Relay Chain
Relay Chain is a podcast covering blockchain development and building the decentralized web. We focus on the cutting edge of blockchain tech, including Substrate (https://parity.io/substrate) and Polkadot (https://polkadot.network).
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Innovating the Web3 Legal Space
This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Te...
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Feb 7 2023 58m
Polkadot Common Good Parachains Update: Blockchains to Benefit the Polkadot Community
In this episode, host Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer...
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Dec 1 2022 1h 3m
Composable Finance Part 2: Envisioning the Valhalla of Cross-Chain DeFi
This week we have the second half of the conversatio...
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Jul 7 2022 36m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Mosaic, XCVM and liquidity fragmentationChapter 2 1 min
Transaction fees w/ multiple blockchainsChapter 3 2 mins
Intro to XCVM (cross-consensus virtual machine)Chapter 4 4 mins
Interoperability with Cosmos and other ecosystemsChapter 5 4 mins
XCVM and bridging deep diveChapter 6 7 mins
Cross-chain developer and user experienceChapter 7 2 mins
Angular, Substrate’s first money marketChapter 8 9 mins
Whirlpool Cash (zk mixing)
Composable Finance Part 1: Unlocking Cross-Chain, Cross-Layer DeFi on Polkadot
Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies)...
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Jun 22 2022 42m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Introduction to ComposableChapter 2 2 mins
What problems does Composable solve?Chapter 3 4 mins
Substrate pallets, customizations, new buildsChapter 4 3 mins
The Pablo DEXChapter 5 4 mins
Protocol-owned liquidity (POL) within a DEXChapter 6 3 mins
Cubic: Composable’s modular DeFi vault palletChapter 7 6 mins
Oracles and price manipulation resistanceChapter 8 2 mins
'Mural', the Cross-Layer NFT transfer protocolChapter 9 4 mins
Mosaic the transfer availability layerChapter 10 3 mins
Just in time liquidity & bot networksChapter 11 2 mins
Managed LP tokens
Origin Trail: Decentralized Knowledge Graph & the Semantic Web3
This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Te...
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May 19 2022 1h 6m
Chapter 1 2 mins
What is OriginTrail?Chapter 2 2 mins
Who’s using the Decentralized Knowledge GraphChapter 3 3 mins
What does OriginTrail solve?Chapter 4 5 mins
Inception and expansion of OriginTrailChapter 5 3 mins
Existing across multiple blockchainsChapter 6 7 mins
How OriginTrail works with the DKGChapter 7 4 mins
Forming the semantic layer of Web3Chapter 8 9 mins
The OriginTrail parachainChapter 9 3 mins
Shout out to DKG Community membersChapter 10 7 mins
How OriginTrail is being usedChapter 11 9 mins
Breaking in to the mainstreamChapter 12 4 mins
The Trace Alliance
Centrifuge, Connecting Real World Assets with DeFi
This week Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Tec...
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Feb 15 2022 57m
Chapter 1 5 mins
What is Centrifuge?Chapter 2 4 mins
Creating real-world assets on Centrifuge to use on EthereumChapter 3 3 mins
Integrations with MakerDAO and AaveChapter 4 6 mins
Guaranteeing custody of physical assets on-chainChapter 5 3 mins
Centrifuge’s potential uses casesChapter 6 7 mins
Use cases of Altair vs Centrifuge parachainsChapter 7 3 mins
Decentralizing AltairChapter 8 7 mins
Altair roadmap and the NFT studio DAppChapter 9 2 mins
Building functionality into the runtimeChapter 10 2 mins
How Centrifuge fits into DeFi 2.0Chapter 11 7 mins
Plans for Centrifuge as a Polkadot parachain
Mainstreaming DeFi with Parallel Finance
This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Te...
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Dec 9 2021 48m
Chapter 1 1 min
How to launch a parachain in 7 monthsChapter 2 2 mins
What is Parallel Finance?Chapter 3 2 mins
Substrate modules and tech stack upgradesChapter 4 3 mins
Validator participation requirementsChapter 5 2 mins
Heiko use cases and the Security ModuleChapter 6 7 mins
Increasing engagement in governanceChapter 7 7 mins
Parallel Finance productsChapter 8 1 min
Staked tokens can participate in governanceChapter 9 2 mins
Borrowing based on your collateralChapter 10 9 mins
Auction lending and crowdloansChapter 11 2 mins
Value proposition between networks: Parallel Heiko and Parallel FinanceChapter 12 3 mins
Participation in the Substrate Builders Program
Accelerating the Web3 Metaverse with Outlier Ventures
This week, Joe Petrowski (Technical Integrations Lea...
