On The Ledger

At Ledger, our mission is to make digital ownership easy to use without ever compromising on security or self custody.Ledger is secure by design: we continuously strive to implement the most secure solutions at every stage, as endorsed by security experts.With that in mind, listen to our CXO Ian Rogers and our CTO Charles Guillemet to understand more about our approach to open source in this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, a new vulnerability was discovered in Apple's M1 chips. This unpatchable vulnerability makes it more clear than ever that using your phone or computer to secure your private keys may be convenient, but it comes at the cost of security.Our CTO Charles Guillemet has spent his whole career studying cryptography, and he knows these types of attacks well. He sat down with our CXO Ian Rogers to discuss what this new vulnerability is, how it works, and why hardware wallets are the best way to keep your assets secure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first On the Ledger episode of 2024!2023 was a year of challenge and adjustments for the crypto community, but as we step into 2024, a glimmer of hope is emerging. The market is showing signs of recovery, builders are re-energized, and regulatory clarity is paving the way for even greater innovation. And amidst this renewed optimism, one ecosystem stands out – Solana.A few days ago at Davos, Ledger's Chairman and CEO, Pascal Gauthier, got to spend time with an old friend and fellow leader in the ecosystem, Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, to discuss the exciting developments underway and what's in store for the ecosystem in the year ahead. Not to mention the inaugural WEF3 event they held together… but we'll get into that in a minute. We're thrilled to share their insights with you today and provide a glimpse into what 2024 might have in store. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ledger Enterprise is Ledger's best kept secret before 2022. In the post-FTX world of crypto, regulation, transparency, responsible-governance and speed are becoming increasingly important for institutional clients.This is why Ledger Enterprise built the TradeLink product for Asset Managers, Custodians and Exchanges allowing institutional clients to execute trades instantly without compromising the custodies of the assets under management.Today, our CXO Ian catches up with our VP Revenue at Ledger Enterprise Seb to talk about Tradelink and its benefits for the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Under newly proposed U.S. Treasury rules, potentially effective 2025, people providing certain DeFi websites, NFT marketplaces, crypto wallets, or other services “facilitating” crypto sales would have to make a decision: centralize, shut down, or block all U.S. users (and possibly VPNs).Under this backdrop, we invited policy leads from Block, Metamask and Blockchain Association to talk about their experience with the now delayed regulation and the implications for self-custody. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Ledgerplex is now live in the Sandbox game. This is a sequel to our award-winning School of Block in the Sandbox game in Alpha Season 3, where players can learn crypto security knowledge via completing quests in game.We voxelized Ledger's Verizon Factory in the Sandbox and created an experience to allow more people to be able to learn crypto security through a gaming experience. Tune in to find out how the original School of Block originated and how the Swipeback team and Ledger worked together to bring the experience to life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're excited to launch Ledger Recover, provided by Coincover, that aims to lower the barrier of entry to self-custody by allowing our users to creating a secure backup for their Secret Recovery Phrase ready whenever you need it, so they can stop worrying about getting locked out of their own wallet.But what's the origin story of Ledger Recover, what are the design principles and more importantly, who did we build Ledger Recover for? Check out this episode of On The Ledger podcast with our CEO Pascal Gauthier, CXO Ian Rogers, our CTO Charles Guillemet and our CXO Ian Rogers.At the end of the episode, you'll also hear Pascal's take on the next Bull Market and why Ledger is building solutions for the next 100 millions of crypto users. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our CTO, Charles Guillemet, has just returned from Bitcoin Amsterdam, where he gave a fascinating keynote on the topic of Bitcoin governance. With the rising interest of institutions in Bitcoin, managing their access to the so-called digital gold is gaining paramount importance. In this new episode of On The Ledger, we have Charles with us to share his insights from the event and we'll pick his brilliant brain on the topic of Bitcoin institutional custody and governance.After Charles, we're excited to welcome Mike Schmidt from Brink.dev. He'll shed light on the world of Bitcoin Developers. Brink.dev is a non-profit that supports full-time Bitcoin Core developers – these unsung heroes play a pivotal role in the health of the Bitcoin network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Priyanka Desai, the founding member of Flamingo DAO, has an interesting story about how it all began. She's now the Chief Operating Officer at Tribute Labs, a company that supports DAO communities through open-source framworks built