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This week, Dave and Zen Llama talk to Marbius, head of product at Moonwalk Fitness to discuss the most hyped game on Solana at the moment, Moonwalk. The game leverages crypto payments to enforce accountability into users' exercise routines, by introducing global mini games where you pay to play, and have the opportunity to earn money should you succeed in the challenge (and others fail)! Its a simple yet brilliant concept which crypto payments help to unlock, and which could help further legitimize the space should it reach critical mass from a non crypto-native audience. - - Time Stamps (00:00) Introduction (02:26) The Origins of Moonwalk (05:12) Promoting Accountability with Personal Contracts (12:46) Using Steps as a Baseline Metric (14:49) Designing for Trust Between Participants (18:23) Last Man Standing? (23:40) Exploring Sponsorship Opportunities (28:00) Building Useful Crypto Apps (33:40) Building Without a Token at the Centre (38:06) Exploring Different Ways to Track Fitness Metrics (40:50) How to Get Involved (44:34) Financing the Project (45:14) Benefits of Blockchain Payments (46:30) Screen Time As a Metric (47:11) The Benefits of Outdoor Exercise (49:57) Tailouring Games For Different Demographics - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Zen Llama : https://twitter.com/ZenLlama Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Episode Resources Follow Marbius : https://Twitter.com/MarbiusC Follow Moonwalk Fitness: https://Twitter.com/MoonwalkFitness

Following our earlier episode on MetaDAO, we are once again joined by Prophet, and first time guest to the show Nallok, to talk about the early days of MetaDAO and the start of a potentially transformative form of governance. Many agree this is one of the most exciting experiments happening in crypto today and so we get into how the early months have been, how the DAO has successfully fought off several adversarial proposals, and what Robin Hanson, the father of Futarchy, really thinks about the project. The discussion concludes with an interesting discussion around the differences between futarchy and prediction markets, and how futarchy could be used to elect presidents one day. - - Time Stamps (0:00) - MetaDAO update (2:13) - Concept of Futarchy-As-A-Service (FAAS) (4:28) - Fighting off adversarial proposals (7:15) - Metanallok’s involvement with MetaDAO (12:22) - MetaDAO’s UI troubles (13:52) - Liquidity problems for Meta token (18:00) - Working with the father of futarchy, Robin Hanson (20:13) - Which projects are looking to integrate FAAS? (22:19) - Fielding proposals to buy Meta token (24:06) - Working with Colosseum (27:13) - Why are there proposals to buy Meta from treasury rather than buying from market (28:52) - How MetaDAO shows inefficiencies of voting (31:48) - Is bribing possible with Futarchy? (33:54) - How do the fail markets work? (36:15) - Unforeseen challenges so far (39:04) - How granular can futarchic voting be? (41:36) - Need for a benevolent dictator? (44:38) - MetaDAO in next few years (49:15) - Futarchy vs prediction markets (55:29) - Where are MetaDAO finding PMF? - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Episode Resources Follow Nallok : https://Twitter.com/MetaNallok Follow Prophet : https://Twitter.com/MetaProph3t Follow MetaDAO : https://Twitter.com/MetaDAOProject

This week, Sal and Zen Llama host another podcast in the "Technical" series - this time talking with Piers Ridyard who is CEO of RDX Works. The episode goes into depth around what makes Radix such a highly novel design, why sharding is the inevitable solution for horizontally scaling blockchains, and why the notion of blocks needs to be revamped to allow for full atomic composability between shards. Find out why Radix may well be the final nail in the coffin of the scalability trilemma. - - Time Stamps (0:00) - Overview on Radix (3:47) - How Radix reduces risk of exploits (17:25) - Comparing Radix to Solana and Move (28:35) - Radix’s novel approach to sharding (43:30) - How do nodes sync up the full state (45:09) - What are trade offs from a DevEx perspective? (48:46) - How to onboard devs to a new programming language (1:00:25) - How to get involved - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Zen : https://twitter.com/ZenLlama Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Episode Resources Follow Piers : https://Twitter.com/PiersRidyard Follow Radix : https://Twitter.com/RadixDLT Radix Website : https://RadixDLT.com

