Permaweb Pioneers
63 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIntroducing the permanent web - a new frontier made possible by the Arweave protocol and the permaweb that lives on top of it. We speak with amazing founders, developers, artists and more that are creating on top of the permaweb.
Join us in exploring the profound implications of this permanent internet and the grand opportunities it presents.
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ao Ventures & more with Tate Berenbaum, Founder of Community Labs
April 25, 2024 19:27 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBWe speak with Tate Barenbaum, Founder of Community Labs, a venture studio focused on Arweave and now ao computer. We explore Tate's story into the Arweave ecosystem and the wild ride of launching ao Ventures, where there has been $35MM USD committed from investors dedicated to support the burgeoning ao computer ecosystem. The program aims to provide a tight feedback loop and peer support for early-stage projects, as well as capital and resources to help them sustain and grow. Tate is both...
Permanent code with Sai Kranthi of Protocol Land
April 11, 2024 13:15 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode we speak with Sai Kranthi, a fellow at Community Labs and the lead builder of Protocol.Land. Protocol Land is a decentralized code collaboration and version control platform built on top of the Arweave blockchain. Sai explains how Protocol Land offers the benefits of permanence and blockchain's native features, making it an alternative to centralized platforms like GitHub. Currently, Protocol Land is being utilized for hosting permanent static websites and rewarding open-so...
Building community with Jonny Ringo, ao computer extraordinaire
March 28, 2024 13:45 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBThere's a lot happening in the Arweave ecosystem, and Jonny Ringo is right at the center of it with his work on ao computer and his dedication to providing support, invention, and playfulness. In this episode, you'll hear directly from Jonny about his path to Arweave, his experience working in customer service at Apple, and his unique life experiences that make him ideally suited to the work he does. Jonny has a lot of energy, and you'll likely note that not only does he have a lot going on,...
Context Protocol, onchain semantic documents with builder Alex Puig
March 14, 2024 17:37 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBIn this episode, we dive into the world of Context Protocol with Alex Puig, a builder and 'punkpreneur' passionate about the semantic web and access to humanity's knowledge. Alex is fully energized, with funny anecdotes and a fresh perspective on why things need to be built purposefully and with a long term perspective. He's been in software development for many years, and knows what it takes to make something simple enough to use, and important enough to care about. We explore the potenti...
Introducing Irys, the provenance layer, with Founder Josh Benaron
November 16, 2023 15:05 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBJosh Benaron started building on Arweave back in 2021, the year when things went wild with NFTs, thanks to his work and many others optimizing or 'bundling' transactions. The number of uploads skyrocketed, and both speed an scalability increased immensely for the Arweave network. The introduction of 'bundling' sparked massive interest from Josh, and he went after it and built what became known as Bundlr.network. Bundlr (without the 'e') became the go to for uploading anything to Arweave. Wit...
Decentralized AI models on Arweave with Co-founder of Fair Protocol Tiago Ferreira
November 02, 2023 16:45 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBWe speak with Tiago, one of the Co-founders of the Fair Protocol. This protocol presents a promising solution to the problem of centralization in AI computation, offering a decentralized approach that can promote more significant equity, access, and transparency in the development and deployment of AI technology. Tiago and his team have been building on Arweave from the very beginning. As three Co-founders who met in university, they form a tight-knit group on a mission. Fair Protocol provi...
Custom event data on Arweave with Founder Ryan Soury of Usher Labs
October 16, 2023 13:40 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBRyan Soury, founder of Usher Labs, discusses his journey from participating in the Open Web Foundry to developing Usher and the Log Store Network. Usher Labs aims to build decentralized infrastructure for data management in Web3. Initially focused on referral systems with Usher, they found a gap in handling custom event data, which led to the creation of Logstore Network. This network opens doors for various use-cases like DeFi strategies and real-world asset management. Ryan highlights the ...
Evolutionary apps with Greg Ogun, Founder of Darwin Framework
August 31, 2023 13:45 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBGreg Ogun is a kind, thoughtful, and exceptional front-end developer with a keen eye for beautiful design. He emphasizes meticulous details often overlooked by others. Conversations with Greg are intriguing; he values time to distill concepts, ensuring usefulness and elegance in what's built. As the founder of Darwin Framework, he enables seamless creation of evolutionary apps on the Permaweb. We discuss his journey from retail work to blockchain front-end development, his openness and eng...
