Sam Williams

This week on The Defiant Podcast, we speak with Sam Williams, the co-founder and CEO of Arweave, a 'collectively owned hard drive' that enables users to store data, applications, and documents on-chain, forever. We start by learning about Sam's crypto journey, from discovering Bitcoin in 2010 and going on to invest in the Ethereum ICO and finally, starting Arweave. Sam thinks we're seeing a renewed focus on decentralization as the debate over censoring transactions continues. He believes it's essential to keep a neutral historical record that future generations can learn from. We go on to dive into the varied use cases of Arweave, what Sam says to those that say Arweave might be too expensive to store certain files, how Arweave is used to store NFTs so that they can live forever, and how you can earn money with Arweave. Thanking our podcast sponsors: Built by the team behind Avalanche, Core is an all-in-one command center for Web3 supporting Avalanche, Ethereum, and Bitcoin, a rich ecosystem of dApps, Bitcoin & Ethereum bridges, NFTs, Subnets, and more. Visit core.app to download now. Minima is a new mobile-native layer 1 blockchain. Join over 400,000 node runners on Minima's Incentive Program, to start earning $MINIMA every day until Mainnet launch. Get started at minima.global/get-involved  Railway is the first DeFi wallet to integrate the powerful RAILGUN privacy system built using zero-knowledge cryptography and available on Ethereum, BSC, and Polygon.

Sam Williams, founder of Arweave, discusses the evolution of decentralized data storage, NFT storage, Arweave Operating System, AI-driven smart contracts, and the potential of an 'agent economy'. They compare Arweave to Filecoin, explore Arweave's mainstream moment, performance, and next-gen L1 design for AI.

Sam Williams, an AI app developer, discusses his experience of building serverless AI apps. Topics include work-life balance, living in a van, and using AI for LinkedIn and SAS landing pages. They also explore using chat GPT to write a Chrome extension and using AI for generating furnished property images in real estate. The advantages of building serverless apps, including scalability and cost-efficiency, are also discussed.