on Ethereum. She talks about how these DAOs are doing and what she thinks about the market. She also shares her thoughts on what might happen next in the Web3 space. Priyanka's journey shows us how new technologies like blockchain and decentralized organizations can change the world, and her ideas about the future can give us a sense of where things are heading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benjamin Palmer, the visionary Co-Founder and CEO of The New Computer Corporation, is a prominent figure in Los Angeles, renowned for pioneering digital innovation. With a remarkable career spanning diverse domains, he leads the charge at a Web3 product studio, The New Computer Corporation, while also contributing as an Executive Producer Council member at UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance. Join us for the 9th episode of our FWB x Ledger collaboration as we talk with Ben about his journey through digital marketing and into the world of Web3, building creative experiences in Web3, how the 'attention economy' will evolve, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Mark is the COO at Rumfoords Creative Agency. Before this current gig, he has been at the forefront of a bunch of projects in the crypto space at companies like Adidas, FWB, Rally, and Dapper Labs. We talk about cult brands, that ultimately brought him out of bike shops, to Chrome Industries, and eventually to Adidas. We talk about how brands are thinking through web3 strategy and touch on “opt-in identity”. We discuss the shift in focus from short term return to long term membership value of Web3 tech. He also talks through focused, premium small mint projects as a way of interacting with the most valuable customers. We talk about technology innovations, bubbles, and sustained growth in emerging markets. Finally we touch on composable identity, digital value, and first founders' disadvantage: what should you look out for when you are in an emerging space like Web3 or AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of FWB X On the ledger, we had the pleasure of talking to Charli Cohen, the founder and CEO of RSTLSS. If you are curious about the intersection of Web3, digital fashion, and video games, this is an episode for you! Charli tells us about her journey, including sailing from the UK to New Zealand, starting a fashion brand at the age of 15, becoming a fitness influencer and then launching a career in the digital fashion space. She talks about breaking in to the video game space and how to build narrative using game skins. We discussed what it takes to build a brand, the future of web3 and digital fashion, digital interoperability, and so much more. Charli really lives in the future, and she made us excited to see where this artform is headed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of FWB's crossover with On the Ledger, we talk to Dani Loftus, the CEO and founder of Draup and a true pioneer in the world of digital fashion. We talk about revolutions and behavioral change, the emergence of fashion in the digital identity space, and the emergence of digital fashion in the gaming space before the NFT boom. She talks about the challenge in merging disparate communities of fashion and gaming. We discuss fashion as identity and how that spans the physical and digital realms, differentiating between collectors and consumers, and how digital art and digital fashion open up opportunities to blur the lines between art, music, and fashion. Finally we talk about the craft involved in digital fashion and generative systems. There are a lot of other things that we touch on and this conversation was a blast. We hope you enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brice Partouche is the founder, creative director and CEO of Satisfy Running, a clothing brand that makes thoughtfully designed and functional clothing for active people such as runners and rock climbers.Brice's approach to brand building stems from his roots in skateboarding and punk rock, but is applicable to anyone building a brand in the age of the internet. Anyone building a brand will identify with or be inspired by his approach of self-expression, patience, and audience.Also, Satisfy has made some early and interesting forays into marrying Web3 with their physical products without ever compromising their idealistic brand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Bulbrook is a violinist (projects from Airborne Toxic Event, to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, to Beyoncé's Lemonade) the founder of Gxrlschool, and the co-founder of Metalabel. She joined us from her tree-house in LA. We talk about Kanye West epiphanies. We talk about foraying discipline and practice into the rest of her projects and making impossible things possible. We talk about the parallels between start ups and bands.We talk about curation by trusted sources, and how that relates to Anna's new gig as a curator at Ted. We discuss Metalabel and the acknowledgment that creative projects are often done by a collective of people. We talk about transcending boundaries in art and how web3 can help artists distribute their work. Finally we discuss what needs to happen for wider adoption of web3 tools by creatives and get out of the valley of disillusionment.FWB FEST is a destination gathering of new-internet communities, and a temporary network city for creating culture and exploring new ideas. FWB FEST23 is taking place in Idyllwild, California