Rehash: A Web3 Podcast

Thomas Scaria, co-founder and CEO of Lore, discusses the intersection of the crypto economy and the creator economy. They explore the integration of gaming and finance in the creator space and emphasize the importance of consumer crypto. They also highlight opportunities such as music NFTs and interactive NFTs in creating communities and directly monetizing from fans. Other topics include the role of financial speculation in the crypto space, various crypto projects, and advice for founders.

On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal and Policy Officer at Polygon Labs, about the current state of crypto regulation around the world.This is the first legal and policy focused conversation we’ve had on Rehash in over a year - the last conversation we had on crypto regulation was with Katherine Wu from Archetype and Crypto Council for Innovation all the way back in Season 2. The main difference I wanted to touch on in this episode (other than just getting a more current take on where crypto regulation currently stands) is getting a more global perspective on how different countries or regions of the world are looking at crypto. Rebecca talks about key pieces of crypto legislation like MiCA (Markets in Crypto Assets) in the EU and FIT (Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act) in the US and shares her perspectives on which countries have the most crypto friendly policies.We focus most of the conversation on crypto policy, but we do chat a bit on the legal front as well. Rebecca talks about some key court cases we’ve seen recently in the U.S., such as the Coinbase case, and shares her take on what she believes the SEC’s strategy is and what that means for us as people building and working in the industry.Finally we wrap up with some spicy questions from our community, like how to stay out of jail as someone building in web3 or whether crypto will ever succeed in the U.S.Rebecca was nominated by Carsten and voted onto the podcast by Justin Conley, Katelyn Donnelly, Zayi Reyes, Meg Lister, Aaron Soskin, David Silverman, anon, and Carsten.COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenRebecca: https://twitter.com/RebeccaRettig1TheValueProp: https://thevalueprop.io/ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzLivepeer: https://livepeer.org LINKSMarkets in Crypto Assets (MiCA)Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT)Crypto435TheValuePropGet involved in policy: Email policy@polygon.technology TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro4:00 The shift from legal to policy7:43 Infrastructure provider vs dapp provider9:29 Non-financial use cases for crypto10:02 High level overview of global crypto policy14:49 Government 101 (US)19:12 What is the SEC’s strategy?20:39 People used to hate telephones20:51 SEC’s lawsuit against Coinbase24:57 What will happen to DAOs and NFT projects without legal protections?26:36 Best advice for DAOs29:20 Will the US ever embrace crypto?30:56 Wyoming DAO LLCs31:58 Which country’s laws apply?33:48 Most important crypto legislation takeaways36:06 How can I help push crypto policy forward?38:37 Will crypto ever succeed in the U.S.?39:25 Best places to live for web3 nomads40:03 How to stay out of jail 42:51 Follow Rebecca DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we are dissecting identity, reputation, and truth with Billy Luedtke, founder of Intuition, a full stack solution that allows anyone to claim anything about anything.If that sounds cryptic to you, you’ll want to brace yourself because Billy and I go down countless esoteric rabbit holes in this episode about what our true identity is, how we know something to be true, and the ways in which technology is affecting our biological intuition. Billy has been in the crypto space for over 10 years and has been working on various decentralized identity projects throughout this time as one of the earliest employees at ConsenSys and later a founder of Uport, one of the earliest projects in web3 focused on decentralized identity. Many of the ideas we discuss in this episode are open to interpretation, and you probably have your own perspectives on these topics that differ from ours. I would love to hear your thoughts on these topics and open the conversation up to the community. Feel free to tag us on Twitter or join our Discord server and share your thoughts with us. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenBilly: https://twitter.com/0xbillyIntuition: https://intuition.systems/ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzQuests: https://rehash.quests.com   LINKSThe Evolution of IntuitionWeb3 Identity Stack (Nich/1kx) TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro3:56 What is digital identity?6:19 True identity vs digital identity7:48 Dissecting true identity further11:18 Billy’s biggest lessons learned about identity and reputation14:01 What to attest to16:26 Objective vs subjective truths20:23 Intuition UI24:55 What are the limits of human intuition?26:39 Has technology ruined human intuition?33:53 How to incentivize people to share their knowledge45:35 What is Intuition?46:34 Best apps to build on Intuition55:11 Questions from the community1:03:51 Explain Your Tweet DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we speak with fellow podcaster, Nick Hollins, about the creator economy, web3 communities, and building a collectively curated onchain radio at UFO. Nick is the creator of UFO and co-founder of Apollo, the creative lab that produces UFO.The creator economy has grown in leaps and bounds since the early 2000s with the introduction of blogging, to Youtube’s emergence, to social media and influencer marketing. The more recent implementation of blockchain technology, cryptography, and what we now see as the overarching web3 space to the creator economy has introduced a plethora of new funding and ownership tools we never saw before. Creators are now able to directly own and monetize their works, tokenize their intellectual property rights, share revenue with co-creators and collaborators transparently, automate payments, engage with their fans more meaningfully, and much more.Our guest, Nick, comes from a traditional community radio background in Australia and now uses a lot of his learnings from that world to build UFO, which is aspiring to be an onchain radio and club for creators and consumers of media.We talk about all of this and more and wrap up with an unexpectedly eerie explain your tweet segment at the end that triggers Diana’s deepest fears. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenNick: https://twitter.com/nick_hollinsUFO: https://ufo.fm/ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzQuests: https://rehash.quests.com LINKSKabuki’s appearance on Rehash: https://rehash.mirror.xyz/1CKpkhPpEEq5det3EScI9OKrnljj26r-9o4CHoGEHC8UFO Mirror: https://ufo.mirror.xyz/Water and Music: https://twitter.com/water_and_musicJack Butcher: https://twitter.com/jackbutcherLens: https://lens.xyzRehash Orb community: https://orb.ac/community/64b36efa6f90fe171ffae8c5Rafa: https://twitter.com/rafathebuilder TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro04:05 Nick’s favorite web3 creator tools9:24 What’s missing from the web3 creator stack?11:21 Innovative incentive mechanisms 14:05 Why are people collecting media NFTs?18:00 Do NFTs have utility?21:17 Advice for creators to better engage with their fans24:35 Skills all creators in web3 need to have29:00 How web3 can benefit from media and how media can benefit from web332:53 Join the Rehash Orb community34:03 Questions from the community43:08 Explain Your Tweet DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Blake Finucane, Chief Strategy Officer at Emergent Entertainment and host of the Context Podcast with Boys Club, about the history of cryptoart and NFTs, strategies for NFT projects to succeed long term, and the role of NFTs in shaping the future of gaming. Emergent Entertainment is a leading metaverse and blockchain game studio.Blake is one of the earliest researchers of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). While most people started learning about NFTs in 2021, Blake has been studying NFTs since 2016, years before the ERC-721 token standard for NFTs was developed in early 2018.As a result of her innovative research on NFTs, she received a Canadian research grant to study at University of British Columbia, where she wrote her master’s thesis on how blockchain technology and cryptocurrency can be applied to the art world. It was one of the first ever academic theses to be published on crypto art, and we get to hear firsthand about it from the author in this episode.We also spend some time talking about web3 gaming and the role of NFTs in games. Blake is currently working on a game called Resurgence through her company, Emergent Entertainment, and she has some refreshing takes about how games should (or shouldn’t) structure their token models if they want to be successful.Blake has a wealth of knowledge and is so in tune with the culture of the space. She’s taken active steps to strike a balance between work and wellness, and she shares her best advice for achieving a healthy work-life balance while working in web3. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenBlake: https://twitter.com/blakefinucaneContext Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/context-views-on-crypto-and-culture/id1688280011Resurgence: https://twitter.com/ResurgenceGame SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzLore: https://lore.xyz/rehash LINKSBlake’s Master’s Thesis: https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0370991Boys Club: https://twitter.com/BoysClubWorldS4 E6 | Art You Can’t See w/Sarah Meyohas & Mitchell Chan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMhXUlgS0NMBored Ape Yacht Club: https://twitter.com/BoredApeYCPudgy Penguins: https://twitter.com/pudgypenguinsResurgence: https://twitter.com/ResurgenceGameLoot: