Alex Shalash has 25 years of software experience and has worked at previous companies like Accenture with an MSc in Physics and MBA from London Business School. In this episode Alex talks with Sasha about: 

• Growing up in Ukraine

• How web3 is an enabling technology like credit cards

• Solving the chicken and egg problem in web3 adoption

• Building large-scale experiences with MetaEngine

• Why the metaverse will be more like Wikipedia than Facebook

Episode links: 

Alex Shalash: https://twitter.com/alexshalash

MetaEngine: https://www.metaengine.gg

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Sergey Zasorin is founder of Realis Network, a platform for launching mobile games using blockchain for a mainstream audience. Helping bridge traditional gaming ideas with the integration of blockchain, NFTs, and DeFi. In this episode Sasha talks with Sergey about: 

• Being a professional poker player in South Korea

• What is the target retention rate for a mobile game

• Creating a gaming economy that exists outside of the game

• Prioritizing action over research 

• Keeping the marketing and user experience development in-house

• Working efficiently in programming pairs 

Episode links: 

Realis Network: https://realis.network/

Sergey Zasorin: https://twitter.com/exlead

Legends Of Listeria: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.game.moba.realis.battle.royale

Crypto Dragons: https://dragonmerge.page.link/cryptodragons

Crypto Cats: http://mergecat.page.link/cryptocats

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Andreas Kobal is CTO and Valentin Sotov is Product Owner at Ailand, a decentralized platform that allows users to create and sell games, and virtual goods, communicate and play with other users, and own their virtual property. In this episode they talk with Sasha about: 

• Integrating AI chat into virtual worlds

• NEAR vs Ethereum  ecosystem

• Pivoting to an AI-focused virtual world

• Finding your metric for success

• Advice for other web3 founders 

Episode links: 

Ailand: https://ailand.app

Andreas Kobal: https://twitter.com/AndreasKobal

Valentin Sotov: https://twitter.com/InfinityNear 

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io