The Block Runner Crypto Podcast

William and Iman collect a group of Decentraland all stars including Corv, FrankyNeedles and Lastraum to discuss our thoughts on the launch. We discuss the gear we found in many of the beta tests and how they'll increase in valuation. A Decentralized Autonomous Organization will be responsible with many of the updates and governance of the platform. Throughout this journey, many of us have asked ourselves whether it continues to make sense pouring in our time and investments in building out things in the metaverse. We also discuss some feedback for the Decentraland team which ranges from some SDK improvements to additional functionality that would open up new experiences. We also discuss what has more value between MANA and LAND. Make sure you stay tuned till the end to watch us go through some play tests. Keep in mind the final tests will have some bugs in preparation of the launch in just a few days. Finally we discuss how NFTs are supported in Decentraland such as wearables and how the community could contribute to his space. Topics: First up, Decentraland will be governed by a decentralized autonomous organization. Next, we debate whether or not Decentraland will succeed. Then, we discuss what's worth more in a vote, MANA or LAND? Finally, watch us go through a play test and how NFT wearables will be created by the community. 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 - ThelemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/FrankyNeedles Discord: @Lastraum @KJWalker https://lowpolymodels.org/

As we prepare ourselves for the launch of Decentraland on 02/20/2020, we cover everything that's been happening in the crypto space. Bitcoin inches closer to its halvening which is contributing to this year's all time high. The Decentralized Finance community has reached a psychological milestone where $1 billion has been locked up in DeFi protocols. With RSK, Bitcoin is now interoperable with the Ethereum network enabling new functionality. Pretty soon we're going to start seeing NFTs used as collateral in a similar way a house is used as collateral. Brian Armstrong explains the similarities in maturity with messaging and crypto. Another exchanged gets hacked. Finally, we reveal our 2 new games powered by MetaZone.io! Topics: First up, Bitcoin establishes a new high for 2020 Next, DeFi reaches a billion dollar milestone and the Bridge between Bitcoin and Ethereum Then, NFT's used a collateral. And finally, we launch our 2 new games powered by MetaZone.io in time for the Decentraland Launch! 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

