
Web3 Innovators
In Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder of Web3 Labs speaks to those folk changing the face of finance and other industries with web3 and blockchain technologies. Each week he speaks to a new guest who shares insights from their own journey with web3, giving you the chance to learn about challenges they’ve faced along the way, and how it's impacting their industry right now and will in the future.
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Jul 12, 2022 • 55min
#38 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Marc Blinder
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, Founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Marc Blinder, AIKON CEO & ORE Core Contributor. AIKON is building cross-chain identity and wallet solutions for Web3.In the conversation, Conor and Marc talk about some of the fundamental UX challenges users face with Web3 and why it resulted in the creation of the ORE Network and AIKON. They discuss how AIKON go about hiding users from many of the complexities of Web3 and why gamers are a great audience to go after.They also cover why UX and DeFi are more important than ever, given the events in the crypto markets that took place in May and June of this year.It was great to hear Marc’s perspectives in this episode and we're sure you'll enjoy it.Watch the video here.Find out more about AIKON here.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook', head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

Jul 5, 2022 • 52min
#37 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Yannis Smaragdakis
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, Founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Yannis Smaragdakis, Co-founder of Dedaub.Yannis is an entrepreneur and researcher specialising in programming languages and software engineering. Off the back of his work researching smart contract vulnerabilities, he co-founded Dedaub.Dedaub is a leader in smart contract security providing tooling for vulnerability analysis of smart contracts and auditing services.In the discussion Conor and Yannis unpack why Ethereum was so fascinating to him as a program analysis researcher, the many different attack vectors for Web3, the challenges associated with smart contract auditing and why Web3 attracts the world’s very best programmers.It's fantastic to learn from such a knowledgeable expert and get an insight into his world, we're sure you’ll never look at smart contracts or Web3 in the same way again!Watch the podcast here.Find out more about Dedaub here - www.dedaub.comTo order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

Jun 29, 2022 • 51min
#36 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Joshua Tan
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, Founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Joshua Tan, Executive Director of the Metagovernance Project. In addition to the Metagov project, Josh is a PhD researcher focusing on applications of collective intelligence and the governance of online communities, which includes DAOs.Josh has been involved with DAOs for the past 4 years, with his work at Metagov he’s working to build a governance layer for the internet, helping drive standards for DAOs and bring together key organisations in the space.The conversation includes - the ways in which Joshua is combining AI research with DAOs, some of the cutting edge challenges we need to overcome with DAOs for mainstream adoption and how widespread they could become.DAOs fascinate us. It was great to get Josh’s perspectives on them, as he’s working at the forefront of this fast moving area of Web3 and we're sure you'll enjoy it too.Watch the video here.Find out more about Metagov here.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovators.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

Jun 21, 2022 • 1h
#35 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Johann Bornman
This episode of Web3 Innovators is different from the usual format. It's taken from a session Conor Svensson, Founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, did recently with the EEA on private key management for enterprises. For this session, Conor spoke with Johann Bornman, the product lead for MetaMask Institutional.Johann provided a number of important mental models for how enterprises should be approaching key management for Web3. Given MetaMask’s place as the leading Web3 wallet, Johann was able to provide some unique perspectives on the subject.Conor learnt a lot from taking part in this session, which is why we're so keen to share it with our listeners, we're sure you’ll enjoy it.Watch the video here.Find out more about the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance here.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovators.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

Jun 14, 2022 • 55min
#34 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Kieren James-Lubin
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, Founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Kieren James-Lubin, President & CEO at BlockApps. Kieren has been involved in Web3 since its beginnings, having collaborated with a number of the early Ethereum team and starting BlockApps back in 2015.During the conversation a lot of ground is covered including how the enterprise blockchain landscape has evolved, where BlockApps is seeing a lot of success with projects in enterprises, and how public blockchains fit into the mix.Given Kieran and BlockApps' focus during the past 7 years on enterprise Web3 technology, there are few people better qualified to discuss this, and you’ll no doubt take a lot away from the conversation.Watch the video here.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovators.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

Jun 7, 2022 • 52min
#33 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Ken Fromm
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, Founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Ken Fromm, founder of BuildETH and Director of Education at the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.Ken’s been involved first-hand through each generation of the web, having co-founded and founded companies focussed on Web1, Web2 and Web3. During the conversation, Conor and Ken unpack the evolution of the web, including the challenges that business faced with adopting the early web, and parallels with web3.They also covered the similarities with other disruptive trends such as serverless which Ken was very involved with.Given Ken’s breadth of experience, we think you'll enjoy listening to his thoughts on some of the so-called challenges of previous generations of the web and learnings for web3.Watch the video here.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

May 31, 2022 • 1h 2min
#32 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Michael Sanders
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, Founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Michael Sanders, Co-Founder & Chief Storyteller at Horizon Blockchain Games.Michael has been fascinated with Web3, ever since meeting Vitalik Buterin back in 2014 at a small meetup in Canada.For the past four years he’s been working on Horizon Blockchain Games, who are building out cutting edge gaming technology using Web3 without the traditional hallmarks of clunky Web3 experiences.In the conversation Conor and Michael discuss how Horizon have managed to achieve this and why it's so important for the gaming industry. They also discuss some of the industry leading innovations Horizon have been responsible for and why their trading card game Skyweaver is so well suited to Web3.Find out more - https://horizon.io/Watch the video here.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

May 24, 2022 • 1h 11min
#31 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and David Amor
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to David Amor, CEO of Playmint.David is a veteran of the games industry whose career has spanned multiple generations of gaming innovations, including computer, console, free to play mobile and now Web3.In the discussion, Conor and David cover what gaming looks like in the context of Web3, and some of the key opportunities it can provide to gaming ecosystems. They also discuss Playmint’s first title, the Crypt, a dungeon looting game which made use of the Loot NFT artefacts, providing an interesting perspective on what bottom up game development could look like.Given David’s breadth of experience, Conor found it incredibly eye opening to get his perspectives on what gaming could be in the context of Web3, and we're sure you will too.Find out more about Playmint - https://www.playmint.comTo order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

May 17, 2022 • 59min
#30 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Anton Mozgovoy
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Anton Mozgovoy, co-founder of Mover a DeFi neobank.Anton has been passionately involved with Web3 since 2015 when he first got involved with the Ethereum community. In the discussion we cover what first attracted Anton to Web3, why the opportunity of decentralised finance is a cause so close to home and why he believes finance will be the industry most heavily impacted by Web3.Anton’s enthusiasm is infectious and we hope you come away feeling inspired to build you own 'crazy ideas' as he would say.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

Apr 6, 2022 • 55min
#29 - Web3 Innovators - Conor Svensson and Valentin Bercovici
In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Valentin Bercovici, founder and CEO of CLICK2NFT. Val is a technology veteran, having spent the last few decades working with data and cloud technology providers before jumping into Web3.Val’s perspective having work on the front lines during client server revolution, then smartphone and cloud, now Web3 provided some really interesting perspectives on the fundamental technology challenges that Web3 solves. He also discusses why he went from a B2B data focus in Web2 to a B2C NFT play.Given Val’s experience, we could have kept talking for a lot longer, and we're sure you’ll see why we're keen to get him back for a follow up interview!Find out more about CLICK2NFT Find out more about wagmas.web3summit Watch this podcast hereTo order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs