On this episode AVB sits down with David Lachmish, co-founder of IKA (previously Dwallet Network).

IKA is the fastest parallel MPC network launching on Sui.

I really enjoyed this conversation as it has a really natural flow, covering, among many things:

* How adversity creates excellence and comfort breeds mediocrity. Why everyone should spend at least one year living in a culture different from where they grew up in.
* An analysis of the current web3 landscape - why web3 is fundamentally a cybersecurity industry.
* The work of his cracked team of award winning cryptographers and security researchers.
* Back to the basics: the fundamental guarantees of blockchain and how public key cryptography works.
* A masterclass in MPC networks - how they have evolved, different ways of implementing (ZK, FHE) for different use cases.
* IKA novel algorithm for zero trust, mass implementation.
* Use cases for IKA builders
* And a lot more!

Resources
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Conversation with Santi, the legend behind the Crecimiento movement in Argentina. Crecimiento is a movement to transform Argentina into the Crypto Capital of the world.

Some of the things we covered:

* The History and Anatomy of the Pop-up City Movement: from Mu and beyond.
* What makes Argentina unique: bottoms up adoption and top down support.
* Crecimiento origins, insights from last two popups
* What to expect for the upcoming pop uppers city in March
* and A LOT more

Resources
* Join the Spark Contributors Program https://airtable.com/appENuebGSKMB5sia/pagaH3MszSSMW7GpN/form
* Learn more about Crecimiento https://bento.me/crecimientoar

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On this wide ranging conversation we sit down with Maria Yarotska, Hackathon Headmistress of the NEAR Ecosystem, contributor at DevHub.

Some of the topics we cover and stood out to me:

* Anatomy of a hacker: tales from an experienced hackathon organiser on what makes some teams thrive and others burst in flames.
* Maria's Origins: attending a Space Tech hackathon that changed her life.
* Thoughts on different approaches to hackathons. In particular, her answer to what she would do if she had unlimited budget blew my mind.

Podcast is Sponsored by @MetaPoolNEARliquidstaking - Thank You!

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