Ep. 026 Uncovering a Conspiracy, Integrating with Layer Zero - Curt Shilling, founder @ Real Birds
Bio
Curt Shilling is the pseudonymous founder of Real Birds - an NFT collection of 4,185 uniquely customized and hand drawn birds. But Real Birds really is much more, Real Birds is a movement that seeks to reveal the truth - that Birds Aren’t Real - and to integrate the NEAR ecosystem into the Layer Zero Protocol.
We cover:
- The origins: getting involved with Bitcoin, introduction to Libertarianism, Austrian Economics, hyperinflation.
- Conspiracy Theories: What, Why, How? (They are all true)
- Challenges for Web 3 Mass Adoption
- Tackling misconceptions around DAOs, NFTs (pushing back against common, bad practices in ecosystem)
- Introduction to Layer Zero: an omni-chain protocol
- How Real Birds is bringing Layer Zero to NEAR, unleashing unlimited opportunities for the rest of ecosystem
- More...!