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In this episode we discuss: His background in mobile games. Gabbys Favourite games growing up. Decentraland -  launch and focus. NFT’s as an industry. Where the idea for Battle racers  came from and how assembling parts works. Pre sale progress  475 ETH raised so far  The gaming community in the Manila Challenges, team and the industry future

We discuss: Bonding over games Finding Decentraland Competition for smart contracts Keeping an open mind. Layer 2 scaling Neon District and Age of Rust Breaking game loops with speculation How many protocols do we need?   Check out his new podcast, Click here to Apply

We discuss: -Gaming  -Blockchain gaming revolution  -proprietary vs open games -trading across titles  -Samsung partnership - How the Software development Kit is now on the unity Asset store -GDC in March in San Francisco -Age of Rust -defeated enemies statues PvP

Background& Game influences Don’t mention the blockchain. Mainstream gamers just want to play, don’t care about tech. Use fortnite account selling as an example. Pay to win is the phrase Vs cosmetic items or land. Postive vs negative keywords in marketing - item history Partnership with Opensea - The Ebay for collectible items Why Ethereum? Partnership with JoshBaked Token Sale - land sale? Private/public Challenges and other projects in the space

In this episode we discuss how NFT's have evolved from Meme's, to cards, to cryptokittes and soon RPGs. Jon has been in the industry for 20 years and has a 10,000 foot view of the industry. What games are gaining traction What trends to follow What are the most promising projects in the space

In this episode we cover how to get started with lighting network games, how Carlos got interested in Lighting and what unique properties make the network useful for game design. Hope you enjoy.

We discuss Jodee's path into the space, why New York was the ideal city for the event and who will be speaking at the conference.

Matt Condon of excellent and one of the most well known people in the crypto collectibles space. He organised the first US conference in October of last year and has a great podcast with Jonathan Mann called Digitally Rare.  We discuss: Conferences  Matt organised Non Fugible summit San Fran and  spoke at Nifty Hong Kong.    What he is working on at the moment   Proof of work in NFTs -developer time - good narrative isn’t enough -    Gaming vs Gambling Do collectibles  have a Regulatory advantage due to the baseball card analogy?   Combined Physical /digital gifts - Rarepepes on Opendimes   Chris Dixon - Transition to having digital goods you own being more valuable than physical.   Scaling on Ethereum   Main challenges with the new Project.

Rudy Koch- blockchain lead at mythical games Worked at both World of Warcraft and before that Activision contriubtiion to titles such as Skylanders and Call of Duty.    In this episode we discuss: Early gaming experiences His experience working at Activision Where  Blankos Block party came from How Mythical games came together The challenges and reasons for building on Eos How scarce in game assets can become a mainstream idea. How the blockchain elements work within the game. The NFT community and more.

From Magic the gathering to scarce digital cards. How the NFT space is growing and where it is going. Duncan discusses his path from Digital Art to making it easier to by in game assets. The challenges with Metamask and other tools. Where Ethereum is headed and why Niftygateway is Blockchain agnostic. Why Cryptogames are growing during the 'crypto winter'. Duncan thinks that a bear market is the best time to get into any space. Ownership of digital goods have always been sought after. High level of experimentation at the moment. We discuss Duncans speech at NFT NYC and more.

