Episodes

  • Amitt Mahajan joins us to talk about entrepreneurship, co-creating Farmville while at Zynga, his thoughts on how blockchain integrates with gaming, and more!

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs

    In this interview, we discuss:

    0:00 Is Amitt a Gamer?

    3:23 When Amitt Decided to get into the Gaming Industry

    12:01 FarmVille + Other Endeavors

    26:12 Getting into Crypto

    31:20 The Downside of Entrepreneurship

    34:25 The Importance of Blockchain Tech

    44:37 Picking a Chain to Deploy on

    52:44 Advice for Upcoming Entrepreneurs

    57:55 AI + Gaming

    1:00:00 The Future of VR + AR

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    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

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    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

  • Ed Felten joins us to talk about his time working at the White House, teaching at Princeton, founding Arbitrum, and Artificial Intelligence.

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs

    In this interview, we discuss:

    0:00 Studying Computer Security

    8:22 Teaching at Princeton

    30:06 Working at the FTC

    39:44 Working at the White House

    1:02:12 Why Scale Ethereum?

    1:17:58 Stylus

    1:25:05 Artificial Intelligence

    1:32:54 Biggest Threat to National Security

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    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    Disclaimer:

    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.

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  • Preston Van Loon and Raul Jordan join us to talk about their life before Prysmatic Labs, what it was like to build and contribute to Ethereum, to now working at Offchain Labs, scaling Ethereum.

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs

    In this interview, we discuss:

    0:00 Where Preston and Raul grew up

    11:02 How Preston got to Google

    15:58 Does Google and Crypto have a shared interest?

    17:56 How Preston and Raul met

    20:00 What Helped them Run Prysmatic Labs

    24:03 Shipping the Beaconchain

    30:28 Why join a Layer 2 team?

    39:39 What Preston and Raul are working on

    41:06 What Preston and Raul are excited about

    48:20 Can Ethereum succsed without Vitalik?

    54:43 Preston can Fly Planes

    57:15 Raul Speaks Cantonese

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    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs

    Disclaimer:

    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.