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In this episode, Prince and Mike review 2021 in all its glory for the crypto world. We also make our predictions for 2022!
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Show notes: — Digital Asset 2022 Outlook https://www.tbstat.com/wp/uploads/2021/12/The-Block-Research-2022-Digital-Asset-Outlook.v2.pdf
This is not investment advice. Do your own research before making any investments.
In this episode, Prince and Mike discuss whether Su Zhu is abandoning Ethereum, the Ethereum Foundation's Client Incentive Program, FreeRossDAO, and gm.xyz!
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Show notes: — Ethereum vs. Alt L1s with Su Zhu and Hasu https://uncommoncore.co/podcast/
Announcing the Client Incentive Program https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/12/13/client-incentive-program/
FreeRossDAO emerges winner of imprisoned Silk Road founder's NFT auction https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/126980/freerossdao-emerges-winner-of-imprisoned-silk-road-founders-nft-auction
gm.xyz: https://gm.xyz/
This is not investment advice!
In this episode, Prince and Mike discuss ConstitutionDAO, DAOs, Layer 2 updates, Consensys' Q3 crypto report, the $ENS drop, Apple's Tim Cook crypto portfolio and Paradigm's new $2.5Bn fund.
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Show notes: — Let's Buy the Constitution by Packy McCormick: https://www.notboring.co/p/lets-buy-the-us-constitution
DAO Overview (Absorbing the Internet) https://www.readthegeneralist.com/briefing/dao
Layer 2 Update https://mirror.xyz/dcbuilder.eth/QX_ELJBQBm1Iq45ktPsz8pWLZN1C52DmEtH09boZuo0 https://medium.com/loopring-protocol/guide-how-to-use-loopring-l2-a267d005255b](https://medium.com/loopring-protocol/guide-how-to-use-loopring-l2-a267d005255b https://l2beat.com/
Consensys Web 3.0 Quarterly Report https://consensys.net/reports/web3-report-q3-2021)
$ENS Drop:
https://www.one37pm.com/nft/finance/ens-airdrop-is-here-why-its-important-how-to-claim](https://www.one37pm.com/nft/finance/ens-airdrop-is-here-why-its-important-how-to-claim https://claim.ens.domains/dashboard](https://claim.ens.domains/dashboard)
Apple's Tim Cook owns crypto: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/123796/apple-ceo-tim-cook-reveals-that-he-owns-some-cryptocurrency
Paradigm raises $2.5bn crypto fund: https://blockworks.co/paradigm-launches-2-5-billion-crypto-fund/
This is not investment advice!
In this episode, Prince and Mike discuss crypto all time high prices, Mike's investment in LUNA, the new bitcoin ETF, Facebook's rebrand to the Metaverse, Paradigm's $1.5bn new crypto fund, PIMCO dipping its toes into crypto, Ethereum Merge news, Bonsai NFTs, listener questions and what we're reading/watching.
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Show notes: —
Bitcoin ETF 'BITO' is here: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/first-bitcoin-futures-etf-rises-2percent-in-trading-debut.html https://blockworks.co/bito-on-track-to-be-first-fund-in-history-to-hit-1b-in-aum-in-two-days/
Coinbase launching NFT platform: https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-nft-is-coming-soon-join-the-waitlist-today-for-early-access-cc7bac29fd72
Facebook rebranding to focus on Metaverse: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse
Paradigm raising $1.5bn for crypto investments: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1447585718155550721?s=20
Pimco getting into crypto: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/121524/investing-giant-pimco-is-considering-trading-cryptocurrencies
Ethereum merge dev net plus timing of Merge https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz/status/1446516207159582743]
Bonsai NFTs! https://opensea.io/collection/bonsai-zenft](https://opensea.io/collection/bonsai-zenft
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Show notes: —
- What does it mean to have credible neutrality?
- https://nakamoto.com/credible-neutrality/
- "when building mechanisms that decide high-stakes outcomes, it’s very important for those mechanisms to be credibly neutral."
