The EGLD Podcast: Recent Episodes
Szabi
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Guests:
- Hakim K. Tlemsani, Founder & CEO of @Globees_Project
- Pierre Mafri, Co-Founder of @blok_project
- Gary Florimont, COO of @KryptoStone_io
Guests:
- Joshua Kim, Creator of @Gnogen
- Razvan Statescu, CEO of @GiantsVillage
- Edouard Brandeau, Co-Founder of @FrameItNFT
Guest:
- Lucian Todea, Co-Founder and COO of MultiversX
Top 3 Key Takeaways
- xMoney Cards are ready to go into Phase 2 Family & Friends Testing
Lucian started the conversation by letting the enthusiastic audience know that the testing of xMoney cards is going great. The launch is set for Q3 2023, and right now, they are progressing from Phase One (core team testing) to Phase 2, called the Friends & Family phase, where they will hand out cards to a larger group of people in their network to find out if there are any limitations they need to improve which wouldn’t be visible with only 10 people testing the cards. The team is confident that the Friends & Family user testing group will uncover more hidden bugs and limitations, which they must correct before the launch to all xPortal users – now above 1 million users.
- xLaunchpad ready for a new listing, accompanied by product updates
Since the last launchpad project listing, xLaunchpad, formerly Maiar Launchpad, is ready for a new listing. Lucian announced that the next launchpad listing is coming up soon. Along with the listing, new features will be released on the xLaunchpad, meaning users can interact and participate in new and different ways. In the next launch, those who hold XMEX (energized MEX token) will get extra ticket eligibility based on their energy tier and their staked EGLD eligibility. Lucian also mentioned that he recently learned about the #MEXto1 movement. Although he acknowledges it is a difficult target to reach due to the aggressive design of the MEX tokenomics, this morale boost is welcomed by the team. He is happy to see more people joining this initiative.
- In the future, xPortal will onboard new users and builders to MultiversX
Lucian recognized it is not an easy task to predict the future. Which milestone will be more appealing to users or builders – his opinion is that xPortal, especially with the xMoney integration, has a high chance to onboard more users than builders due to its nature of usage and features. In contrast, most builders will probably join the MultiversX ecosystem after the xFabric release as that will be a tool that ensures a smoother token structure creation without requiring in-depth coding skills (or at all) therefore, the time of the project creation from concept to tokenization will be highly reduced.
Guests:
- Voster, Founder of @Elrond_Mafia
- Henry & Arno, Co-Founders of @drifters_nft
- Jack Melar, CMM of @cyberpunkcity
Guests:
Adrian Vasiu, Co-founder & CEO of OferoNetwork
Viktor Vostrikov, Co-Founder of JewelSwapX
Jose F. Aznar, Tokenomics Expert of ProteoDefi
Guests:
- Uliana Sivolobova, Co-Founder of XOXNO
- Zed, CEO of COWCOW
- Caeser, Co-Founder of AlphaBot
Top 3 Key Takeaways
1. Diversifying and expanding to different chains is how MultiversX can grow in the future:
All three projects agree that the MultiversX chain is still very new and has much growth potential, specifically when it comes to gaining more traction around the chain’s NFT projects.
Uliana and Zed started the discussion by suggesting community members and founders leave the “MultiversX bubble” and venture into other spaces.
By attending other events (virtual or physical), and looking into other chain’s communities, MultiversX community members can utilize the power of word of mouth to tell other communities about the great projects on MultiversX.
Similarly, Caesar said that one of the ways he learned about MultiversX was through a collaboration with Cow Cow. Though highly affiliated with the crypto space, Caesar mentioned he only knew about MultiversX’s tech stack and native token $EGLD. However, he wasn’t aware of all the interesting NFT projects in the space until the collaboration with Zed.
He encourages more founders to look into cross-chain collaboration opportunities to increase awareness for MultiversX.
