Eden Hour Podcast

From Esports to NFT’s with Iced Knife In this episode, we are joined by Iced Knife for a rare and exclusive interview. His first ever published podcast interview. Iced is a well known and loved member of the Solana NFT community, and active investor in the space. We get a chance to learn more about his background in Esports as an early member of FaZe Clan, his thoughts on investing in Crypto and NFT’s, current vibes in the Solana ecosystem, Magic Eden and finding NFT Alpha.     Topics discussed: Iced background in esports and finance Thoughts on risk tolerance and how to invest (NFA) FaZe Clan and being a Full Time esports YouTuber Applying Trad-fi education to investing irl Iced introduction to investing in Cryptocurrency Going all-in on Crypto & NFT’s Current vibes in the Solana ecosystem Advice on trading NFT’s (NFA) Views on the Magic Eden marketplace Methods for seeking NFT Alpha Key Highlights: 0.13 - Intro 1.06 - Introductions to Iced  3.57 - Thoughts on risk tolerance and how to invest (NFA) 6.58 - Intro to managing risk in NFT’s  9.46 - FaZe Clan and being a full time esports YouTuber 12.29 - Earning money in esports  15.00 - Applying Trad-fi education to investing irl    17.59 - Iced introduction to investing in Cryptocurrency  20.51 - Exposure to online poker  24.43 - Team New Age 31.08 - Being early to Safemoon & Trading Bsc coins  33.16 - Being early to Solana Monkey Business 43.11 - Going all-in on Crypto & NFT’s 45.13 - Working for yourself VS working in a corporate job 46.24 - Current vibes in the Solana ecosystem 50.29 - Advice from Iced on trading NFT’s (NFA) 56.04 - Iced views on the Magic Eden marketplace 1.00.25 - Iced process on seeking Alpha  1.04.06 - Curated by Iced ME homepage collection  1.08.27 - What’s next for Iced 1.09.28 - Outro

From Esports to NFT’s with Iced Knife In this episode, we are joined by Iced Knife for a rare and exclusive interview. His first ever published podcast interview. Iced is a well known and loved member of the Solana NFT community, and active investor in the space. We get a chance to learn more about his background in Esports as an early member of FaZe Clan, his thoughts on investing in Crypto and NFT’s, current vibes in the Solana ecosystem, Magic Eden and finding NFT Alpha.     Topics discussed: Iced background in esports and finance  Thoughts on risk tolerance and how to invest (NFA) FaZe Clan and being a Full Time esports YouTuber Applying Trad-fi education to investing irl    Iced introduction to investing in Cryptocurrency  Going all-in on Crypto & NFT’s Current vibes in the Solana ecosystem Advice on trading NFT’s (NFA) Views on the Magic Eden marketplace Methods for seeking NFT Alpha  Key Highlights: 0.13 - Intro 1.06 - Introductions to Iced  3.57 - Thoughts on risk tolerance and how to invest (NFA) 6.58 - Intro to managing risk in NFT’s  9.46 - FaZe Clan and being a full time esports YouTuber 12.29 - Earning money in esports  15.00 - Applying Trad-fi education to investing irl    17.59 - Iced introduction to investing in Cryptocurrency  20.51 - Exposure to online poker  24.43 - Team New Age 31.08 - Being early to Safemoon & Trading Bsc coins  33.16 - Being early to Solana Monkey Business 43.11 - Going all-in on Crypto & NFT’s 45.13 - Working for yourself VS working in a corporate job 46.24 - Current vibes in the Solana ecosystem 50.29 - Advice from Iced on trading NFT’s (NFA) 56.04 - Iced views on the Magic Eden marketplace 1.00.25 - Iced process on seeking Alpha  1.04.06 - Curated by Iced ME homepage collection  1.08.27 - What’s next for Iced 1.09.28 - Outro

