Episode 1396

Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396

Mar 1, 20221:11:32Watch on YouTube

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00:00 Molly intros today’s episode, crypto in Ukraine, Jason and Molly interview guest Molly White

02:07 The ways crypto has been used to help Ukraine

07:01 Molly and Jason interview guest Molly White

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12:02 Molly White talks about her website, web3isgoinggreat.com

14:07 Molly White talks about newer technologies in web3 and their future

17:06 Grifting in web3

18:35 What it takes to truly understand web3

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22:06 Bitcoin toxicity, brigading, and wash trading

25:34 Melania chimes in

25:43 Categories of grift in NFT’s

30:47 Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist

32:03 Jason predicts NFT lawsuits in 2023

33:06 Toxicity in the bitcoin cult

35:00 What are good uses for blockchains and the web3 shift

35:55 Jason’s defense of bitcoin

36:42 Molly White’s counter to Jason’s defense of bitcoin

38:17 Problems with energy consumption in bitcoin

40:22 Can bitcoin help store monetary value in authoritarian countries?

42:39 Are DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) a good idea?

48:27 Questions companies need to be able to answer in the life of their product

49:39 The downfall of Enron: “How does this company make money?”

52:16 The caveats of being ok with true decentralization

55:10 Doxxing in crypto

01:04:03 Brigading in crypto and social media

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