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The Alpha Drop

The Alpha Drop

Jacki Roach & Rachel Buchanan

A space for conscious conversations in the applied blockchain and cryptocurrency wave. Hosts Jacki Roach and Rachel Buchanan invite industry insiders to communicate pain points, wins & philosophies in integrating, and interfacing, sustainable practices with emerging technologies for the betterment of life on this planet. As hunters & gatherers of #optimismforthefuture, the pair seek to educate, inspire and connect in the decentralized, yet ever-organizing, peer-to-peer technology renaissance.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Alpha Drop episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Alpha Drop 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 The Alpha Drop episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The Alpha Drop - Trusting The Times : Ethical Blockchain
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08/13/20 • 27 min

In episode 3, Jacki and Rachel go all in and discuss leaning into the future and reflect on the accumulated lessons learned through past experiences. In the spirit of “trusting the times,” the pair consider consciousness concepts, creating reality, a conversation on ethical blockchain, and reveal some of their upcoming project specs including creating solutions for the fast-moving times.

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The Alpha Drop - Quantum Publishing Interviews The Alpha Drop
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12/17/20 • 32 min

Jacki and Rachel are in the hot seat this time as Curtis Chappell interviews them on his YouTube channel, Quantum Publishing. Listen to Jacki and Rachel’s crypto investing experience, women in the world of crypto investing, what problems they would like to see addressed with applied blockchain, how do we become more conscious with the evolution of more enhanced technologies, the why behind The Alpha Drop and more! .Blockchain Collective’s 6-Week Applied Blockchain Intensive Course:

https://bit.ly/38YJhGCPROMO CODE FOR $200 DISCOUNT WHEN YOU REGISTER: Alpha200 (case sensitive).

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🤳🏼 Connect with us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/TheAlphaDrop

💻 Be a part of our conscious community on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheAlphaDrop/

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The Alpha Drop - Introduction to Cryptocurrency Investing
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09/10/20 • 51 min

Curtis Chappell of Blockchain Collective joins us again for an introductory conversation around cryptocurrency and investing. Our discussion starts with distinguishing blockchain software from the cryptocurrency projects that utilize its infrastructure. We learn that crypto isn’t just a means of exchanging financial value, but is also created as tokens representing a myriad of values in business solutions. Things really get going when comparing our traditional view of investing with the new landscape of digital dollar projects and how to capitalize on coins. Grab your pen and a journal ... Curtis drops an immense amount of knowledge for navigating this space and also reveals some passive income opportunities and projects he’s excited about. He also shares real experience as an active user of bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and other coins that are currently accepted in everyday transactions, from bar food to paying your utility bills with cryptocurrency. Here we go!.

Show Notes:

1:42: First Movers Advantage: Bitcoin and #namerecognition

3:04: Bitcoin = financial value, but many cryptos specialize in solving real world business problems.

4:02: Where does the term “cryptocurrency” come from? #cryptographichashing #dataencryption

4:28: The science of “cryptography” and encoding information.

6:00: Centralized finance systems & decentralized finance systems. #goldstandard #federalreserve #decentralized

8:05: Bitcoin’s finite ceiling of 21 million bitcoins ever available—can never be deflated.

9:50: Investing: a system with its own language. Now cryptocurrencies?

10:48: Value of money, PE ratio and a quick accounting lesson.

12:06: Crypto itself doesn’t create revenue or earnings.

12:45: Price Discovery = Everyone’s best guess. “Buyer beware” of influencer project validity. Insight on how to research which projects to invest in.

*We are not providing financial advice, we are not financial advisers, you must do your own due diligence.

15:40: The influencer industry and projects that are complete scams. Coinmarketcap.com, coingecko.com — the first 100 projects are probably legit.

17:45: What is a crypto exchange? Cryptos can be different values on different exchanges.

19:40: Cryptos that are money vs cryptos that are projects.

20:40 Some problems: cryptos are difficult to purchase & manage.

21:00: “Transactional Time” = “transactions/second” which crypto is currently not convenient compared to credit cards.

22:42: Bitcoin addresses, “on-chain forensics” and public networks.

23:23: Privacy coins mask transactions for safety.

23:36: Utility tokens: you hold on to the token and get benefits from the business.

24:20: “Gas” tokens, etc. ONT & ONG for example.

26:50: So which cryptos do you spend and which ones do you keep?

29:45: Insight on using crypto transactionally (Bitcoin Cash for one)

30:30: “Satoshi’s Living Room” for paying bills with crypto.

31:10: Cryptocurrency is volatile, but blockchain isn’t like cryptocurrency projects.

32:50: Ethereum; blocktivity.io.

33:50: dApp compared to App

34:10: Passive income tokens.

