EP66: Michael Cullen III, Community Lead at Audius

Infinity Keys is a no-code creator tools platform for brands and fans to build engaging metaverse treasure hunt experiences. The IK team and community are building a series of demo hunts and puzzles to show the power of engagement using scalable games with opt-in Web3 NFTs as an alternative to passive, impression-based marketing. This is an interview with Andy Boyan, Co-Founder of Infinity Keys , where we discuss the entrepreneurial journey of building Infinity Keys and how Web3 puzzle games and NFTs will become an alternative to traditional impression-based marketing.

Bittensor is an open-source protocol that powers a scalable, globally-distributed, decentralized neural network. The system is designed to incentivize the production of artificial intelligence by training models within a distributed infrastructure and rewarding insight gained through data with a custom digital currency. This is an interview with Jacob Steeves, Co-Founder and 0xCarro, Front End Lead Engineer of Bittensor, where we discuss the role Bittensor plays in the future of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and Web3.

Gitcoin DAO is on a mission to build an internet that is open source, collaborative, and economically empowering. Gitcoin DAO is creating a community and infrastructure for Web 3 — a diverse range of tools, technologies, and networks that enable people to work for the open internet. By funding projects, building community, and making learning resources accessible, Gitcoin DAO is teaming up to create the digital public infrastructure of tomorrow. This is an interview with Kevin Owocki, Founder of Gitcoin DAO , where we discuss the creation of Gitcoin DAO, how Gitcoin DAO is funding the open source internet, and the future of Web3.

Brave’s privacy-focused browser provides users with the fastest browsing experience, and the highest level of privacy in the marketplace. Users have full control and earn rewards through the Basic Attention Token. With 50+ million users worldwide, many brands now choose Brave as their preferred advertising platform. This is an interview with Luke Mulks, VP of Business Operations at Brave, where we discuss Brave's web browser and advertising platform, what separates Brave from other traditional Web2 competitors in the ad platform and web browser categories, the BAT token, and Brave's company mission and vision for the future of Web3 privacy.

The Blockchain OS. Cartesi is a Layer-2 solution integrating Linux & standard programming environments to blockchain. This is an interview with Erick de Moura, Founder and CEO of Cartesi, where we discuss Cartesi's founding story, what is a blockchain operating system, enabling Web2 developers to code for Web3 with traditional programming languages, Cartesi rollups, the Linux runtime environment, the Cartesi Machine and the CTSI token.

The RLY Network is an open, decentralized network that supports a diverse ecosystem of consumer apps powered by RLY Protocol software suite and RLY token. This is an interview with Jeremiah Owyang Jowyang, CMO of RLY Network Association, where we discuss the RLY Network, social tokens, utility tokens, the influencer economy, the Rally Protocol, and how the RLY Network enables all types of applications to launch their own tokens.

Harmony is an open platform for assets, collectibles, identity, governance. This is an interview with Devin Marty, Ecosystem Growth and Flu, Contributor at Harmony, where we discuss what separates Harmony from other layer-2s, Harmony's validators and bridges, random state sharding, Effective Proof of Stake (EPoS), Harmony’s philosophy around the multi-chain future, DAOs, GameFi, and lessons the team has learned along the way.

Degen Blues is a data-driven musical NFT collection, generated dynamically from Ethereum prices. This is an interview with Andy Szybalski, Creator of Degen Blues, where we discuss the current dynamic NFT scene, the backend set up for Degen Blues and how the dynamically generated music NFTs are created, how Degen Blues uses Chainlink Price Feeds, why Andy built the DegenFetcher, and the future of generative NFTs.

Messari provides market intelligence that drives high-conviction participation in crypto. This is an interview with Eric Turner, VP of Market Intelligence at Messari, where we discuss Messari's research services, what it takes to produce a market research report, market research strategies, upcoming crypto market trends, Messari's data dashboards, and advice for getting a job in the crypto industry.

This is an interview with Michael Cullen III, Community Lead at Audius, where we discuss the difference between centralized and decentralized music platforms, how Audius compares to Spotify and Soundcloud, Audius's business model, the AUDIO token, and the future of music in Web3.