We’re here in late 2022 with a complete meltdown in crypto, and I’ve no idea what to make of it. So I wanted to bring Sami back on the show to get a gut check. Post FTX fraud I need to make sense of it all, because I’m still super bullish on this next iteration of the internet – web3, crypto – or whatever we’re calling it. They’re solving real problems for people like me, and I’m trying all these different products around NFTs and communities – but a lot has changed since Sami was here a short time ago. And infrastructure, where W3BCloud is focused, still has to happen if the next set of winners and entrepreneurs are going to build.

I have a different set of questions for Sami who’s been in the hardware, machine, infrastructure side of computers for a very long time. It’s good to hear him explain things about this compute/infrastructure side of web3 and what it’s going to take to grow and scale in an era of decentralization and the blockchain. 

Guest - Sami Issa, CEO & Co-Founder at W3BCloud 

howardlindzon.com, w3bcloud.com 

Twitter: @howardlindzon, @W3BCLOUD, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen 

linkedin.com/in/samiissa

#fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance 

Show Notes:

• Introduction (00:40)
• The current panic (00:51)
• Important disclaimer (07:26)
• Welcome Sami (08:25)
• Understanding centralized exchanges (09:56)
• Non-custodial wallets (11:29)
• Post FTX silver lining (13:32)
• Regulation and transparency (14:26)
• JP Morgan trademarks a wallet (16:21)
• Wallets explained (18:56)
• Warren Buffet’s crypto play (22:56)
• Infrastructure is needed (24:01)
• Artificial Intelligence (24:49)
• Size of the crypto market (28:25)
• Understanding compute (29:02)
• It’s time to build (32:16)
• There is no magic money machine (34:02)
• Wrapping up (35:07)
• An opportunity to start again (36:31)
• Closing thoughts (37:30)