from August 4–6, 2023. For more FEST info and passes, visit https://fwbfest.xyz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this conversation with Mel, one of the leading experts in tokenomoics, we covered a lot of ground. When we say tokenomics, what do we mean? Where does that begin and where does that end? We discuss building web3 brands from the ground up and building web3 strategy for established brands. We discuss the importance of understanding culture, sub cultures, and how people interact when thinking about brands and problem solving. We discuss which brands are “ready” to be leaders in the Web3 space. We discuss “on-chain memory” and how that could change marketing and audience targeting. We also discuss the future “features of a wallet” and how that will give users sovereign choice over what they choose to share about themselves. Finally, we very briefly discuss the applications of crypto in a world with AI. “What you need when AI is everywhere is the ability to verify what is real.” There is a ton to learn from this one so we hope you are as inspired as we were after listening to this conversation.FWB FEST is a destination gathering of new-internet communities, and a temporary network city for creating culture and exploring new ideas. FWB FEST23 is taking place in Idyllwild, California from August 4–6, 2023. For more FEST info and passes, visit https://fwbfest.xyz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the second episode of our series in collaboration with FWB, Ian and Zoe talk to Sarah Drinkwater. She just launched an early stage VC fund in the UK called Common Magic where she invests in companies with community at their core. In this conversation they talk about the philosophy behind a community driven investment thesis, the ebb and flow of communities in the DAO space, and the culture that drives it all. They also get into what it means to do a graduate degree in magic, a shift from hierarchical company structures to collective structures, and progressive decentralization. Sarah gives advice on how to be a working mom, how to be a founder in a down market, and reminds us to “seek unusual influences.” At the heart of the conversation is the concept of community and how important it is to surround yourself by good and curious humans. Hopefully, it will leave you excited about the future of Web3 and of community driven companies more broadly.FWB FEST is a destination gathering of new-internet communities, and a temporary network city for creating culture and exploring new ideas. FWB FEST23 is taking place in Idyllwild, California from August 4–6, 2023. For more FEST info and passes, visit https://fwbfest.xyz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode in a series of conversations with Ledger and Friends With Benefits, we talk to the Mayor of FWB Alex Zhang about building DAOs and community business in general. We talk about the desires of communities to diverge over time and the desires of companies to make money and how to balance those two things from a perspective of community incentives and ownership. We talk about how to keep community cool, when nothing can stay cool forever, and how to put structures in place to keep companies cool through different cycles.FWB is one of the first community owned social DAOs and it is new kind of social network. It started by asking the question, “can you contain cultural value in a crypto asset”? We talk about how to align community incentives, learnings from the first couple of years of FWB, and where the DAO is headed in the near term. We talk about how it works to govern a DAO by voting, different voting regimes, and whether you can build a successful brand “by democracy.” We talk about Network States, startups, DAOs and the parallels between all of them. Finally we talk about taking a URL community into IRL experiences. We discuss FWB FEST22 and how we brought FWB to life and what to expect at FWB FEST23.Finally, we discuss the tools that FWB is building like Gatekeeper and the FWB App where you can track events, participate in FWB governance, and interact with other members of the FWB community with an eye toward eventually moving away from discord and into the app as the ultimate digital home.FWB FEST is a destination gathering of new-internet communities, and a temporary network city for creating culture and exploring new ideas. FWB FEST23 is taking place in Idyllwild, California from August 4–6, 2023. For more FEST info and passes, visit https://fwbfest.xyz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a world where your wallet becomes an essential pillar of your on-chain identity, Ethereum Naming Services, mostly known as ENS, is more than just an address – it's a social identifier. And the market has caught up with this idea, with some ENS names selling for astonishing valuations in recent Years Austria 2023 Ledger, we knew this was one thing missing on Ledger Live. There was no way to use ENS when sending digital assets on Ethereum. Now, there is. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, ENS is a decentralized naming service that replaces long, complicated blockchain addresses with easy-to-remember names, making transactions faster, simpler, and more user-friendly.But how were they founded? How can you get one? How much does one cost? And why and how are we shifting from human readable ETH addresses to proper usernames for digital value and identities? In this new episode of On The Ledger, we're glad to have Alisha dot Eth, Alisha the Governance Lead at ENS and a podcast regular Fabrice Dautriat, Ledger's Head of Platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A couple of weeks ago, Trust Wallet and Ledger shared some public news on an exploit that we spotted and fixed months ago. It's a vulnerability the Ledger Donjon luckily found only 3 days after the release of a Trust Wallet software solution. The security experts at Ledger's Donjon reported the vulnerability to the Trust Wallet team so that it got fixed, and so that users' funds remained safe. It 's also a vulnerability that demonstrates how the Ledger Donjon works: its researchers do not just work on Ledger products, but on other companies' products as well, to make the entire ecosystem stronger and safer.In this new episode of On the Ledger, Ledger' CTO Charles Guillemet and CXO Ian Rogers investigate the methods and ethics of the Ledger Donjon, the making and the outcomes of this specific exploit, and how it also helped other security researchers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former football player and now renowned businessman and investor in Web3, Cordell Broadus aka Champ Medici has been leading his father, Snoop Dogg's NFT venture and is now our newest Ledger Pro Team member. We took advantage of his presence at the latest Paris Blockchain Week to get him to stop by our offices for a half-an-hour chat with our very own VP Communications Ariel Wengroff.Sharing his perspective on why he became interested in blockchain technology and the NFT space, on why he likes ADA so much and how he ended up in Charles Hoskinson's helicopter, Champ talks about the importance of creativity and custody in the digital world and how it opens up artists and influencers to new possibilities.Dive into the fascinating mind of a creative thinker putting himself at the forefront of the digital art revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to SZN 2 of the LEDGER ProTeam!Join Ledger's CXO Ian Rogers and Gmoney, a renowned cultural thought leader and part of Ledger's esteemed Pro Team, as they discuss the future of value and digital assets. money brings deep expertise in companies and brands at the intersection of digital assets and fashion, with 15+ years of experience in the traditional finance sector as an investor.He is widely recognised for his iconic orange beanie CryptoPunk and is listed in Fortune's NFTy 50 and Vogue's "Business100 Innovators" List.During the interview, lan and money share insights and strategies for unlocking the potential of the internet of value. They discuss the imminent shift where every company on the planet will soon adopt digital assets, from finance to high fashion. money emphasizes the importance of self-custody for brands and enterprises to fully embrace blockchain technology and make the most of digital assets.Learn from these thought leaders as they discuss the opportunities and challenges of the evolving landscape, and gain valuable insights into the strategies and mindset needed to navigate this new frontier.If you want to learn more about how we enable brands navigating the crypto space visit enterprise.ledger.com/create/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you think about it, the internet has decentralized how culture is formed, anyone with a phone could create art or tell a story and reach millions of people around the world with a click of a button. Web3 enhances that even further, with blockchain technology not only can artists share their creations they can now own and monetize them as well as build and tokenize communities around their art. A true shift in paradigm. And there's only very few artists out there who are able to capture Web3's cultural zeitgeist. Today we're excited to have one of them on the show, Ovie Faruq aka OSF. Ovie is a skilled trader for 10 years, who bought his first BTC in 2021, and turned into a renown NFT artist since then (reminder: we're only in 2023), who we are very happy to welcome in the Ledger NFT Collection. How to make digital art people can relate to? How to manage your IP and why go for CC0 licenses? For this new episode of On the Ledger, we are happy to dive into his story, art and inspiration as well as explore Ledger's recent acquisition of thirteen of his artworks with the one and only Ariel Wengroff, Ledger's VP of Comms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Draper is a man who needs no introduction in crypto. But still: he is a venture capitalist, who investing in a lot of the early Internet companies tech startups, running Draper associates, once host the Meet the Drapers showHe is also a man who foresaw the success of a lot of upcoming start-ups and thought Bitcoin was “bigger than anything he saw before.” A man who thinks that more banks will fail, that you should not wait for the next crash to get yourself into BTC, and that “the safest place to store value is Bitcoin, on a Ledger” (full disclosure: he is also one of our investors).In this episode, he gives Ian Rogers a glimpse of the future of BTC and of the banking system, he explores scenarios where Bitcoin could not work, explains how to be an entrepreneur in this revolution of value and why you don't want to be rich with chaos around you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The staking industry is expected to be worth $40B by 2025. With such potential, there's no shortage of staking solutions currently available on the market.But one critical question arises - how can you stake securely?The answer is simple: retaining full ownership of your keys. That's why Ledger partnered with KILN to offer its users the ability to stake ETH directly in Ledger Live from within the security of their Ledger devices, and to offer the perfect ETH staking solution for businesses.But what changes will the Shanghai Upgrade bring?In a visionary discussion with KILN CEO & Co-Founder Laszlo Szabo, and Global Head of Ledger Enterprise Alex Zinder, this new episode of On the Ledger discusses how to reinvent the financial industry, how to decentralize it and how to make it more transparent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How was ArtBlocks founded? Who are the first generative artists who started out there? What did the Auto Glyphs project change for them?During NFT Paris, in a room full of some of the best generative artists in the world, we recorded this one hour conversation between Ledger VP of Comms Ariel Wengroff and prominent figures in the ArtBlocks community (with Erick Calderon a.k.a. Snowfro, Sofia Garcia from ArtXCode, Glenn a.k.a. BlockBird, Matt a.k.a. Balon_art and Jeremy a.k.a. DeFiStaker), to discuss everything about generative art, from the moment where usual collectors could no longer afford to buy their own art to their “late night scrolling for new art” routine.Is it okay to come as a flipper if you stay as a collector? How do creators approach pricing? Why is it important to see your digital art in real life and not just on a thumbnail on OpenSea? And yes, you know us, what's their biggest security fail? This new episode answers all of these questions, and many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2022 was a big moment for Ethereum, the long awaited MERGE event ended up finally taking place on September 15th, shifting Ethereum from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake consensus and significantly reducing its energy consumption along the way, a massive step towards Ethereum 2.0. But there's still somewhat of a long road of Ethereum updates ahead, including the Surge, the Verge, the Purge and the Splurge, sounds like a 90s rap song but it isn't, this what it's going to take for Ethereum to scale and be mass adoption ready. On this new episode of On The Ledger, your host Mo El-Sayed discusses how to scale Ethereum without compromising on decentralization or security, with the Founder of the Aave-Chan initiative Marc Zeller and our Chief Technology Office Charles Guillemet. With a couple of bold statements on Arbitrum and Optimism, sharding and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can attention drive value? How to connect the attention economy to the web3 economy?In a world of abundance, our time and focus is probably one of the last items you cannot… scale. Of course, we can publish work, be easy to find, and generate thousands of impressions in seconds. But when do people actually care? When do you care?NFTs have driven a LOT of attention. Whether you might think it's for good or bad reasons- they just have. Either it's because they are scarce, or because they have a purpose, because you value their creators. Or all of the above. And this is why they have value, even if someone thinks they're just another overpriced jpegs.In a symbiotic conversation with Derek Edwards (partner at Collab + Currency and author of a great medium piece on why and how NFTs store value), Ian Rogers deep dives into on the past, present, and future of NFTs and why, pretty soon, everything that can be digital will be digital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The more value you have, the more malicious actors will try to get it. You already know that if you own more than a couple of small bags of crypto. But imagine you're a company or an organization trying to manage their digital assets at scale.This question arose a couple of years ago. Family offices, hedge funds, custodians, exchanges… They had no idea how to secure their assets (or they would do it from a Ledger Nano S). And even less how to manage them at scale. They needed enterprise-grade security with the right governance layer to operate.A product had to be built. Ledger had to come up with a solution. This is Ledger Enterprise, the industry's best kept secret - for now.In this very special episode of On The Ledger, Ian Rogers gets our Chief Technology Officer Charles and our VP for Business Solutions, Alex Zinder to explain how we intended that solution, everything one can do with it, and why we think that… it's simply the best out there. Not just the more secure. The best. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The crypto phenomenon is just one symptom among many: we are shifting from a mass market to an era of niches.But then, what is a niche exactly? Where does a community start?In this age of modern loneliness, is swiping the new sign of being part of a community?What do regressive conspiracy movements tell us about a new sense of belonging?With the hyper financialization of our everyday lives, should we demonize new technologies and speculation?In a fascinating discussion with our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou brings his answers to these questions, and raises a lot of other ones…Learn more on his book Speculative Communities here: www.ariskomporozos.