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Episodes

Monday Sep 07, 2020
82. TBR - Mintable & The Wider Application of NFTs | Zach Burks
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
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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
80. TBR - How DeFI Will Lead the $1 Trillion Crypto Market_mixdown.mp3
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
79. TBR - MANA Blastoff! Volatility & Crypto Businesses, DeFi Craze
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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Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
On today's podcast we interview the CEO of Liquidity.Network to discuss GAS fees and solutions to the scalability problem. Arthur Gervais breaks down how Ethereum has a bottle neck and how many other blockchains suffer from the same inherent problem. Arthur helps understand why Ethereum can only handle a handful of transactions per second. What are the implications of a sidechain versus an off chain transaction. He also explains how Liquidity Network is able to achieve gasless transactions and what it could do for dapp developers like us. The onbaording process is an important aspect to get correct and we get into the details on how that works for any developer looking to reduce gas fees. Finally, we ask what its like to develop in both bull and bear markets and the differences between each.
Topics:
- First up, Arthur breaks down how and why there's a scalability struggle with some of the larger blockchain networks.
- Next, What are the differences between side chain and off chain solutions for scaling.
- Then, What makes Liquidity Network handle transactions better than the other 2nd layer scaling solutions like Matic or Raiden.
- And Finally, How does the implementation of Eth 2.0 affect the liquidity.network
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Friday Jul 31, 2020
77. TBR - Bitcoin Rally, Open World Gaming, & Enjin
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
We debrief from last week's discussion on how the stock market is in a huge bubble. Except the next day after recording our previous podcast, Bitcoin takes off and reaches the 2020 all time high. So this week we discuss if the possibility of Bitcoin becoming a true store of value during these uncertain times becomes a reality. Open world gaming always have a common thread in the grind mechanism. We discuss how and why this mechanism is needed in Decentraland and ways it could occur. One of the many ways is implementing consumables through ERC1155 NFTs. These tokens can serve to kickstart an economy within a game world and necessary to improve the daily active users. Finally, conspiracy theories are mostly a commentary on how fragile the human mind can be.
Topics:
- First up, we go over the state of the world and the Bitcoin Rally
- Next, What is the Optimal Open World Gaming Mechanic?
- Then, Can we make an ERC1155 Token as a Gaming mechanic in @Decentraland
- Finally, we rant about conspiracy theories and the Scientific Method.
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Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
2020 has been a record year in many fronts. One of the more unescapable aspects staring us in the face is our diminishing economic model. The United States is pumping trillions of dollars into the economy and we wonder the impact of this diminishing effects on Bitcoin. Is a doom scenario necessary to catapult the value of Bitcoin? We also discuss the outcome of the Crypto World Cup as well as the Decentraland announcement that they're partnering with Samsung crypto wallet. Major Corona Zombies updates with some additional gameplay. Ethermon digital pet game launced an event and has had over 420 unique addresses participate!
Topics:
- First up, we discuss our deteriorating economic model and how Bitcoin could be the safe haven.
- Next, who the winner of crypto world cup of Moonshot.
- We follow it up with some Corona Zombies updates
- Finally Ethermon has over 420 participants so far in their event!
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Friday Jul 17, 2020
75. TBR - MMORPG & Persistent Gaming in Decentraland & Twitter Hack 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Its been a long journey with Corona Zombies and it has arrived in its earliest form. The MetaZone team is working on a first party MMORPG style zombie game where landowners participate in hosting the apocalypse. Weapons will be NFTs, upgradeable, have progression and individual attributes. In this podcast we have the developer of MetaZone join us to discuss what's new on Corona Zombies and how we're enabling a multiplayer for persistent gaming in Decentraland.
Topics:
- First up, Corona Zombies is now an MMORPG
- Next, what goes into making content that will sustain players?
- Then, what technology is needed to support multiplayer in Decentraland
- and Finally, Where were you during the great Twitter Hackening?
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Thursday Jul 09, 2020
74. TBR - 80/20 Rule in Crypto? Moonshot Competition in Decentraland
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Right off the heels of the biggest competition in Decentraland, a soccer tournament with 24 crypto companies face off on Moonshot! Iman has been commentating while the rest of the team has been preparing and competing in the tournament. We also discover a pattern we're seeing in the crypto space found in almost all sectors of the economy. The 80/20 rule where 80% of the audience focuses on the speculative aspects of a given market while the remaining 20% focuses on production, feasibility, improvement of that same market. The Decentralized Finance space is surging at the moment with the surge of new tokens appearing for trade. Finally, our final topic is how gaming will evolve in Decentraland.
Topics:
- First up, We go over the biggest tournament in decentraland so far.
- Next, we recognize the 80/20 rule in the crypto space.
- Then, the DeFi space enters the speculation mania
- And finally, we discuss how gaming will evolve in Decentraland.
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Monday Jun 29, 2020
73. TBR - Ethermon in Decentraland is the Start of Longterm Gameplay
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
In Texas we're experiencing another wave of Corona Virus illnesses and many cities are recommending people to stay at home as often as possible. In today's podcast we heed their advice as we host another discussion from a long distance. We start the conversation with the implications of NFT game assets. Do they need to be supported long term? Is it reasonable to expect developers to support their NFT assets in all future games? With the popular use of the Ethereum network, gas fees have been at levels detrimental to the end user. Its beginning to interfere with business operating on the network, and the source seems to be from Tether. We also begin tossing around the idea of a MetaZone token. What is the use of such token and we begin to formulate the early design of tokenomics. As we continue to contribute to the construction to Decentraland, we postulate on what sorts of activities are needed to bring a thousand daily active users? Finally, could Ethermon gameplay be the start of longterm gameplay in Decentraland? Will this contribute to bringing in thousands of active users?
Topics:
- First up, What are the longterm implications of NFT game assets?
- Next, We break down the Ethereum Gas fee and why its high right now
- Then, What activity could bring a thousand daily active users.
- And Finally, The Ethermon garden meta is only the beginning.
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