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Nov 25 2021 1h 19m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Introduction to Outlier VenturesChapter 2 4 mins
User-centricity in Web3 and the MetaverseChapter 3 6 mins
Use cases of NFTs encourage blockchain adoptionChapter 4 3 mins
Creating a Web3 Stack to enable a more open MetaverseChapter 5 7 mins
The success of NFTs in the gaming industryChapter 6 5 mins
Integrating into a digital economy to be part of the MetaverseChapter 7 4 mins
Introducing digital scarcity to digital assets = enabling property rightsChapter 8 3 mins
Reworking economics primitivesChapter 9 10 mins
Free markets, the sovereign individual and fluidity collectorsChapter 10 2 mins
Commodification and financialization of data with blockchain technologyChapter 11 1 min
Data unions to empower individuals on Polkadot and KusamaChapter 12 8 mins
How can the Metaverse compete with physical nation-states?Chapter 13 4 mins
Web3 stack for a better Metaverse user experienceChapter 14 9 mins
Outlier Ventures support for the Polkadot ecosystem
Building Blockchain Social Networks with Subsocial
This week, Jorrin Bruns (Polkadot Integration Specia...
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Sep 17 2021 1h 3m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Consensus algorithm to secure SubsocialChapter 2 3 mins
The architecture of SubsocialChapter 3 3 mins
Potential for (over) sharing on a blockchain social networkChapter 4 4 mins
Separating personal identity from on-chain dataChapter 5 4 mins
Storing content on blockchainChapter 6 7 mins
Addressing the issues Facebook createdChapter 7 2 mins
Voluntary ads mechanismChapter 8 2 mins
Growth strategy and encouraging users to joinChapter 9 1 min
Account compatibility across Substrate-based chainsChapter 10 5 mins
Targeting the non-crypto-native massesChapter 11 1 min
The Subsocial mobile appChapter 12 2 mins
Rewarding Subsocial ecosystem contributorsChapter 13 1 min
Evolving social networks with blockchainChapter 14 5 mins
‘Social Finance’Chapter 15 3 mins
Integrations with ‘DotSama’ projects
Robonomics: The Blockchain with Robots
In this episode, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Par...
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Aug 19 2021 1h 20m
Chapter 1 4 mins
What is Robonomics?Chapter 2 1 min
Machine to machine communicationChapter 3 11 mins
Milestones since 2015 From Ethereum to SubstrateChapter 4 3 mins
The way forward for RobonomicsChapter 5 6 mins
The Robot Operating System (ROS)Chapter 6 5 mins
Robonomics Relay Chain visionChapter 7 7 mins
Robonomics use casesChapter 8 6 mins
Robonomics Web Services (RWS)Chapter 9 5 mins
Mars colonizationChapter 10 5 mins
Digital TwinsChapter 11 5 mins
Robot Artist Gaka-ChuChapter 12 8 mins
The Fourth Industrial RevolutionChapter 13 7 mins
Side Effects of Robotization
Statemine: A Deep Dive Into Kusama’s Asset Hub with Joe Petrowski
This week the tables are turned on Relay Chain, with...
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Aug 5 2021 54m
Chapter 1 8 mins
What is Statemint?Chapter 2 6 mins
Statemine as the first common-good parachainChapter 3 3 mins
Teleporting assets across multiple chainsChapter 4 3 mins
Implementing Statemint governanceChapter 5 2 mins
Who is building common-good parachains?Chapter 6 3 mins
Incentivizing validatorsChapter 7 12 mins
How Statemint interacts with other parachainsChapter 8 3 mins
Considering asynchronous blockchain executionChapter 9 5 mins
Challenges building StatemintChapter 10 35 sec
Statemint’s runtime upgrade to become permissionlessChapter 11 4 mins
What’s next for Statemint/ Statemine
Prediction Markets and Futarchy with Zeitgeist
This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Te...
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Jul 23 2021 48m
Chapter 1 7 mins
What is ZeitgeistChapter 2 2 mins
Prediction market systemsChapter 3 2 mins
Futarchy for decision makingChapter 4 4 mins
Zeitgeist Substrate pallet recipeChapter 5 2 mins
Automated Market MakersChapter 6 5 mins
How a prediction market worksChapter 7 3 mins
Prediction market efficiency given subjective informationChapter 8 4 mins
Prediction markets within politicsChapter 9 4 mins
Types of prediction marketsChapter 10 2 mins
Building an SDKChapter 11 7 mins
Zeitgeist plans as a parachain
Querying the World's Data with SubQuery
Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies)...
