

The Delphi Podcast
The Delphi Podcast
Conversations with Crypto Gigabrains. Hosted by Tommy, Co-Founder and Founding Partner at Delphi Ventures
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 8, 2019 • 37min
Coinmine’s Farbood Nivi: The Viral Plug-and-Play Crypto Miner
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Farbood Nivi, the CEO and co-founder of Coinmine.
On this episode we discuss what the Coinmine is, what cryptocurrencies you can mine using it, new features (Bitcoin only mode, the future ability to use the lightning network) and so much more. We dive into Farbood's history, and the insane focus on a perfect Apple style product. The Coinmine is the first user friendly and viral crypto mining hardware device.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Farbood on Twitter @farbood
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Aug 5, 2019 • 1h 6min
Ryan Zurrer: Response To Tom’s Polkadot Report, Web3 and Lessons Learned In China
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Web3 Foundation's Ryan Zurrer.
This was an awesome episode where we discuss everything from how the Web3 foundation is ushering in the decentralized web where users control their data to Polkadot, a high profile interoperability project. I recently wrote a post on Polkadot exploring my concerns, so it was great to discuss them with Ryan. The post is linked in the show notes below.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Ryan on Twitter @rzurrer
Resources:
Polkadot: Promise and Problems
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jul 30, 2019 • 23min
Educational Series Part 1 - Distributed Consensus with Dan Zuller
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vision Hill Group's Dan Zuller for the first part of a multi-part, short and sweet educational series simplifying complex crypto topics. The first episode is focused on distributed consensus mechanisms.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Dan on Twitter @danzuller
Resources:
Vision Hill Distributed Consensus Case Study
Dan Zuller's Tweet Storm
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jul 29, 2019 • 46min
Kadena’s Founder and CEO Will Martino: A Hybrid Blockchain Built For Scale
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kadena's Founder and CEO Will Martino.
kadena is described as offering the fastest, safest and most scalable hybrid blockchain technology stack for entrepreneurs.
We go through Will's history as the Lead Engineer for Juno, JP Morgan’s blockchain prototype all the way to the promise of Kadena, its public blockchain launch by year end, and its focus on having a hybrid blockchain architecture for real business use cases.
This episode has tons of great insights from someone who has been in the weeds for years and used all of these insights to build a new platform.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Dan on Twitter @_wjmartino_
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jul 25, 2019 • 48min
Kurt Watkins: A Legal Look at DAOs, Blockchain LLCs, Tokens, and Libra
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kurt Watkins, a partner at MG Miller Law to discuss everything crypto from a straightforward legal perspective. We discuss Kurt's work in the crypto legal field, run through some examples, and discuss so much more.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Kurt on Twitter @mgmillerIP
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jul 22, 2019 • 59min
Gregory Rocco and Jacob Arluck: Tezos’ Social Contract
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Gregory Rocco from ConsenSys Alpine Group and Jacob Arluck from TQ Group, a group with the goal of advancing the Tezos Ecosystem, on for an episode to discuss Rocco’s recent post on Tezos’ social contract and for recent updates on Tezos.
We go into the origins of Tezos’ social contract, what it all means, and how these merits are baked into everything within the Tezos ecosystem. For those familiar with Hasus’s post on Bitcoin’s social contract, Rocco’s excellent post was built in a similar way.
We go on to discuss all of Tezos’ recent updates and announcements, Jacob goes through them towards the end - and the main message is Tezos is making it easier for developers to build on the platform which is central to its success.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Rocco on Twitter @Obstropolos
Follow Jacob on Twitter @JacobArluck
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jul 16, 2019 • 1h 3min
Delphi Digital’s Kevin Kelly: The Perfect Storm for Bitcoin
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by my partner and and a co-founder of Delphi Digital itself, Kevin Kelly.
Given Kevin cut his teeth as an equity strategist with Bloomberg, he offers unique and differentiated insights on the institutional and macro argument for Crypto and Bitcoin.
Kevin offers his take on the global backdrop, everything from underfunded pensions to global monetary policy and even the eventual potential dethroning of king dollar. We go on to where Kevin believes crypto and the global economy will co-exist in the future and what would happen to crypto if a recession hits.
With all of the endless tech and project news out there everyday, this episode was a breath of fresh air as kevin offers an extremely zoomed out view of where Bitcoin fits into our institutional world and broader global monetary framework
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Kevin on Twitter @Kevin_Kelly_II
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jul 9, 2019 • 51min
Harmony’s Nick White: Mainnet Launch Is The First Step Towards Full Proof-of-Stake and Sharding
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Nick White, the co-founder of Harmony Protocol
Harmony is described as a fast and secure blockchain and it leverages a lot of newer tech such as Proof of Stake, Sharding and cross shard communications, granted not all of this tech is fully launched yet.
We discuss Harmony’s ultimate goal to create an open infrastructure for the world's data, a global scale marketplace platform, competition, Harmony’s IEO on binance and so much more.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Nick on Twitter @nickwh8te
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jul 1, 2019 • 36min
Cadence’s Nelson Chu: The Digital Securitization and Investment Platform for Private Credit
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Nelson Chu, The Founder and CEO of Cadence.
For those new to cadence, the company is a Technology-driven securitization platform connecting retail and institutional investors with short term structured private credit investment opportunities.
Cadence is using Blockchain Technology to open up this market to smaller investors, using technology to automate share fractionalization and distribution and simplify
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Cadence on Twitter @withcadence
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA.
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
-

Jun 27, 2019 • 1h 5min
IDEX’s Alex Wearn: A Sleeping Giant’s Plan To Dominate Every Centralized Crypto Exchange
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Alex Wearn, the Co-Founder & CEO of IDEX.
This is a very interesting episode as we discuss how IDEX, a sleeping giant, grew to become the largest decentralized exchange and smart contract on Ethereum.
We discuss competition with other DEXs, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase and hybrid competition.
We also dive into IDEX’s future, discussing its two tokens; one membership token and one staking token, the future of governance on IDEX and some details on its layer-2 solution to increase throughput.
Frankly, I had no idea IDEX had this much going on, and Alex shares some extremely insightful details around the entire IDEX roadmap.
To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION
Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119
Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexWearn
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 may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom personally owns tokens in ETH, BTC, LEO, XTZ, DCR and MKR
-
Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io
Intro music by Chris Zabriskie