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Web3 Transitions Summit The Web3 Transitions Summit, taking place alongside Token2049 in Singapore, brought together thought leaders across the verticals of cross-chain, scalability, modularity, zero-knowledge, restaking, gaming, social, and the intersection of web3 and artificial intelligence. It was a one-day summit to inspire a vision of what the future of web3 will be like. About LongHash Ventures Incorporated in 2018, LongHash Ventures specializes in bootstrapping Web3 ecosystems. Our venture funds invest in early-stage Web3 protocols, and our LongHashX Accelerator partners with ecosystems and protocols to accelerate early-stage founders. Website: https://longhash.vc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Podcast: https://linktr.ee/longhash_ventures Medium: https://longhashvc.medium.com/ About Yield Guild Games Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a web3 guild protocol that enables players and gaming guilds to find their community, discover games and level up together. As a network of gaming guilds focused on web3 games, YGG provides an equal-opportunity support system so that its members can become power players in games and in life. YGG empowers its guild community to organize onchain, providing guilds access to its infrastructure for them to scale and receive opportunities based on their specializations. Through YGG’s questing initiatives, such as Superquests and the Guild Advancement Program (GAP), members of YGG can benefit from its achievement-based reputation system and build their onchain identity. From its roots in the Philippines to its global network of regional guilds and partnerships with over 100 web3 games and infrastructure projects, YGG caters to an ever-expanding community of gamers and blockchain enthusiasts. Website: https://www.yieldguild.io/ Twitter: https://x.com/YieldGuild

In this podcast, we are featuring Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder of Ethereum. About LongHash Ventures LongHash Ventures is a Web 3 investment fund and accelerator collaborating with founders to build their Web 3 model and tap into the vast potential of Asia. In January 2021, we launched a DeFi-focused fund and invested in projects such as Balancer, Acala Network, Instadapp, and Zapper. We collaborated with their founders to develop their tokenomics, governance, and communities through Asia DeFi Network. With our LongHashX Accelerator, we have partnered with Polkadot and Filecoin to build more than 40 global Web 3 projects which have raised more than $100m in the past 3 years. Through such investments and active collaboration, we are committed to realising our mission of catalyzing growth for the next generation of the Web. Website: https://longhash.vc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Podcast: https://linktr.ee/longhash_ventures Medium: https://longhashvc.medium.com/ The Asia DeFi Network podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.

Web3 Transitions Summit The Web3 Transitions Summit, taking place alongside Token2049 in Singapore, brought together thought leaders across the verticals of cross-chain, scalability, modularity, zero-knowledge, restaking, gaming, social, and the intersection of web3 and artificial intelligence. It was a one-day summit to inspire a vision of what the future of web3 will be like. About LongHash Ventures Incorporated in 2018, LongHash Ventures specializes in bootstrapping Web3 ecosystems. Our venture funds invest in early-stage Web3 protocols, and our LongHashX Accelerator partners with ecosystems and protocols to accelerate early-stage founders. Website: longhash.vc/ Twitter: twitter.com/LongHashVC Podcast: linktr.ee/longhash_ventures Medium: longhashvc.medium.com/ About Yield Guild Games Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a web3 guild protocol that enables players and gaming guilds to find their community, discover games and level up together. As a network of gaming guilds focused on web3 games, YGG provides an equal-opportunity support system so that its members can become power players in games and in life. YGG empowers its guild community to organize onchain, providing guilds access to its infrastructure for them to scale and receive opportunities based on their specializations. Through YGG’s questing initiatives, such as Superquests and the Guild Advancement Program (GAP), members of YGG can benefit from its achievement-based reputation system and build their onchain identity. From its roots in the Philippines to its global network of regional guilds and partnerships with over 100 web3 games and infrastructure projects, YGG caters to an ever-expanding community of gamers and blockchain enthusiasts. Website: www.yieldguild.io/ Twitter: x.com/YieldGuild Abou Kakarot Kakarot is an EVM-compatible ZK-Rollup that leverages Cairo to spearhead innovations on Ethereum. This offers a strong edge to core ZK infrastructure builders: separating cryptography and engineering. Because of its architecture, Kakarot is the only zkEVM rollup that'll be able to follow and even front-run upgrades to the Ethereum protocol. Under the hood, Kakarot zkEVM relies on the Starknet stack (CairoVM + StarknetOS runtime). Website: www.kakarot.org/ Twitter: x.com/KakarotZkEvm

