Web3 Normies

In this video, the normies discuss the latest news and trends in the cryptocurrency space, with a focus on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The normies discuss: • Will banks adopt it if approved? • Is the crypto ETF a net good for crypto? • How could the ETF impact crypto exchanges? PLUS: Why is investment moving away from the US? Timestamps: 0:00-2:45: Prashanth's opinion on the market 3:38-7:33: What's up with the Crypto's macro space 7:34-14:28: Gary Gensler's controversial opinions 14:28-16:48: a16z moving to UK 16:49-25:50: Everything about the ETF 25:51- 28:56: ETF for Ethereum? 28:57-31:50: Crypto Organizations, DAO, Networking & more about the ETF 31:51-37:28: With the ETF, what happens to the BIG exchanges 37:30-38:50: Banks adopting the ETF 38:51-39:55: Bitcoin ETF net good or net bad?

Crypto and AI. Everyone is talking about it. But do you know what connects crypto with AI? We'll give you a hint, we've all played this as kids. (stop thinking of dirty things) We're talking about – G A M I N G. The normies chat about: • Is Web3 Gaming all hype or is there some potential? • Can Web3 gaming ever look as cool as Web2 gaming? • How does a crypto founder go from 0-1, and from 10-100? PLUS: Prashanth talks about his trip to London to watch Arsenal win the Premier League. Oh, wait... Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack Chapters: 0:00-7:33 Intro: Who is Aakash and what is Matrix 7:34-10:43 Difference between a founder's phases 10:44-12:40 What kinda founder/CEO does Aakash look for 12:41-16:55 How did Aakash get started in crypto 16:56- 21:30 Verticals Aakash looks at in Matrix 21:31-33:18 What is Web3 gaming? 33:19- 35:30 Are blockchains tamper-proof? 35:31- 46:55 How to make Web3 game look more Web3 and not Web2 46:56-53:42 The AI Wave and how it's going 53:43- 1:05:17 Who wins in AI? 1:05:19-1:07:22 How will the government regulate AI 1:07:50- 1:16:49 AI and Crypto Intersection 1:16:50-1:18:15 Outro

What kinda workout do you do? Push, pull, legs? That's too basic bro. This dude just does PUSH. Meet Harsh Rajat, the founder of Push Protocol. The normies talk to Harsh about why he started a push notification service for Web3 products, and why Push Protocol is so much more than a notification service. • the genesis of Push Protocol • how Harsh got Polygon to invest • the next steps for Push Protocol Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack ------ 0:00-5:14: How Harsh started Push Protocol 5:15-13:01: Story until the start of Push Protocol 13:02-20:59: Things Harsh had to unlearn from web2 21:00-29:36: Growth and different phases of the team 29:37-31:58: People Harsh looks up to in Web3 31:50-38:43: Polygon investing story 38:45- 42:22: Harsh’s struggles & challenges 42:24- 44:55: What’s next for Push 44:56-47:15: Final Thoughts ------

Roll out the red carpet because we've got some Crypto 👑 Royalty in the house. This dude has been in crypto longer than most crypto influencers have been alive. From Woodstock to ThorChain, to InstaDApp, and now Frontier. He's been making big ways in crypto since 2017. He spoke to the Normies about: - How to build a wallet company? - Frontier's 3 pronged focus - Is Uniswap mobile wallet a threat? PLUS: Ravindra’s 🌶️ views on airdrops. Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack ------ 0:00-12:10 Ravindra’s Web3 Journey 12:11-16:43 TVL, DeFi & Woodstock 16:44-24:08 Frontier’s current avatar journey 24:09-28:46 Wallet Journey. How frontier has planned to stay on top 28:37-30:20 Views on Airdrop 30:40-39:13 Views on Account Abstraction & MPC 39:14- 43:19 More on Frontier 43:30-45:57 Chains Frontier caters to & Wallet or Gateway? 46:00-50:48 Companies like Uniswap making wallets, Compliment or Threat? 50:49-53:59 3 things Ravindra looks for in a founder 54:00-58:34 Things Ravindra would want in crypto after 3 years 58:35-1:00:43 Active wallets users and people in crypto ------

