Web3 Creators Podcast - WCP03 - Ouriel Ohayon @ Zengo - Onboarding the next BILLION users to Web3

WCP03 - Ouriel Ohayon @ Zengo - Onboarding the next BILLION users to Web3

09/30/22 • 50 min

UX UX UX!
Focus on the User Experience!
We have heard it over a thousand times. From the likes of Steve Jobs to basically every single widely adopted social media expert. And yet, we are still chanting our "Not your keys, not your coins" slogan that, while championing self-custody and responsibility for our own assets, completely ignores the context in which most internet users operate.
However, there is at least ONE Web3 Entrepreneur that understood this problem and decided to attack it straight on: Ouriel Ohayon.
Zengo wallet is a very user-friendly and consumer-first Crypto Wallet that DOES NOT require you to store your private key safely or remember your mnemonic keyphrase as if your money depended on it (which in most cases, it DOES)
Join us in this amazing Episode in which we unveil the secret sauce behind Zengo's Magic and how MPC has now become a standard for security not only in crypto but all over the tech industry.
Ouriel also shares some of his best tips for entrepreneurs building in this space and explains why Hype is actually not bad at all, but an important part of any company's success.
Enjoy :-)
H3rnan <3

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WCP02 - Guy Corem & Alex Romanov - Why Privacy Matters!

There can be NO #Freedom without #PRIVACY. Especially in #Web3
Privacy is the basic ability to say "Mind your own Business". Whether this means closing your windows to your neighbors or obfuscating your blockchain transactions, I consider this to be a basic human right.
It's not enough to find a few bad actors that utilize privacy to launder money or perform other nefarious activities to go "See? This is why we can't allow you to have privacy".
Yes, I'm looking at you: Governments and Central Authorities.
Join us as we chat with Guy Corem and Alex Romanov about Privacy and how they are trying to provide a solution with Beam. We were trying to figure out why this topic is still being roughly ignored even after Edward Snowden's efforts to bring awareness to this issue.
My conclusion is that until now we have been made aware only of the "READ-MODE" of Private Data Mining. Meaning, we already know that most of the internet platforms we use on a daily basis are tracking our every moves to the point where their algorithms can determine which room in our house we spend the most time in or even how much time we spend on the toilet...
So far, the Killer App for Data Mining has been mainly Selling us Stuff.
But recently, we've been witnessing more and more cases of our Data being used to hinder our very ability to transact, see the Trucker's Protest in Canada, or what's going on in China for quite some time.
In all fairness, this was a concern of mine, but it had never become so acute in my awareness until I began to understand the power that the WEF, Central Banks, and Governments are about to unleash with the use of #CBDCs. Using the facade of "Convenience", "Efficiency" and "Sustainability", Governments are getting ready to enforce the evilest form of mass population control humanity has ever witnessed.
Central Authorities are increasingly willing to utilize #blockchain technology as a true weapon of mass submission, and we are falling willingly into this trap so long as they allow us to trade #Crypto and buy #NFTs.
Once #CDBDs are released, all other forms of money will most likely become Illegal, especially private-preserving currencies. It is up to all of us to opt out of their all-encompassing "You'll own nothing and be happy" system.
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Love <3
H3RNAN

Next Episode

WCP04 - Erez ben-kiki @ Dcentralab - Up Only from Here!

The big challenge of building a long-standing business in #Web3

If I would have to name a single characteristic that would help me determine if a Web3 Project will endure a rough bear market (like the one we are living through right now) and thrive during the Bull Market, it would without a doubt be RESILIENCE!

We may think we know what people want, but the reality is we never truly know. Everyone of us has his/her unique life experience and understands the world differently. Here is when VALIDATING AN IDEA is a crucial part of building a successful Web3 business. And this is no trivial feat, hence why we see so many copy-paste projects of Ideas that have been validated by the market.

Here is the story of my friend and great entrepreneur Erez Ben-Kiki, founder and CEO of Dcentralab. Initially, he built 2key out of an understanding of where the referral and peer-to-peer marketing were going, and although he was right on the approach, he didn’t account for the rising gas costs on Ethereum making his business not sustainable.

Learning from his experience and taking a new approach, he went on to build tools that would help his company improve its product and grow its tech stack, and there is where the magic began happening.

They since have gone out and built Hord, TokensFarm, and Chainport, which still remains one of the largest inter-blockchain Bridges by TVL (Total Value Locked). The difference now? The approach they’ve taken into building those. They first identified THEIR OWN need for similar tools, and then examined the cost of acquiring these as stand-alone services or building them themselves. After they reached the decision to build it themselves, the natural next step was to package the products and offer them to other projects in the space.

If you want to learn more about what it means to be a RESILIENT, ADAPTIVE, and SUSTAINABLE Web3 Company, you can’t miss this new Web3 Creators Podcast Episode we joyfully named “Up Only from Here”

Enjoy, and please please leave me a comment so that I also learn how to build a better Podcast for YOU.

Love <3 and Gmar hatima Tova (Good end of signature)

H3rnan