DAOn the Rabbit Hole
Technology Podcasts
DAOn the Rabbit Hole is the official RabbitHole podcast and is the go-to podcast for people to learn about Web3. By going down the rabbit hole with experts on a variety of topics like economics, psychology, politics, history, art, technology, and more, we hope to help crypto natives and crypto-curious individuals think about how they can contribute to the Web3 ecosystem while simultaneously helping our Web2 listeners become interested in learning more.
Location:
United States
Description:
DAOn the Rabbit Hole is the official RabbitHole podcast and is the go-to podcast for people to learn about Web3. By going down the rabbit hole with experts on a variety of topics like economics, psychology, politics, history, art, technology, and more, we hope to help crypto natives and crypto-curious individuals think about how they can contribute to the Web3 ecosystem while simultaneously helping our Web2 listeners become interested in learning more.
Language:
English
Episodes
S2 E11: Life of a Full-Time DAO Contributor (Kairon)
9/19/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking with Kairon, Founder of ASCAN and a full-time DAO contributor.
Kairon got started in web3 when he took a leap of faith, quit his day job, and dove headfirst into the space. Although he doesn’t recommend that approach for everyone, he’s learned a few things along the way and shares those learnings with our listeners.
We set the stage by defining a DAO as Kairon shares the thought process he goes through when choosing a project to...
Duration:00:46:10
S2 E10: Breaking Down The Merge and Why it's Just the Beginning for Ethereum (Jon Charbonneau)
9/12/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking with Jon Charbonneau, a Research Associate at the crypto research platform Delphi Digital. If you’re trying to wrap your head around The Merge or Ethereum itself, Jon has you covered in this conversation.
We kickoff the episode getting to know Jon, his background, and how he fell down the crypto rabbit hole. As a prominent writer, Jon is the perfect guest to take us on a deep dive on Ethereum, its innerworkings, and of course, The...
Duration:00:40:12
S2 E9: Boys Club and Vulnerability Maximalism (Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins)
8/29/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking with Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins, Co-Founders of Boys Club. Boys Club is a community known as the no bro zone for the crypto curious.
Deana has been in the crypto space since 2017 and spent four years convincing her friend Natasha to get on the bandwagon. In 2021 Natasha finally saw what all of the hype was about and together, they founded Boys Club.
Boys Club is a safe space for people to explore crypto and ask questions, even if...
Duration:00:37:56
S2 E8: Guild: Building the Infrastructure Layer for Online Communities (Reka)
8/22/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking with Reka, Co-Founder of Guild. Guild is an automated membership management tool for web2 and web3 communities across all communication platforms.
We dive into Guild’s core principles - user experience, interoperability, security, and privacy, as Reka explains what Guild is, how it works, and why it’s successful. We discuss how Guild is becoming the default membership layer of web3 and how it’s embracing web2.
We discuss the...
Duration:00:45:41
S2 E7: Autonomous Worlds: Expanding the Magic Circle in Gaming (Justin Glibert)
8/15/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking with Justin Glibert from 0xPARC. 0xPARC is a program for applied research in cryptography, supporting application-level R&D on Ethereum and decentralized platforms.
Justin’s first touchpoint with crypto was on hacker forums when he was in his early teens. He discovered that people were selling exploits to each other with bitcoin, which at the time only cost $10. Fast forward to the pandemic, Justin happened to stumble across a tweet...
Duration:00:55:00
S2 E6: How Crypto can Help Combat Climate Change (Raphaël Haupt)
8/8/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking with Raphaël Haupt, Founder and CEO of Toucan.
We begin the episode laying some groundwork and defining the term “ReFi” or regenerative finance. As Raphaël explains, ReFi is taking DeFi technology and using it for regenerative, real world, positive externalities, like combating climate change.
We dive into climate change - an issue Raphaël has dedicated his life to - and we discuss carbon footprints, carbon tokens, and the carbon...
Duration:00:43:26
S2 E5: DAO Delegation: To Delegate to an Individual or a DAO? (Linda Xie and Julia Rosenberg)
6/20/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Julia Rosenberg and Linda Xie. Julia is a Co-Founder of Orca Protocol, a DAO implementation tool and Linda is a Co-Founder of Scalar Capital, a crypto investment firm. Linda is also a Delegate for Gitcoin, Element and Optimism.
We begin our conversation by laying some groundwork and having Linda and Julia answer the big question: what is metagovernance? We dive into all of the nuances of metagovernance and discuss its fluidity,...
Duration:00:42:59
S2 E4: Cryptomedia and Writing NFTs: Making Content Ownable (Patrick Rivera)
6/13/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Patrick Rivera, Product Engineer at Mirror, a home for web3 publishing.
We begin the episode getting to know Patrick, his background, and how he fell down the crypto rabbit hole. He takes us through his journey from web2 to web3 and describes an article that really inspired him, Zora’s “What is Cryptomedia?” manifesto.
Next, Patrick defines the term cryptomedia. He describes some of the issues in web2 media and explains how web3 is...
Duration:00:42:12
S2 E3: Building an Economy Within a DAO (Shreyas Hariharan)
6/6/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Shreyas Hariharan, Co-Founder of Llama. Llama is an economic infrastructure for DAOs that enables decentralized communities to allocate their treasuries and assess results.
We kickoff the episode laying some groundwork and answering the golden question - What is a DAO? Shreyas then explains economic infrastructures of DAOs and dives into his most recent article that compares asian economies with DAO economies.