It might be too late to think about your future but it ain’t late to think about the future of the blockchains ⛓️ So that’s why the Normies are talking to Ganesh from Covalent. We talked about: • The journey of Covalent and the potential it holds for the future of blockchain data • Activities in the blockchain space, the competition • Why Covalent chooses demand over supply. PLUS: We also discuss the CQT network and how it fits into the current market, as well as Covalent's future plans, including their India-specific initiatives Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack ------ 0:00-8:14 Ganesh’s Journey 8:15-10:19 Views on De-Sci and Potential 10:20-16:29 What is Covalent? 16:31-24:28 Underrated chains & activities 24:30-32:31 Why is Covalent chooses demand over supply 32:33-41:24 The Competition 41:26-42:35 Is the current market a “Winner takes all” market? 42:37-45:07 How CQT network fits in this 45:08-49:45 What’s next for Covalent? 49:50-53:50 India specific plans 53:51 Final thoughts ------ #blockchain #web3 #blockchaindata

Some blockchains are scalable some are not, but what about your portfolio anon? Is that scalable? 😂 In this episode, we discussed: - Why L1’s are valued so high - What went wrong w other blockchains - How tf does Greg manage to go to every conference? (Is he a superhero?) Plus: Nischal’s transition from WazirX to Shardeum Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack Timestamps: 0:00- 4:40 Introduction 4:40-8:49 Greg’s story 8:50-12:48 Nischal’s story 13:45-20:11 Why L1’s are valued so high 20:13- 27:41 What went wrong w other blockchains 27:42-30:48 Nishchal’s product approach 30:50- 35:18 Chains & different launguages 35:19-38:25 Nischal’s transition from WazirX➡ Shardeum 38:26-42:45 Greg going up against the Big Boys! 42:46- 45:44 Community Growth 45:46-48:19 What ‘s next for Shardeum 48:21-50:06 Greg’s Advice 50:28-53:26 Nischal’s Advice 53:27-57:36 Final words

Have you ever been on the wrong side of a trade? Well, you’re a crypto bro. Your entire life is on the wrong side of a trade. 🤣 Turns out, the right side had bots. A lot of bots! And turns out our guy Yuri has built a protocol to – give money back to the users (people like you and me) that would’ve gone to bots. He gives Prashanth a low-down of: • How these bots work in the DeFi space • MEV bots vs Flash Bots • Wen Chrome extension PLUS: What’s the big difference between a web2 vs web3 founder Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Intro to MEV: https://www.mev.wiki/ Follow Yuri: https://twitter.com/kyparus Learn more about Wallchain: https://www.wallchain.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack Timestamps: 1:01 - 4:08 Yuri’s Intro 4:18 - 10:25 Key insights he developed 10:26 -17:07 Types of MEV 17:13-19:34 Valuechain & RPC 19:36-28:59 About Wallchain 29:08-34:07 MEV across different chains 34:08-37:06 How MEV works offchain 37:08-39:12 Views on Flashbot 39:14- 43:12 MEV’s product market 43:15- 46:49 Difference between Web3 Founders v Web2 Founders 46:52- 47-27 Chrome extension wen?

For the first time in Web3 Normies history, everyone’s an Arsenal fan. So, this podcast is totally not about winning a Champion’s League. Raghu and Prashanth are joined by Ramani Ramachandran from Router Protocol and DFYN Network. They talk about: • Can Web3 really be interoperable? • Building on Ethereum vs Cosmos! • Cross-chain swaps: Yay or Nay? Plus: Guess where Sandeep Nailiwal made his podcast debut. Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack Timestamps: 1:03-2:10 - Ram's Arsenal journey 2:11-10:50 - Ram's Crypto journey 10:51-14:00 - Why did he transition to Crypto 14:05-17:49 - Why he didn't do ICO 21:01-28:18 - Bridges & Types of Bridges 28:20-30:33 - Thing that led them to Cosmos ecosystem 30:43-33:05 - Experience with EVM and Non-EVM 33:07-42:02 - How Router deals with Security 42:18-44:44 - Min value lot v Total Value lot 44:45-46:03 - Impact of Low TVL on the spreads 46:05-53:15 - Future of Router & Competition 53:17-57:51 - Where the Business Development concentrating 57:21-59:40 - What about Tokens? 59:42-1:04:04 - Likes and Dislikes about Founders

