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Welcome to IoTalks - your hub for REAL talks with REAL builders in the blockchain & IoT industry! As a blockchain platform, IoTeX is lucky to interact with IoT companies, protocols, and DApps from around the world. IoTalks is our way of inviting you into these conversations and bringing you closer to the action - no whitepapers, no hype, just REAL talks with REAL innovators! Hosted by: Larry Pang, IoTeX Head of Business Development
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A weekly podcast with in-depth interviews featuring the people building web3 and The Graph (GRT). Available everywhere you listen to podcasts. Not financial advice. No giveaways!
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John Belizaire - CEO at Soluna Holdings
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna Holdings, a pioneering developer of green data centers designed for batchable computing, utilizing wasted renewable energy. That’s a mouthful - Soluna is essentially using unused energy or wasted energy from renewable energy, like solar power, to power AI servers. During…
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Eliott Teissonniere - Co-Founder & CTO at Nodle
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Eliott Teissonniere, Co-Founder and CTO at Nodle, a web3 network that harnesses smartphones as nodes to establish a digital trust network for societal benefit. If you’ve wondered about web3’s potential to solve problems like authenticating real-world events or facilitating reliable reporting and socia…
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Emmi Aguilar - GrapHER Podcast & Graphtronauts
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Emmi Aguilar, a member of the Graphtronauts and host of the GrapHER Podcast. The Graphtronauts represent one of the largest communities of Delegators and passionate contributors within The Graph ecosystem, and under Emmi's leadership, they've launched a new podcast spotlighting women in web3. During o…
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Charlie Hu - Co-founder at Bitlayer
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Send us a Text Message. Today I'm speaking with Charlie Hu, Co-founder at Bitlayer, a pioneering Bitcoin Layer 2 solution based on the BitVM paradigm. Before launching Bitlayer, Charlie made significant contributions in other notable projects, such as Polkadot and Polygon. I've been eager to interview Charlie for several compelling reasons. First, …
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John Paller - Founder at ETHDenver & Opolis
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Send us a Text Message. Today I'm speaking with John Paller, Founder and Steward at ETHDenver, and Founder of Opolis. I have been wanting to speak with John for a long time - and this interview did not disappoint. In 2018, John launched ETHDenver, the world's largest and most influential gathering in the web3 industry. Yet, his contributions extend…
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Raullen Chai - Co-founder & CEO at IoTex and MachineFi
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Send us a Text Message. Today, I'm speaking with Raullen Chai, CEO and Co-founder of IoTeX and MachineFi. IoTeX is a decentralized blockchain platform tailored for the Internet of Things (IoT), aiming to enhance the security, privacy, and efficiency of IoT device interactions and data exchange. MachineFi, an innovative concept introduced by IoTeX, …
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Send us a Text Message. Today, I'm speaking with Dan French, a real estate expert who, working as CEO at ResProp, is at the forefront of exploring how blockchain and cryptocurrencies can revolutionize the future of real estate investment, purchase, and management. During our conversation, Dan talks about his early interest in real estate, how he go…
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Dr. James Hendler - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Pioneer of the Semantic Web
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Dr. James Hendler, the Director and professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a pioneer of the Semantic Web. For those in the tech and academic circles, Jim Hendler is a name synonymous with transformative changes in how we interact with and understand the web. This is a truly enlightening con…
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Anirudh (Ani) Patel - The Graph as AI Infrastructure
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Send us a Text Message. On May 28, 2024, Semiotic Labs, a core developer team working on The Graph, released an exciting new white paper titled "The Graph as AI Infrastructure." This paper details the upcoming launch of two new AI services to be built on The Graph: the Inference Service and the Agent Service. The paper also explores what makes The …
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Joe Vezzani - Co-founder and CEO at LunarCrush
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Joe Vezzani, Co-founder and CEO at LunarCrush, a leading platform that leverages social media analytics to provide actionable insights for across many markets, including cryptocurrencies. I’m willing to bet every listener today has seen or interacted with LunarCrush. This is a very insightful intervie…
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Meina Zhou - Co-Founder & CEO at Native
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Meina Zhou, Co-founder and CEO at Native, an innovative DeFi solution for web3, that combines bridges, assets, and pricing into one offering. This interview with Meina was a lot of fun. She’s a brilliant entrepreneur with a fun story to tell. During our conversation, Meina discusses her upbringing in …