Andrew Yang has been the figure that has motivated those of us disengaged from the political process. As the only candidate that has recognized cryptocurrency as an asset we should invest in, naturally we're inclined to invest in his candidacy. This is even without acknowledging his other rational policies that we believe to solve other systemic issues such as his freedom dividend. We also discovered Jack Mallers' Strike app that allows you to use your traditional bank account to facilitate Bitcoin Lightning transactions by scanning a QR invoices. We also evaluate the price of Bitcoin as we try to figure out whether or now we've seen the beginning of a bull cycle. Finally, we discuss adding a gaming mechanic to the world of Decentraland where players collect resources to craft more valuable items. We ask the community a question, is it more interesting to mint brand new NFT's through a proof of work mechanism or would a standard token sale suffice?Topics: Andrew Yang supports crypto and the Iowa Caucus Jack Mallers Zap app How to know when the Bull market is here Collecting resources in Decentraland? What are your thoughts on minting a new NFT through a proof of work process? 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 returning from a long trip from Mexico, we summarize some of what transpired over the last week. We discuss events occurring around the world such as the virus called Coronavirus that's infected over 6,000 people. We reflect on Kobe Bryant's death and figure out why so many people felt this loss so deeply. Andrew Yang being the only candidate with a cryptocurrency policy won an Iowa Youth Straw Poll and why it might indicate his potential to win the presidential nominee. Bitcoin has been rising since the start of 2020, could we be in a bull market right before the halvening occurs? We're a week removed from our interview with Ben Kelly. He's one of the more knowledgable about the Axie Inifinity NFTs and we debrief on our conversation and reflect on the whole NFT ecosystem emerging. Finally, Decentraland is launching February 20, 2020. The Block Runner has 2 more games in development as we get ready for the launch. Topics: First up, we discuss the Corona Virus and Kobe's death. Next, Are we finally in a Bitcoin Bull market? Then, we debrief on our Ben Kelly interview on Axie Infinity. And Finally, we prepare for the Decentraland launch 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 interview the man they call Elon Stark because of his talented skills for developing automation techniques to solve problems in the gaming industry. Ben Kelly started his career collecting and competing in the world of Magic the Gathering to going from a few hundred Axie Infinity NFT's to nearly 10,000 using his team's proprietary breeding engine. Ben describes how he first heard of Bitcoin and how he got involved in crypto. He also explains what makes an Axie Infinity NFT so valuable and how he optimized Axie Infinity genetic identity to breed more powerful and more rare Axies. Finally, we explain our own NFT idea to Ben so he can give us his thoughts on how viable it could be. Topics: First up, how he started his competitive career with Magic The Gathering cards. Next, we learn when he first heard about Bitcoin. Then, we find out what makes an Axie NFT valuable and his breeding engine. And finally, we bounce off our own NFT idea.   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've been discussing Non Fungible Tokens lately in our search to predict the next asset class to be the next speculative craze. NFT's in short seem to be slowly growing over time in volume. We look into the assets on Opensea to discuss the viability of these assets, why they become valuable and why they may become the catalyst to mass speculation. We also break down the differences in the current NFT standards for Ethereum for ERC721, ERC1155, and ERC998. Each created for a specific purpose to satisfy a particular game mechanic or style. NBA player, Spender Dinwiddie tokenized his NBA contract to receive funds up and pay his investors a 5% bonus on their investment. We discuss how this might be a common occurrence in the future. Finally, we discuss an idea we've been tossing around that could help bring a larger audience to Decentraland and at the same time create a valuable resource to the NFT economy. Topics: First up, we discuss the NFT bible that was published on Open Sea Next, we dive in deeper into the differences between all the ERC token standards for NFTs Then, an NBA player tokenizes his NBA contract and launches his token. And finally, we look for your thoughts on our own NFT in Decentraland. 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 return with the first recording in 2020 and we discuss why Bitcoin might be pumping and speculate whether the conflict between the US and Iran has anything to do with it. We discovered that the origin address for the HEX project has exfiltrated almost all the ETH in several transactions at 1,337 ETH per transaction. 1,337 is LEET speak and a calling sign for trolling. We speculate that the exit scam has already begun. We follow up with John McAfee's bet on Bitcoin and how he decided to back out of the bet. Andrew Yang is the only candidate that is aware and has a policy on cryptocurrencies. He is undergoing an attack by mainstream media and omitting him from all mentions. Finally, we go over the winners of the latest Decentraland Game Jam competition. Topic: First up, Bitcoin & Gold go up due to US & Iran Conflict Next, has the HEX exit scam commenced? John McAfee Backs out of his bet on Bitcoin The Andrew Yang Media blackout Continues And Finally, we show off the Decentraland Game Jam Winners 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

In our next installment of our Mythical Creature series we are joined by Andreas Antonopoulos! In our discussion we dive into the events necessary to cause mass adoption of cryptocurrencies. With the adoption of permissionless currency, how will governments of the world cope with a censorship resistant monetary system? We also discuss how cryptocurrency could change the power dynamic of the currency world reserve currency - the US dollar. We keep hearing the economy is at an all time high, but is there a possibility we might be at a tipping point for the world economy? We’re fast approaching the Bitcoin halvening which will render the inflation rate smaller than that of the US dollar. We find out how this might affect the US dollar and Bitcoin itself. One of Andreas’ presentation included the concept of one network multi-chain solution that will help tie many of the technologies together in a cohesive network. Finally, we ask Andreas’ thoughts on NFT’s and the application of it in the gaming industry such as Decentraland. Topics: Does crypto need a catastrophic event for mass adoption to occur? Are we at a tipping point for the world economy? We go deeper on his one network multi chain concept. And Finally, we get his thoughts on NFT’s and Decentraland. 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

The feeling of despair can sometimes be confused with a pattern on a chart. We show real examples of despair by the sentiment of cryptocurrencies from different locations of the internet. The feeling is very real and is being felt by many, this is why many of the predictions of the bottom have some weight. The recent crypto purge just illustrates an example of why the crypto community advocates for censorship resistant technology. We look into what might have caused such a coordinated attack and then we look into how we can mitigate another attack using LBRY which is a peer to peer network where you can find content. Finally, we take a look at the performance of the S&P 500 as well as NASDAQ over the past decade. Topics:  First up we discuss the real feeling of despair. Then we discuss the recent crypto YouTube purge. Next we look into LBRY as a backup method to censorship And Finally the parabolic stage of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ. 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

Visithttps://dashboard.metalith.io/metalix/median1wToday we go a little deeper in the NFT universe to bring on Joel Hubert and Mark Le, cofounders of Metalith.io. They are bringing the S&P 500 for the NFT space. Their first NFT on their platform is on the topic we tend to talk about a lot - Decentraland. We cover what aspects create value on land and how Metalith will help users understand how well the space is performing. We also discuss possible business models they could use and how the NFT space stretches to cover many aspects from collectibles to playable pieces that can traverse from game to game. 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

