Lightnode
Welcome to Lightnode, where we engage with pioneering entrepreneurs, visionary venture capitalists, and leading corporate minds. Driven by the same spirit that once ignited the garage days of Silicon Valley, we delve deep into the crypto realm, exploring its capacity to address real-world challenges and craft user-centric solutions.
Episodes
29 episodes
Exploring Minds and Markets | Alexander Lange, Inflection
Our guest today is Alexander Lange, GP & Co-Founder of Inflection.xyz - venture capital firm out of Berlin, which he launched after abandoning career in ‘big law’ and joining Google as an Entrepreneur in ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:09:09
What the heck is sharding? | Nischal Shetty, Shardeum
Our guest today is Nischal Shetty, co-founder of Shardeum, an autoscaling EVM-based blockchain. He is also the Founder, and CEO of WazirX, India's largest crypto exchange by volume with over 12 Million users. Nischal is a well-known entrepreneu...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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44:16
AI x Crypto Primer | Alex Cheema, HomeDAO
Our guest today is Alex Cheema, Founding Member of HomeDAO, researching and building in the intersection of AI and Crypto. Previously, Alex took care of the DeFi side at Portofino Technologies and led the Oxford Blockchain Society as its presid...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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53:12
The Enterprise Orange Pill | Dirk Roeder, Telekom MMS
Dirk is the esteemed Head of Web3 Infrastructure & Solutions at Telekom MMS, a fully-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. Dirk is an avid Bitcoin enthusiast, actively disseminating blockchain knowledge since 2016. Additionally, his diverse...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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55:42
SocialFi: Greed is Good | Luffi, Zee Prime Capital
Our guest today is Luffi who is working on flexible capital solutions at Zee Prime Capital.—Follow Luffi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/luffistotleFollow Piotr’s Twitter:
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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43:36
New Kids On The Block | Danish Chaudhry, Paper Ventures
Our guest today is Danish Chaudhry, GP & Co-Founder of a new seed stage-focused fund, Paper Ventures. Danish is a seasoned professional and experienced operator who previously worked at EY & BlackRock before joining web3 full-time as Ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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45:40
From Y Combinator to Beacon | Kenzi Wang, Beacon Accelerator, Symbolic Capital
Kenzi, co-founder of Symbolic Capital, joins us to discuss venture capital in the blockchain space. A seasoned entrepreneur and investor, he's a core contributor at Beacon Accelerator & Founding Partner at Symbolic Capital and formerly serv...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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37:24
From Wall Street to Web3 Investments | Sachi Kamiya, Polygon Ventures
Our guest today is Sachi Kamiya - a Wall Street credit trader turned Web3 investor. As a founding member of Polygon Ventures, she leads the 100M ecosystem fund and was responsible for setting the initial framework for investing and growi...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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40:54
Heartcore Capital Goes Web3! | Yacine Ghalim, Heartcore Capital
Welcome back to the third season of the Lightnode Podcast. We'll be embarking once again with our host, Piotr Saczuk, on a journey into the world where Web3 and venture capital cross paths. The first episode of this brand-new season is a meetin...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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56:16
MEV Protection | Anna George, CoW Swap
In today's episode, we are talking with Anna George, co-founder and CEO of CoW Swap. This meta-DEX aggregation protocol acts as a batch settlement layer on top of all other AMMs & DEX aggregators. CoW Protocol is a spin-off from Gnosis DAO ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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52:11
Staking as a Service | Andreas Dittrich, Finoa
In today's episode, we are talking with Andreas Dittrich, CTO at Finoa - a regulated custodian for crypto assets, servicing professional investors with custody and staking, where he also launched a staking unit - Finoa Consensus Services. Previ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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54:03
Putting Data Into a Backpack | Evin McMullen, Disco.xyz
In today's episode, we are talking with Evin McMullen, Co-Founder and CEO of Disco.xyz - a tool that enables users to enjoy a nuanced web3 reputation associated with public identifiers across chains and web2 while maintaining privacy and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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50:19