Community contests and more with David Phelps, Founder of jokerace
July 20, 2023 19:54 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBThis episode features David Phelps, a thinker and doer to the nth degree. David is not only the founder of jokerace.xyz, he's also a prolific writer, exploring a massively wide range of topics from Bitcoin to personal life experiences and macro-economics. You can find his writing here. We discuss his entry into the blockchain space via Bitcoin and a wild story of a "friend-of-a-friend" who introduced him to Bitcoin. We traverse a number of topics, from what makes a community function well,...
Arweave native wallets with ArConnect Founder Marton Lederer
July 06, 2023 18:10 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBIn this episode, we talk with a Co-founder of ArConnect, Marton Lederer. ArConnect is an Arweave native wallet that allows you to manage your $AR and much more. We discuss ArConnect's role as a gateway to the Permaweb, with a keen focus on UI and security. We dive into the details on the latest beta release and get into some of the design and architecture decisions that led to permission settings ArweaveKit integration, and more. We also hear about Marton's personal journey from high schoo...
Using web2 credentials for Arweave transactions with Othent
June 08, 2023 14:21 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBOthent enables easy logins and wallet generation for Arweave transactions. By utilizing familiar social logins like Gmail, there's no need to download browser extensions or go through complex processes. Lorimer Jenkins, the founder of Othent and a builder at Community Labs, has been immersed in the world of blockchain practically his entire life. We discuss his childhood conversations about Bitcoin with his father, and the impact that these experiences have had on his career transitions, f...
Building high-quality products on Arweave with 0x3.Studio
May 25, 2023 13:55 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBGet an inside look into Vincent's career path, as he takes us through his work experience with startups from Silicon Valley to Europe, and how these adventures led him to the world of blockchain. Vincent shares why he thinks being serious all the time isn't the path forward - we need more fun! 0x3.Studio puts playful language within powerful concepts and products, and it works. We dig deep into the concept behind JellyBots NFT, an innovative project that uses digital tokens to unlock access...
STAMPS protocol: the future of curation on the permaweb with Tom Wilson
May 11, 2023 15:10 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBIn this episode, we explore the STAMP Protocol with Tom Wilson, the creator of PermaPages and Permanotes. STAMPS, or Signature Timestamp And Metadata Protocol, introduces a universal approach to content curation, similar to 'like' buttons but with a tradable reward system for creators and of course all on the Permaweb. Tom is an inventor through and through, and this conversation was a lot of fun because of that! Tom walks us through the core components of a STAMP, including the signer, dat...
Community enabled archiving with Capsl8 Co-founders Sahil and Pete
April 27, 2023 15:10 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBIt's a big commitment to leave one's full-time position, and that's the story of one of the co-founders of Capsl8 after realizing the importance of archiving vital data permanently. Co-founders Sahil and Pete are on a mission to enable super easy archiving of data, while also creating communities around important topics to facilitate the use of Arweave. "Information wants to be free - so join us in preserving humanity's most valuable data for future generations." Their site at Capsl8.com c...
Composable Indexing on Arweave with Co-Founder Brock Haugen
April 13, 2023 14:05 - 43 minutes - 40 MBThe Indexing Company provides simple and tailored data access that enables faster build times and cost savings for infrastructure and engineering. It is stored on the Permaweb, ensuring the data is secure and permanent. In this discussion, we delve into the world of composable datasets. These datasets can be curated and re-articulated over and over again to achieve extraordinary data access for super niche use-cases. The Indexing Company's technology opens up a frontier full of new business ...
Decentralized commenting on Arweave with the Co-founder of ECHO
March 30, 2023 14:15 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this conversation, we speak with Reffo, the co-founder of ECHO. We explore the origin story of ECHO and why this commenting protocol may enable the next important step in NFTs as we know it (comments and engagement as NFTs and communities!). What started out as a wild ride in the world of NFT trading has progressed into what is now known as 0xEcho. ECHO is a decentralized social engagement protocol that's designed to promote free and open communication in the Web3 ecosystem. By providin...