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Jul 9 2021 48m
Chapter 1 14 mins
OnFinality and SubQuery: The missionChapter 2 3 mins
Providing data to blockchains vs. smart contractsChapter 3 2 mins
Web3 grant for open-source toolingChapter 4 2 mins
Decentralized cloud infrastructureChapter 5 2 mins
OnFinality as a distributed cloud providerChapter 6 3 mins
Collaboration with Polkadot teams in New ZealandChapter 7 7 mins
Trigger and notifications from on-chain dataChapter 8 2 mins
Integrations with blockchain oraclesChapter 9 3 mins
Capabilities and next steps for SubQueryChapter 10 3 mins
Long-term goals to become a parachainChapter 11 2 mins
Open positions to join the SubQuery team
Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on Blockchain Adoption and Internet Regulation
In this Relay Chain exclusive, Joe Petrowski (Techni...
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Jun 24 2021 1h 22m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Intro new co-host, Úrsula 0'KuinghttonsChapter 2 6 mins
Estonia as a global leader in the state adoption of technologyChapter 3 9 mins
Digitizing a nation via open-source software and distributed systemsChapter 4 6 mins
Access to the internet as a basic human rightChapter 5 4 mins
The weaponization of the internetChapter 6 8 mins
Regulating social mediaChapter 7 11 mins
Defining order and proximity in the digital worldChapter 8 4 mins
Governance of online communitiesChapter 9 19 mins
Social media platforms: responsibilities, and oversightChapter 10 8 mins
(e)Residency unbound by offline territorial borders
Creating Your Own Metaverse with Bit.Country
This week we’re joined by Bit.Country, a Substrate-b...
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Jun 11 2021 52m
Chapter 1 7 mins
What is Bit.Country?Chapter 2 5 mins
The Good Neighborhood ProtocolChapter 3 2 mins
Interoperability across chains and Bit.CountriesChapter 4 2 mins
Choosing Substrate pallets to build Bit.CountryChapter 5 2 mins
Two-tier governance on Bit.CountryChapter 6 3 mins
Extending the use cases of NFTsChapter 7 4 mins
Bit.Country’s target audienceChapter 8 5 mins
First steps to creating your Bit.CountryChapter 9 5 mins
Technical stack and skills required to build a Bit.CountryChapter 10 3 mins
Community and education programsChapter 11 7 mins
Business opportunities on the platform
Confidential Cloud Computing on Phala Network
Privacy takes center stage in this week’s episode as...
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May 27 2021 1h 4m
Chapter 1 3 mins
What is Phala Network?Chapter 2 2 mins
Privacy in decentralized cloud computationChapter 3 2 mins
Scalability through TEEChapter 4 5 mins
Using multiple TEEs to mitigate trustChapter 5 2 mins
Integrating alternative hardwareChapter 6 7 mins
Phala’s Substrate runtimeChapter 7 5 mins
Consensus within Phala NetworkChapter 8 4 mins
Computation on TEEChapter 9 8 mins
Use cases for projects running on PhalaChapter 10 10 mins
Bridging Diem (formerly known as Libra) to PolkadotChapter 11 8 mins
Targeting the second parachain slot
Plasm: Scalable, Interoperable DApps on Polkadot
This week Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Tec...
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May 12 2021 40m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Intro to Stake Technologies and PlasmChapter 2 2 mins
Japan’s version of Web3, the Trusted Web CouncilChapter 3 3 mins
The value of decentralized organizationsChapter 4 2 mins
Support for multiple blockchain technologiesChapter 5 3 mins
Plasm’s unique mechanisms; DApp staking and ZKRollupsChapter 6 1 min
Buy and sell Plasm applicationsChapter 7 3 mins
Stake Technologies Web3 grantsChapter 8 1 min
Schiden and Plasm parachain strategyChapter 9 2 mins
Making blockchain historyChapter 10 3 mins
Cross-chain message passingChapter 11 3 mins
NFT capabilities beyond gamingChapter 12 7 mins
Encouraging DApps to build on the Plasm Network
Tether - Stablecoin Innovation, Regulation, and Mainstream Potential with Paolo Ardoino
This week we dive into Tether, a stablecoin playing ...
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Apr 22 2021 39m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Intro to Ardoino and TetherChapter 2 2 mins
The issue of crypto arbitrageChapter 3 2 mins
Stability by matching a dollar to the pace of BitcoinChapter 4 1 min
Boom and innovation in the stablecoin sectorChapter 5 1 min
The risks of decentralized stablecoinsChapter 6 1 min
Achieving purchasing power stabilityChapter 7 1 min
The scope for non-US stablecoinsChapter 8 4 mins
Tether Gold, the precious-metal-backed stablecoinChapter 9 2 mins
Individual assets vs. a managed basket of currenciesChapter 10 4 mins
Regulation and scrutiny from central banksChapter 11 1 min
Blockchain for central banksChapter 12 1 min
Tether’s criteria to deploy on a blockchainChapter 13 4 mins
Common goods for blockchain interoperabilityChapter 14 1 min
Resilience through multiple blockchain supportChapter 15 2 mins
Tether to launch on Polkadot and Kusama
Joe Petrowski on Imagining a Brighter Future with Polkadot and Web3
After a short hiatus, we’re back this week with a ne...
