141 - The Future of Decentralized Identity and Reputation with Scott Kominers from a16z crypto

07/19/22 • 55 min

In this episode of The Unstoppable Podcast, we’re talking to Scott Kominers. He’s a Harvard Business School professor and part of the research team at a16z crypto — a venture capital fund that invests in crypto and Web3 startups.

We talk about identity and reputation in Web3, and Scott shares some of the stories that led him to become interested in these topics. Scott explains some of the key differences between Web2 and Web3, one of which is how the latter is more open and less dominated by siloes.

We go on to discuss the ability to carry assets from one part of Web3 to another and why this simple concept is so important for the future of the web. Scott talks about the possibility of building a more global digital infrastructure that can benefit people in certain parts of the world.

We also chat about sharing digital information — how much of our data do we really want to share online and where do we draw the line? Finally, we dive into the idea of associating reputation with online identity, what this can unlock, bringing off-chain information into Web3, and how far away we are from this.

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140 - Interoperability Is the Future of Web3 Gaming with the BYOPills Team

Welcome to the latest episode of The Unstoppable Podcast. Today we’re joined by an entire team — the BYOPills founding team: Dr. Ether Jay, Jetheca, & P_ether. BYOPills is a Web3 video games company focused on consumable items and interoperability between games.

We talk about how BYOPills got started, how the team got involved in the crypto space, and where they came from in the various parts of the games industry. We also discuss the importance of feedback when developing Web3 games, the timeline of game development, and the significance of interoperability for the games space.

The team also shares their initial vision when it came to creating BYOPills and how the project evolved and expanded over time. We chat about why metaverse land is so valuable, how scarcity works in the metaverse, and how guilds work in the Web3 gaming world.

Dr. Ether Jay dives into in-game mechanics and the significance of building on Unreal Engine 5. We talk about tokens and BYOPills’ upcoming drop, and finally, the team answers some questions from our community.

You can follow Josh on Twitter, Dr Ether Jay on Twitter, Jetheca on Twitter, P_ether on Twitter, and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.

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142 - Best of the Month: June 2022

Welcome to another monthly roundup of The Unstoppable Podcast. June was a packed month for us, filled with truly fascinating conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and interesting people in the Web3 space.
Here’s a taste of what we’ll cover:

Episode 133, where we chatted to our CEO Matthew Gould about on-chain reputation and identity, domain integration, the shift in focus from products to experiences, and Unstoppable Domains’ new badges feature.
Episode 134 with Ryan Carson from 1.21 Gigawatts Fund, where we talked all about NFT investing, the unique challenges compared to traditional investing, how to minimize negativity in the metaverse, and some of Ryan’s own experiences and advice.
Episode 135, where Christian Dittmeier from Evaluate.Market joined us to discuss blockchain data analysis, how his own platform works in this area, some of the biggest needs and demands in Web3 from a data analysis perspective, and what the future holds in this space.
Episode 136 with Haseeb Qureshi from Dragonfly Capital, where we dived into the current crypto bear market, differences between today’s and 2018’s crypto winters, interoperability, the future of a multi-chain world, and the importance of on-chain identities.
Episode 137, where we sat down with George Harrap from Step Finance to talk about how crypto has changed over the last decade, its use around the world, thinking productively during downtimes, making DeFi more attractive to the general public, and the importance of handling on-chain data ethically.

You can follow Josh on Twitter, Matt on LinkedIn, Ryan on Twitter, Christian on Twitter, Haseeb on Twitter, George on Twitter, and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.

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