Moving from web2 to web3: a conversation with Joma In this episode, we're joined by Joma, an amazing YouTuber who makes phenomenal videos about his life in tech and now, his life in crypto. Joma has recent;y made the transition from traditional tech to web3. Joma recently released a successful NFT collection via Magic Eden Launchpad and we hope this episode can inspire people who are looking to make that transition. We talk about Vaxxed Doggos, Blindr, Shadr, YouTube & education in tech.   Topics discussed: Vaxxed Doggos Blindr Transition from tech to crypto & NFT’s Getting into crypto as a content producer Content gaps to help provide education in the NFT  space Design a marketplace to encourage the right type of projects Magic Eden company Philosophy Key Highlights: 0.13 - Intro 0.50 - Introductions to Joma 1.16 - Vaxxed Doggos - Joma’s project released on Magic Eden 7.25 - Blindr, Shadr, YouTube videos and content creation 10.28 - YouTube ad revenue numbers 12.48 - Joma’s transition from tech to crypto & NFT’s  15.25 - Timeline for NFT project, art, creation, marketing and launch  12.48 - Why Joma got into crypto as a content producer 20.30 - Navigating skepticism from non-crypto YouTube audiences 25.20 - Joma on building an NFT community 28.37 - The future of Vaxxed Doggos 31.08 - Utility and benefits for Vaxxed Doggos hodlers 32.58 - Jacque Le Croix  36.03 - K-pop 41.38 - What are some of the content gaps to help provide education in the space?  48.57 - How to design a marketplace to encourage the right type of projects 56.55 - Magic Eden company Philosophy  1.08.18 - Magic DAO 1.09.28 - Outro

Topics discussed: VC Funding Solana NFTs Ethereum DeFi and NFTs Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) LinksDAO Magic Eden Key Highlights: 0.13 - Intro 1.05 - Introductions from Jack & Zhuoxun of Magic Eden and Mike Dudas. 5.51 - The NFT Inflection Point / Leverage 6.25 - On 6th Man Ventures and VC Funds 7.30 - Magic Eden’s experience raising capital from VCs & 6th Man Ventures 12.27 - How the Solana NFT ecosystem is different & What to expect in 2022  14.19 - Gaming NFTs 19.31 - On Ethereum’s DeFi and NFTs 29.12 - BAYC’s success (what helps an NFT collection be successful)  33.14 - Twitter’s Verified NFT Profile Pic 34.47 - Bullish on NFTs 37.23 - LinksDAO 42.16 - What’s special about Magic Eden 47.42 - Outro

Episode Summary: In this episode, DJ Trix & Andi talk NFT Alpha with Bryce to discuss the NFT ecosystem on the Solana & Ethereum Blockchains. Topics discussed in this episode: Bryce introduction to Crypto & NFTs Andi introduction to NFTs ETH & SOL blockchains ETH & SOL NFTs BAYC Emotional connection to NFTs Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 2.21 - Bryce history in Cryptocurrency & NFTs 8.11 - Ethereum & Solana Blockchains 14.49 - Benefits of operating on Solana  17.45 - Bryce introduction to NFT’s on Solana 21.57 - Andi introduction to NFTs 25.00 - Working with Magic Eden 27.09 - ETH vs SOL NFTs 32.34 - Emotional connection to NFTs 35.52 - NFT Rarity and floor strategy 38.59 - BAYC 45.19 - Alpha DAO 46:25 - Solana NFT Alpha 53.35 - Community & derivatives 54.39 - Bryce on flipping vs hodling 56.39 - Looking forward to the future of Solana 57.22 - Outro

In this episode, we speak to Justin Wu, a growth hacker, DeFi trader, NFT collector and founder of Decentralcon. Decentralcon is the largest conference dedicated to DeFi and NFTs. Topics discussed in this episode: Personal evolution throughout different roles  Concept of “Crypto Poor but JPEG Rich”  DeFi Protocols & Investments Solana v Other Chains  2022 Prediction for NFTs Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 1.59 - Justin’s background and experience with growth hacking 3.56 - How Justin got into Web3 5.28 - His motivation behind Decentralcon and how it came about 9.18 - What Justin got into during the pandemic & on crypto 15.21 - How Justin got into NFTs 16.41 - Justin explains what ‘hackerpreneur’ and ‘crypto poor, jpeg rich’ means and how his knack for growth hacking started at a young age 31.24 - Opportunities in NFTs & what to look for when assessing a project to invest in 35.19 - The difference between quick flips and blue chips NFTs 37.30 - How Justin navigates across different L1s & DeFi farms 42.56 - NFT predictions for 2022 & why Solana will be the place for GameFi to take off 56.52 - Upcoming events and conferences planned  1.00.13 - Advice for getting into DeFi and NFTs  1.01.05 - Outro

