In this episode, Lex interviews Justin Drake, researcher at the Ethereum foundation to talk about all-things-Merge. The Ethereum Merge is the conclusion of years of effort and coordination between a large group developers around the world, realizing the transition from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake. From his position in the Ethereum foundation, Justin offers an insider perspective on the Ethereum ecosystem, the work that went into the Merge, what what we can expect for the future.

In this episode, Lex interviews Steven Goldfeder, co-founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, best known as the creators of the Arbitrum Rollup network, one of the leading scaling solutions for Ethereum and Web3. Lex and Steven discuss the foundational productivity of crypto networks, how they grow, how they scale, and how Arbitrum will grow in the future. Steven discusses his history in computer science, involvement with cryptography, and how he came to be involved with the web3 space. Arbitrum is...

In this episode, Lex is in conversation with Marieke Flament, CEO of the NEAR Foundation and enterprising fintech entrepreneur and operator. Lex and Marieke talk about Marieke's origin and motivations in her journey, and discuss business structure, fintech strategy, and web3 protocol strategy. Near foundation enables community-driven innovation to benefit people around the world. They are a non-profit foundation headquartered in Switzerland that is responsible for contracting protocol...

In this episode, Lex welcomes Daniel Heyman, founder and CEO of Palm NFT Studio and prolific blockchain entrepreneur. Lex and Dan chat about his entry into entrepreneurship, which took him from MIT to East Africa, mobile payments, and microfinance, igniting an interest in technology that eventually lead Dan to helm one of the world's foremost NFT production studios.

In this episode, Lex interviews Mike Godsey, General Manager of Infura, one of the world-leading providers of the infrastructure powering Web3. In this discussion, Lex and Mike discuss some of the technical foundation of Web3, the evolution of the ecosystem, and what it means to create infrastructure for blockchain-based applications, finance, games, and services, along with Mike's personal journey through the space and how he's helped realize the modern vision of the decentralized internet.

Dan Finlay is the co-founder of MetaMask, the crypto wallet with more than 21 million monthly active users. In conversation with Lex Sokolin, Dan reveals the founding story of MetaMask and his journey as a developer and entrepreneur in the Web 3 world. Discover how the evolution of the ecosystem is reflected in the use of MetaMask from DeFi to NFTs and DAOs, and how Dan's ambition to develop social resilience and a sustainable future are shaping the next milestones of MetaMask.

In this episode, Lex Sokolin and Sergey Nazarov, Co-founder of Chainlink are discussing the strategic role of Oracles for Blockchain technology. Sergey is painting a beautiful vision of Web 3 and this new era where people and businesses will rely on cryptographic truth vs paper promises. His explanation on how smart contracts have the possibility to change how people relate to each other and to institutions. through a truth machine is fascinating. Decades of people tried to figure out how to...

In this episode, Lex Sokolin and Sandeep, co-founder of Polygon (formerly Matic) discuss the genesis of the project and how Layer 2 solutions are really important for the next adoption phase of crypto, blockchain, and Ethereum. Sandeep reveals his learning as a technologist & entrepreneur in India and how his ambition & interest in scalable business led him to join the crypto adventure. The ability to see beyond the currency and understand that blockchain could apply for larger logic...

In this conversation with Lex Sokolin, Gabriel Anderson, Managing Director of the Tachyon Accelerator, part of the ConsenSys family, explains why you always need a friend in the crypto space and how this helped him jump into this cutting edge tech ecosystem. He reveals how community and composability are at the core of crypto-economics and shares his view of web 3 as the current stage of the internet, from HTTP to social network to internet money. This episode also highlights the role of the...

In this episode, Lex Sokolin discusses with Erick Calderon, CEO of Art Blocks his fantastic journey in the NFT ecosystem. Erick relates his starting point in the creative world through projection mapping and color mapping and how immersive experiences became blockchain-based digital objects. He explains what is generative art and how Ethereum is an incredible catalyzer for innovation in this field, by helping with the limits of Instagram and create the scarcity for what was initially...

