The Buttonwood Foundation

On part 1 of this Mayflower Update mini series, Rex talks with two of Beanstalk's developers Brean and Chaikitty about the Sunrise Improvements.

On this special episode, Rex and Ceazor talk more broadly about the crypto space, news and current events. 

Rex is joined by Allay head of Community at Hats Finance, a decentralized smart bug bounty marketplace to discuss incentive realignment and Beanstalk's past governance exploit in April 2022. 

 Rex chats with Kirari, one of Paradox’s founders, about how they got into this space and how all of Paradox’s unique features come together.

There are few people who understand the history of finance and how it relates to moder DeFi better than Manny Rincon-Cruz. Manny is a financial historian by trade and a key part of The Buttonwood Foundation, a collection of tools and primitives that are helping developers build components of the decentralized finance stack. Manny joined us in the studio the other day to discuss his background and how Buttonwood will help drive future defi projects.

Ceazor, of the YouTube channel Ceazor’s Snack Sandwich has over 300 videos posted about a huge range of topics within crypto and DeFi and is known for his clever and entertaining infographics. Ceazor is kind enough to join us in the studio today to talk about his work.

To start season off season two, Rex is joined by special guest Perchy:  an artist whose work has become closely associated with the Bankless DAO, has recently sold NFTs of his work called Goblin Town, the newest item in his Locations series. 

Rex is joined by Beanstalk contributor asnt to talk about DAO voting, the Farmer’s Almanac, and Beanstalk’s new approach to hiring and managing contributors.

Rex is joined by Beanstalk contributor Malteasy to chat about the Pod Marketplace v2. 

Rex, Mod and Publius are joined by Toghrul Maharramov, a senior researcher at Scroll, a zkEVM-based rollup.