#48 Stargaze: Unleashing NFTs into the Cosmos with Shane Vitarana

Welcome to the S2 Ep 5 of the Chorus One Podcast!

Every quarter, Chorus One releases an ecosystem review of a chosen protocol we support and have confidence in. In the third quarter of 2023, our spotlight was on NEAR Protocol, and now we're thrilled to welcome Altan Tutar, Senior Technical BD at NEAR Protocol, on the Chorus One Podcast to provide further insights into the protocol's intricacies. You can read the NEAR Ecosystem Review at https://chorus.one/articles/ecosystem-review-near or peruse the complete quarterly report at https://chorus.one/reports-research/quarterly-network-insights-q3-2023-2024.

In this conversation, Altan, and our host Thalita Franklin, Research Analyst at Chorus One, delve into NEAR's strategic direction for 2024 and a succinct exploration of its technical architecture. The discussion expands to the unique challenges and approaches in business development for a Layer 1 protocol, contrasting it with the strategies employed by infrastructure providers and other entities.

Altan and Thalita share insights into how projects like KaiKai incorporate NEAR into their frameworks. Additionally, they explore the intricacies of NEAR's collaborations with major protocols and conclude with an in-depth exploration of NEAR's core thesis and vision for the future. 

Watch the video-version at https://youtu.be/vf9u35ypr50 

About NEAR Protocol
Website: https://near.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol
Discord: http://near.chat/
Blog: https://near.org/blog

About Chorus One:
Website: https://chorus.one
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChorusOne
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chorus-one/
Blog: https://chorus.one/blog

Get in Touch:
Altan: https://twitter.com/mraltantutar
Thalita: https://twitter.com/ethalita_

S2Ep #4 features Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo, Head of DeFi at Ava Labs.

In October 2023, Patrick O'Grady, Ava Labs' VP of Platform Engineering, unveiled ACP #13, proposing revamped minimum requirements for Subnet validators.

 In this podcast, our Engineering Lead Erwin Dassen and Luis Nunez of our Ventures team speak with Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo to dissect the proposed changes, how it impacts Subnet validators, the state of institutional adoption of AVAX, and more.

To Stake AVAX with Chorus One, visit here. 

In Season 2, Episode 3, we revisit Passage.io to get an update on their ecosystem roadmap. Join us in this episode as we talk to Lex Avellino, the Founder of Passage.io!

Passage.io, built on the Cosmos platform, is an innovative platform that equips creators with the tools to develop games and social experiences without the need for coding or downloads.

During this episode, Lex Avellino and our host, Thalita Franklin, delve into the current progress of Passage on the roadmap to Mainnet. Additionally, they explore the significance of creator economies and virtual experiences in establishing online communities. 

In Episode 2 of Season 2 of the Chorus One Podcast, we have the pleasure of welcoming Steven Gates, the Founder of GoGoPool.

In this conversation, hosts Luis Núñez Clavijo and Erwin Dassen speak with Steven about GoGoPool's primary mission, which is to simplify the process of launching a Subnet within the Avalanche ecosystem. The conversation also touches on various technical aspects of the protocol, its long-term vision, and its DAO. Furthermore, they discuss GoGoPool's latest offering, GoGoPool Pro.

About GoGoPool:

Website: https://www.gogopool.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoGoPool_

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/4fNtjkyuNw

Docs: https://docs.gogopool.com/

GoGoPro: https://pro.gogopool.com/

About Chorus One:

Website: https://chorus.one

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chorusone

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chorus-one/

Blog: https://chorus.one/blog

Get in Touch: 

Steven: https://twitter.com/stvngts

Luis: @luisnu3 (Telegram) 

Erwin: @erwindassen (Telegram)

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the freshly unveiled season two of the Chorus One Podcast!

In this episode, we welcome Griffin Anderson, the CEO of Phi Labs and Co-founder of Archway Network, for the second iteration of our conversation centered around Archway Network.

Now just a few weeks after the successful launch of Archway's Mainnet, our host, Thalita Franklin, engages Griffin in an insightful discussion about the protocol's transformative journey en route to Mainnet, shedding light on the array of fresh developments that the team has been diligently crafting.

The conversation traverses a diverse spectrum of subjects, delving into the significance of a developer-centric protocol, the advantages of building on Cosmos, the intricacies of ICS, the robustness of Replicated Security, and an array of other captivating topics surrounding the vision of Archway.

Connect with Thalita: https://twitter.com/ethalita_

Connect with Griffin: https://twitter.com/andergri

About Archway Network
Website: https://archway.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/archwayHQ
Medium: https://medium.com/@archwayHQ
Github: https://github.com/archway-network
Docs: https://docs.archway.io
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/5FVvx3WGfa
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Archway/
Telegram: https://t.me/archway_hq

About Chorus One
Website: https://chorus.one
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChorusOne 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chor...
Github: https://github.com/ChorusOne
Telegram: https://t.me/chorusone

The highly anticipated ATOM 2.0 whitepaper was released at Cosmoverse 2022 and it proposes a swathe of changes to the way we currently know Cosmos Hub as. We talk to Sam Hart from Interchain Foundation who's also one of the authors of the whitepaper to understand the proposed changes in more detail and their possible impact on the Cosmos ecosystem.

Read the ATOM 2.0 whitepaper here - https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmWXkzM74FCiERdZ1WrU33cqdStUK9dz1A8oEvYcnBAHeo

Connect with Sam Hart - https://twitter.com/hxrts

Connect with Interchain Foundation -

https://interchain.io/

https://twitter.com/interchain_io

Connect with Chorus One -

https://chorus.one/

https://twitter.com/chorusone

https://chorus.one/telegram

https://medium.com/chorus-one

https://discord.gg/bQ6JWVa

Blockchains generate loads of data and tackling the issue of data availability and validity is an important one. KYVE is a Proof-of-Stake network that uses Arweave to facilitate data storage and data retrieval.

Connect with KYVE -

https://www.kyve.network/

https://twitter.com/KYVENetwork

https://blog.kyve.network/

Connect with Chorus One -

https://chorus.one/

https://twitter.com/chorusone

https://chorus.one/telegram

https://medium.com/chorus-one

https://discord.gg/bQ6JWVa

In this episode, we talk to Vasiliy Shapovalov, Alex Esin, and Spaydh from team Neutron. The new smart contract chain aims to be the best platform for smart chain developers to build a wide range of apps in Cosmos, by maximising interoperability with the rest of the ecosystem and minimising overheads for developers.

Connect with Neutron -

https://twitter.com/Neutron_org

Connect with Chorus One -
https://chorus.one/

https://twitter.com/chorusone

https://chorus.one/telegram

https://medium.com/chorus-one

https://discord.gg/bQ6JWVa

Evmos is a decentralized proof of stake blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem, that is also Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible. Evmos’ goal is to bring the world of Ethereum-based applications and assets to the Cosmos ecosystem. In this episode, we talk to Federico, co-founder of Evmos, about what differentiates Evmos from other chains, its ambitions and much more.

Archway is a smart contract platform that aims to reward its developers that build on the network with baked in incentives and rewards. In this episode, we talk to Michael & Griffin to understand Archway's mission, how it's different from other smart contract platforms, and a lot more.