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Feb 15, 2024 • 1h 7min

Can Polygon’s Chain Aggregation Unify All L2s? | EP 37

Imran and Qiao invited Sandeep Nailwal and Mihalio Bjelic (Polygon) to discuss whether the Polygon's Chain Aggregation can unify all L2s.No BS crypto insight for founders.Timestamps(00:00) Intro(00:45) Welcome To Good Game(02:02) Things We're Excited To Talk About With Sandeep And Mihailo (Polygon)(05:27) Quick Note On The Vitalik's End Game(09:18) Sandeep And Mihailo (Polygon) Introduction(11:08) Addressing Fud Surrounding Polygon's Impact And Partnerships(19:43) Addressing Misconceptions And Branding Challenges In Polygon's Journey(22:17) People Say Polygon Has Too Many Narratives And Always Jumps On To The Latest Narratives(24:32) Exploring Polygon's Parallel Evm And Aggregation Layer(32:27) Transitioning Perspectives(36:02) The Token Rebrand(39:55) The Reason Behind The Layoff(46:17) Final Words(46:58) Putting Aside The FUDs And Narratives(49:50) Wrap Up(52:00) Partnership Vs. Competition(55:02) There Is A Disconnect Of Information(57:05) How Polygon Moved From Proof Of State To A ZK Validium(58:54) Polygon's Move To Parallelization(59:49) Founder Anecdotes That Imran Learned(01:01:05) Polygon Laid Off 20% Of Their Staff(01:02:25) Polygon Could Have Continued To Compete With Optimism And Arbitrum(01:04:35) Twitter Narrative Is So Different From The Real WorldAggregated Blockchains: A New Thesis - https://polygon.technology/blog/aggregated-blockchains-a-new-thesisSandeep Nailwal Twitter/X: https://x.com/sandeepnailwalMihailo Bjelic Twitter/X: https://x.com/MihailoBjelicSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3N675w3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3snLsxUWebsite: https://goodgamepod.xyzTwitter: https://twitter.com/goodgamepodxyzWeb3 Founders:Apply to Alliance: https://alliance.xyz/Alliance Twitter: https://twitter.com/alliancedaoDISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice.
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Feb 6, 2024 • 1h 26min

Can App Rollups Compete with Monolithic Chains? | EP 36

Crypto expert Julian Koh discusses app rollups and their competition with monolithic chains. Topics include building on Ethereum vs Solana, switching to a new company and comparing pricing models, designing a feeless trading platform, trading strategies and long-term bags, exploring the competitive landscape of DeFi derivatives, demographics and market insights, cost savings and future potential, and a contrarian strategy for user acquisition and growing the layer two.
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Jan 25, 2024 • 1h 24min

What Will Be the Biggest Crypto Trends in 2024 | EP 35

The podcast discusses crypto trends in 2024, including the rise of Solana meme coins and the tokenization of real-world assets. They explore projects like Friend Tech and Arby Trum, debate Ethereum's narrative, and discuss the growth of the cryptocurrency market. The speakers also delve into NFTs as lifestyle brands and the challenges faced by Bitcoin layer 2 products.
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Dec 5, 2023 • 1h 19min

Why Jupiter on Solana will be bigger than Binance with Anatoly and Meow | EP 34

Anatoly and Meow discuss why Jupiter on Solana will be bigger than Binance. Topics include disrupting the NY Stock Exchange, technical abilities of Solana, advantages of a decentralized system, differences between Solana and Ethereum Layer 2, hotspots programs, Solana's potential applications, and its rivalry with Uniswap.
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Nov 28, 2023 • 1h 8min

Reminiscences of a Crypto Degen Trader with DCF God | EP 33

Experienced crypto degen trader, DCF God, discusses the degen world, finding projects, audit companies, and the current market. They also reflect on the importance of community involvement and explore lesser-known crypto projects and drama between Curve and VCs.
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Nov 16, 2023 • 1h 6min

What Solana Breakpoint Trends Could Revolutionize Crypto? With Kyle Samani | EP 32

