Hi everyone, we are back with another episode of our podcast allowing you to get to know people working behind the scenes of the crypto industry.  Today we are joined by Jim Myers, the CTO and Founder of Flipside Crypto. Before Flipside, Jim developed the core technology that took products from 0 to 1 at Mylestone, Pluralsight (IPO), and Smarterer (acquisition).

Welcome to the 177th episode of the Inside Crypto Podcast. This episode was recorded on November 12, 2023.  We chatted with Jim about data analytics, the state of the market, AI, and predictions for 2024.

Thanks, everyone for listening, and don’t forget to tune in to 2024 when we speak to Zak Taher, CEO of Multibank.io.

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Jim, earlier this month you released a crypto economy snapshot which has a great summary of what is going on at the moment. I’d like to chat about that for a bit. One of the most interesting details is that Binance Smart Chain continues to have the most daily active users despite everything that has happened. What do you think that is?

Dex Volume peaked at 4.06B on December 9th. I know many people think DEXs will the the mainstay for crypto in the future. Do you think we can expect to see DEXs pull more users in 2024?

Arbitrum pulled in the greatest amount of new users. Do you think L2s will be the main onboarding platforms in the future? 

Let’s come back to Flipside. You are our first-ever data analytics platform guest. I’ve spoken on previous podcasts about who these platforms are for but perhaps you could tell us in your own words, who Flipside is for?

Looking at some of the dashboards that have been produced, one thing I like is that it is very colorful and makes it interesting to explore data compared to other platforms but at the same time, I feel the average crypto user would be lost. Are their plans to make Flipside more accessible?

I think one of the most frequent comments I got when I mentioned you were coming on the show was a Chat GPT-like integration for querying dashboards. Is that available now or is it planned in the future?

So our research analyst Tom is a big fan of yours. I loved the previous podcast that you two were on. One of the coolest things you do is pay analysts for dashboards. I was wondering if you could explain how that works.

Is that something you plan to do in perpetuity?

You’re on at a perfect time. 2024 looks to be an exciting time for crypto and I was wondering if you could tease anything that’s coming from Flipside next year. 

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Hi everyone, we are back with another episode of our podcast allowing you to get to know people working behind the scenes of the crypto industry.  Today we are joined by Bill Wolf, who is the Chief Investment Officer of Archblock. He has been in the specialty finance/lending, investment banking, and asset management industries for over 30 years.

Welcome to the 176th episode of the Inside Crypto Podcast. This episode was recorded on December 5, 2023. With the crypto market seemingly on the rebound, we speak to Bill about some of the infrastructure they are building as well as what is in demand at the moment.

Thanks, everyone for listening, and don’t forget to tune in next week when we speak to Jim Myers, CEO of Flipside Crypto.

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So we’ve had a lot going on this past few weeks with Binance, and spot ETFs, where do you and Archblock sit amongst all of this?

Let’s dive into Archblock, who are you and what do you do?

Looking at the recent press, you rebranded your Stablecoin portfolio in September. Looking at stablecoins, most people would be familiar with USDT or USDC, what are you doing that is different?

What do you think is the future of stablecoins?

It seems that we might be shifting towards CBDCs at some point. Does that threaten what you are doing? 

What do you think is the future of stablecoins? Do you think we will ever see mass retail adoption?

What about Archblock for asset managers? How does that work?

Looking at your product lines, what do you think will be the standout success in 2024?

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Hi everyone, we are back with another episode of our podcast allowing you to get to know people working behind the scenes of the crypto industry.  Today we are joined by Max Howell, the CEO of tea.xyz and creator of Homebrew. Brew was one of the largest open-source projects of all time, with tens of millions of users to this day.

Welcome to the 175th episode of the Inside Crypto Podcast. This episode was recorded on November 21, 2023. A lot of the software that we love and enjoy was built on an open-source foundation. The problem is that the devs who did this have never been appropriately compensated for creating this public good. Max Howell is going to change this with his platform tea.xyz.

Thanks, everyone for listening, and don’t forget to tune in next week when we speak to Bill Wolf, the CIO of Archblock.

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I’m old but perhaps not as old as some of the senior contributors to the biggest Open Source projects that exist out there. I feel like to this day, open source is still the space for geeks rather than the general public. Why do you think that is?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but you started to try to fix the very real problem of the lack of appropriate compensation for open-source developers. But I feel some of the biggest projects on Github like Mastodon, most of the devs are not a big believer in Web 3 or blockchain tech. How do you overcome that?

We’ve danced around the topic. Please tell our audience how tea works and who is it for.

How does Proof of Contribution work?

Can I get involved with tea even if I’m not a developer?

How are developers incentivized?

What would the internet look like if more devs could work full-time on their passion projects?

What’s the end goal with tea and when you reach it, where do you want to go from there?

What are your plans for 2024 with regard to tea?

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