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Mint & Burn

RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub

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‘Mint & Burn’ offers an academic analysis of the decentralised digital economy, including blockchain and other decentralised technologies. Hosted by Kelsie Nabben and the RMIT University Blockchain Innovation Hub, we bring you interesting guests, publications, and experts to test frontier ideas in these critical and emerging industries. This podcast is for academics, industry, policymakers, and anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the digital age.
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Host Matt Yocum is joined by Vasser Sullivan Racing driver Ben Barnicoat, as the driver of the number 14 Lexus gets set to make his return to racing in the GTD Pro Class at Watkins Glen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Host Matt Yocum is joined by Ford Factory driver Mike Rockenfeller to talk about his racing career and history with Garage 56. After that, Mike Shank joins us to talk about his career and the future of Meyer Shank Racing in the GTP program. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do…
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Host Matt Yocum is joined by motor industry legend Edsel Ford II to talk all things Ford Motor Company and racing history. Also, Tommy Milner joins us to talk about how he prepares for a weekend and the recent controversy with Paul Miller Racing BMW at the 2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv…
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Host Matt Yocum is joined by Michelin Pilot Challenge GS points leader Jan Heylen as well as Bryan Herta teammates and TCR points leaders Preston Brown, and Denis Dupont. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Host Matt Yocum is joined by race car driver Ricky Taylor to talk about the team's return to Cadillac with Wayne Taylor Racing. Matt also caught up with Daniel Morad and talked about his rise through the ranks from kart racing, to sim racing, to being full-time in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri…
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On this episode, host Matt Yocum is joined by Driver/Owner Russell Ward to discuss the rise of Winward Racing on and off the track including a new race shop and title defense of the GTD Championship. Matt also followed up with Robert Wickens, who reflected on his IMSA WeatherTech Series Championship debut at Long Beach, and finally, Pipo Derani joi…
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On this episode, host Matt Yocum is joined by his NBC Sports teammate Leigh Diffey to discuss what it takes to be a storyteller in motorsports broadcasting. Matt also caught up with photographer Joshua Paul, who used his 113-year-old camera to capture the action at Sebring, and finally, we take the show on the road to the DXDT Racing shop to sit do…
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This week host Matt Yocum is joined by 12 Hours of Sebring winner Felipe Nasr to discuss Porsche Penske Motorsports stellar start to the 2025 Season as well as life away from the track for the Brazilian born driver. Jeff Stillwell drops by to show off his slot car track replica of Sebring International Raceway. Jonathan Grace closes out the show wi…
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In this episode, Matt Yocum is joined in studio by IMSA President John Doonan to talk about the 2026 IMSA Schedule, growing up a fan of sports car racing, and takes a look at the growth of the sport. Nick Tandy also drops by to discuss pulling "The Tandy" and how he spends his time when he isn't racing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva…
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On this episode host Matt Yocum recaps the epic running of the 63rd Rolex 24 at Daytona. Team Penske President Tim Cindric stops by to break down Porsche Penske's historic back-to-back wins. IMSA's all-time Rolex 24 winner and overall series win leader Scott Pruett talks past and present about IMSA sports car racing, including his incredible Rolex …
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Host Matt Yocum is joined in studio by IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driver Colin Braun to discuss his career and what’s ahead in the 2025 season. The pair are joined by AO Racing owner and driver PJ Hyett to talk about the young team’s impact on the culture of the sport. Then Matt catches up with writer and podcast host Marshall Pruett t…
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In this episode, we discuss ‘The Validator Commons’, an initiative that was started via Metagov.org to create a space for blockchain validators to coordinate and cooperate in their role as operators and governors of public blockchains. This exciting conversation covers some of the dynamics, challenges, and controversies of blockchain validators - a…
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In this special episode as the third installment in the ‘Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance Reading Group, we’re joined by ethnographer Ellie Rennie and speculative fiction scholar Kola Heyward-Rotimi to discuss a co-authored piece that took place at ‘Decentralized Web Camp’ in 2022. We discuss speculative fiction as a method, “LARPing”…
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In this episode, we’re joined by Dane Lund from AllianceDAO and resident legal scholar Dr. Aaron Lane to talk about DAO labour and the legal risks of participating in DAOs, DAO policy developments, and the future possibilities of DAOs. Please note that none of this episode is intended as legal advice.…