This week, we are joined by Patrick Camuso, a crypto-focused CPA, as we discuss the challenges of managing crypto taxes in advance of the US tax filing deadline. This conversation covers various topics related to taxes in the cryptocurrency space including how to account for NFTs, the tax implications of being hacked, the importance of tracking rolling balances, selecting a CPA and how to prepare your taxes in a manner that will appease the IRS. Its a subject that most try to ignore until the last minute - and yet can have material impacts on your annual profits - so dive in and see how best to prepare for the end of the tax year. - - (00:00) : Introduction and Technical Difficulties (01:03) : The Unique Challenges of Crypto Taxes (10:06) : Crypto Taxes as Property (14:56) : Treatment of NFT Mints (19:15) : Tracking Rolling Balances (24:00) : When To Use a CPA (29:04) : Filing an Extension and Preparing for Taxes (33:41) : Tax Treatment of Hacks and Phishing Attacks (35:55) : Other Rules People Might Not Be Aware Of (40:22) : Pricing Data for Low Liquidity Assets (42:27) : Importance of Consistent Methodology (47:53) : Closing Thoughts and Importance of Compliance - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Episode Resources Follow Patrick: https://Twitter.com/PatrickCamuso Patrick's Website : https://CamusoCPA.com

This week, we speak with Alan Orwick from Quai Network who is attempting to build a completely novel Proof-Of-Work blockchain able to compete with modern Proof-Of-Stake on throughput and latency. The project uses a dual-token design which includes a highly novel stablecoin-like token used to represent energy input into the network. It's a breath of fresh air in the POW landscape and offers a glimpse into the potential future of blockchain scaling. - - Time Stamps (0:00) - Introduction (1:37) - Path into crypto (3:46) - High level overview of Quai Network (5:21) - Is Quai trying to be money? (7:31) - What does POW enable? (17:53) - Quai as a settlement layer? (21:07) - Boosting POW tps using horizontal scaling (32:29) - How is horizontal scaling different to Eth’s modular scaling (36:28) - Wallet UX (38:28) - Removing necessity for bridged assets (40:32) - How to balance shards (43:09) - 2 token design (49:44) - Avoiding Luna comparisons (51:56) - Go-To-Market strategy (54:52) - Could Quai work with other L1s (57:41) - Future milestones - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Zen Llama: https://twitter.com/ZenLlama Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Episode Resources Follow Quai Network : https://Twitter.com/QuaiNetwork

We chat with Jake Randall, one of the co-founders of Mutant Mon and pioneer of the emergent 404 standard. Mutant Mon is the first SPL-404 hybrid token on Solana, bridging NFTs and fungible tokens under one primitive. The project has been incubating since 2021 and draws inspiration from the fusionmon concept in the Pokemon fan game scene. The team has developed a novel re-rolling aspect where every time an NFT is swapped for tokens, a new NFT with different stats and collectability is created. The project also introduces a 2% tax on swaps, creating a deflationary token and driving revenue for the ecosystem. The conversation explores the concerns and challenges of creating a standard for hybrid NFT collections. We close the episode chatting about the future of marketplaces and the need for change in the NFT ecosystem.

- - Time Stamps (0:00) - Introduction to Mutantmon (4:54) - Differences to fractionalizing NFTs (7:16) - Interplay of SPL404 with rarity (10:52) - Will 2% tax kill velocity? (12:38) - Tying NFT valuation to memecoins (16:24) - Proposal to turn SMB v3 into SPL404 (21:18) - Memecoins into NFTs or NFTs into memecoins? (22:55) - Mutantmon too similar to Pokemon? (24:59) - Building a 404 Launchpad (27:55) - Why NFT meta on Solana has died (34:22) - Mutantmon tokenomics (36:56) - Building 404 on Solana vs Eth (39:55) - SPL404 vs SPL22 (42:17) - Future of NFT marketplaces (44:49) - Tensor in competiton with Jupiter? (50:21) - How will NFT space evolve - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Episode Resources Follow WeedleChamp : https://Twitter.com/WeedleChamp Follow Mutantmon : https://Twitter.com/Mutantmon_Sol

Drift brings on-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures to Solana and is one of its most widely-used DeFi applications. The Drift team has been around since Solana's early days and has an ambitious vision to bring financial primitives historically only available on CEXs to the world of permissionless finance. Throughout this episode, we chat with Cindy and Chris to learn about Drift's architecture, strategy, differentiators, and endgame.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Origins of Drift

(2:27) - Why trade perps

(6:35) - Why perps never gained popularity in tradfi

(10:34) - How to manage risks around offering leverage 

(12:34) - How would you handle BonkGuy’s current bet

(15:49) - Purpose of the insurance fund

(17:08) - Strategy behind product expansion

(19:27) - Sourcing maker liquidity

(26:42) - Targeting specific user segments

(29:05) - Importance of on-chain order books

(31:06) - UX strategy

(35:44) - Jup Perps vs Drift

(37:58) - Pre-token perps

(39:56) - Benefits of perps on Solana vs app chains

(41:44) - How sticky is the TVL?