Privacy and personalization on the Permaweb with FirstBatch founders
March 16, 2023 14:15 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBIn this episode, we dive into the world of decentralized and privacy-preserving personalization with the founders of FirstBatch, Ömer and Kerim Kaya. They discuss the creation of their SmartWeave-based similarity search engine, DANNY, and their key-value database, HollowDB, which utilizes zero-knowledge proofs to provide privacy protected storage. There was so much to discuss as they are building something massively new and audacious. We explore the potential implications of their work for ...
The new fireproof Library of Alexandria with Founders of Alex. archives
March 02, 2023 14:10 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBIt's rare to come across founders that are family members, too. In this case, Nick and Vince are brothers and the founders of alex.arweave.dev. Alex. is a decentralized archival platform that leverages the immutable and permanent data storage of Arweave to preserve important digital artifacts. Forward Research [https://forward.arweave.dev] has been an important ally as the protocol that is Alex. continues to be more fully featured and intuitive to use. The brother duo (Nick & Vince) are wo...
The future of fashion with founders of Hibiscus, Vishnu Kumar and Jeremy Karl
February 16, 2023 15:30 - 54 minutes - 50 MBHibiscus.tech is on a mission to make the garment industry more accessible, transparent, and equitable for all of the creators involved - from manufacturing to textile design and more. Founders Vishnu G. Kumar and Jeremy Karl are leading the way with their love of fashion and their deep appreciation for all individuals involved in the process of making beautiful clothing and more. We had a fascinating conversation, covering their backgrounds in both fashion and tech, working with major brand...
Databases as Smart Contracts with CEO Ahmad Mardeni
February 02, 2023 17:09 - 44 minutes - 41 MBDatabases are the workhorses behind everything we interact with on the web, and in this episode we dive deep into WeaveDB - a NoSQL database as a smart contract. While that is quite the combination of words for those unfamiliar with databases, we go through the basics and build from there. In short, SQL databases are similar to spreadsheets in design - you have to reference columns and cells and relate the database in that type of format. This isn't always ideal when handling "unstructure...
The Arweave community with Founder of Arweave Sam Williams
January 19, 2023 14:15 - 50 minutes - 46 MBSpeaking with Sam Williams, Founder of Arweave protocol is always full of energy, ideas, and a great sense of purpose. In this episode, we explore some of the emotional side of the process of building a community, along with some great stories on invention and perseverance. It really is a fun episode with a mix of tactics and wild imaginative landscapes of what may become in the years to come and what is intriguing and top of mind for builders to create from Sam's perspective. Sam speaks t...
Investing in Arweave and open societies with Anthony Ryan of Hansa
December 01, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBHansa.network invests, incubates, and accelerates networks that power the future of open societies on web3. We speak with Hansa Founder Anthony Ryan and explore his philosophies on investing, vision for Arweave, and what's to come for 2023. This conversation explores ideological frameworks, to practical takes on what is happening in our digital civilization and what Hansa is doing to create a more prosperous and equitable future. With name origins from the Hanseatic League from around the ...
Providing neutral journalism via Permafacts with Founder Justin Shaw
November 17, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBPermafacts is building the world's first provably neutral journal on Arweave. We discuss Founder Justin Shaw's background in the insurance, his composable-first development process, and his vision for what may become the standard for fact checking and high quality journalism, reporting, and more. Justin's story is both extraordinary and surprisingly common within the Arweave community - it started with a concept shared openly and has become a fully fledged product currently in ALPHA at the...
The ultimate web2 to web3 dev toolkit with EXM Founder Andres Pirela
November 03, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBWith a mission of blurring the line between web2 and web3, EXM.dev has already made strides by making easy-to-use developer tools to connect with the Permaweb. Adding layers of abstraction can go a long way in the onboarding process for many things, and that is also the case for EXM - devs don't even need to interact directly with a wallet or any crypto. A builder looking to use EXM doesn't even need to know how to create a smart contract, once again demonstrating the elegance of what this p...
