Clovyr’s Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen on Building Simple Tools for a Wider Reach
Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen from Clovyr discuss building simple, easy-to-use tools for a far wider reach, customizability vs. ease-of-use, non-surveillance business models, targeting developers who so far have not cared about blockchain, decentralization as an ongoing process, and why working for large corporations has its value.
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (aphid.fireside.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
In Relay Chain’s second episode, Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks to Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen from Clovyr. They discuss connecting app devs with tools to easily plug into blockchains, non-surveillance business models, why working for large corporations has its value, and more. Check it out and subscribe for more episodes of Relay Chain.
Highlights:
(00:22) How Clovyr is connecting application developers with tools to easily plug into blockchains.
(05:44) Customizability versus ease of use.
(11:16) The dream of the Internet as its own jurisdiction.
(17:27) Non-surveillance business models.
(23:49) Targeting developers who so far have not cared about blockchain.
(25:33) Building APIs in a changing protocol landscape.
(33:42) Decentralization as an ongoing process.
(42:28) The value (and challenges) of working for a large corporation.
Special Guests: Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen.