Latest Substrate Podcast Episodes
Deploying Dapps quickly on layer-2 at SKALE
Relay Chain - May 07, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week we talk about layer-2 scaling and quick and easy deployment of Dapps. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Christine Perry of SKALE labs, a layer-2 solution that augments applications and transactions built on public blockchains such as Ethereum. They discus...
Blockchain for Climate Action and Smart Cities
Relay Chain - April 23, 2020 10:45 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week we meet at the intersection of blockchain, climate action, smart cities, finance, and IoT. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Anita Mujumdar of Evercity, a blockchain-based platform to aid in financing sustainability projects to meet the UN’s 2030 climate ...
Web3 vs. Web2: How to Avoid Repeating the Same Mistakes
Relay Chain - April 09, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat can we learn from the failures of Web2 idealism? How do we build systems that continue to reflect Web3 ideals as business models scale into the future? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks with Shira Frank, co-founder of Maiden, the first global user research lab d...
Investing in the Future of Web 3.0
Relay Chain - March 26, 2020 14:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHow do you place a value on a more open, transparent, and representative web? What will be the true impact of blockchain technology and what motivates VC investments in the space? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks with Jasmine Zhang of IOSG Ventures, an early-stage v...
Innovating Blockchain-Based Accounting with Totem
Relay Chain - March 12, 2020 14:15 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhy is the “black art” of accounting still stuck in the 20th century, and how can blockchain technology make it more efficient? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (research analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Chris D’Costa and and Toufiqur Chowdhury of Totem Live Accounting, a blockchain-based ...
Chainlink: Oracles, DeFi, and Social Impact with Sergey Nazarov
Relay Chain - February 27, 2020 11:45 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat are the challenges in integrating off-chain data into blockchain smart contracts with oracle systems, and how might secure, oracle-powered DeFi create meaningful social impact? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks with Sergey Nazarov from Chainlink, a decentralized...
Privacy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism, with Nym's Claudia Diaz
Relay Chain - February 13, 2020 09:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat is the role of privacy in the modern age, and how do we go about protecting it? How can new technologies help shield us from the rise of surveillance capitalism? In this episode, host Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) speaks with Claudia Diaz, Associate Professor and researcher at K.U...
Designing Universal Basic Income and Trusted Execution Environments
Relay Chain - January 30, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHow do you design an effective universal basic income scheme on the blockchain? What are trusted execution environments, and how can they be used to enhance privacy? In this episode, host Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) speaks with Alain Brenzikofer of encointer, a blockchain-based unive...
Ethereum: Past, Present, and Future with Parity Core-Developer Wei Tang
Relay Chain - January 16, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, hosts Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) and Phil Lucsok (Product Communications Manager, Parity) speak with Wei Tang (Core Developer, Parity) about his work on several Ethereum- and Substrate-related projects. They discuss Tang’s experience working on Ethereum, Ethereum Cl...
Democratizing Access to Wealth Creation: Tokenized Securities on Polymesh
Relay Chain - December 19, 2019 14:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat are the benefits of tokenizing regulated assets, and how might it revolutionize the world of finance? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (Research, Parity) is joined by Adam Dossa, Head of Blockchain at Polymath, a security token platform currently building a custom blockchain on Substrate calle...
Building a Custom Blockchain with Substrate
Relay Chain - December 05, 2019 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat is it like to develop on the Substrate blockchain building framework, and what resources are available to developers? How different is it from developing Ethereum smart contracts? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (Research, Parity) is joined by Shawn Tabrizi and Joshy Orndorff from the Develop...
On-Chain Trust with KILT Protocol
Relay Chain - November 21, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHow do trust and identity work in decentralized systems, and how can we help ensure our data isn't abused by centralized authorities? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) is joined by Ingo Rübe (Founder and CEO, BOTlabs) and Timo Welde (Product Owner and Technica...
Jillian York: Censorship, Human Rights, and Activism in the Digital Age
Relay Chain - November 07, 2019 18:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhere should digital platforms draw the line between content moderation and censorship? How do company policies shape our culture, and how can we make technology a force for good? In this episode, writer and activist Jillian York (Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Front...
Mentorship and Values in Open-Source Development
Relay Chain - October 25, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHow do you create meaningful change with open source software and what role does mentorship play? In this episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks to Ben Kampmann (Core Developer, Parity) about the role of mentorship, learning, and values in the open-source community. They also dis...
Mona El Isa and how Melon Protocol is disrupting asset management
Relay Chain - October 11, 2019 21:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks to Mona El Isa (Co-Founder Melonport, MAMA) about using Melon Protocol to reduce the barriers in setting up and managing funds. Mona discusses delivering on a two-year roadmap, IRL Melon experiments, and educating the next generation of financial in...
Exploring a Multi-Chain Universe with Polkascan
Relay Chain - September 27, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn our fifth episode, Nicole Zhu and Joe Petrowski talk to Emiel Sebastiaan, WEB3SCAN CEO, about Polkascan, an open-source block explorer that allows any Substrate-based blockchain project to have a block explorer. They discuss the Polkadot multi-chain explorer, how a DAO could fund block explore...
Zcash’s Anna and Deirdre on Zebra and quantum-resistant cryptography
Relay Chain - September 13, 2019 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, Joe talks to Deirdre Connolly and Anna Kaplan from Zcash Foundation (https://www.zfnd.org/) on the state of the Rust Zcash client, “Zebra,” originally developed by Parity Technologies (https://parity.io) and now maintained by Zcash Foundation. They also discuss integrating cryp...
Staking and Validating on Kusama and Polkadot
Relay Chain - August 29, 2019 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsGautam Dhameja (Solutions Architect, Parity) talks to Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) about staking, validating, and nominating on Kusama and Polkadot. If you want to learn more about how Kusama's and Polkadot's nominated proof-of-stake system works, or if you're interested in staking or...
Clovyr’s Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen on Building Simple Tools for a Wider Reach
Relay Chain - August 23, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn Relay Chain’s second episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks to Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen from Clovyr. They discuss connecting app devs with tools to easily plug into blockchains, non-surveillance business models, why working for large corporations has its value, and mor...
Gavin Wood: Building Tech That Protects Our Interests
Relay Chain - August 06, 2019 16:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn Relay Chain’s inaugural episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks to Dr. Gavin Wood, Ethereum Cofounder and Founder Polkadot and Parity Technologies. They discuss nation states vs. protocols, building technology that fundamentally protects our interests, the most important skills...
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