$1 million is a lot of money. It can get you → 13 Rolexes, 4 Lamborghini or 69 million doodh bottles. But according to this guy – Balaji Srinivasan – it can get you 1 (YES, JUST 1) Bitcoin in June 2023. Balaji Srinivasn is: ex-CTO of Coinbase Author of the Network State Future guest on the Web3 Normies pod 🤞 The normies discuss the WHY and the HOW of Balaji’s $1 million Bitcoin bet. And they answer the most important questions. Questions like: Is there any merit to Balaji’s bet? Will the US enter hyperinflation in 2023? What the hell is going on with Arsenal this season? PLUS: What’s Arthur Hayes’ hot TAKE on this Bitcoin BET? Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack Timestamps: 1:29- 4:01 Debt Cycle Breakdown tf is that? 4:02- 10:33 Should we prepare for Balaji's Prediction? 10:34-11:40 How to avoid the Debt Cycle? 11:41-14:38 How AI & Tech can help 15:07-15:45 Why the Normies are not worried 15:46-17:55 Can we trust Arthur Hayes? 17:56-23:08 Is the US government attacking crypto? 23:09-28:36 Arthur Hayes' take on Tokens 28:38-31:18 That Essay which Raghu LOVED

This weekend, the unthinkable happened – Chelsea finally won away from home. In smaller news – a major startup bank paused withdrawals causing the second-largest stablecoin to depeg. Told you the Chelsea news was waaayy bigger. To make sense of wtf happened – our resident BIG BRAIN VC and OG TradFi bro Prashanth breaks down the situation.  Here’s what you can expect: - What happened with SVB? - Why did USDC depeg because of this? - Does this make USDC stronger or weaker? - Can Chelsea really keep up the winning run? Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack

Denver was the place to be in Feb - March 2023. Not because weed is legal there 🍁. Lol no, but because one of the oldest + largest Ethereum Hackathons happened in Denver. And the Normie was there in the front row. 👀 Raghu, our resident CHAD BUIDLER, flew down to Denver for ETH Denver (not to cover it for the pod 🤦 ) – to organize a bunch of events around the Buildathon. There he met with hackers, venture capitalists, builders, and even non-EVM believers. 🫢 In this episode he drops the 🔥on: - Are Ethereum devs excited about Bitcoin Ordinals? - What does the room think about ZK-rollups? - Everyone’s building a wallet. Are they wrong? PLUS: Was that SBF song the most cringe moment of ETH Denver? Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw

Why did this IIT-IIM dude get into Liquid Staking? ft. Amitej Gajjala from Stader LSDs are quite popular in crypto. Wait, not that weird drug devs take to stay up all night. We’re talking about liquid staking derivatives. One company that’s doing a 🔥 job with LSDs across proof-of-stake blockchains is Stader Labs. In this episode of the Web3 Normies podcast, Raghu and Prash talk to Amitej Gajjala, the Founder of Stader Labs. They talk about: • How Amitej went from IIT – IIM – Swiggy – Staking cryptos? • Is staking meant to secure the network or earn passive income or both? • What’s the learning curve for a web2 engineer to transition into a web3 developer? Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw Timestamps: 0:00- 8:18- Amitej's Story of Web3 8:19- 12:24- Amitej's view on Staking  12:31- 19:22- What is LST?  19:39-25:34- How does the PEG get affected & role of ETH  26:33-28:11- How big is his team, How does he hire? 28:14-30:22- His views on $ to % ratio of ETH  30:25- 36:54- What about his competition in the markets?  36:56 - 38:30- Will there be bonding of Stader Tokens  38:38- 40:54- What is the future of Stader?  41:10- 49:02- What worked after Terra? 49:05-50:11- What are his plans for India?  50:57-53:54- His thoughts on Restaking  54:10-56:11- Parting thoughts

One of the most boring phrases in all of crypto is – “Enterprise Blockchain Technology.” 🥱 But we know someone who can make it fun and someone who’s been in the enterprise blockchain space since 2016. 😯 In this episode, the Normies talk with Vijay Krishnan, the director of technology at ConsenSys, a blockchain software company founded by a co-founder of Ethereum, Joseph Lubin. They chat about: - Cool use-cases for Metamask! - What tf is Infura and how does it work? - How Vijay set up a mining rig in THREE days! Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw Timestamps: 0:48-9:42- Vijay's Intro and backstory  9:46- 12:35- 2016 Ethereum vs Current Ethereum 12:38-17:22- What is Consenys 17:24-18:23- How does Consenys manage the product 18:27-22:25- Future of Consenys 22:46-26:16- Some exciting use-cases 26:17-27:20- Future for Metamask 27:21- 28:49- Will Consensys go non-EVM  28:54-33:43-Views on Account Abstraction  37:51-41:56- The Infura story 41:57-45:09 Will the world be multichain?  45:11-49:42- About ZK EVM 49:45-52:56-Will Consenys go vertical?  53:00-56:15- Consenys' India plans