Web3 Transitions Summit The Web3 Transitions Summit, taking place alongside Token2049 in Singapore, brought together thought leaders across the verticals of cross-chain, scalability, modularity, zero-knowledge, restaking, gaming, social, and the intersection of web3 and artificial intelligence. It was a one-day summit to inspire a vision of what the future of web3 will be like. About LongHash Ventures Incorporated in 2018, LongHash Ventures specializes in bootstrapping Web3 ecosystems. Our venture funds invest in early-stage Web3 protocols, and our LongHashX Accelerator partners with ecosystems and protocols to accelerate early-stage founders. Website: https://longhash.vc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Podcast: https://linktr.ee/longhash_ventures Medium: https://longhashvc.medium.com/ About Yield Guild Games Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a web3 guild protocol that enables players and gaming guilds to find their community, discover games and level up together. As a network of gaming guilds focused on web3 games, YGG provides an equal-opportunity support system so that its members can become power players in games and in life. YGG empowers its guild community to organize onchain, providing guilds access to its infrastructure for them to scale and receive opportunities based on their specializations. Through YGG’s questing initiatives, such as Superquests and the Guild Advancement Program (GAP), members of YGG can benefit from its achievement-based reputation system and build their onchain identity. From its roots in the Philippines to its global network of regional guilds and partnerships with over 100 web3 games and infrastructure projects, YGG caters to an ever-expanding community of gamers and blockchain enthusiasts. Website: https://www.yieldguild.io/ Twitter: https://x.com/YieldGuild Abou Kakarot Kakarot is an EVM-compatible ZK-Rollup that leverages Cairo to spearhead innovations on Ethereum. This offers a strong edge to core ZK infrastructure builders: separating cryptography and engineering. Because of its architecture, Kakarot is the only zkEVM rollup that'll be able to follow and even front-run upgrades to the Ethereum protocol. Under the hood, Kakarot zkEVM relies on the Starknet stack (CairoVM + StarknetOS runtime). Website: https://www.kakarot.org/ Twitter: https://x.com/KakarotZkEvm

Deep dive into decentralized key management with David Sneider, the Co-founder of Lit Protocol. The podcast goes over topics that include programmable keys and domain wallets. David also delves deeper into how we are moving into an open network era and what that means.

Join us on the Safe Podcast as we delve deep into the transformative world of account abstraction (AA) with Lukas Schor from Safe. Unravel discussions around the intricacies of multichain strategies, the evolving significance of privacy in the Web3 domain, and the latest standout app launches. This episode also resonates with our earlier conversations on the future of Web3 and its three transitions as highlighted by Vitalik Buterin.

Join us on the Web3 Native podcast as we explore more about Neutron, the pioneering partner chain that is expected to bootstrap a Cambrian explosion of cross-chain dApps in Atom Economic Zone (AEZ). Discover insights from @Spaydh on the urgent call for innovation in Cosmos, distinctions in security and chains, and Neutron's role in simplifying dApp development. Interestingly, this podcast brings back our cross-chain dApps discussion with Jose Macedo from Delphi (you can watch the previous podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iih5HMgIfGE)