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We’re back, with the ‘Digital Ethnography in Blockchain Reading Group’, session 2. Kelsie, Tara & CEnt are joined by Quinn DuPont, author of a number of quintessential blockchain studies, including “Experiments in algorithmic governance: A history and ethnography of “The DAO”, a failed decentralised autonomous organization”. Learn about ethnographi…
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In this wide-ranging and engaging episode we are joined by computer scientists Dr Thomas Hardjono from MIT Connection Science lab . We discuss Web3.0, data, cooperative data governance models, identity, and trust from an interdisciplinary perspective. “At the end of the day it’s about human beings, it's about societies, it's about communities. It's…
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In this episode, we’re joined by Angela Kreitenweis, Founder Token Engineering Academy and Dr Imon Palit to discuss token engineering as an interdisciplinary method and the launch of the token engineering academy. Don’t miss the launch of the Token Engineering Academy at Tokenengineering.org
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In this special episode, we share the recording from the kick off of the ‘Digital Ethnography in Blockchain & Governance’ Reading group, co-organised by Kelsie Nabben, RMIT University, Tara Merk, BlockchainGov, & Cent Hosten from Metagov. We’re joined by guest Wassim Alsindi, who is a seasoned researcher, designer, and critical thinker - involved i…
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In this episode, we continue to endeavour to max tax fun with an update on the Australian Federal Government's announced 'token mapping' exercise and updates on the Board of Taxation. We also focus overseas on legal insights into the Tornado Cash situation. Our RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub experts are joined by Danny Talwar from the crypto tax pl…
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What does it mean that Bitcoin was able to achieve "a reliable system out of unreliable parts"? In this episode, we take a historical look at the development of permissionless blockchain technologies, including the Byzantine Fault Tolerant problem and the application of economic market theory to computational science. We also touch on recent events…
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In this dynamic episode, we discuss engineering methods in Web3, algorithmic systems, what are DAOs, the governance of algorithmic processes, and applied examples of governing machine learning processes in a sub-DAO of GitcoinDAO with engineering expert Danilo Lessa Bernardineli from BlockScience.By RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
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In this episode, we're joined by PhD graduate Zane Griffin Talley Cooper to discuss his research on BIT, COIN, RARE EARTH, blockchain and the environment, and what sustainability means in Web3.0. A not to miss episode!By RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
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In this episode, we're joined by RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub economist Dr Peyman Khezr to discuss cryptoeconomics and game theory. We explore the utility of blockchains, how to think about how to choose governance mechanisms in blockchain systems, and some specific mechanisms, including quadratic voting, time, and bond voting. By analyzing relat…
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In this episode, we explore some of the economic principles of the Metaverse in a discussion of how people are valuing land in virtual worlds, such as Decentraland. Based on a working paper, we ask what drives prices of virtual land and how this is linked to business applications, and explore what this might mean for virtual spaces and their busine…
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In this episode, we discuss intellectual property, IP rights, and what this means in the context of blockchain and crypto states. We talk about whether property rights are granted by nation-states or by community consensus. We also discuss the possibilities of composability and the limitations of property rights in Web3.0.…
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In this episode, we're joined by Professor Annette Markham and Dr Alexia Maddox to discuss the "Digital CBD" project. We explore quantitative and qualitative ethnographic research methods in an exploration of what it means to gather data and imagine the future of a city post-COVID. A link to the Digital CBD Survey is in the show notes!…
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In this episode, we're joined by RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members Dr Darcy Allen and Tulley Kearney to discuss DAO tooling and some of the latest trends in Decentralised Finance (DeFi). Darcy outlines his approach to "DAO toolkits" as composable enablers of innovation economies, the political possibilities of "cryptodemocracy", and ecosy…
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Quantum computing is coming. What does this mean for blockchain security? In this fascinating and dynamic episode, we explore what is quantum computing, is it a threat to blockchain, and what are the timelines. We also explore some potential antidotes, including post-quantum cryptography and "quantum crypto-economics".…
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In this "part 2" on some of the research areas that RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members are focused on in 2022, we speak with Dr Aaron Lane, Dr Elizabeth Morton and Associate Professor Marta Poblet on DAO law in Australia, moving beyond CGT to a tax framework for the digital economy, and DAOs as "autonomous" organisations. Hosted by Kelsie …
