Episodes

  • Nate from Token Dynamics on Protocol Economics, Mechanism Design and Tokenomic Models
    Dec 6 2023

    What is up everyone! This is Kevin Jones, Builder and Educator in crypto and this is the Crypto Mastery Podcast, where we talk about the crypto industry and elevate your knowledge in the space. This podcast is brought to you by SpeedRunEthereum, Test your skills and learn how to build decentralized apps on Ethereum at SpeedRunEthereum.com. In this video I sit down with Nate aka EatSleepCrypto and talk about a lot of interesting topics ranging from his company Token Dynamics to hackathons to building dapps that have proper token incentives. Nate is a privacy advocate and censorship-resistance maximalist who’s been writing about tokenomics and related topics since 2017. He is the author of the Demand-Side Tokenomics framework and the Principles of Tokenomics. Nate is an advisor to several projects in the space, designing and communicating their tokenomics in an easy-to-understand way that appeals to users and investors alike. How to connect with Nate: EatSleepCrypto.com TokenDynamics.xyz Audio version of this recording can be found here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cryptomastery

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    59 mins
  • Community, ETH San Diego and The Future of Decentralized Applications featuring Chad aka gmchad
    Feb 15 2023

    What is up everyone! This is Kevin Jones, Builder and Educator in crypto and this is the Crypto Mastery Podcast, where we talk about the crypto industry and elevate your knowledge in the space. 

    This podcast is brought to you by SpeedRunEthereum, Test your skills and learn how to build decentralized apps on Ethereum at SpeedRunEthereum.com.  

    In this episode I speak with Chad aka gmchad from ETH San Diego.  

    Chad was previously a Software engineer at ConsenSys Health and NASA! His is currently the Founder of ETH San Diego and an avid member of the Ethereum community.   

    In this episode we talk about… 

    • His journey into web3 
    • ETH San Diego 
    • The Future of the crypto industry 

    and more…  


    Show notes / links: 

    Follow Chad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ultrasoundchad

    ETH SD on Substack: https://ethsd.substack.com/

    The ETH SD Podcast: https://ethsd.substack.com/podcast

    The ETH SD Meetup group: https://www.meetup.com/eth-sd/

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    48 mins
  • Crypto Research, Development and the Future of the Industry featuring Kuki from 3327
    Feb 8 2023

    What is up everyone! This is Kevin Jones, Builder and Educator in crypto and this is the Crypto Mastery Podcast, where we talk about the crypto industry and elevate your knowledge in the space.  

    This podcast is brought to you by SpeedRunEthereum, Test your skills and learn how to build decentralized apps on Ethereum at SpeedRunEthereum.com.  

    Today I will be speaking with Kuki from 3327!   

    Kuki started as a solidity developer 6 years ago developing a smart contract mechanism for a decentralized protocol. Recently he joined 3327 where he does research around different Web3 ecosystems and the technologies that developers use within them, with a goal to share that information with other members of the community. He is particularly interested in EVM based ecosystems and their features. Recently one of his growing interests has been on account abstraction.  

    In this episode we talk about... 

    • Research and Development in Crypto 
    • Zero Knowledge Protocols  
    • The Future of Crypto 

    and more!  


    Show notes/links 

    3327 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/3327_io 

    Kuki on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/kuki_mvp 

    3327 Website - https://3327.io/

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    44 mins
  • Decentralization, Solidity and Poolshark Protocol featuring alphak3y
    Jan 25 2023

    What is up everyone! This is Kevin Jones, Builder and Educator in crypto and this is the Crypto Mastery Podcast, where we talk about the crypto industry and elevate your knowledge in the space. This podcast is brought to you by SpeedRunEthereum, Test your skills and learn how to build decentralized apps on Ethereum at SpeedRunEthereum.com. 

    In this podcast I speak with alphaK3Y!   alphaK3Y is an Infrastructure Automation Engineer at heart. He first dove into smart contracts by participating in ETH Online, the largest ETH Global hackathon every year, in which he built an NFT contract using off-chain keepers to place automated trades. For the last couple years, he has set his sights on improving outcomes for liquidity providers and becoming a more well-versed web3 developer along the way.  We talk about...  