35:00: “Staking” = token in a wallet on a network participating in “proof of stake” with rewards.

35:30: Cardano, peer reviewed white papers, think through conceptually and use applied science and cryptography and programming.

36:55: Icon (ICX) - chrome extension wallet for staking tokens which pay out every day, plus compounding options.

38:00: Master nodes.

39:09: Mining with quality computers.

40:46: Staking pools.

42:14: Find a project you believe in and learn as much as you can. Telegram and reddit are both places to find interesting projects.

43:00: Bonus Cardano information: ethical blockchain.

44:50: The concept of wallets in crypto: merely a window into what you own.

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A reminder that Blockchain Collective’s 6-Week Applied Blockchain Intensive Course will open up on September 24, 2020. Remember to use our promo code “Alpha200” for a $200 discount and join Jacki as she will be in this class! https://bit.ly/38YJhGCPROMO CODE FOR $200 DISCOUNT WHEN YOU REGISTER: Alpha200 (case sensitive)..🧘🏻‍♀️ Experience The Alpha Drop through Meditation: https://bit.ly/TheAlphaDropFBMeditationGroup 🤳🏼 Connect with us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/TheAlphaDrop 💻 Be a part of our conscious community on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheAlphaDrop/ 🙋🏻‍♀️ Get In On Crypto: bit.ly/TheAlphaDropCoinbase

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In this episode, agricultural and horticultural engineer Gaelle Wormus joins us to discuss her personal passion for plants and sustainability. From her early career in green roofing, living walls and storm water management (as well as specializing in raising pigs!). Gaelle translated her experience into her 40 acre homesteading property in Fort Collins, CO and gives insights into pillars needed for a successful community. Join us in this fascinating discussion around Gaelle’s past as well as her present role in the nutraceutical arena; from sourcing, testing & traceability, GMO’s and the future of decentralized solutions. In addition to all of this, she is a personal and professional coach and leads a B2B salesperson group. Enjoy!

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The Alpha Drop - All Around Web 3.0 with Grant Sparks
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09/07/23 • 49 min

Join us for an episode with guest Grant Nieddu, an accomplished author, trainer, and owner of State of the Spark and founding member of the Not Crypto Bros podcast. Listen in as Rachel and Grant meet for the first time and cover everything from Bitcoin Spot ETFs, what the heck happened with Impact Theory NFT project, and commiserating on the project that rekt us all: Wonderland TIME. All brought to you on the Full Super Blue moon!

▶️ Follow Grant Sparks: https://stateofthespark.com | @grantnieddu

▶️ Keep up with Jacki www.whelmness.com | @whelmness_pro

▶️ Keep up with Rachel @callingoutclaims | @t3global.io

📣 Calling all financial professionals, investors and crypto enthusiasts alike! Get your Certificate in Blockchain and Digital Assets, recognized by FINRA https://bit.ly/DACFP

✅ Certify claims and future proof your supply chain with blockchain solutions www.t3global.io

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00-1:30 Intro and quick Rachel update 1:30 Jacki FINRA certified with DACFP, plus Ric Edelman’s whitepaper on spot BTC ETF 2:30 Exciting times for BTC - SEC ruling, regulation & $50B coming into the BTC market 5:45 Super full blue moon and working with lunar cycles and cycles within the body 10:10 The educated consumer - supply chain solutions and transparent claims 13:00 Welcome Grant Nieddu 13:45 Meeting in the metaverse then IRL 15:45 Showing up online, doxed vs. non-doxed 16:55 Rachel moving brands from trust to truth 18:45 Grant moving from the rookie missionary to Atlas Shrugged & the dark web 24:30 Getting wrecked with TIME & rebuilding 27:25 Liquidity down = volatility down. Is the party over? 29:10 NFT crackdown 30:00 Impact Theory, using NFT’s as membership - collectables with utility, are DAO’s next? 36:15 Moving from the Internet of Things to the Internet of Value 37:00 Voting and participation in DAO’s - incorporating human nature 38:10 The biggest lesson of TIME and DAO collapses 38:40 The problem with supply chain on the blockchain, progress not perfection 41:20 Are these blood diamonds? The demand for conscious consumers. 43:40 What brings the most joy? 44:45 What would you tell your 20 year old self? 47:35 Wrap up - following info

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The Alpha Drop - The Alpha Drop Relaunch
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06/04/22 • 18 min

The Alpha Drop has been hiatus while Jacki and Rachel zipped around web3. From consulting on NFT projects, helping international farmers adopt blockchain solutions, meeting in real life for a #phygital #NFTauction, and zipping around multiple metaverses, the girls take some time to catch up and regroup before launching a slew of amazing guests! Welcome back!
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The Alpha Drop - "Found in Voids" with Kerry Shaw
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07/27/22 • 32 min

Market meltdown, mental health and blockchain: the medium is the message with Kerry Shaw

Welcome, Kerry Shaw, our first guest NFT artist with big plans for an amazing project connecting consciousness to technology. In this episode, we cover the current state of the market, how it connects to mental health and what to do during a bear market. Kerry shares her story of how she turned tragedy into beauty and sparked her reason for becoming an artist and why she picked blockchain and the community of Web3 to launch her new project, Found In Voids. Using the stories of people, she is creating a tapestry of interlinked NFT’s in a visual way that has never been done before. Listen in... you’re in for a treat.