Episode Summary: In this episode, Tiff & DJ Trix talk with SolPlayboy & Magic Eden’s very own Chief Degen Officer ChartFuMonkey to discuss Solana NFT Alpha for 2022. Topics discussed in this episode: Coming from ETH to Solana Q1 NFT Market Sentiment Established NFT plays Metaverse & Tokenomics Alpha SOL NFT Twitter Chartfu Intro to Solana NFT Micro-niche communities What do the homies think of Magic Eden? Magic Eden Alpha Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 2.31 - SolPlayboy introduction to crypto & NFT’s  6.56 - Bullish sentiment for NFT’s in Q1 7.49 - Established NFT plays - Metaverse & Tokenomics Alpha 10.15 - Early SolPlayboy NFT plays  11.48 - Challenges with scaling staking and liquidity pools 13.30 - ChartFu early Alpha  17.07 - Micro-niche communities  22.51 - Token NFT Projects  31.22 - Photography in NFT’s  34.17 - Betting & gaming NFT niche  36.47 - Paper handing tax 43:01 - We’re still early here 45.46 - Community projects  48.11 - LinkedIn users waking up to NFT’s 51.01 - What do the homies think of Magic Eden? 57.55 - Bots, whitelists & over-subscribed mints   1.05.20 - New project Alpha  10.10.16 - Magic Eden company related Alpha 1.20.33 - Outro

Episode Summary: In this episode, we have a conversation with Tom Pandolfi from Honey Defi, to discuss NFT Staking, Collateralization, Fractionalization, along with the current and future utility of The Honey Defi Platform.   Topics discussed in this episode: Tom’s introduction to cryptocurrency, Defi & NFT’s  The Honey Defi platform Some of the collections Honey Defi has worked with to date NFT staking and liquidity pools NFT Fractionalization  Collateralization of NFT’s on Solana The Honey Defi NFT Mint and IDO plans Outlook for the Solana ecosystem in 2022 Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 1.53 - Tom’s Background, introduction to Cryptocurrency & NFT’s 7.08 - The success and progress of Honey Defi so far 9.29 - Honey Defi Liquidity and discussion of the magnitude of the protocol 10.18 - Collections Honey Defi has worked with 11.48 - Challenges with scaling staking and liquidity pools 15.28 - NFT Fractionalization 16.30 - NFT Collateralization 18.10 - The opportunity cost of holding NFT’s 21.08 - Accounting for the volatility of NFT’s 23.27 - NFT Collateralization strategy 29.53 - Challenges and obstacles around decentralising the collateralization of NFT’s  33.01 - NFT’s as a seed round allocation 35.48 - The Honey Defi NFT project, release and mint plans 42.33 - Challenges with bot prevention for NFT mints  48.48 - Views on the Solana ecosystem to 2022 50.33 - What would Tom do differently if he could go back and start again? 52.02 - Outro

Episode Summary: In this episode, we speak to community members Sol Beach Bum & Kiwi Princess about their personal journeys, of how Solana NFT’s have changed their lives and the lives of others in the ecosystem and where they see things going from here for 2022. Topics discussed in this episode: Sol Beach Bum introduction to collecting NFT’s  Kiwi Princess onboarding to Solana ecosystem What to look for in a good NFT project SMB purchasing and Shadowy Super Coder Mint Future outlook for NFT’s on Solana Top 3 NFT hodl’s for 2022 Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 1.33 - Sol Beach Bum Story & introduction to NFT communities in the Solana ecosystem 7.58 - Sol Beach Bum on being early to Solana Monkey Business 15.11 - Kiwi Princess story and background are getting on-boarded to NFT’s on Solana 20.58 - Kiwi Princess on aspects to look for in a good NFT project 23.04 - Sol Beach Bum NFT‘ investment thesis  28.54 - Kiwi Princess on minting the Shadowy Super Coder DAO NFT 36.50 - Kiwi Princess on starting small  38.25 - Sol Beach Bum on the Future outlook for NFT’s on Solana 48.51 - Kiwi Princess on the Future outlook for NFT’s on Solana 57.58 - Sol Beach Bum & Kiwi Princess on the top 3 NFT hodl’s for 2022 1.03.44 - What would you do differently? 1.06.07 - Outro 

