This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by Chrissy Hill, General Counsel, and Alica Schiffhauer, Legal Operations Specialist, from Parity’s legal team. This episode focuses on the legal side of Web3 and all tha

Polkadot Common Good Parachains Update: Blockchains to Benefit the Polkadot Community

Dec 1st, 2022 1h 3m

In this episode, host Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by Joe Petrowski (Common Good Parachains Team Lead, Web3 Foundation) to talk about common good parachains (https://polkadot.network/blog/common-good-parachains

Composable Finance Part 2: Envisioning the Valhalla of Cross-Chain DeFi

Jul 7th, 2022 36m 11s

This week we have the second half of the conversation between Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) and 0xbrainjar, founder and CEO of the Polkadot parachain Composable Finance. Composable and sister parachain Picasso on Kusama a

Composable Finance Part 1: Unlocking Cross-Chain, Cross-Layer DeFi on Polkadot

Jun 22nd, 2022 42m 24s

Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined this week by 0xbrainjar, founder and CEO of the Polkadot parachain Composable Finance. Composable and sister parachain Picasso on Kusama allow smart contracts built on different lan

OriginTrail: Decentralized Knowledge Graph & the Semantic Web3

May 19th, 2022 1h 6m

This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by OriginTrail’s Tomaž Levak (co-founder) and Žiga Drev (co-founder). OriginTrail is a Substrate-based blockchain that recently won a parachain slot on Polkadot. OriginTr

Centrifuge, Connecting Real World Assets with DeFi

Feb 15th, 2022 57m 11s

This week Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by Cassidy Daly, token design and research specialist at Centrifuge, a Substrate-based blockchain that recently won a parachain slot on Polkadot. Centrifuge aims to bring

Mainstreaming DeFi with Parallel Finance

Dec 9th, 2021 48m 56s

This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by Yubo Ruan, founder of Parallel Finance, a lending solutions provider designed to increase liquidity and acceptance on the Polkadot network. Parallel Finance is a Polka

Accelerating the Web3 Metaverse with Outlier Ventures

Nov 25th, 2021 1h 19m

This week, Joe Petrowski (Technical Integrations Lead, Web3 Foundation) is joined by Jamie Burke, CEO, and founder of Outlier Ventures, an accelerator that supports the development and growth of emerging technologies, including Polkadot. They a

Building Blockchain Social Networks with Subsocial

Sep 17th, 2021 1h 3m

This week, Jorrin Bruns (Polkadot Integration Specialist, Parity Technologies) is joined by Subsocial’s founder and Polkadot Ambassador Alex Siman, and Zachary Edwards, Subsocial’s content lead and community manager. Subsocial is an open protoc

Robonomics: The Blockchain with Robots

Aug 19th, 2021 1h 20m

In this episode, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by Robonomics Software Architect Sergei Lonshakov. Robonomics is an open-source internet of things (IoT) platform. It provides ways for humans to communicate with r

Statemine: A Deep Dive Into Kusama’s Asset Hub with Joe Petrowski

Aug 5th, 2021 54m 30s

This week the tables are turned on Relay Chain, with Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) interviewing co-host Joe Petrowski (Technical Integrations Lead, Web3 Foundation) as a guest representing his contribution to the Statemin

Prediction Markets and Futarchy with Zeitgeist

Jul 23rd, 2021 48m 57s

This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by Zeitgeist’s founder Logan Saether, and CIO, David Perry. Zeitgeist is a Substrate-based decentralized network for creating, participating in, and resolving prediction

Querying the World's Data with SubQuery

Jul 9th, 2021 48m 51s

Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) talks with James Bayly, Head of Business Development for OnFinality, one of the largest infrastructure providers for Polkadot and Substrate, about Subquery, a tool that speeds up querying and

Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on Blockchain Adoption and Internet Regulation

Jun 24th, 2021 1h 22m

In this Relay Chain exclusive, Joe Petrowski (Technical Integrations Lead at Web3 Foundation) and Parity’s Úrsula O'Kuinghttons speak with former President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves. Uniquely placed as one of few presidents who knows how

Creating Your Own Metaverse with Bit.Country

Jun 11th, 2021 52m 13s

This week we’re joined by Bit.Country, a Substrate-based decentralized world with a game-like feel that puts community at the forefront. Bit.Country lets anyone create their own decentralized virtual country and grow their own community. Jorri

Confidential Cloud Computing on Phala Network

May 27th, 2021 1h 4m

Privacy takes center stage in this week’s episode as Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) talks with Marvin Tong, co-founder and CEO of the Phala Network, a trustless, privacy-preserving cloud computing network based on Substrat

Plasm: Scalable, Interoperable DApps on Polkadot

May 12th, 2021 40m 36s

This week Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) speaks with Sota Watanabe, CEO of Stake Technologies and founder of Plasm, a platform designed to help developers deploy fast and secure decentralized applications (DApps) on Polkad

Tether - Stablecoin Innovation, Regulation, and Mainstream Potential with Paolo Ardoino

Apr 22nd, 2021 39m 42s

This week we dive into Tether, a stablecoin playing an important role in disrupting the legacy financial system, recently announced to be launching on Polkadot. Joe Petrowski, (Technical Integrations Lead, Web3 Foundation) speaks with Paolo Ar

Joe Petrowski on Imagining a Brighter Future with Polkadot and Web3

Apr 8th, 2021 41m 15s

After a short hiatus, we’re back this week with a new co-host joining the podcast, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies). In this episode, Jorrin turns the tables and interviews Joe Petrowski (Technical Integrations Lead, Web3 Fo

Equilibrium and the Global Impact of Blockchain, DeFi, and Web3

Dec 2nd, 2020 37m 40s

In this wide-ranging and eye-opening discussion, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Lesley Czuma, Head of Business Development at Equilibrium, a cross-chain money market combining pooled lending with synthetic ass

Web3 Community-Building and Advocacy Through the Polkadot Ambassador Program

Nov 19th, 2020 38m 54s

Polkadot and Web3 take center stage in this week's episode. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Zoé Meckbach, a senior Polkadot ambassador and blockchain technology and cybersecurity advocate. They discuss the Polk

Freedom of the Press in the Age of Digital Surveillance

Oct 29th, 2020 37m 57s

This week we look at the intersection between journalism, freedom of the press, and technology. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Harlo Holmes, Director of Digital Security at the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

Running Node Infrastructure Easier with Bison Trails

Oct 8th, 2020 33m 34s

This week we look at proof-of-stake blockchain node infrastructure with the space’s leading solutions provider, Bison Trails. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Aaron Henshaw, CTO and cofounder of Bison Trails, wh

Polkadot-Ethereum Compatibility with Moonbeam

Sep 23rd, 2020 37m 17s

This week we dive into cross-network compatibility and interoperability between Polkadot and Ethereum. Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Derek Yoo of Moonbeam, an Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain buil

The Challenges of Disrupting the System with Blockchain

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 1m

This week we talk to the Parity's head of security Kirill Pimenov about the shortcomings and potential of blockchain, open-source software and DLT.Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity Technologies) speaks with Kirill Pimenov, head of securi