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Kean Birch - Director of the Institute for Technoscience & Society & Professor in Science and Technology Studies
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Kean Birch, Director of the Institute for Technoscience & Society and Professor in the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies at York University, Canada. In July 2024, I will take up the Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy. Kean is an accomplished and thought-provoking scholar in many…
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Marian Walter - The Sunrise Upgrade Program
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Send us a Text Message. This is a special release of the GRTiQ Podcast. On May 2, 2024, The Graph launched a new program called the Sunrise Upgrade Program. As part of the larger initiative called The Sunrise of Decentralized Data, the Sunrise Upgrade Program features a series of missions with the change for program participants to earn GRT - The G…
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Shermin Voshmgir - Author of Token Economy and Founder of Token Kitchen
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Shermin Voshmgir, the author of the best-selling book Token Economy and Founder of Token Kitchen. Shermin also founded the BlockchainHub Berlin and was the Director of the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics which she also co-founded. In an effort to broaden th…
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Connor Howe, Founder at Enso Finance, a platform providing financial infrastructure for developers seeking to integrate DeFi interactions into their dapps. Enso equips developers with tools to execute and retrieve all relevant metadata of DeFi protocols, empowering them to create the next generation o…
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Meher Roy - Co-Founder & CTO at Chorus One and Show Host at Epicenter.tv
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Send us a Text Message. Today I’m speaking with Meher Roy, CTO and Co-Founder at Chorus One and show host at Epicenter.tv. The opportunity to meet and interview Meher was an incredible honor - as you’ll hear, he’s one of the most thoughtful and insightful people ever to be featured on this podcast. Whether for his work on Epicenter or the amazing g…
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Matthieu Di Mercurio - The Graph, AI, & Geo
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Matthieu Di Mercurio, VP of Product and Strategy at StreamingFast. In a recent blog post released on April 15, 2024, Matthieu and his team, alongside collaborators Yaniv Tal from Geo and Sam Green from Semiotic, explored the intersection of The Graph, AI, and Geo. In this special episode, I invited M…
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Ariel Barmat - VP of Engineering at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Ariel Barmat, Vice President of Engineering at Edge & Node. Ari has been featured on the podcast before during Ep. 105 where he joined as a panelist to talk about The Graph’s move to Arbitrum. I first asked Ari to come onto the podcast two years ago! At the time, I noticed that the depth and intellec…
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Zubin Pratap - Software Engineer & Developer Relations Engineer at Chainlink Labs
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Zubin Pratap, Software Engineer and Developer Relations Engineer at Chainlink Labs. Chainlink is renowned for pioneering how blockchains connect with the real world! Ever since launching the podcast, I have sought to have someone from the Chainlink community on, and I am very happy it was Zubin! Duri…
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Red Sheehan - Protocol Research Analyst at Messari
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Red Sheehan, Protocol Research Analyst at Messari. If you’re a long-time listener of the podcast, then you know that I have featured several other members of the Messari team on the podcast, including CEO and Founder Ryan Selkis, Engineer Manager, Vincent Wen, and Director of Research, Mihai Grigore.…
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Kirsten Pomales - Co-Founder at TalentLayer
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Send us a Text Message. Today I'm speaking with Kirsten Pomales, Co-Founder of TalentLayer, an innovative open protocol and developer toolkit revolutionizing service marketplaces. Kirsten and the TalentLayer team have received a lot of attention in The Graph community recently because of what they’ve built and how it leverages The Graph. During our…
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Daniel Keyes, Co-founder and CEO at Pinax, one of the core dev teams working on The Graph. If you’re a long-time listener of the podcast, then you know that I interviewed Matthew Darwin from Pinax last year, but I am excited to welcome Daniel to the podcast and learn more about his background and the…
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Send us a Text Message. Today I'm speaking with Baki Er, Co-founder of Clave, an innovative new wallet garnering attention for its novel approach to enhancing the user experience with crypto wallets. As you're about to discover, Clave aims to streamline wallet usage through features like account abstraction and biometric authentication. During our …
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Send us a Text Message. Today I'm speaking with Chris Were, CEO and Co-Founder of Verida, a team pioneering a new era of hyper-personalization, where user data is utilized privately and consensually to innovate products and services. During our conversation, Chris shares insights into his early fascination with technology and coding, his entreprene…
