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Polkadot's Gavin Wood on Building a Layer 0 to Underpin the Entire Blockchain-Based Economy
Season 9 Episode 7
Gavin Wood’s crypto journey started with Ethereum – he was one of the eight original founders and the project’s CTO in the early days. Today though, …
4 years, 3 months ago
Sovryn's Edan Yago on Building Bitcoin DeFi; Slower Growth But Strongest Foundation
Season 9 Episode 6
Edan Yago is a co-founder of Sovryn, a Bitcoin-based lending protocol. He’s maybe the first Bitcoin builder we have had on our show and that’s becaus…
4 years, 3 months ago
Vitalik Buterin on Building a Base Layer for the Global Economy Without Compromising on Decentralization
Season 9 Episode 5
Vitalik Buterin wrote the Ethereum white paper when he was just 19. His aim was simple yet comprehensive, to create a ‘world computer’ that was desig…
4 years, 3 months ago
Giveth's Griff Green: Super-Charging Public Goods and Charity With Crypto
Season 9 Episode 4
Griff Green is one of the co-founders of Giveth, which aims to build the future of charity using the Ethereum blockchain. It wants to become the gate…
4 years, 3 months ago
AVAX's Emin Gun Sirer Says Blockchains Should be Scalable at Their Core; Layer 2s Mean Giving Up
Season 9 Episode 3
When Emin Gun Sirer first came on The Defiant in May 2020, Avalanche was not even on mainnet yet. Since then, it has risen to become one of the leadi…
4 years, 3 months ago
Synthetix's Kain Warwick: What it Takes to Scale an Ethereum DeFi Protocol
Season 9 Episode 2
This week, we sit with Kain Warwick, DeFi OG and founder of Synthetix. In some ways, last year wasn’t a great one for the synthetic assets protocol. …
4 years, 4 months ago
Behind the Scenes of The Defiant with Robin and Camila
Season 9 Episode 1
Welcome back to The Defiant podcast! After a brief break at the end of last year, we’re back stronger and better than ever to continue chatting with …
4 years, 4 months ago
Nick Johnson of ENS: "We Want to be the Naming System for Every Digital Resource in the World"
Season 8 Episode 6
In this week’s episode I speak with Nick Johnson, founder and lead developer of Ethereum Name Service, or ENS. Nick talks about the journey of ENS, f…
4 years, 6 months ago
Geoff Cook on Building a Crypto Name: "The Strongest Brands Compete on Emotion"
Season 8 Episode 5
In this week’s episode I speak with Geoff Cook, co-founder of Base, a design studio with huge clients from all industries, including The New York Tim…
4 years, 6 months ago
Nadya of Pussy Riot: "We Can Be Truly Unstoppable if We Combine Our Ideals With Tools that Crypto Provides"
Season 8 Episode 4
In this week’s episode I, speak with Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the founding members of the feminist punk rock protest collective, Pussy Riot. Nadya…
4 years, 6 months ago