Beneath the Layers

By: Offchain Labs
  • Summary

  • Beneath the Layers is a community-focused show dedicated to showcasing entrepreneurs in Web3, telling their stories, and having conversations about their creations. Whether you're a seasoned crypto enthusiast or new to the space, you'll learn from the best in the business and gain valuable insights into the Web3 and crypto community. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum.

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Episodes
  • Tegan Kline: Entrepreneurship and Growing The Graph
    Apr 9 2024

    In this latest episode of Beneath the Layers we speak with Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and CEO of Edge and Node. We speak about her time giving back to her local community, entrepreneurship, and growing the Graph.


    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs


    0:00 Intro

    1:30 Giving back to the Community

    9:30 Does finance revolve around similar values?

    15:18 Adjusting Risk and Decision Making

    18:40 Orchid

    23:40 The Graph Explained

    29:01 Should all data live onchain?

    31:57 Edge and Node

    35:32 Content is Key

    36:53 San Francisco

    39:24 House of Web3

    41:27 What does it take to be an entrepeneur?

    43:30 What does it mean to be happy?


    𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥

    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.


    #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

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    48 mins
  • Eli Ben-Sasson: Cryptography and ZK, StarkWare, and Scaling Ethereum
    Jan 12 2024

    In this latest episode of Beneath the Layers we speak with Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder and President of Starkware. We speak about cryptography and it's place in society, ZK systems and privacy, and how StarkWare helps with scaling Ethereum. Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs


    0:00 Why Should We Care about Cryptography?

    7:55 What caused the shift of focus from Privacy-centric blockchains?

    17:30 StarkWare Products

    22:47 Trust: Math vs Humans

    29:08 Why Cairo (CVM) vs Solidity/Rust?

    32:12 Narrative Shifts for Layer 2s

    35:30 Onboarding and Tooling

    38:21 Decentralization

    44:46 Offchain Labs and StarkWare Collab?

    46:15 Can we “Solve” State Growth?

    50:14 Coolest breakthrough in Cryptography

    52:36 Quantum Computing


    𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥

    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.


    #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

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    55 mins
  • GFunk: CEO of Pixel Vault, The Rise of NFTs, and Building On Chain Economies with Reboot
    Dec 21 2023

    In this episode of Beneath the Layers we bring on GFunk, CEO at Pixel Vault. We speak about his time coming into web3 as an entrepreneur, his part in the rise of NFTs, and what Reboot's role in web3 gaming is.


    Brought to you by Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, a leading scaling solution for Ethereum. To learn more, visit: https://linktr.ee/offchainlabs


    0:00 Why "GFunk"?

    4:08 Life before Entrepreneurship

    25:55 Partnering with Adidas

    34:50 Creator Royalties

    38:02 Reboot Protocol

    41:38 Battle Plan!

    55:04 Wolf.game

    1:07:45 Why Arbitrum

    1:18:08 Solana

    1:22:20 Football Club


    𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥

    Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.


    #Offchainlabs #Arbitrum #Ethereum

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    1 hr and 31 mins

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