The Fren Zone
Tokensoft
The Fren Zone brings you the brightest technical minds in crypto and web3. Join our host Mason as he goes on a technical deep dive with cutting-edge projects building new and novel technology.
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02/01/24 • 46 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Chris for a deep dive on Verida. Verida is the self-sovereign private data network for web3.
As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
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Tokensoft - @TokensoftInc
Verida - @Verida_io
10/20/23 • 64 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Lev & Serge from DeVol. DeVol is a decentralized protocol for trading options. They're initially on Solana, with future plans to launch in other ecosystems.
As always, we dove deep into the technicals to understand how things work under the hood. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
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Tokensoft - @TokensoftInc
DeVol - @DeVolNetwork
01/31/25 • 42 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone
This week, our host Mason sat down with Karel from Union. Union is a trustless, hyper-efficient zero-knowledge infrastructure layer enabling fast, secure interchain messaging and asset transfers using ZK cryptography and BLS signatures.
As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
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Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc
Mason – @masonic_tweets
Karel – @0xkaiserkarel
Union – @union_build
03/21/24 • 44 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Tycho for a deep dive on Zest Protocol. Zest is a DeFi protocol for borrowing and lending $BTC. It's built on Stacks, a leading Layer-2 network on top of Bitcoin.
brokerage for Ethereum, supporting lending and borrowing up to 20x leverage.
As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
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Tokensoft - @TokensoftInc
Zest Protocol - @ZestProtocol
MEV Capture For Protocol Revenue | UMA | Hart Lambur
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04/10/24 • 48 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Hart of UMA Protocol. UMA is a long-time DeFi project with many offerings. In this episode, we learned about Oval - an MEV capture technology that wraps price oracles and generates protocol revenue.
As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
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Tokensoft - @TokensoftInc
UMA Protocol - @umaprotocol
04/19/23 • 49 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Taariq to learn more about Paloma Chain. Paloma is a layer-1 blockchain built on Cosmos, designed for cross-chain message passing. As always, we dove deep into the technicals to understand how things work under the hood. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
Follow us on Twitter:
Tokensoft - @TokensoftInc
Mason Borda - @masonic_tweets
Paloma Chain - @paloma_chain
Taariq- @LewisTaariq
08/15/24 • 44 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Rand from Zama. Zama is an open source cryptography protocol building state-of-the-art fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain and AI.
As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone.
Follow us on Twitter:
Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc
Mason – @masonic_tweets
Zama – @zama_fhe
Rand – @randhindi
The AI Model Layer of Crypto | Pond | Dylan Zhang
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02/26/25 • 37 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Dylan Zhang from Pond. Pond is a crypto-native AI model platform that enables developers to collaboratively create, own, and monetize blockchain-specific AI models by leveraging on-chain data.
Topics Discussed:
- Focusing on on-chain models for trading, risk assessment, and wallet profiling.
- Enabling developers to own, monetize, and improve hosted models using open blockchain data.
- Running competitions, including collaborations with Vitalik, to advance public goods funding and blockchain analytics.
- Addressing the cost of fully on-chain models by optimizing decentralization and efficiency.
- Exploring DeFi, tokenized assets, and AI integrations without becoming a blockchain itself.
- Supporting decentralized, competition-based model development like Kaggle while preserving developer ownership.
Follow us on Twitter:
- Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc
- Mason – @masonic_tweets
- Project – @PondGNN
- Dylan Zhang – @ThinksDylan
More information about Pond:
- Website – https://cryptopond.xyz/
- Docs – https://doc.cryptopond.xyz/docs/introducing-pond
- Model Labs – https://cryptopond.xyz/modellabs
- Model Factory – https://cryptopond.xyz/modelfactory/list
04/03/25 • 43 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Srinivasan Parthasarathy from Shardeum. Shardeum is an EVM Compatible L1 blockchain that uses dynamic state sharding to keep transaction fees low forever.
Topics Discussed:
- Dynamic state sharding with scalable architecture
- Leaderless consensus with rotating validators
- No block structure enables instant finality
- Decentralized node ops with low hardware needs
- Fully EVM compatible and dev-ready
- Proven scale with 81M testnet transactions
Follow us on Twitter:
- Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc
- Mason – @masonic_tweets
- Shardeum – @shardeum
- Srinivasan Parthasarathy – @srini_shardeum
More information about Shardeum:
- Website: https://shardeum.org/
- Docs: https://docs.shardeum.org/
- Blog: https://shardeum.org/blog/
- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/shardeum
Cross-Chain Infrastructure for Native Bitcoin | Portal to Bitcoin | Chandra and Manoj Duggirala
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03/13/25 • 44 min
Welcome to The Fren Zone.
This week, our host Mason sat down with Chandra and Manoj Duggirala from Portal to Bitcoin. Portal to Bitcoin is a trust-minimized, cross-chain DEX that enables secure, non-custodial atomic swaps between Bitcoin and other blockchains without relying on bridges or intermediaries..
Topics Discussed:
- Trustless swaps eliminate bridge and exchange risks
- HTLC security ensures swaps inherit Bitcoin’s trust model
- Layer 2 swaps enable fast, cheap, trustless cross-chain transactions
- BitScaler scaling supports multi-party liquidity on Bitcoin
- LP incentives provide rewards for cross-chain liquidity
- Portal SDK enables seamless swaps in any wallet
Follow us on Twitter:
- Chandra – @csentropy
- Manoj – @manojduggi
- Portal To Bitcoin – @PortaltoBitcoin
- Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc
- Mason – @masonic_tweets
More information about Portal to Bitcoin:
- Website: https://portaltobitcoin.com/
- Docs: https://docs.portaldefi.com/
- Discord: https://discord.gg/portaltobitcoin
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Fren Zone have?
The Fren Zone currently has 54 episodes available.
What topics does The Fren Zone cover?
The podcast is about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Tech, Web3, Defi, Ico, Crypto, Podcasts, Finance, Technology and Business.
What is the most popular episode on The Fren Zone?
The episode title 'Putting Every Vehicle On The Blockchain | DIMO | Yev Khessin' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Fren Zone?
The average episode length on The Fren Zone is 49 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Fren Zone released?
Episodes of The Fren Zone are typically released every 11 days, 17 hours.
When was the first episode of The Fren Zone?
The first episode of The Fren Zone was released on Jun 3, 2022.
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