Interactive NFTs stored on the Permaweb with Co-founders of OLTA.art
October 20, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBbeta.OLTA.art is platform and marketplace for interactive Dynamic NFTs, built with Polygon and Arweave as the storage layer. Founders Terence Reilly and George Baldwin have created a place for developers to express themselves through code. The opportunities are essentially endless, leaving a massive canvas open for the next great generative artist to come by and "wow" the world. What's especially cool about OLTA is the interactive component to the pieces. There are parameters that both colle...
Social tools on the Permaweb with Metaweave Co-founders Cromatikap and Falco
October 06, 2022 13:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBTo paraphrase one of the Co-founders of Metaweave, if you're thinking of making something then "it must be built". These thoughts among many factors led Cromatikap to the Open Web Foundry (visit forward.arweave.dev) to go and build social utilities specifically designed for the Permaweb. The journey has not be straightforward, especially the formation of their legal entity which is now based in Portugal, also known as "Silicoin Valley" or the "Silicon Valley of Europe". Like many founders,...
The frontier of the Permaweb with Community Labs' founder Tate Berenbaum
September 15, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBTate started building on the Permaweb while in high school during the middle of the first wave of COVID. His foray into Arweave began with storing study guides that were being repeatedly deleted from the students' shared drives. He subsequently built nest.land, where developers can store code modules on the Permaweb for safe-keeping. In short, this was just the beginning. After creating both Verto Exchange and ArConnect (the popular browser extension), his latest venture is Community Labs. ...
The future of files and decentralized gateways with founder of ArDrive/Ar.io Phil Mataras
September 01, 2022 14:50 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBThere are some individuals who have shown both a level of commitment and innovation within the Arweave that is next-level, Phil Mataras, Founder of ArDrive and AR.io, is an exemplar of this. His journey into Arweave started back in 2018, after having explored (and mining) Ethereum for 8 months. He needed to change direction, to get closer to utility at a fundamental level. After discovering the Permaweb, he quickly realized it's potential, building first versions of ArDrive.io; a Dropbox-lik...
Release music like never before with Releap founders William and Aaron
August 18, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBCo-founders William and Aaron provide a deep look into their inspiration for creating Releap, a Solana and Arweave based music NFT platform created to "empower emerging and major artists with new ways of gaining exposure, engaging with fans, and monetizing their work". When building a service, it can be a major benefit to intimately know the issues with the status-quo that the founders are looking to improve upon. In Releap's case, this is part of the genesis for creating the service. As a...
Securing memories through VR on Arweave with Memory Gardens
August 04, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MBMemory Gardens secures your memories for 200+ years through Arweave on a platform that you can experience with a VR headset, mobile device, or computer. Founder Ben Peeri has combined his years of technical experience at large corporations with his innovative perspective to create MemoryGardens.xyz. The impetus for creating Memory Gardens stems from his personal experience - he lost a loved one and was mourning that loss and in need of a place to remember events, stories, etc. At first, Mem...
Building the partnership platform of web3 with Ryan Soury of Usher
July 22, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBBlockchain continues to elevate legacy systems (like referral networks) with more robust architecture. Usher is a partnerships platform for web3 - you can also think of it as a referral network for web3. If you're a builder and want to create your own referral campaign, use our Usher link here to sign up: https://app.usher.so/inv/kjzl6cwe1jw146m7un34t705z20e84pxqhdsi31b4gh33dz66u0qkl7vwsptl0x Usher enables both community builders and developers the ability to create incentive mechanisms t...
Treasury management on Arweave with founder Joe Berenbaum of AFTR.market
July 14, 2022 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBAt first glance it can be a bit of a challenge to understand the breadth of what founder Joe Berenbaum is building with AFTR.market - Is it a multi-sig? Is it a governance tool? Is it made for managing bounties? These questions (and more!) are explored in this deep dive into AFTR.market and the builder behind it all. In short, AFTR does a lot, and as a platform it has the possibility of un-locking high volume and collaborative building on Arweave well beyond what we see today. AFTR Market ...
Infrastructure to buy, sell, and stream music with Nina Protocol
June 30, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBMusic on Nina can be publicly streamed by anyone - it can also be released as digital editions that can be purchased to both support artists and enable collector-only experiences. In a world where traditional record labels have received criticism for the lack of transparency and allocation percentages to artists, Nina is building both a transparent protocol and an artist-first platform that enables very high levels of artist equity in everything created and distributed via Nina. On Nina, t...