Metaverses are cool. In some of them, I can even have a real girlfriend. But how are metaverses built, why are they cool (besides the girlfriend part ofc), and what can they become? To understand all of 👆the normies brought on Sai Krishna, from CopeStudio, Polygon-acquired company building tools for the metaverse.  He answers a very important question: Can we really drink 2-day old doodh ❌ Does a metaverse really need a token ✅ Catch the Normies dropping some 🔥in English and in God’s favourite language. By God we mean, the only and only SUPERSTAR Rajnikanth. 😎 Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw 0:00- 4:43- What tf is SAI? 5:26- 11:20- Sai's background Polygon Story  11:21-14:42- Polygon Story 14:59-20:00- Should a metaverse be open?  20:11-10:57- Three J's Story and Metaverse 31:01-40:24 - Web3 & Metaverse intersection  40:32-48:44- GPU power for rendering Metaverse 49:35- 55:30- How to get users into the Web3 Metaverse  55:42-59:58- State of the Metaverse current 1:00:29-1:03:06- State of the Metaverse future 1:04:08- 1:08:20- How will humans deal with metaverse ethics 1:08:23 -1:09:43 - The Normies' view on the Metaverse

DeFi is more complicated than my last girlfriend. And more useful than a swiss knife. Damn, that’s a weird combination.   To make sense of this weird combination, we’ve got Karan Ambwani (that’s Ambwani, not Ambani!!) the lead for dYdX India.  He joins the normies to talk about all things decentralized finance.   Karan does 3 things:  1. Make sense of DeFi (weird! but okay)  2. Is Interesting in DeFi (really weird)  3. Builds real things in DeFi (ok, weirdo confirmed)   Catching him dropping some knowledge bombs with the normies. Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw

Track pants and hoodies or a suit and tie. What would you rather wear?  Either, as long as there’s a doodh stain ofc.   Arjun Kalsy, however, has worn them both. He’s also worn a buncha hats, with Polygon, and now he’s with Mantle, a BitDAO incubated project.    He joins the normies to talk about his hustler story, the early days at Polygon, and the big things brewing at Mantle. Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw

Founders. Crypto is full of them. Some of them could be the next Sandeep Nailiwal, while others could be the next Sam Bankman. You know who you are. 👀 How can you tell the difference between them? 🤔 That’s 👆what Prashanth, the Big Brain VC gets into in this episode of the Web3 Normies.  Raghu also gives a lowdown of layoffs galore and some cool name drops on DeFi companies bringing real-world bond (read: boring) assets on-chain. Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw

Solana, like Chelsea FC, has had a rough few months. So, the normies call in Akshay BD, the head of international expansion at the Solana Foundation to give them a lowdown of what’s up at the L1? BD drops some 🔥stories about his days at Uber speaking to Arvind Kejriwal about surge pricing in Delhi, the early years at Solana, and the blockchain’s future as the Wall Street for Crypto. Pareen besides hanging onto that beautiful lock of hair, probes into the aspects of hiring, web3 culture, and some other fun stuff. Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw

2022 sucked. But can 2023 be better? A builder and a VC hash it out and deliver some spicy hot takes on everything from crypto gaming to "DeFi regulations." Let's hope newsletters are safe tho. 🤞 Oh, and if you wanna know how the big bad FED affects crypto, Prash drops some knowledge bombs. 💣  Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw

The first episode of Web3 Normies (aka the Genesis Block), where Raghu and Prashanth talk about current trends in the market heading into 2023.  Raghu gives the builders' perspective, having seen it first-hand from BuildersTribe, and Prash brings in the investor's thesis.  They close with some interesting thoughts on why this bear market is the best to BUIDL. Brought to you by Doodhwala. 🥛 Get smarter on crypto in 2-minutes: https://www.doodhwala.xyz/ Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: https://prashanthswaminathan.substack.com/ Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CfRrJWnPEREXhxtxuiZbw