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Apr 8 2021 41m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Intro to new Relay Chain host, JorrinChapter 2 5 mins
Joe’s interesting journey in to the blockchain spaceChapter 3 7 mins
What attracts different people to blockchainChapter 4 5 mins
The potential for infinitely scalable parachainsChapter 5 11 mins
Big tech’s misuse of data in the age of surveillance capitalismChapter 6 3 mins
Literary recommendations for working in blockchainChapter 7 1 min
Blockchain’s role in building a better futureChapter 8 2 mins
A look at the Polkadot ecosystem
Equilibrium and the Global Impact of Blockchain, DeFi, and Web3
In this wide-ranging and eye-opening discussion, Joe...
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Dec 2 2020 37m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Web3’s potential effects on global systems of power and monopoliesChapter 2 6 mins
What Web3 can learn from political unions and nation statesChapter 3 7 mins
Web3’s impact beyond infrastructure buildersChapter 4 4 mins
Replacing legacy systems vs integrating with themChapter 5 2 mins
Equilibrium’s missionChapter 6 2 mins
Equilibrium’s role in the Polkadot ecosystemChapter 7 4 mins
Equilibrium’s roadmap
Web3 Community-Building and Advocacy Through the Polkadot Ambassador Program
Polkadot and Web3 take center stage in this week's e...
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Nov 19 2020 38m
Chapter 1 7 mins
From Google to blockchainChapter 2 10 mins
What is the Polkadot Ambassador Program?Chapter 3 5 mins
Exciting developments in the Polkadot ecosystemChapter 4 12 mins
Web3 and freedom of speech
Freedom of the Press in the Age of Digital Surveillance
This week we look at the intersection between journa...
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Oct 29 2020 37m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Intro to Holmes and FPFChapter 2 5 mins
Edward Snowden’s impactChapter 3 2 mins
Journalism’s role in a free societyChapter 4 4 mins
The change in media todayChapter 5 2 mins
Technology’s role in journalismChapter 6 3 mins
How to use technology without being exploitedChapter 7 6 mins
The influence that programmers haveChapter 8 4 mins
Blockchain experimentsChapter 9 3 mins
Best practices for whistleblowers
Running Node Infrastructure Easier with Bison Trails
This week we look at proof-of-stake blockchain node ...
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Oct 8 2020 33m
Chapter 1 3 mins
How Bison Trails came to focus on proof of stakeChapter 2 2 mins
Bison Trails backgroundChapter 3 1 min
Node infrastructure setupChapter 4 1 min
Similarities/differences between protocolsChapter 5 4 mins
Monitoring, alerting, and availability guaranteesChapter 6 6 mins
Node infrastructure risk and mitigationChapter 7 5 mins
Blockchain infrastructure beyond stakingChapter 8 4 mins
Future opportunities for node providers
Polkadot-Ethereum Compatibility with Moonbeam
This week we dive into cross-network compatibility a...
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Sep 23 2020 37m
Chapter 1 1 min
What is Moonbeam?Chapter 2 4 mins
Why Moonbeam is more than just an EVM implementationChapter 3 3 mins
The difference between Moonbeam and an Ethereum-Polkadot bridgeChapter 4 2 mins
How parachain solutions compare to Ethereum layer-2 solutionsChapter 5 2 mins
The role of smart contracts on PolkadotChapter 6 4 mins
Where the EVM fits in to PolkadotChapter 7 5 mins
Motivation for also deploying Moonbeam to KusamaChapter 8 3 mins
How different networks will work togetherChapter 9 3 mins
Current state of applications on Moonbeam
The Challenges of Disrupting the System with Blockchain
This week we talk to the Parity's head of security K...
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Jul 13 2020 1h 1m
Chapter 1 1 min
Mining a Bitcoin block in 2010Chapter 2 1 min
The ethics of open sourceChapter 3 5 mins
Kirill's introduction to programmingChapter 4 3 mins
Blockchain as the field where money meets engineeringChapter 5 2 mins
The Silicon Valley version of the American DreamChapter 6 1 min
Blockchain is the first non-military application which pays people enoughChapter 7 6 mins
quot;The thing you're supposed to decentralize is power"Chapter 8 3 mins
What underlying principle led to the internet to being this way?Chapter 9 5 mins
How can users have a say in the way systems work?Chapter 10 4 mins
If you optimize for profit, you get immoral, profit-maximizing machinesChapter 11 6 mins
Can a decentralized system be corrupted?Chapter 12 7 mins
DLT and blockchain is short-sighted right nowChapter 13 2 mins
We haven't figured out how to beat the current financial system yetChapter 14 4 mins
We can never build a fair system without humans in the loopChapter 15 4 mins
Who are your role models?