Intro 2 Mins - Carl's background - 3d models marketplace - Second LIfe experience - Sansar Creators Guide - Carls Book on the platform - Led to introductions to Decentraland Founders Via Adam Levine. 3 mins - Second Life Journey - How it improved over time.  - How he got into Crypto - attracted to companies more so than mining. Built a relationship with 5 min - Importance of owning land in Decentraland. Transition to a decentralised future is attractive to Carl. VR is as valid as any other experience. VR memories are stored like any other in daily life. Carl sees the great potential. 7 mins - taking Ari and Esteban on tours of second life. - some interference here. - condensed nature of parcels is a positive. 8 min - Low end display is a positive - Mobile devices will be usable. Trade offs vs higher frame rate on Sansar and High Fidelity. 9 min - scarcity of land - It is speculative but that is inevitable pre-launch. May be bubbles but nobody knows. 10 mins - Lessons learned - Second Life as a rough and tumble place, illegality. Necessity of stepping in at this time. My Tiny Life - lulu.com case study on behaviour and content. Moderation will be challenging 13 min - Second life is easy to get started which is important. Decentraland will hopefully have similar characteristics. In world collaborative building in Second Life is very good. There is a lot of strong in world commerce in Second Life and Decentraland may be the same. 15 min - Tapering off of growth in Second Life - new VR generation will help. There is a learning curve. Newbie mistakes in a new culture. 17 - VR for beginners - Some districts in Decentraland will allow flying. Be overly courteous - Don’t be a Troll. Districts help with moderation. You can leave a district if you don’t like the content. Light centralised control. 19 - Transitioning to a fully decentralised world. - Going to get easier to use crypto for new users. Buying an avatar should be easy for people who haven’t used any cryptocurrencies. 21 - Avatars - Dragons, Trees, Elves and other characters and skins that Carl has. Although not a designer, he thinks it is worth investing in something good. 23 - Influences - Ready Player One and Snow Crash - Post apocalyptic worlds - Great fun - Central part of Aetheria District. Conference Centre is exciting as well though. Decentraland University. Many others. 25 - How will the experience be ‘stitched together’ in that some lands will not be developed at launch. Will always look local even though it is a complex world. Roads and Plazas are a great way to explore. But flying will be supported by default in places. Plazas will be especially useful. 27 - Do you need to buy land to enjoy Decentraland? Second life land is very expensive due to Monthly fees. Sansar has cheap land and focused on revenue share. Concerts, conferences and games will be a draw in for non-land owners. 29 - Where will Decentraland be in 5 years? - Still evolving . Price and performance of head mounted displays will allow more people to enjoy VR. 30 - Where can new people learn about Decentraland? Discord, Decentraland.org blog, Documentation.

Finding your path in Crypto - Final Fantasy as a great piece of art. - Transferring value in Ready Player One - Representing visuals as code Getting into Puzzles - Riddles, Treasure hunts, and mystery. Transition from Puzzles to complex game design. Marguerites strong team. Token Economics is a big piece and important to get right. Collaboration with Chain Breakers .Axie Infinity is a cool game. Partnering with Loom as the best value, most flexible option. Progress on Development. Raising finance for a crypto game. Very small group of ‘Crypto-Investor-Gamers’. Doing in game currency in an ethical way. Non Fungible Tokens. Experimenting with NFT standards Biggest Challenge - Lining up all the pipelines of a game and adding in the blockchain elements. Dark side of Blockchain Technology. Privacy of money. Games as a way to explore these themes. Balancing family life with a startup. Ethics of Loot Boxes Bitcoin vs Ethereum for game building - Bitcoin the most Robust and Decentralised chain. The importance of not creating a ‘Fungible Token Barrier’ to gaming.

Getting started in Crypto - From speculation to building.   1 min  - Slovenia had Bitstamp - Vibrant community.   2.45 - Ethereum had more capabilities but cryptokitties was the main draw. Academic credentialing was the first idea. 0xCert grew out of that.   4.30 - 3 areas of focus - Tools, Community and Product   6.30 - Non Fungible Alliance - Ecosystem needs to be built by breaking out of the Blockchain bubble.   9 mins - Example of a physical NFT? - Law and regulation vary widely. House example.   12 mins - Roadmap and Mission for 0xCert   16 mins - What projects excite you? Building is where the hype is, not just promoting. 2019 is going to be a very exiting year for shipping products.   20 mins - UX issues - Big challenge, need to abstract away from blockchain.   22 mins - Decentraland is very promising - Very large and strong community. - Wide use cases. Experiments are a very good thing. Difference from Second Life. Resilience.   24 mins - Nifty Conference - Important milestone.   26 mins - Most challenging elements - ICO - Challenges excite Urban. Tech, Ideological and other debates.   28 mins - More info 0xCert information -

William Entriken is one of the main authors of the erc-721 standard. He is also a computer security expert and has collaborated with Apple, the US Navy and International Space Station. We discuss, Solidity, NFTs, crypto games and more in this longer than normal episode. Apologies for the sound quality.

