The Delphi Podcast

We sit down with Nicholas Kneuper (CEO) and Nat Eliason (DeFi and Tokenomics Advisor) of Crypto Raiders, an NFT-based dungeon crawler game on Polygon. We dive into earning passive income with MOBS, $RAIDER and $AURUM tokenomics, composability between Polygon games, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:05:44) – Overview of Crypto Raiders. (00:10:45) – Skill-based earning & tournament mechanics. (00:14:53) – $RAIDER and $AURUM tokens. (00:23:33) – The Crypto Raiders economy. (00:32:23) – Unexpected challenges when building. (00:36:38) – The Crypto Raiders community. (00:45:22) – Balancing accessibility, token value, and the economy. (00:49:37) – The Crypto Raiders roadmap. (00:52:39) – Advice to builders. (00:58:29) – MOBS mechanics and composability across games. (01:06:16) – Closing. Social links: Nat’s Twitter Nick’s Twitter Crypto Raiders Twitter Resources: Crypto Raiders Website Crypto Raiders Blog Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Closing out our Web3 series, we sit down with Reka and Raz, Co-Founders of Agora, a studio DAO building essentials for communities. We dive into community role management with Guild, connecting Web2 and Web3 communities, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:03:46) – Overview of Agora and Guild. (00:14:36) – Bridging Web3 and Web2.  (00:19:32) – Thoughts on DAO tooling. (00:30:06) – Community involvement in building. (00:37:16) – Social graphs and privacy. (00:42:12) – What’s missing from the Web3 stack? (00:46:34) – The future of Agora and Guild. (00:51:39) – Where are we in the adoption of Web3? Social links: Reka’s Twitter Raz’s Twitter Agora Twitter Guild Twitter Resources: Agora Website Guild Website Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Continuing our Web3 series, we sit down with Stepan Simkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Squads Protocol, a collaborative infrastructure for Web3 native teams. We dive into how Squads facilitates collaboration, the state of DAOs on Solana, onboarding the next wave of users, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:04:04) – How Squads manages governance. (00:06:12) – Governance in Web3. (00:07:56) – DAO tooling on Solana. (00:13:21) – Squads onboarding process. (00:16:37) – DAOs on Solana. (00:25:16) – Interesting DAO tools. (00:29:22) – Bringing in the next wave of users. (00:39:16) – The future of governance. (00:44:24) – Squads’ roadmap. (00:48:24) – Closing. Social links: Stepan’s Twitter Squads Protocol Twitter Resources: Squads Protocol Website Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

In this episode, we sit down with Renz Chong, CEO of BreederDAO, an NFT asset factory for blockchain games. We discuss BreederDAO’s business model, $BREED tokenomics, critiques of the guild model, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction & Renz’s background. (00:04:50) – BreederDAO’s business model & tooling. (00:09:27) – Guild partnerships. (00:12:19) – $BREED token. (00:14:25) – BreederDAO’s competitive edge. (00:18:58) – The team & DAO structure. (00:22:27) – Critiques of the guild-model & guilds. (00:26:25) – Thoughts on play-to-earn / play-and-earn. (00:29:28) – Rapid fire questions. (00:37:46) – BreederDAO’s roadmap & closing. Resources: Renz’s Twitter BreederDAO Twitter  BreederDAO Discord BreederDAO Website Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Our Web3 series continues with Preethi Kasireddy, Founder of DappCamp, a hands-on experience on how to architect, develop, and scale a Web3 app on Ethereum. We dive into the differences in Web2 and Web3 application architecture including decentralized storage, blockchain querying, L2 solutions and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:03:38) – Architecture of Web3 apps. (00:18:38) – Thoughts the future of wallets. (00:21:16) – Decentralized storage. (00:28:31) – Querying the blockchain. (00:33:47) – Aggregating fees for users. (00:37:46) – L2 scaling solutions. (00:42:23) – Cross-chain communication. (00:45:01) – Closing questions. Social links: Preethi’s Twitter DappCamp Twitter Resources: DappCamp Website The Architecture of a Web 3.0 Application Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Our Web3 series continues with Sahil Bloom,  Investor and Co-Founder of The Room Where It Happens. We talk about investing in Web3, differentiating community governance and ownership, onboarding the next generation of users into crypto, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction and Sahil’s background. (00:04:23) – XGamesDAO and governance. (00:11:13) – Community ownership and Reddit. (00:16:17) – Investing in Web3. (00:32:17) – Sahil’s Web3 focus. (00:37:32) – Industries ripe for disruption from tokenization. (00:41:43) – Thoughts on NFTs. (00:43:35) – What is Web3? (00:44:51) – Thoughts on Web3 social and closing. Resources: Sahil’s Twitter Sahil’s Website Sahil’s Podcast XGamesDAO Twitter Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

