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A Conversation with Michael McCarty, Founder & CEO of Shrimpy.

The yWhales team speaks with Michael McCarty, Founder & CEO of Shrimpy. Michael shares his journey in the Web3 space and why he founded Shrimpy. Shrimpy is connecting customers to every custody solutions and a liquidity provider that enables seamless portfolio management. Shrimpy is building a unified portal for the cryptocurrency market. 
 
About Guest
Michael is the Founder and CEO of Shrimpy. He graduated with a degree in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. During his time at UIUC, Michael founded one of the earliest DOGE mining operations that was run out of his apartment complex. This became his first foray into cryptocurrency. Although Michael eventually lost a portion of his portfolio in the Cryptsy hack,  it set in motion the events that would ultimately lead to the founding of Shrimpy. Before he was known as a founder, Michael was a researcher at NASA, a software engineer at both Samsung and Boeing, and an author. Managing digital assets is too complicated. Michael has made it his mission to bring digital asset exposure to every investor in the United States.
 
You’ll learn about:
Why Michael created Shrimpy
Shrimpy integrations
How Copy Trading gives users more access
Shrimpy’s revenue model 
Shrimpy pricing
Social trading and convenience for users
The future of Shrimpy
Resources: 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Connect with Michael McCarty: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter 
Connect with Shrimpy: Facebook | Twitter | Telegram | Reddit | Discord | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube
Timestamps
[01:21] Michael’s Intro
[03:10] How Michael got into the space
[06:09] What drew you to the space?
[09:15] About Shrimpy
[11:34] Integrations
[15:27] Shrimpy Demo
[23:38] Copy Trading
[25:19] The Expansion Process
[28:22] History & Backtesting
[29:50] The rebalancing feature
[33:35] Revenue Model
[35:34] Chain integrations
[36:10] Building our the AUM
[38:44] Educating customers
[40:10] Community starts with the product
[48:36] Wallets
[55:35] Custody

An Interview with Hart Lambur, Co-Founder at UMA

The yWhales team speaks with Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of UMA. UMA is an optimistic oracle that uses economic guarantees to secure markets. Unlike mechanically restrictive price feed oracles, an optimistic oracle is able to serve any arbitrary data on-chain. Lambur discusses how he became interested in finance, the current L2 bridge, the opportunity for an alternative contracting system and why UMA was created. 
About Guests
Hart Lambur is the Co-Founder of UMA. His journey in crypto began with his interest in making finance global instead of local. He dug deeper into what a global contracting system would look like and enjoyed programming incentive structures. His passion for Universal Market Access and decentralized finance led him to found UMA in 2018, to provide various smart contract templates that are automatically secured by an optimistic oracle and serve data for uses including a cross-chain bridge, insurance, custom derivatives and prediction markets.
You’ll learn about:
Lambur’s background
UMA and the development background 
UMA’s oracle system
Tokenomics
Accessible innovations
The UMA community
Curve and liquidity pools
The future of UMA
Resources: 
Connect with UMA: Github | Discord | Twitter | Medium | Discourse | YouTube | Website 
Connect with Hart Lambur: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Medium
 
Timestamps
[2:02] First exposure to Crypto
[5:16] Cut background noise
[6:03] Contracting system
[8:37] Issues with the current financial systems
[11:49] Cut Jay’s background noise
[11:54] The intersection between TradFi & DeFi
[13:45] Aave Arc
[17:00] The value of UMA
 
[21:53] UMA is an Optimistic Oracle
[27:33] Long vs Short Tokens
[32:34] Overvalued projects
[36:28] The UMA Community
[42:27] About Across
[48:19] UMA’s Structure
[51:55] The “insider” community
[56:03] Why he believes in Ethereum
[58:10] UMA Tokenomics
[1:09:12] The steps businesses should take to implement Web3
[1:15:43] Increasing user engagement with DAOs
[1:17:54] What Hart finds interesting in the Web3 space
[1:24:02] Recruiting in the Web3 Space

An Interview with Sly Lee, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Emerge and Isaac Castro, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Emerge.

The yWhales team speaks with Sly Lee, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO at Emerge, and Isaac Castro, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO at Emerge. Emerge is an LA-based company building a platform for touch in the metaverse. Imagine a virtual high five, but without the need for wearables. Emerge’s purpose is to create a future where distance and time don’t stand in the way of feeling present. Powered by Ultrasound, Emerge has mid-air virtual objects, textures and surfaces that bring touch to virtual experiences and revolves around your Inner Circles. 
 