In this episode we discuss why Tom Left Facebook and Instagram to join the Product Team in 0x. What their plans are for the future and their focus on Non Fungible Tokens.  Tom explains why 0x areblockchain agnostic, why its important to separate game logic from on-chain exchange of value, and why you should avoid fetishising decentralisation.

1.00 - Intro  1.40 - From Facebook and Uber to Full Time Crypto 2.40 - Fundraising was surprising 4.25 - Why a mobile wallet? 5.10 - Gaming as an onramp into cryptocurrency.  6.20 - Institutional Investors vs Infrastructure builders.  7.46 - Scaling on Ethereum 9.30 - Airdropping characters as a way to explain NFT’s. 11.42 - Incumbents are unlikely to create the breakout NFT’s. 13.30 - New York startup community.  15.10 - Main challenges getting started 16.30 - Trade off between what transactions are on vs off-chain. 18.00 - Educational resources are on Ethereum.  18.45 - Level 2 scaling should be competitive. 20 - Supported Apps and exchanges. 20.20 - Native experiences are essential.  21.30 - Future progress metrics 23.00 - Who influences you? 25.00 - Where to find out more about Vault.io.

Intro - Devin's Background 2 mins - How Crypotkitties changed everything. Devin's early skepticism - could have been built without Blockchain. But launched Open and interoperable games. 3.30  - Interoperability has led to easier trading. ERC-721 standards has allowed for Dharma, Composables and lots of other creative opportunities. 5.30 - Scaling Ethereum - Backwards compatibility, difficulty running a full node. Second layer scaling is occurring. Not decentralised yet but Devin is hopefully. 7.30 - On chain is ok for Decentraland because it has high value NFTs. Devin talks about different ways to avoid paying too much gas per transaction. Simply signing contracts without onchain fees. Bundling may help with low value items. 10  - Best place for new users to start on Opensea. Gods Unchained, minimal blockchain, strong gaming experience vs blockchain dependent games like Cryptovoxels. Very excited for Decentraland. 13 - Liquidity problem for NFT's . Dutch Auctions, declining price auction. New feature is bidding, not available on Decentraland yet. Bundling also helps liquidity. Buying and selling in MANA coming to Opensea. 15 - New features on Opensea - Customer feedback. Bundling came from Etheremon. ERC 20 tokens for trading helps. Stablecoin support is coming. 16.30 - Dai Stablecoin is exciting. Soon to be integrated. 17.40 - Crytpo baseball launched by Lucid. Tested the interest for mainstream users. Trying to get through Metamask etc. Secondary marketplaces are interesting for existing IP owners. 19.40 - Reducing UI friction - Hosted Metamask, mobile wallets and user and password logins will improve the situation. Lots of innovation happening. 22.30 ( interference) - Mobile wallets - Vault, Coinbase and Trust Wallet are promising. 24 mins - How has the Crypto Bear market affected Opensea? Not as affected by crypto bear market as coin speculators. Small group of avid fans have persisted and experimented. 26.15 - Why didn't you do a token sale? Skeptical of the long term model for tokens. Very hard to get right from a regulatory and incentive point of view. Product first focus in Opensea. Opportunistic token sales may have put the cart before the horse. Should be for someone who has product market fit. 28.30 - Who influences you? Nadav from Dharma, Cryptokitties team and ZRX team. Tony Sheng. 30 - Where you can find out more about Opensea. Twitter.com/dfinzer Twitter.com/projectopensea

Mat from DCLBlogger.com @matty786 is one of the most well known traders on the Decentraland Marketplace. We talk about how he got into cryptocurrency and why he has spent most of his time on Decentraland. He shares tips on how to trade Land and why he is so optimistic about the future of the platform. Mat discusses a wide range of topics including, the upcoming Auction, the most promising Districts, why Mana has held up well relative to other altcoins, how he does private deals and what the future holds.