Staking is a controversial topic, and web3 incentives aren't always well-aligned. What should builders & investors be on the lookout for?

Join guest Carl Hua, CTO & Investment Partner over at Shima Capital, an early stage VC firm that targets disruptive crypto and blockchain technology companies. They’ve invested broadly across the space with holdings in gaming, DeFi, infrastructure, and broad DAO entities. Carl himself has a well-decorated past, where previously led research & development at Ripple’s open source business unit, was the Chief Architect at Celsius Network, and was the CTO for Logos Network. All that in addition to contributing to real-time flight software for NASA at JPL in a previous life. Carl’s experience across the space in building and evaluating both the financial machinations and the technical components of early stage ventures within crypto at large make him a fantastic resource for learning more about how we should be considering big ideas like staking, valuation, and key product performance indicators.

Carl's Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlhua
Shima Capital Twitter: https://twitter.com/shimacapital
Sam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamPeurifoy
Kapital DAO's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KapitalDAO

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Read the companion piece to this episode here: https://medium.com/@sampeurifoy/web3-incentive-misalignment-e08c13045d6e

Listen on Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2006743/11225877

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x0iSx19slgc

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0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Staking, Controversial Viewpoints
5:28 - "Purchasing Users" With Staking
7:07 - Locking & Vesting, "ve- Economics"
11:38 - Economic Value of Voting
13:08 - Staking Impact on Funding Value
14:53 - Staking in Games
18:28 - How Can Staking Support KPIs?
22:12 - Staking as App Consensus
22:58 - Advice for Builders
24:45 - Outro

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Sam is the CEO of Playground Labs, a web3 protocol dev organization, and Partner & Head of Interactive at Hivemind Capital, a crypto-focused multi-strategy fund. Follow him on Twitter @SamPeurifoy. Web3 Wednesdays are sponsored by the Kapital DAO, the leading provider of institutional web3 gaming asset management tools.

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