About Guests
Sly is a first generation Asian American entrepreneur, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Emerge. His journey is influenced by his upbringing in the  American Deep South, work in developing countries, and experience founding an oceans education non-profit, TheHydrous, funded by Google, Autodesk, and the Smithsonian. He is co-chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future  Council for AR/VR, a  Forbes  30 Under 30 class of 2018 recipient, a recent student of Daoism, and can be found surfing the coast of southern California some mornings. Isaac Castro, is an immigrant entrepreneur and Co-founder and Co-CEO of Emerge. Isaac believes in a future where technological progress brings us closer together, rather than pulling us apart, and where nobody is left behind. He is an MIT Technology Review ‘Innovator Under 35’ recipient for the invention of a medical device for more effective cancer treatment. Isaac holds a master's degree in telecommunications engineering, and he is a graduate of GoogleX and NASA sponsored Global Solutions Program at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley.
You’ll learn about:
Sly’s background
Isaac’s background
What is Emerge?
The difference between Web2 and Web3
What is Wave1?
The journey of testing the device
The Emerge experience
User reactions
How Emerge is creating an affordable and human experience
The Virtual Handshake
What Sly and Isaac are excited about
Resources: 
Connect with Sly: LinkedIn | Twitter | Website | Instagram
Connect with Emerge: LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
 
Timestamps
[01:22] Sly’s background
[03:44] Isaac’s background
[07:42] What has Emerge built?
[09:53] The new type of economy
[08:00] What is Omnia?
[10:50] Showing the device
[13:14] Walking through the video
[15:55] The Immerse Home
[21:12] Technology platform
[24:34] Initial reactions from users
[29:07] Freeing yourself from technology
[31:42] Will keep iterating the tech
[34:07] The aspects of the hardware
[37:09] The Emerge Interface
[40:50] Emerge Use Case
[43:16] How does hand tracking work?
[44:57] Funding Landscape
[46:34] How did Sly and Isaac meet?
[48:08] The first pitch
[49:37] The Team
[51:11] Venture Capital backing
[53:11] What are you excited about?
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

An Interview with Tammy Camp, CEO & Founder of Stronghold

The yWhales team speaks with Tammy Camp, Co-Founder & CEO of Stronghold, a virtual payment network that works with businesses such as IBM to make payments quicker and easier while maintaining regulatory compliance and interoperability between payment systems. Stronghold aims to provide fast, secure, and accessible financial services for all.
 
About Guest
Tammy Camp is the CEO and Co-Founder of Stronghold, a financial infrastructure company that provides fast, secure, and accessible financial services through a simple API.Inspired by her previous entrepreneurial experiences across the technology and startup landscape, Tammy founded Stronghold in 2017 to bring better financial services to a broader range of market participants. Before founding Stronghold, she served as a Partner for the Silicon Valley venture capital firm 500 Startups. There, she invested in portfolio companies and spearheaded development of its growth and marketing curriculum. Tammy was also the first Head of Growth for Stellar, the open-source payments platform for fiat and digital currencies. In this role, she helped the platform attract an astounding 4 million users within its first two months of operations. Outside of her work with Stronghold, Tammy also serves as an advisor to numerous companies in the security, consumer, Internet, and executive research fields, including Walmart, Lloyds TSB, Hotwire.com, Holiday Autos, and eBay.
 
Tammy is a respected leader in the startup and fintech spaces and has been an avid technologist since she wrote her first code at the age of six. Forbes, USA Today, NPR, and the International Business Times have featured her, and Tammy has been invited to share her expertise onstage by global leaders such as Amazon and IBM. Fortune’s “The Ledger 40 under 40” list also recognized her as a young leader transforming business at the intersection of finance and technology.  She recently joined the inaugural cohort of On Deck’s Fintech Fellowship. Tammy is a 2011 graduate of the Global Startup Program at Singularity University at NASA Ames and received her bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University. She holds the kiteboarding world record for most completed back loops in one minute.
You’ll learn about:
Tammy’s background
The SHx token
The ecosystem fund
Virtual payment networks
Real time payments
Tammy’s vision for Stronghold
 
Resources: 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Connect with Stronghold: Twitter | YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Discord | Telegram | Newsletter
Timestamps
[0:28] How Tammy got into crypto
[11:15] The early days
[13:05] The technology behind crypto
[16:04] Speculators in the market
[18:30] Education
[21:10] Perspectives on POW vs POS
[25:30] How do you define Web3?
[30:05] How do you define decentralization?
[32:30] Utopia decentralization
[35:32] Protocol security
[40:52] About Stronghold
[44:23] The Stronghold Token
[47:29] The technology beyond Stronghold
[51:26] Stronghold Pitch
[55:50] Industry complexities
[1:00:10] Educating regulators
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