Next, we discuss token...
Duration:00:35:38
S2 E2: Understanding DAOs and How to Scale Them (Yury Lifshits)
5/30/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Yury Lifshits from SuperDAO to dive into the complex topic of DAOs. SuperDAO is the ‘Shopify of DAOs’ allowing users to start, manage, and grow their own DAO, so we would consider Yury an expert on the subject, and the perfect person to answer our questions.
We kickoff our conversation by laying some groundwork and answering the highly memed question, “what is a DAO?” Yury explains several common definitions of DAOs and describes...
Duration:00:30:43
S2 E1: NFTs and the Future of Music (Cherie Hu)
5/23/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Cherie Hu, Co-Founder of Water and Music, a research publication focused on the intersection of music and tech which has recently undergone the process of becoming a DAO.
We kicked off the conversation discussing the state of the web2 music industry today and how blockchain technology and NFTs offer an alternative business model for musical artists and their fans.
We discuss how digital scarcity is possible in the music industry,...
Duration:00:49:24
S1 E20: Breaking Down Celestia, the First Modular Blockchain Network (Aditi)
3/4/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re chatting with Aditi, who initially became enthralled with blockchain technology after witnessing Vitalik himself in a green cat shirt, command a sea of financial businessmen in suits. Today she works for the first modular blockchain network, Celestia.
Aditi dives into how Celestia differs from traditional layer 1 blockchains, how it separates consensus from computation and the difference between data availability and data storage. We discuss...
Duration:00:30:46
S1 E19: The Future of Work (Tina He)
3/2/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re chatting with Station founder, Tina He. Station is a hub where DAO contributors can come together, discover, and participate in the most exciting places in web3.
Growing up in China, Tina was always a writer and creator who looked to challenge the current system. Her status quo-challenging nature and entrepreneurial spirit led her to both journalism and the USA. After a stint writing about AI at Bloomberg, Tina discovered that her true love was...
Duration:00:39:46
S1 E18: Democratizing Access to NFTs (Cryptnotiq)
2/28/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re chatting with Cryptnotiq, founder of Fraktal. Fraktal is an NFT fractionalization ecosystem consisting of the Fraktal Protocol, their native governance token ($FRAK), and the Fraktal DAO.
Cryptnotiq brings us back to the first days of Fraktal - a project that began as a workaround for sharing revenue generated from music NFT sales. The result is a protocol that allows many people to share ownership over one NFT, opening the doors to all types...
Duration:00:31:54
S1 E17: Building a Trustless and Portable Identity and Reputation System With DIDs (Evin McMullen)
2/25/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking with Evin McMullen. Evin is the co-founder of Disco, a company working to bring decentralized identifiers to the web3 party.
Evin has long understood the value of data and the role it plays in our daily lives. In the web3 space, we finally have the opportunity to take control of that data and use it in new and exciting ways. Evin explains how all of this data comes together to create our digital identities and reputations, and explains...
Duration:00:51:49
S1 E16: Legal Issues in DAOs (Marta Belcher)
2/23/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re chatting with Marta Belcher. As a cryptocurrency and civil liberties attorney, Marta wears a lot of hats. She is General Counsel at Protocol Labs, Special Counsel at Electronic Frontier Foundation, and President of the Filecoin Foundation. She focuses a lot of her time on DAOs and policy issues around digital privacy and civil liberties
To kick off our talk, Marta tells us how she initially found crypto through her work with copyrights and...
Duration:00:41:57
S1 E15: An Introduction to DeSci and the Builders Behind It (Sarah and Alex)
2/18/2022
In this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Sarah and Alex. They’re leading figures in the Decentralized Science space, and together they co-founded LYNX, a data management system for user data collected through wearables. They’re here to talk about all things DeSci and their experiences building a company in this space.
Sarah and Alex talk about how they found their way into DeSci from backgrounds in traditional science and blockchain. We discuss some of the problems...
Duration:00:44:09
S1 E14: Internet Culture & Online Communities (Gaby Goldberg)
2/16/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re chatting to Gaby Goldberg. Gaby is an investor at TCG and has written extensively about internet culture and online communities.
Gaby talks about her experiences growing up online and how she fell into the crypto world, and how the internet has evolved over time through Web1, Web2, and now Web3, along with how online culture has changed. We talk about how internet-native creators are defining what that culture looks like.
We discuss how online...
Duration:00:46:17
S1 E13: The Intersection of Finance and Art (Sarah Meyohas)
2/14/2022
On this episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Sarah Meyohas. She’s an NFT artist and VC at Spark Capital. She’s here to talk about her experiences in the space and some of the projects she’s currently involved in, bringing together finance and art.
Sarah talks about her background studying both finance and art and how this led her into crypto. We chat about her early Bitchcoin project, how it came about, and the similarities with the later Damien Hirst project of the same...
Duration:00:46:55
S1 E12: Building an Open Web with Ceramic (Lauren Feld)
2/11/2022
In today’s episode of DAOn the Rabbit Hole, we’re talking to Lauren Feld. She’s Head of Business Development at 3Box Labs, the team behind Ceramic Network, and she’s here to talk about the idea of sovereign data, the open web, and what Ceramic is doing in this field.
Lauren shares her story of how she got into crypto from a background in psychology and working in consulting. She tells us what Web3 means to her, and dives into what Ceramic is and what problems it's trying to solve.
We talk...
Duration:00:34:13