Dave Belvedere is a software engineer who searches for opportunities to make the crypto market more efficient and to make money at the same time - e.g. by exploiting arbitrage opportunities. Dave gives show host Gene Tunny and his colleague Tim Hughes an overview of cryptocurrency and also talks about NFTs and decentralized applications (dApps), such as Wizards & Dragons.

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What’s covered in EP178

What is Dave’s role in the crypto market? [1:10]
What is a chain and how does it work? [3:39]
How long does it take to make a transaction? [9:26]
What does a crypto exchange (e.g. FTX) do? [15:30]
What do we know about miners? [20:20]
What’s the future of crypto currencies? [25:44]
What is Ethereum and how does it work? [45:57]
What are the pros and cons of crypto? [52:07]
What are dApps? [57:01]
What are the use cases? What would motivate you to have crypto? [1:06:33]

Links relevant to the conversation

Bitcoin creator:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto

Wizards & Dragons game:

https://dappradar.com/ethereum/games/wizards-dragons-game

Credits

Thanks to Obsidian Productions for mixing the episode and to the show’s sponsor, Gene’s consultancy business www.adepteconomics.com.au.

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Crypto arbitrage searcher Dave Belvedere on crypto and dApps such as Wizards & Dragons - EP178

What’s covered in EP178

Links relevant to the conversation

Credits