A Conversation with Dan Goikhman, Krish Arvapally and Kedric Van de Carr at Replay

The yWhales team speaks with Co-Founders Dan Goikhman and Krish Arvapally of Replay, and Kedric Van de Carr, Advisor at Replay. Replay is the leading blockchain-based video tracking and payments platform for content owners. Powering the Web3 Content Economy,  Replay is removing monetization friction for content creators and users to deliver unparalleled transparency into viewership and performance. Built on Theta’s blockchain protocol, Replay enables digital-ready streams that are trackable on the blockchain and available for distribution  via a consumption-based model. 
 
About Guests
Dan Goikhman’s career started in business development strategy and Krish Arvapally in engineering. Goikhman and Arvapally started in Web2 at Mojiva, but eventually moved into Web3. They both shared a passion for the video space and founded Replay in March 2022 . A serial entrepreneur, Kedric Van de Carr is the Co-Founder of DeFi masterclass and has previously co-founded several blockchain/cryptocurrency businesses. He met Goikhman and Arvapally during their time at Mojiva and is a close advisor for Replay today.
 
You’ll learn about:
How Goikhman, Arvapally and Van de Carr connected
Why Goikhman and Arvapally founded Replay
What is Replay
The Authentication Mechanism
Decentralizing video payments, tracking and payments with the RPLAY TNT-20 token 
Common issues that occurred with company launch
Replay’s partnership with ThetaLabs
What is the team at Replay excited about?
 
Resources: 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Connect with Replay: Website | Email | Reddit 
 
Timestamps
[01:50] Dan’s background
[05:33] The year of mobile and the comparison to Web3
[09:00] Krish’s background
[14:06] Kedric’s background
[20:13] How do you define NFTs?
[27:13] About Replay
[32:52] A lack of visibility in the content creation process
[36:10] Partnership with ThetaLabs
[39:24] Where is Replay currently at?
[42:29] What does your tech stack currently look like?
[48:15] The target audience
[53:04] Streaming agnostic
[54:14] Tackling piracy
[59:14] What are the unknowns? 
[1:02:00] The content creators Replay is going after
[1:05:51] More on Theta
[1:08:57] What is the team excited about
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

TradFi vs. DeFi

The yWhales team dive deep into TradFi versus DeFi with Zemfira Khisaeva, Global Head of Technology and Enterprise Strategy at Scotiabank, Lili Wang, General Partner at QIS Capital, and Eli Cohen, Partner at GenTrust Wealth Management and Catenary Alternative Asset Management. They talk about the progressive of Web 1.0 and 2.0 into Web 3.0 and why Web 3.0 as a reason to understand where these industries are going. 
 
About Guests
Zemfira Khisaeva is a global technology and finance executive. She is Global Head of Technology and Enterprise Strategy at Scotiabank helping to change its technology function to meet the needs of the future of banking. Prior to that, she was in charge of building Scotiabank’s Enterprise Strategy group, a start-up within a large institution, to compete with McKinsey’s and BCG’s of the world in solving the Bank’s most pressing challenges. Zemfira is very passionate about technology and its impact on the future of finance.
Lili Wang is a GP at QIS Capital, a crypto hedge fund using AI technology and quantitative research methods. She also invests, advises, and builds in web 3.0 through Castle Seal. Lili started her career at Goldman Sachs, in investment banking and private equity, and later traded public equities at Seneca Capital.
Eli Cohen is Partner at GenTrust Wealth Management and Catenary Alternative Asset Management. He is responsible for the selection, oversight, management and development of alternative investment strategies including hedge fund, private equity, opportunistic and other non-traditional strategies. Prior to joining GenTrust, he worked at Strategic Investment Group, an outsourced investment office for pension funds, foundations, and endowments with over $30 billion in assets under management. 
 
You’ll learn about:
Thoughts on the convergence of traditional markets and cryptocurrency
KPMG investing a large amount into crypto
How Leverage creates a lot of volatility and destabilizes markets across the board
The Bitfinex hack and wallet tracking
The difference between TradFi and DeFi
The panel’s investments in crypto and how projects are valued
What the panel thinks will mark the merger of TradFi and DeFi
What it will take for adoption to become mainstream
 
Resources: 
Connect with Zemfira Khisaeva: LinkedIn
Connect with Lili Wang: LinkedIn
Connect with Eli Cohen: LinkedIn
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
 
