Web3 Builders

We’re talking about the Stanford Blockchain Conf, Drivechains causing chaos on Bitcoin twitter, Greyscale’s ACTUAL chances of getting an ETF, Uniswap beating a very silly lawsuit and Friend.Tech’s weird week on Twitter and Starkware balancing out user accounts. 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.

Today we talk about the podcast with Ameen from MolochDAO concerning Tornado Cash, the IRS' proposal on crypto brokers,  what Lukedashjr working on Drivchains means for Bitcoin, why Optimism gave Coinbase a lot of tokens and what’s gonna happen to Lido if it keeps pushing past the 30% staking barrier. 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.

Ameen Soleimani, guest from MolochDAO, discusses the fallout of developers' indictment by US Department of Justice, unjust treatment of privacy initiators, challenges of convincing government officials, reasons behind an arrest, challenges of sending money to Iranians, and impact on privacy protocols.

Tether ends support for USDT on Omni, Proto-Danksharding gains steam, L2 teams clash on Twitter, Gitcoin faces backlash, and Friend.Tech emphasizes the importance of friends in crypto.

Welcome back to the Web3 Builder’s show. We talk about SBF going to jail for revealing his ex-girlfriend’s diary, tribalism in crypto, MakerDAO’s 5 part ‘Endgame,’ Coinbase’s BASE launch, DeGods moving to Ethereum and why so many people are being Sim Swapped. 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.

Evan and Will sit down with Austin Griffith, Ethereum’s ‘Chief Onboarding Officer. Austin walks us through where he first heard about Ethereum (10:18), why MetaMask sucks and even the developers know it (33:42), building in Gary Gensler’s America (00:50:18), and how to onboard the next wave of developers (1:06:04). 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 to the Web3 Builder's show. We're talking about the Curve Finance hack–the latest whodunnit in DeFi–Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino's Twitter swipe at Binance, zkSync and Polygon's online beef over open source citation and why we're bearish going into September.