1:00 LUNA/UST, Celsius, mental health - OH MY!

3:50 What to do when the market goes south - create!

5:00 introducing Kerry Shaw

7:25 mental health and art

8:30 I became an artist because...

11:15 “The medium is the message” Why did you pick web3?

15:45 “I learned the computer” what amazes me now is how quickly we can create

17:40 consciousness into the technology

19:00 it’s our job to translate for other people

21:15 using blockchain as journalism

22:30 the placement of the stories

26:10 the magic number and the artist process

28:20 I can show up as me and you can show up as you

30:30 no allow list - we are anti-FOMO

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The Alpha Drop - Future Proofing Your Career With Applied Blockchain
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08/27/20 • 47 min

Welcome our first guest EVER, Curtis Chappell, with The Blockchain Collective. Today we will be going over internet disruption vs blockchain disruption, which industries will be affected most by blockchain, transparency, traceability, and trackability, current blockchain solutions, data is a more valuable commodity than oil and the power of data ownership, tangible blockchain examples, disintermediation, be a part of the conversation and next wave, bitcoin, blockchain and crypto, investing vs applied blockchain in business, peer to peer technology and a cashless society and answer the question: will blockchain ever be illegal... to name a few. Listen in... you’re in for a treat.

Link to register for the 6-Week Applied Blockchain Intensive Course: https://bit.ly/38YJhGC

DISCOUNT CODE FOR $200 OFF WHEN YOU REGISTER: Alpha200 (is case sensitive)

4:21 "Reading Between The Lines" - Curtis explains writing his book and relating it to his work in SEO

6:20 Comparing internet disruption to blockchain disruption

7:45 From working at AOL and missing the wave, to catching the wave coming

8:18 Which industries can we expect affected the most by blockchain

9:38 Transparency, traceability, and trackability

11:00 Current blockchain solutions (Walmart, Cocoa beans, public vs private ledgers)

15:55 Consumers voting with dollars; counterfeit material: Cardano & New Balance Study

17:31 Maersk using blockchain

18:47 Data is a more valuable commodity than oil, the power of data ownership

21:03 Disintermediation

22:10 Curtis's passion for teaching and information on Blockchain Collective

29:54 How can someone become a consultant in the industry?

30:55 #1 job experience being searched for on Linked In

33:10 1/3 of the work force will be affected in the next 10 years

36:25 How can you be part of the conversation and next wave?

39:56 Bitcoin, blockchain & cryptocurrency

42:02 Investing vs applied blockchain in business

43:55 Peer to peer technology and operating in a casheless society

44:52 Will blockchain ever be illegal?

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🎥 YouTube: bit.ly/TheAlphaDropYouTube

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🤳🏼 Connect with us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/TheAlphaDrop

💻 Be a part of our conscious community on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheAlphaDrop/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Get In On Crypto: bit.ly/TheAlphaDropCoinbase

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The Alpha Drop - What Are You Holding Onto?
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07/23/20 • 28 min

Join Jacki & Rachel as they dive into the mind-body connection. They discuss how emotions and past experiences can be held in the body and give some tools on how to move through and release for optimal health on all levels.

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The Alpha Drop - Welcome To The Alpha Drop
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07/23/20 • 36 min

Welcome to the Genesis Episode of the Alpha Drop! Join Jacki and Rachel as they dive into all things consciousness, problem solving in the new world of awakening and give insight into the purpose of this podcast in a fun, conversational way where they talk everything from meditation to blockchain application.

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How many episodes does The Alpha Drop have?

The Alpha Drop currently has 10 episodes available.

What topics does The Alpha Drop cover?

The podcast is about Futurism, Awakening, Consciousness, Blockchain, Crypto, Wellness, Podcasts, Health, Spirituality, Technology, Business, Meditation and Creativity.

What is the most popular episode on The Alpha Drop?

The episode title 'Introduction to Cryptocurrency Investing' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Alpha Drop?

The average episode length on The Alpha Drop is 36 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Alpha Drop released?

Episodes of The Alpha Drop are typically released every 21 days, 4 hours.

When was the first episode of The Alpha Drop?

The first episode of The Alpha Drop was released on Jul 23, 2020.

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