- Vitalik's rules for credible neutrality:
- Don’t write specific people or specific outcomes into the mechanism
- Open source and publicly verifiable execution
- Keep it simple
- Don’t change it too often
- "Crypto networks are inherently new means of incentivizing human behavior. This is demonstrated by the fact that there are thousands of people across the world who are effectively paid by an autonomous protocol for providing validation work (mining).... In order for these experiments to be successful, they need to maintain a sense of credible neutrality such that it is explicit no groups are being unfairly targeted, otherwise they risk suffering from the same problems that plague the systems crypto hopes to replace." - Messari
Charts mentioned: Staking comparison Node Structure comparison ETH Staking Rewards Solana Issuance Schedule Terra Structure Polkadot Structure Messari Initial Token Allocation DeFi: * amy.finance * abracadabra.money
NFTs: * https://twitter.com/cryptoadznft * https://artblocks.io/project/0
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In this episode, Prince and Mike talk about the future of crypto, more regulatory news, eth staking, the recent sell off and also what they're up to outside of crypto.
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- http://gavinandresen.ninja/a-possible-btc-future
- Multichain future?
- Avalanche Closes $230M Token Sale Backed by Three Arrows Capital, Polychain – Blockworks
- What does the future of crypto regulation look like? Crypto faces the regulators – Axios
- “I do really fear that we’ll keep bringing these enforcement cases, but there’s going to be a problem. There’s going to be a problem on lending platforms or trading platforms. And frankly, when that happens, I think a lot of people are going to get hurt.” -Gary Gensler
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/117651/elizabeth-warren-and-gary-gensler-place-coinbase-in-oversight-crosshairs
- "The DeFi guys want the TradFi money, but they don’t want the rules," Ledger's Joel Edgerton said at the Blockworks conference. "It doesn’t work like that.”
- ETH Flippening in the future:
- https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1441110466458107908?s=21
- JPM: "Institutional Investors Are Piling Into Ethereum, Leaving Bitcoin"
- JPM: "A blockchain platform like Ethereum could potentially become a large market for vendors of trusted information, like Amazon is for consumer goods today."
- JPM: "As cryptocurrency use in DeFi and NFTs becomes more widespread, ether will build its own first-mover advantage in applied crypto technology."
- JPM: "We are seeing glimpses of that today with the sale of digital art and collectibles online through the use of NFTs. But this is a tiny peek at its actual practical uses. For example, individuals can store and sell their medical data through Ethereum to pharma research companies. A digital profile on Ethereum could contain personal data including asset ownership, medical history and even IP rights. Ethereum also has the benefit of running on a decentralized global server base rather than a centralized one like Amazon or Microsoft, possibly providing a solution to concerns about sharing personal data."
- Bitcoiners jumping on Solana bandwagon
- https://twitter.com/mikemcg0/status/1441105384370892807?s=20
- "Economic Sustainability"
- https://twitter.com/mikemcg0/status/1440705068269903885?s=20
- Lido potentially moving to a system that doesn't penalize older depositers
- https://twitter.com/eliasimos/status/1441076493937876996
In this episode, we talk about NYAN farming on Arbitrum, the future of L1 scalability, the SEC and crypto lending, gitcoin grants and also what we're doing outside of crypto.
Show notes:
- Overall space recap & SEC Developments
- https://www.ar.ca/blog/low-correlations-green-shoots-and-coinbase-versus-the-sec
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ynM6q5KKnVRfy6ZHb2O0Y?si=bdba695ee0af45dd
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GSI3YmunP9fW2HPPzGqTD?si=ab119fc21e9540d2
- Crypto lending in focus:
- BlockFi CEO Wants SEC to Weigh In on Crypto Lending (https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/13/blockfi-ceo-wants-sec-to-weigh-in-on-crypto-lending/)
- Bitcoin to Bucks: Crypto Fans Borrow to Buy Homes, Cars—and More Crypto: https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-fans-borrow-to-buy-homes-carsand-more-crypto-11631266200?mod=e2tw
- Arbitrum launch!
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/3eqQgSSRBh1nwKwj1ocTjI?si=c2b71f80e3c84d1a
- https://arbiscan.io/batches
- Rollups and Sustainable Scalability
- https://polynya.medium.com/addressing-common-rollup-misconceptions-eba9d758707e
- https://polynya.medium.com/why-rollups-data-shards-are-the-only-sustainable-solution-for-high-scalability-c9aabd6fbb48
- Sharding:
- https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/04/07/sharding.html
- https://haseebq.com/defi-in-eth2-cities-suburbs-and-farms/
- Gitcoin Rd 11 is live! Go donate
- https://gitcoin.co/grants/
In the first episode, we talk about some topical events happening in the crypto industry, proof of stake vs proof of work, why we love ethereum and whether bitcoin still has a place in your crypto portfolios.