In this conversation, Lex interviews Sheila Warren, a key leader of the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR). They discuss the evolution of her career: from small claims court, to NGO Aid for Refugees, to corporate law, and to the WEF. They touch upon the developing world of DAOs and protocols, artificial intelligence, corporate personhood, rational choice theory, the purpose of the World Economic Forum and its impact on governments and society...

In this episode Lex interviews Beatriz Helena Ramos—the creator of DADA, a visual conversation network where people “speak to each other through drawings, creating collaborative art”—who explains the crucial collaboration between designers and developers in the future of art, the real innovation behind NFTs, and how her experience in crypto reinforces her belief that social anarchism and independence will create a fairer economy. Before coming to the US, Beatriz started the first-ever comic...

In this episode Lex interviews Kevin Owocki, founder of Gitcoin, one of the driving forces of Ethereum. Kevin describes his learning experience as CTO for Techstars startups led him to create the most popular open-source platform for Ethereum developers. Kevin's analysis of open source software outlines the unprecedented value of the Open Internet. He walks us through his journey building Gitcoin and the opportunity he had to create an incentivization mechanism with the help of Vitalik...

In this fantastic conversation with Lex Sokolin, Robert Leshner reveals his vivid memory of the choices he made to move from traditional finance to DeFi. Robert covers the signals he had before launching Compound: his financial trauma and the DAO blow up. These major events led him with a strong desire to build the coolest product ever using smart contracts. In this episode, the CEO of Compound demonstrates how technical constraints help boost innovation and how fear helped to build a...

Michael Sena is the co-founder of 3box and the Ceramic Protocol. The core of his mission is to restore data control to users. During this episode, you will better understand the role identity plays in Web3 and how open source information will be developers' super-power. Michael relates how his 6 years experience—as a DID founder—led him to build the Ceramic protocol and IDX standard by empowering developers to create dapps that enable users to take back ownership of their data. Lex and...

Rune Christensen, CEO of the Maker Foundation, Co-founder of Maker DAO—and DeFi legend—explains his journey from bitcoin maximalist to defender of crypto stability. We explore how Maker revolutionized community-powered governance processes via the DAO, where ideation, decision-making process, and execution are run by smart contracts. You will discover how this open-source-friendly framework created the foundational layer for DeFi and how Rune is helping lower gas fees through layer 2...

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jón Helgi Egilsson, Co-founder of Monerium, the world's first company to get the e-money license required to issue cash on the blockchain. Jón will share how his role during—and the stories behind—the Iceland Financial Crisis in 2008 mirror the origin story of crypto and blockchain. Jón will also explain his convictions on how crypto and fiat systems can co-exist to unbundle money from banks in order to architect a better financial system.

Camila Russo, one of the first thinkers and authors in the Ethereum ecosystem, shares how she navigated her journey in crypto from being a journalist at Bloomberg, to writing The Infinite Machine, to creating the online publication The Defiant. In this episode of Signal, Camila discusses the Ethereum and crypto space from a journalist’s perspective and why financial markets are an objective way to look at reality. Camila delivers an insightful comparison of the bitcoin, Ethereum, and DeFi...

In our first episode of Signal, join Lex Sokolin in an interview with Ethereum Co-founder and ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin about the beginnings of the crypto ecosystem, his experience with AI at Princeton, what he learned at Goldman Sachs, and how all these adventures shaped his vision today. Why are financial systems broken? What was it like to launch Ethereum? What is the relationship between collectivism and open-source? How can the banking world mesh with the next generation of financial...

Introducing "SIGNAL," a podcast that aims to empower the technology ecosystem through stories from the people that are participating in the next generation of the internet. This podcast is powered by ConsenSys, the market-leading blockchain technology company. Hear from the most captivating Ethereum insiders — from technologists and entrepreneurs to designers and creatives from all around the world — and join us for inspiring conversations on the future of finance, crypto, and what's making...