fixed yield rate protocol, and Sudoswap, Â a service that lets users create cheap & large ERC-20/ERC-721 token airdrops with millions of recipients using Merkle trees.
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Learn more about the 88mph protocol 👉https://88mph.app/
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Listen to David Vorick, CEO and Lead Developer of Skynet, and Lincoln Murr from Vanderbilt University discuss Skynet and how it plans to revolutionize dapp development, digital identity, and decentralize the internet!
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Learn everything about Algorand governance, including its advantages, future plans, and goal to further decentralization in this audioblog written by Iam Chijamz and recorded by Lincoln Murr!
Read the article here: https://community.algorand.org/blog/algorand-governance-proposal-a-pathway-to-better-decentralized-ecosystem/
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Christian, Analyst at CoinFund, offers a high-level overview of the Cryptocurrency Jobs Landscape and dispels the too common rumors that only software developers can enter the industry.
Listen to the podcast to learn Who’s Hiring, For What, and How do you Get Hired?
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Jack Dorsey describes his vision of an ideal future for Social Media and how to fight disinformation and better moderate content through "a decentralized open-source protocol for social media."
Jack Dorsey's thread: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1375126777761161223
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Can DAO's bring back a focus on values, or will they accelerate the economics-only mentality that corrodes society?
Danny Zuckerman explains how to balance community motivations and economic rewards in a Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/dazuck/status/1380157941953789952
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Listen to a research collaboration from Square and Ark Invest that aims to show how bitcoin mining incentivizes the use of renewable energy.
You can find this article on Square website: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/bcei-white-paper
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Juan reads "How Digital Currency Will Change The World," an article about the importance of economic freedom and how digital currencies improve economic freedom worldwide.
Brian Armstrong wrote this article on The Coinbase Blog: https://blog.coinbase.com/how-digital-currency-will-change-the-world-310663fe4332
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Learn about DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and how they work in this comprehensive article by Werner Vermaak.
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Explore "The Future of On-Chain Market Making" according to Haseeb Qureshi.
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Listen to a superb explanation **of price oracles and how price oracles manipulation by SAMCZSUN.
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Listen to a great overview, by Alex Obadia, of the risks posed by miner-extractable value (MEV) to smart-contract blockchains and some solutions to those issues.
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Listen to Sam's incredible story **that helped rescue over 9.6MM USD from a vulnerable smart contract!
We advise you to listen first Ethereum is a Dark forest if you haven't done so already.**Learn more about BAF: https://www.blockchainacceleration.org/
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Dan Robinson and Georgios Konstantopoulos describe Ethereum smart contracts' fascinating environment and how some people are lurking to exploit them with a concrete example in their article: https://medium.com/@danrobinson/ethereum-is-a-dark-forest-ecc5f0505dff
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Listen to this avant-garde Manifesto written in 1993 by Eric Hughes that already talked about "defending our privacy with cryptography".
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Listen to an excellent in-depth overview of Non-Fungible Tokens. Keith reads The article "The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs" by Devin Finzer.
People are more willing to listen to blockchain articles than read them. This is our attempt to spread all of the fantastic blockchain information.
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