The Block Runner Crypto Podcast

In Roundtable 5 we go in depth comparing Decentraland with Second Life. We go into how and why Second Life came into a billion dollar in volume. What's missing in Decentraland to make a multi billion dollar market place as well. We also discuss how to properly hold a metaverse conference where the experience in the metaverse wouldn't be possible in real life. We also discuss audio and video capabilities support in Decentraland. Finally, the never ending wearables debate continues. Topics: First up, we compare Decentraland with SecondLife Next, How to have a Metaverse Conference Then, audio and now video capabilities in DCL Finally, the never ending wearables debate Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

We gather for another roundtable number four. The usual suspects return as we debrief from our previous discussion of the LAO. A way to govern the DAO funds in Decentraland is one of the more polarizing discussions to have. Sustainability seems to be the most intuitive way to govern the funds but a for profit DAO does come with consequences. In another discussion point, how do you determine the best metaverse? Who becomes liable when a deployment is considered detrimental to society? Who has the responsibility to throttle content? Finally, we discuss what Decentraland should be prioritizing in the short term.Topics: First up, we debrief on the value of the LAO. Next, What is the best metaverse? Then, Where's the liability when deploying nefarious content? Finally, What should @decentraland prioritize in the short term Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

The LAO will launch on April 28, 2020. https://www.thelao.io/ Twitter: @TheLAOOfficial @pridesaiWe just recently discovered the LAO in our quest to govern DAO funds currently in Decentraland. In today's discussion with bring in Pri Desai from Openlaw.io to speak with us about their upcoming launch of the LAO which is a member directed venture capital crowd fund for accredited investors. In this fund anyone can propose their project and allow 100 members of the LAO to vote to fund your project. We open the discussion with the relationship between OpenLaw and the LAO and the inspiration for the LAO. Our discussion includes how a blockchain community can improve with a for profit venture backing it. One of our main attractions to the LAO is that it provides a mechanism for sustainable growth of a pool of funds.Topics: First up, How does OpenLaw relate to theLAO? Next, How a for-profit venture creates a better blockchain community Then, Can Decentraland take the LAO mechanisms to manage a fund? Finally, How a member-directed VC compares to a traditional VC? Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

In the 3rd installment of the Decentraland Roundtable, we bring new faces into the discussion inlcuding Baus from Decentral Games and Daniel from PolygonalMind. In today's roundtable our topic around the social features of Decentraland are being improved and how this will help retain new players. We brainstorm ways to improve that retention and what the collective community can do to help. Another important topic is whether or not to make wearable creation a free market minting process or one where you apply for a whitelist. Many other metaverses allow for a seamless onboarding process whereas Decentraland requires you to have a metamask. Is eliminating the wallet requirement good enough to bring in more people? With new voices in today's discussion, the DAO still has many ways it could be implemented. We discuss a few ways we can align the growth of Decentraland with the voters that influence the direction of the metaverse. Topics: First up, How can Decentraland plug their leaky bucket? Next, a free market of wearables or a whitelist? Then, How can we improve onbaording players into DCL? Finally, What DAO structure makes sense? Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

In the second installment of the roundtable series the collective group discusses the latest developments within Decentraland. The group discusses the most efficient way of bringing the masses into Decentraland. One path is to focus on developers to create new experiences. Decentraland being the platform can facilitate unique experiences if the focus is to onboard developers. We bring up the LAO and maybe have the DAO focused on replenishing their reserves will align the incentives for all parties involved. With the Foundation forming, we're getting a more transparent look as to what the team is building and better communication with the community. At the end, we take a look at the proposal for creating wearables and authorizing collections. Topics: First up, we discuss methods on bringing the masses to Decentraland. Next, how the DAO should be governed and the LAO could be an option. Then, we break down what The Foundation is. and Finally, we look into the proposal for creating wearables and authorizing collections. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

With the ongoing pandemic, Decentraland and Binance join forces to fight COVID-19. At CryptoValley you can donate $10 worth of ETH and get an NFT wearable mask for your avatar. This is just an example of the crypto community coming together in the metaverse to help improve the situation for the real heroes on the front lines, the healthcare industry. In another update in Decentraland, the ability to stream audio has now become a meta called Cyber Jukebox. The Event Calendar has also been updated which will be used as data to feed into the upcoming changes to the world map. Decentraland has also being transparent with their DAO efforts via their new forum. Finally we break down the LAO and how this relates to how Decentraland's DAO could run if the community decides to do it. Topics: First up, Decentraland & Binance join forces to donate to fight against COVID-19 Next, checkout Franky's rooftop and his new meta. Then, we get a first look at audio streaming with the Jukebox on MetaZone. Finally, we break down the LAO which is a decentralized investor platform. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

In today's very special podcast, we gathered the most influential community members in Decentraland to discuss some of the most important topics that the community has. Since Decentraland is on its way to being completely decentralized, community members are going to have to step and point the direction the metaverse should head towards. One of the more important subjects is improving Decentraland's secret weapon, the SDK. Another important subject is discussing the details of the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and what's the best way to interact with it. One topic that gets discussed often is how the DAO will handle wearables and if anyone in the community can make them. Please watch or listen as the community begins to steer the ship on the direction of the metaverse.  Topics: First up, we discuss the new addition to the DCL team. Next, we breakdown the Decentralized Autonomous Organization and what votes could be had. Then, we discuss how anyone could generate wearables for Decentraland. and Finally, what limitations of the SDK can be lifted and how open will Decentraland be. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