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Ayoola "AJ" John - CEO & Co-Founder at Astronaut
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Send us a Text Message. Today I'm speaking with Ayoola John, or "AJ" for short, the CEO and Co-Founder of Astronaut, an innovative AI assistant designed specifically for community managers. In addition to introducing this powerful AI tool for enhancing community engagement and insight, AJ brings a diverse professional background, having worked for …
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Pablo Carranza Velez - Principal Software Engineer at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Pablo Carranza Velez, Principal Software Engineer at Edge & Node. Pablo previously joined the podcast in February 2023 for a panel discussion on The Graph's transition to Arbitrum One during Episode 105. In this episode, we take a more in-depth look into Pablo's personal journey, tracing his educatio…
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Juan Manuel Rodriguez Defago - Blockchain Developer at GraphOps
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Juan Manuel Rodriguez Defago, Blockchain Developer at GraphOps. Long-time listeners of the GRTiQ Podcast may recall Juan's insightful conversation back in April 2021 for Episode 4, where he provided a glimpse into his personal background and journey into web3 and The Graph. Since then, Juan has embar…
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Rodrigo Coelho (Part 2) - Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Rodrigo Coelho, Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node. This is Part 2 of our captivating two-part series, recorded at The House of Web3 in San Francisco, California, during The Graph's recent 3rd birthday celebration. For those interested, a video recording of this interview is available on The House o…
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Rodrigo Coelho (Part 1) - Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Rodrigo Coelho, Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node. This is Part 1 of an intriguing two-part series recorded at The House of Web3 in San Francisco, California, during The Graph’s recent 3rd birthday celebration. For those interested, a video recording of this interview is available on The House of W…
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Uri Kolodny, Co-Founder at StarkWare, the pioneering team behind Starknet, a Layer 2 solution designed to tackle Ethereum's scalability challenges. Starknet is a Validity Rollup that offers boundless scalability while upholding Ethereum's security and decentralization principles. It's important to no…
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Maarten Henskens - Head of Astar Foundation
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Maarten Henskens, Head at the Astar Foundation, Japan’s leading blockchain, renowned for its robust support for EVM, Substrate, WebAssembly, and ink! environments, which collectively form a scalable, cross-layer, and cross-machine protocol. Exciting news awaits as Astar has embarked on a journey usin…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 150: This episode is The Best from 2023 (Part 2), where we're featuring highlights from Episodes 123-148. The GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of The Graph's community and ecosystem. Please help support this project and build the community by subscribing and leaving a revie…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 149: This episode is The Best from 2023 (Part 1), where we're featuring highlights from Episodes 98-122. https://www.grtiq.com/grtiq-podcast-149-the-best-of-2023-part-1/ The GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of The Graph's community and ecosystem. Please help support this pr…
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Zac Burns - Principal System Architect at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Zac Burns, Principal System Architect at Edge & Node, one of the core dev teams working on The Graph. Long-time listeners of this podcast will likely recognize Zac from a comprehensive interview we conducted during Episode 9 back in May 2021. In this episode, we welcome Zac back for an fascinating co…
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Mujtaba Idrees - Blockchain Solutions Engineer at Deutsche Telekom
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Mujtaba Idrees, Blockchain Solutions Architect at Deutsche Telekom. As you may already know, Deutsche Telekom is a leading global telecommunications giant, connecting millions through mobile, fixed-network, internet, and ICT solutions, known through brands like T-Mobile and T-Systems. Mujtaba is a ke…
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Anthony Zhang - Community Manager with The Graph Foundation
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Anthony Zhang, a Community Manager at The Graph Foundation with a specific focus on nurturing and expanding The Graph's community in Asia. Anthony's journey into this role followed a working at StreamingFast, one of The Graph's core development teams. In this interview, Anthony's enthusiasm for music…
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Slava, the Founder of Stake Machine, an Indexer at The Graph. Slava has been participating in The Graph since Mission Control, the initial testnet program that launched the network, and is well-known throughout the Indexer community. During this interview, Slava talks about his background in web2, wo…
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Anirudh Patel - Sr. Research Scientist at Semiotic Labs
