Base Layer

David Nage | BlockWorks Group

Base Layer will be providing insights from founders and investors in the base layer of cryptoassets. Simplifying complex projects and the technology being developed, from interoperability to relayers and more - who is building the future, why are they and how are they doing it.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Base Layer episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Base Layer for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Base Layer episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Base Layer Episode 259: Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate on traditional finance modernized by blockchain

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02/14/24 • 22 min

Robert, a real OG legend and co-founder of Compound, joins us today on Base Layer for a special show, introducing his new company, Superstate. Superstate is an asset management firm modernizing the infrastructure of investment funds. They offer investment products that benefit from the speed, programmability, and compliance advantages of blockchain tokenization. We discuss Superstate, his thoughts on rates and the move from the fringes of DeFi in early 2019-2020 to his new company.

Base Layer Episode 022 - Jeremy Welch (Founder; Casa, Inc)

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04/15/19 • 57 min

Jeremy Welch, the founder of Casa Inc joins us on Base Layer to discuss his companies growth, building and shipping nodes during "crypto winter", why he built Casa in the first place, "being your own bank" narrative and much more. Additionally we do our weekly Signal to Noise discussing some recent deals in the space and what he listens to -- Jeremy takes the cake for most original choice there! Enjoy!

Base Layer Episode 029 - Daniel Kim (SFOX)

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05/11/19 • 40 min

Daniel Kim of SFOX joins Base Layer; SFOX, San Francisco Open Exchange, is the easiest way to access the digital currency market. There solution provides access to high liquidity and the ability to trade large volumes. We discuss the current liquid market, when "Institutional Investors" are coming in, if they haven't already; we also talk a-lot about the research they produce. Great discussion!

Base Layer Episode 044 - Richard Muirhead & Max Mersch (Fabric Ventures)

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06/24/19 • 62 min

Richard Muirhead & Max Mersch from Fabric Ventures join us on Base Layer. Richard is an accomplished founder and investor as well as Max; Fabric Ventures invest in Web 3.0 powering the shift towards human-centric computing. We talk about what that means and the new models of Web 3.0 including the tokenomics, where value accrues/valuation and more. A bunch of FV companies have already been on Base Layer like Casa, Blockstack, Keep and others. This is a great chat with really experienced investors in early stage infrastructure of digital assets.

Base Layer Episode 056 - Riccardo Spagni (Monero)

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08/04/19 • 59 min

Riccardo Spagni, the man, myth and legend at Monero joins us on Base Layer and it's a massive show! Not only is this a crash course in what Monero is for beginners it's also got updates and some great detail into what's happening at Monero. In addition this was a really important conversation as we've seen yet another massive data hack at a bank, with 100m records stolen. We discuss the tech that is involved in Monero (Ring signatures, RingCT and stealth addresses), commitments and much more. Also a great discussion for those trying to understand the differences in privacy coins like Monero to Bitcoin and Ethereum, among others. Listen and learn!

Base Layer Episode 059 - Akin Sawyerr (Decred)

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08/15/19 • 34 min

Akin from Decred joins us on Base Layer for a great overview of the project. Decred forked from the Bitcoin codebase when a proposal for new suite of features to be added to Bitcoin from Company 0 was rejected by the Bitcoin core team. Named btcsuite, these features became the core of the Decred project. Decred’s governance and consensus mechanism relies on a PoW/Proof-of-Stake (PoS) hybrid, which the project regards as a sort of “second authentication factor for consensus” by enabling coin holders to curb potential miner centralization, Decred employs a governance body called the Politeia to guide the project’s direction and fund operations from its treasury. We learn all about their special governance mechanisms and why people are talking about Decred.

Base Layer Episode 104 - Stani Kulechov (Aave)

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01/29/20 • 33 min

Stani joins us on Base Layer to discuss Aave - a project that everyone seems to be talking about right now. Aave is an Open Source and Non-Custodial protocol to earn interest on deposits & borrow assets and has emerged in the DeFi space as a player. We discuss this move from matching lenders & borrowers in digital assets to pooling assets; we discuss the collateral and different digital asset Aave is working with. More importantly we also discuss the underwriting of those different digital assets, the scoring methodologies and why they are working with Chainlink with their smart contract and oracles who main the lending pools. So much in this one...

Base Layer Episode 083 - Haseeb Qureshi (Dragonfly Capital)

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11/15/19 • 36 min

An honor to have Haseeb, recorded live from San Francisco Blockchain Week; Haseeb is a highly respected investor in digital assets - we hone in on his past as a professional poker player, how his ability to discern risk and reward from those experiences and the ability to find "tells"; how his experience as AirBnB furthered his interest in distributed and decentralized systems and much more. We delve into what Dragonfly is doing in the space as an investor and what the future looks like in the "protocol wars" and much more.

Base Layer Episode 233: Matty Taylor from Solana Labs on the evolution & importance of hackathons in Solana

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03/04/22 • 26 min

What a great show! Matty joins me to discuss how Solana has been able to grow with the use of some of the most exciting and involved hackathons in digital assets. We also discuss their use of "hacker houses" which aim to help developers learn key coding languages in Solana development. Lastly, we discuss Riptide, their newest hackathon that already has THOUSANDS of founders submitting their newest ideas.

Base Layer Episode 251: Illia Polosukhin, CEO Near Foundation on Chain Abstraction: simplifying the user experience

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01/17/24 • 32 min

What a show! Illia, co-founder of Near and CEO of Near Foundation joins us to talk about massive shifts in the way we think about blockchains. From their new Blockchain Operating System to FastAuth and more, we discuss in-depth about the new user experience coming to digital assets - taking away the backend complexities of blockchains from the everyday user to give them amazing, frictionless experiences.

You can learn more about Near here: https://near.org/

More about Blockchain Operating System here.

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How many episodes does Base Layer have?

Base Layer currently has 258 episodes available.

What topics does Base Layer cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Technology.

What is the most popular episode on Base Layer?

The episode title 'Base Layer Episode 236: Christian Dittmeier, Co-Founder of Evaluate Market on creating the an NFT Portfolio tool for the masses' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Base Layer?

The average episode length on Base Layer is 36 minutes.

How often are episodes of Base Layer released?

Episodes of Base Layer are typically released every 4 days.

When was the first episode of Base Layer?

The first episode of Base Layer was released on Nov 30, 2018.

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