Timestamps
[01:55] Eli’s background
[15:25] Lili’s background
[07:38] Zem’s background
[09:14] The transition to Web3
[16:00] The Fed and interest rates
[21:22] Preserve the financial system and preventing the new system from failing
[24:05] KPMG investing a large amount into crypto
[27:44] Leverage creates a lot of volatility and destabilizes markets across the board
[34:39] Blockchain transparency 
[37:28] The Bitfinex hack and wallet tracking
[46:57] The difference between TradFi and DeFi
[54:50] The rate of technological innovation outweighs the government’s reactions/regulations
[56:38] Investments in crypto and how projects are valued
[1:11:53] What is it going to take for adoption to become mainstream
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

A Conversation with Mark Anstead, Co-Founder and Director of Business Development at Numio

The yWhales team speaks with Mark Anstead, Co-Founder and Director of Business Development at Numio. Numio is a simple crypto payments app that can be sent instantly and save users up to 100x on Ethereum fees. The app can verify your digital identity in a safe and secure way. Numio is the first zkRollup powered mobile crypto wallet app to be released on GooglePlay. Launching soon, Numio VAULT will combine the simplicity of software wallets with security that rivals hardware wallets.
 
About Guests
Mark Anstead began his journey in Crypto in high school. In college, a health crisis caused him to be bedridden for months. He began reading more about bitcoin and educating himself about blockchain. He then became involved in a cryptocurrency investing network, working to give more exposure and support to organizations. While working on a variety of projects and completing an M.B.A in International Business from the University of Detroit-Mercy, he launched Numio in December, 2020. Anstead launched Numio to make crypto accessible and comprehensive to any user.
 
You’ll learn about:
Mark’s story leading up to the founding of Numio
What is Numio?
Decentralized workspaces
ZkRollup solutions
Downsides of zkRollups and Optimistic Rollups
Layer 2 Adoption
Fragmentation in terms of Liquidity
The power of middleware
The Numio mobile app
The future of Numio and Numio VAULT
The Numio team, funding and investors
What Mark is excited about
 
Resources: 
Connect with Mark: Twitter 
Connect with Numio: GitHub | Twitter | LinkedIn | TikTok | Telegram | YouTube
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
 
Timestamps
[2:09] Mark’s background
[6:49] Decentralized workspaces
[10:52] The Numio App
[13:35] Network Choice & ZK-rollups
[21:40] Retail Adoption
[23:25] Liquidity fragmentation
[28:39] Wallet interaction
[31:03] Security
[34:56] The KYC Process
[37:10] Roadmap
[42:44] The Numio Vault
[47:43] Users & Marketing
[53:15] The team & fundraising
[56:05] Middleware bridges
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

A Conversation with Diego Di Tommaso of OVR

The yWhales team speaks with Diego Di Tommaso, Co-Founder and COO of OVR, the decentralized infrastructure for the metaverse, merging physical and virtual worlds through Augmented Reality, creating a new dimension where everything is possible. OVR makes it possible for users provided with a mobile device or smart glasses to live interactive augmented reality experiences customized in the real world. Diego talks about OVR, including the three layers of OVR.
 
About Guests
Diego Di Tommaso is the Co-Founder and COO of OVR and Senior Advisor at PwC. He also co-founded Unicorn Trainers Club and is a non-executive partner at Ant Capital.
 
You’ll learn about:
The thesis that brought Diego to OVR
What is OVR and the 3 Layers of OVR
OVR’s algorithms, maps and revenue model
How they hold team meetings and events in the metaverse
The scope of their use cases of the platform
The tokenomics of OVR
How they address the challenge of censorship
 
Resources: 
Connect with Diego Di Tommaso: LinkedIn 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
OVR: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Discord | Instagram | Facebook | Reddit | Medium | Telegram | YouTube
 
Timestamps
[01:15] Diego’s background
[05:35] AR is the future
[07:51] What is OVR
[10:14] The 3 Layers of OVR and the Solution
[14:29] OVR’s algorithms, maps and revenue model
[24:39] The SDK Layer and the path to AR Metaverse Adoption
[28:57] The OVR Team and hosting AR Meetings and Events
[36:36] The use cases 
[38:46] The tokenomics
[45:08] Governance and quadratic voting 
[50:59] Planning to build nodes
[54:25] Addressing the challenge of censorship
[58:27] GDP Tree
[1:03:11] DAOs, DeFi, OHM
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

An Interview with the Founders of VALK

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Antoine Loth, Co-Founder, and CEO of VALK, and Elie Azzi, Co-Founder and Head of Product at VALK. VALK builds a decentralized infrastructure for capital markets and allows financial institutions to digitize their deal-making process by tokenizing their assets. Antoine and Elie talk about the ways VALK connects users to innovative DeFi products and how blockchain should be accessible to everyone. 
 