Timour Kosters, a Partner at Seed Club Ventures shares why Seed Club Ventures existed, his position on why they're big on Internet-Native Organizations (his own term for DAOs), and key exciting narratives like the unfolding intersection of AI and Web3. 13:55 Mission 20:27 Why be a Venture DAO 44:07 SCV Being Stack-Agnostic 47:25 SCV Investments: Machines, Humans, Memes 48:19 Machines: How AI intersects with Web3 58:50 Humans: Art, Music, and Creativity 1:10:14 Memes: Culture- and Mission-Driven Projects 1:18:13 SCV: Seeding into the Future About LongHash Ventures LongHash Ventures specializes in bootstrapping Web3 ecosystems. Our venture funds invest in early-stage Web3 protocols, and our LongHashX Accelerator partners with ecosystems and protocols to accelerate early-stage founders. About LongHashX LongHashX is the world’s leading Web3 accelerator. We partner with the leading Web3 ecosystems and infrastructure protocols to build their developer communities by funding and venture-building with early-stage founders. About LongHash Web LongHash Web is the world’s first on-chain contribution network stewarded by LongHashX Accelerator and underpinned by the technology of SoulBound tokens to recognize and verify contributions from Web3 founders, CTOs, and investors. Relevant Links: Website: https://longhash.vc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashX Podcast: https://linktr.ee/longhash_ventures Medium: https://longhashvc.medium.com/ This video is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a request or invitation to invest, and it is not financial advice. Investment in cryptocurrencies can lead to loss of money over short or long periods. Investors in cryptocurrencies should expect prices to have large range fluctuations. It is not advisable to invest a high percentage of total net wealth in cryptocurrencies. Losses might reach 100% of invested assets. Cryptocurrency investing may not be suitable for all investors. Anyone looking to invest in cryptocurrencies should consult a fully qualified independent professional financial adviser. Investors are solely responsible to determine what, if any, taxes apply to their cryptocurrencies transactions.

In this podcast, we're featuring Astar Network Founder Sota Watanabe about Astar's steps towards a multichain future. Sota shared that they're currently building XCMP, a messaging protocol that enables tokens to be truly interoperable not just within Polkadot ecosystem but also to other L0 and L1 blockchains. Sota emphasized the three important factors that make up a solid blockchain network: incentivizing developers, superior technology/product, and bootstrapping user base.

Building Cross-Chain dApps: The Next Generation of dApps with José Macedo, Partner at Delphi Digital by LongHash Ventures

Our GP Shi Khai spoke with Ethan Buchman, co-founder of Cosmos, CEO of Informal Systems, and President of the Interchain Foundation, about Atom 2.0, Cosmos’ interchain vision, and the recent Prop 82 vote.

This episode features Rebecca Liao, co-founder and CEO of Saga, a chain for launching chains. For Web3 builders considering launching their own dedicated chains, Saga’s selling proposition is its ability to allow developers to set up their own dedicated blockchain, known as “chainlets”, as easily as deploying smart contracts, and then scale in a “pay as you go” model. Saga also aims to be interoperable beyond Cosmos ecosystem. LongHash Ventures participated in their recently closed seed round. You can read more about why we invested in Saga here: bit.ly/3CpekMg

Zaki Manian, former director of Tendermint Labs and cofounder of Sommerlier Protocol and Iqclusion, talks about the history of Cosmos, his own projects Sommerlier and Iqclusion, and his advice to Web3 builders about the key considerations when choosing a chain.

In the final episode of our DAO Mini Series, Shi Khai speaks with Eyal Eithcowich, founder of DeepDAO, a discovery and analytics platform for DAOs. Eyal shares how he transitioned from activism to DAOs, what qualifies to be a DAO, why voter apathy might not be as serious as you think, and finally, Eyal walks us through the DeepDAO platform and shares some insights into DAO organizational behaviour.

