The Ledger Podcast

Imagine that you’re in a space where you can create and be rewarded for that. Where you can build a community, and be rewarded for that.Social media and Web2 have democratized access to community building at scale. And now Web3 and digital assets are supercharging that with the ability to align the financial incentives of each participant. It’s like a facebook group with a shared bank account! The possibilities are endless.So, today we meet with someone who explore them all. Someone who is only 27 but already “sounds old” as he has done so much in the space. A genius at creating memes, telling stories and building communities, which makes him the perfect “middle child of the web3 world.” Someone who regretted to be too late for crypto in 2014, but enjoyed being early for NFTs in 2021. Today, On the Ledger meets with Farokh Sarmad, the founder and CEO of Rug Radio, “the first fully decentralized media platform.”Sit back, relax, and learn on how to pick your first NFT, why web3 is a space that makes impossible ideas become possible, how to educate yourself in crypto and how hard it is to see yourself in 15 years when you have no idea where you will be in 15 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composability is a major component of web3, where creators can combine different components together into larger structures. A bit like Legos, but with crypto, finance, or... art. With NFTs, artists can indeed unleash their creativity and merge different disciplines together to provide their communities with unique experiences.This is exactly what our guest today does. After 20 years in the music industry, Jeff Nicholas is now the creative director of WarpSound, and leads WVRPS - a new NFT project that can be described as hybrid of generative PFP art, AI-composed music minted on the Ethereum blockchain.Want to find out how machines and humans can collaborate to enter a new era for music composition and distribution? Want to know when DJ and AI will be able to do back-to-back dj sets (spoiler: they already do)? Want to know how it feels to sell your Bored Ape too early? Then sit back, relax, and listen to this new episode of On the Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Staking. This is a word that might sound scary, even if you’re crypto-advanced, either because it is too complex or inaccessible. How much crypto do I need? What is a delegator? How to choose a node? What are the risks, and how to prevent them? This is where Figment comes in. Figment is a blockchain infrastructure and services provider that makes it simple for token holders and enterprises to participate in Proof of Stake. And the good news is - Ledger users will now be able to access Figment’s services directly from within the security of the Ledger ecosystem. To cover all our staking questions, including why proof of stake over proof of work, what is slashing, how to stake safely and why Ledger is the ultimate place to do so, we are thrilled to have Lorien Gabel, Figment Co-Founder and CEO, and Charles Hamel, VP Product at Ledger, on this new episode of On The Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are living the days of an artistic and cultural renaissance. Thanks to Blockchain technology, for the first time in history digital ownership is a possibility. And that changes everything. We can now own keys, create contracts and distribute assets. We are also free to port them over to different environments, which means that we can be digitally sovereign. How does this impact you and why is it important? Big questions that demand big answers.On this episode of On The Ledger, we are thrilled to talk to the crypto art curator and the founder & CEO of Universe Contemporary, Lady Pheønix, and to our VP of NFTs at Ledger, Parker Todd Brooks. A step by step guide for artists (and more) creating their NFTs in less than 45 minutes: this is your new episode of On The Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s always been part of Ledger’s DNA to encourage internal and external developers to enrich our ecosystem. We made our code open-source, and available to any external developers. Which resulted in third-party developers submitting most of the coin applications and then blockchains that you currently use on your Ledger device. We engaged with the team behind one of the biggest blockchains out there, one that took 2021 by storm thanks to its transaction speed, low fees, energy efficiency and of course, developer activity. We are obviously talking about Solana. After a few weeks, and with a single developer working on the integration, Solana is now available on Ledger Live. But how? This is exactly what we’ll be diving into today.How to build with Ledger? How to make the Ledger hardware wallets as easy as possible to connect to the steadily growing Solana ecosystem, how to be “safe by default”? In this episode of On The Ledger, we meet with Dan Albert, executive director of the Solana Foundation (go check their devs meet-ups at https://solana.com/events ), and Fabrice Dautriat, Head of Ledger’s Developer Ecosystem, to discuss the future of Solana, whether it their future payment solution or… more integrations with Ledger, starting with staking, and, soon enough, NFT support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That’s the kind of episode we look forward to weeks in advance. This is the inspiring story of someone who taught himself how to use 3D art software in his free time while working at a restaurant. Since then, he has sold over 2000 NFTs for about 9 million dollars and worked with some of the biggest names in fashion and entertainment, despite (or thanks to) the fact that “s*cks at doing what other people want but does great at doing what he wants”. Last year he went from creating art to building a community and today he’s about to invite us into his metaverse, LVCIDIA. We’re obviously talking about Fvckrender. Together we’ll discuss his story, projects, dream collab and why patience is more important than money. This is On the Ledger entering the world of Fvckrender. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moonpay is one of the hottest crypto projects in town. Why? Because historically the process of entering and exiting the web3 world, the so-called on and off ramps, has been crammed with frictions. But not anymore… Moonpay provides a payment infrastructure for crypto that enables you to access the realms of Web3 in a fast, simple and secure way. Or as Jimmy Fallon puts it… the Paypal for Crypto.And the good news is: Moonpay is available on Ledger Live. What does it mean? How do you manage this tremendous complexity behind apparent simplicity and ease of use? And how will it evolve now that NFTs are overtaking crypto? Featuring Ivan Soto-Wright, Moonpay CEO and co-founder, and Jean-François Rochet, VP for International Development at Ledger, this is our new episode of On The Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Historically, brands and media companies have always been shapers and amplifiers of culture. And with every innovation that came about, the cultural landscape and its main acts were bound to change. From the TV to the internet, social media and now Web3 and digital assets, every innovation brings in new possibilities, opens the door for new players and eliminates the slow movers. Web3 is only getting started, but we’ve already seen a glimpse of how it’ll impact brands, media and culture in general. So what exactly has changed? How are brands going to be any different? And what do they currently need to set themselves up for success? To discuss this, we are thrilled to receive Joy Howard, former exec' at Converse, Patagonia and more, who has now started her own business, Early Majority (don't forget to check on their newsletter at https://earlymajority.substack.com/). We’re joined by Ariel Wengroff, Ledger’s VP of Comms. This is On The Ledger, the “how to be a brand in this world” episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of On The Ledger, we talk with a man on a mission : “to onboard the next billion people onto crypto”. His name ? Beniamin Mincu. His job ? Cofounder and CEO of Elrond. He started with a team “which could literally build rockets”, and worked on creating an “Internet-scale blockchain.”Along with Fabrice Dautriat, Head of Platform at Ledger, we discuss how to overcome crypto main UX-problems, how to solve frictions related to transaction speed and gas fees, and of course, why it was so important for Ledger users to be able to manage EGLD (Elrond’s token) on their Ledger Live app.Hosted by our head of Communities & Education Mo El-Sayed, this is On the Ledger, the “how to get ready for web3 prime time” episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, On the Ledger will be discussing memories in the form of tokens. If you think about it, the places we go to and experiences we live are a big part of our lives and identities and this is why we love to capture them. We have been collecting memories in the form of tickets, clothings and goodies for decades. But there’s one NFT player that’s changing the game in terms of value, visibility and utility: POAP - for Proof of Attendance Protocol.Those nice little tokens that everyone’s after - and one can easily display and manage on Ledger Live, by the way. The protocol garnered an insane amount of adoption in 2021 through the likes of brands and events who offered them to their ever-increasing communities of crypto enthusiasts. And we have now come at a time when a Web3 event without a POAP is not a Web3 event.So, today, we are glad to be talking to Lucas Verra, head of POAP France. This is On The Ledger, your Web3 memories episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.