Ep 05 is live - @egalano @infura_io shares over a decade of experience in blockchain infrastructure, the evolution of @ethereum based services, lessons learned, and visions for a decentralized future. We look at the human side of high stakes development, team resilience, and the importance of community driven innovation. Key insights: 04:22 - The shift in @ethereum growth and infrastructure reliance 07:24 - Managing work-life balance during rapid scaling 16:59 - Handling criticism and system reliability concerns 27:25 - Challenges of industry growth, competition, and resource allocation 31:00 - Reflections on supporting new chains and primitives 36:48 - Stepping away from @infura_io and future directions in web3 42:38 - The importance of community, responsibility, and innovation 46:34 - Personal lessons: staying humble, open-minded and dedicated

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"Seeing somebody using your project in the wild, that never gets old. That always motivates you. Hearing people as you're walking by saying "you should just use Infura for that" ...that stuff's really addictive." Ep 05 with @egalano co-founder of @infura_io drops tomorrow

"I'm proud of myself because I didn't have a seat at the table until I created one. So it was mostly about just enjoying the things that I actually grew for myself." @MPtherealmvp sharing the honest journey of carving one's path and reaping the rewards of your own making...

3AC. FTX. one after the other. And you still have to get on stage...still wanting to say this industry matters and mean it. "I felt like I was painting a clown face." What it actually costs - personally and professionally - to keep believing and showing up when others keep burning it all down... @MPtherealmvp @aave

ep 04 is live. @MPtherealmvp is senior director brand partnerships at @aave - from Argentina to Berlin, from oil and gas to becoming a key figure of the crypto ecosystem. A personal journey through the early days, community building success with @ETHBerlin & @dod_berlin industry disappointments, the rise and fall of @______jpg______ , motherhood, navigating industry rejection as a generalist and finding her path...

10 honest takes from ep 001 of the pod - @StaniKulechov @aave: 1. It's a marathon, not a sprint and who you build with matters as much as what you build “Fk the markets”, build with people you have genuine chemistry with and make it feel like something worth doing for its own sake. The journey is long, and the people around you determine whether it's sustainable... 2. Patience is a real competitive advantage Crypto has a pathological obsession with immediate results. Founders who can resist that pressure and let things mature have a genuine edge. Good products take time to iterate, grow, and develop - normalising this publicly is something the ecosystem needs more of 3. Brute force works When he needed to complete a three year high school program to get into law school, he did it in six months by taking as many exams as possible in parallel. The same mentality applies to building: identify what needs doing and go at it relentlessly, without waiting for a "normal" timeline 4. Build in a vertical where you feel the pain yourself Stani built a lending protocol because he personally couldn't unlock liquidity from his crypto assets, banks wouldn't lend against Bitcoin or Ethereum. The best product ideas come from problems you've genuinely come up against vs theoretical gaps you've identified from the outside 5. Don't chase narratives & ignore 95% of the noise When a new trend hits (perp DEXs, yield-bearing stablecoins, etc.) the temptation is to pivot toward it. This is one of the most dangerous traps for founders. Most of what's on crypto Twitter is noise. Stay focused on what you're building 6. Regulatory complexity can be a feature, not just a bug His early fintech work failed partly because of regulation. But instead of running from it, he went back to study law. Understanding the constraints of a space deeply, even painfully sets you up to recognise when a new environment can eliminates those constraints effectively 7. Talk to your actual users, not your investors or Twitter The best signal doesn't come from your community, your investors, or your friends. It comes from the people actively using what you built. That direct feedback loop is worth more than any amount of social media chatter 8. Be opinionated When there's conflict or competing opinions, the temptation is to find middle ground. Stani's view: a compromise that satisfies everyone often ends up satisfying no one. Lead with conviction, pick a direction, and go! 9. Know when to kill something vs. when to stay the course Not every slow period is a sign to pivot. If users are telling you something is wrong and you're not seeing retention, pivot fast. But if you're simply in an early iteration phase & building toward something real, stay the course. The distinction matters 10. The weight of responsibility never fully goes away and that's okay The pressure of managing billions in user funds can be, in his words, "horrible." The personal responsibility of being the face of a major protocol never fully transfers to the team. Accepting that weight rather than pretending it doesn't exist is part of maturing as a founder