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We’re in the portion of the market cycle where the reality checks are rolling in. A Post-merge dip, metaverse FUD, and blockchain censorship. At least the bad actors are being flushed out. 🗑️ TIMESTAMPS:6:13 – Post-merge 12:10 – Decentraland FUD 18:12 – Metropolis 21:55 – Blockchain censorship 32:38 – Do Kwon on the run 40:14 […]
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After 7 years in the making, it is finally upon us. We cover everything you need to know about a distributed engineering feat like no other. This is it, this is the big one: The Merge. TIMESTAMPS:2:17 – What is the Merge? 7:25 – Ultra-sound money 13:18 – EIP-1559 16:05 – Ether’s value prop 20:00 […]
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Big moves, bigger conferences, and the biggest of hacks: Andrew and Kevin return from a long break to recount the saga of the 2022 market cycle. TIMESTAMPS:1:05 – Crypto conferences 14:25 – Recapping since January 25:28 – Quantifiable vibes 32:34 – Axie bridge hack 39:04 – Tornado Cash sanctions 51:15 – The Merge 53:28 – […]
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New, programmable money means new terms for new financial maneuvers. This week, we discuss the difference between blockchain staking, single asset staking, liquidity providing and farming while ultimately realizing that words are hard. TIMESTAMPS: 4:57 – What is staking 8:25 – network staking vs single asset staking 17:00 – Tokenomic complexity 22:05 – Staking is […]
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Nobody said decentralization would be easy. This week on the TNB, we’re asking the important questions: How will gaming DAOs function? Can community be airdropped into existence? Will Microsoft’s vision for the metaverse align with ours? Will web3 resurrect Blockbuster and RadioShack? TIMESTAMPS:6:10 – Building towards decentralization 12:00 – Web 2.5 business model 19:34 – […]
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This week’s edition of TNB is about surviving the tumultuous seas of crypto 🌊. Maybe your jpegs have already seen the other side of the 🌙, maybe they’ve been totally obliterated by right click savers ☠️. Either way, let’s bring in the new year with some final takes on trial and tribulation! TIMESTAMPS:3:40 – GameFi […]
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The gang breaks down the latest trend in token distribution- airdrops. What are airdrops? What are protocols just sending us free money? Is this actually the model of the future? It’s all here in episode twenty. Timestamps: 2:19 – Ethereum Name Service 6:00 – ENS Airdrop 12:52 – What is an airdrop? 19:07 – Past […]
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NFT NYC offered the full spectrum between an awkward art gallery, an exclusive skyscraper shindig, and a literal yacht party… it really just depended on which token communities you belonged to. Community is the latest killer app. TIMESTAMPS: 1:07 – NFT NYC 7:50 – Bored Ape Yacht Club 12:00 – Token gated communities 20:45 – […]
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SHIB’s meteoric rise causes the gang to question the fabric of their monetary reality. What does it mean now that the top 🐶 has been dethroned? Why can’t we have just a single dull week in crypto? TIMESTAMPS: 0:50 – Lisbon 8:26 – SHIB flipped DOGE 🐶 14:00 – Ponzi games 20:45 – Holders 27:00 […]
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If the future of blockchains is multi-chain, then the future is already here… it’s just not evenly distributed. This week it’s all things side chains, layer 1s, layer 2s, cross-chain interoperability and collecting NFTs betwixt.
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Ready or not, climate change is here. One of the most common and valid criticisms of crypto is the electricity it demands and the environmental impact of that consumption. For an industry that prides itself on building global coordination tools, will any of it matter if the globe catches fire in the process? This week, […]
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The Block buds are back from break and brimming with bits about bytes. This edition of 0x is all about Crypto Conventions and con artists. TIMESTAMPS:3:55 – NFT NYC 6:29 – MCon 12:50 – Blockchain to the masses 20:50 – Scaling is hard 28:35 – Marketing spend 33:19 – Empowering artists 40:36 – Navigating innovation […]
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What? The New Blocks is evolving! Introducing 0x episodes: A more raw and timely crypto news format. 0x episodes are less about on-boarding crypto newcomers and more about discussing the newest of the blocks. This week, we talk about the latest swelter: JPEG Summer 🔥. TIMESTAMPS: 1:44 – JPEG summer 9:00 – Top sellers 21:12 […]
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New regulation is rolling down Capital Hill and it’s headed straight for crypto. Did the Senate just attempt to ban the entire industry? What are regulators missing and why does regulation have to be this hard? TIMESTAMPS: 2:43 – The Infrastructure Bill 6:37 – Regulation in trusted systems 12:25 – Centralized crypto regulation 16:08 – […]
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It’s never a bad time to go back to basics. This week, the goof troop sets up a fresh wallet, discusses best practices, and navigates the treacherous seas of phishing scams. If you custody your own crypto, this is an episode you won’t want to miss. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Intro 1:10 – USDC in the […]
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If you’ve experienced the blockchain superhighway, you’ve probably noticed, the tolls add up quickly! What if you could whip around these same roads, but for only fractions of a penny? This is the future vision for blockchains, and if you know where to look, it’s already here today. Today, we merge into the fast lane […]
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Pop some corn and kick up your feet by the ocean fire. Today, we’re rounding out the 15th episode with a culmination of everything we’ve learned over The New Blocks series. We’re talking stable coins, DAOs, AMMs, yield farming NFTs, and DeFi protocols. This episode couldn’t fit another 3-letter acronym if we tried. Decentralized Finance. […]
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Today, the fam squad discusses trading, swapping, and exchanging with the help of automated market makers. Will this new design for non-custodial commerce change the way we exchange? In this episode, we’ll discuss how every day DeFi users are beginning to eliminate the extractive 3rd party bankers we’ve grown so accustom to. TIMESTAMPS:0:48 – Special […]
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This week, the DeFi apprentices are feeling the full force of a true, crypto-market swing. On a week as red as this one, what topic is more fitting than stable coins? There is massive global demand for monetary stability. Let’s learn about a few wildly different approaches to meeting it. TIMESTAMPS: 4:21– What are stable […]
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The class graduated from Blockchain 101 and we’re moving on to Blockchain 102. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, are the building blocks for a new kind of company, institution, and an alternative to traditional hierarchical governance. Whether you’re an ape on Wall Street Bets or you’re helping to coordinate the decentralized alternative to the FED, […]
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