

Zima Red
Andrew Steinwold
Speaking with the founders who are building our future with the bleeding edge of technology
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Jul 12, 2022 • 1h 3min
Jiran - Playing The Great Crypto Game: Investing, Building & Exploring Web3 - Zima Red ep 128
My guest today is Jiran. Jiran is an active trader, investor and explorer of all things web3.
On this episode we chat:
How web3 is currently all one giant metagame
How tribalism impacts NFT prices
The blockchain as the ultimate information & investing tool
NFTs as historical artifcats
On-Chain analysis - what it is and how to use it
Why understanding people generates the most alpha
And so much more
Pleas enjoy my conversation with Jiran
https://twitter.com/Jiran_z

Jun 29, 2022 • 52min
Tim Schuermer - Gallop: The Ultimate Tool for NFT Data - Zima Red ep 127
My guest today is Tim Schuermer who is a co-founder of Gallop. Gallop has created a set of developer tools that expand the utility of NFTs. These tools are built for all developers, creators and investors, active in the NFT space.
On this episode we discuss:
The current state of NFT data
Why aggregating data for NFTs is so difficult
Why a product like Gallop needs to exist
How NFT data can be used to create advanced financial products
The multifaceted utility of NFTs
How we early we are in the financial NFT revolution
And so much more
Please enjoy my conversation with Tim
https://twitter.com/TimSchuermer
https://twitter.com/higallop

Jun 27, 2022 • 1h 10min
Charles & Zunk - Nifty Island: Game World Empowering Creators & Gamers - Zima Red ep 126
My guests today are Charles & Zunk the co-founders of Nifty Island. Nifty Island is an open, social game world powered by web3.
On this episode we chat:
Their progress since the last time they were on the podcast 1 year ago
Why gaming is essential for virtual worlds
Remixing NFTs and other assets
Importance of User generated content
What role curation and building play in Nifty Island
Why giving users objectives is key for virtual world adoption
And so much more
Please enjoy my conversation with Charles & Zunk
https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island
https://twitter.com/charl3svii
https://twitter.com/ZunkZunkZunk

Jun 15, 2022 • 1h
Kevin Beauregard - Atmos: Bringing Sports Into The Metaverse - Zima Red ep 125
My guest today is Kevin Beauregard. Kevin is the founder of Atmos which an upcoming game universe that combines sports, lore, and crypto-economics to create engaging and competitive virtual experience
On this episode we chat:
Being a crypto founder in 2013
Attempting to build a fantasy NFT basketball game in 2019
Sports as the ultimate trojan horse to crypto mass adoption
Balancing skill-base gameplay with crypto economics
Creating a competitive game combined with virtual world
Atmos initial core game loops of Mining - FGabricating - Racing
And so much more
I had a blast on this one so I hope you enjoy my conversation with Kevin
https://twitter.com/KevinBeauregard
https://twitter.com/AtmosXYZ

Jun 9, 2022 • 1h 32min
Max Weber - Chainmonsters: The Next Gen Web3 Pokemon? - Zima Red ep 124
My guest today is Max Weber. Max is the founder of Chainmonsters which is a free-to-play monster taming MMO-RPG with a player-driven economy.
On this episode we discuss:
Falling in love with game design from an early age
Prototyping an NFT game in January 2018
Self funding development and kickstarter
Building on the Flow blockchain
Creating a social interaction through PVP, collecting and crafting
The core game loops of chainmonsters
And why I call Chainmonsters a hybrid between Pokemon, Minecraft, and Animal Crossing
Please enjoy my conversation with Max
https://twitter.com/CineTekDev
https://twitter.com/ChainMonsters

Jun 1, 2022 • 1h 39min
Mack Flavelle - Creating CryptoKitties & Pushing NFTs Forward - Zima Red ep 123
My guest today is Mack Flavelle. Mack is the founder of Big Head Club which is an NFT production studio. Mack was also on the Axiom Zen team which was the company that created CryptoKitties and the company that eventually became Dapper Labs.
Our conversation has it all, we discuss:
How the ERC721 standard was created
The ideation and launch of CryptoKitties
The creation of Dapper Labs
His NFT production studio Big Head Club
How the Oni Ronin NFTs are pushing the boundaries
The issues with the NFT space
Why he is not a huge fan of Play-to-Earn
And so much more
An awesome conversation with someone who is not afraid to speak their mind!
Please enjoy my conversation with Mack
https://twitter.com/bigheadmack
https://twitter.com/bigheadhq

May 27, 2022 • 1h 13min
David & Chris - Lit: Decentralized Access Control For The Internet - Zima Red ep 122
My guests today are David & Chris who are the founders of Lit Protocol. Lit is a decentralized, identity-based encryption and access control protocol. What that means is that they are an access control protocol for the internet.
On this episode we chat:
Why access control is hugely important
Why access control needs to be decentralized
On-chain identity as a means of access
The nearly limitless use cases for Lit
What its like being a founder in web3
Why now is the perfect time for web3 to go mainstream
And even, how to use Lit Protocol to use your Tesla
Hope you enjoy this stellar conversation with David & Chris
https://twitter.com/LitProtocol
https://twitter.com/davidlsneider
https://twitter.com/chriscassano

May 25, 2022 • 1h 10min
Ado & Yas - Galaxy Fight Club: Metaverse Super Smash Bros - Zima Red ep 121
My guests today are Ado and Yas who are building Galaxy Fight Club, which is a web3-native, cross-IP PvP game. You can think of it like Super Smash Bros for the metaverse.
We discuss:
The Galaxy Fight Club meta
How to balance skill-based gameplay with NFTs
Why integrating 3rd party IP is so important
Building game logic on or off-chain
Earning NFTs through FUN gameplay
Play-to-Earn with NFTs instead of tokens
And much more
Please enjoy my conversation with Ado and Yas
https://twitter.com/GalaxyFight_NFT
https://twitter.com/adopunch_eth
https://twitter.com/bizdevelo

May 9, 2022 • 1h 4min
Michael Sanders - Skyweaver and Sequence: The Future of Web3 Gaming - Zima Red ep 120
My guest today is Michael Sanders. Michael is a cofounder of Horizon which is the company behind the game Skyweaver. Skyweaver is free-to-play trading card game that is enhanced by web3
Michael and I chat:
Why trading card games are perfect for web3
The skyweaver meta
How create sustainable player-owned economies
Why implementing non-blockchain based digital items is essential for onboarding the masses
Why esports and web3 will be huge
How Horizon is building out broader web3 infrastructure - like a wallet and NFT trading protocol
And so much more
Please enjoy my conversation with Michael
https://twitter.com/_michaelsanders
https://twitter.com/0xHorizon
https://twitter.com/SkyweaverGame

Apr 27, 2022 • 57min
Yury Lifshits - SuperDAO: The “Shopify” for DAOs - Zima Red ep 119
My guest today is Yury Liftshits. Yury is the founder of SuperDAO which is a platform for creating DAOs and DAO-related infrastructure. Essentially SuperDAO wants to become the one-stop-shop for all things launching, operating and expanding DAOs.
This episode is crash course in the present and future of DAOs. Yury and I discuss
How Yury worked on DAO and web3 based technology before bitcoin existed
Which ways DAOs are better than companies and which ways they are not
The major painpoints around DAOs
How DAOs can co-exist with government regulation
How investing is a new form of social connection and tribalism
And why we are at the very beginnings of the DAO revolution
Please enjoy my conversation with Yury
https://twitter.com/yurylifshits
https://twitter.com/Superdao_co