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Blockchain Infrastructure


The Network of Networks: Emin Gün Sirer’s Journey and Why Everything of Value Belongs On-Chain
In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Emin Gün Sirer to discuss his journey from Turkish immigrant to Cornell professor...

Kevin Follonier
3 days ago4 min read


TradFi Isn’t the Enemy: Sergey Nazarov on Chainlink, DeFi’s Future, and Why Banks Hold the Keys to Crypto’s Growth
In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Sergey Nazarov, co-founder and CEO of Chainlink, to discuss why crypto has...

Kevin Follonier
Aug 274 min read


"If We Do Our Job Well, We’ll 5x The Number Of Developers In Crypto In 24 Months." - How Sam Blackshear Built Move To Fix Blockchain’s Core Flaws
In this episode of When Shift Happens, I sit down with Sam Blackshear, Co-founder and CTO of Mysten Labs, to discuss the creation of the...

Kevin Follonier
Aug 134 min read


Sui Is Not the Next Solana: Why Evan Cheng Left Facebook to Build the Blockchain That Works
Evan Cheng sat down with me on the 125th episode of When Shift Happens to unpack a bold ambition: fixing the broken foundation of the...

Kevin Follonier
Jun 194 min read


“Crypto Has Lost Its Way”: Gavin Wood speaks on Governance, Greed, and Rebuilding the Blockchain Ethos
Gavin Wood, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of Polkadot, sat down with me on the 124th episode of When Shift Happens to unpack...

Kevin Follonier
Jun 154 min read


How Arbitrum 'Fixed' Ethereum's Scalability Crisis — Steven Goldfeder
In the latest episode of When Shift Happens , Kevin Follonier sat down with Steven Goldfeder, co-founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, to...

Kevin Follonier
May 224 min read


Solana’s Next Chapter: Acceleration, Mobile, and the Power of Building Fast
In the wake of an industry-wide crash and the collapse of FTX, many expected Solana to vanish quietly into the crypto graveyard. Instead,...

Kevin Follonier
May 94 min read
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