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May 22, 2023

Gaming and Web3

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Charlie Shrem Show. Today, we're diving deep into the world of blockchain gaming. We're joined by three exceptional guests who are at the forefront of this rapidly evolving sector: Inder Phull from PIXELYNX, Simon Davis of Mighty Bear Games, and Dan Nissanoff from…

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Welcome to another exciting episode of the Charlie Shrem Show. Today, we're diving deep into the world of blockchain gaming. We're joined by three exceptional guests who are at the forefront of this rapidly evolving sector: Inder Phull from PIXELYNX, Simon Davis of Mighty Bear Games, and Dan Nissanoff from…

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Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:20) - Inder Phull, the CEO and Co-Founder of PIXELYNX (00:19:51) - Simon Davis, the Co-Founder and CEO of Mighty Bear Games (00:40:16) - Dan Nissanoff from Game of Silks (01:04:37) - Outro Welcome to another exciting episode of the Charlie Shrem Show. Today, we're diving…

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Charlie sits down with Alex O’Donnell, former CEO of Umami Labs to explore what happens when the decentralized ethos of a DAO clashes with the need for organization. Alex was accused of dumping tokens and intentionally crashing the price for his own personal gain, now he tells his side of…

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Charlie sits down with Alex O’Donnell, former CEO of Umami Labs to explore what happens when the decentralized ethos of a DAO clashes with the need for organization. Alex was accused of dumping tokens and intentionally crashing the price for his own personal gain, now he tells his side of…

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Charlie kicks off the show by underscoring the high-quality guests the show invites to interview amidst a crypto landscape full of illegitimate companies. Barney Mannerings of Vega Protocol shares what he did prior to joining the world of crypto. Barney talks about why people invented markets and how crypto can…

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Charlie Shrem introduces Bernard Blaha and People’s SCE and Bernard shares how he accidentally got into crypto. Charlie provides an anecdote on how he thinks Europe has been ahead in cryptocurrency from the beginning. Bernard shares his experience, positives, and criticisms with the European Union regulatory environment then and now.…

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April 22, 2023

The power of Bitcoin

Charlie kicks off the show discussing Bitcoin’s resurgence with recent banking failures. Charlie gives an introduction to Jonathan Chester and his company Bitwage. Jonathan shares what made him interested in Bitcoin in 2013 and how things have changed since he first joined the industry. Jonathan and Charlie reflect on why…

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Charlie kicks off the show discussing Bitcoin’s resurgence with recent banking failures. Charlie gives an introduction to Jonathan Chester and his company Bitwage. Jonathan shares what made him interested in Bitcoin in 2013 and how things have changed since he first joined the industry. Jonathan and Charlie reflect on why…

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April 13, 2023

Nakamoto Coefficient

Charlie begins the show by introducing Hugo Philion and giving him the opportunity to share how Flare began in the crypto industry and why oracles are so important. Hugo explains Flare’s state connector. Charlie provides his thoughts on proof of stake. Hugo shares that State Connector is the solution to…

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Charlie begins the show by introducing Hugo Philion and giving him the opportunity to share how Flare began in the crypto industry and why oracles are so important. Hugo explains Flare’s state connector. Charlie provides his thoughts on proof of stake. Hugo shares that State Connector is the solution to…

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Charlie and Benton Yaun begin the show by discussing the Wall Street Journal’s article on the Metaverse being a Meh-taverse and their interpretation of how the metaverse is currently performing. Benton shares his unconventional background and how he came into the crypto world. Charlie talks about the evolution of online…

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Charlie begins the show with an introduction to Protocol Labs and IPFS, asking Juan to take him back to the beginning. Juan shares the goals of IPFS and how they accomplish those goals. Juan explains the difference between storage and content delivery and how IPFS comes into play. Juan discusses…

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Manu Drijvers kicks off the discussion differentiating DFINITY’s Internet Computer from other EVM-based smart contracts. Manu talks about how DFINITY scales without heading toward centralization. Charlie and Manu discuss nodes and determining their level of decentralization. Manu shares his background and what drives him, diving into cryptography. Charlie and Manu…

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Charlie and Mark Miller take a trip to the past and the start of smart contracts. Charlie kicks off the show sharing an abstract that Mark wrote in 1988 that envisioned a future of smart contracts. Mark shares what was missing from that abstract when it comes to blockchain, diving…

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Patrick McClain with The Reimagined podcast, Anthony Garretts from Gonzaga and Danny Cook at the University of Illinois interview Charlie Shrem. Charlie gives a history of who he is and how he got involved in crypto. Charlie discusses crypto company investing woes and how SBF relates. Charlie provides background on…

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Former Bloomberg journalist and founder of DeCential Media Matt Leising and Charlie start the show discussing how they feel about the industry so far in 2023. Matt shares his thoughts on journalism and its growth and challenges within the blockchain niche. Matt provides his experience with writing his book Out…

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Charlie begins the show by introducing CIO of Fox and President of Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL), Melody Hildebrandt and the importance of her as a guest. Melody dives into how BCL was dreamed up. Melody discusses how Fox is a risk-taking business and how that’s important in setting the foundation…

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Charlie gives an introduction to Paulina and noncustodial onboarding. Paulina explains how noncustodial onboarding works. Paulina shares why they created Ramp. Charlie reflects on his experience with onboarding with BitInstant. Paulina shares her experience in the bear and bull markets and her observations. Charlie and Paulina discuss scams over the…

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zkLend Co-founder Jane Ma introduces herself and shares info on zkLend and how its products work. Jane explains how zkLend connects off-chain assets with on-chain protocols. Jane and Charlie talk about how regulation will play into decentralized lending. Jane and Charlie talk about the future of blockchain scalability, including an…

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zkLend Co-founder Jane Ma introduces herself and shares info on zkLend and how its products work. Jane explains how zkLend connects off-chain assets with on-chain protocols. Jane and Charlie talk about how regulation will play into decentralized lending. Jane and Charlie talk about the future of blockchain scalability, including an…

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Charlie starts the conversation off with a discussion about singe key wallets and the questions recent hacks have uncovered about them. Christoph introduces Safe, previously Gnosis Safe, explaining its background and potential use cases. Christoph shares breaking news ahead of ETHDenver. Charlie and Christoph discuss a collaborative approach to the…

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Charlie starts the conversation off with a discussion about singe key wallets and the questions recent hacks have uncovered about them. Christoph introduces Safe, previously Gnosis Safe, explaining its background and potential use cases. Christoph shares breaking news ahead of ETHDenver. Charlie and Christoph discuss a collaborative approach to the…

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Charlie starts the conversation off with a discussion about singe key wallets and the questions recent hacks have uncovered about them. Christoph introduces Safe, previously Gnosis Safe, explaining its background and potential use cases. Christoph shares breaking news ahead of ETHDenver. Charlie and Christoph discuss a collaborative approach to the…

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