The blocmates Podcast

Jedi had the opportunity to meet with Dion, the CEO of Term Labs to discuss the importance of having fixed interest rates on loans in DeFi. Term is a decentralized non-custodial lending protocol where users can borrow or lend on a fixed rate basis by participating in weekly (Term) auctions.Potential borrowers submit their bids and potential lenders submit their ask prices to Term, and then the Term auction contract determines some interest rate that clears the market (the clearing rate). All the lenders who asked less than the clearing rate lend and all borrowers who bid more than the clearing rate borrower at the clearing rate.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Grant sat down with Andy from The RollUp to chat about his thoughts on the modular blockchain thesis, interesting layer2s and rollups that are coming to the market plus some additional crypto infrastructure plays you might want to keep an eye on. In this episode, we will cover the expansion of modular blockchains and their use of data availability solutions such as Celestia, EigenDA and Avail. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

This clip was taken from our recent live stream, which solely covered ERC404 projects. In this clip, you will learn about the new ERC404 token standard that has taken the crypto industry by storm this week. You will also learn what the top ERC404 projects are, how to buy them and what to do with your ERC404 NFTs. Full episode - https://youtube.com/live/F5XO8SyMBnI --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Rich Rines joins Jedi to discuss Core as a layer 1 blockchain that utilizes and supports Bitcoin miners on an EVM-compatible chain to potentially finally solve the blockchain trilemma. This is all made possible thanks to their unique two-way consensus mechanism dubbed ‘Satoshi Plus’. They dive into all the challenges and benefits of how Bitcoin security can be combined with smart contract capability. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

The podcast discusses top new crypto projects of Q1 2024, focusing on their narrative perspective and upcoming launches. Topics include the importance of intent in the crypto space, addressing security vulnerabilities in smart contracts, decentralization of AI models, risks of re-staking crypto projects, VAM design, and real estate token and Blueberry Protocol.

Jedi and Justin Bebis talk about building in DeFi and the journey that OATH Foundation and the Byte Masons have been on the last few years. This one's an insightful and informative take on what it takes to build sustainable projects in DeFi.Byte Masons is driven by a vision to create financial inclusion across different frontiers such as protocols, networks, yield farmers, hedge funds, and even institutional players under one umbrella. The ecosystem is guided by predefined values such as security, decentralization, trust, and fairness.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Dan is back on the mic and joins Tushar and Mikhill from Persistence Labs, the team behind the LST-Fi Cosmo App Chain Persistence Once. Cosmos has been heating up recently with the airdrop hype, and the LST-Fi/LRT-Fi hype is only just beginning, with EigenLayer's launch coming soon. We dig into what Persistence is, what they are building and how they are going to be bringing $BTC over to the Cosmos using Babylon to give Bitcoin a greater use case.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Grant was joined by Jack Melnick, the head of DeFi at Polygon Labs. The Polygon ecosystem is heating up with the Polygon 2.0 rollout, which includes important upgrades to the Polygon PoS chain and, more importantly, the zk-EVM. Jack takes Grant through all the infrastructure upgrades that Polygon has been shipping throughout the bear market, leading into what we believe is the beginning of the next crypto cycle. Here, we will discuss Polygon zk-EVM, Polygon's two zk teams that are building towards zero-knowledge systems. The two also discussed the imminent MATIC to POL token migration and what this means for investors and users in the ecosystem. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Jedi sat down with Nick and Bossimp from Perfect Swap to discuss a new Decentralized Exchange (DEX) launching on Arbitrum in mid-January. Perfect Swap is combining some bits of the ve(3,3) incentive model with the best parts of Camelot, Uniswap, and other DEXs to bring a more efficient liquidity layer on Arbitrum to the market.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Grant was joined by Gunny from Hxro Labs to discuss the upcoming airdrops, point systems, TGEs and LBPs that will happen on Solana and in particular, the Hxro Network. Hxro Network is a liquidity layer on Solana that enables protocols to build derivatives products such as perps, futures, options, gambling products and anything you can think of! In Q4 2024, there will be a series of projects launching with their products and tokens, and in this interview, Gunny takes Grant through how these builders are thinking about the next wave of Solana projects. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message