(44:50) - Drift’s endgame

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Sal sits down with Lucas to chat about all things Crypto & AI. Lucas, a researcher at Galaxy, recently published a comprehensive report on this topic as he seeks to separate fact from fiction when it comes to where crypto can improve AI applications and vice-versa.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Decentralized GPU farms

(5:05) - Posting on-chain proofs of models

(8:28) - Smart agents using crypto

(11:32) - Competing with OpenAI

(15:18) - Using crypto for crowdsourced data

(13:30) - Eth value accrual

(17:52) - How web2 companies are building moats around data

(20:03) - Is MakerDao pivoting to an AI company?

(26:47) - Chat based interfaces

(32:36) - What sets BitTensor apart

(37:45) - Is ZKML overhyped?

(40:16) - Views on Solana

(42:45) - Are NFTs dead on Solana?

(47:48) - Rise of hybrid NFTs

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Solana Legend returns to Unlayered to share his views on why Solana is winning and will continue to win. We start off by picking up where we last left off with Legend, focusing on the shortcomings of Ethereum and the EVM ecosystem. We then dive into the current state of the markets and a litany of other topics including which narratives Legend is most excited about.

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(0:00) - Eth Denver takeaways

(2:13) - Problems of scaling via L2s

(4:49) - Predicting the L2 winners

(8:04) - Eth alignment

(10:33) - Modular’s social coordination cost

(13:30) - Eth value accrual

(16:49) - Decentralized order flow on Solana

(20:58) - Outperforming memecoins as a venture fund

(23:40) - Memecoin supercycle?

(26:57) - Crypto investment playbook 

(31:23) - Crypto x AI

(37:09) - Airbnb for GPUs

(41:19) - Best moats in crypto

(44:26) - How to decentralize curation

(48:00) - Bring back ICOs?

(53:20) - Why infra keeps getting funded over apps

(58:19) - Why VCs keep getting timing wrong

(1:00:04) - The rise of Bitcoin

(1:05:15) - ERC / SPL 404 standard to kickstart NFT bull run?

(1:07:53) - Will bull market be dominated by ETF flows?

(1:11:33) - What will make up the $10tn asset class?

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Anatoly needs no introduction. He is responsible for the creation of Solana and the emergence of high-throughput, next-gen blockchains. We had the privilege of covering a very wide variety of topics with 'Toly thoughout this interview. We start with ‘Toly’s childhood, background, and the origins of Solana. We then move into some of Solana’s core principles and how they differ from Ethereum. This serves as a natural segue into Solana’s upcoming technical upgrades, changes to its fee model, learnings from other ecosystems, and what happens after Firedancer. ‘Toly also address some of Solana’s key criticisms and open questions head-on, such as decentralization initiatives and moneyness properties. This must-listen episode is the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the Solana blockchain from the man who built this ~$60B (and counting) from the ground-up.

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(0:00) - How Toly’s childhood influenced him

(3:24) - Toly’s route into crypto

(6:15) - The origins of Solana

(11:17) - Why POH’s core value prop is different than originally envisioned

(14:15) - Has Solana created a level playing field  for trading yet?

(21:24) - Where will finance ultimately exist?

(25:10) - Interplay between Sol and Eth ecosystems

(27:29) - Solana’s modularity

(31:27) - Upgrading the fee markets

(39:44) - How will Solana handle MEV over a bull market

(43:46) - Is Solana ready for mass adoption?

(46:27) - Next technical hurdle post Firedancer

(48:52) - Integreting DePIN friendly features into the Saga 2

(51:30) - Is Crypto x AI overhyped?

(58:16) - Teachings from other L1 ecosystems

(1:00:42) - No 10x improvements possible over Solana’s design?

(1:02:02) - implications of a multi-validator client future

(1:07:03) - Solana becoming an Eth L2 shared sequencer?

(1:08:08) - Solana’s moneyness properties

(1:10:35) - When will Solana be decentralised enough?

(1:15:21) - The end of the good old days?

(1:16:25) - Which projects excite Toly

(1:19:46) - How Toly touches grass

(1:21:05) - Toly’s advice for this cycle

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We catch up with Austin, Head of Strategy at Solana Foundation and former Head of Communications at Solana Labs. In particular, we focus on how Solana continues to differentiate itself from a fast-growing array of challenger blockchain ecosystems with token extensions. We also chat about Solana's emphasis on grassroots growth over top-down business development approaches and how Solana positions itself across a variety of strategic sub sectors within the emergent crypto economy. A great overview from the perspective of one of Solana's most prominent voices.

