We recently started our Domains and Degens Spaces on X (formerly Twitter) to discuss everything related to domains, decentralization, D3 and our partnerships. Our first episode featured Vietnamese visionary, Thanh Le, who co-founded Ninety Eight and serves as a council member at the Viction Foundation. The Space was co-hosted by our very own Manny Lora and Shane Cultra, featuring Fred Hsu, co-founder and CEO of D3.
00:17 – Introduction to Domains and Degens
02:08 – Introduction to Fred Hsu and D3
05:38 – Introduction to Thanh Le and Viction
08:00 – Ninety Eight and Viction’s strengths in Asia
09:11 – Why Viction partnered with D3
13:29 – Real vs ‘Fake’ domains and the history of alt roots
16:40 – Name collisions and protecting our partner ecosystems
18:18 – Bringing new opportunities, and trust, to partner ecosystems
“Domains are doorways. Domains are doorways to the world, through communication, through productivity. Everything that we build on Web3, Web1, Web2, wherever we build it; the doorway is through a domain name. That’s how people access. That’s how our community reaches us. They are, in my world and in my view, the most valuable asset there is.” – Shane at 20:36
24:17 – Thanh on the ownership economy and owning your own digital identity
26:17 – Utility and opportunities beyond just wallet identities
28:58 – Why D3 is pursuing real domains, instead of limiting its focus to Web3-only utility
33:18 – TLDs and generating recurring revenue for the Viction ecosystem
“What we’re trying to do at Viction; how can we do a sustainable revenue source where we can take the money and reinvest it into the ecosystem? With that, imagine if the more users we onboard into the ecosystem, the more value and stronger economy that we build, the more revenue we are going to have year over year, and we just take that money and reinvest it into the whole ecosystem.” – Thanh at 35:13
36:47 – Building on Viction, while building on the Internet and showcasing the .vic TLD
38:08 – Traditional domainers’ interest in Web3 names and bringing domains on-chain
“What we’re not fans of is sort of confusing the message; why would you put a dot in something that’s not a [DNS] domain?” – Fred at 40:06
41:47 – Stars, dots and working with visionaries for compliant namespaces
43:28 – Thanh’s excitement for on-chain domains and Coin98 integration
44:28 – Shane’s excitement about domains and unlocking trust
“Anything that’s easy or when you feel smartest in the room, what do they say? You’re in the wrong room. That’s not what I feel like at D3.” – Manny at 48:22
49:08 – Listener questions
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