In this episode, we sit down with Mark Studholme and Finn Hansen, Co-founders of MetaMundo, a project empowering 3D creators to shape the open metaverse. We discuss how NFT interoperability is technically achieved, MetaMundo’s 3D NFT marketplace, the functionality of MetaPortal NFTs, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:09:00) – Technical structure for NFT interoperability. (00:16:20) – Monitoring and integrating upcoming virtual worlds.  (00:17:38) – Marketplace on MetaMundo. (00:19:26) – Going multi-chain.  (00:21:02) – Launching MetaMundo.  (00:24:22) – The functionality of MetaPortals.  (00:26:15) – Rapid fire questions.  (00:40:17) – Closing. Social links:  Mark’s Twitter Finn’s Twitter MetaMundo Twitter Resources:  MetaMundo Website MetaPortal Video Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Our Web3 series continues with Danny Zuckerman, Co-founder of 3Box Labs. 3Box Labs has been building out Ceramic Network, an ecosystem for decentralized data storage and management. We cover data interoperability in Web3, how Ceramic enables data composability, and why the dataverse is the new metaverse. Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction and Danny’s background. (00:03:20) – Distributed data and storage.  (00:07:13) – What is Ceramic Network?  (00:17:32) – Impact of composable data structures / Owning your own data.  (00:28:43) – The business models of Web3 social.  (00:35:19) – What is Web3?  (00:42:11) – The trade-offs of using Ceramic Network. (00:45:02) – The future of Ceramic Network.  (00:48:33) – Closing. Social links:  Danny’s Twitter Ceramic Twitter 3Box Labs Twitter  Resources:  Ceramic Website  3Box Labs Website Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Our Web3 series continues with dhadrien, Founder of Sismo, a new NFT primitive for private attestations of on and off-chain data. We cover the evolution of the Web3 ethos, the purpose of Sismo and how it works, the future of Web3 identities and privacy, and more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:58) – dhadrien’s background. (00:10:57) – How Web3 ethos has evolved over time. (00:17:06) – What is Sismo? (00:22:18) – Use cases of Sismo. (00:26:46) – Preserving transparency and privacy. (00:35:46) – What Web3 identity looks like.  (00:39:34) – Web3 vs. Web2 identity.  (00:49:50) – Data & business models in Web3 vs. Web2. (00:56:16) – Closing. Social links:  dhadrien’s Twitter Sismo Twitter Resources:  Sismo Website Sismo Blog What is Sismo (Part1) Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

In this episode, we sit down with John Adler, Co-founder of Celestia, the first modular consensus and data network to power scalable and secure Web3 applications. We discuss the rise of blockchain modularity, how Celestia solves the data availability problem, plans to bootstrap the Celestia ecosystem, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:46) – Defining Celestia and modular blockchains.  (00:06:23) – Solving the data availability problem.  (00:21:44) – Ethereum rollups vs. Celestia rollups.  (00:28:27) – Why use Celestia?  (00:39:14) – The importance of decentralization.  (00:43:20) – The future of VMs / execution environments.  (00:52:13) – Protecting rollups from spam/DDoS attacks.  (00:58:39) – Disadvantages of modular blockchains. (01:03:04) – Managing the load on full nodes.  (01:11:15) – Cevmos. Resources:  John’s Twitter Celestia Twitter Celestia Website  Our Research Paper on Celestia Delphi Podcast Summaries More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.