Tezonomics - The podcast that explores the business of the Tezos blockchain ecosystem. The people, projects and protocols that are moving Tezos forward.
For the final Tezonomics of 2019, Jonas is joined by Ken Garofalo (@CryptoLiveLeak and @TezosBoston) and Jovan Smith (TezBox). They take Tezos 2020 predictions from the community and discuss them. Happy New Year and thanks to the Tezonomics sponsors TQ Tezos and Tezos Commons!
Jacob Arluck from TQ Tezos talks with Jonas about what happened with Tezos in 2019 and what he expects in 2020. Thanks to our sponsors Tezos Commons and TQ Tezos for supporting Tezonomics in 2019.
Jonas talks with Bilal El Alamy, CEO of Equisafe about their new tokenized investment management platform. Equisafe is building a tool set for anyone to tokenize anything on Tezos, and to do so in a compliant way for their specific regulations. Equisafe plans to tokenize and sell a famous piece of art in Q1 2020 to demonstrate their platform. Thanks to Tezonomics sponsors Tezos Commons and TQTezos.
Part 2 of our discussion with Adrian Brink from Cryptium Labs. We dive into DAOs - Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, and how they could be funded through inflation funding on Tezos. Jonas advocates for a marketing DAO experiment in protocol 007.
Jonas and Adrian talk about the recently proposed Carthage upgrade for Tezos. Protocol #005 is about cleaning up some unfinished business from Babylon. Thanks to our sponsors TQ Tezos and Tezos Commons!
Jonas sits down with Kevin Mehrabi, the Founder and CEO of the USDtz project. USDtz is developing a stable coin on Tezos with an innovative approach for managing risks and capitalization. Kevin also runs the Tezos LA meetup. Thanks to Tezonomics sponsors TQ Tezos and Tezos Commons.
Jonas talks with Arthur Breitman, author of the Tezos Whitepaper, on his new project Checker. Checker is a stablish coin project being designed on Tezos. Thank you to our Tezonomics podcast sponsors: Tezos Commons and TQ Tezos.
Jonas is joined by Kathleen Breitman (Tezos Co-founder) and Zvi Mowshowitz (Magic the Gathering Champion) to introduce their new venture. Coase is building a MtG style CCG (Collectable Card Game) on Tezos. Thank you to Tezonomics Podcast sponsors Tezos Commons and TQTezos for supporting us!
Ryan Lackey has been on the front lines of bringing security token functionality to projects around the world on the Tezos network. He gives us an update of his efforts... and what its like to live in Puerto Rico.
Istvan Deak introduces Stove Labs and their work on Ligo, Grainery, and the TezosHunt!
A quick chat with Tezos Foundation president Ryan Jesperson reflecting on the last year of progress and what he’s most excited about.
Live from the TQuorum Global Summit in NYC - Jonas talks with Luis and Luis from Tezos Rio about their projects and the interest in Tezos and STOs in Brazil.
More that $2 Billion in security token projects have been announced this year on top of Tezos. TokenSoft is developing the infrastructure to make these types of offerings secure, compliant and scalable. Jonas talks with Mason Borda (Founder / CEO) and Ron Gierlach (Engineering) about their company and how STOs will work on Tezos. Join Mason and I for a live follow up to this podcast at the Silicon Valley Tezos Meetup - September 17th in Menlo Park: https://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Tezos-Meetup/events/264255860/ Thanks to our sponsors: Tezos Commons and TQ!
Ken Garofalo from CryptoLiveLeak joins Jonas to talk about the Tezos Wallet delegation series and his findings. Ken reviewed the Top 10 Tezos wallets and ranked them by usability. Ken and Jonas also talk about how Ken got involved in crypto and Tezos. You can watch the full Wallet Delegation series here: https://youtu.be/-F1vaVv8HlM Thanks to our sponsors Tezos Commons and TQ Tezos.
In this epic podcast, Jonas interviews Rob Witoff, Chief Baker for Polychain Labs, operator of the largest Tezos bakery in the world. They discuss the first full year of baking - the good, the bad, and the ugly. A companion extended edition video of this podcast will be released soon. Thanks to Tezonomics sponsors Tezos Commons, TQ, and Tezos.Capital. Please leave a comment about our podcast so others can find out about the world of Tezos.
The second Tezos governance upgrade is upon us and it's called Babylon. Jonas is joined by Adrian Brink, one of the Tezos core developers to discuss the proposed features. We also talk about the 500 tz invoice included with the upgrade, and what it will take to have 10 different global teams working on core. Thanks to our sponsors: TQ Tezos and Tezos Commons. Be sure to like and leave a comment so others can learn about Tezos.
Jonas talks with Hubertus Thonhauser, board member of the Tezos Foundation. Hubertus has been a guiding force at TF around STO infrastructure and business adoption. He talks about the growing team, the audit, funds on hand, the lawsuit, and what's ahead for Tezos. Anyone who wants to know what Tezos is capable of doing over the next few years should listen to Hubertus! Thanks to our sponsors, The Tocqueville Group (TQGroup.io) and Tezos Commons (Tezoscommons.org) and don't forget to delegate to Tezos.Capital.
Cryptonomic is one of the leading developers for Tezos. Jonas sits down with co-founder Vishakh to discuss their tool stack, how it's getting easier to build on Tezos, business use cases, and their recently launched blockchain explorer. Thank you to our episode sponsors, Tezos Commons and TQ. Be sure to like our episode and leave a review!
For the one year anniversary of the Tezos blockchain, Jonas talks with Luke Youngblood and Sam McIngvale from Coinbase Custody. They discuss what Coinbase has learned by baking XTZs, How adoption is progressing, when we might see XTZ listed on Coinbase, and what they are excited about in the year ahead. Thanks to our sponsors Tezos Commons and Tocqueville Group.
Jonas interviews Michael from the Baking Bad Team. They discuss how the service came to be, getting a grant from the Tezos Foundation, and what it takes to be a bad (or good) baker.
Jonas talks with Shazaf Burki, founder and team lead at MyTezosBaker(www.mytezosbaker.com). They talk about how Shazaf and team created MTB, getting a grant from the Tezos Foundation, what it takes to be a great delegation service, and how the crypto market is emerging in Hong Kong, where MTB is based. We also thank our sponsors: Tocqueville Group (TQGroup.io) and Tezos Capital (Tezos.Capital).
Jonas talks with Jay Lee, co-founder and consultant to Tz Ventures, the first venture accelerator focused on the Tezos ecosystem. They talk about the first class of startups, working with 4 Tezos asian foundations, and the Crypto scene in Korea.
Jonas speaks with Alessandro De Carli, the founder of Airgap Wallet. Airgap is an innovative new opensource cryptographic hardware wallet that takes advantage of a second phone to serve as your private key vault. Airgap received funding from the Tezos Foundation. This episode is sponsored by Tezos Commons Boston Chapter BuidlBoston Hackathon (https://www.buidlboston.org/) and by the Tezos Capital delegation service (https://www.tezos.capital).
Jonas sits down with Adrian Brink, co-founder of Cryptium Labs to talk about baking, protocol amendments and Tezos around the world.
Jonas interviews Alison Mangiero, Founder and CEO of The Tocqueville Group aka TQ. They discuss the mission of TQ, how to accelerate Tezos dev activities, and the many upcoming events and initiatives planned for 2019.
Jonas interviews Tezos community developer Stephen Andrews about his VIAZ project as well as other solutions he is building down under in the TezTech Labs.