Is Friendtech the Uniswap Moment for Social? | EP 30

Sep 26, 2023

Guests Aric and Jae discuss the exciting potential of Friend.tech as a social network and its impact on reputation systems. They explore the concept of a guarded ponzi, building on Friend.tech, and the challenges of an immutable bonding curve. The conversation also covers security, onboarding improvements, and the speculative nature of Friend.tech.

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Introduction

00:00 • 5min

Exploring Trading and Arbitrage on the Friendtech Platform

04:33 • 2min

Exploring the Potential of FriendTech

06:54 • 27min

Building Protocols and Pre-Sell Mechanisms

34:13 • 20min

Security and Custody in Token Ownership

54:28 • 14min

Shifting Value and Incentives in Blockchain Platforms

01:08:18 • 21min

Exploring the Potential of Keys and Their Interaction with Other On-Chain Assets

01:29:29 • 2min

Imran and Qiao bring on Aric and Jae to discuss whether Friend.tech is the Uniswap moment for social.

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(00:00) Intro
(00:46) Welcome to Good Game
(00:58) Aric and Jae's background
(04:03) How did they feel about Friend.tech when it first launched?
(14:45) Why Friend.tech is so exciting?
(20:29) Is Friend.tech really a social network?
(26:44) Why do we think (3,3) can actually be a guarded ponzi?
(31:22) Could this be a start to an on-chain reputation system that could interact with DeFi?
(34:14) What could be built on Friend.tech?
(40:19) What is Friend.tech going to build natively and what is going to be left open to DeFi?
(43:49) How big of a problem this immutable bonding curve is
(47:23) Friend.tech vs. Worldcoin
(48:45) Things that could be built on Friend.tech using your identity
(51:45) How Friend.tech onboarding can be improved even further?
(54:35) The security scare
(59:49) When will they enable 2FA?
(01:01:23) What does it take for funds that have LPs money and not prop money to get onboarded?
(01:02:44) Could Friend.tech build a desktop app?
(01:03:51) 0xngmi's tweet regarding an attack vector
(01:05:17) A cool thing about Friend.tech
(01:06:29) Meta perspective -- Is this always going to be speculative driven? Are they building a habit?
(01:17:05) Are our Friend.tech keys securities?
(01:20:42) Forks -- Bullish or bearish?
(01:27:53) What do we want to see built on Friend.tech?

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