About Guests
Antoine Loth is the Co-Founder and CEO of VALK. His journey in crypto started in investment banking, helping startups raise funds. His interest in the infrastructure of crypto and blockchain and its improvement led him to launch VALK. Elie Azzi is the Co-Founder and Head of Product at VALK. His background is in computer science and engineering. In 2015, his interest in blockchain and his work in proof of concepts allowed him to further his knowledge in tokenizing assets. Loth and Azzi founded VALK in 2019 and now serve 90 financial institutions. 
 
You’ll learn about:
Antoine and Elie’s How institutions can manage their deal processes on a leading and scalable tokenization process.
How VALK connects clients to innovative DeFi products, liquidity, and portfolio management solutions.
VALK’s admin interface, investor interface, and secondary market
Merlin and managing your portfolio in one platform
The future of VALK
Projects Antoine and Elie are excited about 
Diversity in the DeFi crowd
Availability of blockchains for everyone
Resources: 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Antoine Loth: Email 
Elie Azzi: Email
VALK: Website | V-DeFi Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Discord | Telegram 
 
Timestamps
[01:18] How Antoine got into Web3
[04:55] Elie’s background
[09:02] The tokenization journey 
[11:17] The real value behind blockchain
[15:56] The core problem VALK is solving
[24:01] VALK’s core beliefs
[25:33] What VALK has built
[29:35] Opening up the API for institutions
[31:49] Enterprise solutions
[34:17] Does the DeFi crowd want diversity
[37:52] How does VALK integrate with oracles
[44:46] What does VALK want to achieve in 2022?
[47:35] Centralized software
[51:25] How is the TradFi product different?
[56:36] What Antoine is excited about
[01:00:45] What Elie is excited about
[01:03:37] Blockchains are available to everyone
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

An Interview with the Founders of Omnia Protocol

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Cristian Lupascu, Co-Founder and CEO at Omnia, and Alexandru Lupascu, Co-Founder and CTO at Omnia. Omnia is a decentralized infrastructure protocol for securely accessing the blockchain so that no single point of failure will ever disrupt blockchain applications or wallets integrating with it. Focused on off-chain privacy and managing access at each phase of the interaction with the blockchain, Omnia allows individuals to anonymously trade, swap, and transact assets on the blockchain by incentivizing nodes.
 
About Guests
Cristian Lupascu is the Co-Founder and CEO at Omnia and his twin brother Alexandru Lupascu is the Co-Founder and CTO. Their experience in cryptography and DeFi spans over a decade. With a specialized military background in cyber security and national defense, Cristian went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Cryptography and Alexandru completed a Masters of Business. In 2016, their interests led them to learn more about the technical side of blockchain. They began investing in Web3 and through their own experiences discovered two specific gaps in cryptography: the lack of privacy when interacting with the blockchain and the centralization of access points. Cristian and Alexandru then founded Omnia in 2021 to provide state-of-the-art privacy solutions for users.
 
You’ll learn about:
Cristian and Alexandru’s Web3 journey.
On-and-off-chain privacy and why the brothers founded Omnia.
What Omnia is and how it works.
Mixnet technology and how the RPC works
How Omnia is funded and staking to join
Business Strategy: Closing the gap in privacy 
The impact of the Web3 community
The future of Omnia and exciting projects coming up
 
Resources: 
Connect with Cristian Lupascu: LinkedIn
Connect with Alexandru Lupascu: LinkedIn
Connect with Omnia: Twitter | LinkedIn | Medium | Telegram | GitHub
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
 
Timestamps
[01:43] Cristian’s Web3 journey
[03:52] Alexandru’s Web3 journey
[06:01] On-and-off-chain privacy
[06:52] What was the catalyst for Omnia?
[08:00] What is Omnia?
[10:28] How does Omnia work?
[12:42] The different protocol layers
[15:53] The Mixnet technology
[18:10] Demo
[20:47] How does the RPC work?
[26:12] How do you achieve scalability?
[29:55] Funding
[31:24] Staking to join
[34:16] Closing the gap in privacy
[36:24] Business strategy on customer adoption
[40:13] The number of servers and nodes
[46:06] Layman’s terms of Omnia
[48:10] Omnia’s features
[50:23] The future of Omnia
[46:06] Layman’s terms of Omnia
[51:12] People working together in Web3
[52:12] The Omnia community
[53:57] Projects Alexandru is excited about 
[55:40] Tracking IP addresses through NFTs
 
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.