Publishing rich articles on the blockchain with Founder Shek Dev
June 23, 2022 16:17 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBHear directly from the founder of wordcel.club, Shek Dev, and his wild journey building on web3. Wordcel is a publishing platform built using Solana + Arweave, a powerful combination of both accessible and robust technology. Shek's journey to building full-time in web3 is inspiring - it shows that you, yes you, can put resources out into any community and receive some great results (especially in the Arweave ecosystem!). His commitment has been aided through his involvement in SuperTeamDAO, ...
Bandwidth marketplace on the blockchain with co-founder Sherlock Shi
June 16, 2022 17:27 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBCo-founder Sherlock Shi takes us on an adventure, ultimately arriving at why meson.network exists, what is here today, and what is in the pipeline. His experience as an Arweave miner, his knowledge of Proof Of Work, and analogies of electricity distribution via Bitcoin and how it relates to bandwidth definitely brings some fresh thinking to how nodes can power the world. In this episode we dive deep into what meson does and why it's important for the decentralized internet going forward. Fu...
Serial founder, inventor, and educator with Tom Wilson of Permanotes
June 09, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBYou'll quickly understand that Tom Wilson is dedicate to providing resources to other builders, and most recently, those building on Arweave. What started as an initial tutorial for 8pin, has grown into Permanotes.app, with regular tutorials on Youtube and more. He's also the founder of Hyper.io, which enables developers to build just about any application by taking advantage of Hyper's single API entry point and composable services. In short, its the "easy button" for creating back-end serv...
Institutional archiving and more with Peter of Arkly
June 02, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBThe world of institutional digital preservation has been going on for decades, and Peter Van Garderen has been a leading force as the founder of Artefactual Systems. His company has produced the most widely deployed archive management solutions in the world - Archivematica and Access-to-Memory. Peter's journey has led him to web3 and he's now working on a number of projects that require archiving of data, including Landano (land management dApp) and Orcfax (Cardano oracle). "My agenda is ...
Building developer tooling with Cedrik of Textury
May 19, 2022 14:58 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBFrom building dApps to joining the core Arweave team, Cedrik has touched just about every aspect of the development process when creating on Arweave. He's gone on to create Textury.org, where he and a team continue to make key tools for creating Profit Sharing Tokens (via community.xyz), uploading to the Permaweb (via arkb), and most recently the launch of a new gateway (arweave.live). "Our main priority right now is Arg8, the new gateway that we have released...we want to help as much as ...
Planting trees on the blockweave with Duncan of Veritree
May 05, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBDuncan Brown is a blockchain engineer and team lead at Veritree, a reforestation initiative that is built on Cardano and Arweave. Their mission is to create the technology to verify and amplify the world's best Nature-Based Solutions. The team partners with established tree planting organizations, and they go several steps further by adding on-the-ground data to the blockweave to store it permanently. From APIs, custom built dashboards, and trackable tree codes, Veritree appears to be doin...
PermawebDAO and more with Co-founder Benjamin
April 28, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBBenjamin's curiosity in "web3" technologies made a big leap once he decided he was done with "web2" after some great conversations with Sam Williams which eventually led to Benjamin becoming a co-founder of Arweave.news. As a budding programmer, the possibilities of Arweave sparked many thoughts, one of which was archiving the internet as we know it. "The robust promises of Arweave got me really interested in it as an alternative to the Way Back Machine... I thought wow, can't we just port ...
Games as NFTs on Arweave with Gridacity
April 21, 2022 16:25 - 49 minutes - 45 MBYou'll notice something immediately unique about this podcast recording; our guest, Sirgulator, uses a voice modulator to remain anonymous. Gridacity.io creates fully on-chain games and interactive multimedia experiences. The team has already released two games - Pulsar79 and Reveries of Ymatar. Each of these games have a very retro feel, including the background music, movement, and general game design. Of course, the biggest difference is that these games are stored on Arweave and utilize ...
Panel: Open Web Foundry #6 - what's next for these founders?
