We're excited to share a conversation with Sid Powell, CEO and Founder of Maple Finance. The team at Maple is tackling one of the most risk involved and challenging issues of Decentralized Finance, undercollateralized lending. Sid is a unique founder in the web3 space, as he comes with a background in banking, not software development. We hope you find plenty of interesting ideas to chew on throughout this conversation.  https://twitter.com/sidbpowell

This episode is another deep dive with an impressive builder of the ecosystem. James Prestwich has been involved in the ecosystem pre-Ethereum. He's a serial entrepreneur and developer, currently focused on cross chain interactions. Learn more about his experience in the links below! https://prestwi.ch/about-me/ https://twitter.com/_prestwich

The podcast launch this week was recorded in February as Square 1 was just forming as a concept. We talk with Griff Green, who has been a crypto nomad for about a decade. Griff brings with him a wealth of stories and experiences describing some of the early events that shaped the crypto ecosystem (such as the DAO hack). Learn about his experience, as well as his ongoing projects (links below). https://tecommons.org/ https://twitter.com/Givethio https://commonsstack.org/

This week we speak to the humble leader of Aave, a 5+ billion dollar lending protocol on Ethereum.

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are one of the foundational concepts pioneered by those in the crypto ecosystem. The idea for these new forms of organizations have served as inspiration for idealists with visions of more equitable governance structures. All decentralized protocols and cryptocurrency networks wrestle with the question of governance both on the technical and the human level. While DAOs today generally imply the use of governance of cryptocurrency systems, Zargham...

Listen to the latest @Square1_pod as we talk to @paulgambill about the way crypto economics applies to the carbon removal market, and how @nori is pioneering a carbon negative economic system!

Cooper came from the music business and developed a passion for crypto as he traveled around the world creating content for artists at music festivals. He comes with a rich background in contributing to the ecosystem from a non-technical frame, focused on communication and human coordination. We discuss a broad swath of topics including yield farming, social tokens, NFTs, Defi summer, DAOs, and the collaborative nature of the environment facilitated by this technology. Find him on twitter or...

Jordan Ellis is a very accomplished builder in the space. He transitioned from Microsoft game development to Ethereum in 2019 due to the promise decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) technology provided.  In traditional organizations, much of the work created dies. Only projects that make it to market become useful. In this open source ecosystem, this problem doesn't exist. The purpose of open source comes from sharing knowledge and information. Further, DAO systems provide...

We’re back. This week we’ll release two intro episodes. We’ve been thinking deeply about the way to best orient listeners. There will be a variety of intro episodes as well as deep dives. As you listen send feedback! We’d love to create the content you find most valuable. Disclaimer: none of this is legal nor investment advice. Find an advisor.

This is the first episode of Square 1 season 1 where we talk to Andy Tudhope. Andy is a hacker-anthropologist and comes to the table with incredibly deep insights on the history of money, it's relevance to society, and how cryptocurrency continues to evolve this ancient form of communication.   Takeaways: The moment language appeared in history is the singularity for humankind. Money precedes written language. The concept of money is fundamentally "the water in which we swim" and requires...

Give a brief listen to gather a context for the significance of the Internet and how it uses protocols to transact data across servers around the globe.  This new system (only ~50 years young) is foundational to the way society coordinates today and into the future. It is also a fundamental concept needed to understand software and cryptocurrency.

Review this episode to listen to brief descriptions defining cryptocurrency, DAOs, Defi, and token economics.  Disclaimer! If you are new to these concepts, they will sound like a foreign language.

The goal for Square 1 is to provide content that provides a holistic overview of the systems available within cryptocurrency today. Most content we see either falls on the deeply academic and technical to the deeply speculative and financial. Square 1 will talk to people and teams to define the practical applications of the technology today, as well as bring users up to speed with relevant concepts.

SUBSCRIBE HERE Square I developed out of a curiosity to uncover the present day value and future consequence of cryptocurrency networks. Discussion here will focus on token economics, decentralized organizations (DAOs), and remote product development. At times, we might meander into other topics relevant to the guests we host. Despite the nature of these deeply technical topics, I’d like to steer conversations in a way that anyone can engage with and learn from. I remember first learning...

Interested in DAOs but unsure about legal restrictions? Come catch a casual conversation with some of the top lawyers in the space. They wont have conclusive advice, but does give you a starting point for how to think about the issues. This podcast primarily covers the differences between LLC and COOP entities to be built for a DAO.