Square I

Square 1 interviewed Magenta and Ori from DOrg to discuss a new public good funding system they created called DAO Drops. Hear more about their experience getting into web3 and working amongst DAOs in this episode!

We're excited to share a conversation with Sid Powell, CEO and Founder of Maple Finance. The team at Maple is tackling one of the most risk involved and challenging issues of Decentralized Finance, undercollateralized lending. Sid is a unique founder in the web3 space, as he comes with a background in banking, not software development. We hope you find plenty of interesting ideas to chew on throughout this conversation. 

https://twitter.com/sidbpowell

This episode is another deep dive with an impressive builder of the ecosystem. James Prestwich has been involved in the ecosystem pre-Ethereum. He's a serial entrepreneur and developer, currently focused on cross chain interactions. Learn more about his experience in the links below!

https://prestwi.ch/about-me/
https://twitter.com/_prestwich

This week we speak to the humble leader of Aave, a 5+ billion dollar lending protocol on Ethereum.

In this episode we chat with two Australian Defi founders Sid and Kerman about their perspective on decentralized finance. We break Defi down into four primary functions: exchanges, lending services, derivatives, and insurance. This ~should~ be relatively encompassing of the different applications you can find in the ecosystem today.

Listen to the latest @Square1_pod as we talk to @paulgambill about the way crypto economics applies to the carbon removal market, and how @nori is pioneering a carbon negative economic system!

We’re back. This week we’ll release two intro episodes. We’ve been thinking deeply about the way to best orient listeners. There will be a variety of intro episodes as well as deep dives.

As you listen send feedback! We’d love to create the content you find most valuable.

Disclaimer: none of this is legal nor investment advice. Find an advisor.

This is the first episode of Square 1 season 1 where we talk to Andy Tudhope. Andy is a hacker-anthropologist and comes to the table with incredibly deep insights on the history of money, it's relevance to society, and how cryptocurrency continues to evolve this ancient form of communication.  

Takeaways:
The moment language appeared in history is the singularity for humankind.
Money precedes written language.
The concept of money is fundamentally "the water in which we swim" and requires awareness (please see David Foster Wallaces speech).
Cryptocurrency is an evolution to the order of language, in order to push the boundaries of the infinite game.  

Links:
Finite and Infinite Games - https://wtf.tw/ref/carse.pdf
This is Water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMIDebt
The First 5000 Years - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIINXhGDcs

Give a brief listen to gather a context for the significance of the Internet and how it uses protocols to transact data across servers around the globe. 

This new system (only ~50 years young) is foundational to the way society coordinates today and into the future. It is also a fundamental concept needed to understand software and cryptocurrency.

Review this episode to listen to brief descriptions defining cryptocurrency, DAOs, Defi, and token economics. 

Disclaimer! If you are new to these concepts, they will sound like a foreign language.

The goal for Square 1 is to provide content that provides a holistic overview of the systems available within cryptocurrency today. Most content we see either falls on the deeply academic and technical to the deeply speculative and financial. Square 1 will talk to people and teams to define the practical applications of the technology today, as well as bring users up to speed with relevant concepts.