April 14, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBDive deeper as we speak with the founders behind some of the featured projects from the Open Web Foundry 6. This cohort (OWF 6) introduced incredible concepts and implementations, all built on Arweave. If you're unfamiliar with the Open Web Foundry, it's a 6 week intensive program/incubator where you can start with a concept and build out your MVP to present to potential investors. Along the way, you receive mentorship and assistance in building your entity. Learn more here: https://owf.dev ...
The Artist's Permaweb on ArtBy.City with CEO Jim and COO Slava
April 07, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MB"It's one of our goals to educate them [artists] what's possible with web3, if they lack that knowledge..." Artby.city CEO Jim Toth shares his perspective regarding artists and the need for a more transparent and equitable platform for those that create both physical and digital art. Their intention as a protocol and platform is to give back the power to the artists and the Profit Sharing Community (PSC) members. COO Slava recognizes the creative potential of uncensored and open source, p...
Bringing the art world to web3 with Boris Pevzner, CEO of LiveArtX
March 31, 2022 13:15 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBThe NFT rush has introduced a new community of investors in digital art, while also enabling the "art world" of the past to participate in this wild new landscape. Boris Pevzner, CEO of LiveArt, is building bridges for the "art world" and the physical pieces we've all known for centuries to the fresh landscape that is digit art and NFTs. Utilizing a number of mechanisms, including their team's vast experience via Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses, they have already amassed a large coll...
Customizable data streams and more with Jakub and Marcin of Redstone Finance
March 24, 2022 13:15 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBRedstone provides customizable DeFi data streams delivered quickly, reliably and cost-efficiently, all stored on Arweave. Jakub, founder of Redstone shares his prior blockchain experience as an auditor and what ultimately led him to the Arweave ecosystem and the Permaweb. We hear from Marin, Head of Growth at Redstone, and learn about his transition from web2 to web3 and his interest in seeing this technology deliver good to the world. From data regarding physical crops to decentralized ex...
Growing the attention economy with Al Morris, founder of Koii
March 17, 2022 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB"What were trying to do is complement that [proof of humanity] with proof of contribution. The way you prove your contribution to the collective knowledge commons is by getting attention from other people who have a higher reputation." Koii is building out what they see as core infrastructure for the future of the attention economy. Al Morris, founder of Koii, shares his background exploring robotics and blockchain before finding Arweave and recognizing its massive potential. This interest ...
Panel: Intro to Redstone.Finance, plus photography NFTs on Immutable Image
March 03, 2022 15:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBIn this episode we feature to primary topics directly with the founders themselves; DeFi data on Arweave, and photography NFTs. Jakub, the founder of Redstone.finance walks us through the data dashboards from both a philosophical vantage point and real-world use case implementation. We also hear from Marcin, their Head of Growth, about their path forward in DeFi and beyond. Their mission is massive, coupling data streams of crops and cryptos in a holistic approach to enable unprecedented a...
Decentralized communication with Brennan Lamey, founder of Kwil
February 24, 2022 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MB"We wanted to make sure that we're building an actually decentralized social and not just a social media that uses cryptocurrency... Being totally decentralized is our guiding mantra." Decentralized communication platforms are nascent and becoming increasingly important in the fabric of our civilization. Explore this topic with Brennan Lamey, Founder of Kwil. Their team is focused on starting fully decentralized instead of a progressive decentralization model present in several communicati...
Panel: Building on Polygon and Arweave with the founders of NiftyPixels
February 17, 2022 15:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThis conversation is both technical and design-oriented as we navigate what it's like to build with Polygon + Arweave, and delve into the design ethos of NiftyPixels. Matt, aka "pencilflip", shares his technical learnings building on Arweave and creating an NFT marketplace. Kat, aka "Katherine" shares a bit about her design philosophy and approach to creating a pleasing aesthetic, while also being super functional and easy to use. This duo has gone on to create amazing NFT-oriented platfor...
Decentralized unlockables with Chris Seline, Founder of Darkblock
February 10, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBDive deep into the world of NFT "unlockables" with Chris Seline, Founder of Darkblock.io. From pay-per-view, to thumbnails and hi-res formats, we discuss the current state and the possibilities going forward with this technology built on Arweave. Chris shares about his vast experience as a technology founder in the search engine space, branding and the importance of getting a great message out, and the (what seems to be) inevitable market for unlockable content for all types of media and a...