2. A project is only as strong as its community:
Another very important and recurring topic of discussion was the importance of community. With comparatively low trading and holder volume, a strong and loyal community is what drive projects to get even better. Uliana mentioned that XOXNO’s community often drives feature decisions and gives great suggestions for new elements that need to be added to the NFT platform. Discord discussion led to product development talks, which then led to a great user experience on the platform, as it was the “user” in the first place that suggested the new feature. Uliana mentions that having an engaging community like that is very valuable for developing the project.
Similarly, Zed and Ceaser say that project utility is determined by the strength and involvement of the community.
3. Education is key to gaining the trust of new community members:
The Twitter Spaces ended with a great discussion on the importance of education and how it will not only allow people to make fewer mistakes and avoid scams but also learn more about the MultiversX ecosystem. For example, with more Web2 companies showing interest in blockchain technology or starting their own NFT projects, there is great potential for more people to be educated about not just MultiversX but crypto via these big-name Web2 institutions.
Tune in to find out how a traditional industry as transportation can embrace and benefit the Web3 applications, by supporting, implementing and empowering change and improvement.
Website:
https://www.holoride.com/en
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/holoride
We chat about NFT marketplaces, how they are created and what needs to be done to take the MultiversX ecosystem one step closer to mass adoption.
Links:
https://xoxno.com/
https://twitter.com/xoxnoNFTs
Tune in to find out about the developers community built for the MultiversX ecosystem, about the importance of open source on Giants NFT and the right way of token vesting.
Tune in, to find out what Market Maker means, how to check a project before investing and what will be the new direction from the perspective of a Venture Capital Company.
Links:
Website: https://skynetegldcapital.com/
Website: https://skynettrading.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynetEGLDcap
Tune in to find out what a Web3 game needs to survive the crypto winter, and what a game developer and project founder thinks about what it takes to onboard the next billion into the cryptoverse.
Links:
https://knights-of-cathena.com/
https://twitter.com/CathenaKnights
Tune in to find out what will be the future of the Playable NFT's and how Cantina Royale plans to revolutionize the gaming industry on the long term.
Links:
https://cantinaroyale.io/
https://twitter.com/CantinaRoyale
Tune in to find-out what it takes, to create an MMO-RPG game which is also a Web3, running on the Elrond Network.
Links:
https://twitter.com/AgeOfZalmoxis
https://www.ageofzalmoxis.com/
Tune in to find out more about the future of transactions, cross-chain solutions and fee-less cryptocurrency transactions on the blockchain.
Links:
https://twitter.com/biconomy
https://www.biconomy.io/
Tune in to find out more about how Banks will work in the Metaverse, how Web2 companies can transition and benefit from the finance know-how ZoidPay offers and how Eduard sees Metaverse in our everyday life in the future of mankind.
Links:
https://twitter.com/ZoidPay
https://zoidpay.com/
Istari Vision is in close relationship with the Elrond team from the very beginning and even earlier. Listen in to find out how it all started, how the Maiar Launchpad is shaping and where to find information about projects and start-ups to ensure your investments will flourish in the future.
Link:
https://istari.vision/en/
https://entity.global/
Tune in to find out more about how a Gaming Guild works, what are the next steps for the first Gaming Guild on Elrond network and how Borislav sees the future of gaming on the Elrond Blockchain and on Blockchain in general.
Interviewees: Borislav Hrinchev - Head of Special Projects
Links:
https://egld.gg
https://twitter.com/egld_gg
‘’When something is free, you are the product’’, this is the saying which summarizes why data privacy and data collection became one of the biggest industries in the digital world.
In this episode, we discuss how this product/power can be given back to the people in order to be beneficial to everyone and help to improve the effectiveness of traditional systems, like healthcare.
Interviewees: Mark and Praveen Paul - CEO - Itheum
Links:https://www.itheum.io/https://twitter.com/itheum
We talk through the future of NFTs, next level utilities and the vision of using NFT in our everyday life. We discuss next steps for Elrond Apes, the upcoming Island game and the Ape tokens utility.
Links:
- https://elrondapes.com/
- https://twitter.com/ElrondApes