This episode welcomes Cooper Turley, Founder of Coop Records. Cooper is a recurring guest on the pod, though this time, we focus all of our attention on how to go viral onchain.

Consider this a round table discussion where him and I share our insights, lessons learned, and debate our perspectives on the current state of the onchain creator economy.

I hope you enjoy our conversation.

The episode welcomes Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Avara, and Alex Gluchowski, Co-Founder & CEO of Matter Labs, the team behind the zkSync network.

The key focus of this conversation covers the newly announced Lens Network built on zkSync.

Throughout the hour we explore:

• The key benefits of the Lens Network for creators.
• How zkSync ensures user data control and ownership.
• New monetization opportunities compared to traditional social media.
• Addressing censorship and freedom of expression.
• Real-world use cases and cross-chain interoperability.
• Future developments and the impact on the onchain creator economy.

I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators.

Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app.

I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!