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Time Stamps

0:00 - Business Development strategy

5:18 - Token Extensions program

7:55 - Why build app chains anymore?

10:06 - Native L1 private transactions

14:03 - Unlocking on-chain payments

17:05 - Why Coinbase ignores Solana

19:05 - DePIN achieving PMF

24:53 - The rise of Solana-based games

30:50 - Unlocking the abundance of NFTs through compression

33:01 - Mobile strategy

38:06 - L1 governance

40:42 - Maintaining fast updates alongside decentralization  

44:12 - Surviving state-level attacks

49:57 - Human coordination is the final boss?

55:59 - What is Austin excited about?

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Matty is the man behind some of the biggest hackathons in all of crypto (such as Grizzlython and Hyperdrive among many others). He recently left his role as Head of Growth at Solana Foundation to build Colosseum, an organization dedicated to running Solana-centric hackathons with a built-in accelerator for select winners. Throughout this episode, we get into the nitty gritty of why hackathons have historically produced some of Solana's best projects (Tensor and STEPN for example) and how aspiring founders can best position themselves for success.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - What is Colosseum?

(6:11) - IRL vs online hackathons

(12:00) - Why YC was superior to incubators

(15:27) - Matty’s journey before Colosseum

(18:53) - Solana projects that got their start in hackathons

(22:21) - Selecting Hackathon winners

(28:15) - Finding world changing ideas

(39:50) - Rising focus on mobile

(44:14) - Advice to builders

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In this special episode, we feature a debate of sorts between ZenLlama of Monad who's representing integrated blockchains and Dino of Fluent Labs who's representing modular blockchains. We start by defining terms relevant to both architectures and making analogies to the non-crypto world. We then evaluate the tradeoffs of both approaches with an emphasis on the design decisions Fluent and Monad each make in their quest for scalability. This episode is a great way to get a 10,000ft view of how these dominant ideologies work in practice.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Modular / monolithic terminology

(5:08) - Real world analogues 

(18:10) - Similarities to edge computing

(23:11) - Does modularism discourage composability?

(28:18) - Does monolithic ossification slow innovation?

(33:09) - What will drive on-chain demand

(46:12) - Content curation in decentralized systems

(47:43) - Do modular costs outweigh benefits

(57:24) - Modular and integrated designs converging  

(1:01:04) - Examining crypto case studies

(1:08:05) - Where does value accrue

(1:08:58) - Fluent and Monad overview

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Bartosz is a man on a mission to right the right the wrongs of centralized exchanges like FTX. His approach to building Cube blends the UI/UX benefits of using a CEX with the security gurantees of onchain settlement. Throughout this interview we dig into the intricacies of making this ambitious vision of creating a "tamper-proof CEX" a reality, covering topics like Cube's tech stacks, the current CEX competitive landscape, and their go-to-market strategy.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Reinventing CEX custody

(5:05)- Hybrid centralization model

(8:30) - CEX market landscape

(14:11) - Binance’s popularity

(17:26) - FTX-inspired motivation

(21:14) - Navigating regulations 

(24:27) - MPC wallets

(32:08) - Forking the SVM

(35:12) - Go-To-Market strategy

(39:32) - User Interface innovations

(41:41) - Advice for founders

(43:47) - Jupiter preparations 

(44:57) - Testing the product

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0xJaypeg has been a fast-growing account in crypto Twitter over the past few months. We chat about a variety of topics that he's been commenting on such as ETH vs. SOL, NFT markets, token extensions, and predictions for 2024.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - What’s Eth’s narrative?

(10:43) - NFT market prospects

(19:02) - Solana token extensions

(26:51) - How Larry Fink will tokenize the world

(29:19) - Portfolio allocation

(39:00) - NFTs Vs Memecoins

(49:11) - Coinbase end game

(54:20) - 2024 predictions

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This new episode format features a more casual conversation between Sal and Dave catching up on the latest topics in the crypto/Solana sphere. Today, we hone in on the state of memecoins, review Solana's Saga phone, talk about the points meta and why it's actually a good thing, and close things off with some $JUP airdrop commentary.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Memecoin Mania

(4:30) - Saga Success

(18:05) - DePIN starting to awaken

(26:30) - Points Meta

(39:07) - $JUP biggest airdrop ever?

(48:27) - Spotting the cycle top

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Episode Resources

A Novel Framework for Reputation-Based Systems: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/reputation-based-systems/

Preorder the Saga (Chapter 2): solanamobile.com/refer/salxyz

Sal and Dave chat up with Karol, co-founder and lead developer of Bonkbot. In the last 2 months, Bonkbot has cemented itself as one of the top Telegram trading bots in the world, processing over $1B in swaps and earning over $10M in fees. Throughout this interview we learn about Bonkbot’s origin story, the delicate balance Bonkbot makes between security and UX, what it’s like to build crypto apps in Telegram, Bonkbot’s relationship with $BONK, and what the future of trading interfaces for retail looks like. Tons of insights packed into this interview with one of the top Telegram trading applications in the world.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Bonkbot’s recent growth

(6:30) - Building on Telegram

(12:51) - The rise of trading bots

(18:53) - Balancing security with UX

(27:15) - Bonk more than just a meme?

(25:15) - Working alongside Bonk team

(37:57) - Future of AI and crypto

(42:27) - Competition and building moats

(45:49) - Future of Bonkbot

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Austin is a liquid/venture investor who previously was a partner at Coinfund and has recently launched his own fund, Relayer Capital. Throughout this discussion, Sal and Austin chat about crypto infrastructure, the bull case for chains like Avalanche, DePIN projects, and how identity primitives might change with the emergence of AI. We also touch on some of Austin's predictions for 2024.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Thesis behind Relayer Capital

(6:40) - How do devs choose ecosystems

(8:40) - Why bullish on Sol at the bottom

(15:45) - Alt parallelised chains

(20:06) - Modular narrative underappreciation

(25:15) - Onchain identity

(33:41) - Future of DePIN

(46:51) - 2024 predictions 

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We close out 2023 chopping it up with Ansem (aka the King of Retail & LeBron of Solana). Throughout this riveting conversation, we unpack what's been happening in the Solana memecoin landscape, upcoming airdrops, big narratives for 2024, the future of L1s, and Ansem's process for finding good trades + alpha in an increasingly noisy market. You don't want to miss this one.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Sourcing Alpha

(4:17) - Solana’s memecoin mania

(9:50) - Airdrop season 

(16:24) - Rotating between L1s

(20:01) - What is Eth’s narrative?

(26:00) - Eth’s security meme

(29:50) - Biggest themes for next cycle

(34:15) - Future of L1s

(37:13) - NFT Inscriptions

(41:27) - Predicting the market top

(47:06) - Spicy 2024 predictions

(55:00) - How to stay grounded

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How is Solana so cheap AND fast? What sorcery is at play with Solana's fee markets, and what still needs to be fixed. We brought on two of the world's best experts on this topic, Jon Charb and Zen Llama, to dive into the world of Solana fee markets and how they differ from ETH + L2s. We also discuss the implications of fees on validator economics and value accrual to the $SOL token. A very insightful, albeit technical, topic.

- - Time Stamps (0:00) - Eth’s journey to EIP 1559 (7:43) - Running validators on Eth vs Sol (19:12) - Mempools and block production (28:00) - Do local fee markets work as advertised? (33:18) - Solana’s fee model (1:03:06) - Comparing SVM L2s to Solana - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod - - Episode Resources Follow ZenLlama : https://twitter.com/Zen_Llama Follow MetaDAO : https://twitter.com/Jon_Charb

One of the most interesting experiments in all of crypto right now is The MetaDAO Project. Prophet's vision for MetaDAO is to create a decentralized autonomous organization that's governed by markets instead of politics. We start the episode by first discussing the organizational challenges that have plagued DAOs in the past and how futarchies, initially proposed by economist Robin Hanson in the early 2000s, could be the answer. We then dive into what the early days of MetaDAO will look like and how it will evolve over time. Finally, we talk about how futarchies built on DeFi primitives might completely remove the need for base currencies.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Intro to futarchy-based governance

(10:51) - Misaligned incentives

(13:22) - Scaling futarchy

(19:27) - MetaDao proposals

(25:32) - Potential downsides

(41:34) - Does crypto make all currencies redundant?

(48:33) - Can defi operate without mediums of exchange 

(51:36) - Coinbase’s view of continued dollar dominance 

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Our conversation with Tushar, Cofounder and Managing Partner at Multicoin, is a refreshing change-of-pace from our usual set of topics. We talk about why crypto even needs to exist in the first place and what types of applications benefit most from the advent of permissionless digital assets. We also learn about how Tushar spots opportunities in the market from the perspective of an investor and what areas he's most excited for in the near-term.

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(0:00) - Why crypto matters

(9:45) - Defi’s Endgame

(13:57) - What doesn’t need a blockchain

(19:12) - DePIN’s superpower

(26:42) - Long-term L1 staking

(33:23) - Will MEV be accepted by regulators

(38:49) - Blast controversy

(45:15) - How does Eth accrue value in a rollup world

(49:52) - How to be early to investments

(51:59) - Which narratives could lead next bull market

(54:50) - Web 3 defensibility

(59:05) - Could ICOs ever re-emerge?

(1:00:28) - Secret to being a good founder

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We chat with Patrick Bush of Van Eck to get his take on how their recent report painted a $3k SOL bullish scenario based on various fundamentals. Throughout the discussion, we touch on various metrics the underpin Van Eck's valuation framework and learn more about how Patrick views the current crypto landscape in terms of adoption and potential growth drivers.

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Time Stamps

(1:10) - Crypto valuation fundamentals

(7:28) - Layer 1 valuation methodology

(10:28) - Can Eth maintain a premium on take rate Vs Sol

(17:42) - Is TVL king?

(20:23) - Valuing ‘moneyness’

(28:03) - Solana thesis validation in real time

(36:02) - Sol’s superior design space

(41:39) - Is DePIN overhyped?

(50:32) - How to reach 2030 bull forecasts

(55:13) - Have the institutions arrived?

(59:46) - Crypto regulations

(1:06:56) - Closing thoughts

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Van Eck Solana Report: https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/blogs/digital-assets/matthew-sigel-vanecks-base-bear-bull-case-solana-valuation-by-2030/

Armani is one of Solana's most prolific contributors. From Anchor to Madlads to Backpack and now Backpack Exchange, his vision for bringing crypto to the masses is truly multi-faceted. In this conversation, we focus primarily on his ambitions for Backpack Exchange. We dig into his learnings from working as an engineer at FTX, how Backpack is architected from a technical standpoint, and how he sees crypto adoption playing out in the near future.

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Time Stamps

0:00 - Piecing together Armani’s journey to this point

9:59 - Backpack Exchange overview

17:26 - Could this be the future of all centralised exchanges

25:37 - Avoiding the mistakes of AOL

27:01 - Strategy behind other CEXs launching L2s

32:10 - NFTs as a Go-To-Market strategy

35:30 - Multichain strategy

40:07 - Designing UX around crypto’s potential endgame 

46:19 - Do L2s and app chains make sense

50:08 - Unlocks and roadblocks for xNFTs

57:13 - Advice for crypto founders

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Backpack Exchange : https://backpack.exchange

We catch up with Kel, Messari's pre-eminent Solana researcher, to see how his views have changed since we last spoke during the summer. Specifically, what can we look forward to on Solana in the short, medium, and long term? What are some key remaining headwinds to overcome? We cover these key questions and a bunch of others throughout this discussion.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) - Price leading narrative

(3:52) - Being caught offside 

(5:41) - Are institutions buying

(11:23) - Impact of upcoming airdrops

(15:11) - The need for SPL token launches

(19:55) - Breaking out of the points meta

(22:30) - The death of social?

(24:13) - Solana project diversity

(26:08) - Do L1s need native CEX integrations to succeed

(28:49) - Sal’s Breakpoint takeaways

(31:55) - Solana headwinds

(36:54) - Which narratives are overheated

(42:41) - Eth Vs Sol alignment 

(51:49) - Sol token economics

(57:24) - End state for Eth defi

(1:01:28) - Stablecoins on Solana

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Arnold, Founder and CEO of Sphere Labs, joins Sal on Unlayered to talk about payments. Throughout the conversation, we try to separate hype from reality when it comes to crypto’s role in transforming global payments infrastructure. We also discuss how payments networks differ in various jurisdictions and recent advancements TradFi has made with respect to real-time payments

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Time Stamps

0:00 - How crypto and payments can work together

4:47 - How to abstract away the crypto token

11:49 - Signs of initial adoption 

19:00 - Sphere’s unique insights

26:42 - Solana’s adoption of tether

29:12 - Sphere’s target userbase 

37:04 - Legal framework behind deposit limits

42:31 - Tradfi advancements in payments

47:58 - Crypto offering 100x improvements

50:42 - Synergies between Solana-based payment projects

54:45 - What needs to happen near time to transform payments

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Neel Somani is the Founder & CEO of Eclipse and has an ambitious vision to build Ethereum’s fastest Layer 2 blockchain by tapping into Solana’s Virtual Machine (SVM) as the execution environment. We start our discussion by deconstructing the landscape of L2s in order to better understand where Eclipse fits in and why Neel views Eclipse’s approach as preferable. We also dig into Neel’s conscious design decision to tap into ETH’s massive network effects while simultaneously leveraging Solana’s high-throughput execution environment. Eclipse’s unique position amongst L2s may ultimately prove to be mutually beneficial to both the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems, and we unpack why that may be the case throughout the interview.
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0:00 - How did you get to this point

3:21 - Who are Eclipse’s stakeholders

8:37 - Comparison to OP Stack

14:03 - Rollup fundamentals

19:29 - Tradeoffs from losing EVM comparability

22:22 - Key unlock of local fee markets

24:21 - Eclipse positioning across ecosystems

27:14 - Can Eth retain network effects

30:51 - Does Eclipse destroy Eth’s value accrual

33:40 - Would Eclipse ever turn away from Eth

34:50 - Do L2s need tokens

36:42 - Go-To-Market strategy

39:44 - Do L2s need to decentralise their sequencers

43:10 - Who wins the L1 wars

46:40 - How will people use crypto products

49:20 - Which verticals are most bullish

53:32 - Crypto and AI

55:49 - Eclipse roadmap

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Neel’s personal blog : https://www.neelsomani.com/blog/

We chat with Michael Wagner, Founder & CEO of Star Atlas, about everything crypto gaming. We start with the origins of building the Star Atlas game before diving into a litany of topics covering fully on-chain games vs minimally on-chain games, dealing with botting, IP rights, economic balance, and many others. We also spend a good deal of time understanding Star Atlas's multi-pronged approach to engaging with their userbase across desktop, mobile, and augmented reality applications.

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Time Stamps

0:00 - Pre Breakpoint excitement

4:44 - Star Atlas origins 

11:12 - Why build on Solana vs App Chain

19:00 - Modding and IP rights

22:14 - Building a sustainable game economy

29:20 - How to deal with botting

36:12 - Thinking about player types

41:33 - How much state can be recorded on-chain

45:55 - Hiding on-chain state from players

47:01 - Future of gaming venues

54:42 - Star Atlas tokenomics

1:01:34 - Using novel mobile games to increase touch points with the players

1:06:05 - Advice for builders

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Sal’s Web 3 gaming megathread : https://twitter.com/Sal_The_Bull/status/1575969083492810772

We sit down with Jules Urbach and Trevor Harries-Jones to chat about Render Network, a protocol built on Solana that lets users rent out access to their graphics cards like they would their spare bedroom on Airbnb. We start the conversation with a deep-dive into the origins of Render by chatting about Jules' journey through founding Otoy and revolutionizing rendered media in Hollywood. We get into the mechanics of how Jules was about to clearly identify a future spike in demand for GPU-driven graphic rendering in 2008. That historical context serves as an excellent launching point into Jules' current thesis on the need for distributed GPU access to power exponentially increasing AI and Spatial Computing jobs. We also learn about the RNDR network journey from 2017 to present across multiple L1 ecosystems before settling on Solana by way of Trevor. It's an extremely insightful conversation that touches on multiple converging technological trends.

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Time Stamps

0:00 - History of OTOY

11:40 - Rising demand for GPUs

21:50 - Render’s multi billion dollar GPU arbitrage 

26:23 - Octane app

30:00 - Move from Ethereum to Solana

33:40 - Render’s supply and demand

39:56 - Render Tokenomics

46:27 - Dealing with crypto skepticism

48:37 - Perceived dangers of AI

54:44 - Jules’ vision for the metaverse

1:00:35 - Spacial computing and its unlock for human connections

1:06:08 - What makes a great founder

1:07:09 - Which tech advancements most excite

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Render website : https://RenderNetwork.com

Multicoin Capital essay on Render : https://multicoin.capital/2021/12/21/rendering-the-metaverse/

Matty is one of the world's foremost experts on tokenomics, having led token design efforts for Status.im and advising 50+ projects on their token design to-date. Throughout this episode, we unpack various topics within Matty's open-source guide "Tokenomics for Builders" and ask him to elaborate on some of the key Dos and Don'ts of incentivizing user behavior with tokens. We also cover why historical examples like STEPN and Steemit failed and chat about the importance of sybil resistance in making any design work. This episode is a great primer into the world of tokenomics and is an incredibly useful resource for builders, investors, researchers, and anyone in-between.

