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Episodes
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
We look back on a year of content development in Decentraland. We go from a gray grid of 90,000 parcels to a fully rendered representation of actual content deployed within the metaverse (https://decentraland.icu/). We provide how it makes logical sense that all NFT minting projects will use a side chain because its a sound business decision. If a sidechain wasn't an option will it make sense for developers to keep assets off chain to avoid gas fees? We try to make sense of an NFT art being sold for $110K. We break down what's needed to sell art in the 6 figures.
Topics:
- First up, we take a look back at 1 year of development in Decentraland
- Next, we summarize how the NFT landscape will evolve.
- Then, how a sidechain is the right business decision.
- And Finally, we break down what it takes to sell NFT art for $110 thousand dollars.
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Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
How the rug pull culture is slowly eroding the morale of everyone in the crypto space. The more projects with anonymous founders the more likely a rug pull becomes more likely. The trend of an anonymous founders is a sign of the infancy of the space. We're noticing some valuable mechanics being implemented by these anonymous founders that we believe legitimate projects will implement as a justifiable mechanism. We've seen a lot of missed opportunities by NFT minting platforms using ERC20 tokens that can be improved on. Ethermon drops their biggest announcement yet, they have just acquired the Battle District which is 668 parcels! We also show off our Corona Zombie wearable in Decentraland!
Topics:
- First up, a rug pull culture is forming and the psychological effects because of it.
- Next, Crypto business models are evolving towards sustainable Tokenomics
- Then, Ethermon Takes over a District in Decentraland for the biggest MMORPG yet.
- Finally, Join our new discussion with DCLblogger and check out our new Wearable in Decentraland!
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Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Episode 86 kicks off with a discussion on tokenomics design the MetaZone platform. We discuss how we encourage participation on the platform by rewarding the creators and collectors with platform tokens. Gas fees have calmed down recently, but increasing gas prices are just around the corner. Honeyswap is a fork of Uniswap but built on top of the xDAI network. This means that swaps cost almost no gas but the downside is coins need to use a bridge for them to work on the 2nd layer. We drop in some technical analysis into the podcast to show that sometimes it does work but its an unreliable tool. Finally, the community that created the $HNY token called 1Hive.org uses a way to verify their members and one of them created Honeyswap.
Topics:
- First up, a Hacker takes over $150 million dollars from Kucoin exchange.
- Next, Someone built Uniswap on xDAI sidechain called Honeyswap.
- Then, We discuss whether or not technical analysis is reliable.
- Finally, Can a community start with a token and be successful?
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
With the latest UNI airdrop, we dive into thinking through all the possible airdrops that could occur from other platforms. Uniswap has grown to a volume that has surpassed larger centralized exchanges such as Coinbase. With a decentralized exchange releasing a token to reward the behavior they want to encourage, Uniswap is poised to grow even larger. In this podcast, we break down the connection between SORA and Polkaswap. As we look for the next sector of the industry to do a parabolic run up, we speculate that the next ecosystem with high potential would be Polkadot. We also dive into the Plasm platform and we breakdown their lockdrop protocol.
Topics:
- First up, We Debrief on the Effects of the UNI Distribution.
- Next, What's the connection between SORA and Polkaswap?
- Then, We Breakdown what is Plasm and their Lockdrop
- Finally, How Polkadot will solve a lot of Ethereum's issues.
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
The MetaZone team consisting of Corv, William and Iman come together to discuss progress on MetaZone and the entire NFT space. We make grand predictions that almost every NFT minting platform will have their own platform token to incentivize activity on their own platform. We believe in helping landowners monetize their land in a way that is sustainable while growing the value of the land in Decentraland. Ethermon has built the next meta that will allow landowners to make 20% from every sale of eggs on their land. Each egg hatches an Ethermon NFT that is able to grow and gain levels in Decentraland. We also contemplate a proper tokenomics strategy for MetaZone that will properly reward users for their activity on MetaZone. Finally we breakdown why sidechains will become a standard in the crypto industry.
Topics:
- First up, What's taking so long for the Ethermon Egg Nest?