Imran and Qiao bring on Kyle Samani to discuss Solana Breakpoint trends that could revolutionize crypto.No BS crypto insight for founders.Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:57) Welcome to Good Game(02:12) The excitement about Jupiter(06:04) Tarun's local fee market(09:41) Other areas Kyle is excited about with Breakpoint(16:10) How important it is for Solana to stay focused on scaling(27:20) Could Ethereum start to enshrine more of the things that they're giving out to the public?(32:30) The speculative apps space from Kyle's lens(34:44) Investing on Unlonely(41:20) Should crypto payments be consumer-led?(49:28) Why speculation is a superpower for crypto?(57:00) Crypto enables more social activity with speculation(01:00:15) Qiao's view on Filecoin(01:04:00) What is an application that can only be built on Filecoin?Kyle Samani Twitter: https://x.com/KyleSamaniSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3N675w3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3snLsxUWebsite: https://goodgamepod.xyzTwitter: https://twitter.com/goodgamepodxyzWeb3 Founders:Apply to Alliance: https://alliance.xyz/Alliance Twitter: https://twitter.com/alliancedaoDISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice. 
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Oct 24, 2023 • 1h 24min

Why Does Crypto Need Real World Assets to Grow? | EP 31

Scott Lewis discusses the growing trend of tokenizing real world assets. Topics include the rapid growth of RWAs in Maker and other protocols, stablecoin usage data points, success and challenges of crypto payment startups, tokenizing treasury bills and collectibles, potential demand for tokenized gold and carbon credits, composability of RWAs with DeFi protocols, and MakerDAO's plan to extend into real-world assets.
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Sep 26, 2023 • 1h 32min

Is Friendtech the Uniswap Moment for Social? | EP 30

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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Sep 19, 2023 • 1h 26min

How Will Lens V2 Impact Decentralized Social Media? | EP 29

Imran and Qiao invited Stani Kulechov to discuss how Lens V2 will impact decentralized social media.No BS crypto insight for founders.Timestamps(00:00) Intro(01:14) Welcome to GoodGame(01:29) It seems like the next era of crypto is going to be decentralized social(02:38) Key differences between decentralized social and DeFi(06:42) Qiao: Social is the single most interesting area that's happening in crypto right now(07:39) What we would like to learn from Lens and Stani(09:48) Let's bring on Stani(11:31) What is Lens?(14:24) Lens didn't have a client app when it launched?(18:26) The biggest difference between Lens and others (e.g. Farcaster)(26:00) What's new with Lens v2?(33:08) Everything is on-chain on Lens v1, how about v2?(37:20) Is Momoka based on existing availability layer?(44:52) The follow function(50:17) Stani's thoughts on Friend.tech(52:02) You can build Friend.tech on Lens v2, right?(53:16) What does Stani think about RWAs? Does AAVE want to do anything in that area?(54:00) What's the most obvious asset to be tokenized next and get adopted in DeFi?(1:03:03) How did AAVE found its first 100 users?(1:05:09) How big of a role did AAVE token play in terms of growth?(1:05:57) Any major pivots from AAVE?(1:09:03) Stani's thoughts about point system and speculation(1:10:46) Is Lens thinking about airdrop, speculative points, etc?(1:11:36) Stani's final comments/thoughts(1:12:13) Outro / Debrief(1:12:26) Points that stood out to Qiao(1:13:58) One of the Lens v2 features Imran is excited about(1:17:22) Monetization of the value chain(1:20:27) Which app would be easy for normies to get onboarded to?Stani Kulechov Twitter: https://twitter.com/StaniKulechovSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3N675w3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3snLsxUWebsite: https://goodgamepod.xyzTwitter: https://twitter.com/goodgamepodxyzWeb3 Founders:Apply to Alliance: https://alliance.xyz/Alliance Twitter: https://twitter.com/alliancedaoDISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice.
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Sep 6, 2023 • 1h 38min

Is Decentralized Social Media Worth the Effort? | EP 28

Dan Romero, Founder of Farcaster and Warpcast, discusses decentralized social media. Topics include being deplatformed, rival clients, technical implementation of Farcaster, choosing OP mainnet, incentivized usage, and getting users to switch from Twitter.

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