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In this episode, we talk about some of the research areas that RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members are focused on in 2022. Professor Jason Potts and Professor Chris Berg discuss DAOs as economic phenomena of enquiry, and the competitive dynamics of layer 1 blockchains. Hosted by Kelsie Nabben.…
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In this insightful and far reaching conversation, we speak with Dr Micharl Zargham, Founder and Lead Researcher at Blockscience, alongside Professor Ellie Rennie from RMIT University on "Algorithms as Policy". We discuss policy making as a governance process in algorithmic systems. This episode includes insights on system design and ethnographic ob…
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In this episode, we get insightful first hand perspectives on the Australian Parliamentary Enquiry into Blockchain and Digital Assets from Senator Andrew Bragg, alongside RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team members that contributed to the open call for submissions. We cover the high level recommendations, the possible tax reform implications, and w…
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In this episode, we explore the economic theory of clubs and club goods and apply it to blockchains as a type of knowledge club. We're joined by renowned Professor Alain Marciano to take a deep dive into this area of theory, as well as some of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub to apply this theory to blockchain and DAOs.…
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In this episode, we catch up with legal scholar Dr Thibault Schrepel to discuss his new book, "Blockchain + Antitrust". We dive in to competition law and policy, explore why blockchain and antitrust law have the same agenda for decentralization, and why they are ultimately complimentary.By RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
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This episode is on ""Building Opensource Blockchain Economies" with Professor Sinclair Davidson, Distinguished Professor Jason Potts, and Professor Chris Berg from the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub (ranked the second best University for blockchain in the world by CoinDesk!). We discuss opensource business models and the evolution from industrial t…
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In this episode, we're joined by Professor Heath McDonald from RMIT University to understand how insights from the research field of sports marketing apply to blockchain community building. We discuss why members are better than fans, why belonging matters, how to grow your community by engaging lite users, why creating opportunities for people to …
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In this episode, Dr. Paul Dylan-Ennis from University College Dublin draws on his first-hand cryptocurrency community experience and philosophy background to outline Ethereum's political philosophy. Why has it not been well articulated before now? We explore a number of his recent publications, including work on politics, DAOs, and NFTs.…
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In this episode, we speak with Dr Michael Peneder from the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, alongside Prof Jason Potts and Dr Trent MacDonald, on "Blockchain and the evolution of money". We cover evolutionary economics, Schumpeter's theory of innovation, and the bridge to the cryptocurrency innovation ecosystem. See more at rmitblockchain.i…
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In this episode, we speak with William Luther, early academic researcher into the economics of cryptocurrency on what schools of economic thought influence cryptocurrencies and how these are evolving. We refer to key concepts of currency acceptance, stable coins, CBDCs, and the future. William Luther is an Associate Professor of economics at Florid…
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A special episode on topical research by the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub team on "Governing blockchain treasuries", A better design for DeFi grant programs", and "Deciding how to spend your treasury". Join us for this discussion of economic theory on funding public goods and grants applied to blockchain communities. For more on these topics, mak…
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In this episode, we explore the connection between "dark markets" and blockchains with Alexia Maddox. Alexia is a "netnographer" of frontier, digital communities. Her work on dark markets not only leads to fascinating research findings, but also pioneering qualitative research methods for engaging with online communities. We discuss her experience …
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In this episode, we speak with political economist and geographer Dr. Jaya Klara Brekke for "an update" on crypto-politics. We discuss decentralization, governance, consensus and dissensus, and potential futures of zero-knowledge proofs and AI. Don't miss this.By RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
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We are capturing and recording digital data for posterity. "Some of the most important information will probably end up being tied to the Ethereum blockchain, including NFTs". How do we make this data last? We take a deep dive with software programmer and Aussie Ethereum community champion Bokky Poobah on what comprises an NFT and how this bundle o…
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