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Why Top Investors Are Excited About DePIN - Mahesh from EV3, Ep. 253
Why Top Investors Are Excited About DePIN - Mahesh from EV3, Ep. 253
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50 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2024
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Today Jason is joined by Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Seed Investor at Escape Velocity (EV3). Today Mahesh joins us to discuss all things DePIN. The conversation begins with an overview on the DePIN category and why EV3 has chosen to focus it's attention here. The two then go on to review how the labour market may change as a result of DePIN developments, DePIN's unit economics, bandwidth vs compute providers, as well as EV3's North Star, and 2024's leading DePIN projects. This is not one to miss as we breakdown the past, present, and future of decentralized physical infrastructure—enjoy! Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (02:19) Why EV3 focuses on DePIN (05:34) DePIN’s developments (11:22) The future of UBI & DePIN node operators (13:38) DePIN categories (20:22) DePIN network unit economics (30:15) Bandwidth vs compute providers (33:25) EV3’s DePIN market research approach (36:37) EV3’s North Star (40:40) 2024’s leading DePIN projects (44:29) DePIN’s marketshare (48:20) Outro Twitter accounts: Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Mahesh Ramakrishnan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/moneromahesh Episode content links: https://depin.ninja/ Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about
Released:
Apr 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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