Can Zapper Make The Blockchain Social?

Seb Audet is the CoFounder of Zapper. In this episode, we discuss how can Zapper make the blockchain social. For years, Zapper has been a well known gateway to millions of users in DeFi and Web3. From DeFi Summer to now, Seb shares his experience and insights from the evolution of Zapper into a social web3 explorer, which allows users to follow the blockchain journey of other people in NFTs, DeFi and DAOs. While Seb sees the future of crypto in Web3 social networks, he explains his thesis for why we must first make the blockchain readable before we can ever build more social products in Web3. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Subscribe on your favorite podcast player: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Discover DeFi & Web3 blog posts, podcasts, and tutorials: http://defidad.com/ ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND KYBER AI TRADING ANALYTICS 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 05:29 - DeFi Summer memories 07:04 - Seb's background and origin of Zapper 13:10 - Zapper's mission as of 2023 15:47 - What's changed in DeFi/Web3? 21:22 - What's social in DeFi/Web3? 28:20 - Zapper's product suite 32:25 - Thoughts on Web3 messaging 37:12 - Leveraging Lens social graphs on Zapper 38:32 - What does Zapper data say about the bull cycle? 41:19 - Ways to use Zapper Activity Feed 42:46 - Why did Zapper retire Zaps 48:05 - Zapper Event Curation 53:09 - Ideas for incentivizing event curation 54:40 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Seb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebaudet26 ► Zapper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zapper_fi ► Try Zapper: https://zapper.xyz/ ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad is a former employee of Zapper and remains an advisor to Zapper. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.