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year has seen the emergence of a variety of AI products showing us a glimpse of the exponential age. But one other innovation has the potential to completely change our world - Quantum computing. Quantum computers are very different from the classical computers that have been around for more than half a century. They harness the power of quantum mechanics to sift through huge numbers of possibilities and extract solutions to problems that might have otherwise been impossible to solve.But then, if quantum computing can break crypto-encryption, what will happen to blockchain technology? Is there a chance that we'll see quantum computers break current cryptography in our lifetime? If not, what will we see in our lifetime?To answer those questions, we are happy to talk to our CTO Charles Guillemet and Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Chief Security Officer at Taurus, with a quick appearance from Chat GPT, for a deep, slightly technical, but always insightful conversation, 100% free of sci-fi speculation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OBJKT is a marketplace that truly feels like a community – with 20,000 monthly active users and 6 millions tokens available, artists are also collectors, and, quite often, the other way around.It's a place that is 100% organic, that feels like the indie-rock scene in the overall NFT ecosystem.How can we build it so it becomes “bigger than we could ever imagine”? How can we make it well-known without giving even two cents to marketing? How can we ensure it remains accessible for everyone?As OBJKT is now integrated on the Discover section of our Ledger Live app, we are very pleased to meet with its three founders Viktor Felder, Brian and Timothy McAlister for an insightful conversation with Ledger's Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers on its creation, how many lives it has changed since then, and what's coming up for OBJKT in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the Ledger today, we are glad to receive a man who has changed the content creation industry. Yancey Strickler is one of the crowdfunding pioneers who co-founded Kickstarter 17 years ago, who now turned into a NFT degen in the last months and founded Metalabel, a release club where groups of people who share the same interests collaborate to drop and support work together.In an one-on-one discussion with our Chief Experience Officer, he discusses inventing the coolest magazine of tomorrow, how on-chain art is and will be changing the music industry and the life of creators (even if a large majority of them still do not want to have anything to do with crypto), how floor price does not reflect the order of magnitude of a piece of art, the importance of carefully choosing who you're squadding with, and how to resist mediocrity when building your new project. Oh, and also: what if it's not about rarity, but about love? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you are a creator, how do you shake up the cobwebs and keep taking creative risks?This is the question our guest for this episode asked himself after becoming a successful angel investor in tech, publishing a long list of best-sellers (check his 4-Hour series) and a podcaster came to ask himself recently. His answer was: deep diving into web3, and creating “an emergent long fiction project” in the form of an NFT project: CockPunch. And you should be aware that this one is not for flippers.Listen to this one and one conversation between Tim Ferriss and our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and find out while there is no failed experiment, what's really new about web3, how to keep getting of your comfort zone, how the CockPunch project helped funding the research on psychedelic medicine and (totally unrelated) where Ian used to keep his weed in high school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and Tony Fadell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to understand the crypto ecosystem after the falls of FTX, Celsius and more? Where and how to educate yourself in an ever-changing crypto space? Looking back at 2022, it is fair to say that this will probably be a year that'll forever be remembered in Web3. It had its ups and major downs but all in all we can see the future of this industry being built before our eyes day by day by passionate creators, entrepreneurs and educators.In this new episode of On the Ledger, Mo El-Sayed, head of Community and Education at Ledger, leads a 1-1 conversation with Zeneca, a former poker player, who also happens to be an entrepreneur, NFT trader and most importantly, a key Web3 educator. He writes amazing daily and weekly substacks and is also a huge generative art collector.They'll discuss how to improve your crypto knowledge, our brand new product: Ledger Quest, how to value an AI piece of art and also the importance of being patient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After starting out in jewelry, Yoon co-founded Ambush with Verbal. She's behind some of the brand's most successful collabs over the past few years with Off-White, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Starbucks and… Reese's. And, guess what - she's also big in crypto.Our VP of Communications Ariel Wengroff took advantage of her presence at our bi-yearly event Ledger Op3n to sit with her and discuss how she fell in love with Web3, as well as the need for less “toxic positivity” and more honest criticism in the ecosystem, how the Paris of crypto differs from the Paris of fashion, and why sometimes it's okay to be niche. