Beneath the Layers

Tegan Kline: Entrepreneurship and Growing The Graph

In this latest episode of Beneath the Layers we speak with Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and CEO of Edge and Node. We speak about her time giving back to her local community, entrepreneurship, and growing the Graph. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs 0:00 Intro 1:30 Giving back to the Community 9:30 Does finance revolve around similar values? 15:18 Adjusting Risk and Decision Making 18:40 Orchid 23:40 The Graph Explained 29:01 Should all data live onchain? 31:57 Edge and Node 35:32 Content is Key 36:53 San Francisco 39:24 House of Web3 41:27 What does it take to be an entrepeneur? 43:30 What does it mean to be happy? 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥 Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs. #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

Eli Ben-Sasson: Cryptography and ZK, StarkWare, and Scaling Ethereum

In this latest episode of Beneath the Layers we speak with Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder and President of Starkware. We speak about cryptography and it's place in society, ZK systems and privacy, and how StarkWare helps with scaling Ethereum. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs 0:00 Why Should We Care about Cryptography? 7:55 What caused the shift of focus from Privacy-centric blockchains? 17:30 StarkWare Products 22:47 Trust: Math vs Humans 29:08 Why Cairo (CVM) vs Solidity/Rust? 32:12 Narrative Shifts for Layer 2s 35:30 Onboarding and Tooling 38:21 Decentralization 44:46 Offchain Labs and StarkWare Collab? 46:15 Can we “Solve” State Growth? 50:14 Coolest breakthrough in Cryptography 52:36 Quantum Computing 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥 Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs. #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

GFunk: CEO of Pixel Vault, The Rise of NFTs, and Building On Chain Economies with Reboot

In this episode of Beneath the Layers we bring on GFunk, CEO at Pixel Vault. We speak about his time coming into web3 as an entrepreneur, his part in the rise of NFTs, and what Reboot's role in web3 gaming is. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs 0:00 Why "GFunk"? 4:08 Life before Entrepreneurship 25:55 Partnering with Adidas 34:50 Creator Royalties 38:02 Reboot Protocol 41:38 Battle Plan! 55:04 Wolf.game 1:07:45 Why Arbitrum 1:18:08 Solana 1:22:20 Football Club 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥 Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs. #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

Jill Gunter: Tackling Inflation, Crypto's Impact on Society, and Scaling for the Real World

Jill Gunter joins us to talk about inflation in the modern day, crypto's impact on society as a whole, and her thoughts on the state of layer 2s/layer 1s. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs In this interview, we discuss: 0:00 Jill's background 7:31 Code is law, but we govern that law 17:29 What causes hyperinflation 22:48 Differences between tradfi industry vs crypto industry 29:07 Is full decentralization preferable and achievable? 33:24 Crypto in 2017 38:11 Open Money Iniative 42:17 Crypto's impact on the real world 47:00 Espresso Systems 51:22 Sequencers and Rollups 1:00:00 L1 with sequencers? 1:02:00 Ethereum and L2s 1:10:34 Crypto's role in the global financial system 1:13:57 How do we change the perception of crypto 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥 Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs. #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

Amitt Mahajan: Farmville, Pirate Nation, & the Role of AI in Gaming

Amitt Mahajan joins us to talk about entrepreneurship, co-creating Farmville while at Zynga, his thoughts on how blockchain integrates with gaming, and more!  Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs [https://www.youtube.com/@OffchainLabs] In this interview, we discuss: 0:00 Is Amitt a Gamer? 3:23 When Amitt Decided to get into the Gaming Industry 12:01 FarmVille + Other Endeavors 26:12 Getting into Crypto 31:20 The Downside of Entrepreneurship 34:25 The Importance of Blockchain Tech 44:37 Picking a Chain to Deploy on 52:44 Advice for Upcoming Entrepreneurs 57:55 AI + Gaming 1:00:00 The Future of VR + AR —————————————— Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs [https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs]  𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥 Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.