Coinshift Founder and CEO Tarun Gupta shares why Coinshift positions itself as a Layer 0.5, new features of Coinshift V2, and his conviction about future proofing DAOs. He emphasized that builders should have interoperability and composability in mind as we experiment our way to a DAO-rich future. 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Coinshift as a DAO Layer 0.5 in a sea of L0s and L1s 01:09 Emphasis on Composability and Interoperability 10:16 Coinshift’s Relationship with L0s and L1s 16:37 Players in L1 Infrastructure 19:27 Differentiating Coinshift V2 against other Players 24:01 Perspective on Scaling DAOs: NOT through mere Delegation 26:59 Why Web2 Companies will not be Easily Ported on Web3 31:51 Business Model for Big Players of DAO Infrastructure 38:58 Maximizing Community-Rich DAOs 44:45 Take on Crypto as Ponzinomics 49:25 Call to Action; Exciting things for Coinshift V2 Web3 Native Podcast Hosted by Shi Khai, COO of LongHash Ventures, we chat with the most innovative founders of Web 3.0 building a more open, inclusive, and equitable financial and social infrastructure.

Parcel founder Anubhav Girdhar disproves some myths about the DAOs and provides some nuances on the pros and cons of DAO compensation models. He introduces new feature of tags, which increases the efficiency of people working in multiple pods and subDAOs. He also discussed the interdependency of DAO tooling products in a DAO-rich future. 00:10 Introduction 00:36 Anubhav's Personal Crypto Journey 01:40 DAOs and Hierarchies 04:16 Purpose of Core Contributors 11:37 Parcel & Governance 13:51 Contributor Economy 16:40 Fixing the DAO Salary Problem 21:20 Flexibility of Working Groups 23:25 Loyalty vs Freelancing in DAOs 26:45 Parcel's Movement to On-chain Credentials 32:06 Perspective in Creating a Pay Structure in DAOs 35:45 Pain Points for Specific Chains 37:58 A Take on Future of DAO Tooling 44:33 Parcel's Direction Moving Forward 52:17 For Parcel Updates About Web 3 Native A podcast for crypto-native founders and users to learn about the most innovative models of Web 3.0. Hosted by Shi Khai of LongHash Ventures, we chat with the most innovative founders of Web 3.0 building a more open, inclusive, and equitable financial and social infrastructure. About LongHash Ventures LongHash Ventures is a Web 3 investment fund and accelerator collaborating with founders to build their Web 3 model and tap into the vast potential of Asia. In January 2021, we launched a DeFi-focused fund and invested in projects such as Balancer, Acala Network, Instadapp, and Zapper. We collaborated with their founders to develop their tokenomics, governance, and communities through Asia DeFi Network. With our LongHashX Accelerator,we have partnered with Polkadot and Filecoin to build more than 40 global Web 3 projects which have raised more than $100m in the past 3 years. Through such investments and active collaboration, we are committed to realising our mission of catalyzing growth for the next generation of the Web. Website:https://longhash.vc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Podcast: https://linktr.ee/longhash_ventures Medium: https://longhashsg.medium.com/ The Web 3 Native podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.

Snapshot provides a secured transition to a decentralized voting system for organizations. With their next big move to introduce the fully on-chain SnapshotX, voting becomes truly trustless and immutable. Led by LongHash Ventures’ very own Shi Khai Wei, we’re discussing the following topics with Nathan of Snapshot: - Importance of DAOs - Inception of Snapshot - New Product SnapshotX - Differences in Security of Snapshot vs SnapshotX - Voting Models - Merits of Delegation - Incentivizing Voting within DAOs - Core Thesis of DAOs in the 2022 Narrative —----------------------------------------------- 00:00:10 Welcome Remarks 00:01:20 Why DAO is Important 00:07:35 Origin of Snapshot 00:15:45 Mechanism of Snapshot 00:18:40 Snapshot Handles Costs? 00:20:10 Service Partners of Snapshots 00:22:31 True Flexibility of Snapshot 00:27:13 Extending Limits of Voting Conditions 00:34:05 SnapshotX Intro 00:36:07 More Computing Power? 00:41:19 Outlook for DAOs as a whole 00:42:21 Philosophical incentive to Vote 00:58:19 Hybrid on Representative Models 01:02:41 Hybrid Model Delegation on Level of Control 01:06:22 The Ideal DAO 01:09:49 Innovative Example: Decentraland 01:14:26 Making “Year of the DAOs” Happen 01:15:49 Spicy Question: Did Nathan take part in SIMP NFT DAOs & IreneDAOs 01:19:07 Future of Snapshot 01:23:36 Shout Out —----------------------------------------------- Asia DeFi Network is a venture building unit powered by LongHash Ventures, built to scale crypto projects by leveraging a collective network of top DeFi founders, investors, and institutions. The Network currently enables the DeFi Track of LongHash Ventures’ LongHashX Web 3 Accelerator, which catalyses the growth of DeFi projects through a structured Web 3 native program across verticals such as tokenomics, governance, and community building. This podcast features the members of this Network.