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and our Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and our VP of Communications Ariel Wengroff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to know how our brand new device, Ledger Stax, was brought to the world? Listen to our CEO Pascal Gauthier explain its origins, conception and evolution, from day 1 to this very moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last episode before we hit Ledger Op3n, we are very pleased to meet with a serial Web entrepreneur and early stage investor in companies such as Twitter, Facebook & Square to name a few. Today he's considered to be one of the leading voices in Web3, Co-founder and CEO of Proof and a partner at True Ventures, you might've guessed it already, this time we have Kevin Rose on the show, in discussion with a man you surely know by now, Ian Rogers, Ledger's Chief Experience officer. In less than an hour, they will cover how to shift from NFT curiosity to a podcast, from a podcast to a rock solid collective built with communities rather than VC funds, what will drive the new wave of adoption and how big Internet companies will soon try to become your next NFT wallet provider, why Bored Apes and Richard Mille are the same thing (?), and also why Proof is such a cool and relevant name. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, founded and sold a genomics company, became an early investor in crypto and then CTO of Coinbase, then a best-selling author with his recently published The Network State. Also, he thinks that blockchain (or, to be more accurate, that cryptographically verifiable information) is the most important human invention since the invention of written history. On this new episode of On the Ledger, we are thrilled to have one of the most fascinating minds of our times: Balaji Srinivasan. In a slightly longer episode than the usual, in 1 on 1 discussion with our Chief Experience Officier Ian Rogers, you'll learn about network and nation states, digital and physical borders, Elon Musk becoming the new boss of Twitter, and much, MUCH more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At Ledger, we deeply care about Web3 security and the values of self sovereignty, so much talent is working day in, day out on developing the best in class security solutions for your digital assets. And the truth is: we haven't really been talking that much about security here. But that is about to change… Every month, we'll take you with us behind the scenes at Ledger, to discuss the most recent developments, dive into the latest scams and hacks and answer your questions to provide you with everything you need to safely navigate this space. Charles Guillemet, our Chief Technology Officer, and Matt Johnson, our Chief Information Security Officer, will introduce you into our most secret team, the Donjon and how their crypto security experts made the event at the latest Black Hat conference, explain how our Brand Protection team detects, reports and takes down fake accounts, scams and more. Ready to get safer? This is Never Been Hacked (cause so are our devices), episode 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, you'll hear a very different episode of On the Ledger. This week, we are not interviewing anyone. This week, Ledger is being interviewed... by the multifaceted legendary musician, Linkin Park hero, and now NFT aficionado (make sure to check his Ziggurats collection) Mike Shinoda.For the first time, Ian Rogers, Ledger's Chief Experience Officer, answers all the questions Mike and his amazing Discord community have about crypto, web3 and more.What is clear-signing? What does one get out of their NFTs? How to get started in Web3 without getting broke?From fundamentals to next level crypto mysteries, Ian answers them all. So, fasten your seatbelt, and let's get started. And if you have more questions, just ask away. We'll get them answered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scale is a problem we all have to deal with. Especially the scale of the data we will consume in the next years. In 2021, the internet consumed 79 zettabytes, that's the equivalent of 79 B laptops with 1TB storage capacity each. Thing is, despite this data being ours, we actually don't own it, internet companies do and they absorb it and sell it back to us in the form of advertising, which is quite profitable. Blockchain and decentralized storage technologies offer an alternative to that system, one in which you & I can truly own and monetize our data without a middleman.And of course, project that's pushing the boundaries of this space is FileCoin, a decentralized storage network designed to store humanity's most important information. Good news is that we've just integrated it with Ledger. But what is FileCoin exactly? Why is FileCoin useful? And what can you do with your FIL through Ledger?In this new episode of On the Ledger, we meet with Jonathan Victor, Ecosystem lead at Protocol Labs, and Roman Beyon, Blockchain Product Manager at Ledger, on how Filecoin compares with the first years of Tesla, why it can be called a “privacy coin” and how smart contracts can give more liberty on what people want to do with their data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a moment that's never happened before in the crypto space. A long-awaited, often delayed one. But what does the Merge truly mean? Is the Merge a real technological shift, or just a change of narrative? What's the point of switching