Crypto builders, explained from the inside.
BlockHash follows crypto founders and operators into the weeds of how their products actually work. Recent conversations move from AI security and tokenized gold to DeFi perpetuals, quantum-secure accounts, and the UX problems still slowing wider adoption.
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BlockHash is a long-running crypto technology interview show centered on founders, operators, and blockchain-side builders. Its natural territory is the working layer of the industry. Not just coins. Not just narratives. Recent episodes move through AI security, gold tokenization, peer-to-peer mail shipping, digital asset infrastructure, onchain wealth products, prediction markets, Algorand’s agentic and quantum work, and decentralized perpetuals trading. The show is most comfortable when a guest is explaining how something functions, why the timing matters, and what has to change before the product reaches a wider audience. It has a casual surface, but the questions usually point toward concrete mechanics. How does the chain handle quantum risk? How does a DeFi product improve access without overwhelming the user? What happens when AI can scan code and generate operational exploits? Where do compliance and onboarding fit into fast-moving crypto markets? That builder-to-builder texture is the appeal. The show assumes listeners can handle terms like VASPs, re-keying, RWAs, DEXs, wallets, bridges, and post-quantum keys, but it does not try to turn the conversation into a white paper. Some episodes lean heavily on sponsor reads, and several sampled segments are dominated by ads for crypto compliance and investing tools. When the interview breaks through, the strongest material is practical and industry-native. Guests talk about access to financial markets, institutional concerns, regulation, user friction, infrastructure security, and the gap between crypto’s technical ambition and its still-difficult interfaces. The pacing is brisk around transitions and looser inside guest answers. That combination makes BlockHash useful for listeners who want to track what crypto companies are building, how they explain themselves, and which problems keep repeating across the space.
Made for: BlockHash is for crypto-literate listeners, founders, investors, and product-minded technologists who want practical conversations about crypto infrastructure, DeFi, AI security, regulation, and market access.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its operator-level patience: it lets guests explain mechanisms, compliance constraints, user friction, and technical tradeoffs in detail instead of flattening every topic into market commentary.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
BlockHash turns crypto project interviews into practical examinations of infrastructure, security, compliance and product mechanics.
BlockHash keeps its interviews trained on how crypto products are meant to work once a pitch turns into a system. Brandon Zemp asks guests to explain the machinery behind their projects, from Algorand's post-quantum account migration and Sierra's onboarding controls to Tria's…
Blockchain products arrive with the plumbing exposed, so you can inspect more than the pitch.
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AI-risk talk, code-scanning bots, and a disruptive-tech framing define this BlockHash conversation.
BlockHash's conversation with Jacob stays anchored in a practical AI-security concern: a bot scanning code agentically could open the door to an operational exploit, especially as vibe coding becomes more common.
Algorand's quantum plan is laid out in concrete steps, with little room for marketing fog.
BlockHash keeps the conversation firmly on Algorand, and Marc Vanlerberghe spends most of the episode on quantum security. The discussion is strongest when it gets specific: state proofs, post-quantum Falcon keys, and re-keying as a migration path that lets an older account hand…
DeFi's global promise depends on making crypto tools usable for ordinary users.
BlockHash frames DeFi's next test as a usability problem rather than a purely technical one. The episode moves from the broad reach of DEXs into the everyday friction that still sits between that promise and a regular user's first steps: wallets, tokens, swaps, bridges, and…
Privacy onchain only matters here when it can survive compliance and ship actual products.
Horizon gets framed less as a vision statement and more as a working answer to privacy under compliance pressure. The piece treats it as an EVM based Layer 3 bridged to Base, and the pairing of secure enclaves with zero knowledge proofs feels practical rather than ideological.
Luke Barwikowski ties AI rewards to budgets, live testing, and player retention.
Block Cash spends the episode on AI-powered gaming rewards, with Luke Barwikowski laying out how Stacked uses gameplay features and behavioral analysis to shape offers in real time.
A practical look at Tria's attempt to make user-controlled crypto spending feel like an ordinary card payment.
Block Cash Podcast looks at Tria through a practical question: can a Web3 card make user-controlled crypto spending feel as ordinary as paying with a standard card?
A grounded look at how a liquid yield token is issued, screened, and prepared for wider distribution.
BlockHash spends most of the episode on Sierra's liquid yield token, and that narrow focus gives the conversation real shape. Mitchell Nicholson moves through the product from several angles: how Sierra Reserve is issued, who can mint it, why KYB and wallet screening matter, and…
Sharp political debate with policy detail and real disagreement.
Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson debate Canadian politics, from Alberta separatism to Ottawa's bureaucracy.
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Jonah Goldberg's solo political rants and author interviews on conservatism, courts, and current events.
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Mitchell Nicholson, a core contributor at Sierra, joins the BlockHash podcast to discuss liquid yield tokens.
This episode discusses the future of finance through RealFi with guest David Dai, exploring investment strategies, tax advice, and crypto industry innovations.
Host Brandon Zemp interviews Vijit Katta, CEO and co-founder of Tria, a self-custodial neobank for Web3.
The conversation starts with the threat surface.
This episode discusses the tokenization of gold and crypto investing strategies, featuring Mamadou Kwidjim Toure from UTribe.
This episode of the BlockHash podcast features an interview with Marco Kowalewski discussing P2P mail shipping, with sponsor messages from SumSub and Public Investing.
This episode of the BlockHash podcast features an interview with Troy Fitrell discussing digital asset infrastructure and crypto industry insights, including sponsor messages about verification platforms and tax-advantaged crypto investing.
This episode features an interview with Blake Richardson about Superform, an onchain wealth app that helps crypto investors optimize taxes and build long-term wealth through tools like IRAs.
This episode discusses prediction markets using real-world data with guest Harrison, focusing on crypto trading strategies and tax implications for wealth building.
He focuses on Algorand's quantum security work.
YL says DEX volume moved from $80 billion to nearly $800 billion in two years, while DexTools now spans about 150 chains and 10 million tokens.
BlockHash checks in on the project’s privacy strategy.
This episode discusses how to invest for retirement using crypto IRAs with Public Investing, highlighting tax advantages and features for managing crypto portfolios.
Luke Barwikowski explains Stacked, the AI layer he is building for game rewards.
This episode discusses identity security solutions in the crypto industry, featuring Ken Griggs from Not.bot.
This episode features an interview with Michael Carbonara about his campaign for U.S.