    • Decentralization  
    • Learning Solidity  
    • Poolshark Protocol   
    • and more!  

    Show notes / links:  

    You can follow alphaK3Y on Twitter here https://twitter.com/alphaK3YPoolshark Protocol: https://twitter.com/poolsharks_labsPoolshark Protocol White-paper: https://docs.poolsharks.io/whitepaper/poolshark.pdf

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    57 mins
  • Web3 Developer Tooling, Learning Resources and Hackathons featuring Eda from the BuidlGuidl
    Jan 18 2023

    In this episode I speak with Eda from the BuidlGuidl. 

    Eda is a developer advocate in web3. She is a member of BuildGuidl working on tools and content for the Ethereum ecosystem. She’s very passionate about creating educational content and onboarding more people into the web3 ecosystem! She was previously a software engineer and working in technical sales before moving full time to web3 1 year ago.

    In this podcast we talk about...

    • Eda's journey into web3
    • The BuidlGuidl, Scaffold-ETH and Speed Run Ethereum
    • ETH Istanbul
    • and more!


    Show notes / Links:

    • You can follow Eda on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/edatweets
    • SpeedRunEthereum.com
    • BuidlGuidl.com
    • Scaffoldeth.io
    • Eda's Developer Resources: https://github.com/edakturk14/ethereum-developer-resources
    • Web2 to Web3 Video Playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJz1HruEnenAf80uOfDwBPqaliJkjKg69 
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    47 mins
  • Edge & Node, The Graph and the Future of Decentralized Data with Simon, Edge and Node
    Jan 11 2023

    In this episode of the Crypto Mastery podcast, I speak with Simon from Edge and Node. 

    Simon is enthusiastic about simplifying the complexities of our interconnected world. He applies this passion as a Developer Experience Manager at Edge & Node to enable the amazing projects in web3 building exceptional decentralized experiences leveraging The Graph. He joined the blockchain space professionally in 2017 as Head of Front-end/UX at Melonport which is now known as Enzyme Finance, one of the pioneering projects in DeFi and web3 and early adopter of The Graph.

    We talk about...

    •  Edge and Node
    •  The Graph
    •  Developer Relations
    •  and more!


    Show notes / links:

    Nimi website: https://schmidsi.eth.limo/

    You can follow Simon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/schmid_si

    Edge & Node on Twitter: https://twitter.com/edgeandnode

    The Graph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/graphprotocol

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    58 mins
  • Music NFTs, Public Goods and Ethereum Hackathons with Shaka Lei Kaumaka
    Jan 10 2023

    In this podcast I speak with Shaka Lei Kaumaka. Shaka tells us his story on how he got into crypto and his journey through various public goods and volunteering. We also talk about music, NFTs and Ethereum hackathons.

    Shaka is an amazing person and great guest. We had some technical difficulties half way through, so I apologize for the awkward cut off midway through.

    I hope you enjoy this conversation, please share it with your network! Got something you’d like me to cover or someone you’d like me to host? Please reach out!


    Show links

    Follow Shaka on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shakaleikaumaka

    See Shaka’s NFTs on Doing Gud: https://doingud.com/@shakaleikaumaka

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    51 mins
  • Web3, Decentralized Chat and The Future of Crypto with Chris Castig of Console.xyz
    Jan 10 2023

    Welcome to the Crypto Mastery Podcast, where we talk about the crypto industry and elevate your knowledge in the space. This podcast is brought to you by SpeedRunEthereum, Test your skills and learn how to build decentralized apps on Ethereum at SpeedRunEthereum.com.


    About the Episode: Chris Castig is co-founder of http://Console.xyz: Secure Chat for Web3. Additionally, he’s an adjunct professor at Columbia University Business School. Previously, Chris co-founded OneMonth, a 20 person edTech startup and Y Combinator company, launched three multi-million-dollar courses while at General Assembly, and developed digital products for both seed-stage startups and top brands.


    Chris is passionate about using technology to solve some of the biggest problems in the world. You can learn more about him by visiting his website, http://castig.org, and by following him on twitter @castig. Be sure to also visit Console at http://console.xyz and follow @consoledao! If you prefer video format, Watch this on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0oh5rRMumIrBJBfJLH-Mvw

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    55 mins