In this episode I explore a couple of niche apps. One is whal3s.xyz which is an app to easily create webhooks to give you notification for on-chain events. The other is mean.finance, a decentralized way to DCA (dollart cost average) your crypto investments away from centralized exhanges. Sources: https://www.whal3s.xyz/ https://mean.finance/

Episode 497 - Webhooks for web3 Journalism and Decentralized DCA

Good morning! In this episode I briefly cover a rough definition of the concepts behind decentralized ID. With the movement of our identities and lives into the digital space in the last 10 or so years, we have come to a fork in the road. Will all our info be centralized and as a result surveilled and controlled? Or are we doing to decentralize and make anonymous our information to maintain our sovereignty?

I define zk-proofs and then take a look at a project called Holonym.io that uses zk-proofs and a mixer to create an anonymous online digital passport.

Sources:

https://medium.com/1kxnetwork/towards-digital-self-sovereignty-the-web3-identity-stack-874d5e015bae

https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/e/disco/

https://www.disco.xyz/

https://www.orangeprotocol.io/

https://holonym.io/index.html

Episode 496 - Inmate ID or web3 ID? What’s it gonna be for 2023? - Sovereign ID!

Good morning!  In this episode I talk alot about AI and how our interactions with them will be based on what data we give the AI bots and what allowances they give us through their interfaces.  

 

Sources:

 

https://advent.unlock-protocol.com/

https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7013375376609464321/

https://undertherose.substack.com/p/what-is-the-point-of-making-intelligent

 

 

 

Episode 495 - 2023 will be the year of AI agents - own your data, or the agents will own you!

In this episode I ramble a bit about the recent great crypto crash and why I am still here.  Then I poke around a fun web3 reputation tool called Noox.World.  

 

https://noox.world/

 

Episode 494 - After the centralized crypto crash, and why I am still around

In this episode I poke around Mastodon with Crystal Street from JournoDAO.  Skip ahead to the 16:00 minute mark to jump ahead of my rambling to get to the part where I am speaking with Crystal 

Episode 493 -Trying to figure out Mastodon vs Twitter with Crystal Street

In this amazing interview I speak with Joshua Scigala about money, bitcoin, DeFi, Gold, inflation, usury, the founding of his Gold/BTC exchange Vaultoro.com and the new stablecoin project launch called TheStandard.io. A DAO-based project that creates over-collateralised stablecoins backed by Gold, Bitcoin and Ethereum. This lending platform will eliminate the interest model of lending and be an improved version version of DeFi inspired by MakerDAO. https://vaultoro.com/ https://www.thestandard.io/ https://twitter.com/JScigala

Episode 492 - Interview with Joshua Scigala - Vaultoro.com and TheStandard.io

Here's another epic rant where I talk about the shilling in the crypto space, DAO motivations, decentralized journalism, data ownership and how our data is food for AI. Will AI be our masters forcing us into a predestined fate? Or will we control our data as the food for AI and thus be the owners of our own free will and destiny?

Sources:

cryptosapiens.xyz

journodao.xyz

re-public.io

joinvicil.com

Episode 491 -  Another rant on data ownership, journalism, the Civil token, and AI

Good morning! Happy to be finally making an episode for myself as it has been less frequent lately.  Not a bad thing, just means I am busy helping other projects and DAO in the web3 ecosystem.  This morning I wrap up The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Paypal, Celsius and the social credit system all in one big rant!  

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar

 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/hackers-steal-around-100-million-cryptocurrency-binance-linked-blockchain-2022-10-07/

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paypal-policy-permits-company-fine-143946902.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhcnRwYWdlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAM3rkx-OmaaTV_A-vW0gp08aoprMZmsuoRXmtZhB3AxTsJaY-tjU3JOVyoNLMnleDTJWq14TcgT4D9LdRIFAca_gobjNZQwVhGGg2v0K2CDy87xp5cwqMc09NgEnBNWcjg8Mpuo5R0AFvs7fXph_yOdbflMyWlR8j034RqinpsRy

 

https://slashdot.org/story/22/10/08/2234213/paypal-says-it-wont-fine-customers-2500-for-misinformation

 

https://lnkd.in/eTpWXGCn

 

Episode 162 - The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Paypal, Celsius and the social credit system all in one big rant

In this episode I reflect on how journalism and web3 can get to know each other and the tools that journalists can use to apply web3 to the mass amounts of information being thrown at them.  Web3 can help journalists with:

 * Immutability
 * Transparency
 * New business models
 * Community ownership
 * Decentralization
 * Security / Trustless Communications

Please don't take me too seriously.  Do you own homework and see what works for you.  Also my opinions do not reflect the JournoDAO as a whole.  The JournoDAO is a diverse set of individuals, each with their own ideas and opinions.

 

Sources:

https://journodao.xyz/

 

https://factland.org/

 

https://mirror.xyz/

Episode 161 - Journalism and Web3 reflections and conference takeaways

In this episode I speak with Mike Rabinovici on the subject of accredited investing.  Is the status of being an accredited investor just another glass ceiling that perpetuates inequality and creates a glass ceiling?  Or does it protect the innocent from all the scams that run rampant in the newly emerging web3 space?  Mike sheds light on the terms and the current situation in the web3 space regarding this subject.  We also zoom out and look at how this affects topics such as web3 ID and DAOs. 

 

You can find Mike on Discord in the BanklessDAO server at ComeBackKid#3480

Twitter: @mikerabinovici

 

Episode 160 - Is accredited investing a glass ceiling, or a necessary protection? Interview with Mike Rabinovici

Take everything you think you know about crypto and poop it in the toilet. Shout
between the stalls to your neighbor to show your support for their struggle.
Light a match to cover up the Taco Bell token you bought earlier. Give a
congratulatory hoot when you flush and finish. This is my anti-professional
crypto channel. I‘m just a a barely sane dude who fell down the cryptocurrency
rabbit hole. This channel is my fumbling attempt to communicate myself outside
of my own head about my journey in the crypto space.

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