from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake?As the Merge is on the verge of being completed, Charles Guillemet (CTO @ Ledger), Nicolas Bacca (Ledger Cofounder & VP of Innovation) and Abdel Bakhta (Tech Lead @ StarkNet) share their thoughts on this very special moment, how shards compete with ZK Roll-ups, what it all means for the Ledger users, and how StarkNet is going to change everything in only a couple of months.Three brilliant minds in the same room - so please make sure to fasten your seatbelts, as things get a tiny bit technical. This is On The Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From selling punk-rock mixtapes to invading the web3 world, Brick is not your everyday NFT. It's a project that's truly born out of culture with music, live shows and fashion being at its core. After touring with Trash Talk for more than 10 years, LA based musicians Lee Spielman and Garrett Stevenson drew inspiration from legendary DIY venues of the past to conceive of Brick with the great help of art advisor Aiden Cullen. Brick will be a music venue by night and a community-run creative space by day, exploring how to make an NFT-based democracy work.Brick is a concept, Brick is people, Brick is a venue, Brick is a new form of community-building and democracy. We are proud to have them as the first drop of Ledger Market, the brand new NFT distribution platform, offering the most secure and the most curated projects in the space. And they are also the guests of this episode of On The Ledger. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Although generative art existed way before Blockchain technology, last year has seen NFTs enable groundbreaking artists and their innovative expressions to gain access to whole new audience groups and monetisation mechanics, beyond the conventional boundaries of the art world. A symbiotic experience between artist, code and collectors.One cannot talk about generative art without mentioning Art Blocks. Art Blocks is leading a new generation of art through its platform. The project created by Erick Calderon aka Snowfro in early 2021 has generated 100s of millions of dollars and gave birth to collections that you probably already know such as Squiggles, Fidenzas or Ringers who've already marked crypto culture and expanded its boundaries.So today, we are more than thrilled to receive a pioneer, Snowfro, in a discussion with our CXO Ian Rogers on how generative art is different from AI, why ArtBlocks came to life, on how artists in the NFT space have to be willing to give up control of the next 9.999 outputs that will be their bodywork. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you've been following the news, you probably know that we've announced the launch of the LedgerVerse on The Sandbox with the purpose of educating communities about Web3 security in a more engaging and culturally relevant way, starting with a first experience called School of Block, where players fight off hackers and scammers to win exclusive NFT rewards.But what's that all about? Why's Ledger partnering with The Sandbox , kickstarting a true web3 romance? Why is the Sandbox from other, sometimes more famous, metaverses? And can it be a driver for Web3 adoption? Big questions, but we're in luck because today we've got a decent amount of brain power on the show. I am thrilled to be talking with two Sebastien Bs. Both active participants in the development of the metaverse: Sébastien Borget, Co-Founder & COO of The Sandbox, and our truly own VP for Metaverse, Sébastien Badault. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is an episode that some of you have long been waiting for. Today is the day we answer one of the key questions in crypto. Not the “who is Satoshi?” question. The “Wen Ada on Ledger” question. If this is what you've been asking yourself, listen on because we've got the answer.For its first year anniversary, On The Ledger is thrilled to meet with the mathematician slash entrepreneur slash farmer, Ethereum Cofounder and brain behind Cardano: Charles Hoskinson. With Fabrice Dautriat, our head of platform, they discuss the ADA support finally happening on Ledger Live, the role of devs community, the state of the market, but also, most importantly, what kind of cookie they like the best.So tune in, sit back, relax, and listen to our “ADA x Ledger” episode to understand everything behind our latest, long-awaited, integration, and to know what will be next. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Relationships between web3 and the press have always been quite complex. Like between two people having a hard time understanding each other. And then came Time Magazine. Within a year and thanks to its already famous TimePieces nfts, Time has become a key player of Web3 space and its adoption. A living proof that old media can evolve.So today, we are really happy to be talking to someone who has got all in into NFTs - but also got the entire Time group to jump into web3 (and got many “are you crazy ?” kind of questions for doing so), and prepare Time Magazine for the next hundred years: Keith Grossman, president of Time, and mastermind behind the Time Pieces.Join us for a fascinating conversation (recorded during VeeCon… as you might notice) about how to get started with NFTs whether you're a person or a widely-known brand (and how to follow up), on new ways to create and share value and on the importance of a good Discord server. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.