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Aniurdh “Ani” Patel, Senior Research Scientist at Semiotic Labs. Long-time listeners might recognize Ani from a previous appearance on our podcast, Ep. 106, where he, alongside his colleagues Sam and Tomasz, explored into the intriguing crossroads of AI, web3, and The Graph I am delighted to welcome …
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Michaela (Mickey) Negus - Engineer Manager at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Michaela (Mickey) Negus, Engineering Manager at Edge & Node, a core dev team working on The Graph. Mickey is actively engaged with multiple teams within Edge & Node that are making a significant impact on The Graph protocol. Her role involves helping to tackle several complex challenges, such as intr…
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Tegan Kline - CEO & Co-Founder at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Tegan Kline, the new CEO and a Co-Founder at Edge & Node, a core dev team working on The Graph. Tegan's impressive career began on Wall Street working in investment banking, at such notable firms as Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. However, she left Wall Street in 2017 and went to work ful…
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Esther Woo - Graph Advocates, AdvocatesDAO, & CryptoPols
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Esther Woo, a Graph Advocate and member of Graph AdvocatesDAO. Esther's journey serves as another shining example of what's possibilities in web3. She transitioned from a conventional job to immerse herself in the world of web3, joined The Graph community, and became an Graph Advocate and member of A…
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Colson - Graph Advocate & Graph AdvocatesDAO
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Colson, a Graph Advocate and member of Graph AdvocatesDAO. Colson's name is likely familiar to many of you, as he has been an active and recognizable presence within The Graph community. He's made notable contributions, including representing The Graph at various events and hosting the Advocate's com…
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Antoine "Chav" Chaveron - CEO & Co-Founder of UNCX Network
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Antoine "Chav" Chaveron, CEO and Co-founder of UNCX Network, a pioneering provider of DeFi services known for its innovative and automated token solutions. During this interview, Antoine shares insights from his diverse background, which includes early experiences as a young entrepreneur selling scoo…
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Isaac Prada - Director of Communications and Project Management at Radiant Capital
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Isaac Prada, the Director of Communications and Project Management at Radiant Capital. Radiant Capital is a pioneering DeFi solution, facilitating cross-chain lending and borrowing of assets, with the ambitious mission of becoming the first omnichain money market. Their vision is to allow users to de…
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Saihajpreet Singh - Software Engineer at The Guild
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Saihajpreet Singh, a Software Engineer at The Guild. For those familiar with The Graph ecosystem, The Guild is one of the core development teams actively engaged in building The Graph. In a previous episode, I had the privilege of hosting The Guild's CEO, Uri Goldshtein. Today's interview marks a uni…
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Thierry Bleau - Co-Founder & COO at Playgrounds
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Thierry Bleau, Co-founder and COO at Playgrounds, a data solutions company leveraging The Graph to provide on-chain data infrastructures and services for data teams, analysts, and engineers. Long-time listeners of the podcast will remember that we featured Thierry’s colleague, Tachi, during Ep. 85. P…
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Pedro Diogo - Sr. Technical Program Manager
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Pedro Diogo, Senior Technical Program Manager at The Graph Foundation. Pedro has played a pivotal role within The Graph Foundation, collaborating closely with core developers and contributors to bring forth groundbreaking initiatives, including the MIPs program and the recent announcement of the new …
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Ben Jones - Director at the Optimism Foundation
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Ben Jones, Director at the Optimism Foundation and one of the visionary co-founders behind Optimism. Optimism is a rapidly emerging Layer 2 blockchain, purpose-built by Ethereum developers for Ethereum developers. Ben is a well-known figure in the space, recognized for his dynamic and engaging approa…
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Anton Gaev - Product Manager at P2P
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Anton Gaev, Product Manager for L2s and The Graph at P2P. Notably, P2P stands as one of the largest Indexers at The Graph and is well-recognized as a staking service provider and validator within web3. For our long-time listeners, you may recall that I interviewed members of the P2P team back in Epis…
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Kevin Jones - Developer Relations Engineer at Edge & Node
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am speaking with Kevin Jones, Developer Relations Engineer at Edge & Node, a core development team actively contributing to The Graph. Although Kevin is a fresh addition to the Edge & Node team, his presence has already been felt significantly through his engagement in hackathons and leadership of key initiatives. In…
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