The reason Hex is getting a lot of attention from the crypto community is because there is a gut instant reaction when the claim is extremely high returns. We’ve seen the promise of high returns before with Bitconnect which officially tanked in January 2018. Many lost a ton of money and a similar risk has been resurrected with Hex. We take a look at the dump that occurred so violently with Matic and we discuss what might have caused it and how this crash correlates with the other Binance IEO tokens. Metalith is an interesting development in the NFT space. It directly impacts how to measure and gauge the sentiment of NFT’s overall with an early and special focus on Decentraland. We break down Metalith and we work on bringing the founders on the podcast. Finally Jack Dorsey unveils that he is working on a decentralized social media standards. Topics: Hex might be an unregistered security. Matic takes a dump. Metalith gets funded! Shopin Founder charged with $42M fraud. SoMee Social Twitter Decentralized standards by Jack Dorsey. 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

For the last several weeks, Matic has been on a parabolic bull trend which does not happen frequently. One of the first Initial Exchange Offerings by Binance, its still their best performing IEO. Matic focuses on a side chain for Ethereum that improves on the scalability and the throughput of the network. While Matic is on this parabolic run, Ethereum just launched Istanbul which reduces the bottle neck and increases the network throughput by 200 transactions per second. A lot of action this week also brought us Hex coin brought to you by Richard Heart. This controversial coin is said to provide you large returns which sends up all kinds of flags. Peter McCormack, host of the popular podcast called What Bitcoin Did, joined a live stream with Richard Hart where mixed reactions resulted. We also received notification of the beta launch of Voice by the Block.One team that utilizes the EOS network.  Matic goes Parabolic Ethereum’s Istanbul hardfork provides 3,000 trxns per sec Hex is not a Ponzi, it’s worse. Block.One's Voice beta launches in Feb 2020 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

When we first heard of Decentraland, we were automatically hooked. We saw the ingredients of something that could really harness the value of blockchain technology in the form that most new technologies are introduced to the masses; gaming. Participating in the community in various ways, we’re seeing a pattern in the development community that wont lead to a thriving metaverse. We need the leading team in Decentraland to provide and encourage the development community to build recurring experience where a ROI is the centerpiece of the experience. The holiday season is a good time to look back at progress and we discovered some early comments on Bitcoin from people reading Satoshi’s white paper in 2009. With the launch of the controversial Hex coin from Richard Hart, we briefly discuss the proposition it provides and we make a first pass on whether or not its worth your attention. Finally we look at the stock to flow chart compared to Bitcoin’s price and we discuss what might come next for Bitcoin. Topics: Decentraland will get big because you can make crypto from it - if they do it right. We discuss Comments on Bitcoin from 2009! We try to figure out What’s up with the $Hex coin? We take a look at the Stock to Flow chart against $Bitcoin’s price. 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

The first ever live stream occurred during the Cybertruck reveal to successful results. Make sure you watch our live reactions on our Youtube channel to see our initial thoughts on the new Tesla pickup truck. The most polarizing vehicle to date takes some time to warm up to. We’ve already seen a large majority of detractors begin to like the Cybertruck and we feel the same way. The MakerDAO have made an update where they’re introducing the multi collaterally backed DAI as opposed the single collateral SAI. We also get into explaining the DAI Savings Rate and what that means for the DeFi ecosystem. Bitcoin has hit a 4 month low at $6,500 and we discuss what might be causing this. We debrief on our first Cybertruck live stream reveal! What is the difference between the single collateral sai versus the new Dai. What is a Multi collateral Dai What’s going on with Bitcoin? 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema

The mythical creature known as John McAfee joins The Block Runner podcast! We briefly discuss the earliest days of McAfee Associates and what was going through John’s mind as he was building his anti-virus software. He gives us his insight on what contributes to success and how to prepare for opportunities. Epstein has become a significant topic of discussion and McAfee shares his thoughts and discusses his new Whackd token airdrop. Elon Musk has shared his thoughts on an impending AI doom if we’re not careful and McAfee shares his thoughts on the matter. Why McAfee and Bill Gates were successful? We recognize The opportunity with cryptocurrencies. We talk Epstein & McAfee’s new Whackd token. His thoughts on Artificial Intelligence. 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 Music by OfDream - Thelema