Topics discussed in this episode: Holger Danske’s investment thesis  Crypto, traditional stocks and NFTs  How to analyse NFT projects for a long-term hold DeFi and NFTs Advice for getting into personal investing Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 1.39 - Holger Danske’s background and how he got started in the investment space 11.46 - The Twitter thread on NFTs that took 30 hours to write, received over 50,000 impressions and was retweeted by hedge fund managers 19.44 - How Holger Danske started investing in crypto  22.29 - Discovery of $SOL as an investment 23.40 - How NFTs got on his radar 27.17 - Thoughts on mobile wallets 30.12 - Process of analysing NFT projects to go for  32.29 - On staking Pesky Penguins  36.27 - Thoughts on collateralizing NFTs  39.21 - Various options strategies that Holger Danske uses  43.44 - Personal investment thesis for NFTs 45.49 - Predictions on SOL NFTs growth in 2022  50.22 - Three pieces of advice for people to invest like Holger Danske  55.29 - Outro Resources: Follow Holger Danske on Twitter Degenerate Ape Academy  Join the Magic Eden Discord Read more on The Magic Eden Blog! Follow Magic Eden on Twitter Follow Theophana on Twitter Follow DJ Trix on Twitter

Topics discussed in this episode: $SHDW IDO Preparation  The Solana Blockchain  Handling Traffic Spikes Expanding the GenesysGo plans Holder Distribution Decentralized Storage Early Solana NFT Marketplaces Early Solana NFT Collections Solana NFT ecosystem going into 2022 Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 3.06 - IDO Launch date: 3rd January 2021 5.47 - The Solana Blockchain  13:35 - Handling Traffic Spikes 18:28 - Expanding the GenesysGo plans 21.16 - Holder Distribution 25.10 - What is Decentralized Storage? 27.93 - Moving to a Decentralized storage model  37.36 - Building on The Blockchain 39.00 - Investing in hardware 44.47 - Pleased Implementation 49.05 - The GenesysGo Community 51.23 - $SHDW Tokenomics 54.19 - Vesting 1.00.01 - Filecoin comparison 1.02.24 - NFT raise vs traditional VC route 1.04.43 - Token Suply 1.39.45 - Better storage, more decentralization. 1.43.04 - Summary  1.49.40 - Outro  Resources: GenesysGo IDO site Follow GenesysGo on Twitter GenesysGo website Join the Magic Eden Discord Follow Magic Eden on Twitter Follow Theophana on Twitter Follow DJ Trix on Twitter