- Next, Update on MetaZone NFTs.
- Then, What is the proper tokenomics for NFT platforms?
- And Finally, Sidechains will become standard.
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Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
On the heels of a topic Iman and William have been talking about for at least a few months, our predictions begin to show accuracy. Rarible is the first large NFT minting platform to reward the behavior they want to encourage. They released the $RARI token and airdropped it to creators and collectors with 75,000 tokens sent out weekly by participating on the platform. We explore how this will ignite a DeFi style explosion of NFT platforms. We predict the proliferation of this tactic as this is something that would be helpful in MetaZone. Not only do we think a token platform makes sense for MetaZone, but we believe generating tokens and other cryptographic assets for the underlying game itself will help increase user adoption and overall sustainability within the ecosystem.
Topics:
- First up, How NFT platforms will deploy ERC20s as a new industry standard
- Next, we identify missing pieces for a sustainable ecosystem in #Decentraland
- Then, How DeFi has shaped the overall cryptocurrency space.
- Finally, xDAI sidechain will solve the gas issue.
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Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Support Mintable by minting you own NFTs here: https://mintable.app/
Today we speak with Zach Burks, CEO of Mintable. We get a break down of how Zach got involved in NFTs and what brought the development of Mintable. The Mintable platform is both on the Ethereum and Zilliqa blockchain so we get a first hand look at the benefits of each platform. The DeFi ecosystem is beginning to explode which will bring millions of brand new users into the crypto space. One of the more important focus is to improve the on-boarding experience. We discuss the possibility of NFT projects launching an ERC20 token to tap into the speculative mania. What will be the implications and is it a good thing for the NFT ecosystem?
Topics:
- First up, we discuss how GAS prices are affecting the NFT space
- Next, What are the differences between the Zilliqa and Ethereum Blockchains?
- Then, Does it really matter which blockchain is used to mint an NFT?
- Finally, Will we see a surge of ERC20 tokens coupled with NFT projects?
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
On today's podcast we speak with David Liebowitz, a founding team member of Everipedia platform of decentralized knowledge base. We go into the decision making process when making the decision between using the Ethereum network or the EOS network. We drill down into EOS and discuss the CPU and RAM tokens to be able to use and access the EOS network and use dApps built on it. DeFi is quickly propagating to the collective crypto conscience and we get David's thoughts on the the current explosion. Prediction markets are also on an upward trend and Everipedia using the PredIQt token is gaining traction.
Topics:
- What are the benefits of running a project on $EOS or Ethereum?
- What are David's thoughts on the whole #DeFi craze.
- What is the utility of the PredIQt token and its diverse use of the token.
- Prediction markets become a foundational piece to the growth of crypto
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
If you haven't been paying attention to what types of projects most of the volume is going towards, you might be missing what could cause a trillion dollar crypto market. With several billions locked up in the DeFi ecosystem, this sector of the crypto space is on its way of catapulting the general industry into the trillion dollar range. We begin the discussion with how we predicted that DeFi would fuel the next exponential expansion of the crypto industry in late 2019.
Topics:
- First up, How #DeFi Will Lead the Next Bull Run.
- Next, What Metrics Do We Use to Evaluate DeFi Projects?
- Then, Why Uniswap is the Catalyst for Major Returns.
- Finally, We Get Into Polkadot Ecosystem.
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Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
With the sudden pump in Mana, you would think this would be a good thing. We go into the inside details of running a business thats based completely in cryptocurrency and the ramifications of volatile pricing. Decisions need to be made and consequences are felt. How does a small business adjust to unpredictable pricing? How do we build a platform that many creators use and depend on that is reliable. Cultivating a platform with razor thin margin of error keeps us awake at night, maybe the community can provide some input here with some suggestions. In addition, we explore expanding MetaZone's offering to encompass the larger game development community.
Topics:
- First up, Mana Blasts Off and Sustains.
- Next, What Happens to a Business With Volatile Prices.
- Then, We Expland the Tools @MetaZoneio Provides to Game Devs
- Finally, We Plan to Help the Overall Blockchain Gaming Space
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