https://www.lootproject.com/Context Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uIXnKpaN3TZ7WdkdyfwMu?si=975986c3ca864eb1 TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:19 Living outside of the crypto bubble7:34 Blake’s Master’s Thesis on NFTs12:02 How AI has changed the NFT art world19:47 How NFT projects have developed over time22:01 The role of culture in shaping the NFT space26:21 Where we should experiment with NFTs32:22 Which aspects of web3 are attractive to gamers?38:55 Questions from Twitter48:10 Follow Blake DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Peter Pan, partner at 1kx, about how to identify successful early stage web3 projects, why certain NFT projects from the last bull run succeeded while others failed, and how we might be able to simulate real life physics in a digital environment. 1kx is an early stage investment firm that specializes in ecosystem growth.One of the hardest things to do in this space is to separate the hype from what’s real, and Peter does a great job of explaining how he analyzes various web3 projects to determine which ones will last the test of time. While most investors focus on the standard rhetoric of - you want to look at who the founder is, who the team is, Peter’s thinking goes much deeper into what are the foundational layers of the project and what it’s aiming to accomplish, and what impact can this project have on the broader tech space (not just the web3 space).We talk a lot about the role of community in shaping the success of a web3 project, and this led us down a rabbit hole of reminiscing and analyzing some of the NFT projects that rose to fame during the 2021 NFT craze. It’s really interesting to look back on some of the NFT projects I hedged my bets on back in 2021 and see where they are today (and how wrong I was about them). Finally, we talk about autonomous worlds, onchain gaming, and why Peter is a proponent of being able to simulate real world scenarios in a digital sandbox environment. We wrap up with some hot takes on community building that Peter shared in seemingly contradictory tweets back in late 2021 - early 2022 and give him a chance to explain the context in which he wrote those tweets. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenPeter: https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzQuests: https://rehash.quests.comLore: https://lore.xyz/rehash LINKSMetalabel: https://www.newcreativeera.com/Cooper’s Writing NFTs: https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/NFT ProjectsSquiggles: https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x059edd72cd353df5106d2b9cc5ab83a52287ac3a/0Pudgy Penguins: https://www.pudgypenguins.com/Cool Cats: https://coolcatsnft.com/Degods: https://degods.com/Azuki: https://www.azuki.com/Doodles: https://twitter.com/doodlesDAOsMoloch DAO: https://molochdao.com/Nouns DAO: https://nouns.wtf/Axie Infinity: https://axieinfinity.com/ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:23 Identifying new web3 projects9:50 How to sort through the hype11:44 Learnings from successful and failed investments15:17 Investing in a bull market vs bear market16:36 What kind of innovation happens in a bear market?18:43 History of NFTs23:21 Future of media NFTs29:02 Cool Cats vs Pudgy Penguins35:32 What are autonomous worlds?41:14 How to avoid Black Mirror type scenarios42:47 Final thoughts from Peter43:37 Explain Your Tweet47:01 Follow Peter DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization that’s trying to help the next billion people go bankless.Kaitlyn is an ops queen who - prior to working in web3 - worked at BlackRock, Ernst & Young, and obtained her MBA from Georgetown. She has a wealth of experience in the hiring and team building space and brings a grounded and sophisticated perspective to the often disorganized and chaotic world of web3.This episode wouldn’t be complete without a brief conversation about mountaineering - something both of us love to do. Kaitlyn shares some of her biggest adventures, misadventures, and learnings, which include learnings on why we need more diversity not just in web3 but in the mountaineering world as well.Kaitlyn is equal parts analytical and empathetic, and her balanced approach to her work and her life, combined with her clear communication style, makes this an extremely digestible and actionable episode. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenKaitlyn: https://twitter.com/TheKaitSmith // https://www.instagram.com/kaitlynsmith/Bankless: https://www.bankless.com/ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzQuests: https://rehash.quests.comLore: https://lore.xyz/rehash LINKSBusiness Chemistry - DeloitteBoys Club TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro3:48 Tips for hiring high performing teams7:00 Why web3 is bad at hiring10:46 Hiring is like dating12:27 What all high performing teams have in common15:07 Do people shape culture or does culture shape people?16:49 How to maintain work-life balance while working remote20:03 Why diversity is important in hiring21:42 Why diversity matters25:18 Tips for hiring a diverse team30:39 What is design thinking?33:03 Areas of web3 media worth experimenting with34:44 Do we need more crypto podcasts?35:15 Bear market vs bull market content strategy37:24 What is a Chief Strategy Officer?38:35 What Kaitlyn’s excited to accomplish as CSO40:32 Kaitlyn’s favorite mountain adventures 47:01 Explain your tweet49:15 Follow Kaitlyn and Bankless DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Maya Bakhai, founder and general partner at Spice Capital, about investing in web3, diversity in venture capital, the future of the creator economy, and more. Spice Capital is an early stage venture capital firm that is funding businesses solving problems for the next generation of internet-native consumers.In our conversation with Maya, we talk about why she chose crypto, community, and capital as the 3 main categories for investment for Spice, what she believes is the largest unsaturated market in web3 investment right now, how she sees the creator economy evolving in the future, and much more. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenMaya: https://twitter.com/MayaBakhai or maya@spicecapital.xyz Spice Capital: https://www.spicecapital.xyz/ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzLore: https://lore.xyz/rehash  Livepeer: https://livepeer.orgQuests: https://rehash.quests.com/ LINKSHot Sauce: https://hotsauce.beehiiv.com/   TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro03:16 Definition of “internet native consumer”05:48 Biggest problem with the internet07:40 Solutions to this problem08:34 The future of social platforms13:37 Spice Capital’s investment thesis17:55 Web2 vs web3 incentives18:50 Different types of consumers22:20 Individual creators vs brands25:39 Largest unsaturated market in web328:15 How Spice Capital addresses diversity35:13 The importance of culture in web2 vs web338:50 Guidebook to building a web3 business42:58 Tips for web3 investors46:19 Questions from the community47:43 Explain your tweet51:25 Follow Maya & Spice Capital DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On this episode of Rehash, we have a highly technical conversation with html_tina about re-staking, liquid staking tokens (LSTs), oracles, slashing, and more. Html_tina is a Product Manager and Head of Governance at EigenLayer, a protocol built on Ethereum that introduces re-staking, a new primitive in cryptoeconomic security.Tina does a great job of explaining these concepts in an easy to understand way, introducing playground analogies that even a 5 year old can understand. She also draws from traditional finance concepts like rehypothecation to further illustrate what liquid staking can enable. On a more practical front, Tina shares her best tips for someone trying out liquid staking for the first time, including why it’s of utmost importance to find a liquid staking service that offers full decentralization and self custody.Finally, Tina shares her views on the role of forking and rehypothecation in governance models and the potential benefits and drawbacks of the two within the context of a DAO.  COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenTina: https://twitter.com/html_tina  EigenLayer: https://www.eigenlayer.xyz/ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzLivepeer: https://livepeer.org LINKSVitalik’s article on risks of re-stakingEigenLayer blogDan Elitzer article DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

On our first episode of Season 5, we speak with Sirsu about competitive communities and culture through the lens of esports. Sirsu is one of the founders of BLVKHVND, an on chain esports organization that leverages innovative technology to compete globally and build open and accessible experiences for their community.Sirsu shares some of his experiences with managing the community at BLVKHVND, including what he has done to foster an inclusive and welcoming community within the confines of competition and how he has handled conflicts that have arisen amongst community members along the way.He also shares his thoughts more broadly on the role of leaders or facilitators within a competitive community, how that differs from a traditional competitive community to a decentralized one like BLVKHVND, and some web3 principles and tools he has incorporated into BLVKHVND that he thinks other competitive communities could benefit from as well.Finally, we chat about one of Sirsu’s favorite topics: culture. Sirsu undertakes the challenge of quantifying culture with words and shares examples and analogies from daily life to help us better understand the nuances of various cultural movements in history. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenSirsu: https://twitter.com/sirsuhaybBLVKHVND: https://blvkhvnd.com/ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzLore: https://lore.xyz LINKSMirror crowdfundLivestream with Sirsu DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional. DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.