BlockLayer Podcast
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Accelerating Web3, documenting the builders. Podcast with top guests on conviction, craft, and scaling. 📧 [email protected]
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“What happens when someone inside one of the most iconic retail platforms of the last cycle sees its limits up close?” Kenzi / 2569.eth speaks with Jay, Co-Founder of Sei, to trace the path that took him from the early days of Robinhood in Palo Alto — through hypergrowth, the IPO era, and the shock of the GameStop moment — to building in crypto. They discuss how witnessing the mechanics and constraints of traditional financial infrastructure firsthand reshaped his thinking, why the suspension of buys during one of retail’s most defining episodes left such a lasting impression, and how that experience ultimately pushed him toward systems designed to be more open, more resilient, and less dependent on centralized control.
BlockLayer Podcast43,999 次观看 • 6 天前
“Proof of Collaboration = how strong the swarm is. Proof of Contribution = what each agent actually moved, with permanent on-chain audit trails.” Ron Bodkin (Founder, Theoriq) joins Sachi Takahara / 0699.eth to break down trusted performance in Theoriq: actions are committed on-chain as non-repudiable evidence, and evaluators use transparent scoring rules over the full history—while the system stays open for specialized eval agents.
BlockLayer Podcast71,160 次观看 • 11 天前
“High-performance infrastructure only matters if it expands what users can actually do onchain — and makes that experience accessible at scale.” Sachi Takahara / 0699.eth sits down with Jay, Co-Founder of Sei, to examine why parallelized execution is becoming increasingly important for the next generation of onchain applications. From trading and DeFi to high-frequency user activity that simply breaks in low-throughput environments, they discuss how lower fees and greater execution capacity can fundamentally reshape the user experience — especially for smaller participants who are otherwise priced out. They also explore how this plays out in practice through projects like Bancor’s Carbon DeFi, where Sei has emerged as the ecosystem driving the strongest activity and volume, underscoring how performance advantages translate into real adoption.
BlockLayer Podcast34,076 次观看 • 6 天前
“Virtual machines are like cities — once they reach critical mass, they become magnets that are incredibly hard to displace.” Diksha Arden catches up with Jay, Co-Founder of Sei, to unpack this idea at a deeper level — why systems with flaws can still dominate simply because that’s where the activity, liquidity, and people already are. From New York and San Francisco to onchain environments like the EVM, they explore how network effects compound over time, why newer ecosystems struggle to pull users away even with better tech, and what it actually takes to break that inertia.
BlockLayer Podcast30,830 次观看 • 6 天前
“Responsibility means steering crypto + AI toward outcomes that benefit everyone — and giving the community real power to set the course.” Our host Diksha Arden in conversation with Ron Bodkin (Founder, Theoriq) on why responsibility in crypto + AI starts with governance from day one — so the future isn’t dictated by monopolies or closed-door incentives.
BlockLayer Podcast36,332 次观看 • 11 天前
“DA layers really differ across three dimensions: performance, programmability, and AI-native design — because on-chain AI can’t operate in a world measured in mere megabytes per second.” Sachi Takahara / 0699.eth catches up with Michael Heinrich (Ø,G), Founder of 0G Labs (Home of Infinite AI), to break down how 0G compares with Celestia, Avail, and EigenDA: why throughput needs to increase by orders of magnitude, how to move beyond the broadcast bottleneck, and why a decentralized storage network is essential for ultra-fast data ingestion and retrieval.
BlockLayer Podcast34,449 次观看 • 16 天前
“Back in 2016–17, crypto felt like a true idea factory — hundreds of experiments, zero gatekeeping, and pure creative energy.” Our host Diksha Arden sits down with Michael Heinrich (Ø,G), Founder of 0G Labs (Home of Infinite AI), to explore one of the most exciting parts of building in Web3: a culture shaped by experimentation first. They also dive into how tokenization creates new ways to fund and sustain projects — including open-source work — beyond the limits of the traditional Web2 business model.
BlockLayer Podcast30,285 次观看 • 16 天前
“What if a Web3 identity starts less as a brand — and more as a challenge to yourself?” Kenzi / 2569.eth catches up with dcbuilder.eth ⚪️ for a deep dive into the origin of the DC Builder name, pseudonymous identity, and why crypto culture made merit feel more important than background. They break down how the 2021 analyst wave, DeFi Twitter, and the ability to be judged by ideas alone shaped the way DC entered the space — first as a researcher and writer, then as someone who wanted to become a builder. The conversation also explores why “Builder” became a social forcing function, how pseudonyms create contrast and memorability, and why in Web3, what you think and what you build can matter more than who you are offline.
BlockLayer Podcast39,641 次观看 • 29 天前
“What does it take to build when nobody expects you to win?” Kenzi / 2569.eth speaks with @ruschimanche, Co-Founder of Movement, to trace the story behind Movement Labs — from broke Vanderbilt dorm-room founders with $100 to their name, to building one of the most talked-about teams in crypto. They discuss the underdog mentality that shaped Movement from day one, why competing against polished researchers and established teams created a permanent chip on their shoulder, and how that scrappy internal drive still defines the company today. From go-to-market and ecosystem growth to the fight for attention, liquidity, projects, and blockspace, this episode explores what it means to wake up every day trying to be number one in one of the most competitive markets in Web3.
BlockLayer Podcast41,653 次观看 • 1 个月前
AI doesn’t need another isolated model. It needs a network where intelligence can compound. Kenzi / 2569.eth in conversation with nick, Co-Founder of Allora, on breaking AI out of silos, turning fragmented models into collective intelligence, and building the coordination layer that could move AI beyond the control of a few monoliths.
BlockLayer Podcast41,185 次观看 • 1 个月前
Kenzi / 2569.eth connects with David Minarsch ☴, co-founder of Valory, on building autonomous agents across crypto. After years at the realization was clear — chains create focus, but also friction. Instead of scaling agents, you end up selling blockspace and ecosystems. Valory was born from that shift: agents as chain-agnostic power users — operating across networks, complementing humans, and unlocking new ways to interact with blockchains. The early bet on DAOs didn’t land — slow decisions, unclear ownership, and broken feedback loops made them tough customers. But the core idea stuck: agents + crypto is the right primitive — and timing might finally be catching up.
BlockLayer Podcast31,379 次观看 • 1 个月前
“Gary Gensler was teaching a class while I was on campus. I skipped it—and I’ve regretted it ever since.” Kenzi / 2569.eth links up with Anna Kazlauskas, founder of vana, about those small early moments that quietly shape how you think—like brushing up against future regulators, and realizing way too late which conversations you should’ve been in the room for.
BlockLayer Podcast41,589 次观看 • 4 个月前
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