As one of the OG projects of Web 3, Gnosis has had vast experience in finding product market fit, rapidly iterating, and decentralizing into a DAO. In this episode, LongHash Ventures General Partner Shi Khai chats with Stefan George, Co-Founder of Gnosis, to cover: —----------------------------------------------- - What is a DAO - The journey of Gnosis - Tooling DAOs with Gnosis Safe & Reality - Merging with xDAI - Managing DAO Treasuries - Future of DAOs and Gnosis —----------------------------------------------- 00:00:10 How Stefan defines a DAO 00:03:23 How Gnosis was born 00:07:40 Process of Progressive Decentralization 00:10:09 Why Pivot away from Prediction Markets 00:19:19 Gnosis Safe & Multisig Wallets 00:27:18 Zodiac's Reality Module 00:31:29 Does CowSwap use Safe & Zodiac? 00:33:09 Gnosis Chain Merger 00:41:47 Gnosis Chain as the Canary Net for Ethereum 00:44:41 Gnosis' Massive Treasury 00:50:30 DAO Token Swaps 00:53:51 Futarchy 00:58:16 Incentivizing DAO Politicians 01:01:19 Trends in DAO Space 01:05:24 Parting Message —----------------------------------------------- Asia DeFi Network is a venture building unit powered by LongHash Ventures, built to scale crypto projects by leveraging a collective network of top DeFi founders, investors, and institutions. The Network currently enables the DeFi Track of LongHash Ventures’ LongHashX Web 3 Accelerator, which catalyses the growth of DeFi projects through a structured Web 3 native program across verticals such as tokenomics, governance, and community building. This podcast features the members of this Network.

Grape Protocol has evolved to be more than a toolkit, but the heartbeat of the Solana community. As guest Dean Pappas describes, Grape’s mission is to “accelerate the growth of Solana”. How the protocol does so is unique, featuring: ----------------------------------------------- - Radical transparency between the core team and the DAO - Hands-on support of their partner projects - Incentivisation to access community-created content through membership tiers - An insistence on international inclusivity, regardless of nationality ----------------------------------------------- We dive into each of these aspects so you can learn how to DAO. DAO founders and members can’t miss this one. ----------------------------------------------- Asia DeFi Network Podcast This podcast features the Members of Asia DeFi Network, a community of crypto founders collaborating on tokenomics, governance, and community building. Hosted by one of the Founding Members of Asia DeFi Network, Shi Khai of LongHash Ventures, we chat with the most innovative founders of Web 3.0 building a more open, inclusive, and equitable financial and social infrastructure. ----------------------------------------------- About LongHash Ventures LongHash Ventures is a Web 3 investment fund and accelerator collaborating with founders to build their Web 3 model and tap into the vast potential of Asia. In January 2021, we launched a DeFi-focused fund and invested in projects such as Balancer, Acala Network, Instadapp, and Zapper. We collaborated with their founders to develop their tokenomics, governance, and communities through Asia DeFi Network. With our LongHashX Accelerator, we have partnered with Polkadot and Filecoin to build more than 40 global Web 3 projects which have raised more than $100m in the past 3 years. Through such investments and active collaboration, we are committed to realising our mission of catalyzing growth for the next generation of the Web. ----------------------------------------------- Website: https://longhash.vc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Medium: https://longhashsg.medium.com/ ----------------------------------------------- The Asia DeFi Network podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.