Recording date - 18th December 2021 Topics discussed in this episode: Investing in Cryptocurrency The Solana Network Early Solana NFT’s Degenerate Ape Academy Solana Monkey Business Early Solana NFT Marketplaces Early Solana NFT Collections Solana NFT ecosystem going into 2022 Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 2.13 - Saint Eclectics’ first investments into Cryptocurrency  7.14 - The Solana Network  9:43 - First mover advantage for NFT’s 12:29 - May and June crash 17.20 - Degenerate Ape Academy Mint 25.10 - September run up  28.00 - Solana Monkey Business 29.45 - Kreatures - The fist NFT on Solana  31.48 - Early Solana NFT Marketplaces 35.19 - The beginning of Magic Eden 39.46 - Early Solana NFT Collections 57.11 - The MonkeDAO validator / MonkeDAO stake pool 1.05.21 - Future security risks in the Solana ecosystem 1.26.13 - Pixel Art Projects  1.31.12 - Solana NFT Derivatives 1.37.19 - Utility Driven NFT projects  1.39.45 - Community driven NFT projects  1.43.04 - The future of Degenerate Ape Academy 1.32.55 - Solana NFT ecosystem going into 2022 1.49.40 - Outro  Resources: Follow The Saint Eclectic on Twitter Degenerate Ape Academy  Degenerate Trash Pandas Join the Magic Eden Discord Follow Magic Eden on Twitter Follow Theophana on Twitter Follow DJ Trix on Twitter Some key dates in Solana NFT History  1 / Jan - Mar 2021 We really saw the start of SOL NFTs in March with @kreechures. Soon after, @SolariansNFT.  WAY EARLY!  2 / Apr - Jun 2021 👻 @phantom launched in April and went live to the public in July 👯‍♀️ @PunksOnSolana the first ETH derivative in May  🖼 @FraktArt first generative art that’s not a pfp in June  Things will soon heat up for SOL NFTs 3/  Jul - Sep 2021 🚀 the beginning of ‘blue chips’ cc @SolanaMBS @DegenApeAcademy @thugbirdz @AuroryProject @galacticgeckosg  🎉 Magic Eden's first day of trading on 17th Sept!    4/ Oct - Dec 2021 🐵 @SolanaMBS became the first SOL NFT to sell for 2M  ⚡️ @peskypenguins @genesysgo @boryokudragonz  🎮 A bunch of p2e NFT games inc @MiniNations  + 2 Blockchain Gaming funds @solana 🤝 ETH frens come to SOL 🪄 1500+ NFT Collections on ME There were many more moments... Read it all on The Magic Eden blog! https://bit.ly/3pHuyK5 We’re ALL part of the unfolding nature of NFTs on Solana.  We look forward to 2022 with you! 🎉

Topics discussed in this episode: The mission of the Guardians MacD & Crypto G’s journey to Solana NFT’s MonkeDAO formation,  Development the ecosystem  Early mints on Solana Validator node and staking Solana Future security risks and solutions Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 2.13 - CryptoG Introduction to Crypto & NFT’s 10:12 - Minting Solana Monkey Business 13:54 - How MacD came to Crypto & NFT’s 19:16 - MonkeDAO formation, early mints on Solana 24.37 - Early days of p2p trading & NFT swaps 29.17 - Building The Guardians group to help protect the ecosystem 35.00 - Detail on Guardians membership 39.55 - Efforts to black-list scammers 44.03 - How to get ahead in the cat & mouse game 45.35 - How to join The Guardians group 51.03 - Validators, RPC Nodes & staking 57.11 - The MonkeDAO validator / MonkeDAO stake pool 1.05.21 - Future security risks in the Solana ecosystem 1.15.04 - Cross-mint 1.24.03 - DJ Trix summary 1.12.08 - Jack Shi discussion & itinerary  1.30.25 - Making the Solana ecosystem more prosperous over time 1.32.55 - Q&A 1.55.14 - Outro  Resources: MonkeDAO  Neonexus Subscribe to the Magic Eden Blog Join the Magic Eden Discord Follow Magic Eden on Twitter Follow Theophana on Twitter Follow DJ Trix on Twitter

Episode Notes Topics discussed in this episode: Magic Eden launchpad Mint details The open economy concept The thesis behind Faraway Why choose Solana Holding benefits Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro 3.36 - Introducing Faraway and Mini Royale: Nations 5:47 - About the in-browser game 8:11 - Highlights from Web3 gaming panel event during Art Basel Miami and why Magic Eden is excited about gaming 11:11 - Why Alex Paley is interested in blockchain-native gaming and the two complaints that users have for free-to-play games and how blockchain technology solves these problems 13:14 - Alex Paley talks about the intersection between gaming, marketplaces and DeFi 14.51 - Utility and Roadmap behind Mini Royale 15.37 - On the current players of Mini Royale 21.01 - Alex Paley shares why Faraway chose the Solana blockchain to build on. TL;DR a lot of massive multiplayer games are written in Rust… Solana devs code in Rust 24.11 - Benefits to holding Mini Royale: Nations NFT 28.19 - Alex Paley’s opinion on Steam banning NFTs 30.40 - Floor handed over to Twitter Space audience to ask questions on the Mini Royale: Nations mint 35.14 - Alex Paley’s thoughts on the term play-to-earn and why Faraway rolled out Mini Royale initially without economic benefits 40.41 - Mistakes that projects make going into gaming and advice for projects wanting to venture into games 45.16 - Where there are financial incentives involved, some people will try to exploit it. Alex Paley shares how they’re addressing this within the game 49.56 - On the artwork design behind Mini Royale: Nations and in-game graphics 1.03.17 - Outro 

