The Silicon Valley tech companies have become the new banks. They hold all of our data. They control our digital identities. 

Sign-in with Ethereum is the solution. It’s one of the first steps for users to own their data across the web. Instead of logging into the platform, the platform logs into your account. You own your data. You own your identity. You have a self-sovereign, universal login for the internet. 

Wayne Chang is a researcher, the co-author of the Sign in with Ethereum (SIWE) Standard, and the co-founder and CEO of Spruce, a company that is working to grow SIWE adoption to become the standard way to log into the internet. 

Chang believes that SIWE will lead to a more sovereign, decentralized, and free internet for the world. 

Crypto is known as a technology to separate money and state. Identity is no different. 

This podcast marks the beginning of the separation of identity and state. 

Art visualized from the timestamp [1:21:22 - 1:21:56]: “Sign in with Ethereum is the first step for users to own their data across the web….” 

10% of all proceeds go to Bankless DAO.

Bankless - Sign-in with Ethereum

The first Bankless episode on AI… and we went deep down the rabbit hole. 

This conversation with Eliezer Yudkowsky sent us into an existential crisis as we discussed ChatGPT and the new generation of AI, digital super-intelligence, the end of humanity, and if there’s anything we can do to survive.

According to Eliezer, we’re already too late. Humanity is doomed. 

Artwork generated from the timestamp [59:32-59:51] Nobody knows how to create any good AIs at all. The problem isn’t that we have 20 good AIs and that somebody finally builds an evil AI. The problem is that the first powerful AI is evil, nobody knows how to make it good, and then it kills everybody before anybody can make it good.” 

10% of proceeds donated to Eliezer's MIRI Foundation.

Bankless - We’re All Gonna Die

Balaji Srinivasan is an investor, founder, the former CTO of Coinbase, GP at a16z, and author of The Network State.

He’s making a  bold claim - that Bitcoin will reach $1M in 90 days due to the U.S. dollar going into hyperinflation. With these dire predictions and a track record of strong takes, we needed to hear him out. 

He’s pulling the fire alarm for the end of the fiat world. 

Will he be right? 

Artwork generated from the clip [1:32:44 - 1:32:57] “We want the decentralized center. We want to have the free world. And really this is the moment, so take everything that you guys have said seriously over the last 5 years. You got all the right concepts. And help your guys go Bankless.”

Bankless - The $1M Bitcoin Bet

In this episode, we go over everything you wanted to know from Brian—his reflections on 2022 and his outlook on crypto moving forward. We cover the regulatory situation in America, how SBF infiltrated our halls of power, why Coinbase launched a chain in the worst regulatory environment we’ve ever seen, Wall Street’s understanding of Coinbase, and Brian’s best advice for the settlers and builders sticking around during this crypto winter.

The last time we had Brian on the podcast was in November of 2021. We’ve come such a long way since then…and more recently, he also hopped into a livestream with us in the middle of the FTX collapse last November. It was so good to have him back on, enjoy!

Artwork generated from [26:45 - 27:02]: “Crypto is going to outlast any administration, any official, that has the wrong idea. We can go through good periods and bad periods, as long as we keep building. The people who are engaged enough on the civic side who want to do it, that’s great, and the people who just want to build, that also great. We need both. I think we’ll get there eventually.” 

10% of proceeds are donated to Bankless DAO.

Bankless - The Coinbase Long Game

Is Solana going to make it?
Price is down. Its major public backer, SBF, is out for the count…Will the network survive the bear market? 
We brought in the creator of Solana and the co-founder of Solana Labs Anatoly Yakovenko to ask exactly that. 
He shares the full Solana story, back to its earliest inflection points all the way to the current state of Solana today. 

This episode marks a pivotal point in Solana’s lifecycle at the depths of a bear market. 
Will Solana make it? It’s all or nothing now. 
Artwork generated from the timestamp [1:16:24 - 1:16:37] “My guess is that if you looked at all the product launches from inception of crypto to now, to what’s going to happen in the next 12-18 months, the next 12-18 months are probably going to be way more than everything else combined…”

Bankless - Will Solana Make It?

Ether

The $1M Bitcoin Bet #33

The Coinbase Long Game  #5

We’re All Gonna Die #35

Will Solana Make It?  #11

Bankless - Investing in Waves

Investing in waves. Are we talking about surfing? Are we talking about capital deployment? The answer is yes.

In this episode, Chris unpacks why he uses the term “trashy” to describe many 2022 projects (and their founders), why crypto is like surfing and how you catch a good wave, his rules for staying sober during bull and bear markets (hint: don’t fall in love with your coconuts), and finally his bull case for Solana.

Chris Burniske is a Bankless legend, making his third appearance on Bankless. He was first on three years ago for episode #20! 

Art generated from the timestamp at [20:22 - 20:35] where Chris draws the parallel between surfing and investing in crypto ecosystems. 

10% of proceeds are donated to Shielded Labs, an organization helping with the decentralization of Zcash!