This week, we sit down with Chris Osborn (@aliquotchris) from Dialect - one of the founders of the hugely ambitious Blinks protocol which allows for crypto actions to appear seamlessly on existing web2 social media platforms. Whilst many have mused on possible applications of this tech, from prediction markets to fundraising - we delve deeper with Chris into possible second order effects of this breakthrough technology and discuss how it might form the backbone of a new SDK primitive, or even how Blinks might become the de facto front page for AI Agents in the future.
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- - Time Stamps (0:00) - What Is A Blink (8:40) - Can Blinks Spread To All Social Media Platforms (12:35) - Future Use Cases (21:22) - Combining Blinks and AI Agents (27:44) - Blinks As Next Gen Of SDKs (34:32) - How Does Dialect Benefit From Blinks (37:32) - Can Elon Turn Blinks Off (40:15) - Lessons From Dialect’s Messaging App (46:37) - Which Apps Excite Chris (50:26) - Will Decentralized Messaging Apps Achieve PMF Post Durov Arrest