As always, we've maintained transparency in everything that we've done so it comes as no surprise that we show you how we've drawn the first competitors of our first Monthly Tournament! Over 3,000 Mana is at stake and 10 competitors in each of our 4 games will compete with each other winner-takes-all style. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

We're in the early phases of the worldwide pandemic, we go over some of the after effects of the Coronavirus. Decentraland provides an opportunity for many by providing an ability to meet in the metaverse. Coinfest is a conference that was canceled due to the virus and their hosting several venues in Decentraland and one of them is MetaZone. After releasing 4 games in Decentraland, we're in the middle of development on our fifth game called Corona Zombies! We talk about the current stage of the game and some future updates that could occur when we get the community to play. Another iteration would be an RPG version of zombies where it'll take a collective group to take down the horde! Finally, we showcase some of the new creators submitting their work into MetaZone.Topics: First up, we follow up with the latest on the Corona Virus Next, we discuss the latest virus out break, Corona Zombies! and Finally, we showcase some creations from new creators on MetaZone.io Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

With the world collectively being affected by the Corona Virus, we give you our thoughts around how the global pandemic will affect the world economy. Bitcoin lost about 40% in a single day and we even saw a price below $4k, but ultimately, this is an asset worth keeping an eye on. The world economy is hanging in the balance, the government has cut interest rates to almost 0% and quantitative easing is the last shot in their chamber. These moves by the government could lead to a recession if not a depression at an scale not seen since 1929. While everyone stays in to work from home, we do the same and encourage all game developers to hop into Decentraland to build anything from games to 3d models of anything for landowners. With MetaZone marketplace growing, there are a number of landowners ready to purchase. The most valuable creations are ones that can allow landowners to make passive income. One of the way we propose to support any game is with a no-loss sponsorship by using compound interest to pay the prizes. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

William and Iman bring you the CMO of Decentraland, Federico Molina, to discuss the latest updates from the launch to the future of the metaverse. Now that Decentraland has officially launched, anyone can create an avatar and jump into the world to explore. Fede gives us his take on the launch, what the builder could provide to the larger community, and how developers will play a large role in populating the metaverse with more unique creations. During our conversation, we introduce MetaZone.io and how we're helping cultivate a development community by bringing a service that allows them to monetize their creations in a few clicks. We also discuss a no-loss sponsorship where MANA is used in Compound.finance to fund our daily and monthly tournaments. The sponsor can access the principal at any time and only the interest is used to fund all our games. We also request additional clarity around the roadmap and Fede's thoughts on the focus of the team. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

Sebastien Borget is the cofounder and COO of the Sandbox and his colleague Nathan from the marketing team join us to discuss the upcoming user generated blockchain world. We go into details as to how sandbox is accomplishing their goals of bringing blockchain to mainstream gamers by allowing them to generate their own assets and deploy them to the world. Through Voxel art, users can contribute their creations into the world and sell them as NFTs. Users can decide how many of each creation can exist in the world and anyone can buy them and deploy them to their land to make a game around it. We even get down to the details of how people can stake their digital currency called Sand to enable new functionality that wasn't possible before. Afterwards we debrief on the conversation and discuss how you can get involved and what we could bring to the table into this new metaverse. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

The MetaZone team adds Lastraum as our smart contract developer. Pretty soon all players, landowners and creators will be able to go to their MetaZone account and receive a payout with a click of a button. We want to build a trust-less environment where we can collaborate and grow MetaZone together without having to trust anyone on payments. In the course of 7 days post launch of Decentraland, we were able to receive over 150,000 in Mana from landowners and players for our games. We are discovering something we anticipated existed, the ability to deploy custom content for landowners to earn passive income is a growing need. We're happy that we collected like-minded people to join us in making this happen. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

Welcome back to episode 52 of The Block Runner Podcast. Here is where we discuss the latest developments in cryptocurrency while we make this new technology relatable to you. You can watch this podcast on our YouTube channel to follow along with our discussion. As always, I am your host William talking with your cohost Iman and today we discuss our experiences and the performance of MetaZone 5 days after Decentraland. We discuss revenue and how you can earn Mana from your land. Alright lets listen in. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema

After spending the whole night before the Decentraland launch getting things ready for ourselves, MetaZone.io, and our landowners who have deployed our games to accept payments. We learned many things about how Decentraland can survive and be a viable metaverse. Listen in on how much revenue we generated just 12 hours after the launch and how we plan to grow our network of hosts. Please like and subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Website: www.theblockrunner.com Try using the Brave browser. It blocks all ads and it allows you to earn Basic Attention Tokens if you decide to view ads. BAT: brave.com/npl153 Follow us on: Twitter: bit.ly/TBR-Twitter Telegram: bit.ly/TBR-Telegram Discord: bit.ly/TBR-Discord LBRY: http://bit.ly/LBRYTBR Music by OfDream - Thelema