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0:00 - What are tokenomics

5:27 - Defensibility of web3 network effects

9:30 - Uniswap and Unibot as token models

16:21 - Has Friendtech solved social model

20:57 - Incentivising low vs high frequency activity

26:44 - Overcoming the cold start problem

33:11 - What Stepn got right and wrong

39:53 - Is holder governance a good idea

42:50 - Matty’s current projects

51:06 - Are tokenomics held back by regulation

55:22 - Achieving Sybil resistance

1:00:07 - Are bull runs driven by new tokenomic models

1:04:30 - Which projects have innovated

1:15:23 - What is Matty bearish on

1:17:38 - Tokenomics Design Canvas for builders

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Tokenomics Design Playlist : https://tr.ee/Bj9NbTkuQg

Multicoin DePIN Tokenomics : https://multicoin.capital/2023/09/21/exploring-the-design-space-of-deping-networks/

In this informal chat, Sal catches up with his good friend and former colleague, Karim Helmy (@karimhelpme). A departure from our typical interview format, this chat covers a wider basket of topics from the perspective of someone who's expertise spans Bitcoin mining, MEV, on-chain data science, and markets infra. Topics of discussion include current market conditions, DeFi vs CeFi, Bitcoin, the rise of Friend.tech, his view on high-performance L1s, and bear market phenomena (among others).

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In this episode, we chat with Brandon Tucker, head of comms at Marinade Finance, to dive into the world of liquid staking tokens on Solana. In theory, the value prop of LSTs is clear. In practice, only a tiny fraction of staked Solana uses LSTs. Throughout this conversation, we unpack why that is the case and what Marinade is doing to lean into this predominant user behavior on Solana that is much less common on chains like Ethereum.

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Time Stamps

1:43 - The rise of LSTs 

5:59 - Why LST adoption on Sol is so low

12:20 - Should epoch times be longer

15:18 - Marinade governance

20:23 - Marinade business model

16:44 - How to ensure accurate data gathering

25:47 - Centralisation vectors

33:28 - How to get more LST adoption into Sol dapps

39:04 - Competitive landscape from other providers

44:09 - Will Lido exit Sol ecosystem

47:44 - Competiton from centralised players

49:15 - How to bring liquidity back to Sol defi

53:07 - Future of LSTs

58:27 - Marinade roadmap

1:02:20 - What’s the next big thing in crypto

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Marinade Website : https://Marinade.Finance

In this episode, we explore the intersection of crypto and real estate. Throughout our conversation with Trevor, Founder and CEO of Parcl Protocol, we learn why bringing DeFi primitives to the $3.69T real estate market is an inevitability and what new behaviors this potent combination enables for end-users. Trevor's wealth of knowledge from his buy side experience on Wall St helps anchor a comprehensive view into where Parcl plans on taking it's unique product-suite next.

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0:00 - Sal and Dave opening thoughts 

4:24 - Why crypto and real estate

7:54 - Parcl Vs REITs

9:31 - Who would use the product?

11:31 - Why haven’t we seen RE shorting mechanisms before

16:44 - How to ensure accurate data gathering

19:17 - Was Solana the correct choice to deploy

25:03 - How does the DEX operate

28:33 - Surprising findings

30:02 - How to attract liquidity 

35:22 - Is this the perfect macro conditions to launch

40:25 - Lack of yield an issue?

43:17 - Hedging benefits

45:25 - Real estate macro view

50:16 - Future of RWA in crypto

53:20 - What’s holding apps back in crypto

56:45 - Future features of Parcl

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Parcl Website : https://app.Parcl.co

Solarplex (fka Dispatch Protocol) has been one of Solana's most successful projects at the intersection of crypto and social. In spite of still being in an invite-only beta, Solarplex's userbase has been on a tear, generating tens of thousands of unique posts each week. During our chat with Viksit, the Founder of Solarplex, we learn about his views on crypto social, Solarplex's unique value proposition to communities, the role of cNFTs in creating novel experiences, and where he sees Solarplex going long-term.

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1:05 - Viksit’s background

6:16 - Decision to build Solarplex

11:12 - Why build decentralised social media

16:00 - Business case for opening up social graphs

24:51 - How to attract users from web 2

30:12 - Using digital assets in social media

34:06 - Monetisation from gaining access

35:15 - Roll-out strategy 

37:39 - Dealing with bots

40:08 - Decentralised moderation

45:51 - Data storage on-chain

48:36 - Where Solarplex sits within existing social media

53:51 - Future features to be rolled out

58:34 - What has been a surprise

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Viksit’s blog : https://Viksit.com/

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Solarplex Website : https://Solarplex.xyz