State of Tech in Lativia | Reinis Znotins, LBAA
In today's episode, we are talking with Reinis Znotins, Managing Director of The Latvian Blockchain Association, co-founder of Your Move, and ex-deputy minister and member of the parliament in Latvia, where he worked on passing startups friendl...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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59:20
Importance of Data Indexing | Dima Zhelezov, Subsquid.io
In today's episode, we are talking with Dima Zhelezov, the founder and CEO of Subsquid, a new Web3 data extraction and transformation standard. Subsquid allows building indexers that sync at thousands of blocks per second and enable advanced ag...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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57:04
VC Turned Builder | Altan Tutar, NEAR
In today's episode, we are talking with Altan Tutar, Partner Engineer at NEAR Foundation, which is contracting protocol maintainers, funding ecosystem development, and shepherding core governance of the NEAR Protocol, proof of stake layer1 bloc...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:02:09
bioDAOs, Longevity, and DeSci | Heinrich Tessendorf, Molecule
In today's episode, we are talking with Heinrich Tessendorf, Community and Marketing Manager at Molecule, where biotech meets web3, building the infrastructure to fund early-stage biopharma research using blockchain. Heinrich was supporting Vit...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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57:52
Crypto native PhD | Advait (Leo) Jayant, SuperSight
In today's episode, we are talking with Leo, a doctoral candidate in Accounting at London Business School, which selects only two candidates worldwide. He previously served as a Research Partner to Fabric Ventures. Leo combines his expertise in...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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58:28
Disrupting Airbnb | Cynthia Huang, Dtravel
In today's episode, we are talking with Cyn, Co-Founder and CEO of Dtravel, empowering hosts to book directly with guests and take on-chain payments without an intermediary, where community members get to vote on different initiatives and drive...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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36:30
Aligning Crypto Prices Around the Globe | Edgars Laimite, Gravity Team
In today's episode, we are talking with Edgars Laimite - investor, algorithmic trader, and co-founder of Gravity Team, a crypto market maker trading 1% of the world's crypto spot volume across 25+ centralized spot and derivative crypto exchange...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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46:15
Getting Good UX into Web3 | Geoist & Levertz, IDriss
In today's episode, we are talking with Geoist and Levertz, founders of IDriss - a tool with a mission to give a wallet address to every human on Earth. The first product in the suite of IDriss tools is a decentralized mapping of emails, phone ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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33:07
How Investors Look at Early Ventures | Ben Horvath, Blockchain Founders Capital
In today's episode, we are talking with Ben Horvath - Partner at Blockchain Founders Capital. Ben is an expert in tech investments, venture development, psychometrics, and international management, previously acting as Managing Director at Bloc...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:23
Lauching Staking at T-Systems | Gleb Dudka, Greenfield Capital
In today's episode, we are talking with Gleb Dudka, Principal at Greenfield One, a Berlin-based VC fund with a portfolio of leading projects in the crypto-asset space like 1inch, Liquity, Celo, Vega, Flow, Arweave, and many more. He focuses on ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:23
Gaming, Gaming, Gaming | Frota, Outlier Ventures
In today's episode, we talk with Frota, Data Industry Analyst at G2A.com & Game Analyst at Outlier Ventures. Frota is involved in Web3 & gaming-oriented...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:01:26
FTW DAO | Isla & Ben
In today's episode, we are talking with Isla and Ben, founders of FTW DAO, where they spend their time thinking about improving venture capital—obsessed with Web3, blockchain, DAOs, and decentralized finance. FTW DAO believes that the fastest r...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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52:27
Why CFA | Dusan Kovacic, Rockaway Blockchain Fund
In today's episode, we are talking with Dusan Kovacic, Chief Investment Officer at Rockaway Blockchain Fund, where he’s responsible for all fund investments. In addition to investing, Dusan actively engages in crypto-communities, advocating use...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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49:30