Web3 Builders

Joining us is Pablo Villalba from Diva to discuss the dynamics of its vampire attack on Lido. We cover the motivation behind the attack, how it works, and the technical details of Diva's staking protocol. We also explore the design and challenges of Ethereum's liquid staking solutions, the current ETH tranches and deposit amounts, and the importance of incentivizing liquidity. Additionally, we dive into the challenges of launching a research project, the latency requirements for node operators, and the risks and benefits of new projects in distributed validation.

We got ourselves another builder interview! We’re joined by Daimo, a payments startup building a stablecoin app on top of Base, the L2 from Coinbase. We talk about 0xPARC, the TAM for a consumer focused stablecoin app, the infra behind it (looking at your ERC-4337) and what its like to build a crypto app for mobile. Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com. Produced by @ssailsbury.

Howdy! Today we talk with Ben Edgington, principal product manager at Consensus for the Teku client. We discuss his book and newsletter before jumping in and going through the recent back and forth over staking DAO Lido. Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com. Produced by @ssailsbury.

We talk with Harrison AKA @PopPunkOnChain about building in Web3: From how he became an auditor, who sucks at auditing in the space and what its like to run an audit firm (hint: he's really busy). Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com. Produced by @ssailsbury.

Welcome back to the show! We’re back in the saddle for a news update. Today we cover SBF’s Dad buying the picto-top of Solana, Consensus shutting down Truffle and Ganache, what it means that all the Ethereum ‘high priests’ have left Twitter and if we’re bullish or bearish on markets. Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com. Produced by @ssailsbury.

Danny Ryan, Ethereum Foundation's representative, discusses the risks of Lido to the Ethereum network, including declining popularity of isogenes, challenges of implementing VDFs, finding the ideal number for consensus, centralization issues in Lido, risks of staking with Lido, bottleneck analysis, and reluctance to speak up against centralization concerns.

Welcome back! We’re joined by Dan Ugolini of Rysk Finance to discuss the promise of onchain derivatives. Dan walks us through how these options are built, how and why capital efficiency is needed to combat CEX volumes and his perspective on building DeFi products in the US. Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com.

Welcome back! In part II of our Vitalik Buterin episode, we talk about Vitalik’s latest travel hacks, how to invest in biotech after the pandemic, longevity research and the future roadmap of Ethereum. Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com.

Welcome back! This week we’re talking about Evan fighting Bankless and Lido, why Rune thinks Maker should move to Solana’s codebase and the newest drama on Bitcoin Twitter: the security budget! Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com.

Welcome back to the show! We are joined by Vitalik to talk about a lot of things. On this first half, we're talking about Twitter and alternatives, Crypto's main characters last cycle, what projects are honorable versus dishonorable and how to make Ethereum apps more censorship resistant. Thanks for listening! If you’d like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com.