Key Highlights:  0.13 - Intro  0.35 - Starting the Shadowy Super Coder DAO - NFT tied to Token Launch 3.00 - Building the Shadowy Super Coder DAO community with support from Interstellar Alliance DAO 6:36 - The Shadowy Super Coder DAO NFT Mint - 60th Mint powered by GenesysGo 8:46 - Paying homage to the various different existing projects on Solana  10:52 - Solana NFT Dev community sharing news about the NFT drop 11.10 - Utility of the Shadowy Super Coder NFT - A truly decentralised RPC network 15.11 - Key differences between building and RPC network on Solana vs other blockchains 20.20 - Live BETA test of decentralised RPC network 21.01 - Working with the Solana code and network configs 22.03 - Token airdrop for Shadowy Super Code DAO NFT Holders 23.12 - Pros & cons of vesting IDO tokens 24.36 - Rewarding the true believers in the long term success of the project 26.07 - IDO Tokenomics 28.09 - IDO timing 29.32 - The process of creating the NFT art with Unicrys 34.48 - Next focus for GenesysGo - completing the decentralised RPC layer 41.09 - Discovering Solana 42.28 - Q&A 59.10 - Outro

Key Highlights:  1.35 - How Cake got into NFTs and discovered Sol Socks  7.10 - Perks of working with a smaller group of people 8.28 - Jemmy from MonkeDAO shares how he got into NFTs, discovered Solana NFTs, and his experiences with SMB  19.23 - What a 100% community driven initiative looks like and how monkeDAO started 21.58 - How SMB’s shirtless seven ties into MIMO and an explanation on how MIMO’s fractionalization works 36.17 - MIMO token discussion and performance on Raydium 40.25 - Jemmy shares his perspective on MIMO as an SMB holder. TL;DR it opens up new avenues of opportunity and access 44.21 - Rights for NFT fractionalised holders and MIMO’s viper branding 48.45 - How MonkeDAO started running a validator node on Solana 51.24 - MonkeDAO’s goal and direction 52.46 - Thoughts on OHM forks 54.53 - How to approach NFT Derivatives 59.39 - How MIMO came about, overall philosophy and other things they’re working on like a free mint for newer entrants into the Solana NFT ecosystem 1.03.03 - SockDAO’s NFT acquisition process and how they buy NFTs as a DAO  1.07.22 - ThugDAO shares that the best time to build is when the market’s down, and what they’re working on like setting up a validator, a ThugMerch store, gaming tournaments and the Thug music label.  1.11.41 - Thug music label is an expansion beyond pfp and into interesting web3 applications.  1.13.26 - Music Royalties and DAOs.  1.17.08 - The advantage of Web3 for independent musicians 1.18.56 - Big-time musicians getting into NFTs 

1.13 - Magic Eden co-founders, Jack, Sidd and Zhuoxun introduce themselves, how they met each other and how they discovered crypto 12.49 - How the idea of an NFT marketplace came about, the weird name that could have been Magic Eden but thankfully isn’t, and the meaning behind the name Magic Eden 20.49 - Jack, Sidd and Zhuoxun share major milestones since the first day of trading on Sept 17, 2021. For Sidd, it was when Magic Eden reached $50K in trades, that’s when he felt it really took off. And, for Zhuoxun, when the site was going down (a good sign of growth) and for Jack, it was the fact that the team was growing and people who had never met each other IRL was collaborating.  24.43 - Magic Eden was the first to do…. (us flexing) and about being a doxxed team. Plus, shoutout to Tiff, our podcast host and head of marketing.  26.54 - Sharing visitor stats on Magic Eden and Tiff introduces herself and her background.  28.15 - Jack talks about what sets Magic Eden apart from other NFT marketplaces 30.55 - Zhuoxun talks about gaming and NFTs  33.27 - Sidd talks about new features on Magic Eden in the works, the Magic Eden mobile app and the future of NFTs 36.15 - Where Magic Eden’s users are located, tl;dr we’re international.  36.56 - What the team is looking forward to in December