On The Other Side

Hosted by Chase Chapman

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May 2024

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Exploring the intersection of society, culture, and crypto.

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May 2, 202457 min

99. What is Ethereum for? w/ Paul Dylan Ennis

Paul Dylan Ennis is an author and professor. We talk the history of the cypherpunk movement, how Ethereum culture has evolved, and answering the million dollar question: what is Ethereum for? - - Follow Paul: https://twitter.com/post_polar_ Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

March 27, 202449 min

98. The convergence of crypto and AI w/ Niraj Pant

Niraj is the co-founder of Ritual. We talk the convergence of crypto and AI, how onchain apps can leverage AI, why compute needs to be decentralized, and whether decentralized AI will cause the downfall of human society (not to be dramatic). - - Follow Niraj: https://twitter.com/niraj Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

March 20, 202447 min

97. Maybe bots aren’t so bad w/ Brian Flynn

Brian Flynn is the founder of Boost (formerly RabbitHole). We talk hyperfinancialization, crypto as a universal language, how AI agents might play a role in building toward a better future, and shifting from idealism to realism. - - Follow Brian: https://twitter.com/Flynnjamm Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Mint on Zora: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x71b0f07308b68bf0276efa3ccc5955ed3eadf59c/premint-97 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

March 13, 202430 min

96. Onchain distribution networks w/ Dan Romero and Jesse Pollak

Dan Romero is a co-founder of Farcaster and Jesse Pollak is the leader behind Base. We talk frames, the power of distribution networks, contextualizing onchain activity, and why everything might one day be a Farcaster client. - - Follow Dan: https://twitter.com/dwr Follow Jesse: https://twitter.com/jessepollak Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Collect this episode on Zora: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x71b0f07308b68bf0276efa3ccc5955ed3eadf59c/premint-96 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

December 20, 202335 min

95. New mental models for wallets w/ Nitya Subramanian

Nitya is the founder of Capsule. We talk embedded wallets and how they might dovetail into account abstraction, whether BYOW (bring your own wallet) is dead, the transaction as the atomic unit of the onchain world, and new mental models for wallets. - - Follow Nitya: https://twitter.com/_nityas Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

December 14, 202351 min

94. Minting as a medium w/ Dee Goens

Dee is the co-founder of Zora. We talk minting as a medium, why the economics of the internet should mirror human behavior, the limits of modeling collecting behavior, and why focusing on financial motivations is not the answer for empowering creators. - - Mint On the Other Side: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x71b0f07308b68bf0276efa3ccc5955ed3eadf59c Follow Dee: https://twitter.com/dg_goens Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

November 1, 202314 min

93. Composability + the paradox of choice

This is a special episode, drawing on ChatGPT's knowledge. We talk the paradox of choice, composability as a double-edged sword, when choice matters, and how maturity of consumer technologies impact end-user orientation around choice. - - Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - (00:00) Intro (01:15) Composability (04:52) Freedom of Choice (08:36) Self-contained Applications (09:46) Balancing Freedom and Ease of Use (13:34) Closing Out - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

October 18, 202355 min

92. Building for crypto-natives vs. normies w/ Mike Demarais

Mike is a co-founder at Rainbow. We talk building for newbies vs. crypto natives, why crypto has primarily been desktop-first, WeChat-style wallets vs. embedded wallets, maintaining a beginner's mindset, consumer adoption, and why consumer crypto has become such a meme. - - (00:00) Intro (01:00) What is Rainbow? (02:28) Building for Crypto Natives vs. Newbies (05:24) Mobile vs. Desktop (12:12) Consumer Social (20:38) WeChat-Style Wallets (26:30) Embedded Wallets (32:48) Beginner's Mindset (34:55) Consumer Adoption (36:50) Users Making Money by Default (42:18) Mike's Prediction for Adoption (45:40) Large IP Holders in Crypto (49:39) Analogies for the Crypto Casino (51:05) Meme Buzzword Rabbit Holes - - Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mikedemarais Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

September 27, 202349 min

91. Intents as protocol moats w/ Andrew Hong

Andrew is the Headmaster at Dune Analytics. We talk the modular stack ‒ Andrew gives an accessible overview of account abstraction and intents, the potential for intents as protocol moats, where censorship and centralization might become a risk, and what the future of interacting onchain might look like. - - (00:00) Intro (02:07) Modular Stack (04:00) What is account abstraction? (08:28) What are intents? (14:00) Future of Intents (21:30) Are intents centralized? (24:30) Intents and censorship (29:00) Why is everyone sick of intents? (31:20) Intents as Protocol Moats (35:36) Front-ends as Distribution (43:32) Front-end Moats (45:03) The Back-End of the Modular Stack (47:15) Wrapping Up - - Follow Andrew: https://twitter.com/andrewhong5297 Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

September 21, 202354 min

90. The next wave of consumer crypto w/ Seed Club

Long time friends of the pod — Jess and Josh from Seed Club — join to talk Seed Club Cohort 6, trends in consumer crypto, why onchain experiences aren't built for pure consumption, and what the future for onchain consumer apps might look like. - - Follow Jess: https://twitter.com/thattallguy Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/joshcrnls Follow Chase: https://twitter.com/chaserchapman Follow On the Other Side: https://twitter.com/ontheOSpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pJInKm Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3M7wHbP Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pMRbiM - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on On The Other Side is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Chase and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.