Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396

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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
10:32 Mercury – Banking built for startups. See more at https://mercury.com/twist
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